A move of the Spirit
is sweeping the nation that is imparting restored righteousness. Those who counsel, comfort and stand
between the Spirit and the people of the Lord erecting walls of false
righteousness will see those walls tumble down in torrents of rain.
About this three part word: Saying there is a “new foundation” could
conjure up some problems. There is one
foundation, Jesus Christ, never changing, first and last, alpha and omega. So how can we have a new foundation? This word is pointing to a move of the
Spirit that is re-setting the foundations of righteousness and worship, calling
forth an idol-less devotion, opening up a new understanding of the foundation
and the mystery revealed, which is Jesus Christ. The world is experiencing unprecedented
expansion in all spheres, technology, communications, etc…. The Kingdom is as well. The Father desires a worship and devotion
that acts as a new foundation for the move of the Spirit already underway. There is grace for worship and intercession which
is a habitation in the presence of God and to be the point of outflow in expressing power
and salvation.
Prophetic
Word – New Foundation Part II
- The Lord is adding precious stones to his halls of worship, government and the Church.
- The Spirit is moving, today, to release the Church from the clutches of Jezebel and the Religious Spirit.
- In this move the prophetic ministry will be brought into a refinement leading to glory, power and deep encouragement for the Body of Christ.
- The Church will encounter the Lord in amazing new paths. Those in the captivity of Jezebel and Balaam will find a joyful freedom.
- The Spirit is bringing encounter.
- The Lord is jealous for the hearts of his own.
- A deeper alignment is required from the prophetic ministry.
This whole chapter in
Ezekiel speaks of divine utterance and worship. It has been clouded by utterances that
are not the Lord. The whitewashed wall that is established tears down worship and
puts up false righteousness. Truth
in prophetic utterance produces freedom and release of true worship. The release of true prophetic voices connects people to the Father and the freedom
of the Spirit of the Lord.
Ezekiel 13:1-23 - whitewashed wall
“Thus says the Lord
God, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen
nothing! Your prophets have been like jackals among ruins, O Israel. You have not gone up into the breaches, or
built up a wall for the house of Israel, that it might stand in battle in the
day of the Lord.”
The prophetic
ministry will go through a refinement in the days ahead.
Discernment is key. Jesus gave warning regarding prophets. You will know them by their fruit. The fruit of the Holy Spirit, the author of encouragement, comfort and strengthening and the inspiration to prophecy, is LOVE. You will know them by their love, joy and peace. Look for prophets full of these qualities, love, joy and peace. These are the qualities of those who abide in His presence, are surrendered to his righteousness and rest in the abundant supply of grace to heal the wounds and brokenness of their own lives. These fruits grow in lives from the inside out. By their patience and their kindness we will know them. By their goodness you will know them. They will be faithful and patiently enduring the people of God in loving-kindness. They will be like our Lord, as they move in his Spirit, gentle and full of self control. They will dive into the breaches for the Lord’s people. They will labor for the house of the Lord and build up walls of love, discernment and wisdom. They will be on the walls in the day of battle spurring on the Saints to their highest calling and swinging the sword of the spirit against all the brokenness of this age. The righteousness of the Kingdom has crushed their hearts as they would rather fall on the stone than be crushed in its weight. They see the Lord’s heart for his people and their hearts cry is that His Church would stand in the day of battle.
Discernment is key. Jesus gave warning regarding prophets. You will know them by their fruit. The fruit of the Holy Spirit, the author of encouragement, comfort and strengthening and the inspiration to prophecy, is LOVE. You will know them by their love, joy and peace. Look for prophets full of these qualities, love, joy and peace. These are the qualities of those who abide in His presence, are surrendered to his righteousness and rest in the abundant supply of grace to heal the wounds and brokenness of their own lives. These fruits grow in lives from the inside out. By their patience and their kindness we will know them. By their goodness you will know them. They will be faithful and patiently enduring the people of God in loving-kindness. They will be like our Lord, as they move in his Spirit, gentle and full of self control. They will dive into the breaches for the Lord’s people. They will labor for the house of the Lord and build up walls of love, discernment and wisdom. They will be on the walls in the day of battle spurring on the Saints to their highest calling and swinging the sword of the spirit against all the brokenness of this age. The righteousness of the Kingdom has crushed their hearts as they would rather fall on the stone than be crushed in its weight. They see the Lord’s heart for his people and their hearts cry is that His Church would stand in the day of battle.
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“ ‘Because they lead my people astray, saying, “Peace,”
when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover
it with whitewash,
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A move of the Spirit
is sweeping the nation that is imparting restored righteousness. Those who counsel and comfort and stand
between the Spirit and the people of the Lord erecting walls of false
righteousness will see those walls tumble down in torrents of rain.
The Lord is jealous
for his people and in perfect love is dividing soul and spirit, bone and
morrow; implanting new freedom in deep righteousness and wisdom. Portions of the Bride have moved away from
grace and the power of the Spirit, away from the cross and the work of Christ
and into a righteousness of their own.
The prophets, those who
have won the hearts of the people in place of the Lord, speak peace and rest
when the Lord’s jealous love is running through the Bride’s chambers like a mighty
wind to knock down every wall of false righteousness.
How will we know them? They have not “gone
up into the breaches”. Love is neither
first, nor first love fires. They will
not put their hands to the work of laying bricks. They speak much and demonstrate little. They “dream and dream” but love less than
the world. They clamor for favors and
attention and are filled up with the praises of men. They speak smoke and vain conceit and point
to themselves and their exploits instead of the glorious Lord of glory who has
no equal.
They don’t weep,
morn or wail for the Bride but think that the dividing word is vengeance. They relish the “strong arm of the LORD”
enacting vengeance “on his own people” and fail to “see” that the heart of
Father is “deep wells of abiding love in Christ our King”. The King refines us in love. Everything that remains both in heaven and on
earth will be established, rooted and refined in love. His is a love that strips the nation of her
idols and greed and empty hearts and restores her to His presence and the
knowledge of His love. He is jealous
for his Bride and seeking her heart. He
is calling her back to spirit and truth.
“Come in wayward
prophets” Come to the Bridal Chambers
and let go your heavy burdens.
The prophetic voice
shaped in love and understanding, is required to strengthen the knees that give
way and is needed to “say to those with fearful hearts, “be strong. Your God
will come”. The voice of one crying in
the wilderness, “Make straight paths for the LORD” is seeking hearts and song.
Isaiah 35
The desert and the parched land will be glad;
the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.
Like the crocus, 2 it will burst into bloom;
it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,
the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;
they will see the glory of the Lord,
the splendor of our God.
the wilderness will rejoice and blossom.
Like the crocus, 2 it will burst into bloom;
it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to it,
the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;
they will see the glory of the Lord,
the splendor of our God.
3 Strengthen the feeble hands,
steady the knees that give way;
4 say to those with fearful hearts,
“Be strong, do not fear;
your God will come,
he will come with vengeance;
with divine retribution
he will come to save you.”
steady the knees that give way;
4 say to those with fearful hearts,
“Be strong, do not fear;
your God will come,
he will come with vengeance;
with divine retribution
he will come to save you.”
5 Then will the eyes of the
blind be opened
and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
6 Then will the lame leap like a deer,
and the mute tongue shout for joy.
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
and streams in the desert.
7 The burning sand will become a pool,
the thirsty ground bubbling springs.
In the haunts where jackals once lay,
grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.
and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
6 Then will the lame leap like a deer,
and the mute tongue shout for joy.
Water will gush forth in the wilderness
and streams in the desert.
7 The burning sand will become a pool,
the thirsty ground bubbling springs.
In the haunts where jackals once lay,
grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.
8 And a highway will be there;
it will be called the Way of Holiness;
it will be for those who walk on that Way.
The unclean will not journey on it;
wicked fools will not go about on it.
9 No lion will be there,
nor any ravenous beast;
they will not be found there.
But only the redeemed will walk there,
10 and those the Lord has rescued will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
it will be called the Way of Holiness;
it will be for those who walk on that Way.
The unclean will not journey on it;
wicked fools will not go about on it.
9 No lion will be there,
nor any ravenous beast;
they will not be found there.
But only the redeemed will walk there,
10 and those the Lord has rescued will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
The burning sand will become a pool of his
presence and abundant showers will water the parched ground. New hearts and minds of understanding will
prosper and erupt in praise and glory.
The
whitewashed walls will become evident.
And the spirit of religion will find nothing of value in the pools and
ponds and rivers and streams of the Spirit.
The humbled will find abundant waters in the inheritance of Christ
Jesus.
Therefore
tell those who cover it with whitewash that it is going to fall. Rain will come
in torrents, and I will send hailstones hurtling down, and violent winds will
burst forth. Ezek 13:11
Waves, violent and
uncontrolled, will pour into and over the Lord’s dwelling places. Rushing torrents of grace and power will flow
in with righteousness and Kingdom expansion (Isa 9:7). Waves
will not be managed; waves that will not be controlled by human hands or plans
will flow throughout the nation washing away idols and filthy things. Blind eyes will see again as the salve of
prophetic voice is washed over the Bride.
The Lord’s loving
kindness and jealous love will tear down whitewashed walls and free the Bride
from chains and bondage.
I will tear down the wall you have
covered with whitewash and will level it to the ground so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it falls, you will
be destroyed in it; and you will know that I am the LORD. Ezek 13:14
The word is
stripping to foundations. The whitewashed
wall will come down. Waves of
understanding are washing over the Bride.
New worship is sounding out. All
that can be shaken will be shaken.
Will you ensnare the lives
of my people but preserve your own?
'This
is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on all
their wrists and make veils of various lengths for their heads in order to
ensnare people. Will you ensnare the lives of my people but preserve your own?
You
have profaned me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of
bread. By lying to
my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died
and have spared those who should not live.
"'Therefore
this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am against your magic charms with which
you ensnare people like birds and I will tear them from your arms; I will set
free the people that you ensnare like birds.
I will tear off your veils and save my
people from your hands, and they will no longer fall prey to your power. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Because you disheartened the righteous
with your lies, when I had brought them no grief, and because you encouraged
the wicked not to turn from their evil ways and so save their lives,
Therefore you will no longer see false
visions or practice divination. I will save my people from your hands. And then
you will know that I am the LORD.'"
The Jezebel Spirit
will be broken in the real and day to day working of the Church. The
Lord’s holy fire, marked by discernment and true power in the Spirit, will dismantle
the structures of false worship and false righteousness. The whitewashed worship will not stand and
the wall will come down. Men and women
will taste and see and know in their spirit that their way was whitewash and
false worship. Righteousness will be revealed that is forged in the fires of the Lamb
of God and the HOLY SPIRIT.
Worship of inheritance and open heavens is the first battle
ground. This battle is now. The Spirit is calling for saints who rely on
the blood of the Lamb for righteousness and who stand up in the inheritance of
their LORD (eyes of fire – two edged sword).
To stand, make ready the “WAY of LOVE”.
This is what the LORD Almighty says: "You who now
hear these words spoken by the prophets who were there when the foundation was
laid for the house of the LORD Almighty, let your hands be strong so that the
temple may be built.
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The Battle Ground is spirit and truth worship and authority
– Truth Abides in LOVE.
The Kings need to
“grasp the obstinate child with the right arm of the Lord” (Ps
21:8) take up true authority and walk in freedom and the oil of His
presence. Divine assignments have been
given over to Jezebel.
“To the prophetic voice”
Cry out and build
the wall around the vineyard. Cry out
and set the foundation clear and true.
Cry out and build her up in First LOVE.
Forerunners need to be encouraged and
strengthened in the work
The focus needs to remain clear – Throne down
vision, open heavens revelation, no veil communication and prophetic
power.
First LOVE needs to stay first
Open Heavens Glory – First priority – Dwell in
the places of glory by invitation in desire and hunger.
Do not lose heart, II
Corinthians 4-5
By the grace God has
given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is
building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds.
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We cannot build on the new
foundation with old revelation and an old heart.
Fire is the way of the Spirit’s love. It is the way of burning the chaff.
For no one can lay
any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
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If any man builds on
this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw,
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his work will be
shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the
fire will test the quality of each man's work.
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Fire is revealing the new foundation. The refining word is like a fire burning away
chaff and wood hay and stubble.
The Holy Spirit is moving in – Intimate fire - cleansing –
purification – acceptable worship – which is renewed righteousness.
“The
Lord says, I am going to fulfill and perfect this intimacy until I bring you up
into a place where your fleshly nature will have no rule or no reign or no
control over you. For, I am causing you
to be exercised in the ways of God. I am
bringing you up into a position. I am
causing perfection to flow down from heaven into you.”
From
the 2011 Open Heaven’s Conference Redmond OR - Nancy
Coen
Built on the
foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the
chief cornerstone.
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The apostolic reformation is coming into form
and being. These struggles and battle
are ways of grace and restoration and way of healing for the Body of
Christ.
Streams, rivers, ponds and lakes are forming all
over the Body of Christ. The discerning
spirit will see that these are opportunities to receive the Holy Spirit and see
greater increase. Old mindset see these
as “a great worship service” or “God was really here today”. The hungry heart and the hungry church will
find these ponds grow into streams as they surrender and hunger for more of the
Spirit’s move and leading.
if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct
themselves in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
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The Religious Spirit and Jezebel Spirit will be
confronted in earnest and will be dislodged from fellowship after fellowship
after fellowship. In a wave of
repentance and release of Glory, the Lord’s presence will define devotion, love
and righteousness.
Outpourings of freedom and joy will emanate
from the House of the LORD as the Saints are renewed in heart, soul, mind and
Spirit worship. Truth will be restored
to worship.
The Spirit’s presence will be honored. It will move in fire, salt and sacrifice.
Glory will spring forth from love of the
Father, the Son and The Spirit’s Presence
Freedom in worship will ride on the “sound of
heaven”
Hearts will be laid bare for Habitations of
glory and infused with grace.
Nevertheless, God's
solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: "The Lord
knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who confesses the name of
the Lord must turn away from wickedness."
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Therefore let us
leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying
again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith
in God,
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The foundations of
the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first
foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth
emerald,
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The Lord is adding
precious stones to his halls of worship, government and Church. The Spirit is moving, today, to release the
Church from the clutches of Jezebel and the Religious Spirit. In this move the prophetic ministry will be
brought into a refinement leading to glory, power and deep encouragement for
the Body of Christ.
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the time to review this word. Let me
know what you think. Write a post at the
end! Thanks.
Jeff Reynolds
jreynolds@mycapstone.org
www.mycapstone.org
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Jeff Reynolds
jreynolds@mycapstone.org
www.mycapstone.org
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