Note: This is not a Summons Message. I will try to explain how this message came about. Earlier today Ruben called and as we talked he asked me, no reminded me, of an assignment he had given me nearly two weeks ago. I had not forgotten it, but because it seemed so daunting and I didn’t even know where to begin, I had put it in my “things to do later” file. He then asked me, “how far are you willing to go to find the answer?” By the way, he knows the answer. He said I could reach out for help in finding the answer so I am asking any of you who may know or feel like researching to please help me, and I thank you in advance. Here is the question: “Who is the prophet (still living today) who prophesied that after this current Pope, there will be no other Pope, and when a former President (still living today), dies it will signal that the Scripture prophesying the *rapture of the church is close to being fulfilled, just as so many other prophesies are coming together and being fulfilled. So my understanding is that this may not have been spoken as one single prophetic word, but was spoken by one prophet...Help!
So his next question to me was, “how far are you willing to push yourself? How far are you willing to put yourself in a predicament because you believe the help you need will come?” At that point he was taken in the Spirit and I knew this was going to be a message to be sent out and I couldn’t write fast enough, so I grabbed my other phone and began recording as the rest of the message came forth as follows:
Because the Father would say, “How far are you willing to go to prove that you love Me?” And it’s a reminder, like the third time, “Do you love Me?” (John 21: 15-17). And the Father wants to know, “What the love means in your heart, mind, spirit and soul; what does that mean to you? The love of a human? The love of a man or a woman? Or My love?” The Father wants to know, “How far are you willing to go?” (“They conquered him completely through the blood of the Lamb and the powerful word of his testimony. They triumphed because they did not love and cling to their own lives, even when faced with death.”
(Revelation 12:11 TPT)
And the Father says, “How far are you willing to push yourself as a sacrifice?” “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” Romans 12:1 ESV). So once again the Father wants to know, “Would you give all? Or half of yourself?” Because the Father would say again that He’s a jealous God. “For you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.” Exodus 34:14 ESV).
(“For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.”
Deuteronomy 4:24 ESV).
“So it’s all of you or none! You cannot be wishy washy and say to the Father, ‘I do love you but only half way.’ So the Father wants to know, “How far are you willing to go?” And the Father also says, “We can say things with our mouth, but He knows our hearts. We can say things just to get us out of a jam, some problem, or just to get what we want, but He knows our hearts.” So that’s why the Father asks, “How far are you willing to go?” Because the Father says, “The way is narrow, and you must walk it alone, even with persecution. How far are you willing to push yourself through that narrow way?” says the Father.
(“Enter through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and spacious and broad is the way that leads away to destruction, and many are those who are entering through it. But the gate is narrow (contracted by pressure) and the way is straitened and compressed that leads away to life, and few are those who find it.” Matthew 7:13-14 AMPC).
So the Father says, “Time will tell. Time will tell.” For the Father would say to His people, “Would you at least meet Me halfway? Because My Word is My bond” says the Father. “Come all that are heavy laden, I will give you rest. I will give you peace. I will give you life. But how far are you willing to push yourself? Time will tell! Time will tell! How far are you willing to push yourself, or are you too wrapped up in the things of the world? Time will tell!”
When Ruben finished, he sighed and said, “wow, I got lost in the moment.” And again reminded me to find the answer to the above question, who was the prophet.......Again, I thank y’all for any help with this.
For The Journey and Ruben,
Judy
*”And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died. We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever. So encourage each other with these words.” 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 NLT.