"Shall I not divide, says
the Lord? Shall I not divide and
conquer? Shall I not take that which
I have prepared and deploy it to my
advantage, that I might defeat the
enemy and gain a great victory in
this day? Shall I not use my forces
in a way that will bring the enemy
into subjection and destroy his
works? And what are his works, says
the Lord? Are they not death and
destruction, sorrow and confusion,
even the workings of chaos in the
earth? And shall I not begin to
destroy his works by overcoming the
primary effect of sin, even death?
For in the clutches of death has he
held his victims since the beginning
of sin. And none has overcome save
that one who rose victoriously, even
the Lord of Glory. And shall I not
now put into operation that which I
have purposed? What is it says
the Lord? Is it not even this, that
the manchild which I am preparing in
the bosom of the woman shall come
forth to victorious life and
no longer be subject to
death? For even as Jesus came forth
from the bosom of the woman Israel,
and was eventually caught up to
the throne of His God, so shall I
bring forth a company of overcomers
who shall be caught up to my
throne and invested with power to
overcome the enemy. And even as
Jesus rose to die no more, so shall
this manchild company enter into
deathless life to begin the
destruction of the enemy's works.
And now consider further what
I would show you about this manchild
company. It is even a mystery hid but
is now to be revealed. Shall not this
manchild be divided into two companies
even as Elijah and Elisha were
divided? And shall not one company be
caught up into the heavenly realm to
receive glorified life, and shall not
the other company be left behind as
was Elisha to enter into deathless
life in the physical? For this is a
pattern which I have set in my Word,
that there shall be a dividing and
deploying of my forces, to the end
that I may destroy all the workings of
the enemy. The first division will be
that of the manchild from the woman.
This will be a division between those
who are in my glorious church but who
will remain in mortal flesh, and those
who are born out of that church into
Immortality. There shall be a further
division in that which is born, in
that some shall be caught up to the
heavenly realm and some shall be left
on earth. Some shall be in glorified
bodies and some shall be in Immortal
physical bodies. Those who are left on
earth to function in Immortal physical
bodies are referred to in Revelation
chapter twelve as the remnant (or
remainder) of her seed. (Rev. 12:17).
They are the ones who remain after the
main body of the manchild is taken.
They will be with the woman,
or glorious church in the wilderness
of tribulation, but they shall be
separate in that they will have
entered into Immortality in human
flesh and will no longer be subject to
death. They will be the manifest sons
of that day even as Jesus was a
manifested son in His day.
And did not the Lord Jesus
portray in Himself the pattern for
the end-time manifested sons by the
two kinds of life which He lived?
First He entered into Immortality in
human flesh and wrought mighty signs
and wonders, even the power of the
one who has received the fulness of
the Father. So shall my manifested
sons who are still on the earth
wield the powers of their God in
that day. Secondly, Jesus entered
into glorified life after He was
raised from the dead. Even so shall
those of the manchild company who
are taken enter into the powers of
the glorified life and minister on
the earth during the tribulation as
Jesus ministered for 40 days after
His resurrection. Thus shall the
enemy's grip begin to be broken when
my manifested ones enter into the
realm where death no longer has
dominion over them, whether in the
earthly or in the heavenly sphere.
And now consider further
the mystery of the woman and the
manchild. The woman represents my
glorious church which will be
functioning in divine power during
the time of the tribulation. She
will have come into the fulness of
spiritual ministry and witness,
symbolized by her being clothed with
the sun (Rev. 12:1). Also with the
moon under her feet she has overcome
the soulish realm of human desire
and emotion, and as she is crowned
with a crown of twelve stars so is
she functioning in the fulness of
new covenant power and authority.
But she is still in the realm of
limitation because she has not yet
been caught up to the throne and
invested with that power which comes
only to those who are no longer
subject to death. She has not yet
overcome sufficiently to be in the
realm of the manifested sons. For
the manifested sons or man-child
company have overcome to the extent
that death has been abolished for
them, and whether in the heavenly or
earthly they are no longer subject
to its powers, neither the
limitations of its domain. They are
functioning in a realm which is
beyond that of ordinary mortals.
Now consider that which I
require of you that you may be in my
glorious church in this day and that
you might be accounted worthy to be
among those who will be filled with
the fulness of their God in the days
of tribulation impending. And I
would have you consider further the
price that must be paid in total
commitment to me, which is
the sacrifice necessary for those
who would become the manifested sons
of that day. For surely the day is
coming shortly and only those who
have made a total commitment will
have a part in the ministry which
will bring liberation and salvation
to multitudes in the days ahead. So
consider, my people, that glory
which is waiting those who are
willing to pay the price in laying
down their lives completely on the
altar as a living sacrifice to
me. Even so shall they receive a
glory which is beyond compare, and a
joy in service which few are able to
comprehend. For I will have a people
who will show forth my glory in
these last days, says the
Lord.
Now consider further the
mystery of Elijah and Elisha as a
type of the manifested sons. The two
are one, yet divided for the
fulfillment of my purpose. First
there shall be a division [at] the
beginning of the tribulation when
the man-child or manifested sons
shall be divided into those like
Elijah who shall be taken, and those
like Elisha who shall be left. And
those who are left, like Elisha,
shall have a double portion of
power, for they will no longer be
subject to death. This is
shown by the fact that Elisha picked
up the mantle of Elijah and crossed
over Jordan on dry ground. As the
Jordan River, which means
'descender,' is a type of death, so
the crossing of Jordan on dry ground
is a type of the entering into
deathless life or Immortality. Even
so shall the Elisha group wield the
powers of Immortality as did Jesus
when He was on the earth.
And as Elijah was taken out and
caught up, so shall a part of the
manchild company be caught up into
the heavenlies to wield the powers
of the glorified life during the
time of great tribulation on the
earth. And as Elijah was divided
asunder from Elisha by a chariot of
fire, so does this picture the fiery
tribulation which shall be
encompassing the inhabitants of the
earth at that time. But as Elisha
saw Elijah go in the whirlwind, so
shall the whirlwind of my judgment
be upon those who seek to destroy or
harm the Elisha group who have been
left behind to enter into the powers
of the Immortal Life. And as Elisha
did many more works than Elijah, so
does this picture the mighty work
which shall be done by the
manifested sons on the earth during
the tribulation days. As Elijah was
seen by Elisha as he went, so does
this show that those who are taken
and who enter into the glorified
life, will minister and be seen from
time to time by those who are left
on the earth. Even so shall my plan
be fulfilled and my body of
overcomers go forth to overcome all
the works of the enemy in that day.
I would also have you
understand that as there was a
division at the beginning of the
tribulation, so shall there be a
division at the close of the
tribulation. For the Elijah-Elisha
drama has a double
fulfillment. Thus at the close of
the tribulation [a] great host will
have been prepared to be taken into
the heavenlies. For they shall be
translated into the heavenlies in
that day when I come to gather my
saints to myself. But there
will be others who are not ready to
be taken. Even so shall they be left
behind in that day to enter into
Immortality in human flesh. And
having entered into Immortality they
shall continue to live in physical
bodies throughout the entire
millennium. At the close of the
millennium they too shall be taken
into the heavenly realms.
So do you not see, my
people, how I must divide. For by
division will I conquer, by
separating that which is ready for
one realm, from that which is ready
for another realm. And by deployment
of my forces in whatever place and
realm that I choose, I am able to
overcome the works of the enemy and
confound the imaginations of the
proud, says the Lord."