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THE UNSHAKEABLE PROMISE OF KING JESUS

Before time began, the Father chose a people for His Son—a holy seed scattered throughout every tribe, tongue, and nation. To these chosen ones, Jesus Christ declares with absolute authority:

"All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out... This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day."

In the thunderous worship of Revelation's throne room, every created being acknowledges what hell trembles to hear and heaven celebrates without end: Jesus alone is worthy to open the seals of judgment, Jesus alone holds the keys of death and Hades, Jesus alone is the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world.

Salvation is not a reward for human effort but an unmerited gift of divine love—received by faith alone, in Christ alone, through grace alone. Jesus is the Savior; we are the saved. He is the Shepherd; we are the sheep who hear His voice. And every sheep given to Him by the Father will come, will believe, will receive the gift of eternal life, and will never—not one—be lost.

THE HOLY FIRE

A Message to the Great Basin Remnant in the Final Hour

For Those with Eyes to See and Ears to Hear

Beloved saints scattered throughout the valleys and mountains of the Great Basin, the hour is late, and the harvest sickle gleams in the Father's hand.

I write to you not as a scholar or theologian, but as a watchman on the wall who has seen the smoke rising from distant battlefields and heard the thunderous approach of the Divine Harvester.

The world convulses in its final birth pangs—assassination attempts against those who dare speak truth, nations girding for the third global war, Israel surrounded by enemies who thirst for her blood, and humanity crying out for political saviors while spurning the only Name under heaven by which men must be saved.

JESUS!

This is not a coincidence. This is the appointed time.

For nearly six thousand years, the great cosmic drama has unfolded exactly as the Ancient of Days, THE WORD OF GOD, decreed. Two thousand years from Adam to Noah. Two thousand years from Noah to Christ. Two thousand years since our Lord's first advent. And now, in these final moments before the millennial Sabbath begins, we stand at the threshold of the greatest separation in human history—the final harvest where wheat and tares will be forever divided.

THE VINEYARD HAS FAILED

Listen to the words the Spirit spoke through Isaiah, words written not merely for ancient Judah but for us who live in the shadow of the end: "My well-beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill. He dug it all around, removed its stones, and planted it with the choicest vine; and He built a tower in the middle of it and also hewed out a wine vat in it; then He expected it to produce good grapes, but it produced only worthless ones."

The earth is God's vineyard. For six millennia, He has tended it with perfect care. He sent prophets, judges, kings. He gave His law, His promises, His very presence in the temple. Finally, He sent His Son—the choicest vine, the true vine—and planted Him in the soil of human flesh. The Father built His watchtower and hewed out His wine vat, expecting the good fruit of righteousness.

But what has humanity produced with it? Worthless grapes. Bitter fruit. The sweet wine of justice has become the vinegar of oppression. The grapes of righteousness have rotted into the putrid clusters of self-worship.

Look around you, remnant of the Great Basin. Isaiah's six woes thunder across our landscape with prophetic precision:

"Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field, until there is no more room!" Behold the spirit of endless accumulation that has consumed this generation—the relentless pursuit of real estate, cryptocurrency, stock portfolios, and material security while souls perish in spiritual poverty.

"Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue strong drink!" See how this nation drowns its conscience in alcohol, drugs, pornography, entertainment, and every conceivable distraction from the voice of the Almighty calling men to repentance.

"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness!" Witness the complete moral inversion of our times—abortion called healthcare, sexual perversion celebrated as the love of pride, rebellion against God marketed as authenticity, and surrender to Christ branded as oppression.

"Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight!" Marvel at the intellectual pride that has made gods of scientists, academics, and experts while treating the Word of the Living God as primitive mythology. Oops!

The hedge of divine protection is being removed. The walls are being broken down. The vineyard will be trampled. God has charged the clouds to rain no rain upon it, and briars and thorns—the curse of Genesis—now choke out any remaining fruit.

THE SERAPHIM'S BURNING COAL

But you who hear these words with trembling hearts, you who recognize your own desperate need for salvation—take courage! For the same chapter in Isaiah that pronounces judgment also reveals the path of purification.

"In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple."

King Uzziah died of leprosy because he presumed to enter the holy place and burn incense—a picture of human self-effort trying to approach God on its own terms. His death marks the end of every human kingdom, every earthly hope, every fleshly confidence. Only when all human kingship dies can we see the eternal throne that never changes.

When Isaiah beheld the Holy One, his response was not pride but terror: "Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips." This is where true spiritual life begins—not with self-confidence but with the crushing recognition of our absolute depravity.

Every person born into this world is born as Satan's seed, sold into slavery to sin, deserving nothing but eternal death. We contribute absolutely nothing to our salvation except our desperate need for it. Like the thief dying on the cross beside Jesus, we have no power, no righteousness, no hope except in the mercy of the One who chose to die in our place.

But look what follows Isaiah's confession: "Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs. He touched my mouth with it and said, 'Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven.'"

The burning coal comes from the altar—the place of sacrifice of SELF that points to Calvary's cross. The seraphim cannot even touch this coal directly but must use tongs, for it burns with the holy fire of God's purifying judgment. When this coal touches Isaiah's lips, his sin is not just covered but completely taken away. STOP HERE… Imagine…

This is the miracle of the new birth—the translation from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of God's beloved Son. We who were Satan's tares become God's wheat through no effort of our own but by the sovereign grace of the Divine Gardener who plants His own nature within us. We are born again, born by the will and pleasure of God. We had nothing to do with our original birth, nor our last birth-God is SOVEREIGN.

THE JOY OF DIVINE PRUNING

And here, beloved remnant, is where the world's wisdom becomes perfect foolishness. For once we are born again, once we become branches in the true vine, our greatest joy is not found in earthly success but in heavenly pruning.

Listen to the words of our Master: "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit."

The adversity crushing you today—the financial pressure, the health struggles, the persecution for righteousness' sake, the loss of relationships with those who cannot understand your transformation—this is not punishment but purification. This is not evidence of God's displeasure but proof of His fatherly love. DIE TO THIS WORLD. JUST LET GO AND REJOICE.

"Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance." Joy in trials? Celebration in crushing? This sounds like madness to the natural mind, but to those born of the Spirit, it is perfect wisdom. PRAISE GOD!

For we understand what the world cannot comprehend: this light and momentary affliction is working for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison. Every loss in this world prepares us for gain in the next. Every pruning cut removes the dead wood of self-reliance and self-promotion, allowing the life of Christ to flow more freely through our surrendered vessels.

The very trials that make us weep with pain simultaneously cause us to leap with joy, for we know that our Father never wastes a tear, never allows a meaningless sorrow, never permits purposeless pain. Every crushing is calculated to conform us to the image of His Son. Every loss teaches us to hold this world with increasingly loose fingers.

THE REMNANT'S IMPOSSIBLE COMMISSION

And then comes the commission that makes no earthly sense: "Go, and tell this people: 'Keep on listening, but do not perceive; keep on looking, but do not understand.' Render the hearts of this people insensitive, make their ears dull, and their eyes dim, otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and return and be healed."

My immediate response, “What? Are you INSANE? Are you MAD? DO YOU REALIZE WHERE I LIVE? (I live in the heart of Mormonville, and I am stationed in a bunker with a bunch of carnal Christians who are sheep in wolves' clothes, like Isaiah and Jonah dealt with)

My humble final response, “PRAISE GOD! THANK YOU KING JESUS! BRING IT ON! KEEP SENDING THEM! PRAISE GOD!

Isaiah asked the natural question: "Lord, how long?" How long must I teach, knowing it will harden hearts rather than soften them? How long must I proclaim truth that will drive people further from God rather than draw them closer?

The answer reveals the stunning scope of God's end-time purposes: "Until cities are devastated and without inhabitant, houses are without people and the land is utterly desolate."

This is our calling, remnant of the Great Basin. We are commissioned to preach the Gospel, knowing that most who hear it will not only reject it but will be hardened by it. We will be blamed for the very rebellion our message exposes. We will be accused of lacking love when we refuse to compromise truth. We will be called divisive when we declare that Jesus is the only way to the Father.

But this hardening is not our failure—it is God's design! For the harvest requires complete separation between wheat and tares. The divine sickle cannot swing until every heart has been fully revealed, every choice has been made final, every person has been sorted into their eternal destiny.

Those who are truly God's seed will hear the Shepherd's voice and follow, no matter how difficult the message. Those who are Satan's seed will reveal their true nature by rejecting the very Gospel that could save them.

THE HOLY SEED IN THE STUMP

Do not despair at the small number who respond. Do not lose heart when even family members turn against you. For God has promised: "Yet there will be a tenth in it, and it will again be subject to burning, like a terebinth or an oak whose stump remains when it is felled. The holy seed is in the stump."

Even when everything visible appears destroyed, even when the mightiest trees of human civilization are cut down, God preserves His holy seed in the remnant. We are that seed—not because of any worthiness in ourselves, but because Christ has made us worthy through His blood. It's all by Grace.

From the stump of apparent defeat, God will raise up His millennial kingdom. From the remnant that seems so small and insignificant, He will populate the earth during Christ's thousand-year reign. We who are now despised and rejected will then reign with Him as kings and priests. Can you imagine?

FEAR NOT—THE HARPAZO APPROACHES

As world events accelerate toward their prophetic climax, as wars and rumors of wars multiply, as the love of many grows cold, remember the words of our Savior: "Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."

The Harpazo—the catching away of the church—draws near. The bride has made herself ready through suffering, through pruning, through the holy fire that burns away all dross and leaves only pure gold. LOOK UP. Fix yourself LOOKING UP.

Do not fear the collapse of earthly systems. Do not fret over the rise of evil men. Do not cling to possessions, positions, or relationships that belong to this passing world. For you are citizens of another kingdom, branches of a heavenly vine, heirs of an inheritance that cannot fade away.

Instead, "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these." You are infinitely more valuable to your Father than the flowers He adorns with such beauty. If He clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you?

THE BEATITUDES OF THE HARVEST

As we face these final days, let us remember the charter of our kingdom—the Beatitudes that define the character of God's seed:

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." We rejoice in our spiritual poverty, knowing we have nothing to offer God except our desperate need.

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted." We weep over sin—both our own and the world's—but this mourning (confession of truth) leads to divine comfort.

"Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth." While the proud fight for earthly dominion, we inherit eternity through meekness.

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied." Our deepest craving is not for earthly success but for conformity to Christ's image.

"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy." We show mercy to others because we have received infinite mercy from God.

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." The holy fire burns away every impurity, preparing us for the beatific vision. TRUST HIM, REST IN HIM.

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." We make peace between God and man through Gospel proclamation, not through political compromise.

"Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Persecution is not our enemy but our graduation ceremony into glory.

THE FINAL CHARGE

Saints of the Great Basin, the hour is later than you think. The restrainer is being removed (innocent children). The man of lawlessness prepares to be revealed. Israel stands surrounded by enemies. Wars rage across the earth. Hearts grow cold. False prophets multiply.

But we who have been washed in the blood of the Lamb, we who have been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, we who have tasted the powers of the age to come—we lift our heads with expectation! For our redemption draws near!

Preach the Gospel with boldness, knowing it will harden some hearts while softening others. Endure persecution with joy, counting it privilege to suffer for His name. Lose everything gladly, holding nothing back from the One who gave His life for you.

The holy fire of God's judgment will soon cleanse the earth. Every work of wood, hay, and stubble will be consumed. Only what is built with gold, silver, and precious stones—only what is done through Christ and for Christ—will survive the burning.

"Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord."

The trumpet is about to sound. The archangel prepares to shout. The dead in Christ will rise first, and we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.

Until that glorious day, we remain faithful sentinels, crying out with the voice of one calling in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of the Lord! Make His paths straight! For the kingdom of heaven is at hand!"

Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus. The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!"

To Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.

The holy seed is in the stump. The remnant endures. The harvest comes.

Maranatha!

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