Holy Unto God

Before the coming of Messiah John came to prepare the way, calling people to holiness. Jesus is once again returning, and He is returning for a pure, spotless, mature bride. Once again He is sending forerunners to prepare the way and call His bride to holiness, set apart for Him.

During the Passover feast the people of Jerusalem would paint the tombs white with lime so visitors to the city could identify them and stay away. The people did not want to defile themselves with the dead; otherwise they would not be able to participate in the feast. At this feast Jesus declared that the Pharisees were like the whitewashed tombs, nice looking on the outside, but full of death. Jesus was sending the people of His day a message- stay away from the teaching of the Pharisees, for it brings death and defilement.

If someone wanted to be set apart for God in Hebrew culture they would take a nazarite vow. Part of this vow was the commitment not to touch any dead body. It was a consecration to stay away from dead things and things that defile.

Religion, earthly philosophies, and man made agendas are dead and cannot bring life. God is calling for a people who will be purified from these things and begin to think from a Heavenly perspective. He is sending a fire upon the earth, and those who are willing to go through the fire will be purified and set apart to carry His glory to the ends of the earth. Before we can be people who change the world we must first be changed. We are changed as we allow the fire of God into every part of our hearts. Nothing will bring significant change except the fire of God, so we desperately need those who are full of His fire.

He is bringing a shift in the minds of His people, teaching us to think the thoughts of Heaven, being cleansed from earthly thoughts. His desire is to change us from the inside out and teach us to truly believe. He desires to send a fire on the earth and consecrate a people as Holy unto the Lord, a pure and spotless bride ready for His return.

Can we accomplish this by our strength? Can we bring love and unity to earth with good planning? Can we walk in holiness with a strong will? If so we will have successfully made a gospel other than the one Paul preached. True grace is to fall upon the Rock and be broken. It is to allow God to work His work in us and through us by yielding to His Spirit completely.