Again they shall plant on the hills of Samaria, worshiping God and walking in fellowship with Him.  They were meant for that land.  They were given the land by the God, A Jealous God who loves His children and made them promises that were not dismissed by their wickedness.  He is the Righteous One and we are not, but through abiding in Him and He in us we may be accounted righteous.  These people will not perish even if they be pursued throughout the ages to come.  They were designed to be His inheritance and cannot totally fall for He will intervene.  When will His enemies understand their abuses are temporary for the Lord will smile again upon the Nation of Israel as if He had never had them disbursed to the four winds, or haunted by the sword.  Their trial was meant to glorify God as He delivers them when “all” else fails.

Jesus is coming, not as the giver of peace, to be mocked and tortured by the unrighteous for being innocent, pure and speaking unadulterated Truth.  He is come this time to bring Judgment with the seven stars in His Hand and the two edged sword of God’s Word upon His tongue.  Nothing can stand against truth, it severs, it cuts, it binds and it throws off chain of slavery to false gods, even though angels they be.  Christ is King and they know it, yet they have for a time convinced man of a falsehood.  That Glorious Day after many have suffered for their faith He will come and make it right.  The Earth shall fall at the Hand of the Potter, once again shaped by the image of His Palm and creative thought in His Mind.  I cannot fathom so intricate a task, I cannot understand the rhyme or reason for grace, judgment, the fall or my pride, but He Knows.  There is something built into these things called grace and glory and they are among the great and mighty things we have not yet known.

I look to today and see them weeping inside their hearts, tears running the walls of their self made cells.  Afraid of everything, yes even the light, for they know not the power and sanctification of forgiveness when washed clean by the Precious Blood of Jesus.  It took away the sins of the world, why then do we cling to them so.  Afraid to live free, having grown used to the shackles wrought in our own pursuit of fools gold and moissanite daydreams.  They flock to fear and avoid the waiting arms of Love, no tragedy is greater than the stubbornness of Man.

Don’t let us imprison ourselves any longer Father.  I pray that they be set free of these prisons named deception, mockery, foolishness and pride.  The enemy plays his role perfectly, I shall not mock him for I am but a man and I have no understanding of such things.  This I know, that You saw the need to step down from on High, to pronounce him defeated, to strip him of his authority over believers and to make clear Your intention to Judge him alongside mankind.  I do not know if he was necessary Lord, but as Your Word says that all serve the Lord our God then I must imagine in some way he too serves Your purpose.  If it be Your Will Father then we shall see him rebuked.  Lord show me how to save even one of these from going to eternal separation from You.  Make it so there is nothing more important in my life than saving them from that eternity.  Please allow me to bring Glory to your name and forget my own.

We all feel it even those who do not know You, Father.  They see that something has shifted, the season’s change nears, the denouement arrives.   Some rearrange the furnishings but they cannot seem to find comfort, peace, courage or strength.  Their legs buckle at the mention of possibility and they scurry for one last sip, bite or smoke.  Nothing soothes, nothing cools, nothing brings relief to the itch, pain or twinge.  Something is dis-aligned, as if light is no longer straight and water no longer quenches thirst.  We all see that something is coming, I know that the timing will be Divinely, Righteous and Perfect.  For Your Patience Has been a gift we cannot comprehend, but nonetheless we marvel at Your Majesty and Truth.  Praise God in All His Glory.  Jesus the Name Above All Names.