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The Delay of the Bridegroom: Matthew 24 & 25 (35 mins)

Right now the Church is rife with division and offence. The Bible makes clear that a delay in the return of the Lord brings this about. Many are embracing the idea of delaying the darkness...delaying the trouble by political alliances. This is a big mistake. The delay is a test of faith and desire. The Spirit and the Bride say "even so, come." They don't want a delay!

The Hard To See Nature of Great Tribulation (38 mins)

As the Great tribulation unfolds, DARKNESS is increasing.

Light is ALSO increasing, but the light is the burning of faith...it is believing without seeing.

Right now is a great time to meditate on Wisdom in Proverbs 1, and the nature of Great Tribulation as described by Jesus in the Olivet Discourse. Loving truth is the key. If you love truth...if you love Jesus...you search for any scrap of seeing Him returning. many will get a false sense of confidence that He ISNT returning, simply because they didn't LOVE the idea that He is!

Oh, the hard to see nature of what so many always hoped would be obvious! I've said this for years:  it will always take faith to see Jesus returning.  The deeper the darkness, the more faith it will take.

2 Thessalonians 2:9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Five Bridesmaids: Matthew 24 and 25 (42 mins)

It's important to get the right idea of what to look for in this hour. it often isnt what I imagined, but, if I keep coming back to the throne, my faith becomes my sight. what does the Great Tribulation really look like? Is offense growing? The first markers of the Great Tribulation are offense and betrayal. If this message offends, consider that what I am saying hasn't changed....what has changed is the season and the hearts of those listening. Dont take my word on this. Look it up in your own Bible.

This is the Hour of Sleeping (46 min)

We are in a very prophetic moment.  There is promised a time when for those who have been looking for Jesus, it would actually seem like not as much is happening, even though more is happening than ever before. The darkness of the night makes a person sleepy.  To be sleeping means to quit watching and knowing the hour more and more...confusion and delusion are opposite of being soer and wide awake...living in the daylight by choice.

 

This is how the writers of the New Testament lived: awake...on purpose.  They lived by prophetic eyes more than natural eyes.  It is important to search for any scrap of fulfillment and qualify it into your reality..to see the news prophetically, to see your church prophetically, to see yourself prophetically, and to see your family prophetically.

 

It is never going to be obvious to the church that Jesus is returning.  This will offend many in the church.  Many in the church are waiting for Jesus' return to be obvious.  This wont happen. .  It will be as in the days of Noah....for the world, a great harvest of people WILL see th day.  This is the promised great harvest that began in Acts 2 and is described in Revelation 7...a whole multitude that will come out of the Great Tribulation.

 

Right now, you want to be a watchman...awake with Jesus.  Not as much is obvious, this isn't because the prophetic fulfillment is any less obvious, but because the night is getting darker.  This was always promised.

 

Matthew 24:37-39 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.

 

Matthew 25:5-6 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept. "And at midnight a cry was heard: 'Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!'

 

Revelation 7:14-17  And I said to him, "Sir, you know." So he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them. They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." 

The Spirit of Slumber Attacking Watchmen - Parable of the 10 Bridesmaids (43 mins)

Matthew 25:1-7  "Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.  2  Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish.  3  Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them,  4  but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.  5  But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.  6  "And at midnight a cry was heard: 'Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!'  7  Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.

The Urgent Need to Grow in Supernatural Experience (44 min)

The Urgent Need to Grow in Supernatural Experience (44 min)

The Oil of Matthew 25 (Parable of the 10 Bridesmaids) (57 min)

Oil is what is produced when we partner with...wrestle with...the Lord:

 

Genesis 28:17-18  And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!"  18  Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it.

 

You are going to need it for the night that is coming.  Watchmen have the most oil, since they have committed to encountering the Lord day and night:

 

Isaiah 62:6-7  I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; They shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the LORD, do not keep silent,  7  And give Him no rest till He establishes And till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

 

In the parable of the 10 Bridesmaids, there are three end time roles presented to the church:  foolish bridesmaid, wise bridesmaid, and the hidden role of WATCHMAN.  Be a watchman and you will be assured to have plenty of oil!