At the “Prophecy II Conference”, held at the Anaheim Vineyard in 1989, Paul Cain shared a revelation the Lord had given him from the King James’ translation of Psalm 14:5
The Lord explained to Paul the significance of the Generation of the Righteous, as an end-time generation of people who get the Double-portion - which Paul Cain explained as “the Spirit without any limits”.
He went on to say that God deliberately limited the power available to the 1st Century Apostles, as He was saving the best till last, and that God had kept the best of every bloodline for these days.
Bob Jones has also had several revelations concerning the Generation of the Righteous, most memorably (1990) that they were those the Lord had “rescued” from Abortion - Satan’s response to the anointed seed of God going forth has always been to kill the babies.
Bob said at the time he believed it was those aged 17 and under, taking the date from the Roe vs Wade decision in 1973, but I have always felt that the date was around the mid-1960’s, as Abortion rapidly grew as a solution to the unwanted pregnancies that were occurring.
I have yet to discuss the matter with Bob, and find out if he had definite revelation, but I feel the mid-60’s is right. It doesn’t really matter, as I doubt the Lord will exclude any who qualify except for a birth date. (refer to “The Postman’s Letter” Message at https://www.ancientwells.org.au/Podc...dcast-MP3.html)
As I listened to the message, I felt the Spirit confirming it, although my Evangelical background threw up several doubts.
I asked the Lord to make it clear, and suddenly found the Generation of the Righteous appearing on almost every page of the Bible.
I believe that the teaching is one of the “Keys of the Kingdom” - a teaching that unlocks many of the hidden mysteries of the Lord within the Bible.
On at least two occasions in Matthew, Jesus outlines a Key Spiritual Principle: “... the last will be first, and the first will be last
(Matt 19:30 & 20:16).
The first miraculous sign that Jesus did (John 2:1-11) is a Prophetic sign of the End Times.
At the wedding feast, Jesus turned water into wine to save the Bridegroom from major embarrassment , and the master of the feast called the bridegroom aside and said:
The message of the miracle is that the True bridegroom saves the best till last.
The implication that the First Century Apostles were in some way limited does not sit well with our Evangelical adulation of the Apostle Paul, or of the church of the Book of Acts.
Since our own church experience has fallen well below that mark, we have seen this as the measuring-post of spiritual success. I believe, however, that the Generation of the Righteous and the End-Time Church will go way beyond the achievements of the First Century, and that we have not yet seen the “...even greater things than these” (John 14:12) that Jesus promised.
Paul himself seems to have grown in his understanding of the future as time passed, moving from “I am not in the least inferior to the ‘super-apostles’, even though I am nothing” (2Cor 12:11), early in his ministry, to “the worst of sinners” (1Tim. 1:16). He also seem to change his attitude from “...the Lord is near” (Phil 4:5) to “... but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit” (Rom. 8:23).
In this latter passage Paul seems to be implying that he is aware that he didn’t get the whole of the Spirit, the double-portion of inheritance as sons, but only the firstfruits. Just prior to this, Paul makes several other references to the Generation of the Righteous, and their role:
1. The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. (Rom. 8:19)
2. ...because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. (Rom. 8:14 )
3. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. (Rom. 8:20,21)
4. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. (Rom. 8:22,23)
Paul seems to be saying here that the First Century Church was still waiting for their adoption as Sons. We have assumed that since this was Paul’s experience, that the normal Christian experience is that this would be fulfilled in heaven. However, this does not satisfactorily account for the reference to the creation being “brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God”, or the implication that there would really be “those who are led by the Spirit”.
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“The Lord is in the Generation of the Righteous”.
He went on to say that God deliberately limited the power available to the 1st Century Apostles, as He was saving the best till last, and that God had kept the best of every bloodline for these days.
Bob Jones has also had several revelations concerning the Generation of the Righteous, most memorably (1990) that they were those the Lord had “rescued” from Abortion - Satan’s response to the anointed seed of God going forth has always been to kill the babies.
Bob said at the time he believed it was those aged 17 and under, taking the date from the Roe vs Wade decision in 1973, but I have always felt that the date was around the mid-1960’s, as Abortion rapidly grew as a solution to the unwanted pregnancies that were occurring.
I have yet to discuss the matter with Bob, and find out if he had definite revelation, but I feel the mid-60’s is right. It doesn’t really matter, as I doubt the Lord will exclude any who qualify except for a birth date. (refer to “The Postman’s Letter” Message at https://www.ancientwells.org.au/Podc...dcast-MP3.html)
As I listened to the message, I felt the Spirit confirming it, although my Evangelical background threw up several doubts.
I asked the Lord to make it clear, and suddenly found the Generation of the Righteous appearing on almost every page of the Bible.
I believe that the teaching is one of the “Keys of the Kingdom” - a teaching that unlocks many of the hidden mysteries of the Lord within the Bible.
On at least two occasions in Matthew, Jesus outlines a Key Spiritual Principle: “... the last will be first, and the first will be last
(Matt 19:30 & 20:16).
The first miraculous sign that Jesus did (John 2:1-11) is a Prophetic sign of the End Times.
At the wedding feast, Jesus turned water into wine to save the Bridegroom from major embarrassment , and the master of the feast called the bridegroom aside and said:
“Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now" (John 2:11, emphasis mine).
The implication that the First Century Apostles were in some way limited does not sit well with our Evangelical adulation of the Apostle Paul, or of the church of the Book of Acts.
Since our own church experience has fallen well below that mark, we have seen this as the measuring-post of spiritual success. I believe, however, that the Generation of the Righteous and the End-Time Church will go way beyond the achievements of the First Century, and that we have not yet seen the “...even greater things than these” (John 14:12) that Jesus promised.
Paul himself seems to have grown in his understanding of the future as time passed, moving from “I am not in the least inferior to the ‘super-apostles’, even though I am nothing” (2Cor 12:11), early in his ministry, to “the worst of sinners” (1Tim. 1:16). He also seem to change his attitude from “...the Lord is near” (Phil 4:5) to “... but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit” (Rom. 8:23).
In this latter passage Paul seems to be implying that he is aware that he didn’t get the whole of the Spirit, the double-portion of inheritance as sons, but only the firstfruits. Just prior to this, Paul makes several other references to the Generation of the Righteous, and their role:
1. The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. (Rom. 8:19)
2. ...because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. (Rom. 8:14 )
3. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. (Rom. 8:20,21)
4. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. (Rom. 8:22,23)
Paul seems to be saying here that the First Century Church was still waiting for their adoption as Sons. We have assumed that since this was Paul’s experience, that the normal Christian experience is that this would be fulfilled in heaven. However, this does not satisfactorily account for the reference to the creation being “brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God”, or the implication that there would really be “those who are led by the Spirit”.
part 1
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