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Chapter Six
The Power
of the Cross
After entering the four colored gate, which represents the pure gospel,
the next step is to visit the bronze altar which speaks of the cross.
Remember, we are taking a journey into the manifest presence of
God. The truly wise know that all of Christianity revolves around the cross.
So many are being deceived in these last days into getting off­center in their
messages. The Christian message is not all about money, or prophecy, or
deliverance, or healing. The central message is the cross and the blood. If
we get back to this, we will see the true power of God change lives once
again. This is a key to revival. The bronze altar mentioned in scripture is a
picture and type of the cross. We see bronze representing judgment. This
was the place animals were cut into five pieces and burned before God. Jesus
was pierced in five places and was “burned” with the judgment of God
for the sin of humanity. The bronze altar was four sided. Four is the number
of the earth. We see the four seasons for example. There were four horns on
the bronze altar­ one at each corner. Horns speak of power throughout scripture.
So we see the cross has power to change the whole earth. If we will
once again keep the focus on Jesus and the cross, we can see the power to
change the earth.
The message of the kingdom
We see in Matthew 24:14 the Bible says, “this gospel of the kingdom will be
preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end
will come.” I believe in the power of the cross to change lives in many ways.
I will discuss this at the end of this chapter when I talk about the seven
places Jesus shed his blood. But I want to mention the message of the king­
dom first. We have preached the gospel of salvation which is the most im­
portant message of the cross. We have preached a message of healing, and
done a poor job of preaching the message of deliverance found at the cross,
but we have not preached the gospel of the kingdom. Jesus is the king who
is coming from the east to set up his kingdom in Jerusalem to reign for one
thousand years. He is coming to take over. We are right now those that are
preparing this one thousand year reign. What an awesome responsibility we
have been given! When this gospel of the kingdom has been preached in the
whole world, the end will come.
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