Ken:
This revelation worship is such a key. It's something that we enter in by faith.
Roger:
The revelation worship is coming by a revelation of Jesus Christ. And He's revealed to us, in us, that is the worship, that we're becoming worship unto God. Not because of how we lift our hands or sing necessarily. It's the worship unto Him. It's just different than what we've known. It's a revelation of Him being revealed to us.
Ron:
Coming into the kingdom, you can't explain it to anybody. It has to be something that's there walked into by revelation. It's unreasonable by the human mind. I think you can be mentored into it by revelation. It can be imparted to you.
So someone takes you by the hand, and they can walk you into the kingdom by revelation, by impartation, but it can't be on a human level. Trying to explain to somebody what the kingdom's like would not make sense. It would just sound foolish. And I think this revelation worship It's the same thing. It's a state of being more than it is a mechanic.
Ken:
There's something about the washing that the high priest had to go through before he stood in the presence of the Lord. It was symbolic of us being prepared in our spirits as we come into His presence. And that's what the high priest did, he washed, that was his preparation, he washed before he came in to the presence of the Lord.
That's our goal in our worship, to stand in His presence and worship. But we're coming to a place now where we're going to live in that atmosphere. Isn't that where the Lord wants us to live? This is the next phase of worship . The worship that is really revelation worship. Where we stand before the Lord in His presence and worship Him. What Christ has done in opening up the way for us to participate in the privilege of the high priest. Remember the high priest never came into the presence of the Lord until he first washed. We are washed by the blood of Christ. It's a matter of us getting the revelation of His presence in us as we come before the Lord. Revelation worship is the next step as we move forward.
Ron:
There should be an expectation and an anticipation in our spirits when we come together to have a meeting with the Lord to be changed, to be transformed, and to move in His presence. None of that happens, I don't believe automatically, I don't think you come into the presence of the Lord haphazardly.
If you read about the Old Testament, those people did not. They did not come into the presence of the Lord haphazardly, or they never left, because they died. What I'm getting at is, do you spend time waiting on the Lord, or do you spend time in the Word? Spending time in the Word is washing, the washing of the water by the Word.
Are there practical things we can do? Because we don't want to just talk about Revelation worship, we want to be able to enter into it. Are there practical things that we can prepare in our own spirits so that when we come together, we can actually enter into this Revelation worship. It's not lifting our hands necessarily and worshiping and singing. It's a presence. It's a greater presence of the Lord.
Ken:
We are washed by the water of the Word. That's exactly where we're washed. It sets you in His presence because when you're washed by the water of the Word, then you can come into His presence. We wash each other by the water of the Word. It's such a simple thing.
You just simply began to let the Word wash you. You don't try to understand it with your human brain. Just let it flow over your spirit. And let the Lord bring His anointing and His revelation from the Word that you're reading. And let it wash, and wash. And when you come into the presence of the Lord, you go, Oh my God, I'm there.
I'm in His presence. I'm free. I'm clean. Isn't that what the Lord did at the Last Supper? He gird himself up and He washed the disciples feet. He said, "You're clean. " We need to come into the presence of the Lord clean. We're prepared. We're ready. I can hear what He's saying. I can move with Him. I can believe Him. I can worship Him with all my heart.
Ron:
What an awesome privilege we have of having ears to hear and eyes to see. You can be in the presence of the Lord anytime you want to .
Roger:
This worship that we're talking about is the most personal thing that can ever be because it's completely related to our relationship to the Lord.
That's the whole revelation of the revelation worship. There's an abiding in Him. In him, in us, and it's a relationship very intimate with Him. This revelation worship, it's a revelation of Jesus Christ in us and out of it flows worship. When we speak about a revelation worship, we're speaking about a revelation of Christ, not only in us, but in His body.
It's really important to have a revelation of the body of Christ. It's like a machine that wants every part in that machine. Whatever the machine is, it's all oiled up. It's working properly, and it accomplishes a lot of stuff, whatever it was made for. The Word says, "according to the proper working of each individual part." A body of people who have learned to walk, if you will, in this revelation worship.
