“MADURO” Time of the Ripe Fruit

 

“MADURO” Time of the Ripe Fruit

As we observe the recent events with the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians 15:46, “However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual.” NASB

Having highlighted that, here's what I hear the Lord say about what is happening in the spirit. To begin, the English word for Maduro is the word “ripe.” And the Lord reminded me that one Sunday morning, as I was in prayer with a pre-service prayer group at a church, approximately in 2022, I had a vision where I saw a big tree that was being shaken, and this caused the ripe fruit fall from this tree.

Trees in the Bible usually represent individuals, like it shows in Daniel 4:10-11, 22

10 ‘'Now these were the visions in my mind as I lay on my bed: I was looking, and behold, there was a tree in the middle of the earth and its height was great.

11 The tree grew large and became strong
And its height reached to the sky,
And it was visible to the end of the whole earth.

22 “it is you, O king; for you have become great and grown strong, and your majesty has become great and reached to the sky, and your dominion to the end of the earth.” NASB

Matthew 15:13 also says, “Jesus shrugged it off. 'Every tree that wasn’t planted by my Father in heaven will be pulled up by its roots. Forget them. They are blind men leading blind men. When a blind man leads a blind man, they both end up in the ditch.'” MSG

And in the case of former President Maduro, this tree was shaken and taken away by the roots with force and fire. Now the replacement has to get ready to make the transition and take the position to rule in righteousness on behalf of God's people.

Isaiah 22:19-21

19 “And I will thrust you from your office, and from your station will you be pulled down.

20 And in that day I will call My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

21 And I will clothe him with your robe and will bind your girdle on him and will commit your authority to his hand; he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.” AMPC

Another type of tree in the Bible is the olive tree. And in order to gather the ripe olives, the tree is shaken (1). As we have learned in another post from this blog, olives are used for their oil. Biblically, the olive represents peace, prosperity, and the presence of the Holy Spirit (1). Olive oil has a wide range of uses known in the Biblical Hebrew culture, and for believers as well. Besides everyday use, it is used to anoint Kings, Priests, and Prophets. It is also used to consecrate, set apart, and purify things and also people for their holy purpose unto God, including their priesthood (2).

Biblehub.com says that “'holy anointing oil' was unique, and its composition was governed by strict instructions, emphasizing that anything touched by this oil was consecrated to the Lord.”

We have also learned that in order to get the oil, the olives need to be pressed or crushed. In the life of a believer, this represents seasons in the wilderness of testing, where they feel hard pressed with trials and warfare, that God allows to develop the anointing necessary to fulfill their calling or in certain cases, the next level of their calling for which they require a greater level of anointing. That's why this looks like shakings and chaos because it is the kind of environment necessary to pull the oil of anointing out of God's vessel.

Another reminder is that the olive oil is used for the lamps which represent our life of devotion, consecration, and close relationship with God, where we are governed by Him and exercise governance (self-control and temperance because we are set apart for a purpose that has to be guarded, and for this reason, we're not to follow the patterns of this world).

But when we forget God's requirements to be able to fulfill our callings and succumb to the

patterns of the world which keep us from walking in authority and also blinds us from the subtle traps and attacks of the enemy, then, one of the ways this shows is that we stop depending and trusting fully on our God, and this way, our lamp loses the oil necessary to keep us sharp in the things of the spirit.

As we already know, this is what happened to the foolish virgins and for this reason, they could not enter in with the groom when he finally showed up. They had lost that closeness to Him, until He finally said to them, “I don't know you.” and they were sent out to pay the price for new oil. This means that they had to go and carry their cross to get the necessary oil, with its required potency to fulfill their type of calling.

The wise virgins which decided to endure the process, no matter what, were able to go back behind the door with the groom where they could go and do great exploits with Him because they were fully known, and where the flatteries and seduction of the enemy did not sway them away from focusing on their calling and important purpose on behalf of others. To them, fulfilling their part of their covenant with their God was principal.

Daniel 11:32 says,

32 “And such as violate the covenant he shall pervert and seduce with flatteries, but the people who know their God shall prove themselves strong and shall stand firm and do exploits [for God].”

(1). Topical Bible: The Olive-Tree: Shaken when Fully Ripe

(2). What does olive oil symbolize in the Bible?

To God alone be all the glory.*

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