Question from Brother W,
“Praise God. I have been
thinking of late, the wine and the oil church the bible talked about in
revelations,God will protect them from tribulations even though the birth pains
are here with us, could it be that they will not be subjected to severe pains,
meaning the rapture takes them from this world, meaning surely time is
over......? Amen.”
RESPONSE:
Amen brother W,
Yes, the oil and the wine
church will be protected from the distress of the hour. This distress includes
birth pains that the earth is currently facing; it also includes the distress
of the Great Tribulation period.
Even though the Holy church
(the bride of Christ) which is actually the Oil and the Wine church faces the
birth pains, but The LORD takes care of her by providing a breakthrough and a
protection for her at this point in time through provision, peace, hope, the
nourishing of the anointing of The Holy Spirit e.t.c.
Remember the birth pains are
actually to awaken the church (and indeed everyone in the entire
earth) on the coming birth (the Rapture of the bride of Christ) and to
alert her on the need for her to refocus her attention away from the world and
to focus her attention to Heaven and for her to prepare the way for the coming
of The LORD Jesus Christ to Rapture His bride (The Birth).
The LORD in helping those who
submit themselves to Him in preparing to enter will cleanse, refine, purify and
sanctify them. The LORD thus passes them through the Holy Fire so that they are
refined, purified, cleansed and He then tests them so that they acquire the
status of Gold i.e. the symbolic accepted standard of refining and purification
so that all impurities in their soul, spirit, mind, heart and body is blotted
out and removed so that they can indeed now become a royal priesthood; a vessel
of honour ready to serve The LORD in absolute Repentance, Righteousness,
Holiness, Truth and Complete Surrender to The LORD Jesus Christ.
This testing, refining,
cleansing and purification is at times painful and a trying moment but The LORD
is always in charge and in control and He gives peace, hope and indeed eternal
life (the living water and the bread of life) to the believer in Christ (the
sons and daughters of The LORD) as He prepares them to enter into Heaven.
The LORD meanwhile hides her
(The Holy Church/the bride of Christ) into Heaven (through the Rapture) before
the onset of the Great Tribulation period that also comes with the wrath of God
on the earth. Remember the Holy Church (The bride of Christ) is not appointed
for wrath.
SHALOM!!!
1st Thessalonians
5:9 “For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but
to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Revelation 6:5-6 ‘“When
the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say,
“Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider
was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a
voice among the four living creatures, saying, “Two pounds of wheat for a
day’s wages, and six pounds of barley for a day’s wages, and do
not damage the oil and the wine!”’
2nd Timothy
2:20-21 “In a large house there are
articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for
special purposes and some for common use. Those who
cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes,
made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.”
Daniel 12:8-10 ‘“I
heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will the outcome of
all this be?” He replied, “Go your way, Daniel, because the words are
rolled up and sealed until the time of the end. Many will be
purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be
wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will
understand.”’
Mathew 24:3-8 ‘“As
Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him
privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will
be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” Jesus
answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in
my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. You will
hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such
things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against
nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and
earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.”’
1st Peter 2:9-10 “But
you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s
special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out
of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but
now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now
you have received mercy.”
Zechariah 13:7-9 ‘“Awake,
sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!” declares
the Lord Almighty. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will
be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones. In
the whole land,” declares the Lord, “two-thirds will be struck down
and perish; yet one-third will be left in it. This third I will
put into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them
like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I
will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is
our God.’”
Isaiah 26:19-21 “But
your dead will live, Lord; their bodies will rise—let those who dwell
in the dust wake up and shout for joy—your dew is like the dew of
the morning; the earth will give birth to her dead. Go, my
people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you; hide yourselves
for a little while until his wrath has passed by. See, the Lord is
coming out of his dwelling to punish the people of the earth for
their sins. The earth will disclose the blood shed on it; the
earth will conceal its slain no longer.”
May The LORD be with you and
protect you and bless you.
Fellow brother in Christ,
Kevin Mirasi
E-mail: mirasikevo@yahoo.com
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