description: In view of the current state of world affairs and the many failures of a divided Church, many Christians today are longing for God's revival to come. God has a pattern for his New Testament Church. He told the prophet 'Son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel that they may be ashamed'. In New Testament terminology this equates to our being convicted by the Holy Spirit of falling short of God's image and glory. Acquiring a vision of God's true pattern empowers us to change. But His pattern is based on heaven's true tabernacle and not on the imaginations of men's hearts. His 'true image' is what matters. Satan also has a pattern for the Church and for the world. This is described in the Bible as the spirit of 'Babylon', or the image of the beast. And the degree to which we are ignorent of God's true pattern is the degree to which we will try to build God's Church in our own image. In so doing we tend towards the image of Babylon rather than of Christ. To get God's vision for his true Church we also need anointed leadership. God promised to release a specific anointing in the end-times - a move of His Holy Spirit described in the Bible as 'the spirit of Elijah'. This is not Elijah the person, but a specific prophetic anointing that will sweep the Church into God's true and glorious image. The fruit of this anointing is the restoration of the Church, and an integral part of this restoration is reconciliation between Christians. Thus we become one under one Father. The glory of the latter temple will be greater than the former, and the Church will once again become salt and light to the world.
language: English
title: The Scarlet Thread: God's Plan for the Restoration of His Church
titlecomplete: The Scarlet Thread: God's Plan for the Restoration of His Church
publisher: Authorhouse