Experiencing the Finished Work
gate eleven

    So it is again. At the appearing of Michael, in Person, what humans can see with only physical eyes, is not what Father sees taking place in the new land, and around the world, at the return of His Son. John the beloved was given God's vision to see the spiritual realities occurring during the final consummation of all things in heaven and on earth. One may ask Father for His Spirit of Revelation to see things through His eyes. From the beginning of The Revelation, to the end, John gives a complete picture of the multifaceted work which Michael was to accomplish in behalf of His people, at His return, and which He has even now been carrying forward for more than two years. In the varied names and imagery given below from the book of Revelation, the multifaceted nature and work of Michael is vividly portrayed.

One like a Son of Man…the Ever-living One. Rev.1:13-18.

Him Who has the seven Spirits of God, the sevenfold Holy Spirit…and Who says, "I will acknowledge…openly before My Father and before His angels. Rev. 3:1-5.

The Holy One, the True One, He Who has the key of David, Who opens and no one shall shut, Who shuts and no one shall open. Rev. 3:7.

The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root, Source, of David. Rev. 5:5.

A Lamb standing, as though it had been slain. Rev. 5:6.

The Angel coming up from the east and carrying the seal of the living God. Rev. 7:2.
The mighty Angel coming down from heaven, robed in a cloud, with a halo like a rainbow over his head…Who swore in the name of Him Who lives forever and ever…that no more time should intervene and there should be no more waiting or delay, but that…God's mystery…should be fulfilled, accomplished, completed. Rev. 10:1-7.

The Lord of the earth. Rev. 11:4.

The male Child, One Who is destined to shepherd, rule, all the nations with an iron staff; the Child…caught up to God and to His throne...brought forth…by a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet…fed and kept safe by God. Rev. 12:1-6.

Michael and His angels. Rev. 12:7

Christ the Messiah. Rev. 12:7-10.

The Lamb stood on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father's name inscribed on their foreheads. Rev. 14:1.

I saw a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud One resembling a Son of Man, with a crown of gold on His head and a sharp scythe, sickel, in His hand. And...He Who was sitting upon the cloud swung His scythe, sickle, on the earth, and the earth's crop was harvested. Rev. 14:14-16.

He is Lord of lords and King of kings. Rev. 17:14.

The Angel descending from heaven, possessing great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his radiance and splendor. And he shouted with a mighty voice, She is fallen! Mighty Babylon is fallen! Rev. 18:1.

The marriage of the Lamb at last has come, and His bride has prepared herself. Rev. 19:7.

After that I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse appeared! The One Who was riding it is called Faithful and True, and He passes judgment and wages war in righteousness...and the title by which He is called is The Word of God. Rev. 19:11,13.

A single Angel stationed in the sun's light, and with a mighty voice he shouted to all the birds that fly across the sky, Come, gather yourselves together for the great supper of God. Rev. 19:17.

Then I saw an Angel descending from heaven; he was holding the key of the Abyss, the bottomless pit and a great chain was in his hand. And he gripped and overpowered the dragon. Rev. 20:1.

Then I saw a great white throne and the One Who was seated upon it, from Whose presence and from the sight of Whose face earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. Rev. 20:11.

And I heard a mighty voice from the throne and I perceived its distinct words, saying, See! The abode of God is with men...and God shall personally be with them and be their God. Rev. 20:3.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. Rev. 20:6.

I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Omnipotent Himself and the Lamb Himself are its temple...the splendor and radiance of God illuminate it, and the Lamb is its lamp. Rev. 21:22,23.

I am...the First and the Last, the Before all and the End of all. Rev. 22:13.

I am the Root, the Source and the Offspring of David, the radiant and brilliant Morning Star. Rev. 22:16.

A Palpable Revelation of Michael the Uncreated Archangel

Christ was as truly a Saviour before as after His incarnation. At the very moment of transgression and apostasy, He entered upon His work, laboring for the salvation of man with an activity equal to the activity of God...The Father and the Son are united in the work of redemption...Christ, the (divine) surety of the human race, works with uninterrupted activity. He speaks of Himself as working in the same way as the Guardian of the universe...Christ is the light which lighteneth every man that cometh into the world. From Adam, through the patriarchal age...in mysterious procession, future things swept before their vision. In every sacrifice Christ's death was pointed out. His righteousness ascended to God in every cloud of incense. His majesty was hidden in the holy of holies. RH 3-005-01.

    We would like to share with you the Michael Who we have come to know intimately. The consummation imagery was meant to reveal, and has indeed revealed, how Michael, the invisible Son of God comes into the deepest and very most intimate and private places of every soul whom He marries to Himself. We experienced this soul intimacy with Michael, long before the consummation began and He entered into us in a physical way. It was the Being, Michael, the invisible Archangel of the marriage covenant, with Whom we had to do. From the very beginning of Michael's appearing in human form, the Two Witnesses were given to sense and recognize the invisible Being behind-the-scenes, the Son of God Himself Who was filling and overflowing His human vessel. We have felt His invisible Presence intimately. We have felt His penetration to "the deepest parts of our nature, exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purpose of the heart...All things are open and exposed, naked and defenseless to the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do." Heb. 4:12:13 Amplified. He has entered into the depths of our being and has touched every part of us. There is no part of you that doesn't get touched by Michael. There isn't any part of you with which Michael isn't familiar and intimately acquainted. And likewise, there isn't any part of Him with which you don't become acquainted and intimately familiar.

    Recently during our time here in the wilderness, Father gave me a deeper revelation of this meek and awesome being, Michael the uncreated Archangel, the greatly beloved Son of God Himself. I was given to see this precious Being, Michael, as He is. In one brief revelation, I saw Him in His all encompassing awesomeness, and, at the same time, in all of His tender closeness to each human being who yields to His invisible ministry. I was given to see Him as He existed in heaven — before taking a human form to wrestle with Jacob at midnight, before coming to live among us in Jesus of Nazareth, or before taking human form again, in Michael of Travesser. I saw Michael, the immortal and invisible Son of God, in all of His incomprehensible immensity, quietly and meekly at His Father's disposal. I sensed His encompassing of the whole earth, as He conducts His invisible work of directing all human affairs for the final deliverance of His people, just as He ministered invisibly to the prince of Persia for the release of His captive people. And, at the same time I saw and felt Michael as He Husbands each soul with the same intimate, careful attention which He gave to Jacob, when He suddenly came to him as personal Angel of the covenant, to bring him to complete deliverance.

    At the same time that I saw this brief revelation, I experienced a strong and vivid sense of His immediate, but invisible Presence with me. I can only tell You about what I saw, I cannot tell You what I saw, but the revelation took my breath away, and I found myself spontaneously talking out loud to this awesome and precious Being. "Michael, thank You for coming down to this earth and emptying Wayne out, and appearing in Him, in Person. Thank You for drawing me to You and consummating me with You." I talked with Him for quite a while as I walked, as things would come to me. I have walked and talked with Father many times, now I was conscious of walking and talking with Michael, His invisible Son, in a way I had never been given before. I have spoken directly to the divine Anointing in me before. Now, the divine Presence which I have intimately felt so many times, Who has opened up to me who I am of myself, Who is my intimate recording Angel of the marriage covenant, suddenly had a face which I had been given by Father to see. "Truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ." 1 John 1:3.

    I have seen from the very beginning of Messiah's appearing, that Michael, the Son of God possesses and inhabits His namesake, Michael of Travesser in all purity and clarity and fullness. Now, I was being given to see the all pervasiveness of the Being, Michael, Who is behind-the-scenes, One Whom the limits of one single human body cannot hold the immensity of. It is this same precious Being, Michael the uncreated Archangel Himself, Who has been speaking to us and responding to us, in the physical person of Michael of Travesser, and Whom I was being given to see in a much more awesome way yet. I saw Michael's singleness of purpose — to bring each soul into an actual marriage with Himself. Michael, the Son of God, the very same invisible Being Who has carefully tended us all of our lives, and drawn us to Himself, is the One Who is Husbanding us and marrying us to Himself. It was this very same Michael Who said, "I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will count you as Mine and I will constrain you, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant to which you are permanently bound." Eze. 20:37. It is Michael, our personal recording Angel, and Archangel of our personal marriage covenant with Him, who is laying open every person's self to them, so they can be drawn out of it and into the bond of the marriage covenant of the Lamb. And it is this very same Michael, Who is filling and overflowing Michael of Travesser, Who is desiring to fully appear in you.

The Visible Sign of Messiah's Return

    When Michael, the Son of God, came the first time in Jesus of Nazareth, a physical, secular event was prophesied, which would reveal that He had come. A prophetic sign was given so God's people would recognize that His Son was among them. "The scepter or leadership shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, UNTIL Shiloh, the Messiah, the Peaceful One, comes to Whom it belongs, and to Him shall be the obedience of the people." Gen. 49:10 Amplified. A foreign ruler sitting on the throne in Jerusalem was to be the sign that Messiah had come to this earth, in Person. Those who could hear God speaking to their hearts, were drawn to the Scripture record of this sign, and recognized when its time of fulfillment had come. John the Baptist, the forerunner and announcer of Messiah was one of those who had received eyes to see the invisible realities currently taking place, and a heart to believe the sign given in the word of God. "John found in the wilderness his school and his sanctuary...With awed yet exultant spirit he searched in the prophetic scrolls the revelations of the Messiah's coming,--the promised seed that should bruise the serpent's head; Shiloh, "the peace giver," who was to appear before a king should cease to reign on David's throne. Now the time had come. A Roman ruler sat in the palace upon Mount Zion. By the sure word of the Lord, already the Christ was born." DA 102,103.

    The prophetic sign given, was there would be a change in the government of those who were the people of God at that time; which in that particular dispensation, were the physical descendants of Abraham. This visible, secular change in Jerusalem was the divine sign given to reflect the invisible, spiritual reality which was then occurring — the birth of the Anointing of Messiah in the earth. Christ was not in Jerusalem, but His sign was. The divine word had been given that the scepter would not depart from Judah before their promised Messiah would appear. Everyone could look and see this literal occurrence, and know that the Anointed One was somewhere on the earth already, because their own king had been replaced by Pilot, a foreign ruler, who now had direct jurisdiction over them within their own land.

    No one need to have erred in regard to this event. No one need to have missed the Son of God in His coming to the earth. But the ones whose ancestors had been called to be God's people, and who now vehemently claimed that they were indeed "Abraham's seed," had not recognized His Son when He came. "Jesus answered them...Yes, I know that you are Abraham's offspring; yet you plan to kill Me, because My word has no entrance, makes no progress, does not find any place in you...You are wanting and seeking to kill Me, a Man Who has told you the truth which I have heard from God. This is not the way Abraham acted." John 8:34,37,40 Amplified. At the close of Christ's ministry to those He had come to Messiah, He said, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, murdering the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a mother fowl gathers her brood under her wings, and you refused! Behold, your house is forsaken and desolate, abandoned and left destitute of God's help. For I declare to you, you will not see Me again until you say, Blessed is He Who comes in the name of the Lord!" Matt. 23:37-39 Amplified. Afterwards, His disciples came to Christ privately and asked, "What will be the sign of Your coming and of the end?" In His reply to them, Jesus prophesied the physical sign which would mark His coming again, and the end of the world. "Great misery and anguish and distress shall be upon the land and indignation and punishment and retribution upon this people. They will fall by the mouth and the edge of the sword and will be led away as captives to and among all nations; and Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles UNTIL the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled, completed." Luke 21:24 Amplified.

    Thus Christ Himself prophesied a literal event in Jerusalem which would give the sign of the return of the Son, as well. Once again Jerusalem would be the place where this visible sign was to reflect the spiritual reality of Messiah's Presence. A visible event in the interplay of secular nations would reveal the Anointing's Presence, in Person, on the earth. This time, in exact reverse, instead of the sign being given that the dominion of the Jews had been taken away within their homeland, this sign of Messiah's return would reveal that the dominion of the Jews in their own land had been restored. The appearing and reappearing of Messiah in the earth were prophetically marked by two physical events to transpire literally in Jerusalem. Jerusalem was a well known land mark, the sign post used to physically reflect the spiritual event which was occurring in the heavens, the divine realm of invisible, but actually occurring, spiritual, realities. From the event of Messiah's first appearing in human flesh, to Messiah's second appearing in human flesh, was the time period which He prophesied "Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles were fulfilled, completed."

    History well documents the removal of the direct, foreign jurisdiction in Jerusalem. The "city has been trodden under foot of the Romans, Saracens, Mamalukes, Franks, and Turks, who possess it to this day. In 1948 Israel became a nation, and in 1967, after the “Six Day War,” once again possessed [all of] Jerusalem, an event which may have prophetic significance in the light of this passage." Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 1172. Those who were God's called and chosen people had changed in the interim of Christ's two appearings, but the location of the physical sign would remain the same. The Son of God returned to earth again, not to those "who say they are Jews, but who are not," but to those who are true, spiritual Jews, to translate them off of this earth to their heavenly inheritance. "I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan…Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee." Rev. 2:9;3:9.

    God had first called a literal, physical family, the descendents of one man, Abraham, to be His people; but they were only the physical symbol of a people who would be a literal, spiritual family, all descendents of One Man. "Know and understand that it is really the people who live by faith [who see with the eyes of the Spirit of God Who is within them], who are the true sons of Abraham." "He is a Jew who is one inwardly." Gal. 3:7; Rom 2:29 Amplified. The literal, physical Jews had become proud of their physical lineage, and had rejected their own Messiah when He appeared in their midst, in Person, just as had been prophesied to come, to save them from their form of godliness. They had chosen to hold onto the forms and symbols which had been given to point them to the true invisible realities, and they did not move forward with the new light when it came to them. They clung to their forms with such blind bigotry, because human eyes can only see literal, physical things. In the office and authority of the Son of God, Messiah had cleansed their temple, so that the visible, physical temple which had been given to them, could fitly represent the body temple of the Son of God and the nature of His divine character. But the Jews had rejected Messiah's deliverance, and now their temple was no longer the symbol. Its veil had been rent, making a way through the symbols of that dispensation, into the realities of the next one.

    Now, the true Jews would be a family connected by invisible ties, not marked by human lineage, but by the lineage of Messiah — all of those who had the Son of God born within them, as Jesus had had the Son of God born into Him. Now Jerusalem would not be a literal, physical city where those with literal, human lineage dwelt, but the invisible city where all who had the lineage of Messiah would live and function in a reality that far surpassed human kinship and family bonding. It was a new Jerusalem, out of sight to everyone but those who knew and felt their identity with her. Because the Spirit of the Son had been born into them, they had become actual inheritors of His lineage, true inheritors "existing in fact or reality, not false or apparent, existing at the time," as a present reality.

    The first sign that was given to the Jews, that the Messiah had truly come, was that they no longer governed their own country. The Romans now governed it. This secular sign really reflected a spiritual reality. This change of government revealed the fact that, in reality, they were slaves of a foreign power and no longer had the spiritual power that made them free from earthly domination. This was evidenced by the fact that they did not recognize the Messiah when He appeared, but thought He was a common man, and an impostor. The Jews revealed that they had no actual connection with God and that their profession was fake. They were no longer God's people, and finally lost the city that symbolized that they were God's people. The second sign given revealing that Messiah's personal Presence again had entered the earth, was that the Jews were restored to their governance of Jerusalem. This happened in 1967. The spiritual reality which this secular sign was reflecting, was that the spiritual freedom of God's true people from earthly domination had come. Those who really were the people of God would reveal themselves by their connection with God, and would recognize God's Son Michael at His return in Person. These would be the true "Jews," the true people of God, to whom the words were prophesied, "To you shall it come, the former dominion shall come." Micah 4:8 RSV.

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