Time To Come

Julie Volby

It Is Time To Come – A Call To Exodus

December 9, 2005

Matthew 11:28 - Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.

Revelation 22:17 – The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!”  And let him who hears say, “Come!”  And let him who thirsts come.  Whoever desires, let him take of the water of life freely. 

It is time to LEAVE WITHOUT FEAR or LIVE WITHOUT FEAR.

IN ORDER TO COME TO HIM, WE MUST BE WILLING TO LEAVE SOMETHING BEHIND.

John 5:39-40 – 39 You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. 40 But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.

The only way to COME TO HIM is to come by FAITH.

Hebrews 11:1 – Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

The idea to Exodus or leave has been a recurring theme throughout my life, but more importantly is evidenced throughout the Scriptures.

Leave Comforts of Home to Pursue Dreams  *  Leave Old Patterns to Become New/True Identity  *  Leave Unjust, Unhealthy, Abusive Situations/Environments to Enter into Healthy and Thriving Environments  *  Leave Rebellion to Live Obedient Life to God  *  Leave Trusting in Self, Others, or Things to Come to know His Faithfulness  *  Leave Slavery and Bondage Systems to be Released and Set Free  *  Leave Mediocrity and Lukewarmness  to Come into the Refining Fire of His Love  *  Leave what is Comfortable and Known for Change and Growth in Him  *  Leave Grieving and Sorrow to Experience Joy in the Lord  *  Leave Hopelessness to Find that He is the Answer  *  Leave Anxiety and Fear to be Surrounded by Peace  *  Leave the End of a Chapter to Begin a New Book  *  Leave Harassment and Discrimination to Find Edification and Strength  *  Leave Serving a Type and Shadow to Becoming One with the Fulfillment of It  *  Leave Broken Promises and Unmet Expectations to Find Yes and Amen in the Promises of God  *  Leave Accusation and Blame to a Life of Accountability to the Word of God  *  Leave Grave Clothes to Put on Royal Robes  *  Leave Destructive Patterns to Build and Plant in the Newness of Life  *  Leave Despair and Find Hope that Anchors the Soul  *  Leave Lies and Enter into the Truth  *  Leave Barrenness to Become Fruitful  *  Leave Lust to Find Fulfillment in Him  *  Leave Enabling Others to Speaking the Truth in Love  *  Leave Abandonment and Fear to Find His Comfort and Protection  *  Leave Egypt to Move to the Promised Land  *  Leave Guilt and Shame to Find Righteousness in Christ  *  Leave Speaking Death and Destruction to Speaking Abundant Life  *  Leave Walking in Another’s Shadow to Become One Who Casts a Shadow of Miracles  *  Leave Doing to Just Being  *  Leave Sadness and Find Gladness in the Lord  *  Leave Chaos to Experience Stillness in Him  *  Leave Want and Lack to Find He is All You Need  *  Leave Hording  to Cheerful Giving  *  Leave the Tomb to Share the Good News  *  Leave Self-Focused Deception to Christ Centered Reality  *  Leave Childish Behaviors and Come into Maturity  *  Leave Drought and Dryness and Enter into the River of Life  *  Leave Can’t Do to Can Do All Things in Christ  *  Leave Regretting Yesterday or Fretting about Tomorrow and Start Living in Today  *  Leave the Prison of Unforgiveness to Experience Liberty in His Forgiveness  *  Leave Presumption to Grow in Patience  *  Leave the Boat to Walk on Water  *  Leave Filthy Rags to Wear Robes of Salvation and Righteousness  *  Leave the Shallow Waters and Dive into the Depths of Him  * Leave Mystery Babylon to Enter into New Jerusalem  *  Leave Rejection to Receive Full Acceptance in Him  *  Leave Defeat to Be More Than a Conqueror  *  Leave Passivity to Become Confident and Bold  *  Leave Striving to Enter into His Finished Work  * Leave Hatred to Experience Mercy  *  Leave a Life of Taking to One of Giving  *  Leave Lofty and Haughty Mindsets to Find Humility and Meekness  *  Leave Brokenness to Find Healing and Restoration  *  Leave Complaining to Thankfulness and Praise  *  Leave Counterfeit and Compromise to Seek and Find the Truth  *  Leave Deadness of the Letter to Living the Spirit Filled Life *  Leave Perversity to Come into Holiness and Purity  *  Leave Expectations of Others and Condemnation  to Find Grace in the Eyes of God  *  Leave Dead Ends to Come to Open Doors  *  Leave Bitterness to Taste His Sweetness  *  Leave the Tail to Be the Head  *  Leave Darkness to Come into His Light  *  Leave Religiosity to Fly Free in the Spirit  *  Leave Heaviness/Depression to Put on Garments of Praise  *  Leave Arm of the Flesh to Rest in Him  *  Leave Situations Marked for Judgment for Place of Righteousness, Justice, and Peace  *  Leave Past Behind to Fulfill Destiny in Christ  *  Leave Prison for King’s Call to the Palace  *  Leave All You Know to Follow Him  *  Leave Idolatry and Unbelief to Walk by Faith and Not by Sight  *  Leave Self-Identity to Find Identity in Christ  *  Leave Old Mindsets and Own Understanding to Trust in Him  *  Leave that which Fades Away and Enter into the Eternal  *  Leave Death to Come to Resurrection Life  *  Leave Seeing in Part to Knowing He is ALL IN ALL

While in many instances, the Lord would keep us in trying situations to build our character, grow, mature and strengthen us, there also comes a time when the season changes and a window of time opens (appointed time) for us to leave and move forward by faith in God alone.  Many times the Lord would cause us to be placed in situations in which the CHOICE we must make is very clear and the path very narrow.  Though He opens the door, we are given the choice to go out by it.  This is seen in the prison experience of Paul and Silas in Acts 16.  At midnight, or the time of transition from the past into the new day, they were found praying and singing hymns to God, while the other prisoners listened.  SUDDENLY there was a GREAT EARTHQUAKE.  This SHOOK the foundations of the prison and IMMEDIATELY ALL the DOORS were OPENED and EVERYONE’S CHAINS were LOOSED!  It was at that point or appointed time that each prisoner had the choice of being set free by the power of God.

All testing and trial allowed by God is meant for us to become victorious, not to destroy us.  Many view the idea of leaving or fleeing a situation as one of fear.  However, there are many cases and situations in which that very thing…FEAR…keeps us from leaving or fleeing from a place we view as comfortable, safe and one that we can control or at least know what to expect.  Some may misunderstand our departure as one of fear, but to remain in a position of slavery to the flesh and its systems, is to enable or condone others to remain in that mindset as well. 

What would have happened if Moses would have not had the courage to leave the comforts of Pharaoh’s Palace to find his true identity?  What would have happened to God’s people if Moses did not confront Pharaoh and lead the EXODUS (going out or departure) out of the bondage of Egypt?  What would have happened if Moses would have stopped at the Red Sea and not trusted in God to make a way where there seemed to be no way?  We are called to experience ALL of the freedom Christ purchased on the Cross for us by walking a Resurrected Life filled with FAITH, rooted and grounded in HIS LOVE.

1 John 4:18 -19 – 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment.  But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.  19  We love Him because He first loved us.

Hebrews 11:23-29 – 23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s command. 24 By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasure of sin, 26 esteeming the reproach of Christ greater than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward. 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them. 29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea, as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned.

When the time comes to move forward, we must move in wisdom and not by our own understanding.

James 1:5-7 – 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Proverbs 3:5-6 – 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.

The willingness to submit to God’s changes begin WITHIN the HEART and many times entail an outward expression of faith that goes with it.  Though we may not know where He is taking us, God has promised to care for our every need.

Hebrews 11:8-10 – 8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance.  And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; 10 for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

I sense in my spirit that many in this hour are being called upon in the Spirit to leave all that they know behind to pursue Him in fullness.  This is not a call to run away from suffering, tribulation or trial, but to instead go THROUGH IT with Him as He makes a way of escape.  Then upon safely crossing over, we are called to LEAVE the past behind and not make the mistake of looking back as Lot’s wife did, which resulted in a preserved, but dead end, or making Lot’s mistake of falling back into fear, which resulted in compromise and a drunken stupor.

This is the hour of GREAT CHANGE upon the earth.  We must move in wisdom when we hear the Trumpet resounding within our own hearts.

Psalm 95:6-8 – 6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.  7 For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand.  Today, if you will hear His voice: 8 “Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, as in the day of trial in the wilderness, 9 when your fathers tested Me, though they saw My work.”

You will know when the time is ripe for you.  And when it is time to let go of the old, my prayer is that you would go out with great courage, hope and joy in the Lord.  Fear not! 

IT IS TIME! 

LET THE MODERN DAY EXODUS BEGIN IN YOU!

A December to Remember

Julie Volby

December 1, 2005

It is on my heart to send this article out once again (with some updates).  I sense that the truths it contains have been personally maturing within us in this last year and that many things are soon to be personally harvested.  However, I sense that the full Corporate manifestation is yet to be seen as things continue to rapidly unfold on the world stage.  In any case, I believe this article is again a ‘NOW’ word for this season we have just entered into. 

Today, I sensed very strongly a major ‘shift’ in the Spirit and it seems as though hope is being restored on many levels.  I sense that 2006 will be a year of uncovering those things that have been hidden deep within the heart of man.  We will see much Light and unfortunately witness much darkness.  It is my prayer that we remain hidden in the Secret Place of the Lord until the appointed time in which we shall appear with Him in glory.  May His wisdom guide you, His peace surround you, and His love consume you as we move into the manifestation of promises fulfilled.

In Christ, Julie

A December to Remember

Julie Volby

December 1, 2004

While worshipping with a friend on 11/29/04, the Lord gave me a vision and spoke a prophetic word regarding the month of December.  I believe that what was revealed was not only for my friend and I, but was a Corporate message that is to be shared with those who have ears to hear and eyes to see Him.  This writing is given as an encouragement for those who have remained hidden deep within the earth, waiting on the Lord for His perfect time of release.  It seems the time has now come and the Lord would provide us with wisdom and understanding as we step out fully into the Light of the New Day or the Third Day.

The Lord said that this would be a “December to Remember”.  He did not give a lot of details, but did give a vision that was released through prophetic song.  In the vision I saw the Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.  The Lord revealed to me that what most could not see was that the Babe was wrapped in an unseen blanket of God’s everlasting love and clothed in His glory.  It was His love that was surrounding, protecting and keeping the Babe warm. 

As we enter into the season of Hanukkah or the Festival of Lights, I believe there is a profound significance in relation to kairos or the appointed time overtaking the chronos time.  This festival lasts eight days, eight being the number of restoration, and commemorates the miraculous supply of oil that lit the menorah.  Perhaps during this time a miraculous supply of heavenly oil, which we know as the Holy Spirit, will flow in and through the Body of Christ to bring restoration to His temple and upon the earth.

As I continued to ponder what the Lord was trying to say through the vision, it became clear that the fullness of time for the birth of the Manchild of destiny is here. 

Luke 2:7 - And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

The Greek word describing Jesus being wrapped in swaddling clothes is sparganoo.  It means to wrap (in cloth) to bind a newborn infant in strips of long cloth, a normal act of childcare for warmth and security.  I believe that just as Jesus came into the world and was wrapped in swaddling cloths, so the Father would desire us to see that we too are wrapped in layers of His love and glory.  It is His presence, wrapped around us, that provides the warmth and security we need to live.  Those who are wrapped in Him have died to their carnal nature through identification with Jesus’ Finished work on the Cross and their lives are now hidden with Christ in God.  When Christ, who is their life appears, they shall also appear with Him in glory (see Colossians 3:3-4).

As we remember how Jesus first came to the earth, we are also reminded that He did not come in the way that many thought He would.  He was not only wrapped in swaddling cloths, but His life was clothed in humility.  He came in the humblest of circumstances, where one might least expect, in a lowly stable in the midst of some animals.  Jesus, the firstborn of many brethren, was also the Light of the world who humbly came ‘hidden’ in a body of flesh.  As Zion is giving birth, it seems that perhaps the King of Glory has once again hidden Himself within a humbled people that have been set aside for such as time as this. 

I believe that this December to Remember marks not only a season of Divine release, but also one of Divine judgment or separation.  For those that are being released in this season, many have been marked as forerunners and have already passed through the Lord’s purifying fires of judgment.  But for those that have yet to pass through or are passing through, the shaking will only increase.

So, what will this impending season of judgment look like?  Many look for the day that all evil men will be slain or killed.  They wait for justice to be served to those who have committed unforgivable acts.  For many this is what judgment is all about.  Yet, those who know the Word of God know that judgment does not start in the world, but in the House of God first.  Many believe that surely God will judge His own people first.  They seem to have no excuse, especially those mesmerized and serving the religious church system.  Surely, they will be judged first!  However, if you are waiting for fire and brimstone to strike the organized church, I am afraid that you may still be looking in the wrong place.

Many know what I am talking about when I say that the shaking has already begun.  However, it has not necessarily begun within a church building, but instead has begun within individual Christians who make up the true Church or Bride of Christ.  Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 6 that our bodies are the Temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in us and that we are not our own.  Based on this, I believe it is safe to say that the House of God that is coming under judgment begins personally, which inevitably flows Corporately as His Spirit unifies us as One in Christ.

Hebrews 12:25-29 - 25 See that you do not refuse Him who speaks.  For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, 26 whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.” 27 Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of those tings that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29 For our God is a consuming fire.

If you think God rocked your world when you first placed faith in Jesus Christ, that is not all He had in store for you.  God wasn’t planning only to shake your earth, but also your heavens.  The shaking that is spoken of in these verses is a shaking of every work of the flesh that has been borne out of the carnal thought life or Adamic nature.  The Word tells us that we already have the mind of Christ (see 1 Corinthians 2:16), but it is through the power of God’s Word that our minds are renewed to see Him as He is and to learn to walk according to the Spirit, rather than according to the flesh.  It is the Truth that sets us free.  Those thoughts and actions that have been borne of the flesh life must be shaken, so only that which is of God remains.  This is part of the purification process of the Bride of Christ.  She must pass through the fiery passion of God’s love.  He must increase within us until He is everything and we must decrease until we (our carnality) are nothing.  This is the process in which Christ within us the hope of glory will be revealed!

If you are going through a great shaking in any area of your life such as relationships in the home or work, health, finances, emotionally stability, broken dreams, broken promises, or the like I encourage you to recall these words.

1 Peter 4:12-17 - 12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; 13 but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. 14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.  On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a busybody in other people’s matters. 16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter. 17 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?

The Lord would say to those that are suffering to, “Look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draweth nigh.”  Do not focus on your problems, but instead on the answer to every problem.  His Name is JESUS, who is One with the Father, and He holds the answer to everything.  Escape the pit of self-pity, unbelief and doubt by using all of the energy you once spent worrying to instead worship and praise the King of kings and Lord of lords! 

It is through partaking in Christ’s sufferings that He is moving us from glory to glory and faith to faith.  Now is the time to invest all of your heavenly currency, which is FAITH, into the storehouse or treasury of God.  Let us not be double-minded and suppose that we will receive anything if we are not placing our faith in God alone.  But let us instead see a double portion of His power and presence manifested in our lives by trusting in Him to see us through!  I guarantee the best investment you can ever make is to place your faith in God alone, who is more than able to supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

The Lord recently took me through my own personal season of Divine judgment.  Many believe judgment is a bad thing, but for those who know their righteousness comes from Christ alone, judgment is God’s mercy.  The things that transpired can best be described as a whirlwind.  It took me by surprise and was not at all what I expected.  It came very quickly and very forcefully.  There was nothing I could do to control it.  It quickly became clear that there were certain areas of my life that had not been fully turned over to God.  So, the whirlwind came and blew my little preconceived world apart. 

During that ‘whirlwind’ season, I had a vision of a mound of dirt.  I believe the dirt represented the carnal nature or earth, as man was made of the dust of the earth.  The mound I saw could be considered a prison, a cave or even a tomb.  It was a place where all man-made ideas, presumption, and hope in any work of the flesh had sat and eventually died.  It was there that I realized that no work of the flesh or self could have any part in what God had promised.  The dreams of destiny had died and I died (my own understanding) with them.  Even my idea of how God would resurrect these dreams was completely wrong. 

In His perfect time and way, He sent the whirlwind of judgment to blow the tomb of my carnal reasoning or veil of flesh away completely.  He used the whirlwind to separate the pure from the vile.  In the vision I saw that, as the dust was taken away by the whirlwind, what remained was a beautiful red stone.  It was not in its raw form as one might expect a newly uncovered gem to be, but it was already perfectly cut in the shape that would reflect the most light in order to display its inner beauty the most.  It was already buffed, polished and shined.  It was ready to be placed in the King’s crown.  This jewel is spoken of in Malachi 3.

Malachi 3:16-18 - 16 Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, And the Lord listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who meditate on His name. 17 “They shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “On the day that I make them My jewels.  And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.” 18 Then you shall again discern between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.

It is in this season of Divine release that God will reveal these jewels that He has been carefully preparing and has kept hidden under the earth or veil of flesh.  They have passed through the Refiner’s fire, and have been cut, polished and shined.  They are vessels of honor, meet for the Master’s use, prepared for every good work.  They are now being positioned or set in the King’s crown to be displayed for the world to see.  Just as in Malachi 3:16, the Lord has looked upon the pages of His book of remembrance and knows these are those who fear Him and meditate on His name.  They are called by His name and are His alone.

So, where’s the judgment in all of this?  We have talked about God shaking our world up and sending the whirlwind, but how can that be judgment?  I believe the idea of judgment can also be seen in Jesus parable of the wheat and the tares. 

Matthew 13:24-26 - 24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while he slept his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way.  26 But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.” 

He continued to say that the wheat and tares were allowed to grow together until the time of harvest.  Jesus later explains the parable to His disciples.

Matthew 13:37-40 - 37 He answered and said to them: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. 39 The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. 40 Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.”

It is clear from these verses that the end of the age is not only a time of harvest, but also a time of separation.

I believe the only way to truly understand what is happening Corporately is to understand it personally first.  I believe the primary seed is the Word of God or the incorruptible Seed of Christ that has been planted deep within our hearts by His own hand.  He waters and nurtures the Seed through the power and presence of His Holy Spirit.  He warms the fertile ground of our hearts or the field made of the dust of the earth with His love.  These good seeds produce wheat or the offspring of righteousness also known as the sons of the kingdom.  They in turn reproduce more wheat or good seeds.  This circle of life is the fulfillment of God’s initial command to be fruitful and multiply as given to man in Genesis 1:28.  The wheat, or those things birthed through faith in God’s Word, is gathered into God’s barn or storehouse.

In contrast, the tares are those things borne out of the flesh.  The deceiver comes when we are spiritually ‘sleeping’ or not keeping watch.  It is while our eyes are not on the Lord that the enemy takes opportunity to try to plant his lies in our minds and what is harvested is a work of the flesh, also known as sin.  James explains this clearly in the following verses.

James 1:13-15 - 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, ‘13 I am tempted by God’; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

Here we see that the offspring of deception and carnal desire is sin, which ultimately results in death.  Thankfully, God’s grace is sufficient and He has made a way to escape death.  That way is the Cross of Jesus Christ!  Paul explains this in Romans 6.

Romans 6:6-9 - 6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. 7 For he who has died has been freed from sin. 8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more.  Death no longer has dominion over Him.

It is in the time of judgment or harvest that the wheat and the tares are separated.  The tares, or those things borne out of our flesh life, are harvested.  It is at 'the end of the age' or the end of our flesh life that these tares are gathered together and bound into bundles.  They are then thrown into the fiery furnace to be burned.  All the wood, hay and stubble of our Adamic nature are consumed in the fire of God’s passionate love for a Bride pure and without spot. 

It would seem that the appointed time has come for judgment to take place in a global way as the Lord prepares to reveal the sons of God that creation itself has been groaning and laboring with birth pangs together until now.  They have been redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb and have safely passed through the Baptism of Fire.  They have undergone the great tribulation of the crucifixion of the self-life or Adamic nature and have not been found wanting.  The wheat and the tares have been separated in their lives.  The tares or works borne of the flesh have been taken away and burned up, while the wheat or fruit of God’s righteousness that remains is kept.  That which cannot be shaken is gathered into the storehouse of the Son of Man or the heart of God. 

The choice is ours to make.  Will we choose to try to save our flesh lives or will we lose our lives to gain His?  In this December to Remember let us “Remember Lots wife”.  She looked back upon her flesh life in Sodom and Gomorrah and her mortal life ceased.  Let us instead choose to move forward in this critical hour and CHOOSE LIFE or eternal life, which is a faith filled life lived in Oneness with the Father!  I must warn you that this may entail a separation from those things that have in past seasons been comfortable and familiar.  One cannot serve two masters.  Each one will come to a point when he or she must choose this day whom they will serve and not turn back in unbelief or regret at what once was.

What about judgment?  Perhaps you are wondering if I am ever going to get to the part about the unbelievers being judged?  Surely there must be some justice that needs to be served to them!  If you are waiting for the world to be judged, you don’t have to wait long.  Jesus explained in John 12:31 when this judgment would take place.  He said, “NOW is the judgment of this world; NOW the ruler of this world will be cast out.”  So, when will judgment take place?  NOW!  The ruler of this carnal world is the Adamic nature or self.  The only power Satan and his demonic hordes have is the power the flesh life gives him to operate.  His authority was completely stripped at the Cross and his only weapon is deception!  Public enemy number one is not Satan, but instead the carnal/self nature of a man or woman who does not know Christ or has not fully submitted to His rule and reign in his or her life. 

The truth is that those who do not know the Lord are already walking around condemned.  They are the walking dead, who have yet to be born again.  Therefore, to pronounce fire and brimstone upon them will have little affect, except to perhaps scare them into believing that they are bound for hell, which they may already be experiencing a measure of as they walk the earth.  In Romans 2 Paul warns those who judge others that whatever they judge another in they condemn themselves.  Let us not despise the riches of God’s goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, and remember that it is God’s goodness that leads us to repentance.  We must be humble and remember that we are justified by faith in what God has ALREADY accomplished for us on our behalf.  Our justification and righteousness come from God alone, as the just shall live by faith.

The way that judgment will fall upon the corruption of man’s systems will be through a people who have already passed through the refining fire of God’s judgment or separation.  These are a people who are no longer governed by the law, but who have learned what it means to walk in God’s love, which is the fulfillment of the law.  They are a Corporate Body that is empowered by the Holy Spirit to walk in the FULLNESS OF THE GOSPEL, who is Jesus Christ.  They are the Firstfruits Company who have died to self and it is no longer they that live, but Christ who lives in and through them.

Even Enoch prophesied of this coming judgment. 

Jude 14-15 - 14 Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, 15 to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”

In this season of release this Army will begin to walk in the full power and manifest presence of the Lord.  They will bring judgment upon the religious system in what is considered the Church on earth today.  Not only will the Babylonian system be torn down in the organized Church by the manifest presence of God WITHIN this people or holy nation, but this order of corruption will also begin to crumble in all world systems.  All works of the flesh will come tumbling down at the revelation of CHRIST IN US the hope of glory, rather than the hope for His glory to fill buildings made by human hands or flesh based programs or man-made systems. 

This Company has moved past a desire for visitation and have become a habitation of the Holy Spirit.  While there is no room at the Inn of Carnality for Jesus to lay His head, He and His Father have made Their home within the hearts of those who truly love the Lord.  Through the indwelling Holy Spirit, They are seated on the throne of these hearts ruling and reigning over all the earth of these earthen vessels, which are now meet for the Master’s use.

The time of harvest is also the time of restoration.  It is through this Firstfruits or Manchild Company that many will come to know God’s love and forgiveness.  Multitudes will leave of the Valley of Decision and step through the gates into the Kingdom of God.  No flesh can stand in God’s presence.  Therefore, every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord!  Divine Order will be re-established within the earth.  But we must remember that this happens one life at a time.

So how are we to move as we are released into this season of Divine destiny?  I believe Isaiah has God’s answer for us.

Isaiah 52:12 - For you shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight; For the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

Just what is your rear guard?  It is God’s glory!

Isaiah 58:8 – Then your light shall break forth like the morning, your healing shall spring forth speedily, and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

I believe these two verses are parallel and that it is our righteousness, who is Jesus Christ, that has already gone before us to pave the way because He is the way!  The Hebrew word for rear guard or rearward is the word ‘asap’.  It means to store, gather, harvest, bring in, collect, or assemble.  It is clear that is it GOD’S GLORY that will bring in or gather the end time harvest that generations have waited to see.  No work of the flesh will be allowed in this move of God.  It will be His light so shining through us before men, that they will see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven!  This sure sounds like a no sweat or priesthood ministry to me.  The good news is that it is!

One last thing that the Lord desires for us to remember about the Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger is His position.  Jesus’ position was a state of complete rest and trust in God. The Babe lay peacefully in a manger, not doing His own work, but depending fully on His Father for everything.  This rest is spoken of in Hebrews.

Hebrews 4:9-10 – 9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. 10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.

If Jesus, who was fully God and fully man, was found in a manger resting after being birthed, how much more do we need to follow His lead and rest in Him as He releases us into our destinies?  This is the type of childlike faith the heart of God is after in this appointed season.  It is the Sabbath rest that is also spoken of in Isaiah.

Isaiah 58:13-14 - 13 If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on My holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy day of the Lord honorable, and shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words, 14 Then you shall delight yourself in the Lord; And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father.  The mouth of the Lord has spoken.

In this ‘December to Remember’ we have many things to remember.  I pray that each one of you will remember first and foremost how Jesus humbly came to earth to pay the price for your sin on the Cross out of His everlasting love for you.  Remember how on the Third Day He rose again in victory, which is the victory you were destined to experience daily in a life lived fully by abiding in Him.  Remember all of the trials and tribulations that He has brought you through to mature and strengthen you.  Remember how He has never given you more than you can handle through Him.  He has never failed you and never will.  He has promised to protect, provide, comfort, guide, teach, nourish, strengthen, heal, forgive, restore and fulfill you.  The only thing He asks for is your faith.  I pray that unlike the rebellious Israelites in Psalm 78, that you may set your hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments.  These commandments are to love the Lord your God with all of your heart, mind, soul and strength and to love one another.  By obeying this, the rest of the law is fulfilled. 

May this be a December to Remember for each one of you!  May your hearts swell with the joy of your salvation who is JESUS!  To God be the glory!  Hallelujah!