A Legacy is Built: Fashion Forward
Then they told David, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are robbing the threshing floors. 1 Samuel 23:1 AMPC
Now why do you cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished, that pains have taken you like a woman in labor? But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither do they understand His plan, for He shall gather them as the sheaves to the threshing floor. Micah 4:9, 12 AMPC
No,
…Israel has not been widowed and forsaken, nor has Judah, by his God, the Lord of hosts… Jeremiah 51:5 AMPC
For,
…He Who is coming …will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing fan (shovel, fork) is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear out and clean His threshing floor and gather and store His wheat in His barn, but the chaff He will burn up with fire that cannot be put out.
Hear this,
…when Jesus was baptized, He went up at once out of the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he [John] saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on Him. And behold, a voice from heaven said, This is My Son, My Beloved, in Whom I delight! [Ps. 2:7; Isa. 42:1.] Matthew 3:11-12, 16-17 AMPC
Who then is it that is victorious?
Who is it that is victorious over [that conquers] the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on that fact]? This is He Who came by (with) water and blood [His baptism and His death], Jesus Christ (the Messiah)–not by (in) the water only, but by (in) the water and the blood. And it is the [Holy] Spirit Who bears witness, because the [Holy] Spirit is the Truth. So there are three witnesses in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are One; and there are three witnesses on the earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree [are in unison; their testimony coincides]. 1 John 5:5-8 AMPC
So, watch and wonder, for the Lord is doing a great thing. Yes,
Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things! [Zech. 12:8-10.] Be not afraid, you wild beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness have sprung up and are green; the tree bears its fruit, and the fig tree and the vine yield their [full] strength. And the [threshing] floors shall be full of grain and the vats shall overflow with juice [of the grape] and oil. Joel 2:21-22, 24 AMPC
May His people say,
The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds’ feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]! For the Chief Musician; with my stringed instruments. Habakkuk 3:19 AMPC
For as,
.. the Lord said to Moses, say to the Israelites, when you come into the land to which I am bringing you, you shall set apart a cake made of the first of your coarse meal as a gift [to the Lord]; as an offering set apart from the threshing floor, so shall you lift it out or heave it. Of the first of your course meal, you shall give to the Lord a portion for a gift throughout your generations [your heave or lifted-out offering]. That you may remember and do all My commandments and be holy to your God. Numbers 15:17-18, 20-21, 40 AMPC
For He foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted (revealed) as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the purpose of His will [because it pleased Him and was His kind intent]– In Him you also who have heard the Word of Truth, the glad tidings (Gospel) of your salvation, and have believed in and adhered to and relied on Him, were stamped with the seal of the long-promised Holy Spirit. That [Spirit] is the guarantee of our inheritance [the firstfruits, the pledge and foretaste, the down payment on our heritage], in anticipation of its Full Redemption and our Acquiring [Complete] Possession of it–to the praise of His glory. And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength, Ephesians 1:5, 13-14, 19 AMPC
For who, truly, would want to be found without a garment, and have it be said,
…Friend, how did you come in here without putting on the [appropriate] wedding garment? And he was speechless (muzzled, gagged). Matthew 22:12 AMPC
For, the Kingdom is at hand, and in preparation, He clothes His people with Himself.
[But the Spirit of the Lord clothed Gideon with Himself and took possession of him, and he blew a trumpet, and [the clan of] Abiezer was gathered to him. Judges 6:34 AMPC
Yes! For this, say loudly, Jesus clothe us with Yourself, Almighty God! And, when that trumpet blows, we will be ready for the Wedding of the Lamb of God to His Church.
THE Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty; the Lord is robed, He has girded Himself with strength and power; the world also is established, that it cannot be moved. Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting. The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up the roaring of their waves. The Lord on high is mightier and more glorious than the noise of many waters, yes, than the mighty breakers and waves of the sea. Your testimonies are very sure; holiness [apparent in separation from sin, with simple trust and hearty obedience] is becoming to Your house, O Lord, forever. Psalm 93:1-5 AMPC
For your legacy to us in Your Kingdom is not violence, fear, and loss but instead being Clothed with the Peace of Christ Jesus.