Making Room for the Coming of the Bridegroom (Jesus) by His Spirit (Prophetic Message)

Matthew 25:10-13

¹⁰ “And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.

¹¹ ‘Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ 12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’

¹³ ‘Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.”

I went to a store today and noticed that several of their aisles had totally empty shelves. When I got to the cashier, I asked her if they were getting ready to put next season’s items on the shelves. But she responded instead with a no, and continued to share that they had new shipments coming in and were making room for them. Right there the Lord spoke to me about getting ready for the next move of His Spirit that is approaching next month (These are the times of the Feasts of God which start in the month of September 2018) and to make room for it.

The next feasts are as follows:  

Yom Teruah (Day of Trumpets) (High Sabbath) – sundown September 10 to sundown September 11, 2018

Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) (High Sabbath) – sundown September 19 to sundown September 20, 2018

Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) – (first day – High Sabbath) sundown September 24 to sundown September 30, 2018 ¹

Not only has the Lord been speaking to me about this for the past few months, but He has also given me to speak into the lives of leaders around me about the same thing. Some of the warnings God has given me for these leaders have been to seek healing from the Lord prior to this move. I myself am seeking healing from past wounds and for that I have been spending time speaking in tongues for God to search me and show me whatever things He sees that I need to correct or that He is healing me from. For example, I’m seeking him about whether it is relationships where I needed to right any wrongs I may have unknowingly done to others and He wants the relationship restored or wounds He is healing me from things done against me so in my healing, I can make room for the new wine He wants to pour down on me in all areas of my life.

There are other areas in which He is giving me an urgency to pay attention to prior to this move. One of them is the area of finances and for that He has me making sure that my tithes and offerings are taken care of as He leads me. In addition, He has heightened my praying in the spirit and worship in thanksgiving for the manifestation of His promises to me. As I also declare them and use my authority to remind the devil I know my rights as a child of God and co-heir with Christ, I command him to take his hands of what is mine.

I am mentioning all of this to say that these are some of the ways God is leading many of His people to make room for the move of His Spirit that is approaching. We do not know exactly when He is coming, but we can prepare and be ready for when He finally shows up as the bridegroom of the Church and pours out what He is bringing for her. 

We do not want to be counted among the ill-prepared virgins that when they finally decided to get up and pay the necessary price for the oil (the anointing of Jesus Christ the Messiah and His authority delegated to us as priests and kings for we are called to act as His peculiar people), it was too late for them and the door of opportunity was shut before them. These type of opportunities do not come again and unfortunately, many will see that this door will remain shut for them. That is why God is warning us to prepare and make sure this does not happen to us.

It is also important for us to focus and pay attention to the signs of the times and if possible, get together with people we know hear God and can identify the signs of the times and respond accordingly. We need to watch and make sure that we are not deceived, and instead seek to have the oil God is asking us to have enough of if we want to be told that He knows us. One way He may say to some that He does not know them is if they are doing things in His name, but He is not doing them with them perhaps because they are not done by His wisdom, in His timing and in His way.

We do not want to do these things following the wisdom of the world, but by spending time of intimacy with Him and seeking Him to show us how to make room for what He is bringing by His Spirit. As we act on the responsibility He is giving to us at this time, we are demonstrating to Him our faith in Him which will be rewarded for He rewards those who diligently seek Him (Hebrews 11:6).

For many of us, this is also a time of taking risks if we want to see the benefits of experiencing the Kingdom of God at a higher level. This will entail that we come out of the boat and choose to walk on the water that we see Jesus walking on, knowing that He is right there waiting for us to take our steps of faith, and if we do not faint or grow weary in well doing, we will see the reward of our patient and obedient endurance.

Another thing to mention about this move is that Jesus is not coming as the Lamb, but as the Lion of the tribe of Judah for He will come by His Holy Spirit in a strong way to judge the spirit of the world. Nobody knows exactly when He is coming but we are being enlightened of how He intends to come. Acts 1:7 says,

“And He said to them, ‘It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.”

John 16:8-10 explains,

⁸ “And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: ⁹ of sin, because they do not believe in Me; ¹⁰ of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; ¹¹ of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.”

Isaiah 26:9 also says,

“With my soul I have desired You in the night, Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; For when Your judgments are in the earth, The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.”

What is more about this move of the Spirit of God is that He is coming in His glory to shake everything that can be shaken so that the unshakable things, the things that are counted for eternity and that can be passed to the next generations will remain. This is also an explanation of what God intends to do with His millennial Kingdom. In other words, this move is going to highlight the work He wants to do with and through the millennial generation.

An example of what will be seen as a result of this strong manifestation of the glory of God in the Church is mentioned in a Spanish song by Puertorican Pastor Janet Aponte. In her song “La Gloria del Cielo” (“The Glory of Heaven”) she sings, “Wherever the presence of the Lord comes by His Spirit, everything starts changing. Lukewarmness leaves and fire falls.  The lame leaves jumping up and down, the mute starts praising. When the glory comes nobody can stop it…” 2

One other effect will be what Malachi 4:4-6 tells us,

⁴ “Remember the Law of Moses, My servant,
Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel,
With the statutes and judgments.
⁵ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet
Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
⁶ And he will turn
The hearts of the fathers to the children,
And the hearts of the children to their fathers,
Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”

The Law of Moses mentioned in verse 4 is the Ten Commandments that summed up in the New Testament is the Law of Love which states in Luke 10:27, “So he answered and said, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’”

Likewise, with this move of the Spirit of the Lord, the Bridegroom of the Church, everything that violates this law of love will be shaken and the wrong foundations influenced by the spirit of this world, as mentioned will be shaken so that people can be healed and learn to love one another as Christ has loved us. John 13:34-35 asserts,

34”A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. ³⁵By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

So let’s get ready and expect this glorious move of God that will change things for God’s people and cause us to look more like His image and likeness in all areas of our life. Let’s pray:

Heavenly and glorious Father, we humble ourselves before you to seek your face and ask that you show us any wickedness you want us to turn from. Show us any wrong you want us to make right and every relationship you want us to seek restoration. We also come to seek the healing of every wound in our soul.  We want to be conformed to your image and likeness more and more each day and choose to not be conformed to the patterns of this world. Instead, we choose to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, so that we may live acceptable lives that please you. Help us to make room for what your Holy Spirit wants to pour out on us as you have been announcing His coming during the next feasts of God and during times we may not know of.

For this, we seek to have more times of intimacy with you and of prayer and praise to you. We do not want to be counted among the ill-prepared virgins, so we ask you to help us move everything in us and outside of us that may be in the way of our receiving the new wine you will be pouring out on your church and through her. Help us to walk on the water you are walking on as we fix our eyes on you so that as we take these new risks, we reap the benefits and rewards of our obedience to your commands. We ask this with thanksgiving for answering us and in the name of your Holy Son Jesus, the Messiah. Amen.

To God alone be all the glory.■

1. A Rood Awakening International. Biblical Feast Dates.

1   2. La Gloria del Cielo

Scriptures taken from the New King James Version.

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