I heard the Lord say “My people have erred in my ways. They have brought a great burden upon me.
They have brought me cheap surrender- fake jewelry, incense, offerings.. without the heart to match.
I am coming back for a glorious bride, a diamond, set in stones of emeralds.
The refining fire for the bride is here and will not delay.”
He will break down every door that has been put up to keep people in “place” and outside of the elitism that is occurring in back rooms of churches. He will destroy the designated schemes of the enemy to create systems and structures that keep people out and move people up.
There have been many who are lonely, alone, yearning and longing for community and have found themselves in houses of worship to only be led astray. They have given all they have to be connected and involved because they desire to be wanted, to be seen- but churches have made them wayward disciples by giving them milk not meat. They have led them astray and caused death to disciples. They do not preach repentance or surrender, they preach pockets and pills. They focus on prosperity and synthetic “drugs of pleasure” that appease the ears but do not transform the soul.
These disciples are left in shallow water and will only suffocate. They will not last or bear any fruit. They will be burned up in the fire, for they are lukewarm and they will not see the face of the Lord on that day.
The reformer voice is here to cut away the chaff. The chaff is good for nothing, except to be burned away. It will be burned away.
“For I am JEALOUS FOR MY BRIDE!” says the Lord. “I am zealously pursuing her best interests and bringing her back to me!”
The kiln is getting hot and the pots are ready to be branded. They will go in and come out with glaze and blaze. They will burn like wild ones and will not listen to man. They will be consumed with the fiery, all-consuming love of the Father and break down barriers and walls to receive his goodness and grace in this hour. They are those who have truly seen the lost and forgotten. Those who have a heart to disciple. Those who want to sustain what God has given them and steward it with holy reverence.
“HOLY FEAR IS COMING OVER MY PEOPLE, says the Lord. HOLY FEAR, HOLY FEAR, HOLY FEAR that brings WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING, COUNSEL, AND MIGHT. It will not be like the wisdom that is taught in synagogues or under canopies like carnivals- it will be the wisdom of the Lord that burns away the dross and creates a vessel fit for the finer.
These pots will come from the kiln and will be strengthened in the process. They will come out ready to handle and hold the weight of my glory. They will come out ready to bear and hold the fruit they were intended to. They will not crack or display themselves in windows to be seen by those who must pay a price to enter in and partake in the fruit- they will simply hold the glory.”
They will serve the hungry and thirsty and they will ladle out of their bowl what God has given them to serve with.
“BUT THE BOWL OF MY WRATH WILL COME ON THOSE WHO HAVE DISPLAYED MY HOUSE AS A DEN OF ROBBERS, WHO HAVE PURSUED FINANCIAL GAIN AND DESTROYED THE PURITY OF MY PRESENCE. THOSE ONES WILL BE JUDGED IN GREATER MEASURE FOR THEIR DISTANCE TO MY VOICE AND THEIR BLASPHEMOUS WAYS. THEY WILL NO LONGER WALK IN PRIDE OR ARROGANCE, BUT WILL BE LAID LOW ON THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD.”
Do not delay. Do not delay. Do not delay in turning your face to the Lord this day. For he is coming, and will not delay. He will not delay, he will not delay, he will not delay.
His signature will be his wrath and the shaking of nations. His signature will be the glory poured out on those houses and those people who have welcomed him in and taken the posture of holiness through and through. Those are the ones who will see the glory of the Lord on this great and glorious day.
I had a vision where I saw people entering through many doors. These doors were set up in a sequence that looked like dimensions- each one they passed through, there was another behind it. These doors had labels and I saw the words on each label as they passed through them. These doors were labeled “power, might, council, grace.” The last door was titled “holiness” and although the people had walked through every other door, as they approached this doorway, they stepped to the side, inside of going through it. And I heard the spirit say, and many will say on that day ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles? Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers! Matthew 7:22-23
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. Hebrews 12:14
We must embrace the doorway of holiness to see the Lord.
God is not okay with what is happening. God is not okay with those who are leading people astray. God is not okay with a den of robbers in his house. God is not okay with the pride and rebelliousness of man’s ways- of building structures and systems and strategies to get people in and then send them out and on their way with no change, no repentance, no understanding of the word of God. God is not okay with woke theology. God is not okay with the things we have allowed in our churches in place of the gospel. God is not okay with one facet of him being preached without the others. God is not okay with picking and choosing what we will do and how we will do it. God is not okay with these things that have caused death to disciples and lewd behavior in the house of God.
God has relented in his mercy and grace, but he will not continue to be silent, when his wrath must be poured out.
He will have his way, and he will have his remnant. They will be a glorious people who follow his ways, who know his heart, and do not stray. He will have his way. He will have his way.
The Holy Spirit led me to Jeremiah 32 for this word. This passage in Jeremiah details the ways in which the people of God grieved his spirit, and the consequent wrath they were enduring because of this. The people of God were doing detestable things in his house, building out things that were not his will, being double-minded, and not listening to discipline.
You brought your people out of Egypt… but they did not obey you or follow your law; they did not do what you commanded them to do. So you brought all this disaster upon them. v. 21-23
Therefore this is what the Lord says: I am about to give this city into the hands of the Babylonians and to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it. The Babylonians who are attacking this city will come in and set it on fire; they will burn it down, along with the houses where the people aroused my anger by burning incense on the roofs to Baal and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods. v. 28-29
Indeed, the people of Israel have done nothing but arouse my anger with what their hands have made, declares the Lord….. They turned their backs on me and not their faces; though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline. v. 30-33
But the beauty of Jeremiah 32 is the redemption God is promising in the midst of this great wrath.
I will surely banish them in my furious anger and great wrath; I will bring them back to this place and let them live in safety. They will be my people and I will be their God. I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me and that all will then go well with them and for their children after them. v. 37-39
I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me. I will rejoice in doing them good and will assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart and soul. v. 40-41
This is what the Lord says: As I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will give them all the prosperity I have promised them. v. 42
There is a shaking coming to the house of God and it is happening even now. We will be refined in every way, for Jesus is coming back for a pure and spotless bride. So do not be dismayed when it is displayed in great and mighty ways, for a good Father rebukes and disciplines those he loves, and he will have his way.
Let the remnant reflect and bow before the King of Kings and Lord of Lords so that he may search our hearts, minds, and souls in every way. The purity of the bride is costly.
Great and mighty God, whose name is the Lord Almighty, great are your purposes and mighty are your deeds. Your eyes are open to the ways of all mankind; you reward each person according to their conduct and as their deeds deserve. Jeremiah 32:18-19