Out of any 2024 Prophetic Word’s I could give you, though there be many things on my heart, if anything be of value, listen to this: your greatest prophetic word this year is Know The Word!

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Knowing comes through intimacy

In a recent vision I saw the Statue of Liberty move from her arm risen with torch in hand to holding a dim lantern in front of her.

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Our Light is His Life

”IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Isa. 9:6.] He was present originally with God. All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being. In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men. And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it].“ ‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

Regardless of how dark the world becomes, our Light (whom is Christ in us the hope of glory) will not be overpowered. You must have Him, you must know Him, you must remain in Him, you must abide. This knowledge is intimate, this means you come inside of Christ and remain in Him for He is The Way, The Truth, and The Life. Knowing Christ means to come into His being, much like how the Bible describes knowledge between a man and woman. In covenant, Oneness between a husband and wife equates knowledge in Biblical standards, even in the example of entering into one another’s being’s – the act of becoming one. ”Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife, and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name Jesus.“ ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭1‬:‭24‬-‭25‬ ‭NKJV‬‬. This passage confirms Jesus was born of a virgin.

Do not let the enemy twist this for you, this may be unfamiliar language, though it is not sexual in nature. However, the Lord uses this symbolism to teach us the unity we are to have found in Him. Another example is found in Jeremiah. ”“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”“ ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

All things exist through Christ. All things. This means we came from His being. It is the act of our will on this earth if we will lay our life down and find it in Him as He did for us. ”[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope] That if possible I may attain to the [spiritual and moral] resurrection [that lifts me] out from among the dead [even while in the body].“ ‭‭Philippians‬ ‭3‬:‭10‬-‭11‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

Imagine stepping into the person of Christ and staying there.

”For in Him we live and move and have our being; as even some of your [own] poets have said, For we are also His offspring.“ ‭‭Acts‬ ‭17‬:‭28‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

”The saying is sure and worthy of confidence: If we have died with Him, we shall also live with Him.“ ‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭2‬:‭11‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

”And this is the message [the message of promise] which we have heard from Him and now are reporting to you: God is Light, and there is no darkness in Him at all [no, not in any way]. [So] if we say we are partakers together and enjoy fellowship with Him when we live and move and are walking about in darkness, we are [both] speaking falsely and do not live and practice the Truth [which the Gospel presents].“ 1 John‬ ‭1‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

While formation in the womb is a hidden and dark space, this is life forming to yet be revealed and represents mystery. However once out of the womb the mystery is made known as the baby comes “into the light”. The baby’s identity in gender is made known in the light, and also he or she finds life in taking their first breath. Now out of the womb the baby will continue to grow without restraint. In the same way, we come into more knowledge of the Triune Godhead the more we come into His Light. Our being grows and is transformed in His Light, remaining in Him. As a baby is born into the world, so we are born into God. A baby comes into being through intimacy, and likewise we continue to sustain our life in Christ through intimacy; remaining in His person where in His Light mysteries are revealed and we grow more and more into the knowledge of Him ~ into His Ways, His Truth, His Light.

Contrastingly, darkness sees Light, as when the Light appears darkness can not overpower, overwhelm or overshadow the Light. The Light has been revealed. However many will claim to have seen the Light but they only know the Light from seeing. Whereas those who truly know the Light exist inside of Him and walk in the Light. Another example is as if living inside the Light was as if one existed inside the Light bulb. Those who claim to know or see the Light and even copy works that they have seen in the Light (miracles, signs, wonders) do not have to live inside of it to experience it’s benefits. In the same way the Sun is burning every day whether you can see it or not, and all of humanity knows this. We orbit around it, and all life exists from Light (photosynthesis). If we lived inside of the Sun we would be consumed. Our God is a consuming fire and desires to KNOW US AND BE KNOWN BY US.

Do we live inside of the Son, or do we live outside of Him? Are we inside of His being, or do we exist outside of Him?

”Even so, every healthy (sound) tree bears good fruit [worthy of admiration], but the sickly (decaying, worthless) tree bears bad (worthless) fruit. A good (healthy) tree cannot bear bad (worthless) fruit, nor can a bad (diseased) tree bear excellent fruit [worthy of admiration]. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. Therefore, you will fully know them by their fruits. Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father Who is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name and driven out demons in Your name and done many mighty works in Your name? And then I will say to them openly (publicly), I never knew you; depart from Me, you who act wickedly [disregarding My commands]. [Ps. 6:8.] So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts upon them [obeying them] will be like a sensible (prudent, practical, wise) man who built his house upon the rock.“
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭17‬-‭24‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

Symbolically we can propose that both trees lived under the Light of the Sun. However those sickly trees and those with bad fruit did not remain fully in the Sun, they did not consume its nutrients nor were they transformed by the Sun’s presence. Likewise those who do not find their Life in the Son and their existence from His being will be cast away, for they did not KNOW the Lord by finding their life and fruit inside of Him. In utter darkness and separation from Light they will now exist, an eternity void of life will become their knowledge.

The tree of knowledge of good and evil is every man’s lot, eating of its fruit is every man’s choice. Yet there is another tree, the broken tree at Calvary where upon the eternal seed of Christ was split wide open and His blood redeemed all life. Will we produce like Abel or Cain, what will we offer Him? How shall we respond? The cross is Eden’s redemption and once more I will write, do you find your Life in Him? Which tree will you choose?

”But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was crushed for our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing]; The punishment [required] for our well-being fell on Him, And by His stripes (wounds) we are healed.“ ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭53‬:‭5‬ ‭AMP‬‬

Christ our first fruit offering was crushed, and so we must also be crushed and obtain oil as we press into living in Him; in His being where is the eternal life, a life formed through intimacy.

”And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent.“ John‬ ‭17‬:‭3‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

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Do you know Him?

”THEN THE kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish (thoughtless, without forethought) and five were wise (sensible, intelligent, and prudent). For when the foolish took their lamps, they did not take any [extra] oil with them; But the wise took flasks of oil along with them [also] with their lamps. While the bridegroom lingered and was slow in coming, they all began nodding their heads, and they fell asleep. But at midnight there was a shout, Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to meet him! Then all those virgins got up and put their own lamps in order. And the foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out. But the wise replied, There will not be enough for us and for you; go instead to the dealers and buy for yourselves. But while they were going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were prepared went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door was shut. Later the other virgins also came and said, Lord, Lord, open [the door] to us! But He replied, I solemnly declare to you, I do not know you [I am not acquainted with you]. Watch therefore [give strict attention and be cautious and active], for you know neither the day nor the hour when the Son of Man will come.” Matthew‬ ‭25‬:‭1‬-‭13‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

He is the Light, we are His vessels, His lamps … we cannot burn, and we cannot see without the oil formed through knowing Him.

Buy oil: Give the Lord your best fruit, the best of you (a first fruit offering) and in the offering of your life to Him, you will find all provision, all love, all joy, all contentment, all LIFE. It is not loss my friends, it is truly only gain.
”For me to live is Christ [His life in me], and to die is gain [the gain of the glory of eternity].“ Philippians‬ ‭1‬:‭21‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

There will be much ‘knowledge’ for even the tree of knowledge of good and evil was not void of knowledge itself, however this is our sober warning that in the last days most people will be “always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.” (2 Timothy 3:7).

To know Truth is to know Christ
A life yielded to Him will sustain you until the end.

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