"Fear God, Love God, Serve God": "Revealed!"

"And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ."

(Luke 2:26)

Simeon had a secret, "revealed" to him by the Spirit of the eternal God. "Reveal" means to disclose something that was unknown or secret. What God knows no man knows; the future is held in the hands of the Creator; the secrets of the universe are composed in the mind of God; the unknown is Almighty God's forte; and God proves it when He says in Job, "Where were you when I formed the foundation of the world?"

Holy Ghost

The Bible says, "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 2:5) There's only one way to have access to the mind of Christ and that is to receive His Spirit, the Holy Ghost and fire. Revelations and illuminations come from the Spirit of Christ, when we are filled with His Spirit and speak in tongues, as the Word of God directs (Acts 2, 8, 10, and 19).

Does God "reveal" today? Does He speak today? Can we know His intentions and His plans? Will He tell us His secrets? Does anyone listen for the voice of God today? All valid questions, and there is one valid answer ... He has already said what He wants to say in His Word, the Holy Bible; It Is Finished! He will; however, confirm His Word through His Spirit. There are no new "revelations;" only illuminations. You say, "What do you mean?" People get into great trouble when they think they "hear" a voice or get something from an "angel," and they "do not" line it up with the Word of God. This is extremely important for TODAY, because time is short and satan's entire plot is to deceive and seduce as many as he can before the Lord comes again. The key scripture for all to remember is what Paul said in Galatians 1:8-9:

"But though we, or an angel from heaven,

preach any other gospel unto you than that

which we have preached unto you, let him

be accursed.

As we said before, so say I now again, if

any man preach any other gospel unto

you than that ye have received, let him

be accursed."

This is the only place in the Bible where a verse was repeated again in the very next verse. Paul was speaking of himself and Peter, and it was so important that he wanted to drive the point home by repeating it again! In other words, not all angels are from God; not all voices are from God; not all dreams and visions are from God ... they must be lined up with the Word of God, the Holy Bible, and if you're not sure of the source, let it go completely. Entire so-called "religions" have been based on a visit from an angel or a voice. There is ONE God, Jesus Christ our Lord, ONE gospel, ONE Lord, ONE Faith, ONE baptism, as stated in Ephesians 4:5.

The infilling of the Holy Ghost helps us discern all things and leads us into all truth. Through the Spirit of Jesus Christ, we can receive illumination of His Word, and direction to accomplish His Word. The Lord said, "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me." (John 10:27) The only time a sheep will not follow the Shepherd is when it is sick, and then it will follow anyone!

Matthew Henry's commentary says it like this: "The Jews understood his meaning, but could not form his words into a full charge against him. He described the gracious disposition and happy state of his sheep; they heard and believed his word, followed him as his faithful disciples, and none of them should perish; for the Son and the Father were one."

Christmas, 2013, is a perfect time to hear from God, to know His secrets, to hear of His plans of pouring out His Spirit on all flesh, to envision the salvation of a lost world, to know the intimacy of His love for His creation, to feel and know His heartbreak for His lost sheep, and to carry His burden of a ticking clock known to the countdown moment when He says, "Time shall be no more." It's a time like no other ... the generation who will see the fulfillment of all things, the last hour Rapture group looking up and seeking the light of a Holy omnipotent God in a dark dark world.

The God of the universe searches to and fro for those, or even that One, who will sit at His feet, wait for His voice, participate in His longings, feel the beat of His heart, and listen to Him in the wee hours of the morning ... while everyone else sleeps ... He's looking for a love child, one who doesn't just love him, but one who is "in love" with Him ...

We can count on two hands the people who were very intimately and directly involved in the Christmas story ... How many are involved "today" in the "end" of the story? Where are Simeon and Anna today? Who seeks the face of the Lord Jesus Christ for illumination to our tomorrows? Who waits again for the promise ... Again?

There "Are" some; you don't see them much, because they may not be on the stage; they're in the pasture, wide awake in the early morning, lying between the pew and the altar, praying and groaning in the Spirit behind the veil, shedding tears for unknown souls in faraway lands, feeling the deep prophetic unctions of life beyond, seeing ethereal visions of a time not yet known, and being moved by the hand that moves all things ... so, who are they, and where are they? Just like God's secrets; they are yet to be "Revealed!"