1 Samuel 2:27-31 One day a man of God came to Eli and gave him this message from the Lord: “I revealed myself to your ancestors when the people of Israel were slaves in Egypt. I chose your ancestor Aaron from among all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifices on my altar, to burn incense, and to wear the priestly vest as he served me. And I assigned the sacrificial offerings to you priests. So why do you scorn my sacrifices and offerings? Why do you give your sons more honor than you give me – for you and they have become fat from the best offerings of my people Israel. Therefore, the Lord, the God of Israel says: I promised that your branch of the tribe of Levi would always be my priests. But I will honor those who honor me, and I will despise those who think lightly of me. The time is coming when I will put an end to your family, so it will no longer serve as my priests. All the members of your family will die before their time. None will reach old age.”
And so it is with so many who “serve” me in my Church. So many who think lightly of me, and yet so highly of themselves. Those who treat my Word lightly, who twist it and turn it and change it to serve their purposes. Those who have grown fat off my Word, off my children, who use and abuse their privilege as my representatives. Their time is coming to an end. I will not honor those who do not honor me – those who speak of me yet do not speak Truth. Those who purport to teach my Word, yet teach perversion. Those who grow fat and rich and powerful – those who only wish to accumulate what is considered valuable in this world system. I will not allow them, nor the institutions they represent, to continue much longer. You have left your first love. You have forgotten that it is a privilege – of the highest order – to be allowed to represent me and my Word. You have forgotten it is I who am God – not you. You have put yourself in my rightful place. You have allowed your mind to be polluted and perverted by your enemy. Repent. Return. There is no greater sin than to aspire to equality with me. And, changing even one of my Words reflects a desire to take my place, to be equal to me – if not even to overshadow me. Your enemy made that mistake – a mistake that has cost him everything – eternally. Will you continue to follow him? Or return while you have the chance.
Amanuensis 