Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. (Matthew 6:10)
That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: (Ephesians 1:10)
Lately the Lord has been showing me that practically
all of the ways he uses to describe the church have a triangular aspect
of some sort, depending on your point of view. In this article we will
briefly touch on most of them. First, we will cite some pertinent verses.
Then we'll see how they are triangular in shape. Then lastly we will look
at their relation to the kingdom.
The Mountain
. . . Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; . . . . (Isaiah 2:3)
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. (Psalms 2:6)
Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. (Zechariah 8:3)
A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. (Psalms 133:1-3)
It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. (Zechariah 4:7)
The Body of the High Priest
It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; (Psalms 133:2)
The Body of Christ
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. (Romans 12:5)
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. (Ephesians 5:30)
The Stone becoming a Great Mountain
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. (Daniel 2:35)
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. Isa 9:7
The Bride
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. (Ephesians 5:31-32)
The Ship
And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. (Matthew 8:20)
And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him
And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. (Matthew 8:23-24)
A place to lay the
head, a resting place.
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. (Psalms 132:13-14)
The Army of God
Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. (2 Timothy 2:3)
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. (2 Timothy 2:4)
The Flock of Sheep
I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. (John 10:14)
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: (John 10:27)
The Family of God
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. (Ephesians 1:4-6)
The Eagles Wings
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: (Deuteronomy 32:11)
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. (Psalms 91:4)
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The Fig Tree, The Olive Tree etc.
He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. (Luke 13:6)Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you. (Haggai 2:19)For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree? (Romans 11:24)
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. (Isaiah 61:3)
Metaphor of the vineyard
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, . . . . (Isaiah 5:1-2)
Metaphor of the land of Israel
Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem. (Ezra 1:3)
The City
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. (Genesis 22:4)
For he [Abraham] looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Heb 11:10
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. (Psalms 48:2)
New Jerusalem
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. (Revelation 21:2)
And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, (Revelation 21:9-10)
In this passage the bride is seen as synonymous with the Holy City.
The Tabernacle
A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? (Psalms 15:1)
For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. (Psalms 27:5)
In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. (Psalms 76:2)
We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. (Psalms 132:7)
Andin mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness. (Isaiah 16:5)
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. (Revelation 21:3)
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The Dwelling Place, House or Temple
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone
In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord
In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. (Ephesians 2:19-22)
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. (1 Peter 2:5-6)
The Pyramid
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Matthew 16:18)
The Action
In Zechariah 4, we see the headstone brought forth on the Mountain
In Revelation 14 we see the Lamb standing on the Mountain
In Psalm 133 we see the anointing ointment on the head and the dew
on the mountain, both flowing downwards.
In Matthew 8 we see mention of a place to lay the head; and the Lord
sleeping in the ship.
All of these instances speak of the same thing. Laying
the headstone on the temple is laying the head on the body. The temple
is the resting place of the Lord; and the body is the place of rest for
the Head. The Lord is the head!
In Psalm 132, David speaking [as a type of Christ] says he will have no rest till he builds a dwelling place for God.
Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids
Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. (Psalms 132:3-5)
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation
This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. (Psalms 132:13-14)
The Timing
Revelation 14 shows it taking place during events foretold in the
book of Revelation, especially when his followers will go wherever he leads.
Zechariah 4 speaks of the mountain becoming a plain [humbled], making
a place for the headstone to rest.
Psalm 133 shows it's when brothers come to dwell together in unity.
Matthew 8 tells us it's when The Lord enters his place of rest, his
disciples follow him and great storms arise outside.
. . . and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Matthew 16:18)
Summary
For example: If the Holy Spirit is supposed to lead us into all truth, how is it that all these people who claim to have the Holy Ghost can never agree among themselves? Because the scripture is not yet fulfilled.
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. (Isaiah 52:8)
But that's not how we are, it's how we will become when all this takes place; when we are revived or redeemed. It is unfulfilled prophetic scripture, but we normally don't realize that. It has been sealed till the time of the end.
Here is an example of one of those scriptures that
are present tense but are actually unfulfilled prophecy.
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. (Hebrews 12:22-24)
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But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: (1 Peter 2:9)
The Kingdom of God
And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. (Luke 17:21)
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: . . . . (Revelation 12:10)
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Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. (Psalms 132:8-9)
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. (Romans 14:17)
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.
Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD. (Zephaniah 3:16-20)
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. (John 3:5-8)