May we look to the Lord in prayer.
O Lord, as we wait together before Thee,
our prayer is that Thou wilt speak a
word to each one of us.
We know and we believe that Thy word
is life, is spirit to us.
And how we long for Thy word.
We ask Thee that Thou wilt open our
inner ear to hear, open our inner eye
to see, and open our heart to receive
Thee into us.
O Lord, we do commit this time into
Thy hands.
What hast Thou to say to us?
Thy servants are hearing.
We do desire to come to Thy presence
with a worshiping spirit.
Because Thou art our God and our Lord,
mighty to save, worthy to be prayed.
We ask in Thy precious name.
I want to say at the very beginning
that our brother Mr. Sparks has taken my
message away this morning.
But he hasn't taken my Lord away.
And thank God he gives more of my
Lord to me.
The substance of our message this evening is
almost the same as you have heard this
morning.
So I think probably I have more liberty
tonight to do a little interpretation.
Will you please turn to the book of
Revelation chapter 12.
We'll read from verse 1.
And a great sign was seen in heaven.
A woman arid with the sun and the
moon under her feet.
And upon her head a crown of twelve
stars.
And she was with child.
And she cried out prevailing in birth and
in pain to be delivered.
And there was seen another sign in heaven.
And behold a great red dragon having seven
heads and ten horns.
And upon his head seven diamonds.
And his tail drawed the third part of
the stars of heaven.
And they cast them to the earth.
And the dragon standed before the woman that
is about to be delivered.
That when she is delivered he may devour
her child.
And she was delivered of a son.
A man child.
Who is to rule all the nations with
a rod of iron.
And her child was caught up unto God
and unto his throne.
And the woman fled into the wilderness.
Where she had a place prepared of God.
That there they may nourish her a thousand
two hundred and three score days.
And there was war in heaven.
Michael and his angels going forth to war
with the dragon.
And the dragon wore and his angels.
And they prevailed not.
Neither was their place found anymore in heaven.
And the great dragon was cast down.
The old serpent.
He that is called the devil.
And Satan.
The deceiver of the whole world.
He was cast down to the earth.
And his angels were cast down with him.
And I heard a great voice in heaven
saying.
Now is come the salvation.
And the power.
And the kingdom of our God.
And the authority of his Christ.
For the accuser of our brethren is cast
down.
Who accuses them before our God day and
night.
And they overcame him.
Because of the blood of the Lamb.
And because of the word of their testimony.
And they loved not their life even unto
death.
Therefore rejoice O heaven.
And ye that dwell in them.
Rule for the earth and for the sea.
Because the devil is gone down unto you.
Having great wrath knowing that he hath.
But a short time.
That's all we'll read.
Here we find in this chapter.
It is mentioned.
Of a thousand.
Two hundred.
And sixty days.
And later on you'll find.
It is said.
A time.
And times.
And half a time.
In other words.
What you have before you.
Is.
Three years.
And a half.
Forty two months.
Now if this means anything to us.
I think immediately we can conclude.
That this scene.
Concerns.
The end.
Of this age.
In other words.
It is a scene of the end time.
It is a scene that is.
Seen.
Immediately before.
The tribulation.
The great.
Three years.
And a half.
Why do we call.
This.
Three years.
And a half.
The tribulation.
The great.
Because at that time.
The trinity.
Of evil.
Is upon the earth.
In chapter twelve.
You'll find.
The red dragon.
Who is Satan.
Is cast out.
Of the sky.
And into.
The earth.
Satan.
Is upon the earth.
And then.
In chapter thirteen.
You'll find.
Out of the sea.
The first beast.
The antichrist.
And then.
Out of the land.
The second beast.
The fourth prophet.
So here you'll find.
The trinity.
Of evil.
Is upon the earth.
And what can you expect.
But.
The tribulation.
The great.
If.
This.
Interpretation.
Is correct.
Then we are dealing.
With.
The situation.
Of the end time.
At the very end.
Of this age.
Just before.
The tribulation.
The great.
What you see here.
First of all.
Is a woman.
In travel.
Now this woman.
Is clothed.
With the sun.
And the moon.
Under her feet.
And upon her head.
A crown.
Of twelve stars.
And.
She is.
In travel.
Going to give birth.
To a child.
Our attention.
These evenings.
Is upon.
The overcomers.
So I do not think.
That we should spend time.
In describing.
This woman.
Now.
If you have time.
You can read.
Our dear brother.
Watchman's book.
Called the glorious church.
And there you'll find.
He.
Tries to give us.
An interpretation.
Of what this woman.
Is.
Now let me just.
Take it.
From his book.
And say now.
This woman.
Is.
The church.
At the end time.
The church.
At.
The end time.
And.
She is.
In pain.
She is.
In travel.
This of course.
Immediately.
Brings us back.
To Romans.
Chapter eight.
These verses.
That our brother.
Has mentioned to us this morning.
The whole creation.
Grows together.
The whole creation.
Is in pain.
Waiting for.
The manifestation.
Of the sons of God.
And especially those.
Who have the first fruits.
Of the spirit.
Grown within themselves.
For.
Adoption.
That is.
For some.
Dear brother.
And sisters.
The whole creation.
Is under.
A heavy burden.
The whole creation.
Is subjected.
To vanity.
Not of his own will.
But because of him.
That makes.
It so.
After the fall of man.
The whole creation.
Enters into.
Vanity.
And the bondage.
Of corruption.
Ever since that time.
The whole creation is groaning.
And is moaning.
Instinctively.
Even though the psalmist says.
The heavens declare.
The glory of God.
And the firmament shows his handiwork.
That is true.
And yet on the other hand.
You find that.
All the creative things.
In this universe.
In a sense.
Misrepresent.
God.
Why?
Because we find vanity.
And corruption everywhere.
You look at a flower.
A beautiful flower.
It begins to bud.
It begins to open up.
And at the height of his glory.
The next thing you know.
It fades away.
You look at a tree.
And you'll find a tree.
Begins to.
Spread out.
Filled with leaves.
Beautiful.
Magnificent.
But then you'll find.
The leaves begin to fall.
And the tree.
Is reduced to.
A barren.
Nothing.
In this created world.
Is not under.
The bondage.
Of corruption.
Even the hills.
And the mountains.
They are there.
For centuries.
And yet if we have.
The spiritual ear.
As our brother said.
To hear.
We may hear.
They are crying out.
Why are we.
Standing here.
Year after year.
Century after century.
What is the meaning.
Of our existence.
The whole creation.
Is groaning.
The whole creation.
Is waiting.
For something.
For the liberty.
Of the sons.
Of God.
How much more.
We who have.
The first fruit.
Of the spirit.
There is a groaning.
Within.
There is a groaning.
In the church.
And this groaning.
Is a trivial.
It is.
An expectation.
For something.
And the Bible says.
Waiting.
For adoption.
In other words.
Waiting.
For the placing.
Of son.
We have the first fruit.
Of the spirit.
Within us.
We have the life.
Of Christ.
Within us.
And now.
This life.
Within us.
Groans.
For growth.
For maturity.
For sonship.
Anyone.
Who has.
The first fruit.
Of the spirit.
In him.
Anyone who has life.
In him.
Cannot but feel.
The growing pain.
Of life.
There is within us.
A groaning.
Desiring to grow.
To grow.
Into full maturity.
To grow.
Into sonship.
We are not contented.
Just to be.
Little children.
Playing around.
There is a groaning.
Within us.
That we may grow.
Into responsibility.
That we may grow.
Into sympathy.
With God.
We may grow.
Into the concern.
And the interest.
Of God.
This is the groaning.
Within us.
The spirit.
Is groaning.
For growth.
And without us.
You find that.
All the.
Things on this earth.
Are pressing upon us.
And make us groan.
But dear brothers and sisters.
Sometimes.
When we think of the problems.
Of this world.
When we think of wars.
Pestilence.
Earthquakes.
Famine.
Problems.
When we think of all these things.
On the earth.
We wonder why.
Why God allow these things to happen.
On the earth.
Certainly God is not interested in wars.
Certainly God is not interested in pestilence.
Certainly it is not.
The will of God.
To make.
The people.
The world.
Suffer.
So much.
Then why?
Why is it we have all these things
around us?
The whole earth is under a heavy burden.
The whole earth is under pressure.
The whole earth is under tribulation.
Pain.
And suffering.
Almost come to a point of.
Unbearable.
It cannot bear anymore.
If we look at these things.
By themselves.
Probably some.
May feel even their very faith.
Is being shaken.
But you remember our Lord Jesus.
In Matthew chapter 24.
When he.
Speaks on the Mount of Olives.
Concerning the things that are coming.
The Lord Jesus said there shall be wars.
And rumors of war.
There shall be pestilence.
There shall be famine.
There shall be false prophets.
And all these things shall come upon the
earth.
But the Lord said.
These are the beginning of Troy.
The beginning.
Of birth pains.
The whole world.
Is in trouble.
Especially the church of God.
Has been.
And is.
In trouble.
When a woman is in trouble.
It is true.
It is very painful.
She is going through the process of death.
It is something to be afraid of.
She trembles under.
The pressure.
And yet on the other hand.
Such suffering.
Is not negative.
Is not in vain.
Because it is a birth pain.
After the pain.
There will be joy.
Unspeakable joy.
Because a child is born.
Dear brothers and sisters.
All the things that are happening in the
world today.
Things pathetic.
Things tragic.
Things terrible.
Frightening.
Shattering.
But if you see.
God's purpose.
You know that these are but birth pains.
Painful, yes.
But.
These will bring forth something.
Very positive.
For God.
If.
After the Lord has ascended.
And the world begins to.
Go through the Troy.
The birth pains.
How much more.
We who are living near the end time.
The travel.
The birth pains.
Will be increased in intensity.
And in recurrence.
Because.
Something or someone.
Is coming.
Is going.
To come forth.
The woman is.
Going to give birth.
The whole church today.
The church of God today.
Has been under persecution.
Has been under trials.
And tribulations.
Through these twenty centuries.
And when it comes down to our time.
Which is approaching the end days.
We find that the church.
Is under intense suffering.
Oh if we only see.
The church of God throughout the world.
We may think that.
We can sit here very peacefully.
Without any interruption.
Without any fear.
We can talk.
Of the Lord.
We can fellowship with one another.
But dear brothers and sisters.
At this very hour.
There are many places.
On the earth.
Where God's people cannot meet together.
Even when two or three.
Try to gather for a little time.
They are in fear and trembling.
Lest they be found.
We do not know.
The sufferings of God's people.
We do not know how.
What they have gone through.
The little that we have heard.
Make us tremble.
We wonder.
How can it be.
That God allows such sufferings.
Such persecutions.
Such travailings.
To his own people.
But it happens.
And it shall increase.
In intensity.
In numbers.
In recurrence.
Because.
The church.
Is to give.
Birth.
To a child.
When this woman is in trouble.
You find another scene.
In heaven.
There is a great.
Red dragon.
With seven heads and ten horns.
And upon his head seven diadems.
And his tail draws the third part of
the stars of heaven.
And it casts them upon the earth.
And the dragon stands before the woman.
That is about to be delivered.
That when she is delivered.
He may devour her child.
Here you find the great dragon.
Red dragon.
Red.
Is the color of blood.
Blood thirsty.
Here you find.
The great.
Red dragon.
As our Lord Jesus says in the gospel
according to John chapter eight.
That he was a murderer.
From the very beginning.
And he hath not hold the truth.
Because there is no truth in him.
This is the adversary.
Of God.
And of man.
And if you read on you'll find.
A full description.
Of this dragon is given.
He is not only called the red dragon.
He is.
The.
Old serpent.
Of course immediately we remember the scene in
the garden of Eden.
That serpent.
With his craftiness.
Deceived Eve.
Into taking the fruit.
Of the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil.
In rebelling against God.
The old serpent.
Satan.
And he is called the devil.
And Satan.
He is the evil spirit.
He is the adversary.
Of God.
And of man.
The deceiver of the whole world.
Oh how he deceived.
And lastly the accuser.
Satan accuses us.
Before God.
And he accuses us in our conscience.
That we may be so troubled.
We dare not approach.
The throne of grace.
And here you'll find Satan.
And his kingdom.
With all his power.
Standing before the woman.
Waiting to devour.
The child.
That is to come.
The focal point.
Here is the child.
Here is the woman.
Going to bring forth.
And there is the dragon.
Standing before the woman waiting to jump.
Not upon the woman.
But upon the child that is to be
brought forth.
Satan is fully aware.
Of the significance.
Of the child.
That is to come.
The conflict here.
Is over the child.
The male child.
Dear brothers and sisters.
Who is this?
Male.
Who is he?
That he is so important.
In the eyes of Satan.
Who is he?
That the woman is about to bring forth.
In other words.
The travel of the woman.
Is.
Centered upon one thing.
The meaning of her travel.
Is in the child.
That is to come forth.
This is the meaning of the woman.
And on the other hand.
You'll find the meaning of.
The menace.
The opposition.
The assault.
Of the enemy.
Is also the child.
The child became as our brothers say.
A mock person.
Now who is she?
If.
The woman is the church.
At the end time.
Then this child cannot be the church too.
The child is in the womb of the
woman.
The child comes out of the woman.
Now who is this child?
We find there is a description.
Of this child.
And she was delivered of a son.
A man child.
Who is to rule all the nations.
With a rod of iron.
That's the description.
This child is destined.
To rule all the nations.
With an iron rod.
Now who is she?
We find the same clause.
Happened in the book of Revelation.
Three times.
In Revelation chapter twelve verse five.
One time.
And then in Revelation chapter two.
Verses twenty six.
And twenty seven.
And he that overcome it.
And he that keepeth my works unto the
end.
To him will I give authority over the
nations.
And he shall rule them with a rod
of iron.
As the vessels of the potter are broken
to shivers.
As I also have received of my father.
And there you'll find.
It is a promise.
To the overcomer.
In the church.
In Tytara.
The overcomers.
In the church.
In Tytara.
Are to be given authority.
Over all the nations.
And they shall rule the nations.
With an iron rod.
That is the second place.
Or.
According to order the first place.
And then you'll find the third time.
In Revelation chapter nineteen.
Verse fifteen.
And out of his mouth proceeded a sharp
sword.
And with it.
He shall smite the nations.
And he shall rule them with a rod
of iron.
Now there in Revelation chapter nineteen.
We know that it is a description.
Of the Lord.
The overcomer.
Our Lord Jesus.
Our Lord Jesus shall come upon the earth.
And with the sword out of his mouth.
He shall smite the enemies.
And he shall rule all the nations.
With an iron rod.
This is our Lord Jesus.
So here you are.
You have this description.
In Revelation two.
Chapter two.
Is used for the overcomers.
Of the church.
And in Revelation chapter nineteen.
Is used for our Lord.
The overcomer.
Now in Revelation twelve.
Five.
Who does it mean?
Does it mean our Lord?
Or does it mean the overcomers.
Of the church.
In the first place.
The woman.
Comes out.
You remember that God put Adam to sleep.
And out of his side.
God took.
A rib.
And built a woman.
With it.
The woman comes out of the man.
And of course the child.
Comes out of the woman.
So here you'll find.
In the first place.
We cannot say that Christ comes out of
the church.
The church comes out of Christ.
Out of the size of Christ.
Out of the heart of Christ.
Out of the love of Christ.
Out of his blood.
And his life given.
The church is born.
And is built.
This woman cannot mean Mary.
The mother of Jesus.
Even though Mary is a most honored woman.
We honor her very much.
But we cannot say he is close with
the sun.
And the moon is under her feet.
And she wears a crown of twelve stars.
This is not her description.
So you'll find if the woman is the
church.
Then the male child cannot be Christ.
You'll find this scene of birth.
Happened just before the great tribulation.
The thousand two hundred and sixty days.
Immediately after his birth.
The three years and a half of the
tribulation.
The great ushers in.
Now this does not happen.
In the life of Christ.
Our Lord Jesus after he is born.
He lived on this earth for thirty three
years and a half.
And it's only after he is left.
Then the prophecy in Matthew chapter twenty four
begins to be unfolded.
So we cannot say that this refers to
Christ.
And thirdly we find that after Christ is
born.
He is not immediately caught up to God
and to the throne.
If that is the case.
There will be no salvation to us.
After he is born he remains on this
earth.
For thirty three and a half years.
To accomplish the work of redemption.
It's only after redemption work is finished.
Then he is caught up.
But this male child.
The moment he is born.
He is caught up.
And fourthly.
This male child.
Is a corporate person.
Why?
Because as you read on you find.
For the accuser of our brethren.
Is cast down.
Who accused them.
Before our God day and night.
And they overcame him.
Because of the blood of the lamb.
And because of the word of their testimony.
And they loved not their life even unto
death.
Therefore rejoice for heaven.
And ye that dwell in them.
You'll find everything is wrong.
This male child is a corporate.
Not a personal Christ.
But a corporate.
If we allow these.
To be.
Some basis.
Of interpretation.
Again I will say this is interpretation.
Not.
Not a substance.
Then we can almost say.
If the woman.
Represents the church.
At the end time.
Then this child.
Is the overcomers.
At the end time.
In chapter two and three.
We find the overcomers of the church in
the first century.
Because these seven churches.
Existed in the first century.
Even though the church is was in declension.
And yet you'll find out of this general.
Condition.
Came for.
Overcomers.
These are overcomers of the first century.
And then in chapter seven.
We find a countless crowd standing before the
throne.
And before the land.
These are the overcomers throughout the twenty centuries.
In each century.
There are overcomers.
Thank God for that.
God has never left.
Without.
His witnesses.
On this earth.
No matter how the church has fallen.
Has deviated from the original purpose of God.
God has his own to maintain the testimony
of Jesus throughout the twenty centuries.
That we find.
In chapter seven.
And now in chapter twelve.
You'll find the overcomers.
At the end time.
Just before.
The return.
This.
Child.
Is in the womb.
Of the woman.
In other words.
You'll find the overcomers.
Are in the church.
The travel of the woman.
Is the travel of the child.
Or we may put it in another way.
The woman is in travel.
In order that a child may be born.
And then.
She is satisfied.
You remember our brother mentioned this morning.
The essence.
Of the church.
Is in the child.
The overcomers.
What the church ought to be.
Is expressed.
Is substantiated.
Is precipitated.
Is brought into being.
In that male child.
The overcomers.
Are not those who are in a sense.
Entirely separated from the church.
Rather you'll find the overcomers of the church.
Represent.
What the church ought to be.
Before God.
And because of that.
The controversy.
Is not over the woman.
At that time.
But over the male child.
Satan knows better than we are.
He knows that.
He doesn't need to be bothered with a
woman.
Too much.
His first interest.
Is in the child.
Because he knows that the child.
Is the instrument in God's hand.
To defeat him.
And his kingdom.
We call.
This male child.
The overcomers.
At the end time.
What have they done.
From a human standpoint.
The child has done nothing.
The woman is in trouble.
Trouble.
The child hasn't done anything.
But the strange thing is.
When he is born.
He has overcome.
The adversary of God.
And of man.
Dear brothers and sisters.
Our thought of overcomers.
Is usually wrapped up with.
What great work have we done.
What earth shaking work.
Have we done.
What spectacular things.
Have we accomplished.
Everybody can see.
That we have done a great thing.
But here.
You find the child.
From the outward standpoint.
Has done nothing.
Not only the child has done nothing.
He is unseen too.
That which is seen.
Is minor.
That which is unseen.
Is the essential.
We like to see.
We are attracted by things that can be
seen.
Why?
Because these things nourish our flesh.
We thrive.
On such food.
But when God is doing his work.
It may not be seen.
It is not something to be seen.
But it is something that will affect the
unseen world.
The child has done nothing.
We do not see him do anything.
And yet the Bible said.
They overcome Satan.
They overcome.
By reason of the blood of the land.
They overcome.
Not because they have their own merits.
To boast of.
They have not.
They overcome because out of great tribulation.
They learn the preciousness of the blood.
They have their garments washed white.
In the blood.
They are not superman.
They are not infallible.
They have fallen.
They have much weakness.
And yet.
They know the value.
Of the blood.
By the blood.
They have boldness to enter into the throne.
By the blood they can stand before the
adversary.
And said get away.
Their boldness is based upon the blood of
the land.
Not upon themselves.
Secondly.
They overcome by reason of the word.
Of their testimony.
What is their testimony?
The whole book of Revelation.
As you read the book of Revelation.
You will find the spirit of prophecy.
Is the testimony of Jesus.
You know very often when we read the
book of Revelation.
We are so fascinated.
By all these events.
That are foretold.
Every chapter is interesting.
And fascinating.
Oh as we enter into all these events.
And all these wonderful prophecies.
We are lost.
In the forest.
We are so attracted by all these prophecies.
As our brother mentioned.
How this is the fulfillment of that.
And we can be so involved.
But dear brothers and sisters.
This is not the purpose of the book
of Revelation.
The book of Revelation is the revelation of
Jesus Christ.
The spirit of prophecy is the testimony of
Jesus.
What is the testimony of Jesus?
We heard this morning.
The testimony of Jesus is.
Jesus is Lord.
This is the testimony of Jesus.
Jesus is his earthly name.
A name that he puts upon himself in
his days of humiliation.
The world said who is this Jesus?
We do not know him.
We have never heard of him.
Who is this Jesus of Nazareth?
God says Jesus is Lord.
Jesus is Lord.
God has made him Christ and Lord over
all things.
The Jesus that we preach is the Lord
of all.
This is the testimony of Jesus.
Dear brothers and sisters.
Here you will find a people.
Who trust in the blood of the Lamb.
They do not come to a point of
spiritual superiority.
I mean in the sense of I am
holier than thou.
They cannot come to a point as if
they are somebody's.
Tie up with achievements.
Because the blood of the Lamb is our
humility.
They know their place before God.
And yet on the other hand.
They do testify that Jesus is Lord.
To them there is no Lord but Jesus
Christ.
Jesus is Lord and Lord alone.
They are completely under the authority of the
Lord Jesus.
Their whole life is subjected to the authority
of the Lord Jesus.
It is not just saying it.
But their life testifies to it.
They have seen and heard and experienced the
Lordship of Christ.
And because they have experienced it in their
life.
Therefore they are not ashamed to say Jesus
is Lord.
It becomes word.
It becomes their testimony.
You know we mix up timidness with humility.
We think that we are humble.
Yet actually we are timid.
The overcomers are not timid at all.
Yet that doesn't mean that they are arrogant.
They are bold but humble.
They are not afraid to testify that Jesus
is Lord.
And you know very often as we enter
into conflict in our lives.
You know the conflict that comes to us
in our lives actually.
Is all revolved around this testimony.
Whether Jesus is Lord or not.
Whether Jesus is your Lord or not.
And sometimes you find the power of darkness
will press upon you.
As if trying to so oppress you.
And bring you down to the point to
think that Jesus is no longer Lord.
It is out of his control.
Do you have such experience?
Very often we find that now things have
got out of his hand.
Not only my hand but his hand.
And when you come to that point your
whole faith shatters.
But dear brothers and sisters.
When we are in such intense conflict.
Sometimes you find you have to shout Jesus
is Lord.
And the enemy is right.
I do not mean to say that we
should use vain repetition.
It is only when you are in intense
conflict.
And the conflict is over this question of
whether Jesus is Lord.
The word of your testimony does affect.
It is a shout.
And then thirdly they overcome.
By reason of.
They love not their life even unto death.
Hebrews.
Satan who has the power of death.
Holds people in his hand.
Because throughout their life they are afraid.
You know death is the last enemy.
It is the strongest weapon of Satan.
How he threatens us often with death.
Now if you follow the Lord.
If you do not have this thing you
will die.
Your soul life will suffer.
Your soul life will be reduced to poverty.
You will not be satisfied.
You will die.
And because Satan used death to threaten people.
We are frightened.
And we are kept under bondage.
But dear brothers and sisters by the grace
of God.
You will find a people here who are
not afraid to die.
They love not their life even unto death.
On the other hand they are willing to
die.
As our brother one day mentioned 2 Corinthians
chapter 4.
The dying of Jesus.
Bearing the dying of Jesus in our body.
That the life of Jesus may be manifested.
We are willing to give up.
The natural life must die.
The natural emotional life must die.
The word of God is not that your
emotional life should be nourished.
I mean the natural one.
The word of God says it must die.
It is only when it goes to death.
Then out of death.
The resurrection life.
I do not mean to say that you
have no more emotion.
But I would say you have more pure
emotion.
Even that often.
The same thing with our mental life.
How we are full of thoughts and opinions.
How we are all counselors.
Not only of man but of God.
How we offer our counsel so freely.
Without being asked.
And how we are hurt.
When our opinion does not carry through.
Is not obeyed.
Are you willing to die?
To your opinion?
Are you willing to die to your many
thoughts and imaginations?
Are you willing to die to that which
you think is the most logical thing in
the world?
They love not their life.
He that loses his life.
The Lord said for my sake.
Shall gain it.
But on the other hand he that gains
his life.
It seems as if you have gained.
But the Lord said you lose it.
You lose it.
You are the losers.
You are not the gainers.
Dear brothers and sisters.
Here you will find this man child.
As this man child is developing.
Within the womb of the woman.
You will find as there is the prevailing
and the groaning in the spirit.
As you will find there is this life.
At first a little life.
But this life is going through growing pain.
Through pressure.
Life is enlarged.
And you will find this life is growing
into maturity.
And as this life grows into maturity.
It overcomes.
The battle.
Is the battle of life.
Satan uses death as his trump card.
But here you will find God raised up
a man child.
Which is life full grown.
And as life is matured.
Satan is defeated.
This is the work of the overcomers.
Dear brothers and sisters.
May I emphasize again.
Our eyes always are looking to the things
that can be seen.
If we can sweep the nation.
Then we are overcomers.
If we can do great things for God.
Then we are overcomers.
You do not find anything here.
It is just this.
Steady.
Silent.
Growth of life.
Life of Christ.
In the church.
Is being developed and grow through adversaries and
through tribulations.
A growing understanding of the blood of the
land.
A growing entering into the word of the
testimony.
A growing giving away of life.
Into resurrection.
And it is when this life is precipitated.
The work is done.
It is not a work.
It is the fruit of a life.
As this man child is born.
He is immediately taken to the throne.
As the man child goes to heaven.
As it were.
He has to go through the air.
And the air.
Is where Satan's base and headquarters.
You remember.
When God created.
The earth.
As we find in Genesis 1 the second
day.
God does not say it is good.
Because it is the air.
The dividing of the waters.
God does not say it is good.
Why?
Because the air is the dwelling place of
the evil power.
In Ephesians chapter 2 verse 2 it says.
The ruler of this
man child.
Is of such spiritual ascendancy.
That he can penetrate the enemy's camp.
Go through it.
Up to the throne.
That's victory.
We mentioned the first night.
What is man?
That thou art mine for him.
The son of man.
That thou hast visited him.
Thou hast made him a little lower than
an angel.
But hast crowned him with glory.
This is not only fulfilled in Christ the
overcomer.
But here we find this is fulfilled in
the overcomers.
In union with Christ.
These are men.
Little lower than angels.
And yet spiritually, morally they have reached such
a superiority.
That the enemy cannot hold them.
They go through the air into heaven.
And because of that there is war in
the air.
Michael and his angels war against Satan and
his followers.
And there is no more place for Satan
in the air.
He is cast down upon the earth.
You know what it means?
This man child is the vanguard of the
Lord's army.
They prepare the return of the Lord.
Because the Lord shall descend from heaven into
the air.
And we shall all be caught up and
meet him in the air.
So the air has to be cleaned.
Cleared.
And this is done by the male child.
Dear brothers and sisters.
Is it a small thing?
That the church today is in such trouble.
The church today has come to a point.
Either she gives full or she dies.
The eye of God.
As well as the eye of Satan.
Is upon the overcomers.
And no wonder.
When this male child is born.
Then the cry goes out.
Now is come the salvation.
And the power and the kingdom of our
God.
And authority.
Through the overcomers.
The kingdom of God is brought from heaven
to earth.
The authority of Christ.
Is to be publicly manifested.
May the Lord be gracious to us.
We are living in the end days.
And this is what is happening today.
Are we among those who overcome.
By reason of the blood of the Lamb.
By reason of the word of their testimony.
And they love not that life.
Even us.
Our Heavenly Father.
We do pray that we may get out
of interpretations.
And get in touch with reality.
The reality is.
In the end days.
Thou will have a people.
To maintain the testimony of Jesus.
O Lord.
Our cry unto thee is.
That the travel may not be in vain.
That it may bring forth.
A male child.
Who will be instrument in thy hand.
To bring back the King.
O Lord.
We do offer ourselves to thee.
For thy further working in our lives.
We ask in the precious name of our
Lord Jesus.