THE FINAL HARVEST
by David Wilkerson
[May 19, 1931 – April 27, 2011]
"And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, that I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil" (Deuteronomy 11:13-14).
The planting and harvest seasons in Israel were just the opposite of ours. The first rains, which softened the ground, fell from October to the end of December, just before planting season. The last rains fell from March through April, just prior to harvest, and those rains ripened the harvest.
It is important to note that these two outpourings always had to do with the harvest: "That thou mayest gather in . . ." (verse 14). And, beloved, if you want to judge any move of the Holy Spirit to discern if it is of God or of flesh, then use this criterion: The Spirit's work is always focused on the harvest of souls!
No matter what kind of manifestations you see in a so-called revival, it is not a true move of God unless it is focused on the harvest. The Holy Ghost rains always fall to produce an ingathering of souls.
God poured out His Spirit in the former rain at Pentecost to prepare and soften the ground for the gospel seed to be sown. Spirit-filled sowers were sent out from the Upper Room that day into all the world—to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the uttermost parts of the earth to make disciples of Jesus Christ.
The church has now seen almost 2,000 years of sowing and growing—and it is harvest time! All who have died in Christ up to now represent the firstfruits, or the early harvest. But Zechariah prophesies a final harvest and that is the reason Jesus has not yet come (see Zechariah 12:10). The Lord has been waiting patiently for His final, mighty harvest of the earth!
"Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain" (James 5:7).
This is a letter from a dear Brother David Wilkerson he love the Lord and served him diligently , and there is much fruit that follows him . Hsa 6:3 ASV - And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
Pro 16:15 ASV - In the light of the king's countenance is life; And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Isa 61:1 ASV - The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to them that are bound;
Isa 61:2 ASV - to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
Isa 61:3 ASV - to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
I have said before and I say again there is a great latter rain coming , the former rain was the beginning of his plan of salvation in the book of Acts. I have read Isaiah 61 many times and saw it only in the letter, always seeing some poor lost soul that needed Jesus a captive a soul lost. Until the Lord reveled to me that these verse's is an every day occurrence for all his children. No one man will ever have all the truth and no one man will be the only Sheppard . Hence the body of Christ. 1Cr 12:27 ASV - Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.
Eph 4:12 ASV - for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ: Unless the five fold ministry be prevalent and in operation in the assembly of the believer , the church is crippled and has not the perfect power of God , the wisdom of God can only come through the completion of Gods plan for his church.
Eph 4:10 ASV - He that descended is the same also that ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
Eph 4:11 ASV - And he gave some [to be] apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Eph 4:12 ASV - for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:
Eph 4:13 ASV - till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Eph 4:14 ASV - that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;
Eph 4:15 ASV - but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, [even] Christ;
Eph 4:16 ASV - from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in [due] measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itself in love.
It says for the PERFECTING of the saints now every man has a place in this body and a work of God in their life. The word says God is no respecter of persons. Every man has a place in Gods kingdom and a work unto the building up of the whole body of Jesus. Jhn 12:23 ASV - And Jesus answereth them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
Jhn 12:24 ASV - Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die, it abideth by itself alone; but if it die, it beareth much fruit.
Jhn 12:25 ASV - He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Jhn 12:26 ASV - If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honor.
Jhn 12:28 ASV - Father, glorify thy name. There came therefore a voice out of heaven, [saying], I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
Now the seed here is the fullness of Christ in you. 1Cr 15:37 ASV - and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be, but a bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other kind;
1Cr 15:38 ASV - but God giveth it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.
1Cr 15:39 ASV - All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one [flesh] of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes.
1Cr 15:40 ASV - There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the [glory] of the terrestrial is another.
1Cr 15:41 ASV - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory.
1Cr 15:42 ASV - So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
1Cr 15:43 ASV - it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
1Cr 15:44 ASV - it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual [body].
1Cr 15:45 ASV - So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit.
That the son of man should be glorified how is Jesus glorified, by his obedience to the will of the father and again it says he shall glorify it again. And that is The spirit of Jesus in you the hope of glory. So a seed will only produce fruit of its own kind , a peach will produce a peach an apple an apple . So the seed of Christ is the word of God living in you and working in you . And therefore the word of God will bring forth the fruit of Jesus . Any other seed than Jesus will bring forth another kind of fruit . There is only one kind of fruit God is coming for in the end of all things and that is the fruit of his son Jesus . Remember flesh and blood will not inherit the kingdom of God , Jesus said Luk 17:20 ASV - And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God cometh, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
Luk 17:21 ASV - neither shall they say, Lo, here! or, There! for lo, the kingdom of God is within you.
Jhn 3:8 ASV - The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
This great and glorious word is that seed of God and according the the parable of the sower of the seed Mat 13:3 ASV - And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow;
Mat 13:8 ASV - and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Now Jesus is that precious seed that fell into the ground , your heart is the good ground. And his seed will produce himself in you, the nature the character the authority and Jesus said he came in his fathers name .
Hbr 2:9 ASV - But we behold him who hath been made a little lower than the angels, [even] Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for every [man].
Hbr 2:10 ASV - For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Hbr 2:11 ASV - For both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
Hbr 2:12 ASV - saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, In the midst of the congregation will I sing thy praise.
There is a promise unto all that fall upon this rock Jesus and be broken. The promise that he would come again unto you the promise of the Holy Spirit . Act 2:38 ASV - And Peter [said] unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Act 2:39 ASV - For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him. Speaking of the future seed to come, Let no man steal your crown.
And you are the many that are being called , to all that are a far off. Afar in the Greek
| Greek: makran |
Afar:
from makros, "far," Mat 8:20 (AV, "a good way;" RV, "afar"), "a long way off," is used with eis, "unto," in Act 2:39, "afar off." With the article, in Eph 2:13, 17, it signifies "the (ones) far off." metaphorically, "far (from the kingdom of God)," Mar 12:34; in spiritual darkness, Act 2:39; Eph 2:13, 17.
from makros, "far," Mat 8:20 (AV, "a good way;" RV, "afar"), "a long way off," is used with eis, "unto," in Act 2:39, "afar off." With the article, in Eph 2:13, 17, it signifies "the (ones) far off." metaphorically, "far (from the kingdom of God)," Mar 12:34; in spiritual darkness, Act 2:39; Eph 2:13, 17.
Rom 9:6 ASV - But [it is] not as though the word of God hath come to nought. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel:
Rom 9:7 ASV - neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Rom 9:8 ASV - That is, it is not the children of the flesh that are children of God; but the children of the promise are reckoned for a seed. Rom 11:26 ASV - and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Seek the Lord ask him for conformation concerning this wonderful truth. He will confirm his word to you. 1Cr 1:25 ASV - Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
1Cr 1:26 ASV - For behold your calling, brethren, that not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]:
Mat 22:14 ASV - For many are called, but few chosen.
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