The Call For Silence
Again and again they come to me, evangelists, ministers, and teachers, speaking too boldly of what they do not fully understand; it is not unlike Job’s friends. The latest one was a nice enough evangelist; but his particular focus is upon sin, rather than making acceptable supplication before the Lord, which is His will for us this day [also he misrepresented Gods Word in several places (For instance: saying the Law was finished)]. But, it doesn’t matter where they are coming from, it is all the same, and his is like all the rest; they do not understand the power of God’s Word:
Ps 95:10-11
10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation,
And said, 'It is a people who go astray in their hearts,
And they do not know My ways.'
11 So I swore in My wrath,
'They shall not enter My rest.'" NKJV™
Jer 50:6
6 "My people have been lost sheep.
Their shepherds have led them astray;
They have turned them away on the mountains.
They have gone from mountain to hill;
They have forgotten their resting place. NKJV™
Little do these leaders know, God’s plan for this day is to move His people into a time of silence, a time of learning instead of proselytizing. They all still insist upon upholding the great commission:
Mark 16:15
15 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. NKJV™
Little do they know that this command from our Lord was more importantly prophetic, ultimately intended for us this day, after we get our eyes properly opened, and after we have been Personally taught the correct understanding, wisdom, knowledge, and even the real truth of His Word, just like those disciples of old had just gone through, during the three years they walked with Him, alive in the flesh. You see: they were more importantly actors, set upon God’s great stage, prophesying to us this day, how He expects us to go today. It is true that all those things actually did go the way it is written; but it’s main function truly was as a prophecy, because it always was about this day, not that day.
[from Rev 19:10]
"... . For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." NKJV™
This is the day for us to have our eyes opened by the hand of our Lord. Once that is done, then and only then will some of us be "sent," in this way or that, and then only as the Spirit directs.
John 9:6-7
6 When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. 7 And He said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing. NKJV™
The age we are coming out of was an age of darkness, in which the people of God wandered about in darkness, not knowing which way to go. More often than not, they only ended up following the dictates of their own hearts, rather than the commands the Spirit. Many were well intentioned, and dutifully following what was written, the best they could; but the Holy Spirit has not led this people for a long time, having stepped way back, lest many of God’s people die from holy fire.
Lev 10:1-2 [see also Acts 5]
1 Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the Lord, which He had not commanded them. 2 So fire went out from the Lord and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. NKJV™
Peter was silent [even tearfully remorseful] after he shamefully opened his mouth rashly; so was Job. Like Peter, Job wished he had said nothing:
Job 42:1-6
1 Then Job answered the Lord and said:
2 "I know that You can do everything,
And that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You.
3 You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?'
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
4 Listen, please, and let me speak;
You said, 'I will question you, and you shall answer Me.'
5 "I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.
6 Therefore I abhor myself,
And repent in dust and ashes." NKJV™
All teaching Nicodemus did prior to this change in thinking by Jesus only led the flock astray. And like Nicodemus, Paul knew the Word of God to the letter; but in his hand it only brought death to people. But, after time in the wilderness with Jesus, Paul was a changed man. The Word did not change; only their understanding of it all changed, and thus it became life in their hands, rather than the sword of death. One minute Paul is using the Word of God [as taught by these errant leaders, himself included] to imprison and kill God’s people; the next thing we see is him dropping the sword of death, and rightly dealing with God’s Word in it’s intended manner; all because of this eye opening, washing time with our Teacher:
Acts 9:1-2
1 Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. NKJV™
Acts 9:8-9
8 Then Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened he saw no one. But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. 9 And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank. NKJV™
2 Cor 10:3-5
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, NKJV™
The time of Jesus was the day of the sacrifice of God’s Sacrificial Lamb; it was not the time of the successful taking of His kingdom on earth; that was doomed for failure, because it was already written. This is the day in which the kingdom will successfully be taken; and the first strep of that entire event, is to make straight the way of the Lord, through this immersion study from the hand of our Lord and Teacher. It will give us back our spiritual sight, so that we can rightly understand and administer His Word, for life, and not death. Because that always was what God’s Word was for: abundant life, through the teaching of our Lord, Jesus.
Therefore, since it is the intent of our God that we enter into a time of opening our eyes to the truth, then we must stop all teaching and proselytizing, since what we are teaching has not yet been made straight; it is in error [even with the best of intentions], and we cannot see this error yet, because our eyes are still blind
I have yet to see one exception to this: not one person [especially leaders] has shown me the teaching which reflects what the Lord has opened my eyes to, through these studies. I do realize that the possibility exists; but it is also possible that there is actually no one else on earth [at the moment of this writing]; because Scriptures say so:
Isa 51:18
18 There is no one to guide her
Among all the sons she has brought forth;
Nor is there any who takes her by the hand
Among all the sons she has brought up. NKJV™
Isa 63:3-5
3 "I have trodden the winepress alone,
And from the peoples no one was with Me.
For I have trodden them in My anger,
And trampled them in My fury;
Their blood is sprinkled upon My garments,
And I have stained all My robes.
4 For the day of vengeance is in My heart,
And the year of My redeemed has come.
5 I looked, but there was no one to help,
And I wondered
That there was no one to uphold;
Therefore My own arm brought salvation for Me;
And My own fury, it sustained Me. NKJV™
Isa 64:7
7 And there is no one who calls on Your name,
Who stirs himself up to take hold of You;
For You have hidden Your face from us,
And have consumed us because of our iniquities. NKJV™
If anyone thinks he is above this absolute statement, remember this before you speak, what the Lord said about Job, that God Himself noted that on this earth there was no other like him:
Job 1:8
8 Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?" NKJV™
And do not forget what Peter learned, the hard and shameful way, about any Words which our Lord speaks, how absolute and unchangeable they are, while you also bring to mind this, which He spoke to leaders who thought they could see, though they we so blind that they could not even see their own Lord God standing right before their own blind eyes:
John 9:39-41
39 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."
40 Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, "Are we blind also?"
41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains. NKJV
Though I am merely an errand boy, a mere beast of burden, not worthy to loose the strap of our Lord, God once chose to use a beast of burden to rebuke a man in his error, lest he be struck dead:
2 Peter 2:16
16 but he was rebuked for his iniquity: a dumb donkey speaking with a man's voice restrained the madness of the prophet. NKJV™
Therefore, the word for today is to seal the lips, until the studies are complete. After the studies, no man right in the head will rush to say one more word, except at the direct, current command of our Lord God, Jesus Himself. Take my word for that; or read the Scriptures:
Isa 66:1-2
1 Thus says the Lord:
"Heaven is My throne,
And earth is My footstool.
Where is the house that you will build Me?
And where is the place of My rest?
2 For all those things My hand has made,
And all those things exist,"
Says the Lord.
"But on this one will I look:
On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
And who trembles at My word." NKJV™
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