Monthly Archives: May 2024

May 29, 2024 · 10:40 am

Waiting for the Harvest–What Do We Do?

“My food is to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work” (Jn. 4:34).

We have seen that Christ’s spiritual food is to do the Father’s will. And we have seen that the Father’s will is His desire. And His desire is to have a great harvest of the good seed and the bad seed, at the time of the end (God’s Will Is His Harvest | Immortality Road (wordpress.com).

Someone will say that the “harvest” is but one detail in the Bible. There are many details and concepts found in its pages: sacrifice, the temple, the furniture in the Tabernacle, the feast days, the lives of the patriarchs and prophets. There are many things in the New Testament: baptisms, the Holy Spirit, the cross, the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, the armor of God, and so much more. We know that these details come from God, so the question is, “Are not all these concepts His will? And how do these details fit into His will being the grand harvest of souls?”

Answer: The many details of God’s plan and purpose in the scriptures lead us to the end time harvest. All these details are prerequisites. They are our preparation for the ultimate walk with the Father, thus fulfilling His will. And His will/desire is for us to become His fully mature sons and daughters, serving and glorifying him throughout eternity. His plan includes all the details of scripture. This leads us to mature spiritual growth which fulfills His purpose of reproducing Himself/Agape love.

Understanding and doing the knowledge of biblical concepts brings on spiritual growth. This growth enables us to bear 100-fold fruit at harvest time. He will use these mature sons and daughters in the great harvest. They will be His laborers and reapers in the harvest.

The Right Time

Notice the word “time.” There is “a time to every purpose under the heaven” (Ecc. 3:1). There is a time to sow seed and a time to reap that which was sown.  

But we must wait patiently for the harvest. “Behold, the husbandman waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.” Yahweh’s early rain was 2,000 years ago at Pentecost. He and we all now are waiting for His latter (late) rain of His Spirit. Then harvest time will come (James 5:7).

Unfortunately, many do not wait patiently; they run with their first blush of light from Him. They soon lose their way. They begin to run down concrete canyons, cankered by the fear of the lack of money for “their” ministry.

They are trapped without this knowledge: We all must wait on Him to ripen the gift that He wants us to share. If it is teaching His word, then we must know His doctrines and then teach them (Rom. 12:7).

The Waiting

The disciples waited for the power in the upper room. Yahweh had promised Jacob/Israel/: “For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed and my blessing upon thy offspring” (Isa. 44:3).

Thus, Christ told His disciples, “And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until you be endued with power from on high” (Luke 24:49). They waited and received the early rain power. So, now we tarry with our hearts and minds contemplating New Jerusalem. We wait for the latter rain of His Spirit. And while we wait, we pray and study that God would approve us to be laborers in His harvest. His elect chosen ones will do just that.             Kenneth Wayne Hancock

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May 14, 2024 · 10:24 am

An Exhortation to Read “Additions to the Faith”

[I am interjecting this exhortation into the middle of the current study of God’s will. We, the future manifested sons and daughters, God’s elect, are told to “search the scriptures.” We are to “dig deep” and “study to show ourselves approved unto God.”

But how does one begin to study out such vastness? Just reading the Bible is not searching, digging, and clawing as after hidden treasure like we are told to do. A child of God soon gets frustrated without a map to that treasure.  Especially when trials come, which is like the sun going down into a darkness of difficulty and dismay. The child of God clings onto the feeble flakes of knowledge that the denominations have provided, but boredom evolves into blind duty, and they lose interest. For some, seeking God has become a weekly chore that one must do.

However, a teacher sent from God, one who is free from error, can part the dark clouds and reveal the path to spiritual growth. Knowledge of truth must be contextualized. “A sure foundation” must be laid. This begins to fulfill our royal destiny on earth.

My latest book, The Additions to the Faith, has two sections. Part One contains foundational principles for spiritual growth. These include getting the vision of becoming like Christ and the apostles, thus fulfilling the harvest. For the Father is grooming His elect for kingship. He promised this: “to him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my father in his throne” (Rev. 3:21-22). Those who can understand this, let them hear what the Spirit is saying to his true church. This is knowledge of the foundation to be built upon.

Part Two reveals the seven additions that the Spirit through Peter shared with us (II Peter 1:4-11). Part Two shines light on these seven specific additions to our faith. They are weighty things. The Holy Spirit through Peter says that adding them will make us fruitful, thereby making our “calling and election sure.” And here’s the heavy, weighty part: He that does not add them “is blind and cannot see afar off” and will miss the Big Show.

Five Wise and Five Foolish

A tearful parable illustrates this sad event. We have ten Christians in the body of Christ. They have an equal start in spiritual growth. Virgins all. All ten were in. But the five wise brought oil [the Spirit]. The foolish brought little and ran out. They did not listen and study. When the five foolish went out to get oil, the bridegroom came. And the foolish pleaded with the Master to open the door. But Christ said to them, “I don’t know you.” I don’t know you for this high calling and honor (Matthew 25: 1-13).

This should send a sickening shiver down into the pit of our hearts. Christ means business. His business. It is sad that most do not know Christ’s business; they were never taught it. But if they had searched with all their hearts, they would have found it.

Someone still dabbling in old leaven doctrines [false teachings] is running the risk of stunting their growth. It is like going to a stadium rally where Christ is about to speak. You are outside with a million people crammed around the venue because you did not send for tickets in time. You are so far away that you cannot even see the stage. And you are kicking yourself because you know that you had a chance to be on the stage with Him, observing His smile and shaking His hand. You had a chance to be in His cadre, in his inner circle. He wanted you to be one of His ambassadors sent out to heal not just individuals, but whole nations. For He will begin to restore the earth after the great tribulation. You “could have been somebody” in Him. If only you had hearkened to His Spirit and studied His truths and not the pablum of putrid teachings.

We have got to shake ourselves, and it starts right here with me. This is what it will take to be one of the overcomers. This is Christ’s vision for you and me. This is why I have said: You need this book. It is free with free shipping. Send your name, mailing address, and title of the book to my email: wayneman5@hotmail.com   kwh

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May 11, 2024 · 10:30 am

God’s Will Is His Harvest

We have seen that Christ’s spiritual meat is spiritual food that gives him strength and power. His spiritual food is “to do the will of Him that sent [Christ] and to finish His work.” Doing the Father’s will is spiritual food for Christ and His body. It is what energizes Him.

 So, what is the Father’s will? “Will” is translated from the Greek word meaning “desire.” What are His desires? And how are we to be used by God to fulfill His desire, which is His will?

His Will, His Desire—The Harvest

Christ’s thoughts are about the harvest of souls that will populate His Kingdom.

We are working with Christ’s operative statement: “My food is to do the will of Him that sent me and to finish his work” (John 4:34). Christ in the very next verse tells us what the Father’s will is. It is to make sure that the harvest at the time of the end takes place. To insure it, He needs laborers.

His will is to harvest His seed, His promises, and His word. Christ speaks of the harvest: “Open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.” Then He mentions the sowers and the reapers, which are to be taken spiritually and not literally. “I sent you to reap what you have not worked for.” Christ sends us to be reapers of precious souls in His harvest (4:35-38).

In the mind of Christ, He has sent us to reap what the patriarchs, prophets and apostles sowed in the earth. “One sows and another reaps is true,” He said. They sowed the seed of Yahweh’s creative genius in turning darkness into light. Pre-Adamites were scattered all over the earth. Yahweh then planted the seed of light by creating a new people—Adam and his offspring, about 6,000 years ago. The Bible is the story of how God used Adam and his seed to bring spiritual light to world.

Abraham, Isaac, Jacob/Israel, Joseph, Moses, the Judges, the prophets—they all sowed the seed while they looked forward to the promise of His harvest. God promised a new spiritual body upon His return to earth. These sowers labored under the old covenant, looking forward to our day of the new covenant. These sowers did not get to see the harvest. They now await the reapers—the elect, those chosen to serve in our end time era.

God has chosen us to be reapers. “I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor” (Jn. 6:38). [More about being “sent” later.]

God’s will is to bring all things to harvest at the time of the end. He desires to use his elect to be the laborers in that harvest. “Time” is the key to understanding His will. The Father has a timetable for everything. He has a time for the harvest of souls. He has called and now chosen certain people to be used as laborers in his harvest. They are the sons and daughters of God, shining forth as lights, exposing a present, crooked, and dark world.

The old patriarchs and prophets longed for our day. They died in faith but did not receive the promise. And that promise is eternal life in a new spiritual body, living in New Jerusalem. That promise includes living in the Kingdom of God that shall never be destroyed (Heb. 11:39).

End Time Reapers—A Special Relationship

The saints of old were the sowers of Yahweh’s plan; we have been chosen to be the reapers of His harvest. The reapers hold a special place in God’s will. Christ spells it out clearly: “And this is the will of Him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those He has given me but raise them up at the last day. For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day” (Jn. 6:39-40).

He will raise us up to reap souls for His kingdom. We can look into the future to see what the reaping is about. It is found in Matthew 9:35-38: Christ was teaching and preaching the kingdom of God and healing all who came to Him. “But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.” It is all about the harvest. Christ’s mind was on the Father’s will, which is praying and asking God to raise up laborers.

The Father’s will is that Christ will lose none of us that the Father has given to Christ. The Father has given to Christ a set, certain amount of reapers for the harvest. God’s will/desire is that none will be lost. He will have His hand on us, leading and guiding us by the Spirit of truth, delivering us from danger, both spiritual and physical. For examples, look to the characters in the Bible and see how God protected them from Satan time and time again. God will do the same for us; He does not change.

This is what election is about. “If God be for us, who can be against us?” He knew us before we ever came onto this mortal plane. He has delivered us, gathering us up with a “strong hand and a stretched-out arm.” He helped our moms and dads, providing a path for us to enter the earth. He forgave our treachery and unbelief time and time again, using each sinful episode as a learning opportunity for us, readying us to be used—after true repentance—as one of His reapers in His long-awaited harvest.

There is much talk about what the will of God is. Here we have it straight out of the mouth of the Master Teacher Christ. Don’t know how or what to pray for? He commands us to pray that the Father will send more laborers into the harvest of souls. That is His thoughts on the matter. This is the truth and the way to have our prayers answered. “If we ask anything according to his will, he hears us” (I John 5:14). In agreement with His will. Now that we know exactly what His will is, we can confidently communicate with Him about His harvest and how He wants to use us.  

We now know what His will is. Our prayers to Him should be petitions that center in on His harvest. For that is His will; that is His desire. The Father is joyful when we talk to Him about the things He is thinking asbout. He will help us.

But who are these who He will raise up at the last day? Who will be His faithful reapers? Who will walk and labor alongside Christ? Those who have His vision will respond. They will come, for they have been sent to work in the fields of His harvest.    Kenneth Wayne Hancock

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May 5, 2024 · 10:07 am

Christ’s Spiritual Meat

(from Journal, 3-6-15)

Christ was eating something to keep His spiritual strength up. He was receiving power, but it was not from earthly bread.

The disciples tried to get Him to eat. “But He said unto them, I have meat to eat that you know not of” (John 4:32-34). The only meat they knew was the kind you put into your mouth, like loaves and fishes. But He was teaching them about the spiritual meat that was sustaining Him. It was hidden from them at that time. They were blind; they were only looking after the flesh and not the spirit. It was a mystery.

But now the Spirit of truth is come, and He is in the business of revealing secrets, showing us “things to come.” He will “guide us into all truth” (John 16:13-15).

Christ goes on and explains in one simple, yet profound, sentence just what His spiritual meat is. “My meat is to do the will of him that sent me and finish his work” (John 4:34). [You will notice that I have put four of these words in bold. We will explore each one; this will begin to solve the mystery of how Christ derived power and spiritual strength. He is our “example, that we should follow His steps…” Consequently, when we eat the same spiritual meat, we will derive that same sustaining power.

The children of Israel did all eat the same spiritual meat… they ate and drank “of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ” (I Cor. 10:3-4). We now are eating that “same spiritual meat,” and that Meat is Christ. What is the “spiritual meat”?

Meat

“Meat” is from a Greek word meaning “food.” So, Christ is saying, “My food is to do the will of him that sent me and finish his work.” Christ had a spiritual food that sustained and nourished Him. We are members of His body; we need this same spiritual sustenance that He had. He said that we would do “greater works” than what He had done. Since this is true, then we need the same food that strengthened Him.

The Son of God gives us the food that “endures unto everlasting life.” (John 6: 27). Since we are sent to spiritually do the same works as Christ, which is what he promised that we would do, then we must spiritually eat the same food that Christ eats. If we want to receive spiritual power and strength, then we must eat the same spiritual food.

Christ is saying, Doing the will of the Father that sent Me is the spiritual food that gives Me strength and power to fulfill the tasks that the Father has for Me. Now, we, as members of Christ’s spiritual body, join our Head Christ in doing the same thing: Doing the Father’s will and finishing His work. This will be our spiritual food.

But questions arise: Just what exactly is the Father’s will that we are to do? And what is His work that we are to finish? More on this next time. kwh

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