This is a very special salvation message straight from the throne of God. When the Lord gave me this topic, I assumed the message would begin with the manger as the title suggests; but I was soon to learn that that wasn’t so. Early one morning, the Lord lifted me up to His throne and let me know that I was to start the message there—with Him on His throne and His Son by His side. That was an amazing visitation, and I was so thrilled.

The Lord carefully explained to me that the plan of salvation didn’t start with the manger; it started on the very throne of God, the throne of power, greatness, ultimate love, grace, goodness, gentleness, kindness and longsuffering. The Lord let me know that He and His Son had discussed the plan of salvation and designed it together after they had looked down on a cursed Earth filled with people covered in sin, spiritual ugliness and darkness.

God took me to Eden and explained how His Son had helped Him make the first man so perfectly; he was just like them. This man was to love like them and live holy in every way. He was created to live for all eternity without any pain, disease, depression, oppression, despair or heartache.

Perfect Fellowship Destroyed

Later, the Father and Son decided that their perfect man needed a helpmate, and they created a perfect woman. The Father and Son thoroughly enjoyed the fellowship they had with their perfect man and woman in Eden. God told me that He and His Son would go down to walk and talk with and embrace the man and woman they had created.

Oh, how God the Father and God the Son missed that fellowship when sin entered Eden! No longer could they go down to visit because man and woman had become ugly before God with sin, disobedience and ungodliness. The Godhead had to turn away from such an evil sight, and then all Adam and Eve could do was remember the perfection they once had.

When Abel was born, God and His Son rejoiced once more because he was just like the first Adam. Abel reflected the image of God; but Cain, his brother, did not. Cain reflected the image of the devil just as all people do who don’t have God. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him (Genesis 4:2-8).

Because Cain had given over to the image of the devil, Satan caused him to kill his brother. Think of the sorrow that God and His Son must have felt when Abel was killed! They had been so proud of him when he offered the holy sacrifice of blood to his God, but now he had been murdered. Oh, the sorrow that God and His Son have had to endure!

Divine Longsuffering

Then there was Noah. For 120 years, the Godhead waited with great longsuffering for the ark to be built to save just eight souls. And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and everything that is in the earth shall die. But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee. And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he (Genesis 6:13,14,17-19,22). The Lord worked with Noah with such love, patience and tender care! Why would you ever doubt God?

Abraham Had Perfect Obedience

The Lord brought Abraham before me and reminded me of the consecrated man He was able to make out of him. God and His Son could look at Abraham and see their image in him because he lived in the righteousness and holiness of God. He took on the same perfect obedience that Adam and Eve had been created in, and Abraham didn’t lose that obedience when he was severely tested. And he [God] said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him (Genesis 22:2,3).

When Abraham prepared to go to Mount Moriah, he was well aware that he would have to kill his son; but he had such perfect, divine faith that he knew without a doubt that the plan of redemption would be fulfilled and that, if necessary, God would raise Isaac from the dead. Abraham knew he would not return with his son’s dead body.

The Bible tells us that Abraham did make the sacrifice in his spirit, knowing that God was able to raise him [Isaac] up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac; and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son (Hebrews 11:19,17). Abraham went through with the whole sacrifice in spirit, and God honored his total obedience.

Abraham Acted on His Faith

Abraham was obedient even unto the death of his son. God had promised that son to him, and he had waited twenty-five years for that promise to be fulfilled; but then it looked as if the promised seed would be destroyed. Nevertheless, Abraham had marvelous faith; and when he got to Mount Moriah, he said to the servants, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you (Genesis 22:5). He wanted his servants to wait because he didn’t want them to see him bind or kill his son.

Little Isaac carried the wood for what was to be his own sacrifice just as the Son of God would carry His own Cross of wood many years later. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together (Genesis 22:6-8).

God and His Son had such wonderful thoughts as they watched Abraham and Isaac! Jesus could see Himself in Isaac, and He already knew what it would be like to journey from the manger to the Cross. Jesus knew that one day, He would have to come down from Heaven and bare the sins and sicknesses of a lost and dying world. He knew He would have to be the sacrificial offering because nothing else would suffice and take away sin. Jesus was going to give man one final chance.

Moses Received Miracle Power

Many years passed before Moses came along; and when God looked at him, He finally saw another real man who had the image of Himself and His Son. The Lord furnished Moses with every miracle necessary to bring a nation out of captivity, and He and His Son saw the results of that miracle power. And Moses stretched out his hand over the [Red] sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength…And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses (Exodus 14:21,22,27,28,31).

God worked through Moses to perform many wonderful miracles and even showed him His great miracle of healing at the burning bush. And the LORD said furthermore unto him [Moses], Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh (Exodus 4:6,7). The leprosy vanished; what a great miracle!

A True Prophet in the Land

The Godhead had great hope as they looked at Elijah. What a vessel he was! There hadn’t been a true prophet in Israel for years, but then one came on the scene who relied on divinity. With divine faith, he commanded the rain to cease; and it stopped for three-and-a-half years. And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word (I Kings 17:1).

We can speak with divine faith too, and it will be the same as Jesus speaking when He was here. When Jesus spoke, it was the same as God speaking from the throne; and when God speaks, things are done.

Before the Lord took Elijah to Heaven alive, he anointed Elisha to be a prophet in his place. Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over (II Kings 2:9-14).

Elisha was a type of the Bride of Christ with the holy mantle. God knew this was the same mantle that His Son would pass on to the disciples to enable them to start the Church. Thus saith the Lord, we have to think about these things. We have to study those in the Bible who used divine faith because the Bride must use that same faith in this final hour.

Jesus Would Have to Be the Sacrifice

The Father and His Son knew that Jesus would have to come to Earth. Why? Thus saith the Lord, to make it possible for the Bride to have all the miracles she would need to bring in the final harvest throughout the whole Earth. The great plan of salvation was carefully put together by God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, saith the Lord.

Because Adam and Eve failed, all people are born sinners. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). If Adam and Eve had not sinned, the Earth would have been a paradise today; and this world would have been home to their beautiful, holy seed. Adam and Eve would have been victorious, and no one would ever have had to face temptation because the devil would have been destroyed long ago. God would not have allowed any temptation, if only that one man and woman had stood the test.

Wherefore, as by one man [Adam] sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned (Romans 5:12). Because death had been passed on to all through Adam and Eve, there needed to be a remedy, a cure for the curse of sin; and Jesus was the only way.

In the Old Testament, the blood from animal sacrifices had been used over and over again; but the Bible tells us that God despised them. In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure (Hebrews 10:6). Animal sacrifices offered atonement for the sins the people had committed, but they could not keep man free from sin. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins (Hebrews 10:4).

Man not only had to be forgiven of his sins but also stay forgiven. He had to stay out of sin, and that meant having divine blood within. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (Romans 6:23). A death sentence was upon the human race; therefore, man was born in sin and iniquity and without any hope.

These are the thoughts of God. Freedom from sin is what Jesus brought all the way from Heaven to Earth for you and me. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12).

God Missed His Son

When God thought about His Son being absent from His side for over thirty years, He felt the same anguish that Abraham must have felt when he went to Mount Moriah to offer Isaac.

Evidently, time had never really mattered to God before His Son went to Earth to suffer; but when Jesus was here, the Father on His throne experienced everything Jesus went through right along with Him. When the Son cried, the Father cried. It was the worst time Heaven had ever gone through.

Eventually, Jesus was going to be crucified, and God was going to have to give all of His love at one time. He had never had to do that before; but when He looked into the souls of wretched men and women and saw the hideous devils that bound them and caused them to commit horrible crimes and blaspheme the name of the very God who had created them, He knew He had to give all. God could have come down to walk on Earth at that time, but He knew He would have destroyed them all; and He had too much love to do that. Civilization would have ended, but love kept God on His throne in Heaven while the seat of His Son sat empty next to Him.

As the Lord looks upon the Bride, He sees the image of Himself, of His Son and of the Holy Spirit. He sees the Holy Spirit living and dwelling on the inside of people and reflecting a real, living image of the holy Godhead. Thus saith the Lord, man and woman with the mind of Christ were definitely considered on the throne.

In Old Testament days, God so carefully planned the tabernacle; but having God come down on the Day of Atonement and sit on the throne inside the most holy place wasn’t enough. God told Isaiah to tell Israel that their sins had separated them from their God. But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear (Isaiah 59:2).

God will have no fellowship with one particle of sin. Not one sin will ever enter Heaven, and no one with any sin will ever walk down those treasured streets of holiness.

Walk the Holy Way

We must walk the high road through Jesus Christ and His divinity—through His divine blood, divine love, divine grace, divine righteousness and divine holiness. b (Isaiah 35:8).

The Bible declares that without holiness, we will never see the face of God. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14). During a great, divine visitation, I saw just a part of God; and it was an unforgettable experience. What will it be like when you and I look upon His face on that wonderful Rapture Day? A glorious morn is coming for the Bride, and it won’t be long now; so we must hurry to bring in the lost at any cost.

You Can Be Free from Sin

Paul told the Corinthians to always remember what he had preached to them—the message he had received when he met Jesus. Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures (I Corinthians 15:1-4).

Paul wanted the people to understand that if they accepted the whole Gospel, they would be free just like he was. There is no other way to stand for God except through the Gospel because that is the only plan of salvation ever created by the Godhead. Man and woman would not only have to be completely delivered from all sin, but they would have to stay delivered just as Jesus told the woman of the streets after her accusers had fled. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more (John 8:11).

In Old Testament days, God told the people, The soul that sinneth, it shall die (Ezekiel 18:4). But it was pointless at that time for Him to tell them to sin no more because the remedy for sin had not yet come. Now, however, Jesus has come; and we have no excuse. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them…so that they are without excuse (Romans 1:18-20).

No Excuse for Sin

There was a time when God winked at ignorance, but not anymore. Since Jesus came, everyone is called to repentance. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent (Acts 17:30). Jesus said, Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish (Luke 13:5).

Christ knew He would have to come to Earth to suffer and die. The prophets had foretold of His coming, but Moses was the first one to actually refer to Jesus. The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet [Jesus] from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken (Deuteronomy 18:15). The people would not listen to Moses, but he told them that a prophet, Jesus, would be raised up that they would have to listen to.

When Jesus came, the Jews as a nation would not accept Him; so the Lord opened the door to give the Gentiles a chance. Salvation is for everyone. Jesus said, Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me (Revelation 3:20). Jesus was saying, “If you will just open your heart, I’ll come in and have the same holy fellowship with you that I had with the first Adam and Eve.”

Man Was God’s Greatest Disappointment

Jesus said, I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another [speaking of the Antichrist] shall come in his own name, him ye will receive (John 5:43). Today, people all over the world are giving in to the Antichrist spirit, and they are trying everything they can to do away with Jesus Christ. Some refuse to celebrate Christmas and fight to ban anything pertaining to Christ from stores, schools and other public places. As God the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost look down, they see a wretched, damnable, devilish mess with relatively few people looking to God. Think how it must grieve them. The Lord told me one time that man was His greatest disappointment. How sad!

The Bible records that, down through the years, God destroyed thousands because of His anger at man’s disobedience. He tried judgment before the Law and under the Law, but everything He tried only destroyed man.

The great love of the Godhead wanted to save people, not destroy them; so they carefully put together the plan of redemption. God tried everything He could before He gave His whole heart—His Only Begotten. If that had not been the only cure for sin, the Lord never would have planned such a thing. God would not be the all-powerful one if He was unable to deliver man from sin, sickness and disease because those are all works of the devil. Jesus brought the cure so we could be delivered and stay delivered from all evil.

God Really Suffered

It was a grievous day when Jesus left the throne in Heaven! As the Lord was giving me His thoughts, I could almost hear the Father saying, “Now, Son, you know what you’re going into. You know that when you put yourself under subjection to the flesh, you will be weak. You will be just like other human beings except you will have divine blood; but still, you will really have to suffer.”

The prophet Isaiah foretold this saying, He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted (Isaiah 53:3,4).

Oh, how the Father suffered when He had to smite His Son! Such love and grace came from the heart of God! But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8).

It is no wonder that God’s love can’t be measured—it is too deep, too high and too wide. We can sing of God’s grace, love and faith; but there is no way to tell how far they reach. His love reaches far beyond the stars; and through the divine blood, we have a direct line straight to the throne of God that the devil can’t destroy. There is no static on that line unless we allow it to come through doubt and disobedience. Thus saith the God of all flesh, the devil would love to destroy this divine plan that was not made on Earth but in Heaven.

Purged with Divine Blood

Finally, the redemption plan was in place, and Jesus would come as the cure for sin. He would come to show man the way to the eternal Eden, and He would make an Eden here on Earth in the heart of every person who would accept the divine blood. The soil of the soul would have to be purged with divine blood before the fruit of the Holy Spirit could be produced inside a human being. Man and woman would have to live in and embrace divinity and truly know the Son of God so they could take on the very image of God. Jesus said, And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free (John 8:32). He was saying, “To know me is to be free and stay free. I have brought the power, the greatness and everything you need to do that.”

The Psalmist told about Christ’s crucifixion and those who killed Him. Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion (Psalm 22:12,13).

Jesus would have to suffer like no man has ever suffered, but with His blood stripes at the whipping post came healing for all sicknesses and diseases. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him: and with his stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5). No disease or deformity will be able to stand before such power and life—life that the devil cannot destroy.

After Christ’s death and resurrection, every man and woman born spiritually dead in sin would be able to have a resurrection. Everyone would be able to come out of sin’s death tomb and into the sunshine of Heaven right here on Earth. Everyone who desired to go into Eden could go, but there was only one way in. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ (I Corinthians 3:11).

Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me (John 14:6). He was saying, “I am the way back into Eden and life eternal! I’m the way back into perfect happiness and perfect health.” Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8).

Christ Came to Earth

The time came for the great plan of redemption to be put into action. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night (Luke 2:8). The shepherds were quietly watching their sheep when the angel appeared with the great message of God saying, Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men (Luke 2:10-14).

Would you have gone to the manger to see the little Christ child? Have you looked into it today to find eternal salvation? Have you been changed into a new Adam or a new Eve with the image of God? Do you really believe nothing is too hard for Him?

Jesus willingly gave Himself into the hands of the devil, and it all began with Him coming to Earth in the form of a little babe. The Father had discussed it with Him, and they were in complete agreement. He would be born in an ox stall among the animals with no big welcome from anyone. He would have no place to call His own on the very Earth He had helped to create. His lowly birth meant that even the rich could come and find eternal life if they would humble themselves, but that would be the only way. The lowly shepherds went to the barn with no trouble, but how many people with any wealth or importance were there?

Salvation Was Born in a Manger

The Lord led the three wise men to Jesus, but they traveled at least two years to get there. Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him…and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh (Matthew 2:1,2,9-11).

The rich didn’t flock to see Jesus, but the Bible says the common people heard him gladly (Mark 12:37). The shepherds were the first ones to receive the message of Christ being born, and they had the privilege of seeing Him as a newborn. And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger (Luke 2:15,16).

No one would ever have dreamed that such a King would be born in an ox stall and laid in a manger; but when the shepherds looked into the manger, they saw love like they had never seen before. God’s grace was revealed to them, and they knew they were to be witnesses of what they had seen. The Lord gave them the understanding that Heaven had come down. They saw Heaven’s bundle of God’s great love; and it brought peace, hope, grace and courage to them. At last their King had been born.

The Book of Revelation tells us that the Antichrist will make his appearance on a white horse with all the splendor that the Jews expected their Messiah to come in, but Jesus didn’t come that way. He came as a meek, humble little Lamb, but God’s whole heart was with Him. He was going to be the sacrificial Lamb for the whole human race, and He would open the door back into Eden so that man and woman at last could have perfect fellowship with their Lord.

The King of Glory

The Psalmist cried, Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in (Psalm 24:9). Who is this King of Glory? He is the righteous and glorious One from Heaven. He is the very Son of God! Hallelujah!

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God (John 3:17,18). It is so sad that this wonderful scripture is being denied by most churches today, but they are not true Jesus churches. There are only two churches—the Jesus church and the world church.

Most people today belong to the world church in which preachers teach that everyone will go to Heaven, but that is a lie of the devil. Those churches have compromised with the world and the devil to make such statements. Jesus said that anyone who would try to get in any other way but through Him is a thief and a robber. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber (John 10:1).

Many People Fear the Truth

You must choose Jesus, the manger and the Cross, or there will be no plan of redemption and no Heaven for you. Why do people fight this plan? Why do they fight something that will make people honest, strong and upright? Why are they so afraid of the manger and the Cross? People fear real Christianity more than any other religion on the face of the Earth.

When God rises up, what are they going to say? What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him (Job 31:14)? Job considered what he would say; but when God actually rose up, he could say nothing but, Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth (Job 40:4).

Jesus on the Cross

When Jesus was on His way to the Cross, it seemed to all of Heaven that the plan would never end. Everything He had done while on Earth identified Him to be the Son of God—the love He showed, the healings and miracles He performed—yet only a handful of people accepted Him. When He hung on the Cross, only a very few disciples were there to stand by Him; and John was the only apostle we have record of being there. Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home (John 19:25-27).

God loved and trusted John so much that He gave John an amazing vision of being caught up in the Rapture, and every book that John wrote portrays that great love.

They Thought All Was Lost

Jesus had told the disciples about His death. Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father (John 10:17,18). But they didn’t understand the plan of redemption, and they feared all was lost. Think of what the disciples must have gone through when Christ was crucified. They thought everything He had given them—all the hope, all the joy, all the peace—was suddenly gone and that all the marvelous teachings were not true. They thought, “It is done, and He is dead.”

Then came Resurrection Morning, just like God the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost had planned. In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you (Matthew 28:1-7).

An angel came down from Heaven and rolled away the stone. Soldiers who were there to guard the tomb became as dead men when Jesus walked out carrying the keys to death, hell and the grave.

The Will Is Conditional

Jesus conquered all; and He is now our victory, our hope and our greatness. He changes lives, and the Bible tells us all about it. Just as people leave a will when they die, the New Testament is Jesus’ Will for all of us. You and I are included in that Will, but you can’t claim it until you acknowledge the salvation that Jesus brought. You then have to accept all the conditions of that Will because it is conditional.

Think about Jesus’ glorious birth. Whenever God manifests Himself in love, it is always a glorious time; but few people ever recognize it. Think of those who must have regretted not being in the Upper Room on the Day of Pentecost when the Holy Ghost first fell. Tongues of fire appeared, and those who were there heard the wind from Heaven blowing. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance (Acts 2:1-4).

Five hundred people saw Jesus after the Resurrection, but only a relative few actually saw Him ascend back to Heaven or proceeded on to the Upper Room. The number of names together were about an hundred and twenty (Acts 1:15).

The whole plan of redemption Jesus brought was real. He was truly the Christ, the Son of God. If people had believed and accepted what He taught, this world would be a different place. Think of the people who will be in hell tomorrow saying, “If only I had believed!” Their confession then will be, “He is the Son of God and the only way to Heaven. He did come down from God above, and He did bring Heaven down to us. He was born in an ox stall and laid in a manger. He did bring salvation, but we wouldn’t accept it. We didn’t think it was necessary to live that kind of life. If only we had another chance!” But there is no second chance after death. Hell is for eternity.

Follow the Steps of Jesus

We must know that our salvation was born in Bethlehem! We must know that all the divinity we will ever need came with the One who left the throne of glory He had occupied with His Father for trillions of years. Jesus brought all we will ever need, and He walked all the way for you and me. When He took His first steps of love and grace, they were for you and me; and they are still there.

Follow those steps and see His amazing wisdom at just twelve years of age. And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers (Luke 2:42-47).

Those steps will take you to His baptism by John in Jordan, and you will see the Holy Ghost descending on Him in the form of a dove. And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased (Luke 3:22).

Follow those steps into the wilderness where Jesus fasted for forty days and met the devil head-on. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God (Matthew 4:1-4). The devil was no match for Jesus, and he is no match for us. Jesus met him as a human just like we are, and He used no more power against the devil than He has given us. He used the power of the Word, and we also have the divine Word. The Bible tells us that this kind goeth forth only by prayer, fasting and living in the Word.

Living Epistles

Jesus was the Word made flesh, and we too are made of flesh with the Word dwelling in us. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth (John 1:14).

The Bible also calls us living epistles. Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart (II Corinthians 3:3). How wonderful! As living epistles, we must spread God’s Word.

I love humanity, and I have such compassion for those who are steeped in sin or born in Satanism because I could have been one of them. My heart cries out for them, and I must get to everyone I possibly can; and you must have that same compassion. The Lord has offered all of us His great anointings of compassion that took Him from Heaven to the manger and then through much suffering, from the manger to the Cross.

A Plan Beyond Human Comprehension

The plan of redemption from the manger to the Cross took over thirty years, and this Church Age has lasted 2000 years; but it is about to end just as God planned. Christ, the Second Adam, faced it all and won. He cried on Calvary, “It is finished!” Then He died, and the plan of salvation was put into effect for all who would accept it.

Oh, the greatness of this plan as the Lord explained it to this lowly servant will live with me for the rest of my life. The amazing plan put together on the throne of the Almighty was solely for our redemption. Everything was carefully decided before Jesus left His Father’s side.

Think again of the tears the Father must have shed on that separation day; but one glorious day, the Father will use that great love handkerchief to first dry all our tears and then wipe away all Heaven’s tears. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away (Revelation 21:4).

God is trying to make Himself so real to people today, and it totally amazes me. I was astonished at God’s closeness and frankness concerning this message. It was overwhelming how the Lord gave me the way His plan of redemption came about. He had never given it to me that way before.

Salvation Can Be Yours

Thank God that Jesus came! If you haven’t accepted this glorious plan of salvation, pray this prayer with me now: Lord, forgive me of all my sins. I’m so sorry I sinned against you. Come into my heart, Jesus. Let your blood wash all my sins away, and I will live for you the rest of my life. I don’t want to be one who turns my back to your salvation. Come into my heart, Jesus. Come on in!

Now, you can go from the manger to the Cross and from the Cross to the city of God, your home forevermore. He is now alive in your heart; and with Paul, you can say, I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me (Galatians 2:20).

Be Made Whole

Jesus is both our Savior and our healer. There was a time when I faced death. I was so afflicted that I knew in a few more days I would be gone. My soul was right with the Lord, but He didn’t seem to be answering my prayers. Instead of the Lord telling me that help was on the way, the heavens seemed to be silent.

Then finally, my glorious morn came! Jesus lit up the place one night and made me whole all over, and that same Jesus who touched me is here to make you whole too. Put out your hands before Him now, and take His holy power that He used on this humble servant to make me whole. He wants to make you well so He can work through you and with you. Take this miracle of strength and power with you from the manger to the Cross and then on to the Resurrection, the ascension and the Upper Room.

Let your body now come to normal just as mine did. Let the divine blood do it. You are in His holy presence now; and if you believe what the man of God has told you, that anointing is on your hands. Now touch your body to be made completely whole. The Lord hath need of you.

Lord, heal everyone. Make them whole all over. We now live because He lives. We will live as the eternal ages roll because Jesus came and brought the plan of salvation all the way from Heaven for us. Thank God, I’m free to live in that holy place with the holy God, the holy Son and the Holy Ghost. Jesus is here today as Savior, Lord and Master of all our seas. Let His grace abound for you.

If you don’t have the baptism of the Holy Spirit, let Him baptize you now. Get off to yourself and begin praising and glorifying the Lord with your whole heart until the Holy Ghost comes in and takes over your tongue and speaks in another language. Jesus said, But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth (Acts 1:8). Let Him baptize you in the real Holy Ghost.

Thus Saith the Lord

I am here to anoint you for this hour. This hour is in preparation for your final hour, and it must be victorious! You must not fail or multitudes will die and go to hell. I am here to give you more compassion. I am here to give you more of my love and to help you use it. I am here for my Spirit to make Heaven real to you, to make God your Father and God the Son, your Savior, real, saith the Lord.