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The times of refreshing shall come from the presence (FACE) of the Lord...

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Peace in Christ.

We must change our minds (“repent”) and be converted, that our sins may be blotted out (Greek: exaleiphō).

Then the times of refreshing shall come from the presence (Greek: prosōpon -FACE) of the Lord.

We are to be His “open face” in this world to which the outside people of this world who are in deep darkness shall see His glory light shining towards them and will come to it/us (refreshing us).

Act 3:19-20
(19) Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence (FACE) of the Lord;

(20) And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:

But our sins must be “blotted out”.

What is to be blotted out (Greek: exaleiphō) is the keeping and serving of the church handwriting of ordinances/dogmas. We are forgiven for it as He takes it out of the way and nails it to His cross. The church handwriting brings us trouble as it is contrary (hostile) to us.

Col 2:14-15 KJV
(14) Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

We are to follow Him out of the congregations of man-based churches….making an open show of them…triumphing over them in Christ.

Their handwritings no longer have power over us. We are to “spoil”…that is, to divest wholly ….their “principalities and powers” (the ordinances/dogmas) by which they had ruled us by.

(15) And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

We must no longer be partakers with them (the children of disobedience who are keeping and serving their church handwritings) as now we are LIGHT in the Lord.

Eph 5:6-8 KJV
(6) Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
(7) Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

(8) For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

Then the times of refreshing shall come at His face as we shall then be able to reflect His glory light toward the outside world that is living in spiritual darkness.

When Christ shall “appear” ….that is, SHINE, then we shall also appear (shine) with Him in glory….and those on the outside shall see it and come to it....which shall be refreshing.

Col 3:4
(4) When Christ, who is our life, shall appear (SHINE), then shall ye also appear (SHINE) with him in glory.

This shining shall give the people in the outside darkness the knowledge of the glory of God as we shall reflect the glory of His Son…in the face of Jesus Christ…toward them. They will have knowledge of His glory as we shall shine it towards them.

2Co 4:6 KJV
(6) For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Those who are on the outside (the "earth") shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD ...as we shall shine it towards them and the goal is to fill the whole earth with it.

Hab 2:14 KJV
(14) For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

Again, we must “arise” from the dead man-based churches and depart from them in order to shine so that His glory shall IRRADIATE (rays of light shoot forth) us.

Isa 60:1-2
(1) Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen (IRRADIATE) upon thee.

(2) For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

Then the outside world shall come to our light and their kings to the brightness of our irradiation….which refreshes us. The earth will then flow with milk and honey rather than give us hardship.

Isa 60:3-8 KJV
(3) And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

(4) Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

We shall then see the people of the outside world come to us….and our hearts shall be startled (with amazement). It will be “refreshing” as they will no longer treat us with contempt and scorn as they did before but instead they will now come to the light in us.

(5) Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
(6) The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.
(7) All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

(8) Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

The man-based churches will not hear this though. They will resist even though this is way to the refreshing.

Isa 28:12 KJV
(12) To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.