Prepare the way of the Lord....what does that mean?See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come," says the LORD Almighty.(Malachi 3:1)
This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: "A voice of one calling in the desert, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.' "(Matthew 3:3)
For all the talk of THE MANY....and by the many I am referring to those who love to talk of their knowledge and understanding of the Elijah/John company, who will usher in the restoration of all things before the coming of the Lord.....I have found that these ‘many’ actually have no clue nor understanding as to what the REAL Elijah/John company looks like or sounds like.....they have no clue, as to what “PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD” means.
What does ‘prepare the way of the Lord’ mean? Well, let me ask another question ....who is THE WAY?
Where is THIS WAY to be found?
What direction would this messenger that is THE LORD’S MESSENGER be pointing to? Would the direction be towards the external....to the world and worldly events....to the timing of current events and biblical prophecy.....OR would the direction that the Lord’s messenger be pointing to, be INTERNAL....to the KINGDOM WITHIN?
This is a new season that the Lord has brought HIS FEW into and that is of preparing THE WAY.... and this preparation is of a Heavenly nature.... it is not looking at the world or discussing the things of the world....but this is very much a HIDDEN preparation.....a time where the HOLY CHAMBERLAIN is beckoning all HIS ESTHER’S to come into the bride chamber and receive her beauty treatments. These beauty treatments are so that she will be without spot and wrinkle.... so that she will be undefiled....free from the pollution of this world and its system.
These precious anointing oils that the Bride is being bathed in right now consist of
truth, nobility, righteousness, purity, loveliness, admirability, excellence and praiseworthiness.
How do I know the quality of these Heavenly essential OILS? They are revealed to us in the book of Phillipians...”Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” (Phil. 4:8). These oils are the fragrance of our beloved Lord. “Like the fragrance of thy precious oils, Oil poured out, is thy name, For this cause, virgins love thee.” (Song of Songs 1:3). He is the OIL.
I am grieved by ministers that mix the earthly with the heavenly. I am grieved by ministers that gaze and focus on those things that are below AND those things that are above thus creating BLURRY VISION for the body of Christ. One cannot gaze at BOTH at the same time.... The focus, the PURE FOCUS can only be when we are LOOKING UP....when we are gazing at those things above. Many of these ministers have been given various gifts and talents that have been used in the lives of the precious BRIDE COMPANY.....and unfortunately many of the Lord’s precious flock have decided to camp out and stay put with these under-shepherds instead of understanding that the season has changed and the cloud is moving.....and so the Lord has allowed the test to come....to distinguish who are the wise virgins and who are the foolish ones. For the test is this.....there comes a time in the virgin’s life where she has to make a decision.....and this is to either camp out with those that have been a blessing to her and have taught her many things in her sojourn up Mt. Zion or to break camp and MOVE WITH THE CLOUD......this test will come to all those that travel on to KNOW THE LORD.
This test will also come to the under-shepherds as well. I have been a witness as to the test that the Lord has sent to one particular under-shepherd. This minister has been given a glorious understanding of the divine law and the restoration of all things. It has been eye-opening to me to watch the test of the Lord unfold and be administered to this under-shepherd, for this is someone that I have been richly blessed by. I honor the time that this minister has put into the study of the scriptures. I honor the Lord within this minister’s life. The Lord loves this son too....and wants to provoke him to stop looking and talking of those things below but to LOOK UP and be watchful for thy redemption is drawing near. What I have found so very interesting is that this same individual and many others that eat from the same table love to talk about the Elijah/John company. They love to talk of this company that will be used to bring about the restoration of all things before the great day of the Lord and YET when the Lord’s CHARIOT OF FIRE showed up to bring forth the REVEALING, that YES!, indeed the DAY HAS COME....the day of the INWARD PREPARATION....those of the many did not have eyes to see.....but those of the few did.
This was a profound test....and all of Heaven was a witness to it. It was a very sobering day. My heart ached as I listened to false humility and a lack of discernment by THE MANY and especially by this beloved minister. Once again I witnessed that the prophets OF THE LORD are still stoned today....with words....and the words usually consist of these.....’stop the criticism of an elder’.....’pull out the splinter in your eye before you pull out the plank in another’s’......’we must stay in unity’.....’strife is not of the Lord’.....etc.
All of these arguments SOUND GOOD....but are not OF the truth....the Spirit of Truth will never compromise. The message of ELIJAH is this.....”PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD”.....prepare INWARD.....prepare by waiting on Him.....by listening to Him.....by obeying Him.....by looking for Him.....by being still.....by enjoying Him ....by communing with Him....by embracing His cross......by YIELDING TO HIS WORKMANSHIP.
It is by this preparation, this inward preparation that THE THE LORD WILL COME TO HIS TEMPLE....that He will have a temple that is ready....that is CLEAN.....for no unclean thing will enter the Kingdom.....and His fullness will be given.....this is the promised land.....the glorified body.....the true heavenly garment.....the WEDDING GOWN FROM ABOVE.
The Lord wants HIS BODY/HIS BRIDE to be prepared.....and He has His ministers, His HOLY CHAMBERLAINS that minister to only Him that He will send to those virgin’s that are still camping out.... these chamberlains are those that know the Kings’s likes and dislikes....they know His tastes. Some of these virgin’s are still camping out at Passover....others are camping out at Pentecost....then there are those that have heard the feast of trumpets, but are still camping out at BETHEL. Bethel is the place/house that has become VERY COMFORTABLE for them.....for this is the place where usually their beloved earthly teacher is residing....and this is the place where they have learned many deep and profound kingdom truths....but just as Abraham they too must LEAVE THEIR FATHER’S HOUSEHOLD and go to a place I will show you.....a place of the UNKNOWN.....the feast of Tabernacles.
The journey of the Feast of Tabernacles begins at Jordan....the place of descending....this is the place of dying to all that you have known to come into all that you have not known. This is the INWARD JOURNEY. This is the place that David knew of.... "David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.” (2Sam. 5:8-9)
David is our pattern for today....of showing us how to get INTO the city of David....by traveling/descending into the gutters....these gutters were the underground water conduit’s that flowed beneath Jerusalem....as the men of David went into the pipes/tunnels of the water spouts their journey ended right in the center of Jerusalem....for they were able to capture the CITY OF ZION from within. HalleluYah!
This is our same pattern for victory today. Our Lord is our forerunner and has shown us the way....by dying to self and embracing our cross. We must continue this journey back upstream by leaving this world and all that it contains to possess our inheritance. Our inheritance is UNION. To be one with our Father, our Lord, our Spirit. We are His inheritance and He is ours.
Let us set our faces as flint for this glorious journey. Let us not be distracted by the noise of the world, the events of the world, for we have a wedding to attend. Let us be READY for our wedding! It is the time of the PREPARATION....the anointing of the Holy OIL....the storing up of the oil is WITHIN....the bathing of the oil in spirit, soul, and body.
Blessed is He who comes in the NAME OF THE LORD!
Let us set our faces as flint for this glorious journey. Let us not be distracted by the noise of the world, the events of the world, for we have a wedding to attend. Let us be READY for our wedding! It is the time of the PREPARATION....the anointing of the Holy OIL....the storing up of the oil is WITHIN....the bathing of the oil in spirit, soul, and body.
Blessed is He who comes in the NAME OF THE LORD!
All His love to you my precious Sonshine family,
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