Do you recognise prophetic censure as well as prophetic promise?

To reach the ultimate heights of the prophetic promises of Yahweh’s redemptive plan for His own glory, the covenant people of God today must urgently recognise that prophetic censure is a non-negotiable part of that realisation.

The presumed innocence of churches and church leaders who boast “sound doctrine” amidst the quagmire of spiritual adultery (any form of idolatry whatsoever) is arguably the greatest obstacle to this eschatological timeline (depth of censure—height of promise) progressing. I fear that, as the chaotic Church today, undeniably mirroring ancient Israel/Judah, we are chronically stalled, falsely secure and spiritually strayed.

The motivation is not to be our sanctification and fruitfulness but, rather, His incomparable worth and glory.

Hear as though for the first time Jeremiah’s anguished outburst to Jerusalem,

“…how long will it be before you are made clean?”

Jeremiah 13:27

Please don’t wrongly assume that this anguished cry of the prophets is at odds with Jesus’ words pronouncing our cleanness of new spiritual birth, (John 15:3). In fact, our obedience in eagerly desiring the gift of prophecy (the testimony of Jesus), as those who have already been made clean by His blood, includes following Christ’s example of anguish for the ultimate prophetic promise of the parousia.

“…within a thawing sense of ultimate spiritual reality coming to eclipse all our eviscerated professionalisms…”

Then, and only then — within a thawing sense of ultimate spiritual reality coming to eclipse all our eviscerated professionalisms — will our true spiritual state emerge in our sobered national psyche. As the LORD bit by bit increases pressure upon His people, as the Church faithful begin to stir in their soiled beds from extreme drunkenness, will there be a determination to hear His shocking rebuke?

The motivation for radical reform will not be our selfish sanctifications and fruitfulnesses, (nor will our desperation for fresh spiritual air suffice), but rather the all-consuming zeal for His incomparable worth and glory.