NEW WINE IS HARD TO SWALLOW:: The Vision of the End-Times Glorious Church

By Delbert E. York

This end-times prophetic book takes Believers in Christ slowly, inch by inch, ever closer to the revelation of God's End-Times Glorious Church spoken of by the Apostle Paul. However, it is not a theological dissertation, nor is it written using the lofty language of academia. Instead, it is written so anyone can understand it. In addition to the Glorious Church, other subjects addressed in the vision include: The Antichrist, the False Prophet, the Two Witnesses, and the Mark, Name, Image, and number of the Beast of Revelation. Of course, every new move of God is vehemently opposed by the one before it. This is to be expected. Nevertheless, do not allow those who are scoffers to intimidate you. Instead, read the vision for yourself, and make up your own mind.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Jun 9, 2024
• ISBN: 9798350945188

Delbert E. York

Author Delbert E. York, like John the Baptist, is "the voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord; make His paths straight.' " (Matthew 3:3 NKJV) Therefore, you will not hear about him or "The Vision of the End-Times Glorious Church" from your local or national church leaders. Like the Jews in the days just before Jesus began His ministry, you must leave your temple (or Church) and come into the wilderness to catch the vision; for the Lord is bringing forth new wine via His new wineskins in these chaotic end-times. If you are looking for a minister who is world-famous (or familiar to you) to share God's heavenly vision, you will be waiting until the Lord returns! For God sends His new wine through new wineskins, not the old wineskins you are so accustomed to. So, set set aside your preconceived ideas and open your heart to the vision of the Glorious Church. I pray the Lord will greatly bless you .

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NEW WINE IS HARD TO SWALLOW:

The Vision of the End-Times Glorious Church

© 2024 by Delbert E. York, dba, Mordecai Gospel Publications, LLC

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ISBN: 9-798-35094-518-8

For my wife Ruth; for without her love and

support, I could not have written the vision.

Table of Contents

This table of contents is to be used to review the vision after it has been read from the beginning all the way to the end.

Introduction

BOOK ONE: THE VISION

The Tale of the Briar Patch

The Present Truth

The End of the Age

Taste the New Wine

New Wine Comes in New Wineskins

Judgement Precedes Glory

Church Scandals

The Eli Generation

The Whole Lump is Leavened

Unforgivable Sins

We Have Come Full Circle

The Wheat and the Tares

Apostles and Prophets

The Two Witnesses

Temple Builders

Carnal Unity

Mountain Movers

Apostolic Authority

Binding and Loosing

Jesus Binding and Loosing

The Spirit of Anti-Christ

Anti-Christ Attitudes

The Scum of the Earth

The Last Shall Be First

Who is this Beast?

The Power of the Beast

A Worldwide Prophecy

The Woman of Revelation 12

A Feminine Church

The Sign of the Son of Man

The Revelation of Jesus Christ

The Mark, Name, Image,

The Great Falling Away

The Millennial Reign of Christ

The Regeneration

BOOK TWO: CLARIFICATIONS AND AUGMENTATIONS

Order in the Church!

Ishmael is in the Camp!

Recognizing the Two Witnesses

Praise and Worship

Strange Fire

The True Gospel

The Remnant

The Second Death

The Abomination of Desolation

Desolation in America

Politics and the Church

Trumped

A New Messiah

LGBTs and the Church

Covid - 19

The Sign of the Seven Angels

Unanswered Questions

What About The Jews?

Closing Remarks

ADDENDUM ONE

ADDENDUM TWO

Introduction: A Must Read

This prophetic vision is written to God’s people in North America, especially evangelicals. The crux of the vision is as follows:

People of God! Repent! For the Glorious Church is at hand!"

The apostle Paul predicted that there would be a Glorious Church someday (Ephesians 5:25-27), and since scripture cannot be broken (John 10:35) this Glorious Church will come to exist. However, the Church we see in America today is not without spot or wrinkle or any such thing as stipulated in Ephesians 5:27. So, prepare yourself, beloved; for the spiritual new wine of the Glorious Church is coming and it is exceedingly hard to swallow.

I define spiritual new wine as new revelation of God’s plans and purposes which He sends to His people at strategic times in history. And we are living in just such a time. But even though God is sending us new wine, it doesn’t mean we are prepared to receive it; for as Jesus said: No one, having drunk old [spiritual] wine, immediately desires new [spiritual wine]; for he says, ‘The old is better.’ (Luke 5:39)

Of course, the old spiritual wine is not really better, it just seems better because we have grown accustomed to it. So, let me caution you:

The new spiritual wine is truth and thus hard to swallow. So, it may stick in your throat and cause you to long for the old wine. But remember, as President James A. Garfield once said and I paraphrase:

‘The truth will make you crazy before it makes you free.’

In other words, the new wine will probably upset you at least at first, and so will those who bring the new wine just as John the Baptist upset the temple rulers. My Facebook friend, author and musician Ken Mullis, said it quite succinctly in one of his posts:

We all love forerunners, those fiery ones sent from the Lord - until they are sent to us! Think about it!

The Vision of the End-Times Glorious Church is intended to prepare God’s beloved people for these perilous times in which we now live (2 Timothy 3:1). Therefore, it must answer three difficult questions:

(1.) What is the spiritual condition of the Church today?

(2.) Where must God’s people go now and in the future?

(3.) What will it take to get there?

All three questions must be answered truthfully, no matter how difficult that may be.

Now, if you will, let me ask a small favor of you:

Please read the vision from the beginning all the way through to the end; for it is written precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little there a little. (Isaiah 28:10b KJV).

If you do this, the vision will slowly come together like a puzzle to create a spiritual epiphany.

Also, keep in mind that since God is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34), when I use words like man, men, churchmen, or brethren, I am almost always referring to both men and women. For in the kingdom of God there is neither male nor female. (Galatians 3:28)

My one trepidation as I prepare to release the vision is that some of God’s beloved people may deny the truth of the vision without giving it the full consideration it deserves. So, as you read on, try to remember that as Samuel Clemens, aka, Mark Twain once said:

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.

Truth, of course, does not have to stick to that which is possible; for with God all things are possible. (Matthew 19:26)

BOOK ONE:

THE VISION

The Tale of the Briar Patch

If you are a Baby-Boomer as I am, you may recall the classic Disney film Song of the South, featuring Old Uncle Remus and his story about three wild and crazy critters: Brer Fox, Brer Bear, and Brer Rabbit. Brer, of course, is short for brother.

The Tale of the Briar Patch, as I have titled it, is old Georgia folklore and can be traced all the way back to Africa. However, it was first introduced to the American consciousness by author Joel Chandler Harris in 1879. Bear with me now as I retell this tall tale:

Brer Fox had been trying to get his paws on that loathsome lagomorph, Brer Rabbit, for the longest time. In fact, the felonious but clever old Fox had launched many an attack against the velveteen varmint, but all had been in vain. Finally, he concocted a foolproof plan. Enlisting Brer Bear as his confederate, he fashioned a tiny toddler of tar and proceeded to set it on a log alongside the road. Well, zip-dee-do-dah, along comes Brer Rabbit. Good morning, he says to the tiny tar-toddler, but there is no reply. Brer Rabbit, stupefied, stops and backs up. Good morning, he repeats. But again, there is no reply. Over and over, he greets the tacky toddler, but there is only silence. Finally, in a fit of rage, the riled rabbit strikes the tar toddler, sinking his paw deep into the tar. Panic-stricken, he struggles but it is too late, he is stuck. Rejoicing, Brer Bear and Brer Fox jump out of the bushes and seize Brer Rabbit, free him from the tacky toddler and begin to indicate the incredible indignities they intend to inflict upon him. I’m gonna knock his head off, says Brer Bear brandishing his colossal club. But Brer Fox has some other terrible torture in mind. So, they begin to toss about the most outrageous methods of torturing and then terminating their pitiful prisoner. Remarkably, Brer Rabbit keeps his cool during this rather callous conversation and instead of freezing in fear, he begins to act out a little melodrama of his own. So, no matter what means of torture or execution his captors suggest, he quickly agrees. Yes, anything, he says, but please don’t throw me in the briar patch! Time and again he consents to the most disgusting deeds. Yes, he says, whatever you want, but please don’t throw me in the briar patch! Finally, Brer Fox can stand it no more. I’m gonna throw him in the briar patch, he says. Oh no, pleads Brer Rabbit, not the briar patch! But it is too late. Holding him hard by his hindquarters, Brer Fox hurls the helpless hare, headlong, into the briar patch. Oh, the weeping and wailing that comes pouring out of that prickly briar patch! Brer Bear and Brer Fox, elated, fall down kicking and striking the ground in triumph. Then, there is silence. That fat little furball is finally finished, they agree as their eyes meet. What joy! What jubilation! Then, suddenly, they are jerked back to reality by a wee small voice… Oh Bo-oys. Spinning in shock they see Brer Rabbit, completely unharmed. Jaws drop open, tongues fall out, and eyes bulge forth as sickening-sweet singsong words breech the baffled brains of the two bewildered buffoons:

Oh bo-oys, I was bo-orn in a briar patch.’

I must confess, I love this silly old story. However, what possible point is to be made by retelling this now politically incorrect children’s story in connection with spiritual new wine?

It’s simple, beloved, this is how the Holy Spirit revealed some new wine spiritual truth to me, and I hope to show it to you using this tale as my point of reference. In short, I am asking you to be mindful of the things of God (Matthew 16:23), setting aside the political correctness of men so you can see something you might not otherwise see.

As you read The Tale of the Briar Patch, you had to admit that Brer Rabbit exhibited considerable cool under fire. However, if you will, allow me to show you someone in Scripture equally as cool as Brer Rabbit. His name is Legion:

And they [Jesus and His Disciples] arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee, and when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high?  I beseech thee, torment me not. (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. And they besought him that he would not command them to go into the deep [the lake]. And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer [allow] them to enter into them. And he suffered them. Then went the devils out of the man and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked [or drowned]. (Luke 8:26-33 KJV)

So, how did so many demons come to possess this man? Well, evidently, this pitiful Gadarene was so open to demonic influences that Legion was able to go in and out of him at will; bringing several of his friends with him every time he went into the dry places.

Jesus described this infiltration process in Luke 11:24-26:

When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it swept and put in order. Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

This going in and out must’ve occurred several times because a legion is about 6000. Now that’s a lot of devils! Also, notice that demonic spirits are free to move unrestrictedly through the dry places. However, they soon become restless there because they can find no satisfactory means of self-expression in dry places, so they search out a wet place, like a human body, that they might express their evil.

As I’m sure you know, human beings can go a very long time without food, but not long at all without water. Humans need water to support their bodies of water.

This realization that human bodies are bodies of water presents us with the following paradox: While Legion was dwelling in a human body of water he was afraid of being cast into the deep, which is also a body of water. This paradox in mind, let’s continue examining the biblical record of Legion vs. Jesus:

When Legion was commanded to "come out" by Jesus in Luke 8:29, he suddenly realized he was not dealing with a buffoon, but rather an apostle (Hebrews 3:1) and much more than an apostle; even the Son of the Living God.

Legion’s first mistake was that he blurted out that which he feared most, i.e., that Jesus might command him to go into the deep. But what does the KJV mean by the deep? The Greek word translated as the deep (in the KJV) is abusso, meaning perceived as bottomless. Abusso is usually rendered as abyss in our modern American English and is a variation of the Greek word buthos which implies deep in the sea. Today, the word abyss typically refers to the depths of the sea. Hollywood even made a film, The Abyss, about an alien spaceship hidden deep in the sea.

But why was Legion afraid of the abyss? He freely moved from the dry places to a man’s body which is also a body of water, so why was he afraid? It seems clear to me that Legion must’ve known that the deep had no spiritual doors through which he could escape. Humans, on the other hand, do have spiritual doors because Jesus said:

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. (Revelation 3:20)

Oceans don’t have these spiritual doors, nor do lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, or animals. Ah-h-h! Legion was no dummy; for he knew that animals have bodies of water just as humans do.

Therefore, when Legion asked Jesus if he could enter the swine (Luke 8:31-32), he was actually asking that he not be imprisoned in some lifeless body of water like the deep.

Please understand, beloved, possessing a swine is just another form of prison as far as evil spirits are concerned; for they cannot express their evil through a mindless, speechless, swine. I believe this is why Jesus allowed Legion to enter the swine. But, before we move on, we need to confirm this idea that evil spirits can be imprisoned in bodies of water:

And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four [fallen] angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. (Revelation 9:13-14 KJV)

(These verses may soon be fulfilled because the Euphrates River is going dry. Thus, the four fallen angels may soon be free if they aren’t already. Can the destruction of Damascus be far behind? (Isaiah 17:1)

Legion’s original plan was to attack Jesus and His Disciples, so he rushed out to meet them in Mark 5:2:

And when He [Jesus] had come out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.

Legion, not discerning Who he was dealing with, was seeking to intimidate Jesus and His Disciples with a surprise attack. Clearly, he was hoping to steal from them, destroy their boat, or even kill them as Satan and his demons always strive to do (John 10:10). However, once Jesus rebuked him, Legion suddenly realized he was standing in the presence of God the Son.

Now it was Legion’s turn to be surprised and intimidated and that which he feared most, i.e., the deep, so terrified him that he blurted it out! Nevertheless, Legion thought he could come up with an escape plan just as Brer Rabbit did.

Legion’s plan B was ingenious: First, persuade Jesus to let him enter the swine. Then, once Jesus was a safe distance away, Legion could torment the swine eventually causing their death.

Legion must’ve known that the swine’s dead bodies would eventually dry out and he would then be free to move, unrestrictedly, through the dry places. Legion thought he had found a back door of escape. Nevertheless, Jesus was already wise to his scheme; for demonic spirits are no match for the Lord our God.

At this point in the confrontation, Legion was still hoping that in all the confusion, Jesus might yet be distracted and cast him into the dry places. God the Son, however, is not the author of confusion, nor is He affected by it. So, calling Legion’s bluff, Jesus allowed him to enter the swine.

Once Legion was cast into the swine, however, he immediately struggled to be free; for he had no patience. Why? Because patience is a fruit of the Holy Spirit.

Terrified by Legion’s unholy presence, the herd of swine began to stampede (probably directed by angels) straight into the place Legion did not want to go, i.e., the deep.

Therefore, it is no surprise that those unclean spirits already bound in the lake had just prior to this, tried to prevent Jesus and His Disciples from making their crossing. We find this in Luke 8:22-25:

Now it happened, on a certain day, that He got into a boat with His disciples. And He said to them, Let us cross over to the other side of the lake. And they launched out. But as they sailed He fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water, and were in jeopardy. And they came to Him and awoke Him, saying, Master, Master, we are perishing! Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water. And they ceased, and there was calm.  But He said to them, Where is your faith?

Perhaps now it will be easier for you to understand why Jesus had to