Here is the link again to Ben’s new ‘prophetic’ rendering of Lord Jesus We Enthrone you as recorded on Singing My Father’s Song.
In the ‘African sounding’ refrain we wondered what the language was of the first word, Bulawayo
‘Bulawayo’ (the second largest city in Zimbabwe) turns out to be a word in the Ndebele language meaning “the one to be killed
The tongue continues in Spanish ‘Jesu, Jesu, Manyana.’
In English that is …….Jesus, Jesus. In the morning.
The ‘tongue’ therefore is describing the two works of Christ as depicted in Leviticus 14 in the offering of the two doves for the cleansing of leprosy. The first dove was to be killed i.e. ‘the one to be killed’ and the second was to be dipped in the blood of the first, and then released into the field (i.e. the world. See Matt.23:38)
This reflects the first, ‘death’ work of Christ, and the second ‘living’ work of Christ depicted in the rider on the white horse in Rev.19, whose ‘robe is dipped in blood.’
We are now “In the morning” of the third day since Christ’s first work two thousand years ago for ‘a day is as a thousand years’. (2.Pt.3:8)
In summary, the tongue translates into….
The one to be killed. Jesus. Jesus. In the morning.
First ‘dying’ work. Second ‘living’ work.
So Christ’s second coming is to join with the ‘overcomers’ company, those dead, to be raised at the ‘first resurrection’ (Rev. 20.6) together with the living overcomers who are to be changed’ (1 Thess.4.13-18)
The Greek word used for ‘meeting’ the Lord in the air in this passage, apantesis is used in Acts 28:15 when the brethren from Rome came to meet Paul as he was being taken to Rome. The brethren in Rome considered Paul to be a visiting dignitary, and honored him by coming “to meet” him and escort him to Rome. At no time did they consider turning around and returning to Jerusalem with Paul.
So too we will return to ‘rule and reign’ as the ‘body of Christ’ with Jesus the ‘head’ on earth for 1000 years.(Rev. 5:10, 20:4)
This is a thumbnail sketch of the more developed understanding of ‘the second coming of Christ’ that I have come to since writing the musical Come Lord Jesus.
This view is different to the now popular ‘rapture’ theology (unknown in the church until the 19th century) that can encourage an ‘escapist’ mentality and have us disengage from this world.
Rather we are to understand as ‘the saints of the most high’ who are now being given authority (Dan.7:22) that we are to actively engage in taking back the ‘seven mountains’ of influence in the world, government, family, economy, education, religion, arts, and media, until the kingdoms of this world become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ.(Rev.11:15)
Then He shall reign for ever and ever more.
HA – llelujah.😀