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Isa 41:1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew [their] strength: let
them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
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The islands
the prophet is speaking about are the old carnality, the old doctrines, those who think their way is
the only way, making themselves an island, the supposed only refuge from the sea, or what they perceive
as evil, all around them. The Lord is telling them to be quiet, quit spouting off, and inviting us all
to come together with Him that He may be the Judge of what is of Him and what is not.
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Isa
41:2 Who raised up the righteous [man] from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before
him, and made [him] rule over kings? he gave [them] as the dust to his sword, [and] as driven stubble
to his bow.
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The Christ in us is the righteous man, and He has been there from the beginning
of all things, typified by the east. We have been called to His foot, symbolic of two things. First,
coming before Him, to face Him face to face, foot to foot, we might say "standing toe to toe" nowadays,
and second, to place our foot where His foot stands, meaning where He rules. We are to take rule of our
creation, even of all creation, as He steps down, and we begin to now stand in His stead, literally standing
where He stands. The nations and their kings are being given unto us now to rule as He rules as our "righteous
man," the new creation corporate man, comes forth in true manifestation of being a Son of God. As we
have made nations of baptisms and laying on of hands and foot washings and various works, and had kings
of carnality, self righteousness, pride, vanity, etc. and done it all in His name, yet He recognized
none of it as being His, yet honored our vain efforts, now we shall rule and destroy these things. We
shall barely touch them with the Sword (the Word) and it shall crumble to dust, we shall shoot at it
with an arrow (barely think about overcoming it, 'shoot' a prayer toward Him concerning it), and it shall
become as stubble.
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Isa 41:3 He pursued them, [and] passed safely; [even] by the way
[that] he had not gone with his feet.
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See in this verse us in Him and Him through us
pursuing the lies with the Truth, and coming forth whole and untouched and conquerors, in a way which
we have not gone with our feet. Again a two-fold meaning. We have not gone that way before, a new vision,
a new revelation, the coming forth of the son within the manifested Sons, and yet another meaning; we
shall pursue in heavenlies, where no human foot can trod. We shall mount up with wings as eagles, we
shall fly in the Spirit of Christ, attacking from above, and rising back from whence we came. No flesh
can accomplish this, and it cannot be accomplished in earthly carnality, but only in the realm of the
Spirit. Carnality has reigned in our heavens long enough. We are at last beginning to bring all in reconciliation
back unto Him.
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Isa 41:4 Who hath wrought and done [it], calling the generations from
the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I [am] he.
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We have been called
from the beginning of all things. We were called while yet within the loins of Adam, we were called when
the form of the gospel was preached to Abraham, we were called while yet just a thought within the mind
of God, we were called at the cross, we were called at the resurrection, we were called at the beginning
of our Christian walk, again at the beginning of this message in us, and are in fact being called now.
The call we are receiving is a call to reconciliation and manifestation, and it is becoming a stronger
and stronger call, and finally we are recognizing the voice, and beginning to answer. Notice He says
that He is the First, and WITH the last. We, as a corporate man, as a part of our Lord, are being recognized
for what we are. He is considering us worthy. He is no longer saying "I am the First and the Last," but
He is saying "I am the First and WITH the last." We are become the last, and He is not ashamed to say
He is with us, and to seal that promise not only with, but also within within His Holy Word. Notice also
that it has already been done. The work has already been accomplished. Our call is to walk in, come out
of ourselves. Abraham's call was not to repentance, but to COME OUT. It was only after he came out that
the rest was revealed to him. Our call has always been to COME OUT, or like Lazarus, to COME FORTH. As
we have begun to see and to come, He has begun the revealing, and we are comprehending and acting upon
it.
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Isa 41:5 The isles saw [it], and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew
near, and came.
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Here we see the islands again, being fearful of losing their pride,
their own glory, afraid of having to die to self. We also see our own "ends of the earth." Praise God!
We are finally seeing the end of ourselves, our carnality, our earth, and the ends of our earth are beginning
to see the end for themselves. Our own carnality is at last coming to the spirit to be destroyed and
made new in a reconciliation back unto Him.
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Isa 41:6 They helped every one his neighbour;
and [every one] said to his brother, Be of good courage.
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We now see even the carnal
helping his neighbor, as the revelation of this message comes forth, and all coming forth, and even calling
to one another to come to the Christ within for the final mortification of all flesh that all may be
made new.
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Isa 41:7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, [and] he that smootheth
[with] the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It [is] ready for the soldering: and he fastened
it with nails, [that] it should not be moved.
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This verse shows the different steps we
have gone through, and the different ministries and their effect upon us through the particular word
they have been preaching. The carpenter is at the beginning of this kingdom message. Our tree of carnality
is cut down, and as it dies, the carpenter cuts it into pieces, some being thrown away, some burned,
some carved, and something is built which is for the use of the carpenter. The goldsmith is the one who
poured the gold upon that which was built, making it beautiful and valuable, something to be admired
and loved. The hammer was for the hammering of the gold, to smooth is out and cause it to be evenly distributed,
a part of the perfection process, that no rough spot or flaw could ever be found. The smiting of the
anvil is the forming of the ornaments for that which now has the golden overlay. The gifts of the spirits
and the fruits of the spirit, and in fact all things He has given us are become our ornaments, and they
must be formed in a certain way which is exact for us, and we, in turn, but also be made ready to receive.
The smiting then is the testing we go through in order that the gifts and fruits and other good things
(for lack of a better word) "fit us perfectly." Then come the nails, as we must be pierced as Christ,
nailed to our cross that we move not, the we may come into the fullness of our own resurrection in Him,
and then our building must be fastened together by the Truth we have learned that we may abide forever
in the Holy place into which we have begun to enter.
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Isa 41:8 But thou, Israel, [art]
my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
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The faith-seed
of Abraham is called the friend of God, but notice that Israel, which we are, is called a servant. It
is hard to understand, but a Son who loves his Father WILL act as a servant. He jumps when Dad says jump.
He loves so much, that he, in fact, reacts better than a servant. He is trusted with all things, all
of his Father's kingdom in given unto him to rule, for he only does what his Father wills because of
the great love he has for his father. Imagine your own child loving you SO MUCH that if that son or daughter
even gets a slight hint of what you want, they IMMEDIATELY do it for you. This is God's idea of a son
or daughter. We were chosen while we were Jacob, a schemer, doing everything in our own carnality, and
now we have been given the name Israel, a son, and we love Him so much that we act as His servant just
to be able to show Him a perfect love. Paul even reminded us that a son is taught as a servant until
the time comes that he should inherit all things. The Son of a King, if he is to be king, will be a servant
to his father in order that he may serve his kingdom when he is finally given the rule, though he will
never cease from being a son.
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Isa 41:9 [Thou] whom I have taken from the ends of the
earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou [art] my servant; I have
chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
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He has taken us, all of us, even the last bit of
our carnality, our chief men, the ideas and doctrines and attitudes which are always the last to go,
and has made us servants unto Him in order that we may inherit all things as Sons. He even reinforced
his promise again, and gave a definite, concrete final word on the matter: "I HAVE CHOSEN THEE, AND NOT
CAST THEE AWAY. This is not a prophecy. It is not a promise. It is reality, and it is now. He HAS chosen
us NOW. He HAS NOT and WILL NOT cast us away, ever.
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Isa 41:10 Fear thou not; for I
[am] with thee: be not dismayed; for I [am] thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea,
I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
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Meditate on the above verse,
memorize it. It is a promise is for the here and now. The right hand is the hand which rules, the hand
of the power of the entire kingdom. He will hold us up in Him by the "rule of His righteousness in us."
Make sure of what is ruling in your own life. If it is His righteousness, then you ARE upheld.
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Isa 41:11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall
be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
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Our old doctrines and beliefs,
habits, attitudes, all carnality, is being revealed for what it is, and our carnal man is ashamed and
confounded, confused in itself. We now are beginning to see it as nothing, and all conflicting ideas
are beginning to perish.
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Isa 41:12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, [even]
them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
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Have you ever looked for an old attitude, or wondered why in the world you ever believed
that? Have you ever wondered why you can love now the one you were never able to love before? Has the
confusion been replaced with a knowledge? Have you looked for an answer, and found that you already have
the answer? You are seeing a fulfillment of verse 12 in yourself.
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Isa 41:13 For I the
LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
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Here
is another reference to His right hand, His power and authority, and a COMMAND to forsake fear BECAUSE
He will help us. Fear cannot never help. He is becoming our All and in all.
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Isa 41:14
Fear not, thou worm Jacob, [and] ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer,
the Holy One of Israel.
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Notice that He calls Jacob a worm. A worm digs in the earth
to seek food. Even that part of us, that remnant of carnality, that seeks an earthly answer, that tries
to do it on its own, and the men (those who have come into a fuller revelation, that are considered men,
no more children, tossed about by every wind of doctrine) of Israel, even both will He help. Then He
goes on to describe what He is to be to us: our redeemer (included in redemption is reconciliation) the
Holy One of Israel, the one who is Holy to His people, whether they be a Jacob or an Israel.
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Isa 41:15 Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh
the mountains, and beat [them] small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
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We are becoming
a NEW and Sharp threshing instrument having teeth. This message is making us NEW. we are threshing in
a NEW WAY, by the message, not by condemnation. We chew and eat the Word of God, and by means of it,
do thresh the wheat within our brother and sister, and the remainder if them is as chaff. The mountains
and hills are parts of our own carnality, the mountains being our own self, the hills our ideas and our
trying to did it our own way. All is becoming chaff and dust, and shall soon be seen no more.
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Isa 41:16 Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter
them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, [and] shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
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Here we see them (the carnal ideas of self) becoming as chaff and dust, and the wind of the Spirit scattering
them that they may never again be seen, and that fact is causing us (at least in me) to glory in Him,
the Holy one.
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Isa 41:17 [When] the poor and needy seek water, and [there is] none,
[and] their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake
them.
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When those who have not received the fullness of the kingdom nor the message
thirst for water, the true Living water of the Word, the Lord is hearing and helping and giving them
that Living water, and not forsaking them. He is doing it through us and through others, as well as making
it real to their spirits, their innermost being. All creation knows something is about to happen. We
can see that in the new age doctrines, the fighting over minor issues, the trying of different things.
Man is becoming displeased with what he has had, and is seeking more and more for the truth, and all
the minds of all men are beginning to open to new and better things, as we are being prepared to give
it to them. Pray that we shall be ready.
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Isa 41:18 I will open rivers in high places,
and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land
springs of water.
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Can you hear Him say of that Living water, "Come up here with Me.
There's a river up here! Oh, you can't get out of the valley? Well, look around. There's a fountain I
built just for you! You, there, lost in the wilderness: Are you thirsty? You're standing in a pool of
living water! Drink to your heart's content, and you who think you're in a dry land, there are springs
all over!" He is beginning to flow over all by His word. His sheep and his people are finding water where
there was no water. Notice something different about this verse. before Israel entered into the promised
land they DUG for water, here the Lord is saying "NO MORE DIGGING." The water is right here, a river,
a pool, a spring, a fountain, just DRINK.
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Isa 41:19 I will plant in the wilderness
the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree,
[and] the pine, and the box tree together:
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In our wilderness and is our desert places
we have found and will find in our brothers and sisters 6 types of trees, which are the various ministries
which He has given unto this new corporate man for the ushering in of the kingdom: the cedar, the sweet
smell, the tree used for the building of the temple; the shittah tree, used for carrying us above the
flood waters of carnality and flesh, as the ark of Noah carried him above his flood; the myrtle tree,
used for making the various vessels of wood used in the temple of God, which were generally overlaid
with gold; the fir, used for trim, to beautify; the pine tree, the "easily molded and shaped" tree, which
can be bent but not broken, able as Paul was, to be "all things to all men;" and finally the box tree,
the strong tree, which is not that beautiful or pleasant to smell, but is of the strongest wood. Notice
that the trees are all out of place. You can find springs and running water in the wilderness in the
wilderness, but not in the desert, unless you dig. The trees which are normally found in a desert are
found in the wilderness here and the trees which are normally found in the wilderness around water, or
in the high places, are here found in the desert. This is bringing all together as one in Him. Using
the foolish things of the world to confound the wise.
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Isa 41:20 That they may see,
and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy
One of Israel hath created it.
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As in the previous comment, we shall see the trees living
and growing where they do not belong, and the only answer will have to be that the Lord hath done it.
He keeps our tree alive, and places it where He will. He over-rides the carnal, and creates his own earth
the way He sees fit.
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Isa 41:21 Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your
strong [reasons], saith the King of Jacob.
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Here the Lord is actually daring our carnality
to bring our carnality to Him. Bring our own ideas and doctrines to Him and see what He thinks about
it.
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Isa 41:22 Let them bring [them] forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them
shew the former things, what they [be], that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or
declare us things for to come.
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Bring your ideas and formulas and your self esteem and
your own righteousness and all of your pre-conceived doctrines to me, and lets go over them together
with Me and see what shall stand before Me, or tell Me what I am going to do, the Lord is saying. Bring
Him your old rapture theories and putting of people in hell, and see what happens!
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Isa
41:23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye [are] gods: yea, do good,
or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold [it] together.
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He is telling carnality
to show Him what is going to happen, daring it to take His place as God and try to prove His truth is
a lie. Prove you are God, and not Him, and this word of reconciliation is false, and try to dismay Him
and us, his elect, who know the truth, and let's see what will stand the test.
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Isa
41:24 Behold, ye [are] of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination [is he that] chooseth you.
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The judgment has already come forth: His word is true and all else is as nothing. Here
is a reference to the abomination which makes desolate standing in the Holy place. We are the Holy place,
and the abomination is our own carnality. As we see it (understand it, see it as it is, the way He sees
it) then we shall know that the end of all things old and the manifestation of the Sons of God and the
reconciliation of all things is AT HAND. At hand means it is HERE NOW! We may not see it, but it is here.
Jesus said when we see it, it is at the very door, just waiting for someone to open the door! Notice
also that the abomination, or our own carnality, has chosen us, the opposite of what we have been taught,
and he has fought the battle for us, so that now He owns us. All that is left, therefore, is for us to
leave our former master and "come on home." And I don't mean by the grave, but by the Spirit.
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Isa 41:25 I have raised up [one] from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall
he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as [upon] mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.
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North is up, so from the North is from Him, and this corporate man is coming forth from
Him. From the rising of the sun (the beginning of grace) we shall continually call upon Him, and shall
come upon our own princes (those things we used to think were of Him, and those things we used to live
for) as morter and as a potter treading upon clay. Everything shall be broken up and mixed together in
order that it may be made anew by the Master in us. The mortar to hold together, and the clay to make
new, perfect vessels. Our salvation, baptisms, laying on of hands is now become the mortar which holds
our building together, but now there is no more need for fresh mortar, as the building is finished. We
are just waiting for the command to enter in, as the vessels are being made, and baked in the furnace
for strength, to be used in the Holy sanctuary of the Lord.
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Isa 41:26 Who hath declared
from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, [He is] righteous? yea, [there
is] none that sheweth, yea, [there is] none that declareth, yea, [there is] none that heareth your words.
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See here that no one has been able to say these things or reveal these things before
now. No one has been able to say it because they did not understand it, and there was none to hear it
or understand it until this time.
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Isa 41:27 The first [shall say] to Zion, Behold,
behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
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Jesus being
the first here says that He will give to the Holy city that we have become ONE MAN that will bring these
good tidings. Who is that one? It is ONE CORPORATE MAN made up of many members, the elect as one person,
proclaiming the same thing, going to the same place as ONE PERSON, one message, given by Him through
us as if by one man.
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Isa 41:28 For I beheld, and [there was] no man; even among them,
and [there was] no counselor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
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The Lord
formerly looked upon our carnality and saw nothing good. Everyone claimed to have a word, and counseled,
but there was no truth, no good, and no one could answer the Lord even one word of truth.
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Isa 41:29 Behold, they [are] all vanity; their works [are] nothing: their molten images [are] wind and
confusion.
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Look, all of our own ways are vanity (a form of self pride). Our molten images
(what we think is God) is nothing but wind and confusion.
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Praise God that we are at
last beginning to come forth as one and understand what is going on, and can seek out His riches from
within what was formerly just a dead book. Feel the manifestation beginning to take place. See the reconciliation
taking place in our own lives, for it is. Who hath despised the day of small beginnings? The Word gives
no answer, but I suspect one answer might be "The one who doesn't see it!" Remember, seek and ye shall
find. If we look for it, we shall see it.
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