Part two

"Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise and five of them were foolish.  They that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them: but the wise took oil in thier vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made - behold, the bridegroom comes! Go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, no - lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves (many today "sell" the anointing of the Holy Spirit, they have services or conferences where they charge money for people to come and experience the anointing. They sell books and cd's so what they've recieved freely from God may be purchased) And while they WENT TO BUY, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with Him to the marriage: AND THE DOOR WAS SHUT (like the door to Noah's ark) Afterward came also the other virgins saying Lord, Lord, open to us. But He answered and said, verily I say unto you, I KNOW YOU NOT". "If any man have not the Spirit of Christ he is none of his. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God - they are the sons of God" "For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.....and we were all made to drink of one Spirit".
A key passage here is "and while they went to buy..." All those "Christians" , for make no mistake, the foolish virgins are those who think  really believe, they are Christ's, they are of Christ, yet do not know Him. They are of Babylon not the New Jerusalem, for in Babylon - everything is for sale, even the precious anointing of the Holy Spirit, even the very blood and salvation of our Lord and savior- and those caught in Babylon will be shut out of the kingdom for though they called him "Lord", they had not His Spirit abiding in them, and it's only those who know Him by his Spirit that truly know Him - all others are illegitimate sons and daughters claiming an inheritance that isn't theirs. They missed the day of his visitation because they had turned their attention and dependance on to man, for it is man that buys and sells the Holy things of God. They went seeking men, thejr eyes were on man, at the very moment Jesus returned for them. Oh dearly beloved - keep your eyes open, looking to him, keep your heart open. Though we are to give all he's given us, we  must know the time and the season, as His return draws ever closer, more and more of our attention will be turned to him and less and less on the lost and on the tares among us, especially when the "door to the gentiles  is shut. Each of us must consecrate ouŕselves before Him in our own private place, in the secret chambers of our hearts. And the precious anointing, the portion of His Spirit he's deposited in us, will remain with us as those who are empty go away to do as they have always done, seeking to buy the anointing (his presence) from those who sell him.

Part three soon

Sitting on the train, I saw two elderly women walk up to the train's open doors and stop. They began an animated discussion, arguing about whether this was the right train to get on or not. One seemed adamant this was the wrong train and refused to get on. Finally, at the last possible moment, the other woman won the debate and they both stepped on the train without a moment to spare, for the doors whisked shut as soon as they stepped on.
                                                   There are so many that hesitate
                                             when it comes time to decide their fate.
                                            They choose to pause, they choose to wait,
                                                    but if they do not board
                                                     The Glory train, sent by the Lord,
                                                 They'll be stranded at the station -
                                              The fruit of hesitation,
                                                        They'll weep and they'll gnash their teeth
                                                  because of their fear or unbelief
                                                     or their fleshly lusts and desires
                                                         that kept them out of God's empire....

And it was the only train available, going one way only. She didn't know it, that elderly lady, but it was her only choice. So many think they have a choice, as to which path to Heaven they'll take - one of the major religions or none at all. One of the 33,000 paths Christianity offers, but in reality we have only one choice - Jesus, whom we see, and accept and come to know by the inner working of His Spirit.
The woman who hesitated almost kept her friend from boarding the train. Friends can lead friends to Hell just as surely as any demon can. In the name of friendship, how many have refused to touch the hem of His garment when He passed by? How many have refused to forsake their church body and become followers of Christ, becoming His body?
The tragedy is that so many believe they are already sitting on His Glory train but in truth do not have a seat or even a ticket. They've never experienced His glory, His Spirit descending and resting on them, infilling them with His glorious presence. Other's do get a ticket for God's Glory train, and clutch it tightly, believing it's their "get out of Hell free" card, but when the Glory train visits them, they don't get on board. They watch it come and they watch it go - they watch others get on board and they applaud them and laud them but they never get on themselves. They're content to watch others enter in, and they even testify - I saw the Glory train pass me by. Churches even schedule stops for the Glory train - I had a taste of it, I saw the anointing and tasted of the Holy Spirit's grace and gifts, how wonderful He is! I hope He visits again someday. And the pillar of cloud, and the pillar of fire (both attributes of the Holy Spirit, God's presence) move on. While those who refused to move with them, stay camped around an experience they once had with God - a long ago encounter, and their children and their children's children still camp around an experience they've never known, talking about what God did, never knowing what He can do. The "door to the gentiles" will not always be open. The Glory train will one day be full - it's doors will close for the last time and like the poor souls who beat upon the outside of Noah's ark, they'll cry Alas! "Therefore the Lord, the God of Hosts, the Lord, saith, thus - Wailing shall be in all streets, and they shall say in all the highways (all paths, all journeys, that do not lead to Him, all temptations, that kept men from following Him, all ways but the narrow way) Alas! Alas! Alas for the day! For the Day of the Lord is at hand; and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come."

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Part three

"That was in the court of the prison and they let Jeremiah down with cords. And so Jeremiah sunk in the mire" God warned him at the beginning it would be this way - that his people would reject him, that he would be despised and their hearts would be hard towards him (no wonder Jesus said :Take my prophets as an example of suffering" but God also told Jeremiah he would be with him to deliver him - and so He did. I suspect his lamentations were written from this pit - It makes his words all the more poignant, for he truly got depressed and despaired for his soul, yet still he said :It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed" because His compassion's fail not, Oh thank God! They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness: the Lord is my portion, saith my(Chris) soul - therefore will I hope within. The Lord is good to them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeks Him, Though He cause grief (false prophets will not confess this), yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies, for He does not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men, to crush under His feet all the prisoners of the earth". God saw past Jeremiah's flesh to his heart.
The very first prophecy I got at CI said I am a man after God's own heart - Jeremiah faithfully spoke all God told Him to speak and wrote all God told him to write and may this be my testimony for I am a Jeremiah to my generation. God chose me, I did not choose Him till much later, He's called me from my mother's womb, he gave me both a Hebrew and a Greek name as is befitting my calling and heritage. And he has called you too, my daughters, all of you - do not squander your lives on any other pursuit but Him. Seek Him first in all you do, seek Him, not the religion that uses His name, Be brave enough to follow Him, no matter where he leads you - no matter how lonely it gets, for His fellowship is worth all the friendships of people combined. I'd rather know Him and be the most unpopular man on earth than be the most famous and wealthy man on earth, but not know Him. Shalom, my beautiful daughters, don't let flesh hinder spirit, selah.
Escape the wrath to come. Purify your souls by always delighting in Him, by always welcoming His Holy Spirit, by remaining in constant fellowship with Him. I love you....