Sermon Tone Analysis

Were going to *continue* our teaching on *“The Blood and the Glory.”*

But were going to *change gears* a little bit here.

I want to *begin looking at the Glory of God* *and* *what we can expect to be poured out upon this earth in these last days.*

*Is the Glory that is going to be poured out on this earth* *going to be significant* *or* *is it just hopes and wishes of men and women* that serve the Lord?

*What does the Word *of God *say* *about these last days?*

*Is it prophesied in the Word* of God that there is going to be a *great revival* *or* *a great outpouring of his spirit?*

I believe that *as we take this journey through the Word* of God *in our study on the Glory* *and* *God’s outpouring of His spirit* *were going to see that were about to experience* *His Presence*, *His Glory* *and* *the greatest outpouring of the Spirit of the world has ever seen.*

*I) **The blood of Jesus has redeemed us from the hand of the enemy* *and* *the curse of the law.*

*A) **God wants us to know the power of this truth in these last days*.

*1) **But there is a last day application of the blood of Jesus* *that God also wants us to know*.

*And it involves the Glory*.

*It involves what we are redeemed to.*

*B) **We’ll see part of it here* in *Galatians 3:13-14* (turn there).

*1) **“REDEEMED”* is a *blood Word*.

We *already said that,* *but I wanted you to see* *that one of the parts of our redemption by the blood of the Lamb* *is* *“THAT WE MIGHT RECEIVE THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT.”*

*(a) *That *covers* such a *wide variety of topics*, *but* what I want to cover is *how that applies to us in these last days.*

*2) *In *(1st Peter 4:14)* the *Bible* *calls* the *Holy Spirit* *“the Spirit of Glory.”*

In *(Romans 8:11)* it *says* that, *Jesus was raised from the dead by the spirit.*

And in *(Romans 6:4)* it *says* that, *“Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father.”*

*(a) *Turn to *Ephesians 5:27*.

*(i) *Remember the Word *“GLORIOUS”* *means* *Filled with His Glory.*

*(ii) *When he says *“Glorious Church”*, *he’s talking about* *a church filled with the glory of God,* *a manifestation of God’s Glory the church has never experienced to that degree.*

¨ *But notice the prerequisite* *to the Glory.*

It’s *found here* in *(Ephesians 5:27),* *“Not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.”*

¨ *The Glory always follows* *what the blood as cleansed.*

*(b) **This will be the 3rd* *and* *last great outpouring of the spirit,* *which* the *Bible prophesies*.

*C) **The New Testament tells us* *that God’s dealings with the children of Israel in the Old Testament* *were* *TYPES AND SHADOWS* for our *LEARNING*, *ADMONITION*, AND *WARNINGS*.

*1) **1st Corinthians 10:6-11.*

*2) **The significance* *of what God taught the children of Israel* *about the RAINS is of utmost importance* *to us who live in the last days *(or you could say, *“the last of the last days”*).

*(a) **Many* of the *practicing Jews* say there is to be *2000 years of the Messiah*.

(They just don’t feel that he’s come yet).

*(b) **Jesus* was *born* about *2000 years ago*.

We’ve had *2000 years of the Messiah*.

We are *living in* the *last of the last days.*

*II) **The scripture’s progressive revelation* *of the RAINS* *is of the utmost importance* *to we who live in the last minutes* *of the last days*.

*A) *The *first mentioned of rain* aft*er Israel was brought out of the land of Egypt* is *mentioned* in *Deuteronomy 11:10-11*.

*(Read it)*

*1) **Agriculture in Egypt* *depended upon the rise and fall of the Nile.*

*(a) **Irrigation ditches* were *dug* and *waterwheels* were *operated* *with* the *feet*.

*(b) **Harvest* *in the Promise Land* *depended upon seasonal rains.*

*(i) **Those rains* *would depend upon their love and obedience to God*.

*2) **Deuteronomy 11:13-14.*

*B) **Israel has* *2* *seasonal rains*.

*1) **The* *FORMER RAINS* *begin in late October and November*.

*These* *FORMER RAINS* *prepared the ground for PLANTING SEED*.

*2) *The *LATTER RAINS* *are in* *late winter and early spring.*

*They WATER the FIELDS just before the EARLY HARVEST.*

*(a) **Without the rains*, there is *no harvest*.

*3) **Deuteronomy 11:16-17.*

*(a) *According to *(Zechariah 10:1)* *God’s people are to ask the Lord for the rains*.

*C) **The Holy Spirit* *through the prophet Joel reveals* *that the rains are* *TYPES AND SHADOWS* *of the outpouring of God’s Spirit.*

*1) **Joel 2:23-25, 28-29.*

*(a) **Peter,* *preaching on the day of Pentecost* *revealed that the outpouring of the Holy Spirit* *was in fulfillment of Joel’s prophecy.*

*2) **Acts 2:14-18.*

*(a) **The outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the book of Acts* *IS THE FORMER RAINS.*

*(i) **It came to prepare the ground* *for the SOWING OF THE SEED.*

*(b) **The LATTER RAIN* *began in the early 1900s.*

The *Azusa Street* outpouring’s was part of it.

*(i) *The *old-timers* *we’ve been referring to* an this series were *part of it*.

*It came before the EARLY HARVEST*.

*D) **But the Bible prophesies* *an outpouring* *when the EARLY RAINS AND THE LATTER RAINS will come together.*

*1) **Joel prophesied a coming of the former rains and the latter rains in the first month.*

*(Joel 2:23)*.

“Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first /month/.”

*2) **The Holy Spirit* *through James* *revealed that the great 3rd and final outpouring of the ages* *would come just before the coming of the Lord.*

*(a) **James 5:7-8.*

*(i) **The Husbandman is God the Father*.

*A husbandman is a farmer.*

*God the Father is the best farmer their ever was or ever will be.*

*(ii) **His field is the earth*.

*(iii) **God’s field will receive an outpouring of the spirit* *likened unto the former and latter rains coming together*.

*(b) **This outpouring will produce the greatest crop there ever has been or will be.*

*A great harvest of the* *“Precious Fruit of the Earth”* *will come in* *at this great outpouring of the glory* of God.

*(i) **What is this* *PRECIOUS FRUIT OF THE EARTH?* *Souls*, *that’s the harvest.*

*3) **This 3rd and last outpouring of the Spirit will come just before Jesus returns* *and it will include everything in the book of Acts* *plus* *everything in the great outpouring of the 1900s put together.*

*(a) **When I say*, *“You haven’t seen anything yet.”*

*I literally mean that there is no comparison to what were about to experience in this last great move of the Holy Spirit* *upon this earth* *and* *in the churches that Love God* *and are obedient to Him.*

*(b) **Usually before a great outburst of rain it starts with a sprinkle,* *we’re already experiencing the sprinkling before the outpouring.*

W. O. L. C. C. Sunday, January 14, 2001 from Billye Brim’s book entitled “The Blood and the Glory” pages 123 through 128.