It’s NOW!
Word for RIGHT NOW! The “revealing of the sons/children of God”!
The IT’S NOW! Word: Romans 8:19-21
19 For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.”
It’s what has certainly already been “seen” to some extent (a limited “revealing” but mostly hidden by God – Matthew 11:25-30; 13:10-58) but will NOW be fulfilled “on earth as it is in heaven” more accurately.
See for yourself some of the prophesies of the ideal level of accuracy God has planned for His Church (“the sons/children of God”) as the prophesied “we are ambassadors for Christ” found in Ephesians 4:3-5:1; Philippians 2:5-21; 3:1-21 and 2 Corinthians 5:11-6:10. View these references as prophesies of what is NOW to be “revealed” MORE FULLY. I mean MORE FULLY “until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fulness of Christ … but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ …” – Ephesians 4:13; 15). This is what the “children of God” are GROWING up into each day here “on earth as it is in heaven” with the Father (Matthew 6:8-34; Galations 4:19-5:25). It’s what God is DOING RIGHT NOW in these “last days” we live in living by His greater “light” Spirit operating FREELY within this “domain of darkness” Prison … where the rebellious live their brief earthly life (D3) separate from and “without God in the world” (Ephesians 2:1-12; Matthew 7:13-27; John 15:1-8)!
Jesus clearly explained throughout His brief time here on earth (see John 1:18) how this world we live in is from His own Kingdom of Heaven perspective much like a death row prison of spiritual “darkness”. He declared He was “not of this world” where the “enslaved” sons of the Devil await an imminent (still coming) Final “judgment” called “the second death” for the “lawless” “sons of the devil” (1 John 3:4-10). Notice from Jesus’ own multidimensional testimony that both human and angelic rebels are among those being “judged” by the King of Heaven (Himself) according to the HisStory Gospel of a great rebellion in His Kingdom (John 15:21-16:15; Revelation 20:7-15). The Angelic rebellion was offered no “salvation” offering from the King of Heaven. They will be judged as Jesus promised in Revelation 20:7-15 along with the their “father” the Devil.
Humans do have an offer of “salvation” from the Father and the Son King Jesus (Matthew 11:25-30; Mark 1:14-15). But as Jesus described His version of statistical analysis of those taking Him and His offer seriously by RECEIVING it on His terms first and those simply NOT receiving it in Matthew 7:13-27, it appears there are relatively “few” actually taking Jesus and His “first place in everything” offer to become the “church” He is leading as its “head” (Colossians 1:13-18). Notice in Matthew 7:13-14 that His words used were “many” NOT RECEIVING His offer of “salvation” from Judgment in His Kingdom on His terms while “few” would actually RECEIVE Him and His Gift and His terms of His Kingdom (see some of those terms of Jesus found in 1 John 2:3-6 and Matthew 6:14-15; 7:21-23).
Oh, and don’t forget the following first things first foundational steps to take in literally (with discernible “fruit” Matthew 3:7-12; John 15:1-8) transferring from mere “believer” in Jesus to actually becoming a “born again” Spirit of God practicing RECEIVER Disciple of Jesus. This means learning what it means to seriously “follow” Jesus and the Father in a literal (not figurative) EXPECTATION Personal “spirit and truth” Relationship and practice of RECEIVING “daily bread” from Heaven as His devoted Disciple: Matthew 16:23-28; Galatians 2:20; Philippians 2:5-21; 3:1-21; John 6:60-71; 2 Corinthians 13:5-6; 1 John 3:24-4:6; Matthew 6:8-15; 7:21-27.
Put into real faith and practice those first things first instructions from Jesus and His devoted Disciples from the Bible and you will do well! You can become someone the Father can “look” at “in spirit and truth” “fruit” of His Spirit, and WITH GREAT JOY experience what Jesus experienced with the Father “in spirit and truth,”
“And after being baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water; and behold the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon Him, and behold a voice out of the heavens saying, ‘This is My beloved Son (Daughter or child of God), in whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:16-17)
Then, “Jesus was led up by the Spirit …” (Matthew 4:1) to show us, His devoted Disciples and children of God, how a “spirit and truth” experiential “knowing” relationship really works with the Father (see John 4:19-26 and Matthew 6:8-15).
When you learn not only the practices of Jesus as His Disciples, but the “spirit and truth” “attitude” that was in Christ Jesus always “pleasing” the Father and always seeking FIRST His Kingdom and His righteousness “will” being done on earth as it is in heaven, THEN you can expect to get that SAME praise from the Father Jesus just received from Him in Matthew 3:16-17.
Anyone NOT following Jesus as John pointed out in 1 John 2:3-6, “in the same manner as He walked,” with the Father “on earth as it is in heaven”, should expect the same discernible “fruit” and “spirit of the world” that anyone of the ancient Rebellion lives by every day.
What does the rebellion and “domain of darkness” look like to God from His “kingdom of His beloved Son” perspective? Jesus describes those living by the “spirit” of the rebellion in terms of sharing the same discernible “fruit” of “the ruler of the world” (Satan or the Devil/Thief). The “fruit” is as Jesus described it in Matthew 7:13-20 and 7:21-27. He further describes this discernible “fruit” of the rebellion like this:
… “you are (NOW) of your father the Devil; and you want to do the desires of your father …” and the “sons of God” are as DIFFERENT from “the children of the devil” as DAY and NIGHT.
How are the sons of God DIFFERENT?
Well, in contrast to the “fruit” of the “spirit of the world” and its rebellion already mentioned by Jesus above, Jesus spiritually described those of His Kingdom having a SPIRITUAL “light” “anointing” of His Spirit as PROOF of Him NOW living inside them (Luke 24:49; Acts 2:37-40; Matthew 7:13-27; 1 John 2:20-27).
Simply said, His Spirit is where ALL the spiritual “fruit” God likes comes from (1 Corinthians 2:12; 2:1-16; John 15:1-8; 15:26-16:15). It’s like a “tree” that was “born again” (a.k.a. “raised from the dead” if you like – Galatians 2:20; Philippians 3:1-21) to “bear good fruit in keeping with repentance” as we learn “the way is narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it” as Jesus taught us in Matthew 6:33; 6:8-34 and 7:7-27.
For example, the “fruit” of a Disciple of Jesus DOES THIS “at all times in the Spirit”: “Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you” (Matthew 6:33).
John explains this well-known part of Jesus’ Gospel as “fruit” called “light” coming to us “not of this world”. Check it out for yourself at the beginning of John’s letters in the Bible called 1 John 1:5-8 and in John 1:1-18.
So, having read those references from the Bible, you can at least Picture the great DIFFERENCE in your mind like “the children of God” living with God’s Spirit light turned ON (in their “spirit”) living among a people living “without God in the world” having theirs (their “spirit”) turned OFF.
The “children of God” are restored (“saved” to use Jesus’ own words – John 3:3-21) BACK to a Personal “spirit and truth” relationship with the Father and the Son like being “born again” by “the power of God” and His Holy Spirit LIGHT Helping us to RIGHT NOW live no longer “of this world” but as citizens of Heaven (John 5:26-16:15; 1 Corinthians 2:1-16).
I encourage you to read more of Jesus’ explanation of “you are of your father the Devil” in John 8 below and 1 John 2:18-4:6; or ALL of 1 John!
His Gospel of HisStory will grow inside you as you grow up MORE FULLY (again, see what that means in Ephesians 4:3-5:1; Philippians 2:5-21; 3:1-21).
I repeat the IT’S NOW! Word:
Romans 8:19-21
19 For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.”
Some of us call it a “Revival” of Jesus’ Church by His Holy Spirit POWER as Jesus explained the Two Father’s and Two Children Gospel in John 8:19-21.
Some of us have been believing for this Revival of His Church by His Spirit VISITATION for many years. Hear me on this: This VISITATION Revival is NOT His famous “second coming” Visitation nor is it the “normal” “daily bread” Personal relationship with Jesus and the Father already enjoyed by His children and Disciples on a daily “fruitful” basis in Matthew 6:8-15. That has never changed since Jesus offered “and now is” (John 4:19-26) to His original devoted Disciples in the Bible.
His Revival will certainly impact our “normal” existing “daily bread” prayer life as a child of God, because what is NOW upon us is a Visitation of His Spirit in a GREATER “revealing” and GREATER IMPACT He has planned for His Church. The purpose is manifold but one purpose is to fulfil His awesome “mystery of Christ” PURPOSE for His Church prophesied in places like Ephesians 4:3-15 and 5:13-17 and Philippians 3:21 (see also John 15:26-15; 1 John 2:26-27; 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 and Philippians 3:1-21).
Here’s how Jesus put it in John 8:19-21 that should INCREASE the “knowing” experiential knowledge of Jesus and GROWTH with the awesome Revival Visitation of His Spirit as well:
19 “So they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father; if you knew Me, you would know My Father also.” (Kehrt note: see 1 John 2:23; 2:18-4:6) 20 These words He spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
21 Then He said again to them, “I go away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.”
Why can they not follow Jesus to where Jesus is going (see John 14:1-15:11; 9:35-10:42)?
Well, as many of you already know, His Kingdom of Heaven does NOT allow “lawlessness” or disobedience to the commands of God which … by the way … disobeying His commands got everyone (us human creations – see Romans 8:19-21 above) sentenced along with the Devil to the same general population “domain of darkness” Prison Cell to begin with (Genesis 2:16-3:24; and 2 Corinthians 11:2-4 and Revelation 2:7; Colossians 1:13-18; 2 Peter 2:1-9).
Said another way, those still living in “lawlessness” from His own Kingly perspective of them, as Jesus explained it clearly in Matthew 7:21-23, don’t have His “gift” of “forgiveness of sins” (“lawlessness” in His Kingdom – Matthew 6:14-15; John 9:35-10:10) received yet and certainly DON’T “bring forth fruit in keeping with repentance” as Jesus requires (John 15:1-8; Matthew 3:7-8). Bearing “good fruit” is where a Disciple of Jesus learns to “walk in the same manner as He walked” with the Father as John explained further in 1 John 2:3-6.
Jesus the King of Heaven, the Final Judge in Heaven as well as our ONLY Savior and Forgiver of “lawlessness” in Heaven as well as our ONLY “door” INTO His Kingdom of Heaven (John 9:35-10:10), again, know that He has already given us a detailed reference through His own EXAMPLE of the Two Fathers Gospel He brought with Him from Heaven. He literally came here to earth to “explain” it for us in both word and deed (John 1:18; Matthew 7:13-17)
He made crystal CLEAR that it’s like each of the two possible SPIRIT Fathers has their own PATH to “live” while living briefly here in the World having two distinctly DIFFERENT ENDINGS:
1.) an eternally happy ending and 2.) the other, an eternally tragic ending!
You can NOW see during His “revealing of the sons of God” Revival of His Spirit of “light” right NOW made available to His own “children” the Two Paths of the “children” of those Two Fathers. You can see the Paths played out before the TIME COMES FOR US ALL to inherit one of those two eternal endings! ALL eventually will “see” the Path they are REALLY on when meeting Him face to face – 1 Corinthians 13:9-12; Revelation 20:11-15). But Jesus sent His Holy Spirit “Helper” to us willing to RECEIVE His Help to “see” right NOW (John 15:26-15).
Yes, each of us are on a Path to one of those two DIFFERENT ENDINGS coming to pass just as Jesus declared it and shared His own views of them living on both Paths. Some of His explanation can be found in His teachings written out here below from John 8.
The Two Father’s Teaching of Jesus of John 8:1-59 (a.k.a. The Two Paths and Two Masters teaching of Jesus – Matthew 7:13-27 and 6:24)
John 8
“But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began to teach them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court, 4 they *said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?” 6 They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground. 7 But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center of the court. 10 Straightening up, Jesus said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on sin no more.”]
Jesus Is the Light of the World
12 Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness (Kehrt note: no longer walk like those living “in the domain of darkness” but like Him and “the kingdom of His beloved Son” – “the revealing of the sons of God” mystery found also in Colossians 1:13-18),
but will have the Light of life.” 13 So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not true.” 14 Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going. 15 You judge according to the flesh; I am not judging anyone. 16 But even if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me. 17 Even in your law it has been written that the testimony of two men is true. 18 I am He who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.” 19 So they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father; if you knew Me, you would know My Father also.” 20 These words He spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
21 Then He said again to them, “I go away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.” 22 So the Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” 23 And He was saying to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. 24 Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.” 25 So they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “What have I been saying to you from the beginning? 26 I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world.” 27 They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me. 29 And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.” 30 As He spoke these things, many came to believe in Him.
The Revealing of the Sons of God … the devoted “fruitful” “disciples” of the “first born among many brethren” King of Heaven!
31 So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” 33 They answered Him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?”
34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. 35 The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever. 36 So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are Abraham’s descendants; yet you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. 38 I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father.”
39 They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus *said to them, “If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham. 40 But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do. 41 You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God.” 42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me. 43 Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word. 44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me. 46 Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me? 47 He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”
48 The Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?” 49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me. 50 But I do not seek My glory; there is One who seeks and judges. 51 Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he will never see death.” 52 The Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets also; and You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word, he will never taste of death.’ 53 Surely You are not greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died too; whom do You make Yourself out to be?” 54 Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God’; 55 and you have not come to know Him, but I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will be a liar like you, but I do know Him and keep His word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.” 57 So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?” 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.” 59 Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple.”
Yes, Jesus and the Father can HIDE Himself to the world as well as REVEAL Himself to anyone He chooses … including the right on TIME “revealing of the sons of God” mystery too (Matthew 11:25-30; 13:1-58).
So, again, “to him who has ears to hear let him hear …” (Matthew 13:1-58) and hear for yourself the It’s NOW! Word of God for RIGHT NOW! and His FULFILLMENT of the “revealing of the sons/children of God”!
Romans 8:19-21
19 For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.”
“Amen! Let it be DONE as You Father have planned it for these prophesied last days we live in RIGHT NOW (Matthew 7:21-27)!” – Kehrt