The Final Cup
Chapter One
God Speaks to My Spirit
It was late in the day on a Saturday evening and I was sharing the Lord with my sister at her home. We were in deep discussion about how Jewish marriage customs related to the scriptures. The deeper we got into our discussion, the more we learned that the two deeply entwine.
During our discussion, the Lord began speaking Matthew 26:29 to my spirit, But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Fathers kingdom. I shared with her that I’m very anxious and can’t wait until ‘that day’ when we drink that second cup with Him.
On that day I will start my first day of eternity with Him as His bride and will drink that second cup new with Him in His Father’s kingdom. I will partake of that ‘final cup’ with Him. Although I didn’t know it at the time, the Lord had just given me the title of this book. It wasn’t until the next day that the Lord started speaking rhema to my spirit.
It was Sunday afternoon about 1:00PM and neither my wife nor I were very ambitious. We were enjoying a much-needed day off. I was very warm and comfortable sitting in my recliner. I watched as my wife sat on the couch directly across from me trying to read a letter she had just received before nodding off. I must admit that it was rather entertaining sitting there, relaxing, and watching her head bob up and down.
There was a spirit of love, peace, and contentment in our home. However, it hadn’t always been that way. We had passed through some rough waters and angry times, but for now, they were resolved. As I looked at my wife nodding-off on the couch, I thought about how much I loved her and recalled the first time I had seen her. At that moment, I sensed that the Lord was jealous of my attention toward her because He interjected a question into my spirit, “When was the last time that you lingered with me and thought about the first or last time that we were together?” Ouch! He had my attention.
The Lord must have been sitting on his recliner watching me, His Bride, at the same time that I was watching mine. I heard him say in my spirit, “You and I also have seasons in our relationship.” I felt a familiar unction in my spirit that what was coming next was something that I needed to get down on paper. (I always keep a pad and pencil by my chairs.)
The Holy Spirit revealed to me a parallel that Sunday afternoon between the natural relationship we have with our spouses and the spiritual relationship that we have with Jesus Christ. I learned that all truth is parallel. For every natural truth there is an equal and parallel spiritual truth. It is this parallel that has prompted the writing of this book. Our natural relationships release insights into our spiritual relationship with Christ.
The Holy Spirit gave to me seven words and showed me that we all have seasons in our relationships. I did not realize what the Holy Spirit was doing until later on in the day when He started giving me scriptures and meanings to go with those seven words. Seven is a very significant number to the Lord as the word seven means to “complete” or “completion.” We are fast approaching that seventh day, the seven-thousandth year of completion and rest. Are you ready?
First and foremost, The Final Cup is a book about relationship with Jesus Christ. Secondly, it is a book about our relationship with each other in parallel terms with that relationship with Christ. I pray that through this book, someone will find the heart of the bride, and start a renewed relationship with Jesus Christ. I further pray that your spiritual ears will be open and that the Holy Spirit guides you to understanding, especially in these present times.
You should test everything that you read on these pages, as well as elsewhere, against the Word of God. He is the definitive answer. Therefore, I leave you in God’s hands and offer these few pages for your testing.
The first word that the Holy Spirit gave me was “Catch my eye.”
Copyright © James C. Lindquist 2005