A Word for the Season Part III - FIRE IN THE HOUSE!
Kriston Couchey

SOMEONE IS COMING!
As I woke in the middle of the night last night I heard a voice saying urgently "Someone is coming!" Hearing my dog bark outside, I went and turned on the outside light; no one came. I went to lie on the couch and while half in and out of sleep once more urgently I heard the words, "Someone is coming!" As I pondered this today, a portion of Malachi 3 came to me:

"...And the LORD, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in. Behold, He shall come," saith the LORD of hosts. "But who may abide the day of His coming? And who shall stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness."

A CONSUMING FIRE
A few nights ago I had a dream in which there was a man in ecclesiastical garments like those worn in the eastern orthodox or Roman Catholic Church. There was also a man who lay down with the man in these garments and rested upon him. It came to me in the dream that I must pray and release the fire of God to this man who rested in the arms of the man in ecclesiastical garments. As I laid my hands on him and prayed, the man's flesh began to turn fiery red and then to my surprise there were swirls of dark black mixed in with the fire. It was clear that the fire began to show the blackness within the man.

The Lord showed me that the man in the ecclesiastical garments represents hierarchical government in the church. The man resting upon this ecclesiastical system is those who are depending upon or "resting" upon this ecclesiastical structure or system rather then resting upon the Lord. The Lord is releasing the fire of His love to expose the sin and blackness that resides in His people. The church has come to depend upon or rest upon the ecclesiastical order of church system rather then the Lord. Call it denominationalism, pastoral care, or apostolic reformation, the fact is people have been trusting in and looking to MAN and his wisdom, not God.

Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.

JUDGMENT FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD
Judgment is coming to the House of God. We are about to see a work of God in the church that is the result of the Lord Himself coming in the midst of His church and judging His people. He is coming to set His house in order. He is coming to take charge! This is a sobering season in which there will be no more toleration for many things. He is bringing a fire with Him that is going to clearly expose many things privately and publicly. There will be no one in His household, including you and I, that will be untouched from the fire of cleansing that He brings. Whatever is in us is going to manifest.

Deep secrets in the hearts of men will be exposed by the Lord. Anger, hatred, jealousy, lusts, greed, perversions, pride, unforgiveness, bitterness, impure or unchecked desires, etc., all of these will come to the surface as He comes with fire. He is first giving us a chance to personally deal with it. As we melt like gold in a fire, the dross that comes to the surface must be repented of and dealt with. If we refuse to repent he will bring it to light before others, and if there is still refusal then it will become known and obvious to all. Removal is the last step for the unrepentant. We have rarely seen or known the depth of our sin and depravity before the Lord, but we are about to know it. More importantly, we are about to know His even greater mercy and deliverance of His love.

THE FIRE OF PASSION
It is truly going to be a time of weeping and mourning over sin and rebellion to the will of God. The fire of God's cleansing will also bring a fire of fervent passionate Love for God, our brothers and sisters in Christ, and a lost and dying world. This will be a time of transition the church has never seen before. This cleansing will release kingdom understanding and demonstration of power that are the signs and wonders many talk about, but never see. There is going to be "turnover" in leadership in many places where men have built with wood, hay, and stubble, and what they have built is seen for the burnable material it is. Many new voices of authority and direction of the Spirit will be raised up in the church.

In the end, Father WILL have a pure and spotless bride for His Son. Our Father in His judgments always remembers mercy.

In His Love
Kriston Couchey
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