Holy Spirit Refines Us So We Can Welcome Jesus

We compare the months of planning behind King Charles III’s 2026 Washington, DC visit with the far deeper preparation we believe is underway for Jesus Christ’s return. We talk about Holy Spirit refinement, covenant relationship, and what it means to live as a people marked by the Kingdom of God. 
• King Charles’ visit as a picture of honor and preparation 
• Jesus’ literal return, future rule and reign, and the hope of a restored earth 
• evil being exposed as part of clearing the way 
• personal refinement, changing desires, and a new appetite for God 
• perfect unity and shared life within the body of Christ 
• blood covenant through Jesus as relationship rather than religion 
• the narrow way that leads to a broad life 
if you have any thoughts, questions, concerns, please feel free to drop us a line at lifearoundthefire at gmail.com or type in life around the fire and look us up on the web. 

Transcript

Why Royal Visits Take Months

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King Charles the Third's visit to America in April of twenty twenty six required approximately twenty six weeks, six months of planning and preparation before the royal couple arrived in Washington DC on april twenty seventh, twenty twenty six. Now it took for a visit for King to come to America, King Charles III. For him to come and spend some time in America, there were six months of preparation for him, for his wife and for him to come and visit America and meet some dignitaries. The total duration of their time was about twenty-six weeks of formal logistic and diplomatic coordination that involved advanced reconnaissance by senior royal aides and diplomatic officials. The four-day tour of Washington, DC marked America's two hundred and fiftieth anniversary. And so it was a big deal to have the King of England come and honor what once was a colony of England, America. We were an extension of England until there was a war in which America secured its freedom.

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But now we're allies, and in so doing, what allies do, we treated a dignitary with honor.

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Six months were preparation, we want to honor King Charles. Now, if we as people want to honor one another, how much more is it fitting for us to prepare for the visitation that we're about to receive from

Preparing For Jesus’ Physical Return

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Jesus Christ Himself? God the Son is going to come back and touch down on planet Earth physically to rule and reign here for a thousand years until the final destruction and removal of all evil, and then a new heaven and a new earth will be joined together, and there will be an eternal manifestation of God's goodness across this planet that will never be broken. The original plan of God was for us to colonize plant earth, and the glory of the Lord and the knowledge of his glory would cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. And that plan is still the one that is in play. Earth is the Lord's and the fullness of it. We are created, and the Creator is going to come back. And so as He is preparing to come back, Holy Spirit has been at work within us to prepare the way of the Lord. And we as a generation who are alive right now are in store for something that is so significant that it's difficult for us to have our minds get wrapped around it. But it's true. God is going to manifest himself on planet earth physically again, and his glory is going to be manifest so strong that it's written about his rulership that he will rule with a rod of iron, meaning that there will be the ability to see decisions being made and visions being implemented that has been hindered up to this point in time by an opposing force, by an evil kingdom, which is going to come to an end very soon. But in its current state, we're seeing that evil stirred up significantly because the king is coming. And there are things that are taking place in preparation for him coming, and one of the things that is taking place in preparation for his coming is a cleansing of the way for him and his return.

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An evil must be exposed for what it is.

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But the preparations are underway, and if you feel there are things going on in your own life that are changing, and they're changing at a rate that is pretty significant, and that there are things that once

When God Changes Your Appetites

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were enjoyable for you, are no longer enjoyable, they don't carry the same interest, you have a different appetite. That's because God is at work within you, refining you, preparing you, preparing us to meet God. In the flesh, we are called to be a people that are uniquely joined to Him in a way that is so significant and so strong that it's been described as perfect unity, where we share life in such a way that the love that we have with God and with one another is the same love that the Father has for the Son and the Son has for the Father. That is shared by God the Spirit, God the Son, and God the Father. Perfect unity, perfect love. And we're called into that. And that is what is being formed and fashioned within us as a body of believers. The wonderful, mystical body of Christ, where membership isn't by signing a card and saying you're faithful in your tithes, you're faithful in your attendance, but membership comes as a result of the blood covenant being shared between you and God. The blood of Jesus being that blood covenant cut that allowed for relationship to be on a level that is unlike any other relationship. Blood covenant relationship. Not religion, relationship. And that relationship is what he is most interested in. And he

Blood Covenant Over Mere Religion

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wants us to share in his life, and there are certain things that will coincide with us being joined together with the Lord, and there are other things that will not fit. And those things that don't fit, we need to be able to let go of. Broad way, excuse me, a broad way with a narrow life. I'd rather have a narrow way with a broad life than a broad way with a narrow life. The kingdom of God is at hand. Jesus came to declare that he was presenting it and that the door was open and that he was the door. We come

Narrow Way With A Broad Life

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into the kingdom through the door, through Jesus, through covenant relationship that's been cut by his blood. Where we have the marks of God on us. We have the tribal markings of heaven on us. The strongest tribe known. We bear the marks of that tribe. Because Jesus has cut covenant and made that available. And he is coming again, and the preparations that are underway are significant. Holy Spirit is at work preparing the way of the Lord. And if it was a six-month preparation for King Charles III, who's really not an actual king of England, he is figurehead, still king, recognized, but as far as kingly power to rule over England, he doesn't have that. Jesus, however, carries with him the monarchy of theocracy, the dynamic of there being a rule and reign with God as head.

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Hallelujah. It's happening in the church, but it's going to take place throughout the nations.

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The knowledge of the glory of the Lord is going to cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. We're being prepared. We're in a time of preparation. 2,000-year preparation. People have been talking about this for 2,000 years. Waiting for the Messiah. Some people are waiting for his first coming. We who are born by his spirit are waiting for his second coming. But the coming of the Messiah is a reality, and it's going to take place on planet Earth, literally. And we are a generation prophesied about that we will see the mighty acts of God, his deliverance come in our generation, the generation that sees Israel born as a nation overnight. Well, that's taking place. And here we are in the process of receiving things that are new to us, a new way of life, the broad way of life, we're receiving and seeing that there's so much more available now, not on not where we wait until we die, but available now for us to implement in order for us to navigate through life as overcomers. And so the plans and the preparation are significant. Two thousand years worth, but in the end, we're going to witness with our own eyes the glory of the Lord. And then we're going to be consumed by that glory. By that love, by that power, by more of the Lord in our lives than we have previously been able to experience. Because it's going to be at that point where we will know God just as He knows us. We will know as we are known. And in Him we live and move and have our being. And His refining work is going on because the King is coming. And He's coming for His bride, and then He's coming to rule and reign together with His bride. Hallelujah. Let's pray. Father, we come to you in the mighty name of Jesus. And we invite you to, in our lives, refine the things that need to be refined. Please. Even if at times we say, Oh, this is too much. Please, Lord, hear this prayer that you would refine us

Prayer For Refining And Power

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in a way that will allow people to see your love and know that you are alive.

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Because they could see you moving in our midst.

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They could see you, your life moving in the midst of your body. Your ecclesia.

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Hallelujah.

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Empower us, Holy Spirit, to be a people that can demonstrate what it means to walk in a manner worthy of the call that God has placed on our life. So we present ourselves to you as a living sacrifice. And thank you for using us and consuming us. Let your glory be known and revealed to all throughout the earth. Father, we love you. We stand here in the name of Jesus. And we say amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Alright, folks. We love you. And if you have any thoughts, questions, concerns, please feel free to drop us a line at lifearoundthefire at gmail.com or type in life around the fire and look us up on the web. Either way, we would love to hear from you. In the meantime, God bless you. Adios, amigos.