Fire Like a Crown
Yesterday I posted a prophetic picture of a vision I had in which the LORD took ancient biblical oil lamps from an extremely dusty shelf and blew the dust off them.
When the breath of the LORD struck the lamps, the dust was removed, and the ancient oil lamps were lit with fire. It was a prophetic picture of people’s lives sitting on a shelf, caked with heavy dust. The LORD was commissioning His people back into service, breathing upon them and blowing the dust of disappointment off them.
The LORD said, “I’m breaking every demonic dis off My people: disappointment, discouragement, disillusionment, and disability, and lighting their lamp/lives.”
The breath of the LORD blowing on the ancient oil lamps was the same breath described in Acts chapter 2 as a mighty rushing wind filling the whole house, with tongues of fire appearing on the head of each of them.
Today, on the 27th day of 90 watching with the LORD, I want to declare: I see fire coming down like a crown.
Acts 2:2–3 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.
The breath of the LORD not only lit the people’s lamp but also commissioned them to be a walking lampstand, a priestly people. The fire in Acts 2 upon their heads was the light of God’s human priestly oil lamps. That generation of SENT ones became the walking lampstand of the Kingdom, shifting the atmosphere wherever they went!
PATTERN PROPHECY – THE FIRE CORONATION
The fire coronation is a recurring pattern throughout biblical history. We see fire come down on Mount Sinai, commissioning God’s covenant people as priests of His kingdom. We see the same glory-fire come down at the commissioning of Moses’ tabernacle and again at the commissioning of Solomon’s temple. Then we see fire come down on the heads of God’s new-covenant priesthood in Acts 2:3.
The Apostle Peter declares in his epistle that God’s new-covenant people are a royal priesthood, His very possession, drawing directly on Exodus 19:5–6. I emphasize this truth because the LORD is not merely taking people off the shelf; He is commissioning a people of His possession, a priesthood of glory-fire.
Exodus 19:5–6 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My treasured possession above all people; for all the earth is Mine. And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.
1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His own possession, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
A fresh Pentecost is coming for you during these 90 days! A new baptism in the Holy Spirit and fire, and that fire is a crown that empowers you to operate in full authority as ambassadors of the Kingdom.
A SWORD AND A CROWN
You have not only a crown but also the LORD commissions you to wield a sword. The sword is the word of the LORD, meant to come out of your mouth like a sword, just as it comes out of His mouth, as we see in Revelation 19:15.
Revelation 19:15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron.
We are in a season of commissioning a new breed of Kingdom ambassadors, authoritative warriors, unsheathed and wielding authoritative swords to defeat the enemy in the climax of the war that is upon us!!
THE LORD IS CONFERRING HIS KINGDOM UPON HIS COVENANT PEOPLE
In Luke 24:49 and Acts 2:3, we find the same Greek word, kathizo, rendered as “wait” in Luke 24:49 and as “sat” in Acts 2:3. It literally means to sit upon a throne, to appoint, or to confer a kingdom. It is not to wait in a posture of passivity. It is to position yourself for a place of commissioning. They did not wait passively in that upper room in Jerusalem. They were positioned for a moment of commissioning.
Luke 24:49 Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.
Acts 2:3–4 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
I want to declare to you today: you have been taken off the shelf, seated in a seat of authority, and the LORD is crowning you with fire. He is unsheathing a sword from your mouth, and you will no longer tolerate the enemy’s works in your sphere of stewardship.
There is a holy zeal coming upon you, the zeal of the LORD. You will rise up and say, “Not today, Satan.” Not today. You will no longer tolerate the enemy’s work in your family. You will march down your street, releasing God’s fire with every footstep as the LORD’s walking lampstand.
You will NOW arise and go to war with your authoritative sword, forbidding the enemy from trespassing against your children, your husband, your wife, your family members, your bloodline, your family tree, even your neighborhood.
I say, arise this day. It is time for war. It is time to take back what the enemy has stolen. It is time to say to the enemy, “Thus far and no more.” Loose everything and everyone that belongs to me.