1When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. 2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. 3The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
Reflections:
This verse is speaking specifically of the return of the Jewish exiles from Babylon and how ecstatic they were to be in their homeland again. They had undergone a severe national trial of their own making through neglect of God, and the things of God. They were punished, and now it was over. A new day and a new hope had dawned.
These verses surely apply prophetically to the Church, the Body of Christ, today. The church (the one that God established on the day of Pentecost [Acts 2]) was a spiritual community of believers made up of “living stones (1 Pet 2:5)” united, and empowered, by the Holy Spirit (Lk 24:49). There was to be only one church whose walls were made of Salvation, and her gates made up of Praise. She was to be invisible in terms of specific architecture, she was to be beautiful, and she was to be one (John 17:21).
The devil has seen to it that she has become visible, not so beautiful, and clearly not one. She is in spiritual exile because of neglect of the word, and purposes of God in the earth. This is evident by the lack of genuine Holy Spirit power in the church. The glory has all but departed and we have been left with a powerless corporate substitute of what once was.
But, take heart, God is about to turn her captivity and to restore her to her former biblical glory. The Holy Spirit is, in this generation, opening the eyes and ears of zealous Christians all over the earth. These Christians will be used to reconnect the true living stones; spiritually networking them together as one. Make no mistake about it, there is “one” spiritual church rising and no man will be able to stop her. The true spiritual church’s exile is over, and God has already begun the work of restoration.
It won’t be long before we will be like them that dream, our mouth will be filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then the heathen will say, The LORD hath done great things for them. The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad…
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