Jn4
14 "But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."        [note the future tense.]
 
Jn14
15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments.
16 "And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever -
17 "The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
18 "1 will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
19 "A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me.        [Jn3:3 1Pet1:22,23]
20 "At that day you will know that I in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.        [after Eph4:15]
21 "He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him."        [Acts5:32 1Cor12:7]
22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "LORD, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?"
23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.        [note His condition for a personal love relationship.]
24 "He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.
25 "These things I have spoken to you while being present with you.
26 "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.        [1Jn2:20-27]
27 "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
28 "You have heard Me say to you, 'I am going away and coming to you.' If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, 'I am going to the Father,' for My Father is greater than I.
29 "And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe.
 
Jn15
26 "But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.        [1Cor2]
27 "And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.     [Rom8:29 1Jn2:13a,14a level]
 
Jn16
7 "Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.
13 "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.        [Ps25:14 Pr3:32 Amos3:7 Rev11]
14 "He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare to you.
15 "All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare to you.
16 "A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, because I go to the Father."
25 "These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.
 
Jn17
20 "1 do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word;
21 "That they all may be one, as You, Father, in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
22 "And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:
23 "I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
24 "Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

Acts1
8 "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you;        [if we obey, Acts5:32; 9:17 to see]
 
years after Acts 2...

Acts10
42 "And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He, who was ordained by GOD, Judge of the living and the dead.
43 "To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins."
44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word.
45 And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.
46 For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify GOD.
 
Acts16
6 Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia.
7 After they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them.
8 So passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. A man of Macedonia stood and pleaded with him, saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us."
 
Acts19
2 He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" So they said to him, "We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit."
3 And he said to them, "Into what then were you baptized?" So they said, "Into John's baptism."
4 Then Paul said, "John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus."
5 When they heard, they were baptized in the name of the LORD Jesus.
6 And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied.
21 When these things were accomplished, Paul purposed in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome."        [an example of Amos 3:7]
 

Jn1
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of GOD, to those who believe into His name:
 

Rom1
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of GOD to salvation for everyone who believes,
 
2Tim2
10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
 
Heb10
36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of GOD, ye might receive the promise.   [Rom4:12,16 2Cor1:20]
37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
 
1Pet1
9 Receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of souls.
 
 

2Tim2
25 In humility correcting those who are in opposition, if GOD perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,
26 And they may come to their senses out of the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to his will.
 
2Tim3
4 Traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of GOD,
5 Having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!
 

Rev11
7 And when they have completed their testimony, the beast who comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and will overcome them, and will kill them.
 
2Thes2
7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains until He is taken out of the way.
 

      IF GOD has called you to be really like Jesus He will draw you into a life of crucifixion and humility. GOD's call will put such demands of obedience on you that you will not be able to follow other people, or measure yourself by other Christians. At times, He will let other people do things which He will not let you do.
      Other Christians who seem very religious will push themselves, pull wires, and work schemes to carry out their plans. You cannot, and if you attempt it, you will meet with failure and rebuke from the LORD.
      Others may boast of themselves, of their work, of their successes, but the Holy Spirit will not allow you to do any such thing, and if you begin it, He will lead you to despise yourself and all your good works.
      Others may be allowed to succeed in making money, or may have a legacy left to them, but it is likely GOD will keep you poor. GOD wants you to have something far better than gold, namely, a helpless dependence upon Him, that He may demonstrate His faithful love for you in supplying your needs day by day.
      GOD may let others be honored and put forward, and keep you hidden in obscurity in order to produce some fragrant fruit for his coming glory which can only be produced in the shade. He may let others be great, but keep you small. He may let others do a work for Him and get the credit for it now. The reward for your work is held in the hands of Jesus, and you will not see it until He comes.
      The Holy Spirit will put a strict watch over you with a jealous love. He will rebuke you for the little words and feelings or for wasting your time. So make up your mind that GOD is an infinite Sovereign, and has a right to do as He pleases with His own. He does not owe you an explanation of these mysteries. But if you give yourself to be His child, He will wrap you up in a jealous love, and give you the precious blessings for those who belong, heart and soul, to Him.
      Settle it forever, then, that you are to deal directly with the Holy Spirit. It is His option to tie your tongue, or chain your hand, or close your eyes in ways that He does not seem to use with others. And when you are so possessed by the living GOD that your heart delights over this peculiar, personal, private, jealous guardianship and management of the Holy Spirit over your life, you will have found the vestibule of Heaven.
 

 
     Excerpts below from the original article "Signs in the Heavens -- Now" by Andrew Strom, posted at https://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~revival/signs.html  

     How many Christians know that there have already been BLOOD-RED AND 'SACK-CLOTH' MOONS over Jerusalem in 1996 and 1997, precisely on the Passover Sabbath and other important Feast days? What does this mean? And how many know of the other heavenly signs that are occurring at the moment -- obviously pointing to significant end-time events?
 
(This article owes much to the information gathered by Greg Killian of Israel, whose web-site is linked at the end of this article.)

     Some Christians seem to view the concept of 'signs in the heavens' as being somehow akin to godless astrology or pagan superstition. However, the Bible makes it very clear that GOD Himself very often employs such celestial signs, to prepare and warn His people of imminent earthshaking events. We are told in Genesis that GOD created the sun and the moon "for SIGNS and for seasons" (Gen 1:14). "And I shall show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath..." (Acts 2:19). The Bible declares that this will be particularly true of the Last Days. Jesus Himself warned of this 'End-time' period: "And great earthquakes shall be in diverse places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and GREAT SIGNS shall there be from heaven... And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars" (Lk 21:11,25). The Bible even talks of the moon being "turned to blood" as a sign that we are nearing the very end of the age. (Joel 2:31*, Rev 6:12).
 
     Significantly, there have already been BLOOD-RED and SACK-CLOTH MOONS (caused by lunar eclipses) over Jerusalem in 1996 and 1997, falling precisely on major feast-days of the Jewish calendar. The first of them came on the evening of 3 April 1996, which was the beginning of the Feast of Passover. The second came on the evening of 26-27 September 1996, which was 'Erev Hag HaSuccoth' (the Eve of the Feast of Tabernacles). And there were also two such eclipses in 1997, falling precisely on the feast-day of 'Purim' (23 March 1997 - a 90% eclipse) and also in the middle of the 'Days of Teshuva (Repentance)' on 16 September 1997. There will not be any further total lunar eclipses over Jerusalem until 21 January 2000. The chances of such a string of eclipses occurring over Jerusalem precisely on these significant dates surely has to be far more than coincidence. It is also worth noting that if we take the Jewish month of Nisan as being the first month of the year, as the Jews were commanded in Exodus 12, then the first three of these eclipses all occurred within the space of just ONE BIBLICAL YEAR. (April 1996 to March 1997).
 

[*See GOD Restores True Fellowship]  

     But what causes some eclipses to turn the moon blood-red? Well, the answer is as follows: A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon is full, and the earth passes between the moon and the sun, thus blocking the sun's light and casting a shadow on the moon for a time. However, often during a total lunar eclipse, the moon is not completely dark, but is faintly illuminated with a red light refracted by the earth's atmosphere which filters out the blue rays. Occasionally a lunar eclipse occurs when the earth is covered with a heavy layer of cloud, which prevents light refraction, making the surface of the moon completely dark (like sack-cloth). However, the first lunar eclipse this year certainly turned the moon blood-red. As one Jerusalem resident commented of the Passover eclipse: "Did you see that beautiful 3-D Red Moon? It was awesome; The most beautiful sight I've ever seen in the sky..."
 
     The words of the prophet Joel regarding blood-red moons are somewhat more ominous however: "And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come" (Joel 2:30-31). These words are found in the same passage that speaks of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon "all flesh" in the Last Days. In other words, the prophesied great End-times Revival and harvest occur in the same immediate time-frame.
 
     It seems very clear that the signs mentioned above are obviously designed by GOD to point us to the significance of the JEWISH FEAST-DAYS AND FESTIVALS at this time. And indeed, the significance of these Feasts for the Last Days is well worth looking into. The three most important Feasts that GOD instituted for the Jewish people were, of course, Passover, Pentecost and the Feast of Tabernacles. Significantly, Jesus the Messiah was killed exactly on the Passover some 2000 years ago, with the details of His death corresponding precisely to symbolic Passover rituals (the slaying of the sacrificial lamb, etc*). And fifty days later, precisely on the Day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit was outpoured upon His disciples for the first time, thus beginning the Christian Church. Many Christians today believe that the last great move of GOD before the end -- the last great 'harvest' -- will somehow be tied directly to the coming of the third one -- the Feast of Tabernacles (which is a festival celebrating the 'first fruits' of harvest). It was actually during the Feast of Tabernacles that Solomon dedicated the Temple, and while the musicians 'lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD', suddenly the cloud of GOD's glory filled the Temple (2 Chron 5:3-14... Might it not be the same in our day also?) These are some of the reasons why I feel it is so significant that these blood-red and sack-cloth moons are pointing to particular Jewish Feasts.
 

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     Another significant 'sign in the heavens' that is occurring at present very possibly equates with the 'Woman crowned with twelve stars' found in Revelation 12: "And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and on her head a crown of twelve stars; she was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery... And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bear a child, that he might devour her child when she brought it forth; she brought forth a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to GOD and to His throne, and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by GOD, in which to be nourished for 1260 days" (Rev 12:1-5).
 
     Over the four years 1996 to 1999, precisely at the time of the Feast of Trumpets in Israel (Tishrei 1)*, there will be a sign in the heavens that has never occurred before and will never occur again. The new moon will be 'born' in the constellation of Bethulah (the Virgin) on this date during each of these four years, and will then move directly to the feet of the Virgin within 24 hours. The Sun is just below the horizon, so that Bethulah is 'clothed' with the Sun. Positioned over the Virgin's head is the constellation known as "Bernice's Hair",- this is the crown of twelve stars! And higher, above her legs, we find Draco, the Dragon, poised to devour her child when it is born.
 
     Please remember that this particular positioning of the constellation Bethulah (the Virgin) -- about to give 'birth' to Lavanah (the moon), has never occurred before, and will never occur again, due to the procession of the equinoxes.
 
     I have been amazed at what has been occurring in the political scene in Israel over the last few years or so. I believe that it was quite significant symbolically that the Jewish Prime Minister Rabin (who was really the first to buy peace by giving away Israeli land to the Arabs) was killed at a peace rally in 'Kings of Israel Square' in Jerusalem in late 1995, and was replaced by Mr Peres, whose name is literally part of the "writing on the wall" where it says: 'Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and the Persians' (Dan 5:28). The very man who was continuing Rabin's policy of giving away Israeli land had a name that Biblically carried the sense of a kingdom being taken away and divided!
 
     Like the more recent Netanyahu change in the leadership of Israel, I believe that the church is also about to go through a complete 'Reformation' of its leadership, which will lead to a tremendous Revival, though this may come at quite a price. I am convinced that, as always, only a comparitive "remnant" from today's church will make it through into the coming move of GOD.
 

*Note: Of possible significance is the fact that Tishri 1, 1999 happens to be Sept. 11, two years prior to 9-11-01.