At this point in time
today, The LORD is going to help us to understand a very deep
message. This message can be summarized as follows: “Building
The House (Temple) of The LORD”, even though the most extensive whole topic
is as noted above.
So as
we may be aware, The body is the temple of The Holy Spirit.
And the body here refers to the wholesome segments of the body
including the segments that it shields and harbours i.e the soul, the spirit,
the mind, the heart and indeed the body itself. So everyone should
submit their body, soul, spirit, mind and heart to The LORD so that
The LORD can cleanse it, purify it, test it and refine it so that it can become
the temple of The Holy Spirit: The house of The LORD, so that The
LORD can be honoured through it. All this is captured in the book of 1st Corinthians
6:19-20 which states as follows: “Do you not know that your
bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have
received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a
price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.”
So it is very important to
note that it is the combination of very many temples (house/body) of
The LORD that make up a church; because a church is a temple (a body) of
believers. So this is not just about a physical church building being built but
each individual Temple (house/body) of The LORD being built. That is
the body, the soul, the spirit, the mind and the heart of each individual.
So The
LORD God Almighty, The LORD Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit is essentially
saying that: enough is enough, and that it is high time that
everybody everywhere realize that the season and the moment for The LORD's
house (Temple) to be built has arrived. Everybody must therefore build
the house of The LORD in a Holy, Righteous and acceptable way so
that The LORD who is Holy and can dwell upon this now holy house; which
initially was in ruins. So everybody everywhere in all the corners
of the earth is called upon by The LORD to submit their bodies, souls, spirits,
minds and hearts to The LORD for it to be set forth as the temple (house) of
The LORD. This call is very well stipulated in the book of Haggai
1:2-4 which states as follows: '“This is what the Lord Almighty
says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.’” Then
the word of the Lordcame through the prophet Haggai: “Is it a time for
you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a
ruin?”'
This means that The LORD has
watched very carefully and has been watching very carefully for a long time and
observed that people everywhere on the earth are very busy with
their lifestyles and concerns and yet their bodies which actually is a property
of The LORD has been left in ruins for they have not submitted their souls,
spirits, minds, hearts and indeed their bodies to The LORD. That's why
we see The LORD proclaiming: “Is it a time for you yourselves to
be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?”
So The LORD is
calling everybody everywhere to build The House of The LORD so
that the house of The LORD be no longer in ruins but that The LORD to have
pleasure in it and be honoured. This is well stated in the book of Haggai
1:7-8 which states as follows: '“This is what
the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways. Go
up into the mountains and bring down timber and build my house, so that I may
take pleasure in it and be honored,” says the Lord.”'
So The LORD is essentially
saying that everybody everywhere should now go to Him (The LORD) by
seeking Him and inquiring of Him and focusing on Him up on His throne room in
Heaven so that He can now release upon them the raw
materials for building His house (Temple) which is at present in
ruins. These raw materials (timber) for building the house (temple) of The LORD
includes prayer, fasting, reading the Bible, fellowship, singing praise and
worship to The LORD and The LORD will then purify, refine,
cleanse, clean up, revive, restore and sanctify them who submit themselves to
Him up in the mountains (In His throne room in Heaven) so that they can bring
down timber (The Raw Materials) to build the house (temple of The LORD) which
is now in ruins.
The
LORD is saying that because His house remains in ruins as a result
of sin and wickedness, He has as a result (consequently) withheld blessings and
anointing upon the people. That people expects healings,
breakthrough, satisfaction and success in their life but they only
receive very little of it and at times none of it and so they yearn for more. This is because the
sacrifice they bring before The LORD is unacceptable because it is laced
(covered) with sin and wickedness. So the toil and prayer of the people
(individuals) is in vain because: “The LORD detests the sacrifice
of the wicked but the prayer of the upright pleases Him.” (Proverbs
15:8). So The LORD is calling upon everyone everywhere not to lean
onto their own understanding but to focus on Him in Repentance, Righteousness,
Holiness, Truth and Complete Surrender to The LORD Jesus Christ. This
is well captured in the book ofHaggai 1:9-11 which states as
follows: '“You expected much, but see, it turned out to be
little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?” declares
the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a
ruin, while each of you is busy with your own house. Therefore, because of you
the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops. I called
for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the
olive oil and everything else the ground produces, on people and livestock, and
on all the labor of your hands.”'
So for some time there
has not been open-Heavens but closed Heavens as a result of sin in the land and
amongst the people and individuals (House of The LORD in ruins). So the Great move of The LORD and the outpour of The Holy Spirit has been
lacking in the land and amongst people and individuals because of
the filthiness, sin and wickedness that has ruined the house (Temple) of The
LORD (The bodies, the souls, the spirits, the minds and the
hearts). That’s why The LORD is declaring: “I called for a drought
on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the olive oil and
everything else the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the
labor of your hands.”
The LORD is thus saying that everyone
everywhere who hears the call of The LORD and fears The LORD in
wisdom by being obedient to the voice of The LORD, The LORD will help them in
building His house (Temple), for He will console them and stir up
their spirit by touching them with the power of The Holy Spirit and He will
declare to them: “I am with you”. All this is
well stated in the book of Haggai 1:12-14 which states
as follows: '“Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of
Jozadak, the high priest, and the whole remnant of the peopleobeyed the
voice of the Lord their God and the message of the prophet Haggai,
because the Lord their God had sent him. And the people feared
the Lord. Then Haggai, theLord’s messenger, gave this
message of the Lord to the people: “I am with you,” declares
the Lord. So the Lordstirred up the spirit of
Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of
Jozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of the whole remnant of the
people. They came and began to work on the house of
the Lord Almighty, their God.”'
The LORD is saying that once
His house is built by each and everyone submitting their bodies, souls,
spirits, minds and hearts to The LORD for purification, refining, test,
cleansing and sanctification, then The LORD will move in a powerful
and tremendous way amongst the people. That He will now release His glory,
power and anointing amongst the people and The LORD will bring healing,
restoration, satisfaction, success, revival and peace amongst the people. That
this particular move and glory of The LORD will be to another higher
level because the house that was initially in ruins and full of sins will have
been purified, cleansed, refined, tested and sanctified and will thus be a
Holy, Righteous, Repentant and truthful house (Vessel/temple).
There will now not be the restrained release of the glory and move of The LORD
that was as a result of a ruined house (body/temple) brought about by sin and
wickedness. This is well stated in the book of Haggai 2:3-9 which
states as follows: '“Who of you is left who saw this house in its
former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not seem to you like
nothing? But now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ declares the Lord. ‘Be
strong, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of
the land,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work. For I am with you,’
declares theLord Almighty. ‘This is what I covenanted with you
when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not
fear.’ “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a
little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the
dry land. I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations
will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says
the Lord Almighty. ‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’
declares the Lord Almighty. ‘The glory of this present house
will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the Lord Almighty.
‘And in this place I will grant peace,’ declares the Lord Almighty.”'
The
LORD is saying that even blessings of wealth and prosperity He will release so
long as His house (Temple/House) which was in ruins is built in Righteousness
and Holiness through Repentance for the forgiveness of sins and thereby taking
to the path of Righteousness, Holiness, Truth and Complete Surrender to The
LORD Jesus Christ. That’s why The LORD is declaring that: “The
silver is mine and the gold is mine,” And that's why we also
find The LORD Jesus Christ declaring as follows in the book of Mathew
6:31-34 which states as follows: '“So do not worry,
saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly
Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and
his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry
about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”'
So the outpour of The Holy
Spirit will be in abundance and The LORD will even communicate to His children
and servants, both young and old; men and women and even little children
through dreams, visions and they will even prophesy in the name of The LORD.
This is well captured in the book of Joel 2:28-29which
states as follows: “And afterward (when the ruined house is
built), I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and
daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young
men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will
pour out my Spirit in those days (when the house/temple of the LORD is
built.”
So it
becomes very clear that when the house (the temple/the body) is in ruins as a
result of sin and wickedness, it hinders the glorious Great move of
The LORD; and without Repentance of sins and taking to the path of
Righteousness, Holiness, truth and complete surrender to The LORD Jesus Christ,
then the sacrifice offered is in vain. This is well stated in the book
of Haggai 2:14 which states as follows: '“Then
Haggai said, ‘So it is with this people and this nation in my sight,’
declares the Lord. ‘Whatever they do and whatever they offer there is
defiled.”'
So sin
and wickedness which brings ruins in the house (temple/body) of The LORD leads
to a curse upon the individuals, the people and the land. Only when the
temple of the LORD (The body, the soul, the spirit, the mind and the heart) is
built i.e submitted for purification, cleansing, restoration, refining (like
silver), testing (like gold) and sanctification does blessings
descend (is released) from The LORD: The Healings, The satisfaction, The
Breakthrough, The Peace and The success. Here it is about the genuine
success; any success that is not based in the fear (wisdom) of The LORD is an
illusion i.e. a lie that soon passes like a cloud. All these are well captured
in the book of Haggai 2:15-19 which states as follows: “‘Now
give careful thought to this from this day on—consider how things were before
one stone was laid on another in the Lord’s temple. When anyone came
to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine
vat to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty. I struck all the
work of your hands with blight, mildew and hail, yet you did not return to me,’
declares the Lord. ‘From this day on, from this twenty-fourth
day of the ninth month, give careful thought to the day when the
foundation of theLord’s temple was laid. Give careful thought:
Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig
tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit. “From
this day on I will bless you.’”
Those who become
obedient to the call of The LORD and build His house (Temple), The LORD will
choose them as His servants and children. The LORD will fight
their battles and The LORD will protect them against their enemies for
then the eye and the favour of The LORD will be upon them; meaning
that The LORD will make them like His signet ring for He shall have
chosen and anointed them and made them a royal priesthood. He will even
overthrow the royal thrones of the world for the benefit of His
precious royal priesthood. All these is well captured in the book
of Haggai 2:20-23 which states as follows: '“ The
word of the Lord came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth
day of the month: “Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am going to
shake the heavens and the earth. I will overturn royal thrones and
shatter the power of the foreign kingdoms. I will overthrow chariots and their
drivers; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his
brother. “‘On that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘I will
take you, my servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,’ declares the Lord, ‘and
I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you,’ declares
the Lord Almighty.”'
This then becomes The Great
Revival.
SHALOM!!!
MAY YOU GO UP INTO THE
MOUNTAINS AND BRING DOWN TIMBER AND BUILD THE HOUSE OF THE LORD SO THAT THE
LORD MAY TAKE PLEASURE IN IT AND BE HONOURED!!!
PREPARE THE WAY FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIT IN
ABSOLUTE REPENTANCE, RIGHTEOUSNESS, HOLINESS, TRUTH AND COMPLETE SURRENDER TO
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST (YAHUSHUA HA MASHIACH). TIME IS ABSOLUTELY OVER; THE
MESSIAH JESUS CHRIST IS IMMINENTLY COMING TO PICK HIS BRIDE!!!
REPENTANCE PRAYER
Precious
Jesus,
I
acknowledge today that you are LORD and savior of all mankind,
and
today I have recognized my shortfall,
I
repent and turn away from all sin.
Please
cover me with your precious blood,
and
establish your word in my life,
that
I may be found in righteousness and holiness
and
write my name in your book of life
and
baptize me with the power of the Holy Spirit
in
the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
AMEN.
Shalom!!!
Shalom!!! Shalom!!!
Kevin Mirasi
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