He answered and said, who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him? And Jesus said to him, you have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you. Then he said, Lord I believe! And he worshiped Him. And Jesus said, for judgment I have come into this world,that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind. Jesus said to them, if you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, we see! Therefore your sin remains, ( John 9: 35-39 & 41).
As I flew through the dark night, I heard Him speaking His word to His people. The eyes of our King behold us, let us bless Him with truth in the inward parts! We learn as we are truthful of ourselves before the King, the King allows us to see hidden traps of the dishonest before us!
And I saw the seven angels who stand before God and to them were given seven trumpets.
Then another angel, having a golden censer, came and stood at the altar, He was given much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel’s hand. Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it to the earth. And there were noises, thunderings, lightnings, and an earthquake, (Revelation 8:2-5).
So the angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
The first angel sounded: and hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up, (Revelation 8:6-7).
The Spirit of God opens our eyes and ears so we see our need to believe in Jesus Christ, God’s Salvation for mankind. The baptism of His fire by the Holy Spirit changes us. We just don’t give our hearts but we die to our self-centered lives at the cross and live in the newness of life only to HIM. Our lives reflect the beliefs we hold……
Is the fire of His presence burning within us that we count all that we thought as important as dung if we can be found in Him?….. Do our lives make a difference for His sake or ours?
Does our heart burn within us after being with the Lord like the two walking to Emmaus? He opens up the Scriptures for us and they burn within….. if we seek to know Him. He walks with us now too. We have to live in belief His presence is always with us. He is not far even closer than our breath! I don’t know about you, but that makes me very joyful….
Jesus quoted Isaiah Mark 8:6, He answered and said to them, well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.
He is still shakes false strongholds as religious traditions and the outward signs of worship as well as of the world’s. Jesus, the Anointed One, still prepares the people of the day: the old covenant was ended by Him. God established Jesus Christ as the new and only covenant between God and man. The way of the entrance in to the Holy of Holies was opened by Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection…… A new heart then a new life for us is needful…. by His Spirit to worship the Father in Spirit and Truth.
As promised in Hebrews that He will still shake the heavens and the earth…..
In verse 7 of Revelation 8, the trees represents leaders and rulers….. and the shaking resulted a third of the trees were burned up…. The word tree in Strong’s Concordance also means to shut up….Hmmm…..
As He walks in the temple of our hearts…. What will His response be towards what He sees? Will He also be throwing over tables in anger or will He witness a temple of prayer and communion by the power of the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit is relentless in His purpose of making us complete in the Spirit as the temple of God.
He will take captive to destroy any stronghold in us that holds back the King in having full dominion over us. Hence, the shaking and baking that come….. He will shake out and burn up what is not of God….. He will throw over any table of false or idol worship. Anything that takes our heart away from obeying the one thing that He commanded us to live by….. To love God with all we are, all we have and how we live….(my paraphrase). Only then can we love our neighbor as ourselves and continue to follow the obedience of the Lord’s command. Why do you think it is written: Christ will be all and in all?
The only way we can obey the two commandments from God is by the power of His fire within, the Holy Spirit. The Israelites did not have the Holy Spirit within them and they failed to see in faith their need to obey and love God…..They even had a fire every night and a cloud every day before them from God! They still did not obey the Words of the Lord! Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of hosts, as foretold in the Book of Zechariah, chapter 4.
What was and what is and what will be is God who is ever sovereign over the peoples that He has created. Two groups of people exist on this planet called earth….. believers or non believers—- There is no grey area in the Lamb’s Book of Life…..
As it is written in 1 Peter 4:17-19, For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? Now if the righteous one is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and sinner appear? Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God commit their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.
The Lord is in His holy temple. The Lord’s throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men. The Lord tests the righteous, but the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates, upon the wicked He will rain coals; fire and brimstone and a burning wind shall be the portion of their cup. For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright, ( Psalm 11:4-7).
The witness of heaven and earth testify to Jesus Christ. The hail, fire and blood are symbols representing the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. If you believe and live for Him, they are honey to you. If you chose not to believe they are like the bees that sting that prevent you from eating the honey.
John taught us in 1 John 5:6-11, This is He who came by water and blood- Jesus Christ; not only by water, buy by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.
And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and these agree as one. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son.
He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. And this is the testimony; that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
Let us grab the Lord with a contrite heart for a shaking is coming….. and on a day we do not expect….. Let us reverence our God and all His goodness and mercy towards us…. He is not looking for a perfect heart—– only a humble one to do His perfect work! In our weakness, His strength is made perfect! However, we can grow in maturity in His Spirit and we can be perfected by His love in the Spirit…..Jesus told us to have the faith of God…… If He said it, it is available…… So let us continue to fly to new heights in Him…! Abiding in the Lord is the only way!
Praise and honor and glory be unto our God and His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, who rules and reigns over all!
Selah!
