by Alison Bitney
He said, “I will take you on a wine tour of Israel”. I got my computer and His Spirit led me to pages as He spoke to me about the meaning of our tour. I saw different wineries and the significance of all of the boutique wineries that have popped up in that country. I visited the winery started by priests who now have a large brand and how they have prospered and are known for their wine. As I was praying and worshiping Him for bringing Israel back to life, my prayer changed into prophecy.
My prayer started out like this: …Father, please forgive our waywardness and lack of appetite for you. We really have been deceived. Open our hearts and minds to your plans and purposes. Cause us to SEE the wiles of the enemy that has kept us in bondage all the while making us think that we are free and righteous. What lies we have eaten in the appetite of our own lusts. Father, touch us. Make us clean. Make us truly holy. Cover us in the blood of The Lamb and purify us completely. Make us ready for this Day…this Great and Terrible Day…This wondrous and awesome day…this fearful and marvelous day. Cause your people to shine so brightly that our presence convicts the hearts of men and calms the raging beasts. Show us how to walk so purely and holy that the devil has NOTHING in us…No One in us…No footholds, no options, and no chances. I see the power of Holy Spirit pouring onto those who are consecrated. Your priests, kings, and prophets who will speak, rule, and move with you. We will live to do your will. We will lay down our lives for your kingdom purposes. Make us worthy of your sweet and powerful Spirit.
Prophecy:
Make us into pure, sanctified vessels that hold the Golden Ruby Wine that you have kept back until this age. The best of your power and love for this age of mankind. Oh how the prophets of old have longed to go to the cupboard and pull out this wine. They have longed to see this day. Their wait is not in vain and they ask frequently if this is the day. The day of the Glittering Ruby Wine is upon us. This Vintage is one of a kind.
It came from an old vine that has lived through drought and storms and fire and neglect. It has seen the glory and devastation in all the ages. It has been hungry for my Word, thirsty for more sun and sometimes for the shade of my rest. It produces a grape that was sweet in the beginning, but over time, has soured. With famine and lack, the grape withered. But now, Just when the vine thought it could not produce a good crop, the vine was strengthened and pruned and purified and watered and the sun has shown on it day by day. The rains have replenished it season by season.
Now it grows and the grapes are small but they will be plump, the largest grape and the sweetest of all other harvests.
Oh, the wine from this eternal vine will glitter in the presence of the Son and all who carry it will be blessed to have carried the most special and unique gift to all mankind. For He is the vine. He is the Wine. He is the grape. No one is apart from Him. No grape crushed speaks of himself…But the grape’s glory is the wine it produces.
Can’t you see, the crushing is the only way to get the wine from the grape. The husk is cast aside and the wine remains.
As you drink of the wine, you will hear some say, “What a great grape”. But others who understand will lift their voice and say, “We must preserve this vine”. For from the vine more grapes will come and more wine…better wine is produced. They will hold up their glasses and praise the vine, forgetting that their husks have been cast aside.
They will glitter with such sparkling light. Glorified without a thought of their old husks. They all drink of the wine forever in the presence of the Vine in the vineyard and they will forever serve the vine to preserve it.
The Vine and His Ruby, glittering Wine
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