The story of the development of pre-tribulationism as we know it ...
temple reared, and the Head Stone brought forth with shoutings of grace, grace, unto it. It was a glorious light above the brightness of the sun, that shone round about me. I felt that those who were filled with the spirit could see spiritual
The actual revelation is recorded here:
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APPENDIX A, "MARGARET'S REVELATION"
"Margaret's Revelation," as mentioned earlier, was first published in Robert Norton's
Memoirs of James & George Macdonald, of Port Glasgow (1840), pp. 171-176.
Norton published it again in the The Restoration of Apostles and Prophets; In the
Catholic Apostolic Church (1861), pp. 15-18. The revelation shown here is as it
appears in Norton's 1840 book, as follows:
1 "It was first the awful state of the land that was pressed upon
2 me. I saw the blindness and infatuation of the people to be very
3 great. I felt the cry of Liberty just to be the hiss of the serpent, to
4 drown them in perdition. It was just 'no God.' I repeated the
5 words, Now there is distress of nations, with perplexity, the seas
6 and the waves roaring, men's hearts failing them for fear—now
7 look out for the sign of the Son of man. Here I was made to stop
8 and cry out, O it is not known what the sign of the Son of man
9 is; the people of God think they are waiting, but thy know not
10 what it is. I felt this needed to be revealed, and that there was great
11 darkness and error about it; but suddenly what it was burst upon me
12 with a glorious light. I saw it was just the Lord himself descending
13 from Heaven with a shout, just the glorified man, even Jesus; but
14 that all must, as Stephen was, be filled with the Holy Ghost, that
15 they might look up, and see the brightness of the Father's glory. I
16 saw the error to be, that men think that it will be something seen be
17 the natural eye; but 'tis spiritual discernment that is needed, the eye
18 of God in his people. Many passages were revealed, in a light in
19 which I had not before seen them. I repeated, 'Now is the kingdom
20 of Heaven like unto ten virgins, who went forth to meet the
21 Bridegroom, five wise and five foolish; they that were foolish took
22 their lamps, but took no oil with them; but they that were wise
23 took oil in their vessels with their lamps.' 'But be ye not unwise,
24 but understanding what the will of the Lord is; and be not drunk
25 with wine wherein is excess, but be filled with the Spirit.' This was
26 the oil the wise virgins took in their vessels—this is the light to be
27 kept burning—the light of God—that we may discern that which
28 cometh not with observation to the natural eye. Only those who have
29 the light of God within them will see the sign of his appearance. No
30 need to follow them who say, see here, or see there, for his day shall
31 be as the lightning to those in whom the living Christ is. 'Tis Christ
32 in us that will lift us up—he is the light—'tis only those that are
33 alive in him that will be caught up to meet him in the air. I saw
34 that we must be in the Spirit, that we might see spiritual things.
35 John was in the Spirit, when he saw a throne set in Heaven.—But I
36 saw that the glory of the ministration of the Spirit had not been
37 known. I repeated frequently, but the spiritual temple must and
38 shall be reared, and the fullness of Christ be poured into his body,
39 and then shall we be caught up to meet him. Oh none will be
40 counted worthy of this calling but his body, which is the church, and
41 which must be a candlestick all of gold. I often said, Oh the
42 glorious inbreaking of God which is now about to burst on this
43 earth; Oh the glorious temple which is now about to be reared, the
44 bride adorned for her husband; and Oh what a holy, holy bride she
45 must be, to be prepared for such a glorious bridegroom. I said, Now
46 shall the people of God have to do with realities—now shall the
47 glorious mystery of God in our nature be known—now shall it be
48 known what it is for man to be glorified. I felt that the revelation of
49 Jesus Christ had yet to be opened up—it is not knowledge about
50 God that it contains, but it is an entering into God—I saw that
51 there was a glorious breaking in of God to be. I felt as Elij ah,
52 surrounded with chariots of fire. I saw as it were, the spiritual
53 temple reared, and the Head Stone brought forth with shoutings of
54 grace, grace unto it. It was a glorious light above the brightness of
55 the sun, that shone round about me. I felt that those who were filled
56 with the Spirit could see spiritual things, and feel walking in the
57 midst of them, while those who had not the Spirit could see
58 nothing—so that two shall be in one bed, the one taken and the
59 other left, because the one has the light of God within while the
60 other cannot see the Kingdom of Heaven. I saw the people of God
61 in an awfully dangerous situation, surrounded by nets and
62 entanglements, about to be tried, and many about to be deceived
63 and fall. Now will THE WICKED be revealed, with all power and
64 signs and lying wonders, so that if it were possible the very elect will
65 be deceived.—This is the fiery trial which is to try us.—It will be
66 for the purging and purifying of the real members of the body of
67 Jesus; but Oh it will be a fiery trial. Every soul will be shaken to the
68 very center. The enemy will try to shake in every thing we have
69 believed—but the trial of real faith will be found to honor and
70 praise and glory. Nothing but what is of God will stand. The
71 stony-ground hearers will be made manifest—the love of many will
72 wax cold. I frequently said that night, and often since, now shall
73 the awful sight of a false Christ be seen of this earth, and nothing
74 but the living Christ in us can detect this awful attempt of the
75 enemy to deceive—for it is with all deceivableness of unrighteous
76 ness he will work---he will have a counterpart or every part of God’s
77 truth, and an imitation for every work of the Spirit. The Spirit must
78 and will be poured out on the church, that she may be purified
79 and filled with God—and just in proportion as the Spirit of God
80 works, so will he—when our Lord anoints men with power, so will
81 he. This is particularly the nature of the trial, through which those
82 are to pass who will be counted worthy to stand before the Son of
83 man. There will be outward trial too, but 'tis principally temptation.
84 It is brought on by the outpouring of the Spirit, and will just
85 increase in proportion as the Spirit is poured out. The trial of the
86 Church is from Antichrist. It is by being filled with the Spirit that
87 we shall be kept. I frequently said, Oh be filled with the
88 Spirit—have the light of God in you, that you may detect Satan—be
89 full of eyes within—be clay in the hands of the potter—submit to be
90 filled, filled with God. This will build the temple. It is not by might
91 nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord. This will fit us to
92 enter into the marriage supper of the Lamb. I saw it to be the will of
93 God that all should be filled. But what hindered the real life of God
94 from being received by his people, was their turning from Jesus, who
95 is the way to the Father. They were not entering in by the door.
96 For he is faithful who hath said, by me if any man enter in he
97 shall find pasture. They were passing the cross, through which
98 every drop of the Spirit of God flows to us. All power that comes
99 not through the blood of Christ is not of God. When I say, they
100 are looking from the cross, I feel that there is much in it—they
101 turn from the blood of the Lamb, by which we overcome, and in
102 which our robes are washed and made white. There are low
103 views of God's holiness, and a ceasing to condemn sin in the
104 flesh, and a looking from him who humbled himself, and made
105 himself of no reputation. Oh! it is needed, much needed at
106 present, a leading back to the cross. I saw that night, and often
107 since, that there will be an outpouring of the Spirit on the body,
108 such as has not been, a baptism of fire, that all the dross may be put
109 away. Oh there must and will be such an indwelling of the living
110 God as has not been—the servants of God sealed in their
111 foreheads—great conformity to Jesus—his holy, holy image seen
112 in his people—just the bride made comely by his comeliness put
113 upon her. This is what we are at present made to pray much for,
114 that speedily we may all be made ready to meet our Lord in the
115 air—and it will be. Jesus wants his bride. His desire is toward us.
116 He that shall come, will come, and will not tarry. Amen and Amen.
117 Even so come Lord Jesus.""
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