Jesus said on May 8, 2019: “I am Jesus, saith the Lord, Amen Amen Amen. You’ve been asleep, My Love; and now (1)I awaken you and many through My Newness. Yes, this is Me, My Word, and My Promise, Child, Amen Amen and again Amen…
Chris, you will be delighted when you read all of, “Why Are My Sons Believers Not Seeing God’s Full Spiritual Power and Fire?” at one time.
Your brothers and sisters are also awakening to the KNOWLEDGE of God; (2)thus, they leave all evil behind. They will no longer have to choose. They will eat only the good from the Tree of Life. They will no longer see evil as they concentrate on Me, Amen Amen Amen. The PROMISE of the Father is ‘HOLY SPIRIT FIRE’ in this generation.” Jesus went on to say, “It is GOD’S INDWELLING (Holy Spirit) manifesting as Light, the SHEKINAH GLORY!”
(1) “I awaken you”: I only remember our Lord saying this to me two other times; and there has always been several years in between each time. For this reason, and because I thought that there was/is only one “spiritual awakening” for each of us, I investigated this on the internet. I found many Christian articles, even videos that gave varied opinions as to the number of stages God orchestrates for all individuals in order to achieve their “spiritual awakening.” Some said we go through three stages, others said five, and one said eleven. In other words, none of us is awakened once; our spirit or inner man grows and matures in stages just as a physical child does. Thus, WE AWAKEN TO GOD HIMSELF IN STAGES AS WE ARE ABLE TO ACCEPT GOD’S REALITY WITHIN US. As Jesus said, above, “Your brothers and sisters are also awakening to the KNOWLEDGE of God” (see 2 Pet 3:18; Eph 3:17-19)
The ‘Knowledge of God’ is the Knowledge of who God truly is. We see God’s reality, His character, nature, and Will within ourselves. The ‘Knowledge of God’ is also the full Knowledge that God Himself possesses with regards to all things: (ie) heaven and earth, mankind etc.
Many, if not all of God’s Children have seen, are seeing, or will begin to see God’s Shekinah Glory (“the presence of God on earth). God’s Children on earth are about to awaken for the last time. That which comes is not a revival; it is an awakening. This awakening by the Holy Spirit is sent in Christ’s Name, and becomes a living part of each Child of God. [It is eternal and goes into Heaven with you.]
(James 1:16-18) Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.
(2) “thus, they leave the evil behind”: You definitely want to read “Christ’s SECOND COMING and FULL REDEMPTION Are Upon Us NOW!” (Part 1). It explains the full redemption that Christ purchased for us – including the part of it that we are about to receive. We are on the cusp of Luke 21:27-28 “Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” Praise God, we are living in very exciting times!]
“THE FIRE BAPTISM”
(Psalms 104:3-4) He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, who makes the clouds His chariot, who walks on the wings of the wind, Who makes His angels spirits, HIS MINISTERS A FLAME OF FIRE (also see Heb 1:7).
When discussing the “Fire Baptism” Reinhard Bunnke said the following, “JESUS the Baptist would not use a physical element, water, but heavenly fire, which is a spiritual element. John [the Baptist] stood in the cold water of the Jordan, but Jesus stood in a river of liquid fire. John had baptized for a few short days, Jesus would baptize down through the ages – not just one group on the Day of Pentecost, but “all flesh.” He is doing so even now, some 700, 000 days later!”
Chapter 6 is mainly concerned with God’s manifestation as FIRE and His EXTREME SPIRITUAL POWER through it. What is the Fire Baptism, and why does God insist that we have it.
I [John the Baptist] indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He [Jesus] who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. JESUS CHRIST WILL BAPTIZE YOU with the HOLY SPIRIT and FIRE.
Though Matthew 3:11 tells us that Jesus Christ, Himself, literally BAPTIZES each of us in the Holy Spirit and Fire, we know from John 14:15-16 that Jesus had to ask His Father to send His Holy Spirit to us. The Holy Spirit is the third member in the Trinity and is our Father’s own Spirit.
John 14:15-17 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. NASU
Jesus also had to be glorified BEFORE the Holy Spirit could be given to us through Him. Jesus gave up His life so that we might possess the Holy Spirit. Because of this, no one but Jesus (Spirit and Man) is qualified to literally baptize us in God’s Spirit.
(John 7:39) “He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
The Day Of Pentecost
We are told in Acts 2:1-4, “When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were ALL with ONE ACCORD in ONE PLACE. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind [Holy Spirit; Ch 4], and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues [various languages], AS OF FIRE, and one sat upon each of them. And THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE (3)HOLY SPIRIT AND BEGAN TO SPEAK WITH OTHER TONGUES [languages], AS THE SPIRIT GAVE THEM UTTERANCE.”
(3) “Holy”: “sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or … consecrated [or set apart]”; Strong’s #40]
We are told by Paul that “tongues” is the language of men and angels (1 Cor 13:10); this language is also called, by some “God’s Prayer Language.” This heavenly language was/is from God Himself, and it had not been spoken on earth before. The tongues of Fire, or LANGUAGES OF FIRE is the promised Fire baptism. Christ’s baptism of Fire is the baptism of our tongue, and thus our entire mouth and heart.
After the tongues of Fire landed on each individual they began to speak with other tongues, or languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them utterance. We can picture this day as follows: The WIND (an often forgotten element in this incident), or the presence of the Holy Spirit rushed into the home where the disciples/apostles waited, making a great deal of noise. So much so that the people in the street heard it.
Then, and only then are we told that “there appeared to them divided tongues as of fire,” and one sat on each of them.” Please keep in mind that the various languages, or tongues were spoken or uttered after the tongues of Fire appeared, and only as the Holy Spirit GAVE THEM UTTERANCE to speak the new HOLY language: the language of men and ANGELS.
Paul taught us that speaking in tongues is not any more important than prophesying, or speaking in our own language as God’s Holy Spirit speaks through us. In other words, what is most important is the fact that God baptizes our tongues and hearts, as He speaks through us in either our own language or in tongues (which is the language of men and angels). Paul voices God’s teaching to him, as he shares the following with us:
(1 Cor 14:6-22) But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking with tongues [foreign language], what shall I profit you unless I speak to you either by revelation, by knowledge, by prophesying, or by teaching? … therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret (hear God in their own language)… Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophesying [hearing God speak through someone/you in a familiar language] is not for unbelievers but for those who believe already. NKJV
In fact, sometime after Pentecost, in Acts 19:4-7 Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance (water), saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.” When they heard this (Paul’s message), they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and THEY SPOKE IN TONGUES AND PROPHESIED.NKJV
We have been given two of the things that the people at Babel, in Genesis 11, wanted most. Jesus Christ shares His own name, the name above all names, with us. God has given us our one name through Christ’s One Body: Jesus Christ. We have also been given the ONE HOLY LANGUAGE OF MEN AND ANGELS. Most of us do not understand the power and blessing God has bestowed upon us through Christ’s baptism in the Holy Spirit and Fire.
“NOTHING THAT WE PROPOSE TO DO WILL NOW BE IMPOSSIBLE [be withheld from] FOR US” if, and as we follow the voice and Will of God our Savior.
I believe with all of my heart that God trusts those He shares this baptism with. It is His gift of Himself to all who will receive Him. He knows better than we do the tremendous power and love that He has given to mankind. Now, we, ourselves must continue His ministry on earth with the understanding that not only do we carry power through our tongues to help or hurt others, but also ourselves.
Those of us in Christ, even now form Christ’s ONE BODY. We stand within, and share the One Name of Jesus Christ. We are the “PEOPLE WHO ARE ONE,” and because our tongues are baptized in the Fire of the Holy Spirit by Christ Himself, we are able to speak the Holy Language of God Almighty and His Angels along with all people who have received this baptism. On Pentecost, Christ’s Baptism, or full submergence in the Holy Spirit and Fire baptized each tongue and heart that waited as Jesus had instructed. Why did God Spiritually descend as tongues, or languages of fire, and speak to and through His people? Why does He continue to do this today?
Why Our Tongue Needs To Be Baptized
In the Old Testament we are taught that:
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”
(Proverbs 18:21)
In other words, your spoken words give power to your tongue. You can either give life and healing to yourself and others, or you can give sickness and death to yourself and others through your spoken words. Some would rather speak about their illnesses than about Christ’s ability to heal.
In the New Testament, James 3:1-17, below, teaches us that our tongue is evil from birth; therefore, it MUST be tamed by and through God:
(James 3:1-17) “My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment. For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a PERFECT MAN, able also to bridle the whole body. Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. EVEN SO THE TONGUE IS A LITTLE MEMBER AND BOASTS GREAT THINGS.
SEE HOW GREAT A FOREST A LITTLE FIRE KINDLES! And THE TONGUE IS A FIRE, A WORLD OF INIQUITY. A TONGUE IS SO SET AMONG OUR MEMBERS THAT IT DEFILES THE WHOLE BODY, AND SETS ON FIRE THE COURSE OF NATURE; AND IT IS SET ON FIRE BY HELL. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. But NO MAN CAN TAME THE TONGUE. IT IS AN UNRULY EVIL, FULL OF DEADLY POISON. WITH IT WE BLESS GOD AND FATHER, AND WITH IT WE CURSE MEN, WHO HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE [IMAGE]SIMILITUDE OF GOD. OUT OF THE SAME MOUTH PROCEED BLESSING AND CURSING. My brethren, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening? Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter envy and self-seekingIN YOUR HEARTS, do not boast and LIE AGAINST THE TRUTH. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, DEMONIC.FOR WHERE ENVY AND SELF-SEEKING EXIST, CONFUSION AND EVERY EVIL ARE THERE.But the WISDOM FROM ABOVE IS FIRST PURE, THEN PEACEABLE, GENTLE, WILLING TO YEALD, FULL OF MERCY AND GOOD FRUITS, WITHOUT PARTIALITY AND WITHOUT HYPOCRISY.”
Does any fruit produced by the Wisdom from above, come through or by an unbaptized tongue? James 3:1-17 teaches us that the answer to this question is “No!” And Psalms 50:19-20, below, verifies this.
(Psalms 50:19-20) YOU GIVE YOUR MOUTH TO EVIL, AND YOUR TONGUE FRAMES DECEIT. YOU SIT AND SPEAK AGAINST YOUR BROTHER AND SISTER …
God in His wisdom and grace prepares our tongues SO THAT HE CAN speak through us; and therefore, we can deliver His Holy Word to others from the depth of His own heart within each of us. Thank you Father!
In Isaiah 6:1-7, as God Almighty prepared Isaiah to be His prophet and speak His Holy Word, we hear Isaiah’s confession:
“In the year that King Uzziah died, I [Isaiah] saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple. Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one cried to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!” And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke.
So I said: “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I AM A MAN OF UNCLEAN LIPS, and I DWELL IN THE MIDST OF A PEOPLE OF UNCLEAN LIPS; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.” Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth with it, and said: “Behold, THIS HAS TOUCHED YOUR LIPS; YOUR INIQUITY IS TAKEN AWAY, AND YOUR SIN PURGED.” (Isaiah 6:1-7)
This serves as an Old Testament example of the FIRE Baptism that removes our iniquity and purges sin from our tongue and heart.
After Christ’s death and resurrection, God found a gentler way to purify all lips and tongues that would speak the Word of God; He baptized them, Himself, in the “all consuming [SPIRITUAL] fire.” As many know, we never feel the fire burn us, though many have felt warm or even hot while receiving their own Fire Baptism through God’s Holy Spirit. As we receive the Holy Spirit we begin our transformation, as promised, into God’s nature and character.
On the Day of Pentecost (in Jerusalem), fifty days after Christ’s resurrection, one hundred and twenty people gathered in an upper room as they were instructed to do by Jesus through His Apostles; they prayed while waiting (for the promise of the Father). What were the first words the Holy Spirit spoke through them? Let’s read Acts 2:1-11 again:
(Acts 2:1-11) When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, THEY WERE ALL WITH ONE ACCORD IN ONE PLACE. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them [120 men and women] divided tongues, AS OF FIRE, and one sat upon [attached, fastened to; set on SPIRITUAL fire] each of them. And THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT and BEGAN TO SPEAK WITH OTHER TONGUES [languages unknown to the speaker; the language of men and angels], AS THE SPIRIT GAVE THEM UTTERANCE … [the crowd gathered in the street] heard them speaking in their own tongues [foreign languages] THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF GOD.”
As the disciples opened their mouths and spoke in “tongues, they PRAISED God. The Holy Spirit within each of them spoke in God’s language, and began to PRAISE God for His wonderful works.” This becomes extremely important in understanding what our Praises of God accomplish for us in God’s Kingdom (see Ps 8:2).
OUR PRAISING MOUTHS ARE THE OPPOSITE OF SATAN’S MOUTH
Do we truly understand who we must remind God of as we stand and bring accusations against our sisters and brothers. Revelation 12 tells us, “That the POWER of CHRIST came BECAUSE the accuser [satan] of our brothers and sisters, who accused us before God day and night, has been cast down to earth.“
(Revelation 12:7-12) And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for themin heaven any longer. So the GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST OUT, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, WHO DECEIVES THE WHOLE WORLD; HE WAS CAST TO EARTH, AND HIS ANGELS WERE CAST OUT WITH HIM.
Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and THE POWER OF HIS CHRIST HAVE COME, FOR [because] THE ACCUSER OF OUR BRETHREN, WHO ACCUSED US BEFORE OUR GOD DAY AND NIGHT, HAS BEEN CAST DOWN [to earth]. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! WOE TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH AND THE SEA!For the DEVIL HAS COME DOWN TO YOU, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”
Satan does not stand before God’s throne any longer! He and his are present on earth. However, God’s messengers/angels are coming to earth in greater numbers than ever before to help us here now. This has been spoken of many times through God’s Prophets. In fact, as we read the Bible we are told of the many appearances of God’s angels on earth throughout history.
Those from God’s heavenly Kingdom are coming to help those of us on earth; they are also members in Christ’s one Body! In contrast, the Holy Spirit, living within each of us and all of us as the one Body of Christ, speaks to God our Father in Heaven in our behalf (through our baptized mouths):
(Romans 8:26-27) Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself MAKES INTERCESSION WITH GROANINGS WHICH CANNOT BE UTTERED. Now HE WHO SEARCHES THE HEARTS knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
(Ephesians 6:10-12) Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Why? Because the Kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come to earth: a place where satan believed he is/was ruler (John 12:31; 2 Corinthians 4:4; 1 John 5:19) .
(Matthew 12:33-35)
“Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART THE MOUTH SPEAKS. A GOOD MAN OUT OF THE TREASURE OF HIS HEART BRINGS FORTH GOOD THINGS, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
Jesus went on to warn believers in Matthew 15:17-20 that IT IS WHAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, AND THUS YOUR HEART THAT DEFILES YOU, and all of us:
(Matthew 15:17-20) Do you not yet understand that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and is eliminated? But THOSE THINGS WHICH PROCEED OUT OF THE MOUTH COME FROM THE HEART, AND THEY DEFILE A MAN [woman or child]. FOR OUT OF THE HEART PROCEED EVIL THOUGHTS, MURDERS, ADULTERIES, FORNICATIONS, THEFTS, FALSE WITNESS [lies], AND BLASPHEMIES. These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”
God Anoints My Tongue
Recently (in 2018), I was in prayer and saw the Holy Spirit walk in front of me. He just stood there a few seconds. He then said, stick out your tongue. I did and He took a hold of it. As He held it between His two fingers, He said, “I have anointed your tongue.” I was, of course, thrilled.
After several days, I began to wonder why God had anointed my tongue. I had spoken in tongues for many years. Why would He feel it was necessary to anoint my tongue now?
Several weeks went by, and one day as I was wondering why God had done this, I heard Him say, “It is so that you can speak the (4)unspeakable Word(s) from heaven.” He continued, “This will be necessary as those from heaven come to earth. They often speak this language.”
I understood what Jesus’ Spirit was teaching me. Paul explains what is meant by God’s “unspeakable/inexpressible Word in 2 Corinthians 12:2-4:
I [Paul] know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago — whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows — such a one was caught up to the third heaven. And I know such a man — whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows — how he was caught up into Paradise and HEARD [did not speak] INEXPRESSIBLE [same as UNSPEAKABLE] Words, WHICH IT IS NOT LAWFUL FOR A MAN TO UTTER.
Though it is unlawful for a man to utter God’s inexpressible Word, it is not unlawful for God Himself, through His Holy Spirit, to speak these Words through a person. In the future, God’s inexpressible words will be declared and spoken on earth, and perhaps in heaven, by both Messengers/Angels from heaven and human beings.
(4) God’s Heavenly Inexpressible/Unspeakable Words
NT:731 … unsaid, i.e. … inexpressible: KJV – unspeakable.
NT:411 … not expounded in full, i.e. indescribable: KJV – unspeakable.
(1 Peter 1:8) Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with JOY UNSPEAKABLEand FULL OF GOD’S [SHEKINAH; God Himself with us] GLORY. KJV
WHY DOES GOD CALL THE BAPTISM OF OUR TONGUES THE “FIRE BAPTISM”?
The Fire is part of the Holy Spirit’s Baptism. After being baptized in the Spirit, our mouths automatically and immediately begin to praise God (see Acts 2:11). Before the Holy Spirit speaks through one, their mouth must be cleansed and anointed. This is actually what the tongues of fire brings us on our personal day of Pentecost. As God speaks through you it is the SPIRITUAL FIRE AND CLEANSING POWER needed to keep evil from your tongue, and your heart from speaking evil.
GOD IS AN ALL CONSUMING FIRE
(Deuteronomy 9:3)
Therefore understand today that the Lord your God is He who GOES OVER BEFORE YOU AS A CONSUMING FIRE. He will destroy them (spiritual and physical enemies) and bring them down before you; so you shall drive them out and destroy them quickly, as the Lord has said to you.
Below, we see God manifest as fire; this time through the fire which protects His two witnesses!
(Revelation 11:3-6) (The Two Witnesses) And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months. And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees [with many branches, per Jesus] and the two lampstands standing before the God of the earth. And if anyone wants to harm them, FIRE PROCEEDS FROM THEIR MOUTHS AND DEVOURS THEIR ENEMIES. And if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this manner. These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.
Meditate on the all-consuming FIRE of God’s Spirit coming from their mouths. Is this a physical or spiritual fire, or both? We’ll soon find out!
GOD’S FIRE: TESTS AND DISCIPLINE
(Hebrews 12:5-11) “My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; for whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives.”
If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness. Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been TRAINED BY IT. NKJV
Below, I have listed just a few of the many scriptures discussing God’s fire as a source of correction.
(1 Peter 4:12-17) Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the FIERY TRIALwhich is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy… Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed.
(1 Peter 1:6-9) In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ, whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith — the salvation of your souls.
