Malachi 3 and the Refiner's Fire

Greetings! Feeling led to post an experience that I had in May 2015 and it is surrounded around Malachi 3. I received this while spending time with Him one night. The presence of Jesus flooded the room. It was amazing.

Vision:

I walked up a staircase to heaven and knocked on a door. Jesus opened it and let me in. I know I had been through this door before and he said I have when I witnessed Zechariah releasing and unlocking glory into the earth. (Blogpost: The Final Phase)

Jesus knocked on the floor of heaven and a door opened. We walked down some stairs and sat in a glass bottom room. We looked down and I could see the earth. Jesus pointed out activity that was happening in the spiritual realm. It was represented by colors. Black clouds were where demonic activity was taking place on the ground and it made a vacuum. Puke yellow was where demonic planning was happening and once those plans were acted on, it turned black. The heavenly activity was blue, green and red. When large activity took place it was a gold whirlwind.

 I saw lots of gold and black over South America. I saw gold was much stronger and would start to vacuum in the black. Jesus said that South America has been locked down upon- a humbling place, but I am going to lift them up and they will be mighty warriors in the end times.

I saw black over parts of China, but Jesus said we were not discussing all of the plans. We left the glass room and entered another familiar room. It was the one with ruby floors. It had all of his children’s faces. Also, the pillows and the scribe angel. (Blogpost: Light in Darkness). Jesus wanted to tell me a message from Malachi 3.

(Please read Malachi 3)

“I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord Almighty.

² But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap. ³ He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness, ⁴ and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord, as in days gone by, as in former years.

⁵ “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers and perjurers, against those who defraud laborers of their wages, who oppress the widows and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners among you of justice, but do not fear me,” says the Lord Almighty.

Breaking Covenant by Withholding Tithes

⁶ “I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. ⁷ Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord Almighty.

“But you ask, ‘How are we to return?’

⁸ “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me.

“But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’

“In tithes and offerings. ⁹ You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. ¹⁰ Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. ¹¹ I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,” says the Lord Almighty. ¹² “Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land,” says the Lord Almighty.

Israel Speaks Arrogantly Against God

¹³ “You have spoken arrogantly against me,” says the Lord.

“Yet you ask, ‘What have we said against you?’

¹⁴ “You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord Almighty? ¹⁵ But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly evildoers prosper, and even when they put God to the test, they get away with it.’”

The Faithful Remnant

¹⁶ Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored his name.

¹⁷ “On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him. ¹⁸ And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.

Jesus said to me that he was looking for people that are truly his. We are coming into a time of judgement/ grace/ and glory.

*Here is what my spirit sensed through this encounter*

I feel like that the glory that is going (or is already) to be release will be doing many things among the people of the earth, especially His people. Here are some of the outcomes of his glory coming:

1.       Those who fear him, love him, and honor him, will receive great favor and blessing. (Malachi 3:16-18)

2.       Those who claim him, but do not follow him or fear him are given an opportunity to repent and receive favor. (Malachi 3:7)

3.       Those who don’t repent will be given to their ways. (Malachi 3:5)

This glory wave is coming like a fire that will cover the earth and ALL will be impacted and ALL will have to decide who they follow (Malachi 3:2) It is a REFINERS FIRE to the body of Christ.

I believe it is in his heart that all would repent and serve him during these times. He wants us to stand in glory. We can go two ways: we can choose rebellion (3:13) or holiness through the fire. I believe we are in a time of strategic planning and this is a timely matter. I believe he wants people to stand with him and to fight for those that are confused in whom they are serving. Pray that hearts would not harden to His call and that as the fire comes it would bring people to FEAR the LORD and not to harden themselves to Him.

The end of Malachi 3 is profound. We also see that there will be a clear distinction between the righteous and evil. There is NO MIDDLE GROUND. Black and white- NO GRAY. (Blogpost: The Final Phase). What I am saying is we will have to choose whose side we are on. I really believe nominal Christianity is going to be out the window.

For those who endure, God blesses them in extravagant ways:

1.       Those who honor and fear Him, will have a scroll of remembrance written of them.

2.       They will be his treasured possession. (wow!)

3.       They will also be protected and spared.

This happened on a different occasion, but it has forever marked me and I remember it often: I saw that Jesus was inside of a fire. Initially, I was off a distance from the fire and felt very cold. The closer I got, the warmer I became. But warmth became not enough and as I drew closer to the fire, the more I wanted Jesus. When I was right up to the flame, Jesus, who was in the middle of flame, invited me in. I stepped into the fire and it was painful. Very painful. Jesus was in the hottest part of the flame- the blue. I wanted out, but I also knew how unsatisfied I would be. So despite the pain, I stayed. I felt Jesus clearly say to me, “Blessed are those who come into the fire and remain here until I have accomplished all that I have needed to.” I have learned that those places of fire, refinement, and pain can lead to the greatest places of intimacy with Jesus. And it is like once you have had a taste, you realize that you have nowhere else to go. Nothing is worth it. And his fire is one that makes us like him, it makes us like gold. We become priests and ministers to his heart. I encourage you that if you are in the fire, don’t run. Press into the One who is standing with you in the midst of your pain and trail.  You will see His goodness. He is so trustworthy and faithful.

***On a different note, I believe some of my previous posts are relevant to now. Specifically, “The Final Phase” and “Messengers, Warriors, and the Battle for our Nation”. Feel free to read them if you are being led to!