The Glory Has Departed, Written by Mel

The Glory Has Departed, Written by my husband, Mel

1 John 3:3-10 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.  And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.  Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him. Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.  He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.  Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God. 10 In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.

Approximately seven years ago, the Lord spoke to me in an audible voice, he said, “Ichabod!  It bears worth repeating, Ichabod!” I asked the Lord what he meant, and he replied, “The churches are dead.” I said, “Surely you have a few that are not dead?” and he replied, “I have a few.” The word Ichabod means, the glory has departed. 1 Samuel 4:21 Then she named the child Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband. And she said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.”  

God’s Word teaches that before the coming of the Lord there will be a great falling away (apostasy).  The modern church will not endure sound doctrine because they desire to be men pleasers, rather than God pleasers. Therefore, God has given them over to believe the lie, because they desire darkness rather than light. The apostasy is the sinful bondages within the lives of believers, as well as the lukewarm grace message that empowers their sin. I have had many dreams, visions, as well as, words concerning sin in the life of believers, and this is God’s number one concern. I understand that many people don’t like my teachings on holiness, but this issue is more important to God than end time preparation or anything else.

A number of years ago, the Lord showed me the church as an unfaithful bride, and he said, “divorce”. The Lord made it very clear that sinful bondages that are not repented of, will lead to spiritual death (divorce). Last week, the Lord spoke to me in an audible voice and said, “I am warning my children to get out!” This word was followed by a dream. I dreamed that I was in a convenience store and that nothing worked right, the gas pumps, food machines, as well as, everything else within the store was malfunctioning. I then noticed that the lid was off the drink machine, and it was almost empty, there were also three, half eaten bags of Fritos in the drink. I said, “This is nasty,” I then removed the drink machine and put it in the trash outdoors. Then an older man walked into the store, and he said that nothing worked right. The angel of the Lord then answered him and said, “The authorities are on their way.” God is warning his children to come out of the apostate churches and into a real relationship with him. The Lord refers to the harlot church system of the end times as Babylon. Babylon is a term that refers to wickedness. Rev 18:4-5 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.   The convenience store in my dream was symbolic of the churches who are serving up spiritual junk food. The almost empty drink machine, with three half eaten, bags of Fritos in it, is the grace doctrine taught by most churches. The gas pumps that do not work, are symbolic of an unholy spirit, who has replaced God’s Holy Spirit in most churches.

There is grace for sins that have been repented of, but grace is not automatic. God’s Word states, that we must be born again, in order to be saved. It is true, that God blots out all of our sins, when we truly repent and turn from them. But, we must become a new creation in Christ, by allowing God’s Holy Spirit to do his perfect work of sanctification (set us apart from the sinful world) in us. No one is perfect by any means, but we are called to pursue righteousness, as well as to live holy lives. Without holiness, no man shall see the Father. 

The many lies of Satan being taught today are, that Christ sees us through his blood, therefore making repentance obsolete, it is his righteousness alone, and not our own, we are all filthy sinners saved by grace, even after conversion. These teachings are polar opposite to what the Bible teaches. In a recent dream, I was visiting a church, and everyone was covered in dirt, as well as wearing soiled garments. I pointed my finger at the congregation and said, “Woe to you Babylon! You shut people out of the kingdom of Heaven!” The shepherds are failing to teach their flocks to get sin out of their lives and the result is that they are shutting people out of the kingdom of Heaven.

Other false doctrines are the unconditional eternal security doctrine, prosperity gospel, Calvinism, manifest sons, etc. The Lord has also given me visions of Christians wearing tattered clothes, covered with spots and wrinkles. God’s Word is clear, that the Lord is returning for a bride, without spot, or wrinkle. I believe that the Great tribulation, will not only be a time of judgment upon the unsaved, but also a time of purification for true believers. Persecution and hardship will cause people to get off the fence, and truly surrender every area of their lives to the Lord. The tribulation will produce a church clothed in garments of holiness.

There are also many counterfeit revivals going on, where God’s Holy Spirit has been replaced by demonic manifestations. People are laughing uncontrollably, as well as making all different animal sounds. They are hissing like snakes, mooing like cows, roaring like lions, howling like wolves, as well as barking like dogs. In a congregation in Boston, the pastor crawled on his hands and knees like a dog, barking, and his wife led him around on a leash fastened to a dog collar around his neck. The wife then said, “Where he leads I will follow!” In some, so-called Christian rock concerts, many of the young people are going into trances, where they display tribal dancing. These are but a few of the demonic manifestations going on worldwide. The late pastor David Wilkerson, warned the church about this invasion of demonic activity, as well as the need to return to holiness preaching, but most will not listen.  It is time for the church to start using discernment and realize that something has gone wrong. God is withdrawing his Spirit from many churches, because they will not endure sound doctrine. If the churches will return to teaching holiness once again, then maybe God’s Spirit will return!! Here is a link to my posting on the counterfeit revivals. There are also links to videos, which show the demonic manifestations occurring within these false revivals. http://swordofthespirit77.blogspot.com/2015/10/dream-of-spirit-of-false-prophet.html

 1 Timothy 4:4 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;  Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron

Matt 7: 21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.  Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’  And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’