The Deliverer comes to Zion

“All Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.”   Romans 11:26.  The concept of a “Deliverer” comes from the Book of Judges, where men like Gideon were called Deliverers. Zion is the royal centre of Jerusalem. [Read more…]

 Returning to One’s Homeland

As we approach the climax of the ages, and God begins to establish His Kingdom on earth in a visible manner, the subject of national identity and sovereignty will assume vital importance. The Scriptures declare unambiguously that God favours the establishment of nations, each with its own identity, customs, and manners, even though the “Kingdoms of this world have become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ.” The United Kingdom of Christ is a spiritual foundation stone, but it will contain all the varieties of national characteristics. Even as each human being is unique in God’s creation, so also each nation in the Kingdom will be unique. Furthermore, each nation will be self-governing, not ruled by other nations. Each nation will need to look to the Lord as Spiritual Head over all nations, even the Lord Christ Himself. [Read more…]

 A Time of Judgment

 Why is Judgment so often seen as Condemnation?  In law courts Judgment is (supposed to be) towards the establishment of the innocent, and condemnation of the guilty. And so it will be in the days of God’s Judgments, which begin as soon as He establishes His first sons on earth in resurrection. These sons will require righteousness in man’s dealings with man, truth and fidelity towards neighbours, and a new look at God’s Laws. They will be hated by those who prefer the ways of darkness, and there will be many attempts to eradicate them from society, but without avail. The resurrection state will be impervious to any form of attack, whether it be by fists, implements, poisons or bullets. This very fact will begin to cause fear to develop amongst men and women as they realize they are helpless to oppose the advance of righteousness. [Read more…]

 Creation Restored (Final)

 “The earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the manifesting of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.”  Romans 8:19-22 Even the stuff of which things are made is under strain, though we know it not. [Read more…]

The “Cosmic Chessboard” describes the way in which world events unfold. The chessboard has visible pieces, but the game is played by invisible hands. It is the hand of Sammael that moves the Blackmen, striving against the hand of God which moves the Whitemen. But God has limited the power of Sammael, inasmuch as the pieces can only move according to the rules of the game. And by the same token God has limited Himself to the same set of rules. Furthermore, authority is needed for hands to move the chessmen, and this authority is granted according to the responses of human beings. Obedience to God is known as faith, whereas obedience to Sammael might conveniently be called antifaith. Acts of faith and antifaith are the authorities for moving pieces on the board. Small acts of faith might be reflected in the moving of a pawn, whereas greater acts of faith could initiate the moving of horse, castle, bishop or even queen. [Read more…]

The message of Jesus from within the Gospels is twofold.

1. To the “outsiders”, who had no real knowledge of God or of their own sinful state, He brought healing, deliverance, works of power, that brought them NEARER to God. This may be likened to a bright light illuminating that which is in darkness, incapable of recognizing its own sinful state. The light drew men towards it, and the nearer they came to the light, the more clearly were they able to see their own shortcomings, rebellion, and sinfulness. Hence the light served the two-fold purpose of drawing men to God, and at the same time causing repentance to grow within the sinful human heart. It will be seen therefore that Jesus did not judge people’s ignorance, but brought them light to dispel that ignorance. “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.” Isaiah 9:2

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“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.”  James 1:27.

In Wellspring 17 we saw how “Light” draws people to God because they are attracted to something that resonates with their sense of “rightness”, a sort of in-built knowledge that even the majority of mankind possesses, unless it has been drummed out of them by evil companionship. [Read more…]

In chapter 13 of Revelation John paints a terrifying picture of life on earth during the final conflict between good and evil, between light and darkness, between Michael and the Beast. His language is almost entirely figurative. Even partly understood, the “feel” of the message is such as to inspire fear and foreboding. [Read more…]

“He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,  and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of  man: his number is 666.”  Revelation 13:16-18

 First of all, notice the mention here of the “Name of the Beast”, the theme of Wellspring 18.  But now we are presented with three things, the MARK, the NAME, and the NUMBER. [Read more…]

“Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads. . . . . These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.”  Revelation 14:1-4 (N.B. A different company to that found in chapter 7)

Not defiled with women!!  Does this foster the idea of celibacy?  Indeed not. God said, “It is not good for man to dwell alone. I will make him a helpmeet.” Once again we are required to interpret this saying from a spiritual viewpoint. Who are the women? [Read more…]