Before you read this study understand that we do not teach, we share and then ask all who read the following take it to God and verify it with Him. We believe a lot of the world is misled by the church of the world and religion vs the one true church. And to know the truth can only come from knowing, not just knowing of God, John 14:26, I John 2:27, Rev 3:19-22.
Many are called but few are chosen because many are misled by false teachers Matthew 7:13-15 so we help all who wants to know the truth how to find and know the truth of and by God and not of and by man.



The Light Part IV

Pastor J. R. Wilhite, author   Close Window

any people confuse the light for the fire and the fire for the light. They are different; the fire is to cleanse by burning; the light does cleanse, but by illuminating throughout our entire soul to remove all darkness.

Before Adam sinned, the earth was illuminated by the Glory of God to levels of brightness that we can not handle today. It would blind us just as it did Paul.

Acts 9

  1. And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round

about him a light from heaven:

  1. And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why

persecutest thou me?

  1. And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

We miss the importance of the light because we never have had such brightness before. As sin entered so did darkness, there were no shadows before sin. So, as the sin grew in the world, men became more adapted to the darkness of the world and their own souls.

John 1

  1. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

Light shines in darkness; the light of Jesus shines in our lives but the darkness in our souls cannot understand the light.

Try this, every day take time, at first 5 minutes, and work up to 30 minutes and longer sitting and listening for God's voice. When you start hearing His voice look for the light to illuminate your soul.

I died in March 1985 due to a fatal reaction to medicine I was taking. I only took one pill and my body shut down. I awoke 26 hours later in ICU with a tube in every hole they could find in me. I remember not wanting to come back, the light was there and in the light was love and peace. Imagine a really cold night; it feels as though the cold has gotten all the way down to your bones. Now you come in and you start a fire and get wrapped up in a heavy warm blanket and you start feeling warm and comfortable, to the point of dozing. That is how the love and peace feel, like they are wrapping around you and warming you.

I spent the next 4 years getting back into the kingdom, and then 4 more years growing in the word. The last 6 years I have spent teaching, and preaching at a nursing home.

On Oct 27, 1999 at about 2 am I was asleep (or so I thought) and dreaming. I was in Hell, then I realized I was dead and in Hell, it took emergency action from my wife to bring me back. What you have to understand is I have had some heart and back problems. What I can tell you, whether I was there in dream or for real, is that Hell is repetition. Imagine getting a tooth pulled without pain killers. For a minute you can handle it, and even for five minutes, but what about for all of eternity. Then after this I saw the light and noticed the light was bright and was on the other side of a veil. When I tried to go through, there were things here holding me and keeping me from going through. I even called out for help from the other side to pull me through. I did get over, but just barely and not far enough to enjoy all the benefits of the light. I noticed people and things; there was a mountain that I imagine was pure gold because it was clear. You could only see the outline and people on it. The reason I figure it was gold was that gold in its purest form is clear.

I am now striving for the light, to get deeper into it and to enjoy all that it has.

Mark 10

  1. And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left

house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for

my sake, and the gospel's,

  1. But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and

sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to

come eternal life.

  1. But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

I can tell you this, all of us are called by the Holy Spirit, but many reject Him. Some get a tugging feeling so they attend on Christmas and Easter. For others the tugging is stronger and they go weekly. These are the ones who are on the fence; they have not given the time to the Lord needed for growth. They have heard the promise, but are not sure about getting into the covenant.

Then there are those who felt the call, accepted it and then heard the promise, accepted it and got into covenant with the Lord, and now their faith is growing. From their faith will come victory.

To help you understand what is happening, the world is getting darker:

The darkness is growing very fast. The light is what is restraining the dark from taking over completely at this time.

II Thessalonians 2

  1. And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
  2. For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until

he be taken out of the way.

  1. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

The light is withholding the dark.

There will be one last giant outpouring of the Spirit of God and the light will shine. Then all of the light will be removed (rapture) to reveal the wicked one and give those left behind a chance to see that man ruling man without God is not the way. 144,000 will help lead many to their salvation and some to the light. Then after the first 3.5 years of the Great Tribulation those who are of the light will have to be taken out to reveal Satan. So at mid-tribulation a rapture happens. Then for 3.5 years there are 2 witnesses trying to show everyone the right and wrong of the day they are in. It will be a time where man is ruled by Satan. God does this to shake up those who are really stubborn. There will be some who go in the third and final rapture at the end of the tribulation. Then the wrath of God is poured out and all who received the Mark of the beast and WORSHIPPED it will be destroyed. Those who are left will be ruled by those who are of the Light (Jesus) for 1,000 years.

Why will we not go through tribulation? Some will - those who are not operating in the

Light. Only those who have the light must to be removed to reveal the darkness.

Those who are "on the fence" can stay because they are not a threat to the plan of God

and onset of the Great Tribulation.

Why does the wrath come after tribulation? Matthew 24:21 Jesus describes the wrath and how it happens after the tribulation.

How bad will it be during the tribulation?

Imagine mankind with nothing to restrain raping, open sex, murder, famines and pestilence due to droughts that will cause crop failures. These problems are just the tip of the iceberg.

God's entire plan is for salvation of mankind, and tribulation is no different. If anything, it is His last ditch effort to save as many as He can.

Take the Light I-III and study. Allow them to get into your soul and spirit and in time they will reveal to you the revelation of the light in ways you can not even imagine. This is one of the reasons I did this in 3 studies.

Remember, revealed knowledge or a revelation is how we grow. That is how the church is formed.

Matthew 16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

Matthew 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Remember in our study on Christ; Christ is a Greek word, which in English means "The Anointed One"

Matthew 16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed [it] unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

Jesus told Peter here that he did not understand or come to know the Christ (The Anointed One) by mental knowledge, or being there with Jesus. It was revealed (a revelation) to him by God; so Peter had a revelation in his spirit.

Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Here is where Jesus named Simon as Peter and in Greek the word is Petros; 

     Strong's Number: 4074-GSN 
     Transliterated:  Petros 
     Pronounced:      pet'-ros 
 
                      a primary word; a (piece of) rock (larger than 
                      3037 GSN); as a name, Petrus, an apostle: 
                      KJV--Peter, rock. Compare 2786 GSN.

Notice, it is a piece of the rock, not the rock itself. Jesus is the cornerstone, but the rock is revelation knowledge from God via the spirit of who Jesus is as the Christ and Son of God.

Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Now the Greek word for rock here is petra;

Strong's Number: 4073-GSN 

     Transliterated:  petra 
     Pronounced:      pet'-ra 
                      feminine of the same as 4074 GSN; a (mass of) 
                      rock (literally or figuratively): KJV--rock.

Which as you can see is the bedrock.

So what is the rock (petra) Jesus is referring to? It is not Peter, because Peter is a piece of the rock. Jesus said, "upon this rock". Well, He was just talking about the revelation Peter had, so the church is built upon the revealed (revelation) knowledge from God of Jesus as the Christ and true Son of God. "Jesus" translated is "salvation". So, if you are of Jesus, you have salvation, and when you are of Christ you are of the Spirit of God, in, on and through you. The Son of God refers to our inheritance in God's kingdom.

We are part of the church as far as the revealed knowledge goes, but we are not the church. The church is when we are connected to God through he spirit, and operating in the revealed knowledge of Christ.

Look for the light of your soul, listen in order to hear God, and follow the light and God. You will be blessed and a blessing to others as a beacon in the darkness.

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