Delusion
The most intense events of prophetic fulfillment are unfolding all around us, yet many do not see them. This is a very specific judgment on God's people...one that God promised as He described the end time events to Isaiah:
Isaiah 29:9-14 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine; They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink. For the Lord has poured out on you The spirit of deep sleep, And has closed your eyes, namely, the prophets; And He has covered your heads, namely, the seers. The whole vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, “Read this, please.” And he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” Then the book is delivered to one who is illiterate, saying, “Read this, please.” And he says, “I am not literate.” Therefore the Lord said: “Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths And honor Me with their lips, But have removed their hearts far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men, Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work Among this people, A marvelous work and a wonder; For the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, And the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.”
Right now, in this hour, God is pouring out a spirit of deep sleep on the Church and Israel. This is because everyone is being given what they want. If you want to see the hour, you would invest yourself in studying out what the Book says. You would cry out "God, give me wisdom and understanding to see the time I live in"...if you did that, He would gladly show you. But, if you want to put off seeing the hour...if you look for reasons why this is probably not the return of Jesus unfolding around you, you will be given comfort in that...called "deep sleep." This is not good.
There are many false prophets in the western church right now. Any time a prophe is in a collective of people that has decided to only prophecy encouragement, you can be sure that the enemy is at work. God corrects. Often He uses His prophets to bring clarity to correction. The western church has decided to place rules around God....the prophets are taught to fear the collective opinion of the group, rather than God...the fear of the Lord is replaced by fearing what people say about God. This is one of the final states promised to a group of people about to suffer the wrong end of judgment.
We live in the hour that the restraints on mankind's desire are being lifted. You can see it all around you as evil men and women are getting more and more of what they want, and the earth suffers for it. If you don't stand up and resist that, then you will get more of it. There is so much to do in this hour. It is all written out in the "scroll of the Book." David understood that his life story...the broad strokes of why He was made, was already written out in the Bible and that there were promises to be expected if he would live it out AND teach others the same:
Psalms 40:7-11 Then I said, “Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me. I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart.” I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness In the great assembly; Indeed, I do not restrain my lips, O Lord , You Yourself know. I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth From the great assembly. Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord ; Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.
The Bible is the scroll of the Book...it is the action plan and the title deed to the earth...it tells the story of who owns the earth and how He is taking it back...the action plan. Jesus owns the earth:
Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Jesus won the ownership of the earth back as a man...the firstborn of many. Then, he left His bride...the many who would come after Him...the joint heirs by legal covenant relationship...called the Bride...to enforce His victory and bring His kingdom...to build Him a throne for Him to return to. Jesus came humbly riding on a donkey, but He is returning as a king with many crowns:
Revelation 19:11-16 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND Lord OF LORDS.
The Bible tells the story of how Jesus’ true Bride will build Him a global throne to return to...they will seek His face...cry out night and day "come"...and in this process begin erecting a governmental seat...a throne...for Him to reign from. This is David's throne...built not with human strength, but with night and day worship...the earthly throne that replicates the Father's heavenly throne room. This is the invitation of the Bride for the groom to return...she gets herself ready, and in the process the earth is made ready to receive her king.
Right now, deep sleep is keeping many who think they are agreeing with Jesus from actually participating in His written plan. They don't like the intensity, and they have believed and taught fables about how you don't need to do anything to be the Bride..."just wait there," they say..."He already paid it all...He loves you." There is only one problem with this half-truth: it is NOT what the book of the Scroll says. We aren't waiting for Jesus to come out of the sky and be revealed! NO! All of creation is waiting for the sons of God to be revealed! To wake themselves up and agree with the book of the Scroll!
Romans 8:19-22 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.
Jesus is done waiting for the sons...the heirs...to get around to waking up. Because He is a loving groom...because the injustice in the earth demands it...there has been appointed a day...called in the Bible "that Day"...which begins the process of His return...ready or not. To not be ready for His return...to not understand your life story...your very specific part in the book of the Scroll as His return unfolds... will cost you much. For those in deep sleep His return will be like a thief:
Matthew 24:42-44 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
You can feed the poor, build the church, give your body as a martyr...you can have everyone think you are anointed, be in the center of great revival...you can write books and sing lovely songs that move the masses...but if you don't obey Jesus, which starts with knowing and doing the scroll...called love...it will all be a waste:
John 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments.
I Corinthians 13:1-3 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
In Jewish culture, when a purchase was made there were two scrolls...two deeds made. One was sealed and one was open.
Jeremiah 32:11 So I took the purchase deed, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open;
The open scroll was the common “working” one they used to look at to make sure they were meeting the conditions of the purchase. The sealed scroll was the one they opened if the common scroll was in dispute...if one party had not kept their obligation. Your Bible is the open copy of the scroll of the deed to the earth...intended to be obeyed, agreed upon by Jesus and His Bride. The people of the earth have not kept up their end of the deal. That means there is a day of reckoning…or accounting…that must come regarding who REALLY owns the earth.
Revelation 5:8-10 Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.”
This is a great and terrible day:
Joel 2:11-12 The LORD gives voice before His army, For His camp is very great; For strong is the One who executes His word. For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; Who can endure it? 12 "Now, therefore," says the LORD, "Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning."
Jesus is going to give evil men more and more authority in order to let the armies of the earth execute His word. This is the action plan the scroll contains: giving everyone what they want so that evil will be plain to see…those who want Jesus more than their own lives will live in a supernatural experience…healing the sick, multiplying food, moving to the right and left by prophetic release…building cities…thrones…of night and day prayer…communities of praise that Jesus will be enthroned on.
There is a VERY specific yet simple plan to do this contained IN the scroll of the Book. Any member of the Bride who does not take seriously the groom's side of the equation…which IS her side of the equation…and instead operates in lawlessness like the rest of the world, will be found to actually be a harlot…doing the Brides work for compensation, rather than love. This puts her on the wrong side of the covenant deal. For real. You must know the scroll, what it contains, and agree with its execution in order to be on the right side of the deal that is about to be settled.
That means, there is a soon coming time…THAT DAY…when the sealed scroll will be opened...woe to anyone who calls themselves a Bride that hasn't decided to take THAT day seriously, for there will be much loss, weeping, and gnashing of teeth in the CHURCH! What you do isn’t nearly as important as WHY you do it. If you love Him, you WILL obey Him and you will love the day of His appearing enough to actually find out what it is all about:
Matthew 7:21-29 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' 23 And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' 24 "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. 26 "But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall." 28 And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching, 29 for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Paul taught that loving Jesus' appearing came with a price, but the reward was worth it!
2 Timothy 4:6-8 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
Revelation 22:12-13 "And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last."
Isaiah 29:9-14 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine; They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink. For the Lord has poured out on you The spirit of deep sleep, And has closed your eyes, namely, the prophets; And He has covered your heads, namely, the seers. The whole vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, “Read this, please.” And he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” Then the book is delivered to one who is illiterate, saying, “Read this, please.” And he says, “I am not literate.” Therefore the Lord said: “Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths And honor Me with their lips, But have removed their hearts far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men, Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work Among this people, A marvelous work and a wonder; For the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, And the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.”
Right now, in this hour, God is pouring out a spirit of deep sleep on the Church and Israel. This is because everyone is being given what they want. If you want to see the hour, you would invest yourself in studying out what the Book says. You would cry out "God, give me wisdom and understanding to see the time I live in"...if you did that, He would gladly show you. But, if you want to put off seeing the hour...if you look for reasons why this is probably not the return of Jesus unfolding around you, you will be given comfort in that...called "deep sleep." This is not good.
There are many false prophets in the western church right now. Any time a prophe is in a collective of people that has decided to only prophecy encouragement, you can be sure that the enemy is at work. God corrects. Often He uses His prophets to bring clarity to correction. The western church has decided to place rules around God....the prophets are taught to fear the collective opinion of the group, rather than God...the fear of the Lord is replaced by fearing what people say about God. This is one of the final states promised to a group of people about to suffer the wrong end of judgment.
We live in the hour that the restraints on mankind's desire are being lifted. You can see it all around you as evil men and women are getting more and more of what they want, and the earth suffers for it. If you don't stand up and resist that, then you will get more of it. There is so much to do in this hour. It is all written out in the "scroll of the Book." David understood that his life story...the broad strokes of why He was made, was already written out in the Bible and that there were promises to be expected if he would live it out AND teach others the same:
Psalms 40:7-11 Then I said, “Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me. I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart.” I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness In the great assembly; Indeed, I do not restrain my lips, O Lord , You Yourself know. I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth From the great assembly. Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O Lord ; Let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.
The Bible is the scroll of the Book...it is the action plan and the title deed to the earth...it tells the story of who owns the earth and how He is taking it back...the action plan. Jesus owns the earth:
Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Jesus won the ownership of the earth back as a man...the firstborn of many. Then, he left His bride...the many who would come after Him...the joint heirs by legal covenant relationship...called the Bride...to enforce His victory and bring His kingdom...to build Him a throne for Him to return to. Jesus came humbly riding on a donkey, but He is returning as a king with many crowns:
Revelation 19:11-16 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND Lord OF LORDS.
The Bible tells the story of how Jesus’ true Bride will build Him a global throne to return to...they will seek His face...cry out night and day "come"...and in this process begin erecting a governmental seat...a throne...for Him to reign from. This is David's throne...built not with human strength, but with night and day worship...the earthly throne that replicates the Father's heavenly throne room. This is the invitation of the Bride for the groom to return...she gets herself ready, and in the process the earth is made ready to receive her king.
Right now, deep sleep is keeping many who think they are agreeing with Jesus from actually participating in His written plan. They don't like the intensity, and they have believed and taught fables about how you don't need to do anything to be the Bride..."just wait there," they say..."He already paid it all...He loves you." There is only one problem with this half-truth: it is NOT what the book of the Scroll says. We aren't waiting for Jesus to come out of the sky and be revealed! NO! All of creation is waiting for the sons of God to be revealed! To wake themselves up and agree with the book of the Scroll!
Romans 8:19-22 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.
Jesus is done waiting for the sons...the heirs...to get around to waking up. Because He is a loving groom...because the injustice in the earth demands it...there has been appointed a day...called in the Bible "that Day"...which begins the process of His return...ready or not. To not be ready for His return...to not understand your life story...your very specific part in the book of the Scroll as His return unfolds... will cost you much. For those in deep sleep His return will be like a thief:
Matthew 24:42-44 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
You can feed the poor, build the church, give your body as a martyr...you can have everyone think you are anointed, be in the center of great revival...you can write books and sing lovely songs that move the masses...but if you don't obey Jesus, which starts with knowing and doing the scroll...called love...it will all be a waste:
John 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments.
I Corinthians 13:1-3 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
In Jewish culture, when a purchase was made there were two scrolls...two deeds made. One was sealed and one was open.
Jeremiah 32:11 So I took the purchase deed, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open;
The open scroll was the common “working” one they used to look at to make sure they were meeting the conditions of the purchase. The sealed scroll was the one they opened if the common scroll was in dispute...if one party had not kept their obligation. Your Bible is the open copy of the scroll of the deed to the earth...intended to be obeyed, agreed upon by Jesus and His Bride. The people of the earth have not kept up their end of the deal. That means there is a day of reckoning…or accounting…that must come regarding who REALLY owns the earth.
Revelation 5:8-10 Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.”
This is a great and terrible day:
Joel 2:11-12 The LORD gives voice before His army, For His camp is very great; For strong is the One who executes His word. For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; Who can endure it? 12 "Now, therefore," says the LORD, "Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning."
Jesus is going to give evil men more and more authority in order to let the armies of the earth execute His word. This is the action plan the scroll contains: giving everyone what they want so that evil will be plain to see…those who want Jesus more than their own lives will live in a supernatural experience…healing the sick, multiplying food, moving to the right and left by prophetic release…building cities…thrones…of night and day prayer…communities of praise that Jesus will be enthroned on.
There is a VERY specific yet simple plan to do this contained IN the scroll of the Book. Any member of the Bride who does not take seriously the groom's side of the equation…which IS her side of the equation…and instead operates in lawlessness like the rest of the world, will be found to actually be a harlot…doing the Brides work for compensation, rather than love. This puts her on the wrong side of the covenant deal. For real. You must know the scroll, what it contains, and agree with its execution in order to be on the right side of the deal that is about to be settled.
That means, there is a soon coming time…THAT DAY…when the sealed scroll will be opened...woe to anyone who calls themselves a Bride that hasn't decided to take THAT day seriously, for there will be much loss, weeping, and gnashing of teeth in the CHURCH! What you do isn’t nearly as important as WHY you do it. If you love Him, you WILL obey Him and you will love the day of His appearing enough to actually find out what it is all about:
Matthew 7:21-29 "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' 23 And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' 24 "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. 26 "But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall." 28 And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching, 29 for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Paul taught that loving Jesus' appearing came with a price, but the reward was worth it!
2 Timothy 4:6-8 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
Revelation 22:12-13 "And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last."
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