FIRE BY NIGHT
  
 
                                         "Reflections Upon Reflections" [of The Father's Heart]
  

        ...."You, in Your great compassion, did not forsake them in the wilderness; The pillar of cloud did not leave them by day, to guide them on their way, nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they were to go".... Nehemiah 9:19 NASB


                                                                                                                FEBRUARY 15TH


                                                                                                                         
DEFINING JUDGEMENT

                      
                                                                                                                    [PART 3]

                                         
                                   ALL PRESUMPTUOUS ACTIVITY IN THE MIDST OF GOD'S PEOPLE WILL BE JUDGED IN THIS HOUR
                                

Words of prophecy:


*       "Presumption" is the "spawn" of mistrust [fear] and rebelliousness!

*       Presumption always issues forth from an "impure" [unrighteous] motivation.

*       The concept of "perfect obedience" is little more than a fleeting dream to the vast majority of My children walking in "service" to Me. I have no need to speak at length to you of the root motivation behind their failure to comprehend "My" ability to empower and strengthen them in "all" the things that I have called them to do. It has quite simply come down to this for each and every one of My precious children: is one willing to forsake "all" to follow Me? Is one willing to give their whole heart to Me? Is one truly willing to do all of My will at all times? Even the most ignorant [up until this time] of those who are truly willing to do all of My will in this hour shall know and understand and have the light needed to bring them step by step to the place wherein My requirement for perfect obedience in "all service" is comprehended. The revelation of "perfect obedience" shall become a reality in their daily lives - without the striving and struggling and presumption that characterizes most so-called "Christian service". There is no other line and no other measure by which My Will shall be carried out in the earth, and by which My people shall come into the fullness of their inheritance [salvation] in Christ. Has it not always been this way?

*       The chief hinderance to the "building up" of My Glorious Church has been - UP UNTIL NOW - the "undealt-with-ground" in many that "compels" them to fear what men think above what I think. It is this same ground of fear that causes a continual "mental ascent" to My Word concerning the establishment of the true [spotless and unblemished] Church - and thus many abide in a "trust" in their own "ability" to get the job done! Truly I say to you, every last detail concerning the establishment of My true Church must - and shall - be the product of "revelation". And therefore, from this, one can see clearly that the continual and intimate fellowship that I so desire to have with each one of My children is both necessary and compulsory if they are to fulfil "all" that I have created them for. No longer can the "casual attitudes" - born of an "ardent" self-desire - continue in the midst of the congregations of My people! For truly I say to you, it is time for all those who truly love Me to lay aside "any" and "every" encumbrance in order that they might set their heart "wholly" upon the task at hand. For it is only in this way that My Church shall be established according to My purpose and according to My plan. Truly I say to you, I shall "raise up" and "prepare" a true working five-fold ministry to lead and guide and prepare all those who truly love Me for the glorious task at hand!

*       It is a time of great joy, My beloved ones, for the manifestation of My Glorious Church draws near!



        ...."ARISE [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you--rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! [Zech. 8:23.] For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and dense darkness [all] peoples, but the Lord shall arise upon you [O Jerusalem], and His glory shall be seen on you. [Isa. 60:19-22; Mal. 4:2; Rev. 21:2, 3.] And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. [Isa. 2:2, 3; Jer. 3:17]"....
                                                                                                                                                                                             Isaiah 60:1-3 The Amplified Translation


          It is the failure of many children of God to live by [abide in] "revelation knowledge" - through a holding to unbelief and rebelliousness [self-desire] - that has led to the "presumptuous [inordinate and unrighteous] activity" that has "infested" [UP UNTIL THIS TIME] many areas of the church at large to a degree that can best be described as "rampant". Let us understand clearly that the Father [due to His holy and perfect nature] MUST, ultimately, judge all sin and rebellion. Therefore, if sin is found in the midst of His people then, because of their wilful "alignment" [agreement] with the lies of the Evil One, even those who have been blessed with much in the past must be judged in such a way in this hour that "all" that is not of God [all that is apart from Christ] is consumed by Holy Fire! For, in reality, ALL that is done said and done apart from the Holy Spirit and the Word [Will of God] is a mispresentation of the heart and character of the Father and Jesus - and this is precisely the reason why there has been so little power to effect absolute change in the hearts of the multitudes. For it is certain that ANY form of "mispresentation" on the part of a delegated authority will ALWAYS lead one farther away from a "revelation" of the reality of the true character and nature of the Father and Jesus rather than closer to it. Because of these things, many "sheep" remain in bondage to the very things that they have ALREADY been set free from, in Christ - even though they sit in church week after week, and month after month. It [this lack of perfect alignment with the Word and the Holy Spirit by those in a position of "leadership"] is also the reason that many can easily "disregard" [again, up until this time] the spiritual reality of the Lord Jesus Christ [Who He truly is - and what He has done for us]. This is why a righteous God must raise up a Glorious Church in this final hour: so that every last individual in the church at large can make a clear choice to enter into the "fullness" of their precious inheritance in Christ - even in the midst of the greatest and most oppressive "darkness" [the spirits of antichrist] this earth has ever seen.
 
"rampant"
- violent in action or spirit; growing luxuriantly, as weeds; in full sway; prevailing or unchecked;

"disregard"
- to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore; to treat without due regard, respect, or attentiveness; slight;


                                                  THE GLORIOUS CHURCH SHALL BE A BURNING FLAME [CONSUMING FIRE]
 
          As "all" of the divisive schemes of Satan in the midst of God's people are first "exposed" and, then, "devastated" [annihilated] in this hour the spontaneous by-product of the "supernatural unity" [true corporate anointing] that shall ensue will usher in the "fullness" of the outpouring of God's manifested presence in the Church and, thus, shall the Glorious Church, so widely "spoken of", become a reality in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation. The Glorious Church shall be a burning flame [consuming fire] - burning EVER hotter and shining EVER brighter to such a great degree that "no one" walking the face of the earth shall escape its effect in this final hour. We, as the true Body of believers, are now embarking on a most glorious - yet most "serious" - path as we head into the "Home stretch". We will need "every last bit" of the precious inheritance [salvation] [Psalm 25:12-14] that Jesus purchased for us at the Cross in order to carry out to perfection the fullness of God's Plan for His Church in this last hour! No longer will we be able to "get by" on our own strength in our daily walks to any degree - for NOW is the time when the Father will "begin" to uncover "all" that which is "apart" from the "exercising of faith" in His Word [Will] in the midst of His people [Romans 14:23b] and, because of these things, the Church shall be purified and shall become a "shining beacon" that will rise up in the earth in great power and light to catch the attention of many [even some who seemed beyond all hope]. For they shall come to "know" [gain a revelation of] the Truth, and that 'burning" [active] revelation of the Truth [as He is in His absoluteness] in their hearts shall set them free to enter into the reality of the "true" Christian life [true Kingdom-living and service] - and NO MORE shall there be ANY form of misrepresentation of the character and nature of God in our midst.


        ...."And it shall come to pass in the last days, God declares, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels] and your young men shall see visions (divinely granted appearances), and your old men shall dream [divinely suggested] dreams. Yes, and on My menservants also and on My maidservants in those days I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels and predicting future events pertaining especially to God's kingdom]. And I will show wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth beneath, blood and fire and smoking vapor; The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the obvious day of the Lord comes--that great and notable and conspicuous and renowned [day]. And it shall be that whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord [invoking, adoring, and worshiping the Lord - Christ] shall be saved. [Joel 2:28-32]"....

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Acts 2:17-21 The Amplified Translation

        ...."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 [Isa. 11:9]"....

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Habakkuk 2:14 The Amplified Translation

        ...."And the Lord will create over the whole site, over every dwelling place of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory shall be a canopy (a defense of divine love and protection). And there shall be a pavilion for shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge and a shelter from storm and from rain"....

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Isaiah 4:5-6 The Amplified Translation


                                                                                                                     to be continued