Isaiah 57:1

JANUARY 2, 2008, WOW!

I want to talk to you about some very thought-provoking things that I cannot get off my mind. Since this year represents a year of new beginnings, I kinda have a feeling, due to the things God has been revealing to me, that this will also be a year of ‘New Beings’.

I have been chained to Isaiah 57:1, for two months. The link that binds me to Isaiah’s words are events that are happening almost daily in my area of relationships. In fact, rarely does a day go by that a phone call does not tighten the parallel. It is serious. After I share with you, you may say, “I already know that, because I am seeing the same thing happening.”

I have heard the Lord speak the same words He spoke so many centuries ago; “These are as the days of Noah unto Me. The flood of evil that is taking over the world is on the rise. Therefore, I am calling many of those whom the world can least do without, to come into the Ark. The world is not worthy of them. I am taking them away from the evil to come. Their sudden departure is a testimony against the world.

It is for My wrath against this sin-sick world, that I am taking out many of the very ones that have stood in the gap, crying out for those that are blind to My love and goodness. In their compassion they have cried out against the judgments that they knew were coming.

The world has not known them, neither did the church care. But I cared and I heard.

Many have pondered among themselves, ‘How can it get much worse? How long will God put up with the epidemic of evil, shame and horror that is happening, not only in the Middle East, but right here in America? How can He stand by and do nothing?’ The answer is found in My mercy, I am not willing that one should perish, even knowing that there will be many who would never choose Me. I love every human being, but that same love will not allow Me to try to force them to love Me in return. Love, unless freely given, is not love at all.

I have watched as the religious have given lip service to me, yet, knowing full well that their hearts were far from Me. Many have used My Name for their own gain. The public is aware of how My ministers have misused and perverted My promises to heap upon the lust of their own flesh. Both are making a laughing stock of the very name of ‘Christian’.

Yes, I have heard those who cry out in the midnight hours, begging forgiveness for those who are ignorant, as well as for their brothers and sisters who defame My Name. Is there any wonder why I am drawing the righteous, young and old alike, into to My bosom? They are My darling Ones.

Do not wonder at these happenings. I tell you now to expect even more souls to leave unexpectedly. It is a sign that war is imminent.

I have told you before that I will leave a remnant for My work in the last days. They are a tithe unto Myself. They will all have the Spirit of Champions. All will be Warriors, who speak with boldness, challenging the evil, even in public places, as well as within the gathering places of My people. They will be for signs and wonders.”

Now, dear heart, I will speak to you personally, as the Lord has inspired me to do so, the things that you have endured from within and without have all been for your testing. You have experienced the fires that try the very souls of man. You have been found faithful, even though at times you felt weak and your faith dim. God was never concerned about you, for He knew your soul was melded into His Spirit that lies within your breast. You have done well. Even during sorrows and in times of testing you have been a powerful witness to those who know you. I truly believe that you are one of The Remnant.

Believing this, here is God’s exhortation to you;

“Holdfast to My promises and as you draw even closer to Me,
A Spirit of Illumination will be your constant companion.
You will not fear making decisions, for a Spirit of Boldness will partner with Illumination. You will be aware of a marked change in the way you look at trouble. Trouble will not trouble you!
You will take command of situations that heretofore you have shied away from. You will easily separate the true and precious from the vile and deceptive.
You will no longer worry, thinking that you will miss My voice, for you will know My voice and a stranger you will not follow.
You will be able to find even the Hidden Manna within My Word.
Be strong in the knowledge of who you are, for even now, you are a pillar in the temple of Your God.
You will find yourself facing into the winds of adversity instead of trembling at their threatenings.
The shock effect that Satan has used to disarm you will no longer be a weapon in his arsenal, due to the Spirit of Illumination that warns you before events happen.”

Awaiting His appearing,

Benji