In a far country

Note referring to Luke 19:12: "And he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left upon the earth. He set or placed his feet in this position. John does not reveal to us where he was before he set his pedal pillars of fire upon the sea and upon the earth. This has to be learned from other testimonies. The things represented by this colossal angel were in existence somewhere before he made a forward move in order to set his fiery feet upon the sea and upon the earth -- upon the sea first; and afterwards upon the earth. The nucleus of the RAINBOWED UNITY is in present existence at "the right hand of power." It is there in the form or "fashion of a Man," "justified by spirit," and therefore spirit; and "made strong" as the Man of Yahweh’s right hand, "whom he has made strong for himself" (Phil. ii. 7; 1 Tim. iii. 16; John iii. 6; Psa. lxxx. 17). This Spirit-Nucleus is the Lord Jesus Anointed, and by the anointing made what he is. He is the Eternal, by spirit manifested in Flesh, justified and glorified. As the nucleus of the Rainbowed Unity, he is not now standing upon the sea and upon the earth; but is in a far country, whither he went many centuries ago to receive the kingdom, and afterwards to return (Luke xix. 12). This return has been long expected and earnestly desired by his servants; but, as yet, their expectation has not been fulfilled. Nevertheless, at the time appointed, styled by Paul, kairois idiois, "his own times," the manifestation of the Lord Jesus Christ will be shown by "the Blessed and Only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see" (1 Tim. vi. 14-16). This is the individual, personal, and simple nucleus of the Rainbowed Angelic Unity -- omnipotence incorporate in one man -- "the Man Christ Jesus" -- the Spirit-Man, who says: "Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame" (Apoc. xvi. 15).