I believe there is a great transition coming to the body of Christ. What this will look like I do not fully know. I do know this, at His last coming His own rejected Him because they knew Him not. They had a religious system that had no room Him. A system built on the letter of the law and not the spirit of it. A system built on performance without relationship, sacrifice without obedience.
Even those who Jesus called out from this system totally missed the purpose of His coming. He walked with them for three years, shared meals with them, raised the dead before their eyes. And yet when it came time for His death, they were totally taken by surprise. They lost all hope, they were scattered like frightened sheep before the wolf. It is only when Jesus appeared before them resurrected that they began to understand.
I do not believe our transition will come any easier. We have had many years to develop our own religious system. I do not stand in judgment of it. I am a product of it. I can not point my finger, I can not call down words of judgment, I can not criticize. All I can do is cry out for my eyes to be opened and for my ears to hear His voice.
For those who have been given grace to see their own religious bondage, do not walk in pride. Your only protection is to clothe yourselves in humility. For those who have read "The Final Quest", I believe there are many who are now walking off in deception. If we simply judge the old system without owning it's sin as our own, we will just trade the old system for a new one and will be twice the son of hell as we were in the beginning.
His grace shall sustain those who seek it. His mercy comes new every morning for those who come to drink of it. Seek relationship above performance and obedience before sacrifice. Lay down your plans and desires for this world and take on the life of a solider living for the next. What ever grace and wisdom you may find, do not use it to look down on others, but instead use it to lower yourself to raise others up. Do not grow weary, Watch and pray that you may be delivered in this day.
Mark Kaphaem
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