Here in the year 2010 of our Lord, it appears that there is a greater release of revelation knowledge concerning the the end of the last time.

More and more God is confirming his word as it pertains to the church transitioning into the final and most glorious realm of redemptive expression that shall ever infiltrate the earth. It is wonderfully amazing to receive different writings and documentations by various servants of the kingdom, that God has touched with specific and relevant insight as to what He has purposed to do in this last time. This is certainly the last time.

There is so much in the word of God that points to the now coming Feast of Tabernacles. The Church has been in the realm of the Feasts of Pentecost for the last 2000 years. But to quote a dream of Neville Johnson, “The Feasts of Pentecost must give way to the Feast of Tabernacles“. Just like the Hebrews that had to have faith to cross over Jordan River into their promise land, the church is on a parallel course of faith. The church has to cross over into the Feast of Tabernacles. In fact the word ‘Hebrew’ means crosser-over. The Hebrews were a mobile people having to cross over rivers at God’s direction to successfully arrive at the destination the God had ordained and fixed for them. We, as the church, are present day Hebrews. It is a must for the church to cross our river Jordan. The church is being led out of the realm of Pentecost into the full realm of Tabernacles with the Lord.

Much of the Spirit-filled church will have some soulish struggles with accepting the transition into Tabernacles. Here’s what I mean. The scripture speaks of the hope that is an anchor of the soul. “Which [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;” The last part of that scripture “within the veil” is an emblem for the Feast of Tabernacles. We know that the veil belongs to Moses’ tabernacle in the wilderness. We also know that the tabernacle in the wilderness was the three room house of God. The phrase “within the veil” is the third room of that house.

When we study the Feasts of the Lord, we discover that there were three major feasts that were annually observed. Tabernacles is the third feast of the agricultural year. So, it would be easy to take the three dimensions of the tabernacle of Moses and overlay it upon the three ceremonial Feasts of Israel to see the correlation between the first, second and third dimensions. Most would agree that the the third would be the hope (back to the word ‘hope’), which is the finality after the first and the second dimensions. The statement “within the veil” speaks of the third and final realm of redemption. This realm is a fullness realm. Its is a complete realm. The first and second realms are only in part. our hope should be anchored in the third realm within the veil.

For most the spirit-filled believers, their soul’s anchor is lodged in experiences of Pentecost, when their hope is suppose to be anchored in the anticipation of Feasts of Tabernacles. Many have built a fence around their pentecostal experiences, namely, speaking in tongues. And in their minds, they have already arrived. Now, it is absolutely right to be sealed with the Holy Ghost.

Some would say to be filled with the Spirit. In either case, once we have been born again as a gift of God, we should have been taught to expect and receive the gift of being sealed ‘with’ (not by) the Holy Spirit of promise.

Here’s an extra nugget. Many times the Pentecostal divisions of the church tend to be condescending towards believers who don’t have the Holy Ghost. In addition, much of the Spirit-filled behavior is learned behavior that is culturally pressed upon you. While shouting, dancing and speaking in tongues are real experiences in the Spirit, they are often coerced and imitated. So between being looked down upon and behavioral pressure coupled with a legalistic doctrine, people who are sincerely looking for God often become turned off with the notion speaking in tongues. Again, I must emphasize that it is absolutely right to expect and receive the in-filling of the Spirit,  for he will teach you and enlighten you to the truths of God that are so vital to your soul. Here’s my sincere advice, forget about how man and denominations of men have presented and pressured this topic upon you. Just simply ask God for the gift of his Spirit and the evidence of tongues the way he wants you to have them. And never compare yourself to another. Just follow the Lord and he will give you what you need.

As I return to the point I was making, I must establish that the experience of pentecost is wonderfully real and every believer needs to have this dimension in their walk with God.

What has happened is that much of the pentecostal world has only sought after and camped out on the experience of having the Holy Ghost and not the purpose of having him. If all the Holy Ghost is suppose to do is make me feel good and speak differently, then I have seriously underestimated the reason why He’s in me. If there is not an understanding of his purpose, then there will be a struggle in the soul of the Spirit-filled believer as this season of Tabernacles emerges. This will be a time to prove who will have faith to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. This will demand that we come to the end of ourselves and enter into his rest, that there may be a successful transition into the third dimension of God’s redemptive plan.