(… and more) Voices Of Hope Broadcast 6.22.21
“Wait Now, I’m Coming!”
“But the Lord is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble; they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed. Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten.” Jeremiah 20:11
On Friday, July 10, 2020 at 1:20 a.m. I woke up from a very intense and sobering dream. In the dream I had walked out of my parents former house that we lived in for many years. I locked the door behind me, and when I turned to move forward to leave as I looked across the street I realized how dark it was. I started to simultaneously see in the Spirit in the dream and I saw elementary students getting ready for school across the street early in the morning, and at the same time I saw and heard the sound of the trumpet. The trumpet was in the sky and resembled a round small military bugle, like that of the civil war. My immediate thought was it was autumn when the time changes and we “fall back”, otherwise known as daylight savings time. Within moments, almost instantly the darkness increased and I felt an overwhelming pressure of fear in the atmosphere that was moving toward me quickly, and soon became dreadful. I turned back to unlock the door but it had become so dark in the matter of seconds that I could not even see my hand in front of my face or my keys. I saw in the Spirit beyond the door and could see that my grandmother (who had never lived with us in the natural), Mary Magdalene, was coming to my rescue. I saw her and heard her voice excitedly and lovingly exclaim, “Wait now, I’m coming!”. Here I awoke out of the dream alarmed and rebuking the thick darkness.
In the dream I had a knowing it was the end of September, yet in the natural daylight savings in the States this year is not until November 1, 2020. I believe this is revealing a window of time when the intense darkness will increase, and yet also a grace warning that we may prepare in the natural and in the Spirit. When the Lord reveals the plans of the enemy we have the ability to rise up in the opposite spirit and thwart his plans just like a real battle. The Lord shows us the enemies plans so we can pray against them, and that we may petition for Heaven’s strategy to be made known to us. When we are seated in Heavenly places we will always agree with the will of God and it is from this position we bring Heaven to earth and decree His goodness and restoration. Yet in balance, when I wrestled with Lord over sharing this dream and the vision below, He corrected me with words He had spoken to Ezekiel regarding being an obedient watchman, “The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, speak to your people and say to them: ‘When I bring the sword against a land, and the people of the land choose one of their men and make him their watchman, and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows the trumpet to warn the people, then if anyone hears the trumpet but does not heed the warning and the sword comes and takes their life, their blood will be on their own head.” vs 1-4 of Ezekiel 33:1-20. And yet still, the prophets of old often negotiated with God!
This is the first time I have heard the Spirit call in the sound of the trumpet, and I carefully and prayerfully have been writing according to what would bring the most edification yet also deliver the warning message. As I have been meditating on this for weeks now, I believe the Lord was highlighting specifics of the dream that are important for its interpretation. The home address was 17381 Wiltshire Blvd, Lathrup Village and at the end of our street was a barricade. The other side of the barricade was another city, Southfield, and in fact Lathrup Village was originally acquired as property within the larger city of Southfield by Louise Lathrup Kelley in 1923 who ‘conceived and carried out its unique development’. You were able to walk into the city of Southfield from our street as the sidewalk continued, but obviously you would be unable to drive through as the barricade served as a divide between the cities. There was only one entrance driving down our street because of the barricade, our house was on the right side of the street making the vision of children and the trumpet on the left side of the street.
The meaning of the name Louise can be translated ‘famous warrior’ or ‘famous in battle’. Lathrup surname originated in Yorkshire (England) in the East Riding were they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. Lathrup can also be translated – ‘man from the farm with the barn, or barn’. Kelley surname means ‘descendant of war’, ‘strife’, or ‘contention’ (houseofnames.com).
1923 is the year Louise Lathrup Kelley acquired property ‘conceived and carried out its unique development’. Strong’s number 1923 in Hebrew is Hadar – magnificence, honor, majesty. Strong’s number 1923 in Greek is Epigrapho – to inscribe (physically or mentally): inscription, write in. The meaning of the address 17381 which provided an entry way to safety and provision; 1 “oneness of the Godhead”; 7 “completeness” & “perfection”; 3 “The Holy Spirit” & “three-fold cord not easily broken”; 8 “new beginnings”; 1 “oneness of Godhead” (biblestudy.org). The meaning of Wiltshire is a place-name and “means shire centered on the Wilton”. Wilton means “farm where the willow trees grow”. (houseofnames.com).
The Warrior and The Key
A famous Warrior conceived in honor and wrapped in majesty who is magnificent in battle is in the East Riding and holds a family seat as Lord of the Manor (Revelation 19:11). This famous Warrior also owns a farm with a barn (Psalm 50:10), that serves as provision for those who He has inscribed on His heart and bear His last Name; these are His descendants of war enduring strife and contention in the city. Though there be a great divide, there is a refuge in the small city within the larger city, a secret place. There is only one way to arrive at the address, and only one key that will open the door in unforeseen darkness.
Psalm 91:1 “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand].” I heard in the Spirit, “The Lord is looking for His covenant keepers”. Our natural key’s will not unlock the door to the secret place, but rather this key is seen with the spiritual eye, and it looks like a covenant ring and it is named the key of intimacy. In the Hebrew, the word for dwells is yashab, Strong’s 3427; to sit, remain, dwell. Additional words used in the definition are married and marrying. The secret place of protection is a place for those who are married to the presence of God. Many find themselves teetering from a stance of love and believing the promises of God back to fear struggling to ward off the lies of the enemy, they are unstable. But as we read above, our stability comes from dwelling. The wise warrior will choose the empowerment of union. Paul wrote of this union and of its importance one verse prior to the instruction of wearing the full armor. “In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [be empowered through your union with Him]; draw your strength from Him [that strength which His boundless might provides].” Ephesians 6:10.
If you will dwell in secret place of the Most High (located at 17381) in oneness with the Godhead (1), He will complete and perfect His way in your life (7) as you come into full agreement with the Triune (3) and cultivate together new beginnings and new plans (8) blessed in the seal of harmonious communion (1).
The secret place will be the shelter where intimacy’s key unlocks mysteries, promises and dreams that position you to ‘conceive and carry out unique developments’ and blueprints for the next outpouring, the new wine. We don’t have to be tested by the way of the world; in a season when society is ‘falling back’, when the light is dimmer, when evil relentlessly pursues the innocent, when there is militant civil unrest and great divides (reference to dream “Southfield” – the civil war began when southern troops bombarded Fort Sumter, S.C. and the military bugle was of civil war era), – it is here, in the center of the chaos there is a way of escape, a hideaway named The Secret Place. Remembering their covenant ring, the Mary’s, or Mary(ed) (married ones) fall into the presence of the Most High surrounded by His holy flame. (Zechariah 2:5). When our obedient love remains in union here, the promises of God become infused into our being as we are captivated by His passionate flames. “The words and promises of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified and tested seven times over.” Psalm 12:6. I had the above dream July 10th which numerically speaks of complete testing. The later half of this word which is from a vision was received on July 19th, and between the two encounters we have nine days which numerically speaks of complete birthing. The secret place is not only a refuge, but a guarded place for testing and a protective place for birthing. Allow Him to perfect and complete the good work He began in you. (Philippians 1:6). Choose the Lord’s testing in the secret place and unseen riches will be born.
The Warrior Dwells In and Among You
The Warrior dwells in and among you, be empowered through your union with Him! We love because He first loved us and it is our Warrior King’s delight to marry us. “I will set My dwelling in and among you, and My soul shall not despise or reject or separate itself from you. And I will walk in and with and among you and will be your God, and you shall be My people.” Leviticus 26:11-12. This is His promise to us when we keep His covenant and remain and abide in Him. “The LORD will fight for you while you [only need to] keep silent and remain calm.” Exodus 14:14.
The dread of the enemy can not compare to the dread of our Warrior King. He wars for your heart and is jealous for His Bride; His burning heart for you warrants an arrest on all that hinders you from His love. Our Warrior King defeated hell and the grave to live eternally with you! “For His love for you is a living and consuming flame, sealing you as a prisoner of His love. His passion for you is stronger than the chains of death and the grave.” (pharphasing Song of Solomon 8:6). “But the Lord is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble; they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed. Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten.” Jeremiah 20:11. I believe Jeremiah 20:11 is the anthem of the dream, “Wait Now, I’m Coming!” and prophetically tied we can interpret the Lord’s time and date stamp so specifically. The “fall back” date is 11.01.20, and read backwards is 20.11, Jeremiah 20:11 scripture reference. The remaining numbers from the date 11.01.2020 are 1, and 20, which is the time stamp of the dream 1:20 a.m.
The Warrior Who Atones and Shelters You
February 29, 2020 on leap day the Lord spoke to me and said He is “synching us with the seasons and aligning us with the Son.” Jewish time is lunisolar, and keeps in sync with the cycles of the sun and moon. Since then I have repeatedly seen a vision of the earth in His hands like a Rubik’s cube only circular and solid in color. With one hand on top of the earth and one on the bottom He pushes the two pieces of the earth down and counter clockwise so they will ‘click and lock’. It is an ongoing process, as if each turn or time He does this there is progress, but it has yet to ‘lock in’. In vision the Lord is never hurried, and when He turns counter clockwise it always seems to be in slower motion, you can feel the synching. The Holy Spirit reminded me as I was seeking Him for interpretation for the dream and the vision below to look at the Jewish calendar… and He never ceases to amaze me, the wheel within the wheel!
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year or their “civil year” 5781 begins sundown on September 18, 2020 on the first day of Tishrei and is also known as the “Feast of Trumpets”. In the dream I had a knowing the season was the end of September and heard the sound of the trumpet. “Rosh Hashanah, literally “Head of the Year” in Hebrew, is the beginning of the Jewish new year. It is the first of the High Holidays or “Days of Awe,” ending 10 days later with Yom Kippur. This two-day festival marks the anniversary of human’s creation—and the special relationship between humans and God, the creator. Rosh Hashanah begins with the sounding of the shofar, the ram’s horn, proclaiming God as King of the Universe, just as a trumpet would be sounded at a king’s coronation. In fact, Rosh Hashanah is described in the Torah as Yom Teru’ah, a day of sounding (the Shofar). (Feast of Trumpets) The sound of the shofar is also a call to repentance—to wake up and re-examine our commitment to God and to correct our ways. Thus begins the “Ten Days of Repentance” which ends with Yom Kippur, the “Day of Atonement.” (almanac.com).
Following The Day of Atonement is Sukkot, also called the Festival of Shelters and is a seven day Jewish festival observed in the month of Tishrei. Sukkot dates fall on sundown Friday October 2 through sundown Friday October 9. “On each of the seven days of Sukkot (excluding Shabbat), two aravah branches are bound together with the lulav and hadass. Together with the etrog, these Four Species are then waved in all four directions, plus up and down, to attest to God’s mastery over all of creation, and to symbolically voice a prayer for adequate rainfall over all the Earth’s vegetation in the coming year.” (wikipedia.org). Aravah branches are otherwise know as willow tree branches, now remember the street address Wiltshire is defined as ‘farm where the willow trees grow’!
“During the morning prayer service in the synagogue on Hoshanah Rabbah, after the waving of the Four Species, a separate bundle containing five aravah branches are taken in hand by each worshipper. A series of liturgical verses are read, ending with, “Kol mevasser, mevasser ve-omer” (A voice brings news, brings news and says)—expressing hope for the speedy coming of the Messiah.” (wikipedia.org).
We are on the verge of seeing the holiness, awe and wonder of our King of Splendor like never before. The Church and world will see and experience our Warrior King of Glorious Might in the coming days tangibly and it will be both awe inspiring and frightening. The fear of Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and those who choose to bear His Name will responsibility hearken at the trumpet and heed His call of repentance, “Come up here cries the King, Come up here, sit with Me!”. The Name bearers are directed toward the ‘one way’ and consecrate themselves before they enter the shelter and begin to dwell in the secret place. Abundantly provided for and securely protected the Name bearers prepare and rest in the oil of worship, their days are filled with prayer and decree as they joyfully learn new mysteries. Having grown in the Branch of authority and love they lift up their hands and release Heaven’s covenant of unending love and restoration over all creation for the day of reunion is near. In the Most Holy Place is the sacrificial Lamb, He made atonement for all sins and all the Name bearers weep in adoration, the slain one rose and lives forevermore. Worthy is He, “Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, The Almighty! The Was, the Is, and the Coming!” (Revelation 4:8).
The Lord is looking for those who carry the fragrance of His oil. It is expensive oil and it will cost you. However when you become a ‘dweller’ and are married to Him, He provides through His presence. This fragrant oil is how He has determined you are a Name bearer. (Matthew 25:1-13). The key of intimacy looks like a covenant ring. “Mary has discovered the one thing most important by choosing to sit at my feet. She is undistracted, and I won’t take this privilege from her.” Luke 10:42. Will you accept the invitation to sit with the King?
When Mary poured out a year’s wages of oil on Jesus’ body it was so extravagant that He promised her whenever the Gospel would be shared this act would be mentioned. “Mary picked up an alabaster jar filled with nearly a liter of extremely rare and costly perfume—the purest extract of nard, and she anointed Jesus’ feet. Then she wiped them dry with her long hair. And the fragrance of the costly oil filled the house.” John 12:3. “When she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, wherever this gospel [of salvation] is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her [for her act of love and devotion].” Matthew 26:12-13. When the fragrance fills the house, all will know we belong to the King.
I believe the Lord is declaring to us His faithfulness and during these next few months we will experience a great repositioning. We will go from sitting to being sent, from commended to commissioning. For those who have been faithful in the secret place there is an incredible launching in the new year. Symbolically just as in Sukkot there is waving of the two willow tree branches bound with the other three, praying for rainfall for all the earth’s abundance in the coming year – this is the outpouring of God’s presence we have long been waiting and praying for! The final prayer in Sukkot is with five willow branches declaring a voice will bring news of the soon returning King. The five willow branches are always referred to as narrow branches, and I believe the five branches are also symbolic of grace and the five-fold ministry.
The secret place prepares us for the sending just as Mary Magdalene is the first sent one (apostle) after encountering the resurrected Christ, “She has just found him (Jesus), and now she is sent away, but she is sent with a commission. As the ancient church put it, she becomes an apostle to the apostles.” (Biblegateway.com). The five-fold will commission those they have equipped declaring with the Mary’s or married ones together in unity, “make a way, make a way” directing all creation to the ‘only way’, “Look here! He’s coming soon – your Warrior King, Lord of the Manor, the promised One who rides for you and comes in from the East. Most handsome One with fire in His eyes! Prepare! Prepare! Soon we will feast!.”
Wait Now, The Father The King and The Spirit are Coming! The Birth of New Wine in Fire, Power and Love!
On July 19, 2020 I happened to be staying at my grandparents house, the same grandmother Mary Magdalene as mentioned in the dream above. I was in the bedroom when I went into a vision at 8:54 a.m. In the vision it was dark out, and I saw a heaping mound of wood and sticks and a large match reach in from the bottom to create a massive bonfire. As the match was moving in I heard in the Spirit, “John Wimber’s birthday”. I immediately had a knowing that a signifiant move of the Spirit would take place on or around this date, the “birth-day”. On this same day I heard in the Spirit “Deuteronomy 4:12”, “And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the voice of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.” A literal interpretation of the vision! However in context the Lord was reminding Moses this is where you encountered my manifest presence, the shekinah glory. This is when I gave you My covenant. Shekinah is from the Hebrew word shakan, and means “to reside or permanently stay”. (chrisitanity.com). I believe the Lord is saying His glory is coming forth from the fire! I have not forgotten my promise to you, it has been tested and this is when I will erupt in power and dwell with you in tangible glory, I am coming in a fullness that you have yet not seen. Again, I had the above dream “Wait Now, I’m Coming” July 10th which numerically speaks of complete testing. This vision of the coming outpouring was received on July 19th, and between the two encounters we have nine days which numerically speaks of complete birthing.
Although I knew John Wimber was an important part of church history, I didn’t recall what exactly he was known for – all that was coming to mind was an association with California. Grapes should have been my clue! As I went to search this out, I discovered Wimber was born February 25, 1934 and his most significant legacy is the Vineyard movement, as he eventually took leadership of the Vineyard churches. Additionally Wimber is known for advocating and teaching the moving in healing, signs and wonders, intimacy with the Holy Spirit, and equipping the Church (https://vineyardusa.org/about/john-wimber/).
Prompted by the Holy Spirit I searched for John Wimber’s birth date on the Hebraic calendar and found a birthday surprise! The month of February falls in the month Adar, the last month in God’s cycle of feasts / yearly cycle and represents the completion of a season. Adar means strength and is known as the most joyful month of the year when Purim is celebrated. Purim is the story of Esther who was chosen to be the queen of Persia because of her beauty. Esther risked her life to go before King Ahasuerus and expose an evil plot of his advisor Haman to destroy the Jewish race. Esther was encouraged by Mordecai to boldly petition the King, “For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance shall arise for the Jews from elsewhere, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows but that you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this and for this very occasion?.” Esther 4:14. Esther found favor with the King, the plan was reverted and Haman was hung on the very gallows he built to destroy the Jews. Purim is always celebrated on the 14th day of Adar and this 2021 will begin at sundown on February 25, John Wimber’s birthday!
Another insight in the birthdate 02.25.1934: I found Revelation 2:25 and Strong’s number 1934. Again the month Adar means strong – Strong’s 1934 in Hebrew is hava’ meaning to exist; become, behold. In context the Scripture reference is speaking to the church of Thyatira, who is being admonished for tolerating Jezebel, but to those who have not tolerated the teaching they are beckoned to “hold fast to what you have until I come” (Rev 2:25). I believe toleration of Jezebel is the current position of the unawakened Church, but for those who are awakened in this hour we can hear the Lord saying hold fast, “Wait now, I’m coming!”. If we will live, abide and exist in Him and like Esther address (17381 Wiltshire – willow branch: dwell in secret place of the Most High in oneness with the Godhead, He will complete and perfect His way in your life as you come into full agreement with the Triune and cultivate together new beginnings and new plans blessed in the seal of harmonious communion) and petition His heart boldly in the secret place, if we hold fast to the truth that we have and behold Him here, we will see the coming dread Warrior King defeat our enemy. The enemies plot will become his own demise. The Naphtali are the tribe associated with the month of Adar, and Naphtali means “sweetness is to me” (Godtime.blog). We will know the King intimately and find His favor, we will taste of His goodness and declare, “sweetness is to me”. “Naphtali is a doe let loose, [a swift warrior,] Which yields branched antlers (eloquent words).” Genesis 49:21. Like a deer let loose, this will be a beautiful time of rejoicing for The Church across the globe.
John Wimber ‘fathered” the Vineyard movement. Jesus said, “I am a true sprouting vine, and the farmer who tends the vine is my Father. I am the sprouting vine and you’re my branches. As you live in life union with me as your source, fruitfulness will stream from within you – but when you live separated from me you are powerless.” John 15:1,5. The vine abiders, ‘this is that’ new wine! The time stamp on this vision was 8:54 a.m. John 8:54 again points back the Father. “Jesus answered them, “If I were to tell you how great I am, it would mean nothing. But my Father is the One who will prove it and will glorify me. Isn’t he the One you claim is your God?” A new season is upon us, a double portion for mankind and a move of His Spirit that will allow us to experience Himself in the fullness of triune measure – Father, Son and Holy Spirit in a completeness yet not expressed as we have understood before. The Father is coming in this move to glorify His Son! I believe the Lord is saying these will be the days as described in 1 Corinthians 2:9, “This is why the Scriptures say: Things never discovered or heard of before, things beyond our ability to imagine—these are the many things God has in store for all his lovers.”
The Lord is coming to tend His vine and seek His glory dwellers, we are those He has called to experience His glory. It is through pure hearts we can see and encounter Him and become hosts of His presence. “But [the time is coming when] the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.” Habakkuk 2:14. The Lord is coming in love and power and and I believe this partially represents a marriage of The Word and The Spirit. This marriage will be accompanied by a tremendous weight of the Lord’s presence and I hear in the Spirit “He will move massively among the masses”. I physically feel this weight around hearts, people around the globe will be so awakened to the deep places of the heart of the Father that a world wide revolution of love will ignite. They will see and experience Him in Spirit and in Truth, they will know the Lord as lover and friend and their earthly fear of Him will begin to dissipate. The true fear of the Lord will bring Wisdom and a Spirit of Longing will overcome them. “Come Warrior King, pour the new wine!”.
“Your presence releases a fragrance so pleasing— over and over poured out. For your lovely name is “Flowing Oil.” No wonder the brides-to-be adore you. Draw me into your heart. We will run away together into the king’s cloud-filled chamber. We will remember your love, rejoicing and delighting in you, celebrating your every kiss as better than wine. No wonder righteousness adores you!” Song of Songs 1:3-4
“You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.” Psalms 16:11
Shrouded In The Mystery
Blinded by the Love of the deep,
Though shrouded in mystery, my soul it keeps
At rest in the treasuries that my heart has found
When surrounded by your flames and cloud
Have my life, my all I give to you
In this immeasurable space, so tenebrous how can I know?
Is this place confined or do boundless heights peer overhead?
Shrouded in the mystery, I lay this life down to be near to You
If this is death, then how does it sting? The thoughts of fear surrounding surely had concealed
The beauty of what Your jealousies demanded, all rightfully Yours
I yield to this Holy Passion, and place my heart in Your right Hand
Where righteousness and justice live out every one of Your commands
Life over death You have already proven, and You’ve led me here
Shrouded in the mystery to show me the depths where the grave could not hold You
That I may not see it’s void frame though instead taste of Your Breathe and Behold You
Because even here Your precious Blood still speaks of the offering You gave that sealed me as Yours
I am ever alive with Your glowing flame of Love as my guide
How can darkness overwhelm when Your burning heart consumes my desire?
Your blazing eyes of fire, taking all of me, I am held captive by Your gaze
Shrouded in the mystery Your Blood my wine, Your Body my food, why should I depart?
Whether furious rivers of pains and persecutions, or Majestic wonders of Your company ~
I do not know, I do not care – for in Your Arms it is indifferent
From the Heights to the Depths you have known me, and as I live to know You
We are becoming ~ I in You and You in me We are together One throughout all Eternity
Shrouded in the mystery, wrapped in Eternity’s flame You removed the veil,
I saw Your Face, I beheld Your Form
It was Holy Jealous Love that sent you to the grave
With Supernatural certainty You have declared I am Your Bride,
My soul cannot belong to another
Sing a new song King David has instructed
In Heaven’s wisdom Solomon his son has responded, shrouded in mystery he penned
The Song of all Songs that unite me to my Bridegroom’s heart
The Root of Jesse, Son of David, wrapped in Light is my favorite Man
Bride’s to be do you know Him?
Will you choose to come to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb?
Jesus the Christ, the spotless Lamb slain for this Banquet – He has invited all
The Bridegroom King is beckoning you must draw near,
For soon it will be time to feast!
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”For the Lord your God is a consuming fire; He is a jealous (impassioned) God [demanding what is rightfully and uniquely His].“ Deuteronomy 4:24 AMP
”Fasten me upon your heart as a seal of fire forevermore. This living, consuming flame will seal you as my prisoner of love. My passion is stronger than the chains of death and the grave, all consuming as the very flashes of fire from the burning heart of God. Place this fierce, unrelenting fire over your entire being. Rivers of pain and persecution will never extinguish this flame. Endless floods will be unable to quench this raging fire that burns within you. Everything will be consumed. It will stop at nothing as you yield everything to this furious fire until it won’t even seem to you like a sacrifice anymore.“ Song of Songs 8:6-7 TPT
”Where could I go from Your Spirit? Or where could I flee from Your presence? If I ascend up into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol (the place of the dead), behold, You are there. [Rom. 11:33.] If I take the wings of the morning or dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there shall Your hand lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me. If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me and the night shall be [the only] light about me, Even the darkness hides nothing from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You. [Dan. 2:22.]“ Psalm 139:7-12 AMPC
”For everyone is invited to enter in, but few respond in excellence.”“ Matthew 22:14 TPT
That’s My King!
Tonight at sundown Purim begins, and continues until Shabbat, March 14 (extending through Sunday in Jerusalem). This is the most joyous of Jewish holidays as it commemorates the salvation from an evil plot to annihilate the Jewish people as told of in the book of Esther. Esther’s voice was the spear that intercepted this evil plan, as she risked her own life to approach her husband and King without an invitation on behalf of her people.
Recently, as of last week I had a dream where I had favor with diplomats and former President Reagan was speaking with me. I knew upon waking I needed to look up the meaning of the name Reagan, which is “king” or “royal”. The first title seems to be exactly similar in meaning with his last name; as we are familiar, a president is an “appointed governor of a province; chosen leader of a body of persons,” from Old French president and directly from Latin praesidentum (nominative praesidens) “president, governor,” noun use of present participle of praesidere “to act as head or chief”.
In the dream I was in a room with several children’s tables and chairs, with adults sitting in them, the diplomats and Presidents as well. There was a table I wanted to sit at, but it was crowded with one too many a chair, so that it couldn’t properly fit under the table. There was a certain individual highlighted to me who was trying to “force fit” in that chair. As I walked over, though not everyone was yet seated, I asked if I could sit at this same table with open chairs. A man in a suit entered my view and told me I could not although I was discerning in the dream that while he had the stature of authority, he however was not speaking the truth. I walked upward (north) and this is where I was well received by those in greater authority.
While there is more to the dream, a general application for many is this; the tables and chairs represent a position of childlike faith, and also those trying to fit or find their place in the Kingdom. Though others will try to keep you from taking a seat, or place, with affirmation and favor from the greater authority we stand. Sometimes we want to fit in, when the Lord has called us to stand out. President Ragean is a type and shadow of Jesus in the dream, “the First and the Last”, “the Chief, preeminent One”, “the King of kings and Lord of lords”.
There are many who are still in the place of “in between”, I particularly see this for those who the Lord is wanting to speak through and the breed of new watchman. The man in the suit was a watcher too, but did he carry the same authority as the President? No. This suited man could represent intimidation, a principality or ruler, and if even he was on the right side of the team of Light ~ yet still we can not fear man. When I was sitting with the Lord on this dream, the verse was quickened to me from Isaiah, “If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all”.
”Then said the Lord to Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Judah’s King Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub [a remnant shall return], at the end of the aqueduct or canal of the Upper Pool on the highway to the Fuller’s Field; And say to him, Take heed and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted because of these two stumps of smoking firebrands–at the fierce anger of [the Syrian King] Rezin and Syria and of the son of Remaliah [Pekah, usurper of the throne of Israel]. Because Syria, Ephraim [Israel], and the son of Remaliah have purposed evil against you [Judah], saying, Let us go up against Judah and harass and terrify it; and let us cleave it asunder [each of us taking a portion], and set a [vassal] king in the midst of it, namely the son of Tabeel, Thus says the Lord God: It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. For the head [the capital] of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is [King] Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces so that it will no longer be a people. And the head (the capital) of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son [Pekah]. If you will not believe and trust and rely [on God and on the words of God’s prophet instead of Assyria], surely you will not be established nor will you remain.“ Isaiah 7:3-9 AMPC
~ ”The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son. If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.’ ”“ Isaiah 7:9 NIV
As there is a changing of the guard in this season, and for many new positions to enter in, the Lord is kindly saying to stand firm, you can walk in meekness and humility while standing. If He’s calling you to see from a higher perspective than it makes sense you stand, and when the King sends you that’s all the affirmations we need. You can not effectively govern what you can not see. This is why it’s so important to have the Lord’s voice in a personal way in this hour. (I was deeply moved by the Presidents voice in my dream).
Esther was appointed to a position of favor to save her nation, and yet it was not without harassment and evil plots. If we would understand that favor and promotion is most often for others and for the Kingdom of God, we will in confidence sit or stand wherever the Lord asks us to, because our position is in Him.
For His glory, we live and move and have our being In Him! The Chief High Priest, King of all kings has extended His hand of authority to His sons and daughters; He will show you the way to walk in, you are sent into this earth to speak and stand in boldness for such a time as this!
”Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.“ Hebrews 4:14-16 NKJV
He is the One we obey, love, admire, honor and respect. In security we become what He destined before the foundations of the world, and the pressures cease as we remember, “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.” 1 Thessithonians 5:24. Just yield, and He will do the work, and for His glory we will cry, “That’s my King”.
“For from Him [all things originate] and through Him [all things live and exist] and to Him are all things [directed]. To Him be glory and honor forever! Amen.” Romans 11:36 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 c]. And who knows whether you have attained royalty for such a time as this [and for this very purpose]?” Esther 4:14 AMP
What an incredible and glorious honor that we can boldly petition The King!
The Precursor ~ revival of prayer and faith
If we want to see the marriage of the Spirit and the Word that yield’s revival, and the promised power that will only be demonstrated fully by this union (two equal parts becoming one), we will first need a revival of pure-hearted prayer and pure-hearted faith (also two equal parts becoming one).
While we mature in the Lord, (and He is looking for that depth), as Romans eight herolds that even all of creation groans with eager expectation for the manifestation of mature sons and daughters – we will never graduate from being the Father’s children.
There is a paradox in growing in maturity and child-likeness, yet our willingness to risk in this mystery forms greater levels of trust in the Lord which pleases Him. It is this supernatural wonder in His ways and dependency upon the Father that moves His heart. The more we treasure His ways and heart, He rewards His sons and daughters with greater measures of authority for His will to be done on earth, and for His Kingdom.
Even as Righteousness and Justice are the foundation of His throne, it is prayer and faith that are our foundation as sons and daughters to ascend to the glory of His Face. The Spirit and the Word model our coming Marriage and demonstrate Their powerful union and draw us upward, leading us back to Home and deeper into our Bridegroom’s heart. Our pure hearted longing for more of the Lord is a response to Their wooing and drawing and when we respond in Prayer and Faith, it activates our ascension to be all together again, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. While on this side of Heaven, prayer and faith are the elevator that carries us upward and to the door of His Kingdom and unfathomable mysteries. The genuine flame of love in our heart in union with the Lord’s empowers us for the “greater things”, for the mystery still stands that the two will become one. Now fully covered, we understand ‘there is no greater thing’.
The Covenant key is intimacy.
Because it was always about love.
With this I write, we need to become a people of prayer again because of our deep adoration and pure love of our Savior. The most radiant One and Only resurrected King who was flesh torn and marred unrecognizable ~ may we long to know Him and His ways. Through faith, prayer and worship we can voyage on and into the Life flowing rivers of His heart. This never ending Love as strong as death, that flashes a most vehement flame, how are we not moved to KNOW this One? He intercedes for us, and we intercede for Him, like the melodies of “the Song of Solomon”, when wisdom’s treasure is found. It is unshakable faith that remains when we remember His faithfulness and goodness in that He first loved us – without Him I am nothing, and in Him I am found.
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Who among you is hungry for the Bread of Life?
”THEN HE was praying in a certain place; and when He stopped, one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray, [just] as John taught his disciples.“
Luke 11:1 AMPC
”“Come,” says the Holy Spirit and the Bride in divine duet. Let everyone who hears this duet join them in saying, “Come.” Let everyone gripped with spiritual thirst say, “Come.” And let everyone who craves the gift of living water come and drink it freely. “Come.”“
Revelation 22:17 TPT
”But you, beloved, build yourselves up [founded] on your most holy faith [make progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], praying in the Holy Spirit; Guard and keep yourselves in the love of God; expect and patiently wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)–[which will bring you] unto life eternal.“
Jude 1:20-21 AMPC
Yahweh’s Choice
You can move the heart of a room without moving the heart of The One True King. Saul was anointed as king, though was it because of the favor of God? No, in fact the Lord gave the people what they wanted; this is why we can easily misjudge the favor man for the favor of God.
Contrastingly, David won the heart of his King when no one knew his name. On distant roaming hills of humility David was faithful to shepherd and dream with God in obscurity. Was he any less favored, talented, qualified to be king because he was unknown by the people, or even liked for that matter? No, He was the one whom the Lord chose.
Your ability to work a room may win the hearts of men, but do you KNOW the heart of the King? The Lord chooses whom he crowns, and many we will see on that day in eternity who may be least in the eyes of men – forgotten ones even as David was forgotten in the line up for the choosing by his own father – however no less qualified when The Father sees and knows all. Thankfully Samuel was listening to the Voice of the Lord and did not follow what was right according to his own eyes.
You will find your God-ordained destiny and desires fulfilled in deep communion with the Lord. Your greatest advocate and mentor is Jesus Himself, and when you commit yourself to Him in “the wilderness” where He has taught you One-on-one to slay the lion and the bear, your confidence will not come from the favor and praises of men, it will be in the One who overcame in you. Imagine this, the Spirit of the Lord inside of David, they are one, and Jesus says, “hey son look what we can do, This is how you slay with one hand…”yes the same hand who first raised in worship was then taught to war. There are secrets in the days of battle ahead that only worshippers will carry. It will not be found on the lips of praises of men, for David was king long before Samuel came knocking on Jesse’s door. David was already king in the eyes of The King of Kings because they were one, and David first saught to know the Lord’s heart well in advance to becoming the peoples hero famous in battle.
Saul and David both were gifted, however eternity’s mark looks different underneath the surface. The Branch of the Lord grows through whom He has grafted, His root has always been Love. This is Yahweh’s choice, this is whom He breathes upon ~ those who seek to know His heart.
Think upon this, David knew the Lord by His heart, and the Lord knew David by his. This is true honor in Lordship and sonship. “But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:5. ”After that, He gave them judges until the prophet Samuel. Then they asked for a king; and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. And when He had deposed him, He raised up David to be their king; of him He bore witness and said, I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart, who will do all My will and carry out My program fully. [I Sam. 13:14; Ps. 89:20; Isa. 44:28.]“ Acts 13:20-22 AMPC
For too long we have crowned kings inside and outside of the church because they have been loved by people, not because of their depth of love for God. Saul could not give up his grip on the crown, while David never asked for one.
”From now on, worshiping the Father will not be a matter of the right place but with a right heart. For God is a Spirit, and he longs to have sincere worshipers who adore him in the realm of the Spirit and in truth.”“ John 4:23-24 TPT
Being Holy
One of the main purposes of holiness is to be close to God.
True holiness has no bend of religion because it is founded in relationship. The Supreme Being of all, the Great I Am, our Father – He desires to be near to us! When we are holy as He is holy we bear the glowing mark that we belong to Him and glorify Him in this way. Can we forget He knit and formed us together in our mother’s wombs? He is like a parent who takes delight when their children look and act like them. What a wonder the God of the universe loves us all so purposefully and passionately in this way!
When we understand the root of His command is love, we can more readily understand He is asking us to “exist as I am, do as I do, be as I am” – be imitators of Christ as dearly loved children.
”And you shall be holy to Me; for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.“ Leviticus 20:26 AMPC
”For it is written, You shall be holy, for I am holy. [Lev. 11:44, 45.]“ 1 Peter 1:16 AMPC
”O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; tremble before and reverently fear Him, all the earth.“ Psalm 96:9 AMPC
”Your people will offer themselves willingly in the day of Your power, in the beauty of holiness and in holy array out of the womb of the morning; to You [will spring forth] Your young men, who are as the dew.“ Psalm 110:3 AMPC
”Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.“ Psalm 50:2 AMPC
O Lord, Come!
September is our ninth month in the Gregorian calendar and almost always represents birthing to me. What if what we are birthing this month is born through a different type of travail? Travails that are so painful as a result of hearts desperately sick with love. Do we agonize over the separations from our Bridegroom King? Would we endure beatings and bruises for Him? Do we truly long for more of Him in such a way that we would yield to this cost?
It was April 8, 2014 between 4:00 a.m. and 5 a.m. when I heard the Lord speak to me these words, “The burden of the Lord is this: that My people would know Me not only in the fellowship of My suffering, but also in the beauty of My holiness. A new wind is coming, one that you have not felt before, it comes from the mouth of God and is the Breath and Life of Heaven. It is a wind of yearning, to carry you up and close to Myself.” After hearing the Lord’s Voice, I went into a vision of ascension.
On the Hebrew calendar we are in the decade of Pey representing the mouth. Recently the Lord brought this encounter to my remembrance and I believe for “such a time as this”. Yes we are the Lord’s mouthpieces, but I believe there is a drawing into the Beauty of Holiness through His breath. The breath of Heaven is our Bridegroom’s kiss; He longs for us, to revive us with His holy kiss and as we breathe in Ruach “on fire”to experience true beauty – we are made alive and revived in the Beauty of His holiness that carries us up and closer, drawing us into union with Him. This is the passion of Christ. He longs and yearns for us, do we long for Him?
I propose we are entering a complete new season of intimacy with God that the world has not seen. We will be marked by the purest Love that we have ever known, where transformed hearts consumed with their Bridegroom King yearn for His nearness, and with the most sincere and devout adoration, count nothing as loss for Him. The birthing and travails that are coming upon us will lend a new and deeper revelation of the Spirit and the Bride. They will work together as One; they see the Lamb’s split side, and in union join together to quickly restore the Bride as they cry “Maranatha Come!”
“Oh Lord, Come!”
”The watchmen who go about the city found me. They struck me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took my veil and my mantle from me. I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am sick from love [simply sick to be with him]. [Ps. 63:1.]“ Song of Solomon 5:7-8 AMPC
”As I walked throughout the city in search of him, the overseers stopped me as they made their rounds. They beat me and bruised me until I could take no more. They wounded me deeply and removed my covering from me. Nevertheless, make me this promise, you brides-to-be: if you find my beloved one, please tell him I endured all travails for him. I’ve been pierced through by love, and I will not be turned aside!“ Song of Songs 5:7-8 TPT
”“Come,” says the Holy Spirit and the Bride in divine duet. Let everyone who hears this duet join them in saying, “Come.” Let everyone gripped with spiritual thirst say, “Come.” And let everyone who craves the gift of living water come and drink it freely. “Come.”“ Revelation 22:17 TPT
KEEPING YOUR FIELD
It is wisdom to consider and ask oursleves, “Is all that we are tirelessly working for and putting our efforts into going to have any eternal value?”Does what takes your time, thoughts and attention have eternal value? Are you investing into eternity? ”Heaven and earth [as now known] will pass away, but My words will not pass away.“ Matthew 24:35 AMP.
We must live by the Word and for the Word; for the Word is living and active, the Word will not ever return void, and the Word is the One who Was and Is and Is to come – He Who forever Will be. ”I will worship toward Your holy temple, And praise Your name For Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.“ Psalms 138:2 NKJV
And we know this Word is a Man, the One we call Jesus. ”In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.“
John 1:1-5 NKJV
The Word is Jesus, in Him is the Life, and His Life is our light. If we are not living according His words, His plans, His desires (which practically are love Him, love your family, love others – and under this umbrella He came for the Church / His Bride and to seek and save the lost) then we are not fully walking in the light and to different degrees living in darkness.
Our life as an offering to the Lord on earth is brief and fleeting, ”So we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen; for the things which are visible are temporal [just brief and fleeting], but the things which are invisible are everlasting and imperishable.“ 2 Corinthians 4:18 AMP
Are your investments on earth making eternal deposits? ”Do not gather and heap up and store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust and worm consume and destroy, and where thieves break through and steal. But gather and heap up and store for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust nor worm consume and destroy, and where thieves do not break through and steal; For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.“ Matthew 6:19-21 AMPC
We must live our lives with purpose and intentionality. Eternity is near. For some it could be today… others tomorrow and for some yet when our Beloved Bridegroom returns and draws us near.
Be mindful of your investments, you are the keeper of your own field.
DRINK
The Presence of God is a non-negotiable. He must be ‘our must’ in this hour. We follow the cloud, we follow the pillar, we follow the Lamb, we follow the Cross. We follow Yahweh; I AM. Jesus is The Way The Truth The Life. He IS.
All else is secondary at best and reveals a breech in our lordship when He is not before all else, for whatever is before Christ is idolatry. For who can supercede his Creator? What created thing has precedence over their Maker?
It is imperative that the saints pay attention to His slightest leading right now, He is testing the hearts of men. This is the time to be sensitive, to incline your ear to His Voice, to obey the whisper, to smell His fragrance, to perceive the cloud in the sky, to let your heart burn unashamedly, to see His glory in creation, to see Him. For all things were created by Him; therefore nothing is BEFORE Him.
It is time to pledge our allegiance to the Lamb again. We must not veer.
Commit and submit yourself afresh to Him today. Jesus is your covering (protection and provision), He is the Savior, is He your Savior? We NEED Him. He is our alignment, He is our Head, our Light, our Life.
Do not forsake Him, do not hurt His heart; this life on earth is temporary and He is eternal. Friends, everything else will fade away… every person and created thing! I am lovingly warning you, and imploring you to use wisdom and drink from the Living Water once again.
We are all liars if we cannot admit that we have had other loves before Christ at one time or another. This is spiritual adultery for which we have to repent. Like the account of the Samaritian woman, we all have been “unclean”. Jesus’ remedy to her thirst was Himself. Drink deeply, be cleansed, and change your ways. Go, and sin no more.
”Then a woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink”— For His disciples had gone off into the city to buy food— The Samaritan woman asked Him, “How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?” (For Jews have nothing to do with Samaritans.) Jesus answered her, “If you knew [about] God’s gift [of eternal life], and who it is who says, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him [instead], and He would have given you living water (eternal life).” She said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with [no bucket and rope] and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water? Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and who used to drink from it himself, and his sons and his cattle also?” Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. But whoever drinks the water that I give him will never be thirsty again. But the water that I give him will become in him a spring of water [satisfying his thirst for God] welling up [continually flowing, bubbling within him] to eternal life.” The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not get thirsty nor [have to continually] come all the way here to draw.” At this, Jesus said, “Go, call your husband and come back.” The woman answered, “I do not have a husband.” Jesus said to her, “You have correctly said, ‘I do not have a husband’; for you have had five husbands, and the man you are now living with is not your husband. You have said this truthfully.” The woman said to Him, “Sir, I see that You are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one ought to worship is in Jerusalem [at the temple].” Jesus replied, “Woman, believe Me, a time is coming [when God’s kingdom comes] when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You [Samaritans] do not know what you worship; we [Jews] do know what we worship, for salvation is from the Jews. But a time is coming and is already here when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit [from the heart, the inner self] and in truth; for the Father seeks such people to be His worshipers. God is spirit [the Source of life, yet invisible to mankind], and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ—the Anointed); when that One comes, He will tell us everything [we need to know].” Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you, am He (the Messiah).”“ John 4:7-26 AMP
About Love
We are so fickle, critical and judgmental with the things we do not understand. Why do we measure love when we are called to love without measure? Why do we, even the Church fail to comprehend a love that parallels to knowing our Lord?
Christ is our example, and we are also called to do everything as unto Him. If this be true in the believer’s life, then loving extravagantly as even in the same model after Christ should never be a commentary of scorn or reproach. There is no other god before Him, no idolatry; but after Christ how then should we be condemned for loving in such a manner that follows this model of devotion?
When we are caught in reasoning we more readily stumble into the trap of religion. Religion kills love. For in its lack of understanding it creates a boundary where we are called to live without boundary, ever aiming to quench a true baptism of love. Why do we marginalize love’s expressions when they stem from the love the believer has in Christ?
”Then, by constantly using your faith, the life of Christ will be released deep inside you, and the resting place of his love will become the very source and root of your life. Then you will be empowered to discover what every holy one experiences—the great magnitude of the astonishing love of Christ in all its dimensions. How deeply intimate and far-reaching is his love! How enduring and inclusive it is! Endless love beyond measurement that transcends our understanding—this extravagant love pours into you until you are filled to overflowing with the fullness of God!“ Ephesians 3:17-19 TPT
The end time Bride will see a new model of persecution from the religious and or those who just simply fail to see rightly. The Church will be like the woman who was caught in adultery, only now cleansed and redeemed she will be living from a place of devoted love to Her Bridegroom King. From this place of redemption her perfume she pours out first to Christ, He causes her to overflow; in her marriage, family, throughout the Body of Christ and yet this sweet fragrance multiplies more onto others leading the lost to pathways of the King, to His Love and Light.
Once it was true she shared her love in mixture, unfaithfully before she knew her Bridegroom King. Now having grown and matured abiding in the Vine of His Life rooted and grounded in His Love, she has been sourced with the fruit and spices that enable Her to give the most fragrant offerings. Though now the persecutors (Pharisee’s) will stone her for sharing her love and offerings out of purity of heart. The stone they throw is against their own, they still fail to see the Chief Cornerstone. Was it not the Christ that said, ”I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too should love one another.“ John 13:34 AMPC. The Lord Jesus is her vision, her overflow of love is meant to be symbolic in the Spirit and natural alike. May we not be like those who perish for lack of knowledge and failure to understand. ”My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge [of My law, where I reveal My will]. Because you [the priestly nation] have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being My priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.“ Hosea 4:6 AMP. When we reject God (who IS LOVE) and who God is in and through others, we cut off inheritances.
”BUT JESUS went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning (at dawn), He came back into the temple [court], and the people came to Him in crowds. He sat down and was teaching them, When the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery. They made her stand in the middle of the court and put the case before Him. Teacher, they said, This woman has been caught in the very act of adultery. Now Moses in the Law commanded us that such [women–offenders] shall be stoned to death. But what do You say [to do with her–what is Your sentence]? [Deut. 22:22-24.] This they said to try (test) Him, hoping they might find a charge on which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger. However, when they persisted with their question, He raised Himself up and said, Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her. Then He bent down and went on writing on the ground with His finger. They listened to Him, and then they began going out, conscience-stricken, one by one, from the oldest down to the last one of them, till Jesus was left alone, with the woman standing there before Him in the center of the court. When Jesus raised Himself up, He said to her, Woman, where are your accusers? Has no man condemned you? She answered, No one, Lord! And Jesus said, I do not condemn you either. Go on your way and from now on sin no more. Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not be walking in the dark, but will have the Light which is Life.“ John 8:1-12 AMPC
Jesus gave the adulteress a new identity in His covenant. He gave her Himself, and with her acceptance and yielding devotion she no longer would be walking in darkness. The accusations present day have not ceased, she is still accused “of love” but by those who misunderstand her actions and the purity they impart. The end time Bride also will have a new identity marked by unmatched devotion. There is a new baptism of Love, it is Bridal Love because it has always been about our covenant to our Lord and King. This Love is unfathomable, its depths unsearchable, a resevoir that enables the Church to run her race in any terrain. Yes, passionate love that will light up the world, offend the minds of those who can not comprehend, and lead by a trail of dripping oil igniting most holy vehement flames which sing their own melody, “Come, Come Away With Me”. This is a love to which there is no scorn.
When the Son of Man returns will He find faith in the earth? (Luke 18:8). And this we also know, “”For [if we are] in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith activated and energized and expressed and working through love.“ Galatians 5:6 AMPC. Faith that works through Love is the gateway to the heights and the depths. ”That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God’s devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it];“ Ephesians 3:18 AMPC
About This Love …
Cultivating Love
Sometimes we adults need to get really childlike, Jesus did say after all we must be like a child to enter the Kingdom! I want to encourage you with simple biblical truths in creating an environment of love.
It is impossible to thrive in an unloving environment. The consequences of a sin-stained world are visible to mankind and even all creation, for in all areas of life we can take notice where sin is there is no love; in our own hearts, homes, work environments, culture, etc. At the root of sin is self. On a large scale, the sin-stained world and its effects are because of a lack of love that breeds rebellion, for true Biblical love is unselfish and seeks not its own. The external always begins with the internal, and while we may not be able to change the fallen world all at once or control others, we can learn to stay connected to Love and protected by our communing with God. This what we do as believers is change our inner environment (literally giving Jesus a place to rest His head, a place to live in our hearts and be changed by Him) to impact the external.
Living in a sin-stained world can feel daunting sometimes, but the good news is that Jesus made a WAY back to the heart of the Father WHO is love. Not only did He make a way, He manifested the true heart of the Father by giving His life for us. Jesus became the spotless sacrificial Lamb, His blood covered humanity’s stains, becoming the literal sin offering and propitiation for our sin. Jesus, in obedience to the Father in all selflessness gave His life for our souls, BUT also for the love and affection of our hearts! He was crucified and nailed to a tree, conquered sin, and resurrected from death while defeating its shame that we may be reunited to His heart. If we as Christian’s are in sin-cycles it is because there is a shame-cycle. We were liberated and freed upon receiving the Gospel of Salvation, but if you go back to the slavery of sin, you become a prisoner of shame. This is where we get really childlike! Receive His forgiveness, allow the blood of Jesus to wash and cleanse you, yield to His pruning, and walk in both divine grace and fear of the Lord to change.
Through Jesus, we can be restored to the original design through repentance and faith; for we all have been ‘unclean’ or in the old nature, though if we reach for the hem of Jesus’ garment like the woman with the issue of blood in bold faith, we too become whole and clean. We can enter boldly to the throne room of grace like Esther, and say, “I need Your salvation”. We like Moses can walk in the Fear of the Lord, and become His friend, we can rest in the cleft of His heart and say, “show me Your glory”. All Life is in the blood, Jesus is our heart health!
”And Moses said to Him, “If Your presence does not go [with me], do not lead us up from here. For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight? Is it not by Your going with us, so that we are distinguished, Your people and I, from all the [other] people on the face of the earth?” The Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have asked; for you have found favor (lovingkindness, mercy) in My sight and I have known you [personally] by name.” Then Moses said, “Please, show me Your glory!” And God said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the Name of the Lord before you; for I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion (lovingkindness) on whom I will show compassion.” But He said, “You cannot see My face, for no man shall see Me and live!” Then the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place beside Me, and you shall stand there on the rock; and while My glory is passing by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and protectively cover you with My hand until I have passed by. Then I will take away My hand and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.”Exodus 33:15-23 AMP
How are we distinguished from all others on the earth? The Presence of God; God is Love, Holy, Just, Righteous, Pure, Fearful, just to name a few characteristics. And the thing is we were made for more than just glimpses of this Love, and of God’s glory- we were made to live in it. And we do that by living or “abiding” in the Vine, who is Jesus.
”“ I am the true Vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. If you remain in Me and My words remain in you [that is, if we are vitally united and My message lives in your heart], ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified and honored by this, when you bear much fruit, and prove yourselves to be My [true] disciples. I have loved you just as the Father has loved Me; remain in My love [and do not doubt My love for you]. If you keep My commandments and obey My teaching, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. I have told you these things so that My joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy may be made full and complete and overflowing.“ John 15:1, 7-11 AMP
Regardless of the external environment that is unloving, we can stay connected to Love within, as now the Presence of God has a resting place within us. We have to cultivate this for Him, like growing a beautiful garden within our heart, we through repentance and remaining pure in heart, allow Him to prune us and cut away anything that is dead or growing bad fruit (more of that in John 15). We allow the Holy Spirt to water the garden; washing us and nourishing us with the Word of God. Sin separates us from Him, sin is void of Love, this why we must REMAIN in Jesus. He is Holy so we ask the Lord to make us holy, and treat our heart as such by guarding and protecting our hearts, because out of them flow all the issues of life. We give up our life to become One with the Vine, and eventually become a branch, we too take up our cross and deny self, for Love; our Love of Christ and our love for others. As we continue to flourish on the Vine we mature, transformed more and more into the likeness and image of Christ, from glory to glory, where we bear good fruit in and out of season.
”Do you not know and understand that you [the church] are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells [permanently] in you [collectively and individually]? If anyone destroys the temple of God [corrupting it with false doctrine], God will destroy the destroyer; for the temple of God is holy (sacred), and that is what you are.“ 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 AMP
”However, you are not [living] in the flesh [controlled by the sinful nature] but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God lives in you [directing and guiding you]. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him [and is not a child of God]. If Christ lives in you, though your [natural] body is dead because of sin, your spirit is alive because of righteousness [which He provides]. And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you. So then, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation, but not to our flesh [our human nature, our worldliness, our sinful capacity], to live according to the [impulses of the] flesh [our nature without the Holy Spirit]— for if you are living according to the [impulses of the] flesh, you are going to die. But if [you are living] by the [power of the Holy] Spirit you are habitually putting to death the sinful deeds of the body, you will [really] live forever. For all who are allowing themselves to be led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading again to fear [of God’s judgment], but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons [the Spirit producing sonship] by which we [joyfully] cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself testifies and confirms together with our spirit [assuring us] that we [believers] are children of God. And if [we are His] children, [then we are His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His spiritual blessing and inheritance], if indeed we share in His suffering so that we may also share in His glory.“ Romans 8:9-17 AMP
”Beloved, let us [unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience]. The one who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love. [He is the originator of love, and it is an enduring attribute of His nature.] By this the love of God was displayed in us, in that God has sent His [One and] only begotten Son [the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind] into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation [that is, the atoning sacrifice, and the satisfying offering] for our sins [fulfilling God’s requirement for justice against sin and placating His wrath]. Beloved, if God so loved us [in this incredible way], we also ought to love one another. No one has seen God at any time. But if we love one another [with unselfish concern], God abides in us, and His love [the love that is His essence abides in us and] is completed and perfected in us. By this we know [with confident assurance] that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given to us His [Holy] Spirit. We [who were with Him in person] have seen and testify [as eye-witnesses] that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses and acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him. In this [union and fellowship with Him], love is completed and perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him]; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love [dread does not exist]. But perfect (complete, full-grown) love drives out fear, because fear involves [the expectation of divine] punishment, so the one who is afraid [of God’s judgment] is not perfected in love [has not grown into a sufficient understanding of God’s love]. We love, because He first loved us.“ 1 John 4:7-19 AMP
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