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Dailies On The Vine

Sheep, Pigs, Wolves and the Dove

”Do not give that which is holy (the sacred thing) to the dogs, and do not throw your pearls before hogs, lest they trample upon them with their feet and turn and tear you in pieces.“ Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭6‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

Amy’s version: do not give that which is holy to those or anything that would bark for your attention, with pretenses of loyalty and likewise do not throw your pearls of great worth before those who can not discern the meal and its quality, between that which is garbage and what is costly and timely to prepare- lest they trample, destroy, tear down what the Lord is building in and through you. Those who do not fear the Lord and discern He that is IN you, He is Holy and so is His temple within, where every sacrifice unto Him is a beautiful fragrance.

False Loyalty – Dogs eat Jezebel
Unclean and or Unwise and Undiscerning – Hogs trample Pearls of Price

In my opinion these are some of the hardest lessons.

Be innocent, unhardend and gentle as a dove
Be shrewd as serpent (Shrewd Greek φρόνιμοι (phronimoi) Strong’s 5429: Intelligent, prudent, sensible, wise. From phren; thoughtful, i.e. Sagacious or discreet; in a bad sense conceited.)

”Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves; be wary and wise as serpents, and be innocent (harmless, guileless, and without falsity) as doves. [Gen. 3:1.]“ ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭10‬:‭16‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

•Sheep learn to follow and love (hear the Lords voice, walk and obey in humility)
•Pigs are smart (intelligent though unwise) they are fleshy, selfish, and immature
•Wolves are mature but are crafty with discernment from the wrong father (satan)
•Doves are like mature sheep (soaring lambs) who become One with Spirit, they move in and soar in both realms. Their food is Love, the meal of the RISEN LAMB, they are One with Jesus.

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The High Places

Without going to the details of my dream this morning, part of the message is this: The Lord is dealing with the ‘high places’ of the West. And it will happen sooner than expected. To the Bride / Church of the West, remove all that is tarnished, all that does not reflect the Light and Personhood of Christ. Prepare, prepare quickly!

However there is a laurel, a victors crown for those who ascend the Mountain of the Lord with clean hands and a pure heart, while yet He is tearing down the ascents of impurity, falsehood, and idolatry.

There is a changing of the guard, and it will be quick. Like a shift change while on the clock of employment, suddenly one will be gone and the next will be there. This is hour to Ascend to the Mountain of our God. Give Him worship and give Him praise (without mixture)!

”As soon as He was approaching [Jerusalem], near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the entire multitude of the disciples [all those who were or claimed to be His followers] began praising God [adoring Him enthusiastically and] joyfully with loud voices for all the miracles and works of power that they had seen, shouting, “Blessed (celebrated, praised) is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory (majesty, splendor) in the highest [heaven]!” Some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples [for shouting these Messianic praises].” Jesus replied, “I tell you, if these [people] keep silent, the stones will cry out [in praise]!” As He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it [and the spiritual ignorance of its people], saying, “If [only] you had known on this day [of salvation], even you, the things which make for peace [and on which peace depends]! But now they have been hidden from your eyes. For a time [of siege] is coming when your enemies will put up a barricade [with pointed stakes] against you, and surround you [with armies] and hem you in on every side, and they will level you to the ground, you [Jerusalem] and your children within you. They will not leave in you one stone on another, all because you did not [come progressively to] recognize [from observation and personal experience] the time of your visitation [when God was gracious toward you and offered you salvation].” Jesus went into the temple [enclosure] and began driving out those who were selling, saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a robbers’ den.”“
‭‭Luke‬ ‭19‬:‭37‬-‭46‬ ‭AMP‬‬

”The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness of it, The world, and those who dwell in it. For He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the streams and the rivers. Who may ascend onto the mountain of the Lord? And who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to what is false, Nor has sworn [oaths] deceitfully. He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, And righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation (description) of those who diligently seek Him and require Him as their greatest need, Who seek Your face, even [as did] Jacob. Selah. Lift up your heads, O gates, And be lifted up, ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in. Who is the King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, The Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O gates, And lift them up, ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in. Who is [He then] this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory [who rules over all creation with His heavenly armies]. Selah.“
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭24‬:‭1‬-‭10‬ ‭AMP‬‬

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Welcome Summer

Today is the first day of summer on the Gregorian calendar. Through gratitude and praise, and I am believing this new season will be filled with restoration, joy and fruitfulness in abundance.

🍓🍇🙇🏼‍♀️🙏🏻

”Then all the Jews returned from all the places to which they had been driven and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and gathered a great abundance of juice [of the grape] and summer fruits.“
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭40‬:‭12‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

Judah (Praise) – Gedaliah (Yah has become great) – Mizpah (watchtower)

Praise the Lord, for He is great and worthy to be praised, He will be magnified in your life and He will watch over His word to perfect it in you and perform it. Great is our God!

Blessings!

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Appointed Times

Many are entering their appointed time and season. The days the Lord has written in your book from long ago. The many who have been faithful and walking out their salvation for years, some very quietly and through all the lack of understanding and doing your best to overcome trial after trial. There comes “a time”, an appointed time. The day that seemed like it would never come. But these are the days says the Lord… believe and continue to follow the narrow Way. Your diligent preparation was never in vain. His grace has led you here for such a time as this. The Lord is releasing fresh wind over your vision, because it’s your time to run!

”You will arise and have compassion on Zion, For it is time to be gracious and show favor to her; Yes, the appointed time [the moment designated] has come.“
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭102‬:‭13‬ ‭AMP‬‬

”Then the Lord answered me and said, “Write the vision And engrave it plainly on [clay] tablets So that the one who reads it will run. For the vision is yet for the appointed [future] time It hurries toward the goal [of fulfillment]; it will not fail. Even though it delays, wait [patiently] for it, Because it will certainly come; it will not delay.“ ‭‭Habakkuk‬ ‭2‬:‭2‬-‭3‬ ‭AMP‬‬

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The Place Of In Between; leading and mantling the generations

I believe it’s important as new generations of fathers and mothers in the faith are rising to mention that while the Lord tests us He does not provoke us.

”Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger [do not exasperate them to the point of resentment with demands that are trivial or unreasonable or humiliating or abusive; nor by showing favoritism or indifference to any of them], but bring them up [tenderly, with lovingkindness] in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.“ Ephesians 6:4 AMP

This language isn’t meant for only the home life, though applicable to how we treat the “children of God” entrusted to us, and anyone we relate to is an opportunity for trust.

It seems we are at a tender place of the ‘in between’. In the process of the changing of the guards, rising and repositioning, dismantling and re-mantling.

Let us not quench the Holy Spirit by leaning to our own understandings. Even when Elijah was entrusted with the opportunity to mantle Elisha, he tested him though did not provoke him. The only tests we are required to ‘pass’ are Gods, not man’s – and yet even so we can not abandon the order of submission, honor and love. And clearly in this illustration of Elijah and Elisha, God uses man to test man. This is where we need discernment; is this God initiated through man, or man initiated through self understanding?

In this place of ‘in between’ our actions in fathering and mothering at large may be well-meaning and unintentionally harmful, though in this tender place we need to be careful not to provoke and break the spirits of the children of God (I am not however referring to genuine discipline and consequences to sin, and unrepentant hearts).

And for that matter, regardless of age, title, or position, we are ALL the children of God. From a wide lens we are able to comprehend that we are to be subject to one another in Love regardless of how we relate, whether co-parenting, co-laboring, co-leading, father to son, son to father, peer to peer, etc.

”“Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers [a reconciliation produced by repentance], so that I will not come and strike the land with a curse [of complete destruction].”“ Malachi 4:5-6 AMP. In this passage the goal is heart connection before land repossession. It shows us what the Lord values, He is prioritizing heart restoration over land restoration. Yet there was a consequence for the unrepentant, loss of land equates with loss of inheritance. We see the same principle in the book of Jeremiah, ”For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you,’ says the Lord, ‘plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call on Me and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear [your voice] and I will listen to you. Then [with a deep longing] you will seek Me and require Me [as a vital necessity] and [you will] find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you,’ says the Lord, ‘and I will restore your fortunes and I will [free you and] gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you,’ says the Lord, ‘and I will bring you back to the place from where I sent you into exile.’“ Jeremiah 29:11-14 AMP.

The point is blessing and restoration is found in the heart of the Father. Even the prodigal son in the parable in Luke 15 had to return home (repent) before he was fully restored after he carelessly wasted his fortune. In this parable the father who restored the “spiritually dead son” did not provoke his obedient elder son to jealously, though this is what ensued after his elder son thought he had been treated unfairly because of the celebration of the unwise younger brother after he returned to his fathers house.

And this is the difference; We cannot control other’s reactions, but we can as fathers and mothers, leaders, and servants of one another in the faith encourage and restore without provoking the other ‘children of God’. The father in the parable above did not provoke his elder obedient son, yet the sons heart was revealed in the story, and yet not to a place of shame, but simply the heart of the Lord in goodness and joy revealed his heart posture. With understanding of the father’s heart now clear, he could either join in the celebration or not.

In essence when we provoke we perpetuate the orphan spirit and religion, whereas when we allow God to test the hearts of man it leads to genuine advancement and or repentance, and restoration. We may be instruments called to protect and build the Body, purify and unite the House of God, to lead others to His ways and paths, though in all these things we should be careful to subject our understanding and will as all flesh are under the Mighty Hand of God.

Above all, whether learned patterns or reliance on our own understanding, may we remember love covers, and the Lords grace is sufficient as we navigate much uncharted territory.

In the place of in between may we consider, ”This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed. Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.“ 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 NIV

”If we [claim to] live by the [Holy] Spirit, we must also walk by the Spirit [with personal integrity, godly character, and moral courage—our conduct empowered by the Holy Spirit]. We must not become conceited, challenging or provoking one another, envying one another.“ Galatians 5:25-26 AMP

Jesus, help me to humble myself under Your Mighty Hand, may our endeavors be for Your Kingdom to come, on earth as it is in Heaven.

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Prophetic Scripting

Prophetic Dream for the month of May

I had a dream this morning that upon waking I knew I was meant to share with the Body. There has been a sense of urgency in the fear of the Lord not to delay even in my sharing with you, and I pray it is an instructional blessing for all who it may apply to.

In the dream I was standing next to someone, I was to their right and there was a calendar that became the focus in the middle. In the dream they by their understanding and thoughts kept turning the calendar of this month to the same time next year. The calendar would fall back to present, it would not remain where they wanted it. This happened over and over again, and I had a knowing in my heart that whatever they thought was for next year was for NOW.

Upon waking in the Spirit I kept hearing
NOW Faith is
NOW Faith is
NOW Faith is

For who this may apply, MAY is significant. What you think is for this time next year I felt more than likely will not be there. Be very sensitive to what the Lord is speaking this month of May. The number 4 was highlighted in the dream, which I believe represents “For (4) such as time this”.

This was the kind of dream for me where the subject matter becomes impressions in the Spirit, hence when I wake it’s already knowledge that’s been pressing into me and is “a pressing manner”. Additionally I was seeing the dream in third person most of the time, caught up in the Spirit behind myself and the person, or in a close up of the calendar. Though you may be pressed, the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.

It’s time for some of you to “pull the trigger”, not to kill it, but in the expression to keep it alive.

”Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact what cannot be experienced by the physical senses].” ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11‬:‭1‬ ‭AMP‬‬

”For if you remain silent at this time, liberation and rescue will arise for the Jews from another place, and you and your father’s house will perish [since you did not help when you had the chance]. And who knows whether you have attained royalty for such a time as this [and for this very purpose]?”‭‭Esther‬ ‭4‬:‭14‬ ‭AMP‬‬

”Then your light will break out like the dawn, And your healing (restoration, new life) will quickly spring forth; Your righteousness will go before you [leading you to peace and prosperity], The glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.“ ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭58‬:‭8‬ ‭AMP‬‬

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Power and Persecution

I woke this morning hearing 1 Peter 4:4. I did not turn to the Scripture immediately, and later began watching a video I was led to by the Spirit. While watching, I opened my Bible to the above Scripture reference, “”In [connection with] all this, they [the unbelievers] are resentful and surprised that you do not [think like them, value their values and] run [hand in hand] with them into the same excesses of dissipation and immoral freedom, and they criticize and abuse and ridicule you and make fun of your values.“

In connection with the excerpt of Evangelist Lester Sumrall below, I believe the Lord is beginning to prepare His Church for persecution. What’s even wilder is that much of the persecution will be from her ‘own members’.

I’ve spoken about this a few years back, though this is one reason of which I believe the Lord is returning for a remnant. Not all in the Church Body will be the Bride. This in essence, speaks to the parable of the 10 Virgins in a sense, 5 wise and 5 foolish. There are many in the Body who are not actually conformed to the entire Gospel. When persecution becomes more prevalent this is when we will see an even greater falling away. Within the Body, there are persecutors and unbelievers of the power of the Gospel, and there are also persecutors because they DO ‘believe’ but are not operating in the same power because they did not go through process. These are the foolish virgins, they have not been through the crushing to produce oil, and they say “I want some of yours, give it to me!” and so covetousness ensues them. Some can not receive you, perhaps jealousy, fear, etc. though none the less living a life in the full resurrection power of the Gospel will cause others to behave in such a way (as written of in 1 Peter 4:4 using other adjectives from different versions) that you will be judged, criticized, maligned, spoken evil about, slandered, abused, vilified, made fun of and ridiculed but the Lord will have sent you. Though pressed, the persecuted remember all the evil can not compare to His resurrection Life; because divine union has afforded them their delight in suffering with The Christ.

Your “own” will reject you. Yet when we look at the life of Jesus no less did He endure, His creation despised and rejected Him, His own hated Him too.
Therefore, the most wise preparation we have is this; allow yourself to be buried with Christ that you may rise with Him.
To the victorious Love and forgiveness will be their banner.
Hallelujah!
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”But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”“
‭‭I Peter‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

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Eternity’s Frame

We need a palate and a mindset for eternity once again!

As “we are what we eat”, Lord may we be consumed with zeal and knowledge for Your House, eternity’s Home, and for all those who will enter through Your Door.

”That’s when his disciples remembered the Scripture: “I am consumed with a fiery passion to keep your house pure!”“ John‬ ‭2‬:‭17‬ ‭TPT‬‬

”My love for you has my heart on fire! My passion for your house consumes me! Nothing will turn me away, even though I endure all the insults of those who insult you.“ Psalms‬ ‭69‬:‭9‬ ‭TPT‬‬

”For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the [mocking] insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.“ Psalms‬ ‭69‬:‭9‬ ‭AMP‬‬

If Jesus endured the cross and its shame for you and I, then surely we can deny our flesh, misunderstanding and persecution, insult and injury (that is really only to our pride) that we would live in the reality of being joined with Him now AND the hope for eternity’s life in Him forevermore.

What are you doing today / what are you becoming that is of true worth? Does it carry eternal value?

Do your heart and affections gain Heaven’s attention?

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RAISED TO LIFE IN YOU

What you thought was the end of you is the container of life for Him.
Can you imagine it being said, “the hope of Glory lives in them”?

It is true, the very Bread of Presence we have received,
we die but not to grieve
Life eternal found and forever I shall be bound to my Savior,
and my Love
I will be emptied as You laid Yourself down for me,
that I may hear You call my name,
Oh my dove
You place your left hand under my head, and raise me to life with You
In the Spirit we are One,
In the Spirit is found all liberty
In the Spirit I live my truest life in Thee

This Life in me, it is Christ, do you see?

”To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.“ Colossians‬ ‭1‬:‭27‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

”His left hand cradles my head while his right hand holds me close. I am at rest in this love.“ ‭‭Song of Songs‬ ‭2‬:‭6‬ ‭TPT‬‬

”[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

”Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, Because we know that Christ (the Anointed One), being once raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has power over Him. For by the death He died, He died to sin [ending His relation to it] once for all; and the life that He lives, He is living to God [in unbroken fellowship with Him]. Even so consider yourselves also dead to sin and your relation to it broken, but alive to God [living in unbroken fellowship with Him] in Christ Jesus.“ ‭‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭8‬-‭11‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

”I have been crucified with Christ [in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ (the Messiah) lives in me; and the life I now live in the body I live by faith in (by adherence to and reliance on and complete trust in) the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me.“ ‭‭Galatians‬ ‭2‬:‭20‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

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The Door And The Key

The point of the new covenant is unbroken fellowship.

The disillusion of the Church at large is that she believes in Jesus, therefore she must know Him. How sad it is when we think we are in connection with others only to realize we only know of them, or we know them in part; 20%, 50%, 75%, etc. Jesus gave His all that we may know Him as ALL IN ALL.
”You can believe all you want that there is one true God, that’s wonderful! But even the demons know this and tremble with fear before him, yet they’re unchanged—they remain demons.“
‭‭James 2‬:‭19‬ ‭TPT‬‬

“Belief” in and of itself does not constitute change. The very key needed here is repentance. When Jesus came out of the desert His first message was repentance. Why? Because only in our repentance are we able to RECEIVE Him.
”From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, regret past sins, live your life in a way that proves repentance; seek God’s purpose for your life], for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”“ Matthew‬ ‭4‬:‭17‬ ‭AMP‬‬

Repentance is, “I change myself (turn, and yield to the work Holy Spirit, He cleanses and washes you) so I can receive of Your perfect nature and character to be restored to union; unbroken fellowship.”

I don’t know about you but almost every time I read the account of the fall in Genesis I cry. The thought of being separated from the presence of God and shunned from my home with Him would be terrifying. I feel the emotions when I read that account of scripture.

How do you think the Holy Spirit (the person of the Godhead sent to help us know Jesus and His ways) feels knowing that day in and out the price was paid for Salvation – Jesus the Savior died and rose again releasing us from the deed of death – and yet we refuse to acknowledge or live like the debt was paid. Selfishly we remain unchanged.

Why are children favored and blessed in the Kingdom of Heaven? Why does the Lord say we must have the faith of a child? Because children receive well. Children are dependent and needy, AND children change ever so quickly.
”But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name–[Isa. 56:5.]“ ‭‭John‬ ‭1‬:‭12‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

There is an account of 10 Virgins in Matthew 25. Five of the ten were considered to be foolish and unwise because they did not take extra oil for their lamps when they went to meet the Bridegroom. It was in the waiting and in the delay of His return that their greatest mistake occurred. They assumed the oil they had would be enough, and they assumed their unpreparedness would be forgiven, and yet the door was shut to the unwise. The Church at large believes the way they know the Lord is enough. However many if not most, are living off old traditions, encounters, and eating stale bread. I write this because Scripture tells us that the Lord will come for a Bride who was prepared, made herself ready and also refers to her as a remnant. (Remnant; that which is left after the separation, removal or destruction of a part.) If we consistently partake of the daily Bread before us, there is always enough and we even accrue access oil. Jesus is the Bread of Life, therefore the more time we spend dining with Him, the more oil we receive. A great deception amongst many “believers” is that if they have enough faith they will not suffer. But it is in the very place of dining, eating on the Bread of Presence that we become like Jesus only through the fellowship of His suffering. To those who refuse the cup of suffering you deny the fellowship of the cross, and the door will be denied to you.

”But the foolish virgins said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’ But the wise replied, ‘No, otherwise there will not be enough for us and for you, too; go instead to the dealers and buy oil for yourselves.’ But while they were going away to buy oil, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut and locked. Later the others also came, and said, ‘Lord, Lord, open [the door] for us.’ But He replied, ‘I assure you and most solemnly say to you, I do not know you [we have no relationship].’ Therefore, be on the alert [be prepared and ready], for you do not know the day nor the hour [when the Son of Man will come].“ ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭25‬:‭8‬-‭13‬ ‭AMP‬‬

Some of you have become so tired in the waiting you stopped coming to the table. Repent. Become like a child again and be fed from the table of Life.

Jesus is the Door, and on this side of Heaven repentance is the key that opens access to the Kingdom.

Jesus we need you, and how I long to KNOW you!

I believe what I scribed 8.5.21 on The Value Of Oil is a remaining relevant word for this hour. Read below.
https://ablazeglobalproductions.com/2021/08/05/the-value-of-oil/

THE VALUE OF OIL

The Lord impressed upon my heart to share the tremendous value of oil and trial. He said many in the global Church may not see or understand the value of it yet, though soon will be very thankful for this opportunity and season of reconsecration. In the Spirit I felt a weight on the word value. This season has been misunderstood by many as one of unnecessary trial, though it has actually been one of great value and Mercy. As I was writing this out with the Lord, I heard in the Spirit the word, “apprehend”. Apprehend is defined in the Oxford dictionary as 1) arrest (someone) for a crime 2) understand and perceive, anticipate. The origin is late Middle English, originally in the sense ‘grasp hold of (physically or mentally)’. I believe the Lord is saying He desires to arrest incorrect thinking with an invitation to grasp hold of His mind on the matter.

The Church has been in a prefix storyline of the Matthew 25 parable, The Ten Virgins. Those who were unwise are being made wise. Eyes that could not once see, have vision. What was once dark is now illuminated. Many have not understood the trial and pressing, though the hand of the Lord has allowed it as He knew the Church positionally did not have enough oil. In His mercy He has allowed the pressing because the olive fruit must be crushed and pressed to obtain the oil. We need the extra oil for the journey as it is in the darkest time of night, at midnight, before the Bridegroom appears and this extra oil is essential to see as He leads us to the door of the wedding feast. In this parable the wise virgins trimmed their wicks and had extra oil (in flasks or vessels). Symbolically the Lord has been cutting away from our wicks, removing that which would hinder us from shining brightly that we may know, hear and see Him rightly in this dark hour. Through the crushing we have paid the price and bought oil, and will be prepared to make the journey in the dark night.

There is a global call in the Spirit to awake and meet the Bridegroom, “Now while the bridegroom was delayed, they all began to nod off, and they fell asleep. But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Look! The bridegroom [is coming]! Go out to meet him.’” Matthew 25:5-6 AMP. The Greek noun for meet here means to ‘have a meeting with’ or ‘encounter’. The golden lampstand was in the Tent of Meeting, in the Holy Place – the entrance way to the Holy of Holies or place of encounter and gave light to the entire tent. We are New Testament priests through Christ the Messiah our High Priest and in the order Melchizedek. In the Old Testament it was Aaron who was a representation of the consecrated Levitical priestly line who was instructed to keep the lamps burning CONTINUALLY, and so shall it be unto us as we now have the honor to carry out this priestly order. The Lord once again is removing veils that separate us from encountering Him in the Most Holy Place. “Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Command the children of Israel to bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light [of the golden lampstand], to make a lamp burn continually. Outside the veil of the Testimony [between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place] in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron shall always keep the lamps burning before the Lord from evening until morning; it shall be a permanent statute throughout your generations. He shall keep the lamps burning on the pure gold lampstand before the Lord continually.” Leviticus 24:1-4 AMP.

The vessels containing extra oil in Matthew 25 are described in the Greek as having a bend, meaning a container that can be filled. Where is the infilling of oil? The Holy Spirit supernaturally fills and refills these vessels with oil. Money cannot purchase this oil, for it is bought with the reward of pressing and suffering, the reward of abiding and intimacy with the Son, the reward of dying to self; all rewards of spiritual wealth are contained here for the price for buying oil is costly as it is the first fruit offerings from your very life.

In His goodness, the Lord has ‘bought us’ time with Him in this last season; the olive is a fruit and to bear fruit we must abide and remain in Him. ““ 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 continues to bear fruit, He [repeatedly] prunes, so that it will bear more fruit [even richer and finer fruit]. You are already clean because of the word which I have given you [the teachings which I have discussed with you]. Remain in Me, and I [will remain] in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself without remaining in the vine, neither can you [bear fruit, producing evidence of your faith] unless you remain in Me. I am the Vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in Me and I in him bears much fruit, for [otherwise] apart from Me [that is, cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.” John 15:1-5 AMP. Abiding and remaining in Him is a personal choice. Consecration is a choice. Bearing fruit is for all, though some have good fruit while others have bad fruit.

Your daily decisions have never mattered more, as the weight of eternity hinges on them. It is a narrow road to the door, and few find it…

There is still time. Do not despise this pruning but yield to the Spirit as the Lord desires to prepare you for your most glorious and shining hour!

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