"I Was In the Spirit ... and Heard" (continued)
So when God told them to take their "rest," He was telling them that they are now engaged in the Throne Ministry, they are now standing in the good of all that the Lamb had accomplished. Remember, John also saw the prayers of saints in the midst of the Throne, he saw those who prayed prayers that brought about God's End through His Way - the way of the Cross. He saw the prayers of those who laid down their lives, their self-interests, their self-preeminence, their self-centeredness; he saw the prayers of those who allowed the work of the Cross in their lives. John saw the prayers of those who were his companions "in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience (perseverance and endurance) of Jesus Christ." "In the Spirit," John saw with the all-seeing eye of the Spirit that he was not alone; he saw all those who were, and are, alive to God, and to God's Will. "In the Spirit" he comprehended that all those "souls" who had laid down their lives throughout the ages were fellow-partakers with him in that which he must endure in order to fulfill his course - to fulfill is portion in all the Fullness of Christ. And he saw that both he, and they, were companions with those souls who had yet to fulfill their course.
~T. Austin-Sparks~
(continued with # 27 - "If Anyone Has An Ear, Let Him Hear" - "Here is Wisdom")
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