The Spirit Of Truth:

I invite you to look at the coming Millennial Reign (1000 years) of theRighteous King, the Messiah, Jesus Christ.

Let’s see what Isaiah 32:1-8 says aboutthis.

“Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule injudgment. And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covertfrom the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a greatrock in a weary land. And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and theears of them that hear shall hearken. The heart also of the rash shallunderstand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready tospeak plainly.

32:5: The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl (amiser; an impolite and mean-spirited person) said to be bountiful. For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, topractise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soulof the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices todestroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.”

In the passage above we see that Jesus, Messiah, will rule in righteousness andthe princes shall rule in judgement. The ‘princes’ will be the resurrected saints ofall time who will be kings and priests in the coming Kingdom Age.

Christ Jesus will be a hiding place from the winds and tempests, and will be asa river of water in a dry place, as a shadow of a great Rock in a weary land. His knowledge will cover all the earth. All eyes will see and will hear!

The ‘rash’ in Isaiah above, refers to the ones who would not take the time tounderstand the warnings addressed to them or to think of the real character of theiractions, that they might be given a different ‘heart’ and understand the Bible.

In that age preachers will have perfect knowledge ledge of the Word of God

By Rev. Madeline Montez Duffany

and willspeak plainly.

Isaiah 32:5: “The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl (animpolite and mean-spirited person) said to be bountiful.”

This verse refers to modern preachers of today who are “fools and churls.”They are admired as ‘liberal, broad-minded, and bountiful’. The Holy Spirit callssuch preachers and their preaching “folly, iniquity, profaneness, and error.”

The world and most of the professing Christian church calls them “liberal and bountiful,” (i.e. “emancipated”)…free from legal, social, or political restrictions;liberated (free from God’s law, esp. His moral law.) God in here calls the liberalperson “vile.”

Isaiah 32:6 above states that they do not preach the truth, but iniquity and hypocrisy and other errors against the Lord; to make empty the soul of the hungry.He will call the drink of the thirsty to fail.

False prophets in Isaiah’s day; false apostles in Paul’s day (2Corinthians 11:13-15); and false prophets in our own day. There are modernists who do not believe the Word of God, and are presentlycalled “liberal”. God calls them vile.

In this spiritually dry and weary land, the thirsty people need to have “livingwater” - the kind that quenches thirst, drawn from a well that never runs dry.

Many times a little bandage is applied to deep wounds, when they should becauterized, disinfected, and healed.

Only Jesus has that healing touch, and through Him, we can minister the Spirit of Truth.

I am ever learning, and when I open God’s Word, the Holy Bible, He teaches me many things.

As ministers, we must stand for righteousness in a world that says wrong isright. We are a nation in trouble. We break God’s moral laws and think everything will be okay because this new liberal pattern of thinking is rampant.

My Mother, Joelle Montez, was not a liberal in any sense. She stood againstthe system that interfered with her beliefs in God’s Word.

When we did not like what we were being taught in elementary school, shekept us home and taught us how to read out of the King James Bible. We lived nextto a large lot which was used as a dumping area for old machinery, tires, etc. Shelined us up on a huge tractor tire, our feet in the middle, and we took turns readingthe Bible.

Then, the truant officer arrived, asking where we were; why we were homeinstead of showing up in school. The day that she was arrested we all went withher, crying over her as they shut her in the jail cell.

Papa was home to take care of us. I don’t recall how long they kept her.

I onlyremember a kind officer saying to her, “Mrs. Montez, can I get you anything?” I’llnever forget her reply: “No, thank you. Just my Bible, Please.”

One time, a teacher at school took me aside and inquired, “Madeline, is it truethat you are not allowed to dance and watch movies?”

Years later, I would encounter things that were evil in my own children’sschool. My daughter, Katy, became a cheerleader and was so happy to obtain this coveted position in middle school. She made the team, but because of her last name, she was labeled Jewish and suffered prejudice. The woman who led thecheerleader team had a daughter on the team, and my daughter was disliked: shewas not “one of the girls”. Later, my adopted son, Danny, who is Korean, also faced unkind things. After Danny, we adopted five special needs children. My son, Mark, told me,“Mom, I’m afraid of the big witch in the school library window.” So, off I went toschool. I was not intimidated in the least. I nicely told them that I wanted thatwitch cutout taken out of the window. When I returned later, it was gone, alongwith all the other little witches on brooms that hung from the ceilings. This same child, Mark, took his little white Bible to school for “show and tell”. He did this on his own. The teacher said, “Mark, you can hold your Bible up, butyou can’t open it.”

My daughter, Jen, was sent to a room all by herself after saying, “I’m notdescended from monkeys.” They were actually doing a project on this subject!

In the first grade, I myself was excused from reading class to go get fingerpaint in another room because the teacher said, “Madeline, you already know ourreading material!” Thanks, Mom! My classmates would all be talking about a TV show or movie, and theycouldn’t believe I had never viewed them….

No, I was not a perfect daughter. I liked my liberal Dad a lot. He wasCatholic, and he was born-again and baptized when I was young, but was back-slidden. And so was I.

But, the whole point is that prodigals will return to the God of their parents if they are given Truth - the Truth of God. Hate what is evil. Love what is Truth. Stand up for righteousness!Read Romans 12:1, 2, 21. This is God’s Truth!

Reverend Madeline Montez Duffany +++ JESUS IS LORD

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