Prophecy

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True Poverty-True Riches
Psalms 22:1; and chapter 88; II Corinthians 5:21; and 8:9; Galatians 3:13-14; Revelation 21:7

My Son was made poor so that you could be made rich in the riches which endure. It is true that while He was on earth, He reached the point where he had no certain dwelling place, and sometimes had to forage for food. That was unpleasant enough. But what was the very worst poverty My dear Son ever knew?

You have no idea how unutterably precious and intimate the relationship between the Father and the Son was before Christ came to the earth to offer Himself up for your sins. No friendship on earth, no closeness between earthly parent and child ever approaches the depth of the bond that is between us. Here in the splendor of heaven, he dwelt in a realm of of unadulterated Holiness, where love permeates all things. My Glorious Presence was ever His greatest delight, and He Himself shared in My Glory. All the Holy Angels adored and worshipped Him, even as God Himself, for We are One. That is the unspeakable wealth My Son possessed in heaven. All the bejewelled buildings, gold adornments and lovely scenery of this place are beyond compare; yet they are but the glorious setting of the True Wealth My Son gave up to come to the earth to redeem fallen mankind.

The greater the value of the treasure, the greater the anguish of losing it. Even after Christ came to earth in a body of flesh to live for a time in a far less glorious setting, He still maintained a sweet intimacy with His Heavenly Father. My love was ever the joy of His heart. He loved Me so much He would joyfully do anything I commanded Him to do without reserve.

Do you know why His anguish in the Garden of Gethsemane was so great, as He prayed for the strength to give up His Life for you? The prospect of being scourged, mocked and nailed to a Cross was terrifying enough, but He knew He faced an even worse ordeal_temporary alienation from Me.

He Who knew no sin became sin for the sake of sinners, nailed to the Cross in their stead. At that moment I had to avert My eyes from the One Who had always been so dear to Me. Now My pure eyes of Holiness could not look upon that loathsome bundle of sin He had taken upon Himself.

Deep in His soul He felt My absence. All He could feel was the dreadful stroke of My wrath against sin falling upon Him. This terrified Him, as He hung on that Tree. There is nothing more frightening than to sense that My wrath is descending upon you, that My indignation is kindled against you, and there is nowhere to flee. There is no greater poverty than to be utterly bereft of My love! When I am absent from your life, your situation is utterly hopeless indeed. There is a most horrible emptiness inside of you, infinitely worse than the black vacuum of outer space. That is the kind of desolation felt by lost souls in hell. The fearful darkness of My absence, the utter cutting off from everything pertaining to divine purity and love.

Jesus suffered all this horror for you, to pay the penalty of your sins, to open the Way into My Presence. For I have earnestly desired that you would justly have the right to fellowship with a Holy God, to partake of the choice things of My Kingdom, to fellowship with Me at My table as one of My children. Christ has, through His own Atonement for you, purchased ALL this unfathomable wealth for you.

Now you have the right to know the same loving relationship with Me as He does. You My faithful ones shall reign with Him in His Kingdom as fellow-heirs of all created things.

Yes, My dear child, there is a vast difference between a heart centered on transitory dollars-and-cents, and a heart centered on the riches which endure for all eternity. One heart is covetous, and the other is consecrated on My Altar.

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