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Come, Let Us Bow Down In Worship, Let Us Kneel Before The Lord

Alan Terry • 29 November 2024

The Hour Of The Lord Is Here

PSALM 95:6
“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice: “Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, As in the day of trial in the wilderness,
”‭‭Psalms‬ ‭95:6-8‬ ‭NKJV‬
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The writer here, warns us against the hardening of our hearts as did Israel in the wilderness by continuing to resist God’s will (EXODUS 17:7).
As we continue to be tested in these very trying times, many have fallen away from God and their hearts are hardening.
Furthermore, divisions have come among God’s people and the leaders of the church.
My brethren, even though the sting of the pestilence and all the mandates have passed, and it feels like we have returned to normal, fear is still holding many believers away from assembly.
God allowed these restrictions placed on the Christian faith world wide because it was His plan to dismantle the church as we have known it over the past two thousand years.
The old religious church system, put together by the likes of the Pharisees has all but gone.
Church buildings are being sold worldwide and this is an end to the church as we have known it, for the wine skins are now empty.
But Jesus said, ““To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: “I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars; and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary. Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.”
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
Today, God is calling out His people to repent and return to the first love Jesus Christ and start the work of revival.
In a wedding ceremony, the people were celebrating a wedding feast.
“On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does your concern have to do with Me? My hour has not yet come.””
‭‭John‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
Mary was desperate and called upon Jesus to save the day; to save the family from the humiliation of running out of wine.
Jesus said, “My hour has not yet come,” but we are now finally in Jesus hour and the wine has depleted, the wine skins are empty, and as a result many churches have closed.
Back then, knowing who Jesus is, “His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece. Jesus said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. And He said to them, “Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast.” And they took it. When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom. And he said to him, “Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!””
‭‭John‬ ‭2‬:‭5‬-‭10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
This was the first recorded miracle, but Jesus time wasn’t here yet.
My beloved, the wine skins are empty and as a result, the power of the church has gone; the doors are closing and the old is passing away.
But today, His time has come, He is turning water into wine and revival is on its way; revival like never before.
While the devil is pouring out evil like never before, you are going to see the glory of our God rising above all things.
What comes with new wine, is new power and freedoms, for Jesus saved the best until last.
But, if we are to have the new wine and power, surely we need new wine skins (Transformed bodies) to operate from.
“Jesus said “Can the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast. But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days. No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; or else the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear is made worse. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.””
‭‭Mark‬ ‭2‬:‭19‬-‭22‬ ‭NKJV
My beloved, it is time to wake up to the corruption of this world and return to your first love. “For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?””
‭‭Esther‬ ‭4‬:‭14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
Therefore, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”
‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
My brethren, Jesus is the way-the only way, He is the life-the source of our eternal life, He is the only way to our Father in heaven (JOHN 14:6). He has all authority in heaven and on earth (MATHEW 28:18)-authority over your health, your wealth, and indeed, over your whole eternal future.
Jesus said, ““Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.”
‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭12‬-‭14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
Are you ready to receive the new wine, the new powers and freedoms and to operate in them?
Not all are going to operate in these new powers, for they reject the new because they think the old is better (LUKE 5:38).
My brothers and sisters in Christ, be conformed to this world no more, but rather present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. That is the least you can do. And allow God to transform you by renewing your mind that you come to understand what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God (ROMANS 12:1-2). It is then that you will receive the new wine and be empowered to operate in the supernatural powers of God.
My beloved, if it’s not Christ ministry, it shall profit you nothing.
“I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men.” (Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭4‬:‭1‬-‭4‬, ‭6‬-‭16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
Jesus way is the only way to salvation; He is the only truth to be relied upon, and the life that we believers must focus on; He is the only way to our Father in heaven (JOHN 14:6).
My beloved, when focused on Jesus, you will be able to walk above the stormy waters of this world, and even if it gets overwhelming, Jesus will be there within arms reach to lead you back to safety and calm the storm (MATHEW 14:22-33).
Whilst you may not face Goliath, but with five smooth stones, the power of Christ’ five fold ministry in you, you shall be well equipped to bring down the giants in this world (1 SAMUEL 17:50-53), and heal the sick, raise the dead, cure the lepers, and cast out demons.
The time is here, so brace yourselves, for as the corruption of this world is being revealed and the people are waking up, a call of repentance is being heard, and many are returning to God out of fear and despair (JEOL 2:12-17).
“Then the Lord will be zealous for His land, And pity His people. The Lord will answer and say to His people, “Behold, I will send you grain and new wine and oil, And you will be satisfied by them; I will no longer make you a reproach among the nations. “But I will remove far from you the northern army, And will drive him away into a barren and desolate land, With his face toward the eastern sea And his back toward the western sea; His stench will come up, And his foul odor will rise, Because he has done monstrous things.” Fear not, O land; Be glad and rejoice, For the Lord has done marvelous things! Do not be afraid, you beasts of the field; For the open pastures are springing up, And the tree bears its fruit; The fig tree and the vine yield their strength. Be glad then, you children of Zion, And rejoice in the Lord your God; For He has given you the former rain faithfully, And He will cause the rain to come down for you— The former rain, And the latter rain in the first month. The threshing floors shall be full of wheat, And the vats shall overflow with new wine and oil. “So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling locust, The consuming locust, And the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you. You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, And praise the name of the Lord your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; And My people shall never be put to shame. Then you shall know that I am in the midst of Israel: I am the Lord your God And there is no other. My people shall never be put to shame. “And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. “And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the Lord Shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, As the Lord has said, Among the remnant whom the Lord calls.”
‭‭Joel‬ ‭2‬:‭18‬-‭32‬ nkjv
My beloved, there has never been such a time as this.
The true level of evil in this world is being systematically exposed and justice shall be poured out to all for both their good and evil deeds as the glory of the Lord comes down upon the earth.
This is not judgment, but it shall follow soon.
Justice is painful, but necessary to soften the hearts of the people and bring them to their senses that they fall at the feet of Christ in repentance.
“But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.”
‭‭II Peter‬ ‭3‬:‭8‬-‭13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
My beloved, the people are waking up to the truth and turning to God in this final call for repentance.
Revival is here and the glory of the Lord shall fill the earth.
Oh, sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth. Sing to the LORD, bless His name; Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day. Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples. For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the LORD made the heavens. Honor and majesty are before Him; Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. Give to the LORD, O families of the peoples, Give to the LORD glory and strength. Give to the LORD the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come into His courts. Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth. Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns; The world also is firmly established, It shall not be moved; He shall judge the peoples righteously.” Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; Let the sea roar, and all its fullness; Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice before the LORD. For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with His truth.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭96:1-13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.

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