Day 9 Issachar Devotion:

The Spirit and the Bride: A History of the Moves of the Spirit!

We are on the verge of the next move of Holy Spirit in the earth. That is why it is crucial to understand the history of the moves of the Spirit so we can "SEE" the next move of God forming. 

Jesus alluded to himself as “The Bridegroom”. God is not a God who distinguishes our gifts and callings based upon gender! Therefore, all males in the Kingdom of God must pursue the Bridegroom. All males and females together in the Kingdom make up what is called “His Bride”.   Husbands learn how to love the Church by the way they love their bride.  I actually think married men learn how to love themselves based upon their understanding of their bride.  To “pursue the Bridegroom” must be a phrase that is understood by male and female alike.

The Bride, of course, is the Church!  The Church is a pure virgin that will pursue (2 Corinthians 11:1-2). These are those, who by faith through grace, have pursued Him to form a relationship and go with Him throughout the earth. This can be to people, nations, highways and byways, based upon us following Him, the One we love.  My whole testimony revolves around two statements, “I will restore what you have LOST” and “Follow ME and you will see revival and restoration!” These two statements have built my life pursuit of our Lord!

In Revelation 21:9 the Church is called "the Bride, the wife of the Lamb." In the Old Testament, Jehovah and the Jewish nation were Husband and Bride. He was betrothed and married to His nation.  The prophet Hosea best revealed the relationship of a husband and unfaithful bride.  As a whole, the nation of Israel rejected and was unfaithful to the One who formed them and developed His relationship with them, the people and the land. As the Church pursues the Bridegroom and matures in this relationship, Israel will be restored by grace, forgiven, and reinstated as a nation to the firstborn, first-wife status that God intended in His origination.  This will give Israel a unique status among nations as God's elect nation (Romans 11).  This will bring them back to their call as “Bride”. All nations will then reconcile around this call and restored status.

We, the Church, the Body, the Bride of Christ, must pursue our Lover as He sends us to gather His inheritance among the nations (Psalm 2). We are being fragranced as a Bride through the baptizing work of the Holy Spirit. The Bridegroom rejoices over the Bride! We must not hesitate in our comfortable beds to open the door and leave our bedroom chamber to frolic after our Lord as He leaps from mountain to mountain, the cultures of our society. 

The Issachar School course, The Spirit and the Bride: A History of the Moves of the Spirit, will help you learn about your role in the next move of God.  Robert Heidler not only understands the history of the moves of God but presents a prophetic picture of what is coming.  Click HERE to watch a short video assocated with this course where Robert shares on "God's Plan for Restoration".  Topics covered in this course include:

The Life of the Early Church
How the Bride was Plundered
Recognizing a Wave of Revival
The Beginning of Restoration
The 18th and 19th Centuries
The Twentieth Century

Blessings,
Chuck Pierce and Robert Heidler

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