Do You Hear Mother Jerusalem Calling? (Part Two) by Traci Carson

“And I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.” (Rev.21:2)

The Corporate Body of Christ has been in preparation for the Millennial Kingdom of God for the last two millennia. Over the last 4 or 5 decades, there has been acceleration in time, a shift that is demanding a wake up call out of the false comfort that many have been caught up in.

There are some who have been captured in a false rapture theology in looking “up” in the natural. They are looking for a way out of this world, while God is looking for a way in, and He wants to use you and me to do it.

“The Lord will go forth like a warrior. He shall stir up jealousy like a man of war. He shall cry, yea, roar; He shall prevail against His enemies.” (Is.42:13 -kj)

He created the world. He loved the world so much that He gave His only begotten Son for it (John 3:16). He does intend, destine, and purpose to take over the world (Rev.11:15). Yes, we ARE to take over the world and the fullness thereof. There are those who have a, limp wristed, roll over, slumped over, whispery, effeminate, pathetic jesus, that is NOT Jesus at all, and its time to release the real Jesus in this world. Will the real Jesus please stand up!

It does not yet appear what we shall be, because we are being transformed into His same image from “glory to glory (2 Cor.3:18).”

As I mentioned last week, when a new born baby arrives it does not start grade school the next day. And so it is with the Corporate Body of Christ. As explained by Apostle Peter, a day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is as a day (2 Pet.3:8,9). Peter was speaking prophetically of the Church age (two thousand years). The third-day however is the Millennial Day and it is here that the Body of Christ (which is exactly that – His body) will be brought into maturity. This maturity that Christ spoke of is that of His body and His head coming together as one. For two thousand years Christ has looked for a place to rest His head.

“Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man has no where to lay His head”. (Luke 9:58)

As we are entering in to the third day since the resurrection of Christ and about to see the birthing of the seventh day (millennial / the seventh day since creation) we shall have a deeper revelation of His “rest”. Again, there is a “Sabbath/rest” in Christ rather than “trusting/or working” in the law as clarified in the symbolism of Isaac and Ishmael.

In John 14:6, the Lord says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life…”

In the first day so to speak (the Outer Court - justification) we are introduced to "the Way" (the Lord Jesus Christ Himself).

In the second day (the Holy place - sanctification) we encounter "the Truth" about who we are and who we are not, and who Jesus is, and who He is not.

As we enter into this “Third Day”, we are being drawn into the Holy of holies - Glorification; it is here that we also abide in the spirit. We are no longer young men and women in this place; we have become spiritual adults. We have become perfect (mature) as Christ is perfect (Matt.5:48; John 17:23; Heb.6:1; Phil.2:5; Gal.2:20). We are mature in Him, walking in true humility as we ever change from glory to glory (radiating the Shekinah glory of God) - 2 Cor.3:18.

There is much more than what I have written here regarding the first, second, and third day. I don’t want this message to lose its context, but want you to see what has been happening with the Corporate Church over the decades and how she is changing from glory to Glory. To have a better understanding of these three dimensions, please link to The Three Dimensions of God .

Let’s go back to Heb.12, starting with verse 18-21. These verses are referring to ancient Israel, a people who came out of Egypt (a type and shadow of world and sin - captivity) and wandered in the wilderness. And so it has been with the Church. Out of spiritual Egypt, into the wilderness where she has been learning and preparing herself for the land of milk and honey.

From verses 18-21 we see a strong contrast between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant.

In Gal.4:21-26 we also see powerful symbolism in the Old (human effort), and the New (Redeemed by the Blood of Christ). Apostle Paul tells us that we have not come to the “human effort” of the Old Covenant. We are not working our way to heaven, we are already there (Eph.2:6; Phil.3:20)!

“But you have come unto Mount Zion, and onto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn which are registered in heaven...” (Heb.12:22,23)

If we see through the eye of the Spirit we will grasp that we are a heavenly/spiritual people who are from “above” and not of this world. We may be in the world, but we are not of this world. We are in the world with a mission from above (higher thoughts, higher ways – Is.55:8,9) with a panoramic and aerial” Cristocentric” (Christ-centered) viewpoint.

So, what exactly is this Jerusalem, and how is she our mother?

The Body of Christ has diverse members, men and women who are of different ethnic groups. In Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for we are all one in Christ Jesus (Gal.3:28). Men are referred to as the Bride just as much as women are the son’s of God, and also referred to as brethren. So, collectively we, men and women, black, red, yellow and white, rich and poor make up the Body of Christ.

Our Beloved Christ is the “firstborn” of many brethren (Rom.8:29). He lamented over Jerusalem and longed to gather her as a hen gathers her chicks (Matt.23:37). In Is.40:11, we see a pictorial of Christ gathering His children into His arms and carrying them in His bosom.

For some it is difficult to see God as who He really is. When God said, "Let US make man in Our image, according to Our likeness..." it was with the intention of just that. In this message I am not making God out to be male or female... God is God. Out of Him both came - we, men and women, have our essence, and from Him we come. They (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) are complete in each other, and we are complete in Them.

Before I go on, there needs to be something addressed that is quite difficult in our day and age. We live in a world where all should be treated the same regardless of little to no effort of progress on the individuals part. In fact, others should carry their lazy derrieres through life. This is not Biblical. When Peter said in Acts 10:34 that he perceived that God shows no partiality, most fail to read the following verses where it clearly states that whoever fears Him and works righteousness (promises to obedience) is accepted by Him. So, in pointing out that Scripture I hope we understand there are things we must do to enter “into” as His Bride Company.

Not all Christians will be the Bride. Yes, I did write that. This does not mean Christians who are not the Bride will go to hell. What it does mean is they are not chosen to reign with Christ in the Millennial Kingdom. There is a remnant of people who have and continue to press into Christ with a burning desire. They are “Red Hot” for Jesus. Those who continue to straddle the fence, wallow in false comfort, flirt with the world, remain in self-righteous deeds, and not deal with their earthly nature will not be chosen (Rev.3:15; Matt.25:1-13).

There is the “Mother Jerusalem”, and there are “the daughters of Jerusalem”. The daughters are not the Bride of Christ. The daughters of Jerusalem are those who never grow up into maturity (song.8:8), nor do they come to understand the deep intense passion for the Bridegroom. They say, “What is your beloved more than another beloved, O fairest among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you so charge us (Song.5:9)? The daughters of Jerusalem remain in the Outer Court, and may from time to time attempt to enter into the Holy Place, but soon run back to the outer court because the Holy Place demands that their soul come in line with the Spirit of God rather than their flesh.

The Revelation 3:15ners will never understand the passion for Christ as the Bride Company has for her Beloved. He is all she can think about, dream about, live for and be enraptured by. The Bride Company is consumed by His Life and no other.

The Mother Jerusalem is those within the Body of Christ who live, move and have their being in Christ who is the first born of many brethren (Rom.8:29). He gathers His children as a hen gathers her chicks (Matt.23:37). He gathers His children into His arms and carries them in His bosom (Is.40:11). Those who press into Him and long to live, move, and have their being in and through Him gather the daughters (the children) of Jerusalem into their arms, carrying them in their bosom. Crying out in intercession for the prospering of their souls before Father in Jesus name (3 John 2-4).

These men and women serve the people with their lives. They give and give and give with little to no knowledge from the children of what they give. Like Jesus, like apostle Paul, the Beloved John, and so many known and unknown of Christ from the past to present, there are men and women who travail in birth until Christ is formed into the people (Gal.4:19). Mother Jerusalem carries the key of the children's souls in her bosom.

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