1. WINDS OF HARVEST are blowing across the land, some two thousand years after the SEED fell into the ground and DIED to raise many SONS in His LIKENESS, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a CORN of wheat FALL INTO THE GROUND and DIE, it abideth alone: but if it DIE, it BRINGETH FORTH MUCH FRUIT” [John 12:24] The SEED is the WORD, which was with God in the beginning and is God, “And the WORD was made FLESH, and dwelt among us, …” [John 1:14] The SEED was hung on the Cross to DIE and by His RESURRECTION, we received NEWNESS OF LIFE, “… first the BLADE, then the EAR, after that the full CORN in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the HARVEST is come” [Mark 4:28-29] Now, the “HARVEST IS COME”, but there are TARES among the WHEAT. God knew all along of TARES and who sowed them, but waited till HARVEST, when He shall send WINDS OF HARVEST to separate SHEEP from GOATS “Let both GROW TOGETHER UNTIL THE HARVEST: and in the time of HARVEST, I will say to the REAPERS, Gather ye together first the TARES, and BIND them in bundles to BURN them: but gather the WHEAT into my barn” [Matthew 13:30]
2. WINDS OF HARVEST go before the Lord to prepare the BRIDE, “… a GLORIOUS CHURCH, not having SPOT, or WRINKLE, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without BLEMISH” [Ephesians 5:27] TARES are SPOTS and WRINKLES among the WHEAT; they are in the Church but not of the SEED sown on the Cross, “The ENEMY that sowed them is the DEVIL; the HARVEST is the END of the WORLD; and the REAPERS are the ANGELS” [Matthew 13:39] WINDS OF HARVEST is the ministry of ANGELS, SHAKING the foundations of the earth to effect the WILL of God and “ … the REMOVING of those things that are SHAKEN, as of things that are made, that those things which CANNOT BE SHAKEN MAY REMAIN” [Hebrews 12:26-27] HARVEST-TIME ANGELS are at work, rushing as mighty WINDS to SHAKE all structures of human confidence; those who set their TRUST in earthly things are “SHAKEN” and pulled out by the roots as TARES. Beloved, let every man examine himself; TARES, by all outward appearance look so much as WHEAT, having a form of godliness but lacking indwelling SPIRIT of Christ, “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure” [Philippians 2:13] Surely, the times are perilous; let us be patient, the Lord will make a “SHORT WORK” of gathering the TARES, prepare the WHEAT for HARVEST and we shall be received into glory, “ For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth” [Romans 9:28]
3. WINDS OF HARVEST signal the home run of the FOUR HORSES in Revelation 6:1-8. PEACE is taken from the earth and “Men's hearts failing them for FEAR, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the POWERS of heaven SHALL BE SHAKEN” [Luke 21:26] The WHITE HORSE led the charge with the LIE and many are DECEIVED to deny God was manifest in Jesus Christ, “And for this cause God shall send them STRONG DELUSION, that they should BELIEVE A LIE: That they all might be damned who believed not the TRUTH, but had pleasure in unrighteousness” [2 Thessalonians 2:11-12] Sniff the air, STRONG DELUSION is rife; a form of godliness that denies the POWER of God to manifest the righteousness of Christ in man, “For they being IGNORANT OF GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not SUBMITTED themselves unto the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD” [Romans 10:3] The FOUR HORSES, running together spread FEAR, stripping many once were clothed in white linen of righteousness NAKED in the manner of the young man in the Mark 14:51-52; he fled in FEAR when Jesus was arrested, “… And he left the LINEN CLOTH, and FLED from them NAKED” [Mark 14:51-52] Listen closely, though WINDS OF HARVEST blow hard and harsh, I charge you not to lose your “WHITE LINEN; it is your BOARDING PASS, “And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saint” [Revelation 19:8]
4. WINDS OF HARVEST melts wax but hardens clay; Brethren, we are not exempted from present torrid realities, but “The Lord knoweth how to DELIVER the GODLY out of TEMPTATIONS, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished” [2 Peter 2:9] We do not crumble, but are renewed in strength by FAITH in SURE PROPHECY, as it is written: “And when THESE THINGS begin to come to pass, then LOOK UP, and LIFT UP YOUR HEADS; for your REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH” [Luke 21:28] Beloved, as “THESE THINGS” swirl around us, SEARCH, STUDY and DO the Scriptures and you will not be blown away by WINDS OF HARVEST. Avoid FOOLISH ARGUMENTS occasioned by some who place the MARK before TRANSLATION, “For the ROD OF THE WICKED SHALL NOT REST UPON THE LOT OF THE RIGHTEOUS; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity” [Psalms 15:3] Listen carefully, TARES must “FALL AWAY”, then comes the MAN OF SIN and in the midst, the ELECT are TRANSLATED, “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a FALLING AWAY first, and that MAN OF SIN BE REVEALED, the son of perdition” [2 Thessalonians 2:3] if you must SUFFER A WHILE, HOLD ON “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have SUFFERED A WHILE, make you PERFECT, stablish, strengthen, SETTLE YOU” [1 Peter 5:10]
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