John the Baptist said of Jesus, "He must
Increase, but I must decrease." (John 3:30). The
ministry of John was that of "Preparing the way
of the Lord" and "making His paths straight." (Matt.
3:3). When Jesus' ministry began, John's ministry
gradually decreased until it ceased. Of Jesus, John
said, "And I recognized him not: but that he
should be made manifest to Israel." (John
1:31). After Jesus had performed His first miracle at
Cana we read: "This beginning of miracles did Jesus in
Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory:
and his disciples believed on him." (John 2:11). John's
ministry prepared the way for the manifestation of
Jesus. Once the manifestation had begun John's ministry
receded into the background and Jesus' ministry came
forth.
A similar pattern is being fulfilled in that
which God is doing today. We have seen those that the
Lord has raised up as a John the Baptist ministry to
"prepare the way of the Lord." NOW instead of the
manifestation of THE SON, there is to be the
manifestation of the sons as per Romans 8:19; "For the
earnest expectation of the creature waits for the
manifestation of the sons of God." The word
"manifestation" here is from the Greek apokalupsis which
means to uncover, unveil or reveal. The scripture
does not say that all creation is waiting for the
glorified Christ to be revealed from heaven. By this we
do not mean to imply that such will not take place; it
certainly will. But FIRST there must be an unveiling or
manifestation of the end-time "sons of God" who are
going to make possible a ministry of deliverance to
creation that is groaning and travailing in pain
(Rom. 8:22). These sons will have entered into
Immortality in human flesh even as Jesus when He walked
on the earth. If you will read carefully the
following four prophecies: "He must increase,"
"More on the Man-child," "The Woman in the Wilderness,"
and "The Manifested Sons," you will understand more of
that which is coming.