Daily Bread - July 9, 2004

But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

I am coming to take away my bride. How will you be a part of the bride that is promised to me if you do not live a holy life?

My bride will be clothed in fine, white linen. Her wedding gown will be composed of her righteous deeds. Prepare yourself to be adorned as a chaste virgin void of unrighteous works. Do not allow your mind to be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ by allowing the devil and the false teachers to beguile you through subtlety. Subtleness comes as a delicacy on a platter. Refuse this delicacy, and eat only from the table of the Lord lest you eat from the hand of another Jesus. Remember: if he who comes unto you preaches another Jesus, whom the apostles have not preached, or if you receive another spirit, which they did not receive, or another gospel, which they did not accept, you might well bear with him. You cannot serve two masters. I am one, not two or three. There is one Lord, one faith, and one baptism. I am Lord of lords, King of kings, and God of gods. Besides me there is no other savior. Go and be a witness that others may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no savior. I have declared and have saved, and I have showed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore, you are my witnesses, that I am God. I am the Holy One of Israel. I am the Lord, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King.

Come and go with me. You are blessed. Rise up, and possess the gate of those who hate you. I have loved you with an everlasting love. I desire to make you clean and white, a worshipper in spirit and in truth, one who worships in the beauty of holiness. Fear not, for you shall not be ashamed, neither shall you be confounded. You shall not be put to shame. I have made you to forget the shame of your past. The remembrance of the reproach of your old life is no more. I am your Maker who is also your husband. I am the Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel and the God of the whole earth. No one wanted you, but I called you as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit and a wife of her youth, when you were refused. I gathered you unto myself with great mercies, the great mercies of David. I have granted you mercy, though for a moment, I hid my face from you in my wrath, but with everlasting kindness, I have had mercy on you. My kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed.

Goodness and mercy have followed you. Now shall you be comforted, and in righteousness, you shall be established. Oppression shall not find you. Terror shall not cause you to fear, for I have withstood it with my right hand of power. Though oppression and terror gather together against you, they shall fall for your sake. No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment shall be condemned. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and your righteousness is of me, the Lord your righteousness.

Show forth praise unto me, for my glory shall shine brighter than many suns. I am preparing to show the world my wife. Make yourself ready so that you may be granted raiment of fine linen, clean and white, for the fine linen is the righteousness of the saints. Follow the righteousness of God, for it shall go before you and shall set you in the way of my steps. Righteousness shall remain in the fruitful field and the work of righteousness shall be peace. The effect of righteousness shall be quietness and assurance forever. Enter into the true peaceful habitation of the Lord God. It is a sure dwelling and a quiet resting place for those called to be a part my bride. Enter in.

Amos 3: 7 - 8

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?