This is a forerunning study of the Word.
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The purpose of this article is to show this Forerunning community the Way from the Word.
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This article is a door to Encounter.
Enoch and Elijah both went up into Heaven.
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Enoch learned how to go up regularly for a temporary stay.
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Then he went for a permanent stay.
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Elijah went one time for a permanent stay.
Here are the scriptures describing when each went up permanently.
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These scriptures are a door.
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Look carefully at them.
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Go through them as a door into encounter.
“And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.” Genesis 5:24
“And it came to pass, when the Lord was about to take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.” 2 Kings 2:1
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God “took” Enoch.
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He also “took” Elijah.
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This is important to see.
What is the significance of Enoch?
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Enoch is the 7th generation from Adam.
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7 is the number of completion / perfection / maturity.
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When we come to completion / perfection / maturity we can expect to do what Enoch did.
What is the significance of Enoch and Elijah?
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Jesus said of Elijah, “Elijah comes and restores all things.”
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He also said that John the Baptist came in the spirit and power of Elijah.
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We restore all things in the spirit and power of Elijah.
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One of the things that we will restore is being taken bodily up into Heaven by God.
In the case of Enoch we see a prerequisite to being taken.
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Enoch walked with God.
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This is important to see.
In the case of Elijah we see how God took him.
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God took him “by a whirlwind”.
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This is important to see.
Now, let’s apply the Law of First Mention to the word “whirlwind”.
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This is the first mention of the word “whirlwind” in the scriptures.
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This is important to see.
Now, let’s look at the other uses of the word “whirlwind’ in scripture.
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The word is used 29 times in 27 verses in the NKJV.
It is used mostly to describe a destructive tornado coming from the South.
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In this usage a whirlwind is judgment on the wicked.
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In some cases it takes them away to death.
The whirlwind does not take the righteous to death.
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Proverbs 10:25 says that this is because the righteous have an Everlasting Foundation.
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Those who understand the meaning of Everlasting and Foundation will see the significance of this!
Then we have the positive uses of the word “whirlwind”.
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The LORD took Elijah up to Heaven in a whirlwind.
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The LORD answered Job from the whirlwind.
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The LORD came to Ezekiel in a whirlwind.
The LORD came to Ezekiel in a whirlwind.
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This whirlwind came from the North.
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The whirlwinds that destroy the wicked come from the South.
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It came with fire: “a great cloud with raging fire engulfing itself”.
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And 4 living creatures with the 4 faces of God.
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There was a Throne in the midst of what Ezekiel saw with One sitting on that Throne.
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The One sitting on the Throne spoke to him.
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See Ezekiel 1 – 3 for the full description.
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This scripture is a door to encounter.
After the LORD spoke to Ezekiel the Spirit lifted him up and took him away.
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Ezekiel came to a different geographical location.
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He was taken from Israel to Babylon to speak to those who were captives in Babylon.
The LORD came to Ezekiel in a whirlwind and took him.
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Much like the LORD took Elijah up in a whirlwind.
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Much like the LORD took Enoch.
Being “taken” and whirlwinds connect 3 Men in White Linen.
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Enoch
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Elijah
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Ezekiel
Being “taken” and whirlwinds connect 3 similar experiences.
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Being taken with our Bodies up into Heaven for a visit.
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Being taken with our Bodies up into Heaven permanently.
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Being taken with our Bodies to God’s people who are captive to Babylon in a different geographical location.
We see several aspects of how to experience the same.
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Walk with God.
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Encounter God in the whirlwind.
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There are 3 specific Men in White Linen to engage.
This is a forerunning study of the Word.
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The purpose of this article is to show this Forerunning community the Way from the Word.
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This article is a door to Encounter.
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The door is open for us to experience the same as Enoch, Elijah and Ezekiel.
This is something that is being restored to the forerunning overcomers in our time.
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Here is the Way!
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Walk in it!
