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A Time to Reign

“And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins: Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:1-9

We have been born in the spirit of adversity
For such a time as this
A time to reign from heavenly places
The kingdom of darkness to dispossess

We have been deduced down to nothing
Stripped of all that which once held
Now to arise to the battle triumphant
Our spiritual swords are drawn to weld

We have been birthed from an unyielding womb
Of the bitterest religious scorn
And our metamorphosis shall be complete
When our crucifixion is fully borne

We are crucified to this world
Its cares and concerns have proved so vain
Ascending the fear of the past, present and future
Beyond all of their pleasures and pains

We have been forged in the fiery trials
Of humiliation, agony and shame
We have been extracted by great affliction
And never again shall we be the same

For we have been pressed beyond all measure
By vicious tempest and storm
Thus through vicious psychological oppression
This our Holy Nation has been thus born

We are the peculiar and precious
We are the holy and free
And we must take the Kingdom of Heaven by force
By God’s own power and glory decreed

For the fields are white already to harvest
The eleventh hour has already come
The latter rain clouds are now gathering upon us
And the victory has already been won

Thus let us be more than conquerors through Christ
Overcoming the accuser we shall prevail
For God’s True Last Day Remnant shall live and not die
Even amidst the worst death, darkness and hell.
© 2000 Raymond Bolton Pena

“And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.” Revelation 12:10-11

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