Isaiah 41:16
“You will separate value from waste, and a great wind and a strong storm will take away what is useless and unimportant. You will take joy in the Eternal. You will glow with pride in the Holy One of Israel.” VOICE
Before you continue reading I must warn you that this is a strong post, yet a Word I received from the Lord. We’re still observing the feasts of God and the new Hebrew calendar 5782. While I won’t go into detail explaining the three feasts and all they entail, what I will mention is that during the feast of Yom Kippur which took place from the evening of September 15th, 2021 until the evening of September 16th, 2021, we observed the Day of Atonement. **
This is a day also known in some Jewish communities as the holiest day of the year in which they remember the atonement sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ for the sins of humanity. It’s a day spent with much prayer, fasting, and repentance for the sins committed during the year. The importance of the observance of this day in this manner is that it is a day known for heaven to open the book of life and determine the names that will remain in it and the ones that will be removed.
We all should observe this day with repentance every year because according to our actions and motives, and whether we present our sacrificial offerings in a manner acceptable to God, then He determines if we enter a new season of blessings or go back around the mountain of testing and trial for our lack of obedience and lack of just actions. And even worse than that, as already mentioned, some will be removed from the earth.
Some will indeed go because it was their time to graduate on to heaven. But others are reaping the consequences of their unjust doings. As the Scripture above describes, God’s separating the value from the waste in our lives, and the wind of the Holy Spirit is the One doing the work of separating and removing with the Holy Angels of God that have been dispatched for this task. Therefore, this is a time for us to look inwardly and ask the Lord to show us our wrong doings and things we have done against others so we can repent (turn from the wrong direction into the right direction and course of action).
Daniel 5:27
“‘ tekel’—you have been weighed on the scales [of righteousness] and found deficient;” AMP
One other way of looking at this is that we have all been weighed in the balance against His standard of righteousness and every area that is found unjust (how we’ve treated others), every area where we have been dishonest, shown lack of character, lack of integrity, lawlessness, rebellion against Him, His will, His Word, and His commands will be shaken according to what we have done so that what is left is our desire to look more like Him and to seek Him and His righteous ways for our lives.
Also, as mentioned, the wind that is blowing away the unwanted waste in our lives is the Holy Spirit, and everything we have done following the influence of the spirit of this world will be shaken away so that the unshakable (the Kingdom of God, His truth, His will, and His ways) may remain and we can rebuild our lives on its foundation of righteousness and justice. An important reason for this is that God has declared war and judgment against the spirit of this world and its ruler Satan in every generation (See Exodus 17:16) .
Hebrews 12:27
“Now this, ‘Yet once more,’ indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.” NKJV
This shaking also includes God becoming a swift witness against all corruption and unjust scales in every sphere of society, against the building and rebuilding of structures of what is false, against all idolatry, all workings of iniquities, all abusive behaviors through sorcery, the things held back and hoarded against others, the exploiting of laborers, widows, and orphans, exploitation of the youth through trafficking, and mistreatment of foreigners because as Malachi 3:5 states, these are the actions that come from the twisted thinking of those who don’t fear of the Lord.
Judges 6:11
“Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, and his son Gideon was beating wheat in the wine press [instead of the threshing floor] to [hide it and] save it from the Midianites.” AMP
In this Scripture we see that Gideon was trying to beat the wheat in the wrong place and in a way that obstructed the separation of the wheat and the chaff. Instead of doing that in an open space where the wind (the Holy Spirit) could blow away the weightless waste in his life, he hid in the winepress to do his work for fear of the Midianites, but this method was not fruitful.
This is similar to every area of compromise that God is confronting in our lives, and where many did things in obscurity thinking it would never be brought out in the open. But God, the Righteous Judge is exposing things in this hour and releasing consequences of those wrongdoings because He’s separating the sheep (obedient to His voice) from the goats (rebellious and defiant against Him and His will), so that He can send blessings to His obedient people, and release His wrath against the rebellious.
Matthew 25:31-46 shows us other ways for us to see whether we have obeyed the Lord or sinned against Him and those around us. It says,
Verses 31-36 “‘When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’
Verses 37-40 “‘Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
Verses 41-43 “‘Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
Verses 44-46 “‘Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.’” NKJV
If reading this is making you shake in your boots, there’s hope, and you can still seek the Lord with repentance for all your wrong and unjust actions. Seek to mend the relationships you can and rectify your wrong actions, and most of all, ask the Lord, God of all the earth, and Righteous Judge to forgive you of your sins.
Doing this may not prevent the consequences of your actions, but will ensure that your relationship with Him will be restored and He can lead you on the right path for your life and destiny as you continue to seek Him, obey His will for you, and follow His righteous and just ways.
To Him alone be all the glory. *
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** See: Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement @ www.hebcal.com/Holidays
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