PROPHECY – A TESTIMONY OF JESUS
Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him. (John 1:32, BSB)
(8) “Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbour has fulfilled the law. (9) The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments ,are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbour as yourself.” (10) Love does no wrong to its neighbour. Therefore love is the fulfilment of the law. (Romans 13:8-10, BSB)
Throughout the scriptures the true servants of our Lord Jesus were lovers of the Word. Adherence to the Word set them apart, to be hated, mocked, cruelly treated and even killed for declaring the Testimony of Jesus. The apostles were faithful servants who would declare the Testimony of our Lord Jesus under persecution and reproach. The Testimony of Jesus is a message that will not be well received. It is a message that causes discomfort in the ears of those who despise our Lord. His servants are often alienated from the unbelieving people. It will even irritate and strengthen rebellion in those who profess themselves to be christians. One only needs to draw parallels with the experiences of our Lord amongst those who knew the law, being religious leaders serving in the temple in Jerusalem.
Revelation 11 – The Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy and the Spirit of Prophecy is the Testimony of Jesus. The two statements are by far the same. The prophecies recorded in the bible speaks of the Revelation of Jesus who was to come. Jesus is the written Word and He came, stood in the temple and declared Himself, the fulfilment of those early prophecies concerning His mandate. (16) “Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read, (17) the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written: (18) “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,” (Luke 4:16-18, BSB. The proclamation was that the appointed time in God’s calendar had synchronised with earth’s timing of the Promise, the favour to mankind had come to fulfilment. The Saviour of the world was now standing in their midst in the temple, ready to begin the Commission upon His earthly life.
In this active prophetic season we are seeing many move into their God-given purposes. Yet, there are many more not understanding the prophetic ministry. Firstly, prophetic understanding comes through obedience to what the Spirit is revealing. The Spirit and the Word gives us eternal life to be joint-heirs with Jesus in the kingdom of God. The Spirit and the Word are in agreement with God because they are one in the Godhead. Now, in order to understand the Spirit of Prophecy you need to know Jesus. If you are having difficulty understanding the prophetic ministry or opposing the prophets, then it simply means that your understanding of Jesus is somewhat ambivalent. Like the religious leaders in Jerusalem you may be pouring scorn on the work of the prophetic remit by rejecting the servants being called to their prophetic office. You cannot slight this ministry without first slighting Jesus. The two are inextricably one in God. Also you cannot slight the prophets, mantled with the end time message without first slighting the Testimony of our Lord. The divine synergy of the Godhead is unequivocally Oneness. Jesus told the unbelieving Jews that no one can come to the Father except through Him. Therefore, you cannot negotiate and understand the prophetic ministry after rejecting the prophets. You will have missed the opportunity to know Jesus in His prophetic remit for this end time.
Where do we look for clarity on understanding the Spirit of Prophecy? Firstly, you look into the Word that is the face of the Person Jesus. To behold His laws and to measure your life against the Word, underpinned by His love is the key that gives access to prophetic understanding. Now you will say that you do all those things. Well, there is yet more required of you in the higher order in Jesus. Ask the Spirit! Go on, ask and He will reveal the shortfall in your works so that you can make heaven.
Love Underpins the Righteous Law
Relationships are at the heart of Jesus’ Ministry for fallen sinners to be reconciled back to the Father. In our relationship with Jesus we learn to be in a right relationship, first with God and then with our fellowmen. Love, obedience, forgiveness and repentance are therefore the all-essential kingdom qualities, integral to hearing from the Spirit of God. Yet love stands out as the beacon of light in the fulfilment of the law. The love of God, so amazing, so divine makes a demand upon us to encapsulate the entirety of our being, to be all we can spiritually be according to the Word. You cannot work against the Spirit that corrects and directs, be without love, flawed in your treatment of others and claim to be an advocate of the prophetic ministry. You will find that you are blocked from understanding this essential ministry. The prophecies of our Lord Jesus, the preaching of the Word and the prophesying of His Word are all testaments of Jesus’ Reconciliation Ministry. The reconciling attributes of grace are love, joy, peace, forgiveness etc. The opposing evil force in contrast is the dividing works of the adversary. This spirit is divisive to scatter the people of God, sowing seeds of discord. It is destructive rebellious and without love and compassion. Disobedience to what the Spirit is speaking is a heretic spirit since one is speaking of their own accord. They act without authority to speak on God’s behalf. Being dismissive of the ones God chooses is therefore a false spirit. It is a spirit that loves religion and form, the very spirit that Jesus loathed and warned His disciples against. “Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; by sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.” (Jeremiah 14:15).
The roots of dissent and discordance runs deeply in the systems of organisations. These strongholds strengthen when relational issues are not dealt with. Throughout the scriptures God shows Himself to be a relational Being. His love for His people was unconditional. Yet, they never failed to reveal themselves as serial adulterers to false gods.
It is now with a heavy heart that I announce that it appears the body of Christ has missed a strategic opportunity to align to the Spirit-led end time prophetic remit for this season. Clearly it was not packaged or presented in a manner the body of Christ has been accustomed to. The rejection of the end time prophets, now ready to emerge to their God-given platforms will be evident in this #NEWPENTECOST season. It would seem the body of Christ is not ready to take up the ‘Come With Me’ Invitation, aligned to Jesus’ call to be refreshed at the Festival of Booths in Jerusalem. “On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.” (John 7:37, BSB). The Spirit-urged ‘Come With Me’ Invitation that I have been posting throughout 2020 in preparation for this #NEWPENTECOST season is now shifting into the fullness of the strategic healing mandate.
The Healing Flow
We are entering into the end time manifestations of our Lord’s miracles, signs and wonders. As the vivified state of the end time church becomes gloriously visible to the unbelieving world, the nations will flow effortlessly into the beautiful Elect body of Christ, as she makes herself ready for our Lord’s return. There will be a strategic and unified approach to the culminating of the kingdom work, unlike anything the current body of Christ will have ever seen or known. The ‘healing call’ to the fresh end time flow of the Water of Life is for those who will come and drink. The Water of Life trickling under the threshold of the temple has begun to flow out to the Arabah basins, oxygenating and refreshing the stagnant spiritual pools of water in the nations. “Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. (8) And he said to me, “This water flows out to the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah. When it empties into the Sea, the water there becomes fresh. (9) Wherever the river flows, there will be swarms of living creatures and a great number of fish, because it flows there and makes the waters fresh; so wherever the river flows, everything will flourish.” (Ezekiel 47:1,8-9, BSB)
I am in no doubt that we are in the final 7 years of the Rapture taking place. How do I know this? By virtue of this strategic prophetic call I have painful birthed for this season. It has been a no. 7 mandate. Throughout the last 10 years of the wilderness testings, preparing and establishing the call, the Spirit has revealed everything in the numeral 7. There has been so many revealings of this number as I went through my journey. The number 7 is completion and one of the perfect sets of numbers. Since 2019, along with the number 7, the numbers 111 have been Spirit-given to me as my number in preparation of the call. 111 is a substantial presence of the Godhead. The Spirit made it known to me that a substantial presence of the Godhead abides with me for this end time call to the nations.
I am now waiting in the wings, ready to execute this strategic global call when the green light is given.
GWENDOLYN SMITH : #NEWPENTECOST : 4 JANUARY 2021