Awaken!
March 3rd, 2011

 

Isa 60:1-5
Then you will see and be radiant.....

Isa 60:1-5:  Arise, shine for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold darkness will cover the earth, and deep darkness the peoples; but the Lord will rise upon you, and His glory will appear upon you.  Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.  Lift up your eyes round about and see;  they all gather together, they come to you.  Your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried in the arms.  Then you will see and be radiant, and your heart will thrill and rejoice, because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you…

Isa 52:1-3
Awake, Awake, clothe yourself in your strength...clothe yourself in your beautiful garments...

Awake, Awake, clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion; clothe yourself in your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for the uncircumcised and the unclean will no longer come into you.  Shake yourself from the dust, rise up, O captive Jerusalem, loose yourself from the chains around your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

Isa 51:9
Awake, Awake, put on strength....
 

These 3 scriptures deal with the spirit of transformation, and the initiative that rests upon the wise virgins concerning the changes or transformation coming forth during this time.

The concern has never been for “Christendom” as a whole, nor for the world of unbelievers; but rather the scriptures have spoken of the jeopardy facing the “virgins”. 

Who are the virgins?  Those who have not defiled themselves.  Those who have not played the harlot, those who have the mark of sonship upon their foreheads.  Are we speaking of church here?  No.  We are speaking about the sons, about those who have been called out and marked for this time and for this destiny.  You most likely will not find them within church circles, for they have been led outside the camp for some time.  They may gather together, a group here, a group there, but organized religion as we know it is not the womb of sonship at this time.

What is the common thread with these scriptures?  Simple, “they saw and were radiant”.  The mark of sonship as we have mentioned in our book, is the perception and capability of spiritual sight that rests upon God’s sons.  They are not blind, they do not have the mark of the beast, or the mark of the darkness that so heavily rests upon this age.  They have the spiritual eyesight.  They are able to see.  And they will not be found lacking during this time; for they comprise the “wise” virgins during this time.

How are you clothed in beautiful garments?  According to Isaiah 52, you must first “awake” and you must secondly, “shake the dust” from you.  As you are living this now, you are progressively seeing, and in seeing, you are able to “clothe yourself” in the beautiful garments which have been prepared for you.  Simultaneously, you are letting go of the filthy rags that have clung to you.  You are shaking the dust, the remnants both of this age; and the remnants of the soul/flesh nature you have walked with.

Sonship will come to completion through a people that can see “sonship”.  They can see the “Lord”.  They can see the “provision”.  They can see the heavenly garments that have been prepared for them.  And in seeing, they can finally and completely, become.  They will be fully clothed.  They will see and be radiant.  They will put on the Lord, and that is a very personal experience.  This will not be experienced on a corporeal level of the “body”, it will be a very individual experience, as the preparation of heart and spirit is completed.

How can you gauge this change?  By virtue of your capability to see.

More than ever before we face a time that the iniquity has finally come to the full within the earth.  We have reached a point of critical mass, and the changes slated to happen will no longer be withheld, nor can they.

Too many of God’s sons are yet asleep.  The final stages of change that are coming forth are predicated upon both the ability to see, and the state of alertness or “awake” ness that an individual has.

How are we clothed in robes of righteousness?  We are clothed because we are able to see these robes of righteousness.  We are clothed for we have arisen from the slumber that is upon all of mankind.  We see His righteousness and we become it.  We see the garments of spirit, the newness of life which has been set aside for us, and we possess it.

It is with a heaviness of heart that we look forward to the changes which are quickly coming upon us.  A heaviness or concern for those of God’s sons who are yet asleep, for the judgment that shall come forth now is not a respecter of persons.

Twice now the Lord has withheld the judgments of the Father upon this age;  this time there shall no longer be a delay.  The sons have not been ready, but from this point forward there shall no longer be a delay.  As patient as the husbandman has been for the precious fruit of the earth (His sons),  this delay or season of patience has come to an end.

Revelation 3 speaks of this present timeline….

Rev 3:3 'So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.

To whom does the Lord speak here?  He is speaking to the virgins, and the call is for them to “Awaken”.  So you have the parable of the wise and foolish virgins.  You can read that if you like, but most of you know this.  Of the virgins - those whom God has called - you have those who have prepared their hearts, and you have those who have fallen asleep.

This is our concern, for there are yet many of His sons who have fallen asleep, but it is time that they must awaken.  We are quickly approaching the culmination of days; and the preparation is not complete in the heart of many of His sons, yet the judgments will come forth.  Even if they awaken, there must be a quick work done within their hearts, for they will yet need to discard the clothing of the flesh that has still clung to them.

Will there be casualties?  Yes, there will be.  It is not what we would want, but the Spirit has seen and we understand that some may not make this transition nor be ready as this time unfolds just before us.

The intercession before the throne is for His sons to awaken.  Awaken O sons, for the time is at hand but you must see, for no one can walk you into this new day.  Neither good works, nor good relationships will benefit you, for your entrance into the kingdom is a personal and individual experience.

Revelation 7:3 is an interesting scripture, one in which we must have recently passed through, for the impending judgments would not be allowed had this scripture not been completed.  And even though this scripture has found a level of fulfillment, it does not necessarily guarantee that all of those sons who have been called and sealed, will necessarily make this initial transition that is before us.

Rev 7:1-3 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.  And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God; and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, saying, "Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads."  

The door is closing -  make haste.

This is our prayer, this is our intercession, for what we see unfolding over this next period of time has with it a sharp ring of finality.