The events that are upon us now will force the devious to come out of hiding and declare their intentions.

Some of the Lord's people are rough, rugged places. There are rocks and bushes in their personality that the Lord encounters when He seeks to enter their life. The Lord desires a plain, a broad valley where He can enter and find an eternal abode. In order to do so He must bring in powerful machinery that will remove the hindrances to His pleasure.

Has the Lord ever brought His "heavy machinery" into your life?

The message of the two witnesses to the world will be one of warning—the same message as that of John: "repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand."

For the elect, however, the message will be one of healing and of making straight the way of the Lord in the personalities of God's flock.

Multitudes are in the valley of decision. The Day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. It appears the majority of believers are lukewarm. In order to stand in the age of moral horrors that is upon us we shall have to be "hot" or "cold." We shall be forced to cleave to the Lord or cleave to sin. Those who are neither hot nor cold will be driven out of the valley of decision and required to take a stand. There is no more time for lukewarmness and indifference, laziness and carelessness, in the matters of the Kingdom of God.

Anyone who is familiar with the Christian churches knows how unprepared the believers are to be caught up at this time into the Presence of the Lord. The Lord Jesus is the fiery Holiness of God. Were the disobedient, sinful, lukewarm, pleasure-loving believers of today to be caught up to meet Him at His coming they would be consumed by the Divine judgment.

The Scriptures cannot lie. The Scriptures teach that the Lamb will have a bride without spot or wrinkle.

That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. (Ephesians 5:26,27)

The Word of God is capable of taking the present mob of undisciplined church members and transforming them into a glorious Bride for the Lamb, a Bride without blemish of any kind.

When we look at the multitude of very dry bones, and then think about an unblemished Bride for the Lamb, we are more in doubt than was Ezekiel.

And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? and I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest. (Ezekiel 37:3)

What did God command Ezekiel to do?

Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. (Ezekiel 37:4)

God's witnesses do not have the wisdom or power to change the Christian churches from undisciplined groups, every man doing what is right in his own eyes, into the spotless Body of Christ. But God does have that ability. He commands His witnesses to prophesy to the "bones" and tell them what God has declared.

To be continued.