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Upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring...

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Peace in Christ.

We….His people…believe without seeing. We HEAR His voice opening up the Scripture of Truth and believe…. but the outside world will only believe by SEEING Him. Happy (blessed) are those who believe but haven’t seen Him (yet).

Our inheritance is to be the light of life (the human "talisman" of His light) to those on the outside who are sitting in deep darkness so that they may SEE His Light shining through and us and may believe in Him.

Joh 20:27-29 KJV
(27) Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
(28) And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

(29) Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

We…those who first trust in Christ…who will HEAR the Word of Truth the good news of our salvation…are to be to the PRAISE of His GLORY as the outside people of this world shall then SEE His glory appear over us and praise God above.

We have this inheritance to gather together in one all things in Christ...both of which are in heaven...and which are on "earth"...the outside nations of this world.

Eph 1:9-13 KJV
(9) Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
(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:
(11) In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
(12) That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.


We...His people...HEAR and BELIEVE. But the outside world will only believe by SEEING His light through us to the praise of God by them.

(13) In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,

He makes us the Light of the world…to the people on the outside world who are in deep spiritual darkness. We then cannot be hid. We are the "city".

Mat 5:14 KJV
(14) Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

We are that “city” on a hill (on the rising of light) that is lit up by the glory of God and the light of the Lamb.

The people on the outside world will then be attracted to us. Only the nations of them that are SAVED shall walk in the light of it though. There will be those people inside the churches of men and in the outside world who will not believe it.

Rev 21:23-24 KJV
(23) And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

(24) And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

For He gives us…to those who will HEAR with their ears and overcome…power over the nations.

Rev 2:26-29 KJV
(26) And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:

Those who are not believing in the outside nations shall be broken to shivers….

(27) And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

…but those who are saved among the outside world nations shall have the “morning star” arise in their dark hearts when they will SEE us.

(28) And I will give him the morning star.

We HEAR and they...the outside nations.. will SEE Him by looking at us.

(29) He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

We are the human “talisman” among them….showing forth the Light to them who are in darkness. He openly SHOWS in the SIGHT of the “heathen”…the outside people of this world…His salvation and His righteousness.

Psa 98:2-4 KJV
(2) The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
(3) He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Then the saved among them (the “earth”) will make a “loud noise” and will REJOICE and sing His praise.

(4) Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

The “sea”…the outside believing people of this world…will ROAR as they will make a “loud noise” of the praise of God when they will SEE His salvation through us.

Psa 98:7-8 KJV
(7) Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

(8) Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together

But this LOUD NOISE…the “roar”…of the sea…the praising of God among the saved of the nations… will strike fear in the hearts of the unbelievers.

They will “distress” with perplexity over the “sea and the waves ROARING’…that is, the loud noise of the praising of God that they will hear from the believers of the world. They will panic and be distressed when they will see a large group in this world become believers and hear their praising of God.

Luk 21:25-27 KJV
(25) And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

That which is coming upon the “earth”….the residents of the outside world…is the SEEING and believing of the people of the outside nations who were sitting in deep spiritual darkness. They will SEE Him…the Son of man…by the light that shines in us to them. This panics the unbelievers in this world as they will also "mourn" what they see happening. The powers of the heaven...those who are in power in this earth...will be "shaken" by what they see coming upon the earth.

We manifest the life of Jesus in our mortal flesh (which is the revealing of the Son of man) to them. The “cloud” is the “cloud” of people on the outside who will gather together and come to us who shine with His light to them that will believe.

(26) Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
(27) And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

We are delivered from our people (the man-based churches who will not believe) and from the “gentiles”…that is, the outside nations who once treated us with contempt and shame. We are then to be SENT back to those nations as a LIGHT to them to OPEN THEIR EYES. They are the “blind” whose eyes are to be opened by looking at us/Him.

They will then SEE (open their eyes) and be turned from darkness to light and receive forgiveness of sins and inheritance among them (that is, US who hear and believe) which are sanctified by faith that is in Him.

We are the ones “sanctified by faith” that is in Him.

The seeing (of the Light of the glory of God and of the Lamb shining in us) and believing people of the outside world will have an inheritance with us. We HEAR and believe while the outside world will SEE us with His light and will believe.

Act 26:17-18 KJV
(17) Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

(18) To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.