No Wait For The Iron Rod

Waiting for the millennium when Jesus will rule with a rod of Iron? That is NOW, dude. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, now, and forever. Interestingly, as Young notes in his introduction to his Literal Translation of the Bible, the ancient Hebrew had no future tense. Jesus is ALWAYS ruling with the iron rod. It ain't coming; it is here and now.

Thinking of this fact this morning, my old friend, neighbor and classmate Janet Gunther came to mind. She contracted tuberculosis while we were at Melodyland School of Theology (MST) and living near one another at Foxy Glen Apartments. Had a big 'ol tubercular hole in her lung. She stopped me outside the laundry room and told me she had been in private devotions in her room when she had gotten caught up in them. "I felt as though I was really there with the holy angels before the throne of God, praising and worshiping and adoring God." It was euphoric, she was in ecstasy. Love and praise poured forth from her heart, from her very being. And then she heard words so clearly, "You are healed." And she was. Her next x-ray showed the hole in her lung filled or filling. I had to continue taking the medicine for testing positive for tuberculosis for half a year, but Janet was healed.

Submit and conform to rule under the iron rod of Jesus. That was Janet with her hands raised and tears streaming down her cheeks for the mercy and grace of God in Jesus Christ. It is the door to the words, "You are healed."