"The implication of the Greek word used is of a wild beast — untamed, unruly, and violent-natured. Now we know that we are not speaking of a literal animal — for what does a wild animal have to do with the great mysteries of God? Internally, this wild beast is the bestial nature of the natural man, the carnal mind and the fleshly nature of the unregenerate self. Externally, this wild beast is the world — the institutions, systems, and authorities created in human society by the fleshly wisdom and soulical power of natural-minded men. Thus, this woman, the false church, is carried — underwritten, supported, maintained, and sustained internally by the flesh, and externally by the world!"
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"The Lord which was is also the Lord which is! The present tense of God’s manifestation in Christ is expressed by the apostle Paul when he said, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me” (Gal. 2:20). Jesus Himself prophesied of this manifestation of God in His people, saying, “If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with (in) him” (Jn. 14:23). “God is in you.” “God dwelleth in you.” When we think of God manifest in the flesh we at once think of the Man walking by the shores of blue Galilee, walking among humanity, in His humanity, demonstrating what humanity was intended to be. But God has raised our vision beyond He who was and is causing us to see He who is! Two thousand years ago God walked this earth in Jesus of Nazareth — but “NOW ye are the body of Christ.” Christ is no longer walking in that body that tread the sands of Galilee! He is walking in another body today, in your body, in my body, in all those blessed sons whom He is bringing to glory! In the realm of He who is we find a glory beyond the was which enables us to press into and participate in the is. While many still look for the coming of the was in the clouds, we have now experienced the One who IS COMING TO BE GLORIFIED IN HIS SAINTS!"
"The eternal God never changes, but this Lord who was, and is, and is to come does change from glory to glory!"