During the LAST DAYS, the Body of CHRIST, will not only experience personal TESTING, but also SHAKINGS that could rock our world!
For those walking with the LORD JESUS, and obeying the word of GOD, we know that we are going to be TESTED.....and that our FAITH is going to be tested......and we are not to be surprised by this, because it is part of GOD’s plan for us.
“Dear friends, don’t be surprised at the fiery trials you are going through, as if something strange were happening to you.
Instead, be very glad—for these trials make you partners with Christ in his suffering, so that you will have the wonderful joy of seeing his glory when it is revealed to all the world.” 1 Peter 4:12-13
Many years ago, I heard this RHEMA so clearly from the LORD:
"THIS LIFE IS A BIG TEST!!"
Being put through the FIRES OF AFFLICTION accomplishes much in the spiritual realm. It trains us how to become holy or set apart, as well as joins us with CHRIST in the suffering that HE endured. It is what is needed to mold us into the kind of people that remain faithful and true to the LORD. It prepares the BRIDE to be spotless, and blameless, in order to meet her BRIDEGROOM Most of all, it refines us to be more like JESUS.
"So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him." 2 Peter 3:14
Are you being tested? During these testings, some will stay with LORD.....others will fall away! For many, (including Christians), sees hardships as proof that GOD does not exist....or that HE does not love them. However, it is because of the goodness and kindness of the LORD that is allowing these testings, that are also a form of DISCIPLINE!
“.....My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.” Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?" Hebrews 12:5-7
With each passing of a "TEST" comes a reward. You will also find that your relationship with the LORD will grow, as HE takes you HIGHER.... to the next step spiritually!!
THE GREAT TESTING/SHAKING:
Last week I was lead by the LORD to understand that another TESTING that is coming.....IT IS A GREAT TESTING that is coming upon the world. This testing will separate the wheat from the tares, and the sheep from the goats. In other words, it will lay open the true hearts of mankind, and people will not be able to hide anymore behind their false masks or narratives .... for their TRUE NATURE will be revealed!
JESUS says that in the last days, that there will be a universal testing that is coming.....and that we are to pray that we would be kept from it:
"Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth." Revelation 3:10
This GREAT TESTING that is coming upon the whole world, will be the SIFTING that the SHAKING brings! This shaking will be both in the physical, and spiritual realm. They will include literal 'shakings' like earthquakes, floodings, weather disasters, and weapons of warfare.
Those who say they have faith, will abandoned the LORD, out of anger, disappointment, and hopelessness. They will say, 'where is GOD?' in their time in need......instead of saying, 'LORD, your perfect will be done in this circumstance.'
This 'weeding out' process will be necessary for the FINAL HARVEST that is coming. It will reveal people's true commitment to the LORD. It will soon be VERY CLEAR who is for the LORD, and who is not. There will no longer be a 'middle ground' or 'gray area.' There will be no more lukewarmness in the church......for the LORD is, and will be, purging it clean. People will be either 'on fire' for the LORD.....or will have become apostate....there will be no in-between.
These TESTINGS that are coming are going to SHAKE everything that can be shaken, like it says in Psalms 18:7:
"Then the earth shook and trembled;
The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shake
Because He was angry."
As well as Hebrew 12:26-27:
“whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.
Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain."
The LORD is allowing these SHAKINGS to be the TESTINGS that are needed to WAKE people up to HIS love, faithfulness, greatness, and power. This can be a very difficult path for many to understand.......but, for those who do understand, we need to help people see that these TESTINGS is coming for their placement in eternity!
KEEP THE FAITH!!!
MESSAGE: (received on 3/2/24)
"What is coming is earth-shattering.....the earth will literally crack, and come asunder.
Pockets of earthquakes, and shakings. Places that have never experienced them before, will now.
The earth is torn asunder. There will be signs in the heavens, stars and moon. The stars will be cast down, and it will shake the earth.
When this happens, this will the last of the LAST DAYS. Many will die of fear, and many will wish to die, for the planet will come alive with these 'shakings.'
“The earth is violently broken,
The earth is split open,
The earth is shaken exceedingly.”
Isaiah 24:19
These disasters will be used to further the agendas of those in power, and they will try to use it for their own purposes. However, most will know that it is the
GREAT I AM who is allowing them to occur.
During this time, there will be a great harvest, for many will call on the NAME OF THE LORD. I will give ample time for people to REPENT....they will not die in their sins unknowingly, but will be given opportunity to right with their MAKER.
Is HE not a just GOD? HIS love for HIS creation is measureless, and bountiful......for HE loves all that HE has made in HIS IMAGE.....for they are HIS CHILDREN!
Though many have gone down the path of wickedness, HIS heart longs for them to REPENT, and seek HIM with all of their hearts!"
SCRIPTURES:
WEEDING OUT:
"‘Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.”
Matthew 13:30
"All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats."
Matthew 25:32
TESTING & TRIALS:
"My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,
knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.
But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing" James 1:2-3
"Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him."
James 1:12
"The LORD tests the righteous,
But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates"
Psalms 11:5
"You shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.
Deut. 8:2-3
"Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you may not sin.”
Exodus 2:20
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