John The Baptist Speaks, You Have Been Given A Sword To Speak With Boldness

Good morning, Lord what’s on your heart?

I then heard a voice say,

“My love, preserver, it will not be long now”

I knew it wasn’t Jesus and the thought came to my mind, John the Baptist? His presence was so loving and so friendly.

John the Baptist began,

“Take heart, Beloved, and have courage. God is with you—you will not fail. There is boldness within you by His Spirit that fears no man or situation. When you must preach the gospel—you must preach the gospel. When you must speak the truth in love, then speak it, Beloved. I lived my life only for Him—for the one who is able to judge rightly, and I didn’t care what man thought or man said. I was raised to be a forerunner for our King and Savior and to draw men to repentance in preparation for the baptism of the Holy Spirit. There is a move of the Holy Spirit that is coming and an increase of darkness to cause many to be led astray by their own pleasures and by their own idols. When you speak God’s word you will never be put to shame. Although, His words are like a sword and never popular when you get to the heart of the matter—because so many want to hold on to their attachment and pleasures of this world. But the Lord Jesus came to set men free from this earthly misery to bring them a heavenly delight and heavenly perspective to live for the things above, the things of heaven.

I wasn’t afraid to die, for my character to be assassinated, for my will to die in the process.”

As an aside family, John the Baptist didn’t have a full understanding of God’s plan to redeem man on the cross. He also thought Jesus would come to reign on earth and subdue his enemies on earth very visibly. That is why, after his arrest, he had his disciples go to Him and question if He indeed was the Messiah—because Jesus wasn’t making it public and John the Baptist wanted that.

Luke 22:20-23

John’s disciples told him about all these things. Calling two of them, 19 he sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”

20 When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?’”

21 At that very time Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses, and evil spirits and gave sight to many who were blind. 22 So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. 23 Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”

John the Baptist Continued,

“I did it all knowing that I was making a space in the heart of the people for the Lord’s redemption of mankind. Although I didn’t fully understand it, I knew Jesus was meant to reign as King and I knew He was the Savior. It wasn’t until my final hours before my death, that I was given illumination of God’s true redemptive plan. And how that filled my soul with great joy, far beyond anything anyone could perceive or imagine. I died with great joy knowing that my work was finished— and soon it would be finished. Oh, you cannot fathom the elation—growing up and waiting for the promise of the Messiah—living in that time— being chosen by God to support and assist him in the work of bringing man to repentance— and then finding out what his plan was all along. How beautiful the cross, what a great love poured out for all humanity—that we may have life abundantly in Christ and live forever with Him who reigns, now and forever more.

“Oh, my beloved daughter, rejoice. Share with the other brides of Christ to rejoice as well. God being so good, He has raised many forerunners in this last leg of the race to prepare the way for our Lord and His Spirit. You will continue to suffer in various ways—you and all the voices crying out in the wilderness—in the world. But know that now you will be equipped with boldness and power from on high like you have never experienced or seen. My beloved fellow brothers and sisters, continue to say yes to the Lord. It is when you are at your end his graces rush in to assist you. There is a power coming that the church and this world have not seen, being prepared for those who are empty vessels to be so filled and possessed with the Spirit of God to do great exploits for Him. That is what he is doing in this hour. Your training, your discipline, and your refinement are all part of your transformation, My dear ones, and very deliberate. Do not despite what you’re going through or what He takes you through.

“My love, it has been shown to you what to do at the right time. The Lord will use you to speak truth to your loved ones. Many will scoff but there will be a few who will be cut at the heart, and that is all He needs. Do not fear their faces nor allow them to despise your youth. Continue to ask for grace and courage. At the appointed time you will know when to rise up to speak His words to those who have become stiff-necked and hardened-hearted. It is most necessary, so they realize the line has been drawn in the sand. They cannot say they didn’t know for I have sent you, the Lord’s servant, to proclaim repentance and a turning away of everything that is ungodly so that they may receive His mercy and be transformed. Do not fear, once again. All the prophets before you were met with strife and contention when speaking the truth of God’s word in love. You have been given a sword to speak with anointing and power dipped with the Love of God to herald God’s words—you and all his brides. Now is the time to speak or their blood will be upon your hands. Do not fear. I will help you.”

That was the end of John the Baptist’s Message

So, family, I was having mixed emotions because of what I knew the Lord was asking me to do through St. John the Baptist and what he kept referring to when he kept saying not to be afraid.

My first reading in the Lord’s Supper was Jeremiah 38:4-6,8-10.

The title said A man of strife and contention to all the Land- Jeremiah the Prophet. The Scripture says,

Then the officials said to the king, “This man should be put to death. He is discouraging the soldiers who are left in this city, as well as all the people, by the things he is saying to them. This man is not seeking the good of these people but their ruin.”

5 “He is in your hands,” King Zedekiah answered. “The king can do nothing to oppose you.”

6 So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the cistern; it had no water in it, only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

Ebed-Melek went out of the palace and said to him, 9 “My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern, where he will starve to death when there is no longer any bread in the city.”

10 Then the king commanded Ebed-Melek, the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”

I thought, uh oh, he always refers to many of my trials, like prophet Jeremiah, through the readings when I do My Lord’s Supper.Then the gospel reading was Luke 12:49-53.

Jesus said,

“I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! 51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. 52 From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two, and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

For the past couple of days, I have been having flash visions of speaking to my loved ones. There is a function coming up and the Lord wants me to share His heart and speak the truth against what is done traditionally and accepted, but not pleasing to God. I just gulped, and then…

St John the Baptist began speaking.

“I think He is addressing this to all the brides of Christ, you Heartdwellers. It’s time for us to speak lovingly to our loved ones about the truth in what we believe—things they we see they have been doing that displease God that we have been quiet about—too afraid to ruffle feathers or cause strife. So rather you just pray in secret. The Lord is calling us all to speak the truth, boldly, but gently in love. He will give us the courage to do it.”

St. John the Baptist will be praying for us all. So, we have each been called to be “a voice crying out in the wildness to make straight the way of the Lord. Pray for me family, for great courage to do this as I pray for you.

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