Revelation 11:11 Now after the three-and-a-half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.
12 And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they ascended to heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them.
For 1,260 days or 3 1/2 years the two witnesses prophesied of things to come. Upon completion of this ministry, they were slain by the beast and suffered death for 3 1/2 days. This time period denotes a period of seven representing completion. Just as Jesus ministered on earth for 3 1/2 years and then died and was resurrected in just days, these witnesses are following a similar pattern.
Our Heavenly Father breathed life into Adam’s nostrils which began his walk in a glorified body even if only on a temporary basis of 33 1/2 years. Bonnie Gaunt studied the timing through numbers. It was revealed to her for the perfecting of the time sequences and for all the pieces of the puzzle to fit together, the timespan of Adam’s life before the fall was determined to be 33 1/2 years. Hence, Jesus was to reverse the curse in the same period of time… like bookends.
In Ezekiel 37, FATHER breathed life in the whole house of Israel:
4 Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!
5 Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: “Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.
6 I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.” ’ ”
To what purpose?
13 Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves.
14 I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken it and performed it,” says the LORD.’ ”
Our Heavenly Father takes on the responsibility to breathe Divine life (zōē) into HIS apprehended ones. For a time the elect have been challenged at every turn and have been at the point of losing hope, yet FATHER’S promises are sure and irrevocable. The day is soon coming when HE will intervene and bring forth the fullness of HIS Saints as the army of THE LORD. This fully functioning Body of CHRIST will have the anointing beyond measure and walk in Spiritual perfection. They will be called by a loud Voice from Heaven to “come up hither” . As they ascend in a cloud their enemies will not only see them but will come to realize the truth of all of the words they spoke. They are now ascending to the fullness of their calling. These Sons will ascend into the very same cloud that received Jesus:
Acts 1:9 Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
10 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel,
11 who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
This cloud is the brilliance of HIS Shekinah Glory. It is the same cloud that is seen throughout Scripture, seen by Moses, seen by the children of Israel, and seen by the sons of Thunder when Jesus was glorified before their eyes on the mount of Transfiguration. Both Jesus and the Sons ascend into THE cloud but as we saw in Revelation Chapter 1, Jesus and His army comes as many clouds:
7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
The Sons of Love are now taking on the incorruptible and are being raised from the dead. Death has lost its sting and cannot keep the Sons from ascending in Love to meet the King of Kings in the “air”, the third Heaven. They have been processed into full and complete Spiritual perfection and they can now proclaim “As He is so are we”. These are the same Ones who are represented not as one cloud but as clouds (plural) that Daniel saw in his vision in Daniel chapter 7:
13 “I was watching in the night visions,
And behold, One like the Son of Man,
Coming with the clouds of heaven!
He came to the Ancient of Days,
And they brought Him near before Him.
14 Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,
That all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion,
Which shall not pass away,
And His kingdom the one
Which shall not be destroyed.
How wonderful is this final book I call the fifth Gospel of Love that contains the mysteries hidden in plain sight only to be unlocked in due time. They not only speak of Jesus Christ the One but His Body of apprehended ones, the remnant, the elect, the Sons of GOD, also known as clouds in Daniel’s vision. Paul refers to this time in 2 Thessalonians:
7 …when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels,
8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,
10 when He comes, in that Day, to be glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who believe, because our testimony among you was believed.
This cloud becomes a multitude of clouds as we are glorified together with Him! Not one of us by our own power, ability, or profession can ascend into the Cloud of Glory. It is only by FATHER Who calls us with a loud Voice are we able to “come up hither”. Who do you think HE will be calling? Many are called but few are chosen. It is those who answer HIS call and are not too busy to focus on those things from Above. They endeavor to please HIM as maturing Sons who hunger and thirst after righteousness, becoming the express image of HIM. They know to be about their FATHER’S business. They seek HIM early, late, and in-between. They depart from the noise of the world in order to hear that still, small voice. When they err, they are quick to repent. They know there is nothing wrong to aspire to the heights of the third Heaven. The know HIS Love is great enough to restore all of mankind and realize HE has made a pathway, be it a narrow one, for those who want to enter in early so as to be a part of that great army called to bring forth righteousness to the earth. They read these words and their spirit is a witness thus raising the energetic frequencies throughout the body little by little, day by day.
We fully expect to be resurrected and hear that loud Voice say “Come up hither!”. Paul saw this as well when he wrote:
Ephesians 1:15 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
16 do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers:
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power.
I say Amen!