Matthew 25: three in one life and death matters

We have walked with Jesus to this day of chapter 25 of Matthew (quoted from NKJV in parts; boldness added by this watchman). There are three utmost serious matters about ‘Christians’, the saved and the unsaved, the ins and the left-outs.
This watchman urges all to read and re-read the whole chapter on these three matters, as illustrated by Jesus and recorded in this Gospel as the last three parable teachings of Jesus. Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to show you what it means to you.
(1) the ten virgins (1-13) illustrating the kingdom of heaven
“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom...⁴ but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. ⁵ But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
⁶ “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’ ⁷ Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps… ¹⁰ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.
¹¹ “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ ¹² But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’
¹³ “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.

(my personal notes: ‘Watch therefore’ appears to do with whether we have enough oil or not and whether we can be ready on the spot when Jesus comes. He expects us to wait and be ready at any point of time. Watch means praying and waiting before God. Watch means we read His words consistently and keep our lamp trimmed and ready. His words are lamp and light to us. His presence is light to us. In Him there is no darkness. He is light. Our body is a vessel for His light to shine through. He only knows those who are with His light shinning through and not otherwise. He knows them because they have constant fellowship with Him and are ever ready to meet Him face to face. This personal intimacy between each believer and the Lord cannot be shared or passed on to others, just as the oil cannot be shared.)



Lamp to my feet

____________read on and ask the Lord to reveal what He means to you personally. (This watchman too needs to read many times more and ask the Lord to reveal. )
(2)The Parable of the Talents (14-30)
¹⁴ “For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. ¹⁵ And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; …²⁹ ‘For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. ³⁰ And cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
(3)The Son of Man Will Judge the Nations (31-46)
³¹ “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. ³² All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats…⁴⁴ “Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ ⁴⁵ Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ ⁴⁶ And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

End days watchman countdown: Arise ! Heed the TODAY Time! (2014) !

This watchman started the journey in the Holy Spirit by faith several years ago, focusing the writing and sharing in most of the posts on just one topic: the Holy Spirit. Specifically listening to the Holy Spirit Who always points God’s people to Jesus, our God, our King, our Lord, our Savior, our Healer.
Often he has found that the journey is quite a narrow pathway as his own human physical, mental, emotional nature come in between God’s voice and his spiritual hearing and discernment. In recent years he received many good teachings on lifestyle of hearing the voice of the Holy Spirit, from those of faith who have been following the Lord Jesus faithfully all their born again lives. The teachings really helped. Many mistakes have been averted because of these teachings.
This blogger admits that the journey is ongoing for each individual. None of us, not even apostle Paul can claim we have made it. The only testimony each can claim is his own or her own. I pray for everyone who has been following this blog that your journey is always, like Paul, pressing on upward to higher ground, reaching for the goal that God has already set before you, in Christ Jesus.
Here is today’s testimony from this watchman:
He was woken after two hours of sleep as usual. He was tired as he has had a long and physically demanding day. But he could not continue sleeping as he was wide awake. So he reluctantly got up and asked the Lord, for whom he should be praying? Names came to him. So he went to his praying table: Here are what he was led to read and intercede for.
case one: read Malachi 4:6 ; then read 2 Timothy 2-3; intercede for a parent and her child, who are both facing the issue of a child turning into a teen soon and tending to ask many questions for which answers will be scrutinized for reasonableness and acceptability.
case two: read the Book of Malachi again in the sequence of 4 (whole chapter), 3 (verses 3:16-18). Interceded based on “those who feared the Lord” (called righteous by God) and those who did not (and are considered by God as arrogant and wicked). God says He does make a difference between those who serve God and those who do not. God records conversations
Notes:  Interceded for rain. Grounds are deprived of rain from heavens for a prolonged period now and his spirit was told earlier on at the beginning of the year his prayers for rain for that ‘nation’ would not be answered. Something is happening in the spiritual realm beyond this watchman’s prayer. But here is the key: the name of Elijah is being mentioned in this last paragraph of Malachi, which is the last Old Testament Book. So he started interceding with hope again for the Elijah to be raised to intercede for rain, the seven thousands whom God has hidden and preserved somewhere all over this globe for this crucial time. He too interceded again over the footstep of rain fervently. Why? His spirit was led to believe that time of drought would be at hand for many and grounds will be left abandoned, cracked, desolate. There will be no crops. The poor will need food. Not just a small pocket conveniently tucked away somewhere in remote places with no name. A massive hungry multitudes will be like locusts described over and over in the Book of Micah, which typifies a modern rich city/nation. Revelation 6:6 is pressing. ( As he received two years ago when he was called to ‘come and see’ -posted in another blog, http://kzlam36.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/end-times-church-countdown-a-perfect-man/ )
Why is such a thing happening? He was led to read Malachi, which is self-explanatory.
Case three: then he was led further to read the Book of Zechariah in connection with case two. in this sequence: 4:10; 5:1-4; 6:1-8; 7:8-14; 8:1-3; 8:6, 9; 8:12, 13, 15, 16;
a special warning: 8:17 “I hate all these things!” says the Lord.
Notes: read carefully in the two last books of the Old Testament. They talked specifically about burning, fire, flames, and related events whereby the land would not produce and it will be exactly the enactment of Revelation 6:6. The shortage of water is critical and the resultant shortage of food. Artificial food and empty energy are filling the stomachs of the poor. But this cannot go on forever. People are waking up to the truth about real food and fakes.
The watchman cannot write all that he has heard and received in his spirit. The journey has been a life long one. he remembers praying for rain and water from the heavens since very young. Many times his prayers were answered. But now it is beyond what he can pray on his little self.

Arise! Watchmen and intercessors round the globe!