The Revelation of Jesus Christ: Seven Key Aspects
From: Daniel Yordy

A Video Recording of this Message

There is so little focus in the Christian world today on what God is actually doing right now in the earth. Most don't have a clue. God's people receive truth and revelation and power and anointing from God and then take those things in every conceivable direction. Few consider the revelation of Jesus Christ. I am not saying that to disparage anyone who is genuinely seeking the Lord, but there is so much being offered in the realms of power and truth that simply does not appeal to me in any way, primarily, it does not speak to the fulfillment of the New Covenant.

There is no question in my mind that we are at the end of the age. By that, I do not mean the end of history and the life of man upon this planet, by any means. The age that is ending is the age that began on the Day of Pentecost in AD 29. It is the age of the establishment of the New Covenant, the time of the "in-part" that Paul spoke of. (Some try to call it the ending of the "age of grace," but this is absurd, grace is the essence of God. It is only the in-part time that is ending.) But the age of the New Covenant will end in a much different manner than the age of the Old Covenant. With the Old Covenant, God had a contract with a small group of people who were racially descended from Jacob. To fulfill that covenant, God sent them His Son. But thinking they could get their hands on the inheritance without the Son, they murdered Him. This act broke forever all terms of the Old Covenant. That Covenant ended upon the cross and has no existence today.

In stark contrast, the age of the establishment of the New Covenant will end with its fulfillment in all fullness of all of its terms. God Himself will do this.

But that is not the only age that is coming to an end. At the same time that God fulfills all terms of the New Covenant, He will bring this age of human folly to a close, the age that began with the fall of Adam into darkness and separation from God. The age of the establishment of the New Covenant has been two thousand years long, or two days. The age of human folly has been six thousand years long, or six days.

But here is the thing we must understand. God is doing and is about to do mighty and wondrous things and we will see those things with our eyes. What God does now upon this earth will surpass all things He did in the past put together. When God accomplishes all that He is presently doing and has ended the time of man's rebellion and separation from Him, all creation, looking back upon what just happened will notice three dramatic things about the great and wondrous thing God has done. And make no mistake about it. All of creation, all of human history, all of God's redemption story is all about what is happening right now on the earth. This day is what it all was for.

The first thing all creation will understand about God's final act in fulfilling His intention and determination is how far off-base the church's understanding of these times really was. The church's definition of the end of the age and the revelation of Jesus Christ turned out to be as far away from reality as was the Jew's definition of what the coming of their Messiah would be. The shock of watching most of today's Christians, especially American Christians, opposing the Lord Jesus Christ vehemently in His return and joining with those who seek to put Him to death once again, will have stunned heaven.

The second thing that will be obvious and apparent to all is that everything God actually did upon the earth as He birthed the fulfillment of His eternal purpose and determination was in extraordinary agreement with what He actually said in the New Covenant stripped of all the ideas and definitions that were tacked onto what He says and understood by the Spirit of truth. In fact, everything God said in the New Covenant had its complete and perfect fulfillment in unimaginably powerful ways in the lives of His people on the earth.

But the third and the most extraordinary thing that all created beings will recognize with all amazement is this. Everything God did in the earth, as stupendously awesome as it was, shaking the foundations of all things to their core, proving His Word in the face of all calamity and darkness, demonstrating the supernatural power of God upon the earth, bringing all foes and all liars into submission upon their faces before Him, all of it, was done in and through a simple, gentle, and quiet people, a scattered people, to whom none of it was a surprise. Not really.

It will not be a surprise to them, because they already believed that God would do all that He says, in their lives, in this age, and on this earth.

That is why Jesus talked so much about weeping and gnashing of teeth. It was all there for whosoever will, but few wanted to believe all that God says. When the many see how simple it really was to be a part of the awesome and wondrous fulfillment of all that God has spoken from the beginning - all you had to have done was to yield to His hand and to believe with a simple heart all that He speaks. "I belong to You. Let it be to me according to Your Word." When they see it and realize that they will wait another age before they also can enter in, they will weep.

This letter is Christ Our Life. As such, my purpose is to speak to all that the New Covenant reveals to us that God is fulfilling now through the revelation of Jesus Christ in us and through us. So far, though I have alluded to a number of things God is doing right now in our lives as He unveils Christ in us in past issues of this letter, I have not covered the larger picture.

In order to broaden my focus, I have laid out seven aspects to the revelation of Jesus Christ. Everything God does has first an inner part and then, secondly, an outer part. The outer part exists only as an extension and outworking of the inner part. Here are the seven things I will continue to expand on in this letter.

   1. Our union with Christ (inner) - being transformed into the image of Christ (outer).

"I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me, and the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loves me and gave Himself for me." Galatians 2.

"In that day you shall know that I am in the Father and you are in Me and I am in you." John 14.

"But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord." 2 Corinthians 3.

Christ is my life, I have no other life. Every part of who and what I am He carries utterly inside Himself, including all of my weakness and lack. And Jesus fills every part of me, every part of my humanity, in the messiness of my human experience.

At the same time, I am becoming what I already am before God right now. There is a rest in what I already am, but there is also a becoming of that same thing. Both of these truths go hand in hand, simultaneously. Right now, Jesus reveals Himself in all the messiness of my human life in this world. At the same time, He is transforming me, from the inside out, into the same image of Christ standing in glory before God from before the foundations of the world. I am just like Him, for I see Him as He is.

   2. The acceptance of our limitation (inner), the overthrow of the curse (outer).

"I will glory in my infirmities, for when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Corinthians 12.

"The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made us free from the law of sin and death." Romans 8.

"For this mortal must put on immortality, and this corruptible must put on incorruption." 1 Corinthian 15.

"Because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God." Romans 8.

I do not think that I can "do" what God requires, in fact, I do not try. There is no victory over anything without first coming to a complete and continuing rest in the sufficiency of the salvation of Christ inside. "His grace is sufficient for me" must be far more than a slogan, it must be the essence of our life. That is one side of this truth.

But at the same time, nowhere does God say that I must continue under sin or under any part of the curse. I believe God to see total victory over sin in my life, to walk without sin, to walk in full victory over physical death and all aspects of the curse right here on this earth in this life. I am expecting a grace from God that has not yet been given to the church that will enable me to do just that. Everyone says that all things are possible with God. Yet most reject utterly the possibility that He would work the same freedom from sin in my experience that Jesus Himself walked in. [This is the one thing that must be impossible for God!]

Can I do this? Of course not. Will God do it in me as I walk in expectation of faith before Him? This is the great challenge that was thrown in God's face from the beginning. Will God prove Himself true? Watch and see.

   3. The ministry of intercession (inner), the river of life (outer).

"Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation." 2 Corinthians 5.

"He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." John 7.

"And they shall nourish her there . . ." Revelation 12.

Central to Christ residing in us in our humanity is the action of intercession. We think that we ourselves are going through things, struggles, difficulties, and so on. But that is only if we see ourselves as separate from God. When we walk in the consciousness of our union with Christ, then we see these things entirely differently. Everything we go through, God is working for the good of others. In a way, we stand in the stead of many. As we pass through and find the revelation of Christ in the valley of the shadow of death, we open the door to many to come freely through. Christ is working His reconciliation through our circumstances. This is our great privilege.

At the same time, there is an out-flowing of the Spirit of Christ through us. Everywhere we go, a river of life flows out of us, touching, healing, bringing life to others. We may not see it, but that does not mean it's not happening. If we believe in Jesus that is what is happening. What times we see it in actuality bringing healing and life to others, it is our joy.

But more particularly, I find the Spirit of Christ in me drawing these words to great depths for our lives right now, "And they shall nourish her there." We are called to be the ark, to be Joseph, to be the provision for many who will not know where to turn in the times to come. God is filling us right now with the knowledge of Himself with power, that we might be that nourishing when it is needed.

   4. Casting down the accuser (inner), casting down powers and principalities (outer).

"And they overcame him (the accuser) . . ." Revelation 12.

"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." Ephesians 6.

"God shall crush Satan under your feet shortly." Romans 16.

Evil cannot exist, except God gives it form and energy, all evil is guided by God's purpose, and God works the doings of all evil for good. Yet evil itself is not God. Evil exists because in God's determination to have the many-membered son He desires, He ordained that He would form that son through defeating and overthrowing of evil, through casting off that which limits God. God allows evil to exist that we might defeat it and cast it off.

But our part is to cast down the accuser in our own minds and hearts. Separating our mind from all accusation against us is the battle we are in. Knowing about our union with Christ does not remove us from the assault against our minds and hearts. We must "practice" that union until it is unassailable, until the prince of this world comes and finds nothing in us. We strive to come into complete rest in Christ living through us.

But outwardly, right now, the whole world lies under the sway, the control, the governing dominion of the evil one. To consider any idea for improving life on this earth that does not include at its core the removal of Satan and all of his demons utterly and completely from this planet and from human experience is not only pointless, but actually serves the purposes of darkness. As we cast down the accuser in our own hearts and minds, we release the powers of heaven to do their part. We do not "get rid of Satan" per se, but God Himself breaks the evil one under our feet.

   5. The fulfillment of the covenant (inner) and the contest over the inheritance (outer).

"The meek shall inherit the earth." Matthew 5.

"For all things are yours: whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come - all are yours." 1 Corinthians 3.

"He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son." Revelation 21.

"Come, let us kill Him and the inheritance shall be ours." Mark 12.

"For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled." 2 Corinthians 10.

"When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them." -- "And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, 'The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!'" Revelation 11

In the last few months, addressing this issue has become illegal in the United States, as it already has been in much of the world. Judaism is anti-Christ. The nation and government of Israel, as it exists right now today, is the head of the beast that was wounded unto death and now lives. The same small group of people who opposed Jesus directly during His ministry, the Pharisees, continues to this day in the same opposition. It may astonish you to know that, at the present moment, the faction of the Pharisees dominates utterly the American political system, the media, business, and finance. [And that of most of the rest of the world.] And through the television set and the media, the Pharisees of the Talmud teach us how to think about everything, that's why God calls it the image of the beast.

God needed the Pharisees to oppose Jesus. He hardened their hearts for His purposes. He is using them in the same way and for the same purpose today. The second witness of Christ is central to what God is doing in the earth today, to the revelation of Jesus Christ. God requires a second witness to prove all things, a second confrontation, a second death, a second resurrection. This also is Christ our life.

But this is the outer parts of the inheritance. The inner part, where God has us right now, possessing all things, including all things of the age to come. This also, we must explore.

   6. Being members one of another (inner), together, giving an invisible God shape and form so that He might be seen and handled (outer).

"Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit." Ephesians 2

"Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: 'Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me. In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure.' Then I said, 'Behold, I have come - in the volume of the book it is written of Me - to do Your will, O God.'" Hebrews 10.

"The Word became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld His glory." John 1.

We are members one of another. God is preparing each of us for the place He has ordained for us in His temple. There is no truth of God that is fulfilled in any of us as individuals separate from one another. All things that God speaks, He fulfills in a many-membered corporate body of people. The greatest event of the ages is the moment when the Father Himself fills His fully prepared temple. That moment is soon to come. The fulfillment of all that God speaks takes place, not in "heaven" but on this earth and in His people.

God is an invisible Spirit. He cannot be seen or heard or touched. But this is not satisfactory for God. He is forming for Himself a body, that He might reveal Himself through that body. God wants to be seen and heard and handled - through us.

   7. The manifestation of the authority of God (inner and outer).

"All authority in heaven and in earth is given unto me. Go therefore . . ." Matthew 28.

"And I will give to my two witnesses and they will prophesy." Revelation 11.

"To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne." Revelation 3.

To sit with Jesus upon the throne of God is to be the authority of God in the universe. Every word we speak carries great authority. We have no idea. Yet this topic in its fullness is beyond my present place upon this path God has us on. I will share of it in part, but I cannot now share of it in its fullness.

This layout of seven things, inner and outer, concerning the revelation of Jesus Christ is not meant to be exclusive, simply a way to approach the wondrous experience that God is taking us through. We will not experience any of the outer until first we know fully that which is inner. Yet God never stops with the inner, but always, He proves His mighty victory in that which is visible and outward.

This is the incredible purpose that God has seized us for in His determination.

This is the turning, the transition between two ages.

This is the day in which we live.

I find it necessary, once again, to clarify the purpose of this letter. I am actually writing it to share with a few specific friends and family members the things that God is teaching me as He takes me along this path upon which none of us have ever trod. In doing that, I have opened up this private letter to others who also find the Lord speaking to them through it.

But in order to be able to share faithfully with my friends and family all that the Lord is teaching me, I must maintain the freedom of the private-ness of this letter.

I also receive a number of similar letters - or I go to other blogs to read things written by others. Often, I find things that I witness to and that feed and encourage me in all that God is doing with me. But I also often find things that I think are nonsense or off-based or just plain deceptive. [And everyone who writes is absolutely convinced they are speaking straight from God.] When I see those things, I simply ignore it, or skip over that part. God did not put me on this planet to straighten anyone out. Truth is a relationship with a Person, truth is not discovered by debate.

If you are receiving this letter and you find that God is not speaking to you through it, then I would ask you, please, have the integrity to unsubscribe. It is a simple process; just scroll down to the bottom, and click on the "unsubscribe" link. Then, fill in your email address, and again, click "unsubscribe." Your email address will be removed from the list automatically.

By being as honest as I can about what this letter is about, I am giving every reader the full opportunity to take advantage of the simple unsubscribe process below. If this is not your cup of tea, there is no need for you to intrude on a private letter. I am fully open to gentle correction from people I know and trust. I welcome with joy comments and questions, whether I answer or not. But anyone who imagines that God is telling them to "straighten me out," I will and have taken the liberty to remove those addresses from my list. I am not writing for that purpose; I cannot write under that shadow.

I have a thesis, and that is to take all that God says in the New Testament, all of it, not removing any part nor adding anything from human thinking or the traditions of men. To receive all that God speaks, to believe for the fulfillment of all that God speaks by the power of the Holy Spirit in my life. To make all that God speaks in the New Covenant personal to me; to see God fulfill every word He has spoken since the beginning in my life in this age on this earth in all of its fullness and meaning. That is what I want to do by God's grace and why should I be faulted? Everyone does what they want; everyone believes whatever they choose.

I find that very few people subscribe to such a practice. There is not one thing God says in the New Testament that you will not find some Christian who will rail against it if you try to teach it. And almost all Christians are willing to take what God reveals in His word or by His Spirit, and extrapolate it with human reason into theologies and philosophies of existence that God does not actually say, and that require them to then denounce or explain away other things God does say.

Whenever I find myself twisting verses to get across my point, or explaining why other verses don't really mean what they obviously say, I stop myself short. I choose not to do that. I do not care if the things God says seem to oppose each other. My place is not to figure God out, my place is to believe what He says, and to yield to His hand that He might accomplish His determination in me.

I am not a minister. I do not fellowship with a small group. Though I desire such a thing and have lived there for years in the past, God has not brought that to me in this season of my life. I am a limited fellow, emotionally. I have had so many experiences blow up in my face, so to speak, with great hurt through all the years of my life, that I find myself in a state of "shell shock," even in my early fifties. I seek the Lord for healing, but until He does just that, His grace is sufficient for me.

You may wonder who and what I am. I am nothing more and nothing less than a friend of the Bridegroom. By sharing with you the journey God has me on and the light upon my path He is sharing with me, my only desire is to take your hand and the hand of Jesus, to place them together, and then to step back into the shadows rejoicing in the joy of my Friend. If that happens, here and there, for you, then I have fulfilled my purpose in writing. If it does not, there is nothing gained.

Yet, my Friend, the Lord Jesus Christ, is doing more right now than bringing His bride to all purity and faith in union with Himself. He is also vindicating His Father upon the earth.

And the sound of the shattering of all things that can be shaken is growing louder in my ears. That, also, is the revelation of Jesus Christ, and I must share those things with my close friends and family members as well. If you wish to read along with them, you are more than welcome to do so.

I would urge you in the next few days and weeks, to be sure you have sufficient food for your family in the pantry, to last for at least a couple of months. That practice is simply wise living. Much more than that we probably cannot, at present, do. There is reason to believe that the harvest of food, not only in the United States this last fall, but throughout the world as well, is the worst in decades. Yet the US government continues to report abundance, keeping prices low, when they really should be much higher to limit consumption. We trust in the Lord, but, as Patrick Henry once said, "For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it." This is how I, also, am made.

Here is an article and website that carefully explores the present world food status. Check it out for yourself.

http://www.marketskeptics.com/2009/12/2010-food-crisis-for-dummies.html

The world is not our source; God is our source. But when the world seems to have some answer to the dilemma, and God seems not to, many will be tempted to turn to the world instead of waiting on God. But the world will have its price and that price may be more than we are willing to pay.