Wall Of Fire

I usually don’t share visions. I have on very rare occasions over the years, but only at the prompting of the Spirit or if what I’m sharing is something that I feel will only serve to draw people’s focus to Christ. But I’m going to share a vision I had last fall that I had again this morning, because a trusted brother in Christ wrote about this exact thing this morning. Someone I trust, who lives hundreds of miles away, was shown the same thing.

Last fall and this morning while praying, I saw a wall of fire. I was in a large circular room/area that was surrounded by walls made of fire, but the fire was some type of plasma. I remember thinking that it reminded me of what thick blown glass looks like, transparent but not clear, and you can only see blobs or shadows of whatever is on the other side of it. I was on the inside of it and it was quiet and still and all I could hear was the low rumbling sound of the flames, like when a gas heater is burning. 

The understanding I had was that the wall was going to be the great test of the church. God was going to bring the church up to that wall and everyone was going to have to stand before it and decide whether they were going to pass through it or not. My understanding was that the only thing that was going to matter in the end was passing through that wall. Because of the chaotic state of the church at the time of the end, the wall was going to be the test of true faith regardless of denomination or movement or religious beliefs or whatever. To be able to pass through the wall, the person was going to have to genuinely trust Christ. Their genuine trust would be evidenced by their willingness to walk through it, and only those who passed through to the other side would be God’s true church. 

Last fall, when I had the vision the first time, I saw that there were many people who had made it up to the wall, but they were just standing there, debating on whether or not to touch it. Some stood within inches of it and had their hand raised toward it, but they just stood there with their hand raised in hesitation. They stood there wrestling with themselves, whether they could do it or not. The wall was the place that speaks “you can go this far and no further” without genuine trust in the Lord. Many were afraid and unsure, many doubted because they couldn't see what was on the other side of the wall and passing through was a genuine act of faith. The thing about this wall was that it acted like a mirror, and when people reached it and faced it, they had to face themselves. To pass through the wall was to come face to face with their true condition, to face the wretchedness of their flesh, to face their weaknesses and ugliness, and yet trust that Christ was on the other side of all that and would save us if we trusted Him enough to walk through that wall of fire.

Many turned and walked away. Some were too afraid to step through and they had to face the truth that they never really trusted Christ and the faith they claimed to have was a lie. They had fooled many people with their superficial faith, but you cannot fool the wall of fire. But the only safe place for us was on the other side of that wall in that circular area because that's where God was. No flesh could make it through the wall, everything that was not born of God or formed by God was burned away when someone passed through. 

While praying this morning and seeing that wall again, I remember the Spirit giving me the understanding that the wall of fire was also Christ Himself. When I first had the vision, I saw the wall as a "thing", it was an object, it was merely a “thing” that had to be passed through to get into the inner sanctum, the very presence of God where nothing could touch us. But this morning, the Spirit made me understand that the wall was not a thing. It was not just an object, the fire was a person, it was Christ Himself. Jesus is the wall of fire. It is He that we must pass through to get into the inner sanctum of God. He is both the fire and the presence. He is both what we pass through and where we dwell.

(Isaiah 4:3-6) Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy—all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—WHEN THE Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire, then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy, a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.

(Zechariah 2:3-5) Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came out to meet him and said to him “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it. For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’ "

(Isaiah 66:15) For behold, the Lord will come with fire-- His chariots are like a whirlwind-- to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.

(Matt 3:11) I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

(Heb 12:29,29) Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe. For our God is a consuming fire.

(Zechariah 13:9) This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, "They are My people," and they will say, "The LORD is our God."