FRESH FIRE IS FALLING - IAN JOHNSON
A season of fire is upon
us. A glory fire that will transform our DNA and challenge the
iniquities of many generations in our family line. This is the fire that
John the baptist proclaimed that Jesus would baptize us with. In the
Wigglesworth meetings in Wellington NZ in 1922 everyone declared a fire
that burned in their hearts; this went on for years after the meetings.
Recently
I have received some major visitation regarding a new season of fire,
The day of the Lord is at hand when Elijah will fore run the great and
notable day of the Lord. The entire bride is about to move in the spirit
of Elijah, even as John the Baptist announced the day of the Lord's
coming the first time, so Elijah in the bride is set to announce his
coming again.
Why do we need this fire?
When we present an
offering upon the altar of the Lord, the altar remains just a piece of
rock until the introduction of fire. Fire brings a release of incense to
God, without fire the altar is just rock and the sacrifice is just
meat. But in the instant that fire is introduced it becomes an offering
acceptable before the Lord. In this word I want to demonstrate the
difference between the “purging fire” of the altar that deals with our
sins and shortcomings through repentance and the “glory fire” which
flashes out of heaven or draws us into heavens transformation.
In
both instances we need to present ourselves before the Lord. Romans
12:1-2 (ASV) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,
to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God,
which is your spiritual service. And be not fashioned according to this
world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, and ye may
prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
In
the purging fire we present the offering with our Repentance, worship
and prayer. This fire burns and consumes our sins as we release them
into the blood of Jesus. This is our reasonable service according to Rom
12
In the glory fire which flashes out of heaven He provides
the fire. We acknowledge the sacrifice which is Christ, yield and
abandon ourselves into His work, we step into His sacrifice and then we
are offered in Christ. This fire burns but does not consume, rather like
Gold in the furnace it transforms our substance from glory to glory and
changes our DNA into the image of Christ. Jesus has already been judged
for our sin and He has been found acceptable. When we are “in him” we
enter the acceptable sacrifice and judgments pass over us.
Purging fire brings relationship through repentance and worship and the glory fire transforms us into the image of Christ.
Leviticus
chapter 1 – 10 describes the various sacrifices and their preparation
and always there is fire, which is the purging fire of repentance and
worship. Leviticus 1:7 says that the priest is the one who puts the fire
on the altar: In Leviticus 6:13 there is a command to keep the fire
burning continually. Our role as priests is to step into the sacrifice
which is Christ and in Him the creator of the universe, we release the
fire of heaven.
This is our reasonable sacrifice; don’t let
anyone tell you that you don’t need to come before the Lord in worship
and repentance which is allowing the Lord through fire to bring us into
mindset changes that allow God to be God in our life. ( That’s what
repentance is, it is a complete mindset change, a 180 degree turn) I
don’t want to dwell on the purifying fire too much in this article,
rather I want to look at instances where the glory fire flashed down out
of heaven and its consequence in the lives of those it touched.
The
first instance of the glory fire found in scripture is in Genesis
19:24. The judgment of Sodom. It flashes out of heaven and brings
judgment on the sins of the flesh and against rebellion of the heart. It
also destroys the wrong spiritual doors the people of Sodom were
opening through their interaction with fallen angles.
This is
the first time fire is mentioned in the Bible, under the law of first
mention it creates a precedent – Fire destroyed what? …
The men
of Sodom wanted to know (“Yada”) the angels. The same word is used when
it says “And Adam ‘knew’ his wife Eve and she conceived” but it is also
used in Daniel where it says. ‘Those who do know (Yada) their God shall
be strong and do exploits’. How did they know they could come into this
level of union with the angelic? Because the sin of Sodom was more than
homosexuality (although that was one of the doors), it was opening a
spiritual gate through DNA into the heavens. (Yada,) with spiritual
beings to trade into the universe and the dimensions and realms of the
spirit. The beings were using it to try and trade themselves back into
the Garden of Eden, The men of Sodom were using it to access higher
spiritual power.
Lot, Abrahams Nephew who lived in Sodom was
infected by what he saw, (2 Pet 2:8) says Lot was Vexed in his spirit)
his DNA was damaged because of encounters in Sodom. What was the fruit
of Lots life? He slept with his daughters and they each bore him a son
Moab & Ammon. Both Moab & Ammon were destroyed in generations to
come because of faulty DNA which caused them to constantly go feral. So
the first instance of fire flashing out of heaven was to destroy faulty
DNA obtained by opening portals by communing with fallen angels. The
same thing that caused the judgment, through the great flood.
The
second instance of fire flashing out of heaven is in the burning bush
with Moses. Ex 3:2-5 (NLT) The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a
blazing fire from the middle of a bush. Moses stared in amazement.
Though the bush was engulfed in flames, it didn’t burn up. “This is
amazing,” Moses said to himself. “Why isn’t that bush burning up? I must
go see it.” When the Lord saw Moses coming to take a closer look, God
called to him from the middle of the bush, “Moses! Moses!” “Here I am!”
Moses replied. “Do not come any closer,” the Lord warned. “Take off
your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground.
The third
instance is in the pillar of fire, first mentioned in; Ex 13:21-22 (NLT)
the Lord went ahead of them. He guided them during the day with a
pillar of cloud, and he provided light at night with a pillar of fire.
This allowed them to travel by day or by night. And the Lord did not
remove the pillar of cloud or pillar of fire from its place in front of
the people.
The forth instance was seen on Mt Sinai; Ex 19:17-18
(NLT) Moses led them out from the camp to meet with God, and they stood
at the foot of the mountain. All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke
because the Lord had descended on it in the form of fire. The smoke
billowed into the sky like smoke from a brick kiln, and the whole
mountain shook violently.
The fifth instance is when Elijah
calls down fire on the prophets of Baal. Found in 1 Kings 18. and also
when Elijah called down fire on the captain and his fifty sent to seek
Elijah out in 2 Kings 1.
The Sixth instance involved the
building of the altar in the place where the Holy of Holies would be. 1
Chronicles 21:26-27 David built an altar there to the Lord and
sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings. And when David prayed,
the Lord answered him by sending fire from heaven to burn up the
offering on the altar. Then the Lord spoke to the angel, who put the
sword back into its sheath.
The seventh instance is at the
dedication of the temple. 2 Chron 7:1-3 (NLT) When Solomon finished
praying, fire flashed down from heaven and burned up the burnt offerings
and sacrifices, and the glorious presence of the Lord filled the
Temple. The priests could not enter the Temple of the Lord because the
glorious presence of the Lord filled it. When all the people of Israel
saw the fire coming down and the glorious presence of the Lord filling
the Temple, they fell face down on the ground and worshiped and praised
the Lord
Seven times fire flashed out of heaven in the old
covenant, which lines up with the seven spirits of God, (Isaiah 11 &
the first five chapters of the book of Revelation) who themselves are
full of fire.
Seven times fire flashed out of heaven and each time it manifested an aspect of the seven spirits of God.
1) The spirit of the Lord. - Moses and the burning bush
2) The Spirit of wisdom - Solomon was granted Godly wisdom to establish Gods house.
3) The Spirit of understanding - David gained understanding about where to build the altar of the Lord
4) The Spirit of counsel – The Spirit of Counsel was released through Moses on Sinai
5) The Spirit of Might – Elijah calling down fire
6)
The Spirit of Knowledge – The pillar of fire guided (gave them
Knowledge as to where they were meant to be on any given day/night)
7) The spirit of the fear of the Lord. – Judgment on Sodom
Now
let me tie all this together so we can see how it all applies to our
lives in the new covenant. Jesus is the perfect and ultimate sacrifice
totally acceptable and pleasing to the Lord. In our abandonment to Him
we partake of that sacrifice we are in Him and he is in us, we are the
sacrifice in Him.
How did God respond to that sacrifice as
demonstrated in the body of Christ? (The 120 in the upper room) He
responded in Fire on the day of Pentecost, (Acts 2 Fire appeared as a
flame over each persons head) confirming a new glory and a new covenant.
This
is one of the forgotten baptisms found in Jesus. Remember John the
Baptist said “I baptize you with water, but He (Jesus) will baptize you
with fire” We are enter into this baptism in Him.
This is not
the purging fire, because that fire is activated by our actions, Worship
and repentance. It is the glory fire which transforms. The release of
the baptism of fire brings a release of the seven spirits of God in our
lives. This is a major transformational weapon almost totally ignored in
much of the Church. When we enter into the fire that flashes out of
heaven upon the sacrifice of Jesus which is in us as we are in him, we
enter into the seven fold glory of God. No one can stand in this glory
unless we first stand in Him, nothing can stand against Us as we stand
in Him.
In heaven the elders, the living creatures and the
beings before the throne manifest the fire of His glory, as they do they
manifest the four faces of the Eagle, the Ox, the Lion and the man, as
we enter into this fire we also begin to manifest the four faces of the
living fire of heaven. As we abandon ourselves to Him in it we manifest
the glory reflected in the seven spirits of God. The weapons of our
warfare are not carnal but spiritual for the pulling down of
strongholds. Our warfare isn’t so much what we say, but it is who we are
and what we manifest in HIM. We manifest the glory fire when we enter
into Him.
In Him, We manifest the Spirit of the fear of the
Lord, as he judges sin and the flesh. We manifest the Spirit of
Knowledge, The spirit of wisdom, the spirit of counsel, the Spirit of
might, the spirit of understanding and the spirit of the Lord.
How do we enter this flashing glory fire?
We
enter in his breath, in Him we enter his breath and in his breath we
are caught into the glory fire in heaven which surrounds the throne,
"GloryFire" This is the fire John was caught into when he heard the
words come up here. The Greek word used is Pnuemati. This word was also
used when Paul said he was caught up...Pnuemati
Pneu = breath
Mati = propelled or under pressure
Pneumatic
drill- Pneumatic tyre etc are modern words that reflect the word
Pnuemati and may help us understand entering the flashing fire,
propelled in the breath of God, as we come into total union with Christ.
This
is the fire he is calling us to walk in. We can only walk in this fire
when we enter into Him. In Him we are seated in heavenly places, in
heavenly places the fire of God manifests day and night. In him and only
in Him our generations are made clean, our DNA is straightened and
aligned, we become a bride without spot, (our generations chromosomes
& autosomes) or wrinkle (Our DNA is straightened) This is the
meaning of Jesus coming for a Bride with out spot (generational
iniquity) or Wrinkle (Generational DNA structure) This is the fire we
need to enter into in order to see the revelation of the Sons of God in
the earth. As we abandon ourselves to Him, then IN Him we will manifest
this fire in the earth; we become the fire in HIM.
IAN W JOHNSON
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