God always seems to move strong when the deep of darkness covers the earth…. This is no surprise to Him as He always knows the end from the beginning for He is the Alpha and Omega. He uses the evil to bring His good purpose.

So when stuff happens to us that is far from LIGHT…..know this is His opportunity to bring His good purpose.  Hey, do you notice as darkness is getting darker, the chaos seems to be increasing among men? As scripture states there is no peace for the wicked….However, this saddens the heart of our Father, for He wishes no one perish….but all turn and repent.

So what is going to be His next move….Darkness covers the earth, then God is . It almost resembles a chess game, however, I believe, He check mates all the moves of darkness with His King…. Thank God for He is God and Heaven Rules in the sons of men.

We get invited in His story when He hovers over the void of chaos and speaks Light from the written word in Genesis….. He has been doing it ever since….. The earth was the void, then He spoke out His plan in one word- Light be…..

All creation enfolded before our eyes for us to know our God….Then time went on and we became estranged from our Maker. Man became dark so the flood came because God repented He made man…… My heart breaks when I read that scripture in Genesis.

The water came and washed away the darkness that was covering the earth…. He spoke again Light be…..

Then darkness fell again and He called out Abraham to start a Light be – in a nation, His family…….to show the earth that there was God and He was God — worship Him and view His love over His people.

Then came His government over the tribes of the lineage of Abraham……….As time went on, the difference between other nations and Abraham’s lineage was their history with God. However, the descendants of Abraham’s actions weren’t so holy towards God and others…. So He let some fire burn through to purify them in Egypt…The slavery was allowed for them to seek their God again. When times get hard, man remembers that he has no answer or power to deliver himself, only God. Then if wisdom takes over, man calls for God.

When darkness was the greatest in oppression over His people, He showed up as Light- be…..A hope had been put in the earth for the Israelites- Moses…..His light in this earth, representing Him and all His ways and thoughts were transferred through Moses……..The law was given to His people to live according the LIGHT.

Light Be again started with Joshua and the new generation that would move pass the deliverance out of Egypt and enter into the promised land……Light be- They were as grasshoppers towards the darkness, but His Spirit said Light be and overtook the darkness of the land…..His people moved on to their inheritance, but not without some battles of faith…..

Time moves on and so does darkness over the land…. chaos reigns as His people of the land lose their vision and get complacent. The victory over darkness started to diminish as the dark ways started to seep into the hearts of His people…..

The foundation of God’s nation is His word, and when the Word or God is not obeyed, the wall of protection start to crack in any nation. Darkness seeps in like a flood through the cracks.  Darkness  will again cover the lands…… even the rulers and shepherds of His people were darkened with the veil of lies. They believed the dark more than the truth that the Light brought.

Then He said Light be- anointed a man to who His light would shine through for he was a man after His own heart…..He was to remind the people to heed to His ways and not their own hearts and see how magnificent God is……. Light won …….. for awhile….However, ebb of darkness seeping into His people’s heart has been happening over and over again…Why?

Alas, the heart is deceitful as written in Jeremiah 17:9-10, The heart is deceitful by all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

So as God would send another messenger to shine His light,  the earth would reflect the sun shining on men for some years as the noonday sun…… Then there were days untold that even the moon was darkened by the night….. The days turned into years and then when things couldn’t get any darker….. God said….. LIGHT BE!

And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through Him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world, ( John 1 :5-9).

Our Lord Jesus Christ is the Light of the world and spoke the Light into the hearts of men……And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who comes to the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been in God, ( John 3:19-21).

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life, ( John 8:12).

As long as I Am in the world, I Am the Light of the world, ( John 9:5).

Then the Lord preparing the way for us to understand while He went to the cross speaks: Then Jesus said to them, A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light, ( John 12:35-36).

The intention of the Godhead was to have a family full of His Light showing the goodness of God through their lives and blessings and corrections…….This was no surprise to the Godhead that man didn’t follow the Lord with their hearts but their own desires……

So in His plan, He knew that He had to give man a new heart- filled with His Light—- the law and statutes would be written upon our new hearts as written in Ezekiel 11:19-21, Then I will give them a one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God. But as for those whose hearts follow the desire for their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their deeds on their own heads, says the Lord God…..( If you want to know abominations that God detests, they are written in Proverbs 6:16-19. I believe all detestable actions that God hates  take their root from these seven, even unbelief).

So as Jesus ascended to His throne…..He sent the Promise of His Light to all those that believe….. So He sent His Light to LIGHT BE in His people…… Christ, our hope of glory….. The Light of the World… as He is so are His people……We receive our new heart and our filled with the Holy Spirit….. The Light of the world as the Lord will dwell in the midst of His people as written.

Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance, ( Acts 2:3-4).

The order to Paul, the apostle, from the Lord and to us as His children of Light…..I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me, ( Acts 26:17-18).

Now as the disciples of Christ walk this earth generation after generation, our Heavenly Father is gathering a family of Light……. Calling us out of darkness to LIGHT BE……..Again…. God never ceases from His purpose…For He is LIGHT.

For it is God who commanded light to shine our of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us, ( 2 Corinthians 4:6-7).

It appears that God has said Light Be over and over as man keeps speaking folly. We won’t repeat the mistakes of the past….Of course, we won’t…..hmmmm… Want to make a wager on that reasoning?

Man has shown to be fools as written, instead of learning from history, we tend to just repeat the same mistakes because we are acting from our darkness and not the Light: As a dog returns to its own vomit, so a fool returns to his folly, ( Proverbs 26:11).

We receive the Light, we must keep speaking Light Be….Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion with has light with darkness?, ( 2 Corinthians 6:14). That does not mean not to witness as it shows us in wisdom to not blend with the world but be a leader, being different as we are–leading them to the Light.

Israel made the mistake of joining the other nations and then the mixture came…..I know when you mix white with black, you get darker color….. mostly gray…..The mixture of their society culture versus God’s will never mix…. God’s light becomes dimmer and there is no showing of His goodness….. Darkness has started to seep into His Light Be, the foundations are cracked…..

As before, time repeats itself in the heart of men. However, in this age, men who have tasted the goodness of God and turn back to darkness, not only grieve the Holy Spirit but bring severity of darkness on themselves.

This is not news to God as He knows the heart of men and how fickle we are…. so He still is speaking LIGHT BE…..Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but the Lord will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you, ( Isaiah 60:1-2).)

Now we are His LIGHT BE here on this earth at this time…… if we choose to remain in Him, the Light of the world and deny any darkness…… Remember to be speaking LIGHT BE……. JESUS CHRIST IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH, THE LIGHT OF MEN…… Come to Him today! Come to the Light, He has taken care of the darkness in our hearts…… He will wash us clean to be as white as snow….. so we may all gather together those that are to walk in the LIGHT as He is the LIGHT.

Now as the darkness is getting darker, there will be another LIGHT BE! God has not kept the growing darkness a secret. It is mentioned over and over again in the letters of the New Testament….. So we get our warning and strength to be bold and full of the Light of God as we walk from glory to glory….We are then witnessing the strength and heart of our God…. He is God of war….. There is even a book written of the wars of the Lord! He is mighty in war and strong in battle….. So His Light Be will  BE! He is Consuming Fire—– remember!!!!

What do you think that next step will be in the Godhead’s plan? ARE YOU READY?

Are you ready? For He comes as a thief in the night, when you least expect Him, the LIGHT WILL BE! Then we will see the Light that has been hidden from our sight shine like the noonday sun…. The righteousness of our God within will shine as He is…..

Even so, come, Lord, the Spirit and the bride say come, Lord Jesus, come!

We are ready!!!?????    Come Lord- we call forth LIGHT BE! Light in Strong’s Concordance is to set on fire! Hmmmmm……

Amen!

A question for meditation- Will we burn if we go near the sun today? Why?  Then contemplate on the One who created the fire ball in the sky,  the One who said LIGHT BE!

SELAH!

 

How soon do we forget the Truth…..if we do not protect what goes in our ears and what we see with our eyes….we can easily loose our way in the Truth of Christ.

Then He who sat on the throne said, behold, I make all things new. And He said to me, write for these words are true and faithful.

And He said to me, It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.

He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My Son.

But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death, ( Revelation 21:5-7).

Let us go back in time to the Flood…..Let us remember what is written in Psalm 29:10: The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood, and the Lord sits as King forever.

He is enthroned at the Flood as well as the judgment to come. He is the Beginning and the End….. He is forever. He sees all and knows all….. Nothing is hidden from His sight……So…. back to Noah.

Noah received the word of God. He was told of the coming flood. Noah accepted the news. Noah then was instructed by God to build an ark for his own family as well as two of every kind of beast, bird and creeping things that God instructed to go to Noah.

Think about this, two of every kind of living creature that God wanted to preserve walked, ran or flew to Noah…. and hung out until it was time….. To me, that is so outstanding. The living creatures came from all over the world in obedience to the power of His command. …..God is so awesome. I wonder why the people in the area of Noah did not receive the Lord’s word seeing the amazing view of all these creatures coming to hang with Noah…..

Think about the lions, the tigers and oh yeah, the bears and deer, wolves, all hanging together…. waiting…… for the day of the Lord. Maybe all the neighbors did was complain about the zoo and amusement park growing in Noah’s land….. We miss God with our prejudices so many times!

Many missed the Messiah because of their prejudice also. Hmmmmm…………………………..Are we dull now and missing the signs the Lord is manifesting today?

In between the instruction from the Lord and the actual completion of the ark….. Noah was warning people of the coming judgment….. Did anyone hear this time ?

So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

And God said to Noah, the end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them, and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch, ( Genesis 6:12-14).

In scripture, it appears that it took Noah 100 years to build the ark…. I could be wrong on that…. but Noah is brought on the scene when he was only 500 years old…. Then flood waters were on the earth when he was 600 years old as stated in the verse 5:32 and 6:6 of Genesis.

Noah was building this ark which never had been needed or seen by humans before…. There was no rain on the earth prior to the Flood. So as human nature dictates our actions, the people came to look and probably asked….What are you doing there? They probably said Noah was crazy as they also accused our Lord…… As I wrote last blog, God’s ways are right side up as we always look at things upside down from God….. His ways are different….. They are that way on purpose….. He is always trying to get our attention so we may turn and believe.

Noah was then testifying for 100 years of the coming judgment….. Did anyone have ears to hear?

Well, it is written that only Noah’s family of eight,( 2 Peter), were saved from the judgment…. Then we can assume that no one believed or took heed to the testifying….

Do we have ears to hear today as the Spirit is speaking through His people….. Are we hearing…..????

As Jesus instructed the people to watch and understand: But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming,                   ( Matthew 24:37-42).

Even so, Lord Jesus, come. The Spirit and the bride say come!

Then the Lord said to Noah, come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation,                     ( Genesis 7:1).

There was judgment at the Flood where our King was sitting enthroned over the happening….. Heaven rules, not men…..Our King will sit over all happenings on this earth….. totally justified in His actions for He is righteous in ALL His judgments.

Noah and his family were saved from the first death, and the others were not……. Jesus, the Messiah, had not come yet to deliver all that would believe- from the second death….. which is eternal condemnation. 

So everyone that was destroyed at the Flood and any further judgments in time on this earth still had a opportunity to believe in Jesus Christ as their Needful Justifier, our Savior…. And escape the second death, and have eternal life.

As written in 1 Peter 3:18-20: For Christ also suffered once, for the sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, by whom also He went and preached to to the spirits in prison, who formerly were disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.

The people that have been destroyed on this earth were locked in prison of death until they were given a chance to believe in the Lord and be saved from the second death…….

Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles- when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.

In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you. They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

For this reason the gospel was preached also to those who are dead, that they might be judged account to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the Spirit.

But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers, ( 1 Peter 4:1-7).

The preaching of the gospel now is for men to turn to God today and hear Him today for their eternal place is at stake.

The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord, ( Romans 6:23).

For it is appointed for men to die once, but after this judgment, ( Hebrews 9:27).

Hear His cry for returning to Him through His Son, Jesus Christ….. God has prepared an ark for eternal salvation in His Son so we may choose eternal life in Him. If we do not choose Him, we have chosen eternal damnation. The King will still be enthroned this Day, no matter what we choose!

There is a choice….. we may loose our life here on this earth, but as we are diligent to keep our Lord in our hearts by living His way, by His Spirit,  we can be assured we live in Him today and forever. We are and will forever enjoy His presence and be in His Light.

This is the message for our ears today: Revelation 21:5-8,

Then He who sate on the throne said, behold, I make all things new. And He said to me, write, for these words are true and faithful. And He said to me, It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts.

He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.

But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

In Christ, is our Safe Haven. He is the Ark of the Tabernacle of God….. He is our Rest and Hope. There is no place on this earth or in heaven that is our home but in Christ Jesus, the Son of God. We are all in need of our Savior, no one excluded or justified before the Almighty without our Lord in our heart. NO ONE.

Let us hear and live with the fear of God. The fear of God does not make us cowards, but that we run to the One who He has given Himself as the appropriation for our sins. Let us live in fear that we do not trample on the cross, death and resurrection of our Lord….Let us live as doves to Him and lions against evil.

Men did not listen to the warnings prior to the Flood as only eight were saved. Now the warning is about the coming judgment of fire….but it is eternal fire- forever….. Let us have ears to hear and hearts to receive His Word, His Son.

If men who saw the building of the ark and the gathering of all the living creatures before their eyes did not repent, how will men  with the lack of a grand visible sight of warning, turn to repent today! Except…… through His city on the hill! His witnesses testifying on this earth……. Are you ready? Prepare the way of the Lord….. for we do not know the day or the hour….. May be today…. Are we ready to embrace the Mighty King who is strong in battle…… He is coming for His bride…… Are we ready? Are we ready to broadcast this unpopular, not comfort food, but the truth?

Hey, let us be wise and be found in His grace and the knowledge of Him….. Who is worthy of all honor and praise and our faithful love at all costs.

Let us receive the truth and live and be free in Him…. Or we can choose to remain in pride and deny the coming judgment of the second death, eternal fire. No one will pass from the first death, but those who believe will not be hurt by the second death.

All liars means all liars…….Let us ask for grace at our time of need of repentance and strength to abide in the Lord and obey His commands. For His Day is a Great and a Terrible Day!

He is an awesome God. He is a Consuming Fire…. He is Great and is greatly to be praised.

Let us bow in His Love and Beauty of Holiness and be His volunteers as He rules in the midst of His enemies…..as He said in John 12:24, Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains alone, but if it dies, it produces much grain…

But in all things we commend ourselves as ministers of God: in much patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings; by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, but the Holy Spirit, by sincere love, by the word of truth, but the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers and yet true; as unknown, and yet well know; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things, ( 2 Corinthians 6:4-10).

Let us die daily to live in Christ, so we remain His Light pointing to the Son of Man, Jesus Christ, our Savior and King during easy times preparing for harder times as it is promised…..Are we ready? Are we preparing ourselves so we may endure through the night knowing He will bring the dawn?

The dark will be getting darker so the LIGHT ON THE HILL SHINES TO CHRIST JESUS.

So as the dark increases let us: Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad, ( 2 Corinthians 5:9-10).

For the love of Christ impels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again,            ( 2 Corinthians 5:14).

As the world goes on as in the days of Noah, let us prepare the way of the Lord, first in our hearts, then the Light from within us will show the way….Let us not be caught unaware as in the days of Noah……….For our High King of Heaven is enthroned  today and tomorrow….Heaven always rules in the kingdom of men….Let us not be deceived, but awaken to His righteousness.

Even so come, Lord Jesus, come….. the Spirit and the bride say -COME!

We love You!

Selah!

The ear that hears the rebukes of life will abide among the wise. He who disdains instructions despises his own soul. But he who heeds rebuke gets understanding. The fear of the Lord is instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility, ( Proverbs 15:31-33).

Do we hear and see what is coming from the Lord? Do we see the handwriting on the wall?  Or should we just blow the warnings and signs off like the people in the days of Noah?

Many killed the prophets, saying they were lying when they spoke of the coming Judge….. However, wisdom or lack of will be known in our fruits ripening in the future. Wisdom is the ripened fruit of understanding and humility practiced today…. Pride’s ripened fruit is ignorance of the knowledge and fear of the Lord. Pride’s fruit bears death and destruction  as well as grieving the Holy Spirit…..Pride is death, as the second death will not be pardoned on that soul.

So the warnings of the Lord were ignored and soon the invasion came from hostile countries that imprisoned and put in bondage the country of God….. They turned their heads and hearts from following the commands of God. They called them grievous and burdensome…. They enjoyed partying and playing. They continued in the worship of their idols. As in the days of Noah………

The current scores of sports teams will not matter when we as frogs in a slow pot of water reach the boiling point…. The frog was lured into reasoning that all was okay, he was doomed to die not realizing what was brewing against him. The sales at stores or trends at the beauty counters will not matter when imprisonment of bondage has been manifested which has closed them down. The reason being???? Our freedom to worship our King of Eternity, our God, has been slowly allowed to be diminished first in our hearts, then our land.

May we wake up in this country and repent by turning our hearts fully back to the Lord. We need to be ruthless in getting the rights of our God back in this country. How? Grace, mercy, grace, mercy…… as the Lord endures forever.

When each heart repents and turns away from their evil ways…… and turns to a life of prayer or talking first to the Lover of our soul. Asking, seeking and knocking in prayer with our God….  He is waiting for His children to come and speak to Him. Let us start here with Him.

Are we willing to drink His cup? Are we willing to pay the cost? Willing to die to live? Are we willing to leave this country in this shape to our children’s children? For they will pay the hard cost if we do not….

Hear and give ear: Do not be proud, for the Lord has spoken. Give glory to the Lord your God before He causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while you are looking for light, He turns it into the shadow of death and makes it dense darkness. But if you will not hear it, My soul will weep in secret for your pride; My eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive,                ( Jeremiah 13:15-17).

Is this scripture spoken over America in the heavenly counsels today as spoken to Jerusalem in Jeremiah 18:11-12?

Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying thus says the Lord: Behold I AM fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. Return now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

And they said, that is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will everyone obey the dictates of his evil heart.

Let us remember, King of heaven rules yesterday, today and forever! God wins….. Shall we make sure we are known by the King and we know Him…. He knows whose house we are! I know where I live, don’t you ?  So does the Spirit of God….

Shall we be diligent to welcome the winepress of suffering knowing it is our way of ascendancy and our trials are our ways of exaltation in Christ….. Let us live rightside up in God’s eye. Let us have our lamps burning with the oil of His Spirit sending our heart’s love before Him during the day and during the night.

Remember what is written in Hebrews 6:1: Therefore, leaving the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection (maturity or fullness of Christ), not laying again the foundations of repentance from dead works and of faith to God.

So we may surmise to go on to the fullness or maturity of Christ, there will be chastisement from our Loving Father…..but it is to bring peace and righteousness as also written in Hebrews 12:5-11, And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, do not despise the chastening or discipline of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him, for whom the Lord loves He receives. If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? For they indeed for a few days chastened us seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness.

Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it…….

What wonderful fruit we will bear as we allow to our Father to steer us unto His fullness, growing and maturing to the sons and daughters of God. We have His Spirit within us during the corrections or judgments of the Lord. The judgments of the Lord on the world, they go it alone until they call on the name of the Lord….. But He is with us….. Let us be disciple’s of the Lord.

Remember to be okay with men, which is caring what people think, so we bow to their ways even when we are convicted that is against God and His ways. When we need to lie to gain friendship, jobs, increase of finances—- to bow to the spirit of the world. When we allow fear to rule our lives versus love…… We then live for men and not for God. We are then heading for death with God…..I learned this from a very humble man of God, if we bow, we will burn……

However, if we love Him and live for Him, we will rise in Him and to Him. We will be on the outs with men and their rebellion as was our Lord!…. The second death has no hold over us…..Can it be said tonight, if we will lose our breath, the second death holds us captive or do we hold life eternal in Christ with in our hearts where our faith lives?

Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against falsely for My sake, ( Matthew 5:11). Many have been going through this in the past and today. They are the heroes of our faith. Let us prepare to walk as they do….. If we hold  in prayer those brave ones locked in prison today…..and for many days past….. As we pray for those hiding in horrible places because of their faith as they treasure the word of God as they share different scriptures back and forth with each other……..We pray for the strength to remain steadfast to our King during the coming days as those brave souls.

May we grow in the faith knowing that nothing will separate us from His love, may we turn from the deceiving spirit that says that God doesn’t love us if all this tribulation is upon us! The Lord warned us of trials manifesting in all different ways, but that we were to remain in Him and there we will find our peace- that is beyond all understanding…..

That is our walk of faith…. through the shadow of death, He leads us as He has led many other saints in His life and Light….. This is His way….. It is not comfortable to the flesh but we can know our God and do great exploits in His name because He knows us….. There is union with His Spirit from our daily walk in and out as we go through stuff…. We win, because He is with us and His love never fails! He delivers us from all adversities!

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written:  For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor power nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, not any created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord, ( Romans 8:35-39).

Father, may we remain diligent before Your face – seeking You and Your ways in our hearts, so as the Seeds of a fragrant flower are sent spreading over the country by the wind of Your Spirit bring  a rising of the Tree Of Life in the hearts of this country…. May our faith and tenacity in knowing You are a Rewarder of those who seek You be found pleasing in Your eyes. Extend to us the grace to know we live and pray only before You, our Audience of One.

Selah!

 

The national day of prayer is a necessity, however, we should be found in prayer every day, whether the nation announces it or not….. We should be in our secret place with the Lord more than in any other activity for the Lord or others.

Our conversation should be more with the Lord during our days than with men….. So when things happen, we are not surprised or dismayed but we are aware of the signs of the times. We are not surprised by the happenings of men and kingdoms of this world….. We hear from heaven and are told what to pray…. This should be our way daily with our Lord. Then we will have a very sure word from the Lord in our response to any crisis.

Christ followers in this country should prepare for the coming of correction or chastisement or judgment. Pick what ever word you want that makes you feel more comfortable. It is written that judgment comes to the house of God first in 1 Peter 5.

I know no one likes that word- JUDGMENT, but…. we need to wake up and be aware of how we have strayed from the standard God holds- Jesus Christ, His Son, the Word of God….. as God’s rights are being rejected out of this country…… The wall of protection is lifted, it has been deteriorating for a while now…The cracks in the walls have allowed the weakening of our foundations that built the nation in God. The spirit of the anti-christ has been slowly putting deception in the ears of those who are not wakened and wanting the truth as written in Thessalonians.

Are we prepared in steadfastness in our faith or will we get offended at God when stuff happens in this country or any where in the west?………. God has not kept His ways a secret…. nor has His people been silent trumpeting the warnings of judgment are coming…..

Could the great falling away be coming to those that get offended in this generation?

And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me, ( Matthew 11:6). The trials are to test men hearts. We call some events trials in the sports arena…. Why? Because they are scheduled to test the skills and endurance of the members…… Same with God! Some may choose to get offended at God and turn from Him……. Why do some turn away?

God’s love is way higher and deeper than our understanding, so we have to hold on and trust Him through all that comes to us- hardship and blessing….. As matured sons and daughters of God, we should handle it because He has given us all divine power to prove the Son’s image in us as walk through the fire and water….. if it is in our heart to remain faithful to Him, no matter what.  Some may turn away in bitterness. Hey, how is this a loving God and He is not what they thought God was…. God was made in their image as they were lacking knowledge of God, sooo.…..

God’s shaking is for the eternal to remain and all else be gone…. The season of pruning is coming upon His people and the nations. As it is written in Daniel 11:35, and some of those of understanding shall fall, to refine them, purify them, and make them white, until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time.

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may found to praise, honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith- the salvation of your souls,( 1 Peter 6-9 ).

Peter mentioned all our faith will be tested by fire—– The fire leaves alone what is pure….but burns up the false doctrine that have lodged as beliefs and are strongholds which is not the Gospel of Jesus Christ or the leading of His Spirit…. but is from the earth, man made.

We can use this opportunity from the Spirit of Truth to seek the truth—- Jesus Christ, the Word of God- He will reveal Himself to us if we are seeking Him in honesty…..Yes, it will be hard. In fact, some times even shattering, but that is okay…. Our Lord holds us in His hands and will not let any that are His be taken from Him. Let us trust Him to shine His spotlight on any false strongholds that we believe and let them fall down to pieces. After all He is a Jealous God, but He is Good!

What will the Watchers from heaven view in our buildings where we are to worship the Lord and the Lord alone? Will they see the super bowl parties and or movies playing at church? Social events for the people? Or will they see numerous buildings holding fiery intercession for Christ’s name sake to be honored and for the people to come out to Him from “Babylon”.

The Spirit of God took Ezekiel into the temple and allowed Ezekiel to see the unspeakable worshiping of false gods from the leaders and people in charge were doing in secret…… I wonder why the Spirit of God just showed Ezekiel what the leaders were doing?    Hmmmmm….. 

Have people changed so much in this generation versus the one that lived on the earth when Ezekiel walked on this earth? If your answer is yes, then I have to question  the outstanding numbers reflecting the unborn deaths or remind you of the judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah, is there any resemblance in the current day? The holes in our armor or our faith reveals what comes from compromise or mixture with men  listening to men rather than listening to heaven, the Spirit of God.

What if it happens there are no buildings left to worship the Lord anymore… for it is forbidden….? Will we be strong in the Lord, to pray and remain diligent in His name, even if we are alone and threatened? Will we know He is with us and is our All Sufficiency?

What will happen to us if we do not stand now when it is not difficult….. Where will be the stamina when everything around speaks of death… Death to those who call on the name of Jesus Christ…. Will we have the ‘true grit” that will go literally to the cross or prison if we are called to that?

If we do not grasp the grace of the Lord today when it is green out, how will we have the stamina in His knowledge and grace to hold strong in allegiance to our King when the green has turned to death. If we do not work the discipline that is needed to die to the world today and make time for Him, how will we be sustained? Who will sustain us, if we have not been faithful  now to our King? Our God is merciful, but He is also a Consuming Fire- not to be messed with or are we to think greasy grace was His idea.

Do we think it might be time for a little boot camp discipline for ourselves now? Are we prepared to remain faithful to Christ, no matter what? I know I am weak, I am asking often in faith that His strength be made perfect through me….. I cannot do anything without Him….. But I prepare myself for this day and ask as the day may approach that I may remain faithful to Him….. I am praying for what may happen- preparing for endurance and steadfastness to Him and Him alone today. I am leaning on My Beloved today so that what may occur tomorrow, I know how to lean on Him through each moment.

Do we sit in our pride and think that won’t happen to us here in America? Do we not see the cup of iniquity filling that is against the Lord and His commands? Do we not see the hands of the Lord allowing things in this country to change so that we may receive the chastisement that is due to this generation?

May we realize of the coming opportunity to know what Paul meant that he wanted to know the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if by any means, we may attain to the resurrection from the dead according to Philippians 3:10. When our lives are filled with adversity and hardship, we grow in Him or in bitterness…..Either take the lemons and turn sour or make lemonade with His grace. Our choice……

As it is written and spoken from our Forerunner in Matthew 10:39, He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

We need to grow in Him now when we have been given the time to hear and turn to Him today.

We will not make it in a marathon if we do not stretch our capacities daily to make it for the long haul….. This concept is the same for us spiritually…. We need to stretch our faith, allowing God to grow in greater measure in us so that we may remain faithful to the end of the marathon.

Now we will have available to us to suffer for His name sake.…. As it is written For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him. If we endure, we shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He will also deny us. If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself, ( 2 Timothy 2:11-13).

Do we not see? We are given a chance to stand for our faith in Christ Jesus and the Truth….. We lose our comfortable standing with the latest current trend of today’s society…. If we remain in good standing with the neighbors and the work place….. however, we lose our stand with Christ…..Hello, let us weigh this out—- Men’s opinion wins over God’s smile and neverending love and  living in His Presence forever?….. No contest for me!  Preparing our hearts in standing today for Christ, will grow our roots deep for greater storms ahead.

He remains faithful to Himself. Do not rely on what was said way back when we said we believe in Him. Today, if He speaks, make sure we have an ear to listen—- Today….. not yesterday, not tomorrow… We might not have tomorrow…. Are we living to show the blossom that leads to the fruit that remains faithful to righteousness at all costs to us…..?

Are we willing to take a chance of ignoring this great God and His rights on this earth?…. Have we no fear of the Lord today? Has Satan filled our thoughts with such lies that we do not see the Truth anymore….. nor stand for it? Has the trend of men and the rebellious spirit makes us bow to them or will we be faithful to the Lord? Who is more important to us? Status with men or with the King of Heaven?

Nonetheless, those that want God and want all they can get of Him, will have the opportunity to stand in the testimony of the Lord…..If we die, we die because we live….. We have prison over us, we will be free in His Spirit. We do not fear who can kill our mortal lives here, however, we do fear and love the One who holds our eternal life in His hands…. We will trust Him in conforming us to His death, so that we may know the power of His resurrection from the dead…..Remember, when we awake we shall be found in His likeness!

Remember the second death holds no power over us…. Praise be to Him who holds our breath in His hands.

Now many will read this and say, this is way out…. We will not experience any correction or judgment from God… What about His mercy…… His corrections and judgments are His mercy……so that we may be instructed in righteousness and turn to live…..TODAY!  We may have today on our mind, but He has eternity on His.

Remember in the Flood, there were only eight that we saved from the waters overflowing……..Only 8!!! Eight remained on the earth, however, this age is regarding not just this life but all of time and eternity….. This is what is given to all men to make a choice… for we will be judged according to the works of our hearts….. and our choices.

There were many prophets that spoke warning to the people of God to wake up and turn their hearts away from idol worshiping and back to God. They spoke to people morning and night to repent and clean their garments in warning…….

Well, the Lord is warning this country to awaken to righteousness and turn away from covetousness and adultery with God. Do not mistake His longsuffering for acknowledgment of the lack of righteousness in this country. God is very precise in His decisions, He knows when the cup of iniquity for every country will be filled and has already planned the judgment or blessings if they turn and repent…..

It has already been established, He knows the end from the beginning…. Remember, He wrote the Book! However, if a country truly repents and changes the ways and laws back to righteousness, He has shown to relent on the judgment…… So do we sit idly by or do we ask for His mercy to change the hearts of the kings back to Him….. the hearts of leaders in the church and government….. But the National Day of Prayer has passed! So should we wait until the next year to ask, seek and knock?

He who has ears to hear, let him hear! But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions, and saying: We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we mourned to you, and you did not lament. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, he has a demon. The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, look, a glutton and winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!

But wisdom is justified by her children!, ( Matthew 11;15-19).

Do we need a show to go to our prayer closet and petition for our Lord’s mercy? Are all our actions for the showing before man or God?  Do we know we live before the Audience of One 24/7?  Do we really understand that our Jehovah does not sleep or slumber but is aware of every heart and every action and every cry and every curse we do before Him?

We thank You, Heavenly Father that Your mercy is neverending. Please give us more understanding of how great You are so we may bow before You giving the love that You deserve and all honor….. May You be exalted as we seek You to know You and to ask for more of Your love to love You as we should and others…. In Jesus Christ’s name, we ask. Thank You for Your mercy that You want speak to every heart, may we have ears to hear You today.

Selah!   Part II – On What Is Coming Around The Corner….

 

 

 

 

 

Our thinking is so upside down to the ways of the Lord…. We really have to think way out of the box to follow the Holy Spirit as He leads us up the mount of the Lord. He leads us unto the Highway of Holiness as written in Isaiah 35:8-10, A highway shall be there,and a road, and it shall be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others. Whoever walks the road, although a fool, shall not go astray, no lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast go up it; it shall not be found there. But the redeemed shall walk there, and the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

However, we must remember : For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts, ( Isaiah 55:8-9).

Remember, how the Lord was exalted above all powers and principalities but only after the way of  obedience of suffering in the flesh unto death for the sake of love and obedience to His Father for us?

He went the way of rejection from His own. He accepted the ridicule of His own. He received the false accusations of His own. He rejected the power that could save Him from His death for His own. He established His reign through the hate of His own. He bowed to the judgment, our judgment of death, for His own. He took our sins, our hate, our misunderstanding, our rejection upon His shoulders. The nails in His feet and hands were the rebellion of His own turning away from Him…. His broken heart was filled with the rejection of humanity toward their only God.

However, He endured the cost because of the reward, us! The ones who hurt Him, lied about Him, yet He endured for the joy of the reward, us…..He saw beyond what was going on to the creation that would come from His side, His bride. He knew and endured and is still enduring humanity turning their back on Him and His ways and laws that were established by Him…. Yet, His love is enduring and everlasting.

This is the way of the Lord……It is the way of heaven, going through hell, knowing God’s promise is true…. The way of the Lord is lifted up as we go down, down, down…. It is His way of love.  Actually the flesh is descending but our spirit man is on the ascending road to holiness…… Rightside up!

In the exaltation from men, there is death. Soon as we are exalted from men, the Lord is faithful to bring those who love Him to death so they can arise to Him…. As written in John 17:1, Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You. 

The psalms clearly state that men that are after God will suffer persecution here….. Our spirit man gets stronger as our flesh is weaker.

Remember, the exaltation of Jesus of Nazareth being crowned with palm branches by the crowds….. Then He knew it was time for the Son to glorify the Father, by taking the responsibility of the offense against His Father alone. He walked the winepress alone. His Father saw the bowing or submitting of our King for love and then glorified and exalted Him to the highest place possible, the right hand of the Almighty…..

We must realize that our love for God and His name and fame must be our number one agenda  as we bow to Him …. We live as His testimonies on this earth…. We are reflecting Him…. Not all will like that reflection….Jesus Christ was the visible image of the Father and look what man did to Him!

Mans exaltation, leads us into death….. We can not follow man and follow the Lord….. We will always betray one for the other…at some point…. Jesus many times left the crowds because they wanted to crown Him as King….. He knew their intentions were not about Him or our Heavenly Father, but about helping them out of the oppression of the current government…..

If Jesus Christ had gone the way of the agenda of men, usually representing the spirit of the world, He would have lost the Spirit of God’s anointing. The way that He walked on this earth, favoring no man, He proved His love and faithfulness to the Heavenly Father.

Man’s way leads to death and God’s way leads to life, even though it may be through death of our own will and all of our flesh for unto Him. If this is not a truth of God, then the second letter in Revelation chapter 2 to the church of Smyrna, would not be written for our exhortation. There are many saints that have been martyred because of their love and stand  for Christ…..not bending to man’s agenda or Satan’s.

Now, today, we are about exalting the name of Jesus and His fame…. If fame comes, beware of our allegiance to keep Him the main Theme….. He is God and we are not….. So whether men acclaim us or blames us, our focus towards God’s purpose through us, should go on like a fighter jet…. We are on a mission and will not deter until completed.

It is all about Him, not us. All abandoned Jesus at the end. It was written, He was to work the winepress of God alone. Paul, also, was abandoned….. left because of the shame of the cross, he was imprisoned…. But look at what happened to our Lord, He was our Forerunner to life….through His death….. Paul was also God’s forerunner to path the highway to holiness by the revelation he received in prison by the Spirit of God…. We would not be as enriched in our walk with God without Paul’s abandonment from men so he could live abandoned to God and be His pen of a ready writer…..

All is right side up in God’s ways but appears to be upside down according to man’s….Men hate the reproach of the cross and all that brings. Actually what it brings for a man that endures- is the blessing of the Lord as new life is brought out from the death as it enlightens us to more heavenly revelation made manifest for the sons and daughters of God, the body of Christ.

How is it that unless some painters are dead their works are then honored and sought out at a high price? Paul’s writings were the exquisite paintings leading to the fulfillment of our Heavenly Father’s purpose through and for the body of Christ.

As written in Revelation of Jesus Christ, the two witnesses described in chapter 11, were about the Testimony of the Lord, not themselves…..When we overcome it is by the way of what is written in the word, not by what some men call the definition of overcoming:

And they overcame him(Satan) by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony and they did not love their lives to the death, ( Revelation 12:11).

May it be said of us that when we leave a room, the fragrance of Christ is there. They may know, fear, think about the Lord and not us…. We are here reflecting the Lord Jesus Christ by His Spirit… Speaking when He tells us and pointing always heavenward, to awaken those that are not facing that way…. So they may turn and repent to the Lord today.

This eternal life is lived by us to the fullest, I hope….. but, it is not for us, but through us, people may see the power and love of God that is possible for them….So we die, so He may live through us.

How do we die? We die when we learn and live His grace is sufficient or His grace is our strength when we are ridiculed, rejected, falsely accused, persecuted for His name sake….. Then we live in the truest riches of a heavenly life….We have the companionship of the Holy One….. Our inheritance, the Richest Inheritance found in heaven and earth, our God.

Are we ready? Are we ready for His way -church of the west? Loose our rights so our God obtains His over us in through us to others?

To die is to live with Him forever and be known by Him as overcomers….We eat of the hidden manna. We partake of the tree of life. We rule and reign with Him over the nations as the second death holds no power over us as we walk with Him in white garments. The greatest reward for us is that we have the name of our God, His city, the new Jerusalem upon us and we have His new name…..Soooooo… What does this look like?

When Jesus healed the blind man, the man was cast out from the temple, but then believed in the Lord…. He had His sight, natural as well as spiritual….. He calls us out with Him…. Remember in Hebrews 13:13, it is written, therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach. 

This has been the way with God from the beginning of the written word after He cast out Adam and Eve from the garden….. He called out Noah, Abraham, Moses. As we read the Word and learn the patterns of the Lord, we then can join His way in delight….. but this way is not the way of the crowds…….

Moses, God’s man, went also outside the camp, to meet with the Lord in the Tent of Meeting…..This is a good thing…. as the ways of the Lord are upside down to us, but right side up to Him.

Jesus was anointed for His death and burial and the crowds were exalting Him….. His death on the cross was all about new life and rending captive death upon those that misunderstood Him.

So now, we live in Him and this is the way of the Lord….. We die to live and live to die more, so more of His life might live in us so that all may know the Lord Jesus Christ as He shines from within us. So we may be found having no righteousness of our own, but are only found in Christ’s righteousness.

I am the true vine and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away, and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it might bear more fruit.

You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

( Remember, it is written John 12:31, Jesus said, now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out.) Hmmmmm……This puts new light on as we meditate on verse 6 of John 15—-If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered…….

If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples, ( John 15:1-8).

This is the way of the kingdom…… Lay down to rise in God’s greatness….. As He is glorified by us then His glory is revealed in us…. As we lay down again and again and again, He is risen up again and again, by the exceeding greatness of His power to those that believe ( paraphrase Ephesians 1:19).

Exodus 27:20, And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually.

Olive’s pressed are symbolic of the sufferings of Christ or us suffering for His sake, His body…. As written by Paul in Colossians 1:21, I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh, what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church…. If this was not the way of Christ, then there would be no martyrs or witnesses suffering in the past, or present. This is the way of God and is right in His eyes so it will continue until the end of this age. It takes Christ in us to suffer and pray for the unrighteous to bring them to righteousness in Christ.

Remember in Isaiah and Revelation, it is written that He worked the winepress by Himself? Now we grow through the winepress, but He is with us. We aren’t alone I can guarantee if He wasn’t in us, we would not go through the winepress or the way of the cross…..We would be running the opposite way!

When Peter denied the Lord, Peter had to grieve over it alone….. Now when we miss the mark of the high calling, He is with us and encourages us to keep the mark, keep going….Peter then many years later, was crucified upside down for the Lord’s name….. But Peter was not alone, Christ was very big in Him to strengthen Peter to lay low for His name….

Pressed olives….. What is the hidden meaning regarding the parable of the ten virgins?

Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.

And at midnight a cry was heard: Behold, the bridegroom is coming; so go out to meet him! Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out. But the wise answered saying, no lest there should be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves,( Matthew 25:1-9).

Grapes and olives are made to oil  or wine from crushing them to a pulp. Then the skin is removed….. Well, to die to this world is embracing the life in the kingdom of heaven…..It comes by the winepress of God…..He prunes and prunes and prunes until He sees the outcome He wants….. His Son in the reflection of the wine or oil…. The purification of the water pots in chapter 2 of John….. He changed the water,—-the word in us to wine for the Master…..

We want to be made wine, ready for the bridegroom to return. So when the Master calls Him, we are ready for Him…. Let us be wine….. our flesh is crushed by death, but we are so alive unto righteousness in Christ that we hear His footsteps returning and the pounding of His heart beat. Let us understand the signs of the times we are in and what He is about to do….Let us have the mind of Christ and become the sons and daughters of God maturing from childhood.

Are we ready? And while they went to buy the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding, and the door was shut. Afterward the other virgins came also saying, Lord, Lord, open to us! But he answered and said, Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.

Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming, ( Matthew 25:10-13).

What is the meaning from the Holy Spirit in the exhortation of the five foolish virgins…. They knew the Lord but allowed the world to put them to sleep. Therefore, withholding the Holy Spirit from creating the throne inside of them for the King of Kings…..

It is written, He knows His own….. His own is one in the Spirit with God. These other wise virgins allowed the Spirit of God to do His work within them making their fruit into the special wine for the Lord at His coming….. Death leads to life in the way of the kingdom…….Lay down in His kingdom and you are raised in His likeness over and over again in greater measure….

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends, ( John 15:13).

Our choice is daily to be known by Him or not…..Our choice is daily to pick our cross or not….. Our choice daily to be filled with the Spirit in communion or prayer with Him or not…. Our choice to obey His word or not…..

May we see the smiling face of our King when He acknowledges us on His Day! We will reap what we sow!

Selah!