I am standing looking at the multitudes that have emerged before me. They have come out from the ground and have come forth at the command of the Lord. They have a soft looking garment on them. It is kind of a creamy appearance and it shimmers in the sunlight. They have a gold type of rope or cord around their waist. There are men, women, and children, all bearing the same Glory.

As I am looking at them, I feel a sense of expectancy rise up within me. I sense that something is going to occur. I feel the surge of anticipation rise up within me. The whole group that has just emerged has turned to look at something. I cannot tell what is happening, but I begin to look around for a direction from the Lord.

I turn around, and behind me is the Great Hall again. But it is farther away than at previous times. It is as though we have traveled a distance and yet, we did not feel any movement. The door of the Great Hall has opened. It is ajar, and there are people who are coming up to the door. I cannot see them clearly. I had never seen the door open before. When I had visited before, I had just passed through it. Now it was open.

I began to desire to be closer, and I felt myself being lifted up and then, I was there.

I saw a group of people who were at the door. Some were talking and visiting in front of the door. Some were arguing about who would go in first. One man was saying that he was the elder, so he had to go in first. I watched as this elder stepped up to the threshold of the door. Suddenly a fire raged out of the Great Hall and consumed this man. Instantly I was on my face. I was afraid for the people who stood there.

But to my surprise, the people only laughed. One lady said that it served him right for being so proud. I was overcome with grief for the man who died. Another person stepped forward, and it was a woman. She had a tall regal bearing to her. She was not scared, but strong. She looked at the group with a steely look and moved towards the door. I called out to her, but she just ignored me. She stepped up to the Great Hall and at the door, she said that she was not afraid. She looked inside, and the same fierce fire came roaring out and consumed her also.

The group laughed this time also, but it was a slightly nervous laugh. They began to bunch together. I could not hear what they were saying to each other. But I felt a fear rise up within me for them. I tired to call out to them, but no sound would come out. I was silenced!

I watched as they gathered together as a group. They moved as one towards the door.

I could hear them arguing about what they would do at the door. They stood at the door. No one moved. It was silent. I waited, and watched as they waited. When nothing happened for a few minutes they laughed, and began to enter.

When the first one stepped in, the Holy Fire came roaring out with a great roar, and it consumed them also. I fell down weeping for them, and for all of us. Then I heard a voice speaking. I looked up. The voice boomed out loudly, Who may enter into My Holy Sanctuary? There was dead silence. I was shaking so badly that I could not answer. All I could do was to lay there.

I looked around me. I had nothing but my empty vessel. I had used the candle and the censer in the great sandstorm. I only had the empty vessel in my hands. I was thinking about this, when I heard the voice say again, Who may enter my Holy Sanctuary?

It then dawned upon me that the voice was speaking to me. I was terribly afraid and I could not speak. I cried out in my heart, Lord you alone know……… Then I felt a warmth flow into me. I stood up and I looked at the door. I was afraid to go near it.

I had been there before, but this was different. The timing was different. It was the same Great Hall, but the door being open was important. It was for a different purpose than before…… I did not understand why I was here alone, but I felt that I was to come near to the door.

I hesitated, and I looked back behind me, and I could see the group of chosen ones off in the distance. They were all watching me. They were silent and were not moving. I wanted to rejoin them. But I felt that I was here for them as well.

So I turned back, and stepped forward. I was afraid to walk up to the door. So I put my empty vessel that was in my hands, out in front of me. I walked up to the door. I said, Lord I am not worthy to enter here, but if you would take this empty vessel instead, I will give it to you. So I bent down to place it at the threshold, and instantly I was sucked into the room. I was back into the Great Hall.

The Lord was standing before me with a Glorious Canopy of Color surrounding Him.

He looked at me, and I was not afraid. His gaze was not of steel as it was the last time, but this time it was of liquid Love. His gaze bore right through me, yet it was a gentle embrace.

He spoke to me and said, Daughter, do you understand what has happened today?

I said, no Lord. Why did your people die in the Fire at the door?

The Lord said to me:

I have repeatedly called and beckoned to my people to enter into My Rest. I have given them every opportunity to come to Me and to be refreshed and to be healed. Those who came to Me were fully restored. You have seen them.

They stand and have watched with you today. What you have just seen is the ones who have not chosen to be refined in My Holy Fire, but instead will be consumed in My Righteous Judgements.

Some come to me out of their arrogance and their pride. They think that because they are leaders that they have the right to walk before me in their own eyes. They think that they have earned their way, and that I will accept them. They do not walk in love or mercy, but tread upon my people to be the first.

Some will try to come to me out of their own strength and their works. They have made their own path, and have stood and have wrought their own vision. They have gotten the victory and have control over their enemies. They have no fear of the Lord or of His Holiness. They only see their victories and their accomplishments. They neither see their weaknesses nor their sins. They have no humility and they cannot stand my children who are.

Many think that they can do what they want to and that I will not see them or will I expose them because they are in My House. I have already judged them and they do not realize that they have been left outside. They gather together and seek to gather strength by identifying with each others needs. They have not removed the high places. My Presence has left them long ago.

When I brought you here the first time, it was to give you the necessary tools for your assignment. I wanted you to see the great price that was paid for your obedience and for your willingness. What you left with was My Holy Fire and My Authority.

Today, I showed you what will happen to those who have not chosen to come to me. They will not have My Plan for them, and neither will they know the way to go. For they will only try and strive from now on. What is deep within them will now come out and it will influence their decisions. They will try to do My Will in their own strength, and from their own intellect. They neither base their faith upon a desire to please Me or to serve Me. But they are led by their own passions and lusts.

When you brought the empty vessel before me and laid it at the door. It was the only thing that is acceptable. The act of humility and of utter inability in your own flesh is what saved you. My people have lost the Fear of the Lord. You used your candle and your censer in service for my sheep. But the empty vessel is Holy unto Me. It is your total abandonment to Me and your complete faith in My Son. Many do not respect My Son, nor do they think that they need a savior.

When you offered Me the empty vessel, I took it and it was then filled with Fire from My Holy Altar. I took your offering and I filled it with My Holiness, and I now give it back to you. Take the vessel………

I looked, and an angel came up to me, holding my vessel. It was mine, yet it was not. It had changed. It was a beautiful blue. It held Fire from the Altar. The flames were muticolored. They danced in the small vessel.

I reached up to take the vessel. As I grasped it, my hands went numb. I could not feel my hands. I was alarmed. But the Lord said to me, Do not fear My Fire. What I have given to you will not become defiled. That is why you cannot feel you hands. My Fire is Holy and it will consume that which is not! Man will not touch this Fire!

Then the Lord said to me, Drink this vessel of Fire. I was surprised and I looked at Him. I hesitated, and I said yes, Lord. So I put it to my lips. My lips became instantly numb. Yet, they also burned. It was a kind of tingly burning numby sensation. The Lord said to me, Do not fear My Word. It will come forth as Fire. That which I have put within you will burn as it comes forth. Man has perverted My Word long enough! Now it will consume those who have polluted it!

I have many vessels of honor. You have seen them. They are filled with My Righteous Fire and My Holy Jealousy. My Fire will precede them and will come forth at My Command. For My Word will be established in the midst of My People once again.

My Holy Fear will be upon them and they will know that I am the Lord in their midst.

I stood there with my mouth on fire and my hands numb. I could neither speak nor move. I could only watch and hear. I began to cry. I felt the Fire go down my mouth into my belly. It felt like a storm tossing around in there. It burned and quaked. Yet it trembled and it feared. It rumbled and rolled. I felt many things.

I looked up at the Lord in awe. He smiled at me.

Then it was all gone…………

I was standing before the group of people again. They were waiting for me………

Susan Cummings

6-22-02

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