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Spirit of the Word - Covenant Eschatology - Introductory Note - New Stuff
Taken from the Saviour series article God All In All by Preston EbyThe Anointing In the Ages To Come
(title by web ed.)In the hour in which we live the vast majority of Christians are
more miserable than most other people in the world. They are
only enduring this life in order to eventually get to heaven
where they imagine they will spend the next billion trillion
years or so singing, playing harps, and dancing. I am quite sure
that if such people would admit the truth, they would admit
that even a thousand years of singing, shouting, playing harp
music and dancing around in white robes would become very
boring, to say the least. I find that most of these people can't
endure five hours in a meeting even if the glory is failing all
around! The problem is that their theology leaves them with
nothing constructive to do and all eternity to do it in!To possess the fullness of the mighty anointing of God's Spirit
of power and holiness for this life only would be like putting a
five thousand horse power engine in a common automobile.
That would be more power than could possibly be used in any
automobile made for common use. Such power would actually
destroy any automobile in which it was placed. It would be of
no benefit in any way, but become a very real danger. We are
admonished to "go on to perfection" and "put on the whole
armor of God" and "be filled with all the fullness of God" and
"grow up into Him in all things" and are promised that "we
shall be like Him" and do "greater works" than Jesus did. But if
such awesome glory and power is to be used only through the
fleeting years of this present life, or expended throughout
eternity in singing, shouting, and dancing - what a waste! This
life could not under any circumstances endure to possess the
FULL anointing of God. Therefore this anointing must be for
another work than we find in this life or this present age. There
must be something beyond upon which this anointing is to be
used, else why would the Lord spend such long time, and work
with such meticulous care to bring forth a body in the fullness
of His life and victory? If we do not see any ministry beyond
this life for which we can use this anointing, we are then truly
the most miserable of all men, for we actually possess
something which is of very little use. God has not allowed
anything like the real fullness of this mighty anointing to come
into actual use. It is, for the most part, resting in a dormant
state within the body of Christ. The anointing of God is far, far
greater than the Church has ever witnessed, even as the
hydrogen bomb is far more powerful than the hand grenade.
Truly that is but a feeble comparison, but what comparison can
we make between ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD and the
"measure" we have thus far experienced?Perhaps now we can understand why God has reserved the ages
to come to put the fullness of His grace and glory and power
on display and in demonstration through the perfected,
overcoming, and fully anointed Sons of God! Thank God! He
has not called us to such glory and virtue and authority to see
nothing more come of it than we now see about us, but all we
are learning and acquiring and attaining during this present
time is but preparation for the greater glory yet to be revealed
in us and the greater work still to be done.God All In All (2nd - 3rd) - BACK
Spirit of the Word - Covenant Eschatology - Introductory Note - New Stuff
