The ’Divine’ Year Of “Refining” And “Defining” (’Fire’ And ‘Clarity’)
By Tim Cassidy
1st December 2008
We are in refining and defining times - for our souls, our towns, our regions, our nation and our planet. Apostolic order is the FIRST move and ‘wave’ of God which needs to occur here in Australia before any significant revival, renewal and restoration (via a supernatural shift and outpouring of the Holy Spirit) can happen - and signs, wonders and miracles will become more evident around the apostles now when they bring God’s apostolic order to His church. God is taking a mighty stand against all manners of deceptions, evil and their works within Christians and He is now shutting down ministries who lie and deceive.
Order means change - refining also means change and purification, where all that is ‘impure’ will come to the surface and therefore changing and exposing that which was hidden. Many evil men and women will soon be confronted and driven out of God’s church - the Holy Spirit isn’t a soft dove toward such, He is against evil in the church and His power will soon be displayed within all the Body of Christ, and with great force. The “Good Shepherd” is stepping in to protect His world wide flock from the many wolves who have infiltrated HIS church, and their time is up. The fear of the Lord is coming to planet earth, starting in His church. There are many things only God’s prophets can see coming, and it’s not going to be an easy time ahead. To know and love God is to obey Him, it’s that simple yet that complex, and the disobedient christians’ “fruit” will be known to all in these coming years - which is part of God “defining” who belongs to HIM and who does not. For ‘old guard’ ministers who have for many years refused and abused God’s prophets and prophetic ministry - your time of being a stumbling block to the Body of Christ is over!. The apostolic churches who extensively train and release their people in the prophetic ministry will prosper and become great lights in the world. Apostolic order involves the ‘foundational’ restoration of the prophetic ministry in to the operational centre of every church of Jesus Christ on earth. A ‘faith’ and ‘truth’ battle has begun, and God plans to soon empower HIS true apostolic and prophetic church authority in Australia. God is initiating this present ‘kairos moment’ of true Apostolic order for many reasons, but primarily His misson is to restore ”ALL THINGS” to HIS church Body and Kingdom the way He desired and purposed before time.
Jesus IS the way, truth and the life for us all in this refining and defining time. We haven’t been here in this era before and the TRUE apostles of Christ will bring great order, through Christ, into God’s church so we can all exist together in the understanding that ‘together’ we are part of the “ALL” that is being restored. Only Apostles can over-see this apostolic order coming to pass. The intense refining fires of the apostolic and prophetic mantles and anointings are being released to them as never before to bring order. Apostolic order, which drives out the false, will also serve to bring in safely the Lord’s harvest of souls to God’s storehouse, through conviction and repentance of sins. A seriously fiery and active ’refining and defining’ season is what we are now entering, and that which is not God will be exposed, named and cast out - and publically now, to God’s glory. MANY massive shifts in both the natural and spiritual realms will occur in the earth and in God’s church in 2009.
We as a nation will be a forerunner in creating mighty “tabernacle” worshipping environments of the Lord, to reverence and worship the presence of almighty God - so He can do what He wants to do, and say what He wants to say in the exact way in which he wants to, at any given time. New sounds, music and creative anointings are being released through not only the prophetic realm but now through the apostolic realm of warfare and authority - to bless, encourage, heal, refire and exhort the body of Christ. Australia’s move of God will have a ‘nameless and faceless’ company of people at it’s core who give God the glory in their lives and especially during church meetings. However, there will be very clear, called and chosen apostolic authority leading the kingdom advancement of the church in this coming time in Australia - no-one will hyjack Australia’s move of God from HIS chosen ones. Man-made ministries will be stripped of their religious and evil authority in the church of Australia and not every church or ministry will embrace GOD’S choice of leaders in Australia’s move, though God doesn’t have a committee of men who He consults with, so they won’t have a choice. God has His ‘new breed’ leadership hand-picked for this next era of the church, and most are humbly (and thankfully) hidden in Him until their time. They will, mostly, not be well known ministers to the present church at large, and they will not be from ’seeker friendly’ and denominatioanal churches that water down the gospel and aim to market, promote, grow, expand and franchise and their own “brand-name” of man-made doctrines, agendas , motives and institutions. God is primarily being a heavy and serious God concerning what is NOT HIS this year. ”Thunder from Down Under” and “Revelation Nation” are two major phrases which are echoing loudly within my spirit right now, concerning Australia’s move of God. Revelation will be declared and preached like ‘lightning’ through God’s apostles and prophets in this coming seaso. The resulting ‘thunder’ will shake us to our core with Spirit of the fear of the Lord, and all that is not founded on the ROCK (Jesus Christ) will be violently shaken to the ground, and evil/demonic powers and principalities will be dislodged and rapidly pulled down - their works destroyed, starting in 2009.
2009 is a ‘divine’ spiritual actvity year in the spirit realm over our nation, where serious strategy is being released and empowered to christ’s Apostles in a lond awaited clarity. So much apostolic aligning is occuring in the heavenlies because we are entering God-initiated sifting and shifting times for the Body of Christ - a division is coming between the true and the false within the church. The year 2009 will prove to be a divine and supernaturally active year of advancing the Kingdom of God in almost every prophetic expression in Christ. ‘Prophetic’ - words, preaching, teaching, deliverance, decreeing, declaration, prayer, intercession, warfare, praise, worship, art, dance, will all be active in the Holy Spirit this year - within ministries which allow the Holy Spirit to move and “Be” GOD. I rarely predict times and dates for specific events to take place, but I do prophetically believe a significant and lasting shift in Australia’s spiritual atmosphere will take place on: 09/09/09. In the bigger picture, Biblical prophecies (The Book of Daniel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Psalm 24, Ezekiel and Revelation in particular) are being fulfilled in our midst, becoming clearer not just to God’s prophets and apostles, but increasingly being understood by the rest of the five fold ministry offices and saints too. On the top of God’s agenda is the rise of women in to their Kingdom and Church leadership. A GOD ordained and destined time of Apostolic and Prophetic ‘Women and Men’ standing together as TOTAL equals in Kingdom and Church Leadership Authority, is being reformed and restored by the Father God. He wants His male and female sons to unite in Spirit and in Truth, as one, for the prophesied ‘restoration of all things’ and end-time battle ahead - the refining and defining fire of God will manifest powerfully in Australia in 2009. God’s TRUE restoration of Christ’s Bride is about to begin a “new phase” on the earth - both male and female sons of God are being revealed and established as EQUALS to restore the “fullness” of Christ’s Body in the Earth. The refining and defining times are going to be increasingly supernatural, powerful and obvious to all - by God’s Almighty hand He will display himself once again as Lord of all the earth. ”Wars and Rumours of Wars”, battles, fighting and terrorist attacks will now increase - together with more financial, internet/technological and natural crisis. These are the end times.
England;
I see England, particularly London and it’ surrounding districts, is about to be shaken to it’s core foundations and will be (for a time) overcome by a manifestation of evil - a reaping time has come to the ruling authorities and the government alike for their evil decisions, plans, ways and deeds which have displeased and angered God. God is doing His refining, defining and judging in England this coming year. England will be hit with sudden and violent storms and a great shaking will occur in the London area - God is shaking the ‘church’ of London first, at the foundational and leadership level to expose and cast out that which is not built upon Himself as the “rock”. Then He is shaking the chuches throughout the entire nation and the U.K in the same way - correct Apostolic order is coming to the churches in the U.K in 2009, so expect to see and hear of massive change in many U.K churches. God is about to step in to His Church Body as “the true Head” and take command of the entire operation, starting on the senior Apostolic leadership level - and He will largely do this through HIS true (female and male) Apostles. 2009 will see God’s true senior leader Apostles refreshed, revived, renewed and given greater authority and annointing in the Holy Spirit. They have an almighty task ahead of them, and some chosen senior apostles will start to become ‘judges’ in the Body of christ, and of the Body of Christ.
We Christians are entering a culmination and convergence of many ‘end-time’ realities which have been prophesied in the Bible - and it’s been prophesied by both Old and New Testament Prophets. A serious “Jeremiah Prophet” season of speaking difficult words and weeping in the loving heart of God is upon us; also an “Elijah Prophet” season of boldness and fire is upon us, to speak and prophesy in the face of the false and demonic; and a prophetic preparation and “John the Baptist” season for repentance of sin and baptism into Christ Jesus is definitely manifesting powerfully for the Body of Christ. Apostle Paul prophesied this time, as did the beloved Apostle John in his Book of Revelation. 2009 is a ‘Divine Convergence” year of so many things, but in particular we will see a defining and aligning of God’s true Apostles, coming together because of already established relationship, but also new ministry connections happening by way of sovereign visions and dreams of one another given by the Holy Spirit, according to the will ofthe Father. God will now begin to reveal HIS Apostolic Team of Ministries in Australia by purely divine means - not by the plans of man. God has concealed these times and plans for HIS reasons, but in 2009 He will “Divinely” reveal much to his senior apostles and prophets concerning HIS over-all plan for Australia.
God’s timing for Australia’s big harvest of souls is a few years away yet and the next few years of preparation will, by revelation from the Father God, be our most disciplinary and active season in the fear of the Lord yet. The spiritual activity in the earth is exponentially increasing and aligning for something ‘Biblically’ prophesied to occur so nothing should really take God’s prophets and apostles, and indeed the body of Christ, by surprise - it’s a ”kairos” time, a divine shift and a time of rapid Biblical fulfilment of prophecy in the earth. “There will be wars and rumours of wars” - Israel and Palestine (Hamas) will war as never before in 2009, and this will be a sign of the division between light and dark, about to begin within God’s Church and Kingdom world-wide. All the different (true) apostles and prophets of Christ are slow to speak right now, due to the spirit of the fear of the Lord being upon them so heavily. So many ‘outpourings’ and people who were thought to be unstoppable and mighty in God’s Kingdom have fallen to so much pride, deception and temptation in these past months and years - clearly God is making many obvious statements that it is HIS Church in the earth, not man’s. We dare not judge anyone, though clearly God is doing that HIMSELF. It’s a heavy, sobering and fearful time in God that we are about to witness in 2009 and 2010. The Holy Spirit wants control of the Church in the earth now, and He is “shaking” all that can be shaken until it falls. God is taking back the “mouths of His prophets” in to radical obedience to Him alone. It is not so much a time of Christ’s prophets giving personal prophetic words to people, although that will continue in the fear of the Lord, it is a time for the apostles to establish “Order” and “Clarity” in our lives through teaching and preaching the truth of God’s logos and rhema Word - so that issues are solved and solutions to problems manifest in biblical and practical ways. The apostolic era has come to usher in the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, to establishing apostolic and prophetic strongholds for Christ’s Bride to be prepared on earth, and to bring in the end-time harvest of souls. It’s not just to give personal prophetic words and experiences to individuals, who may or may not ever work with God and His leadership to fulfill those prophecies. It’s time to refine and define and finally be mature in the FAITH. God is bringing us in to obedience to Christ as never before, which is the primary job of His apostles.
God’s heart is pounding and weeping for His people who are in religious and demonic torment, enslavement and captivity. The anti-christ, jezebelic, occult and pagan spirits are planning many things, but God wins and so do HIS people! It is a “quickening” year of rapidly fulfilled prophetic Word and Scripture, both personal and Biblical. Time is being accelerated in 2009, and if we take advantage of the refining and defining ministry processes we will gain inner growth in one year in what would have normally taken 5 years to accomplish in the past. Also, if we disobey God in 2009 we will almost assuredly forfeit much of God’s promises and will for our lives. Choices are literally going to be life defining from now on. Apostolic acceleration is beginning in the Body of Christ - and that means fire and accelerated change.
The kairos season/year/time/era (starting on the ’stroke of midnight’ on 31/12/08) in 2009 is the initiation of new apostolic order unlike anything we’ve ever seen or experienced. We will see many leaders in the “Saul order” of the church begin to be stripped of their anointing now, like king Saul was when David was being increased by God nearing his time of becoming king of Israel. The “Davidic order” anointings will significantly begin to increase this. This isn’t a hype based prophetic word, it is a sober and careful word I am giving here. I do not ‘rejoice over’ the end of the Saul Order’s reign in the Church. It will now be the responsibility of the “Davids” amongst us to lead the Church and Kingdom of God into the next era, and that task won’t be easy for many reasons. I can prophetically see some deaths of “Saul order” types of ministers and ministries in the next few years, starting 2009, and I am not in any way in judgement of them but they have persecuted and harmed God’s true prophets for far too long - now God steps in declaring “DO MY PROPHETS NO HARM!”. God is doing this “NEW THING”. We must be wise in this refining and defining season NOT to run ahead of God. God has shown me for a few years now that 2009/2010 are the “final preparation” years before “HE” initiates and leads Australia’s move of God, through “HIS” chosen Davidic leaders - ones with a heart after God’s own heart, which breaks and is burdened for the condition of all mankind and God’s Church. I have personally asked God to truly and deeply search my heart, mind, will and emotions (my soul) like never before, to convict me of what doesn’t please Him or serve Him any longer - to “refine” me in His fire, and to “define” what needs to change within me so I may walk closer with Him. This process hurts at times, but is a sign that I am an “accepted son of the Father”. Jesus Christ wants us to allow Him to become LORD of our entire life/soul as never before , in 2009. He knows what is ahead and He is about to release powerful visions and dreams to His chosen ones, and His prophets are beginning to be shown new, clear and detailed prophetic insights and strategies. We need to heed the prophets’ warnings, directions and corrections without hesitation now before it is too late - and for some highly rebelious and prideful ones it is too late, time is simply too short now. Obedience to leaders and God is the vital key to success in 2009.
The year 2009 is the year that will “REFINE” God’s people, Church and Kingdom in the Fire of God’s presence - and “DEFINE” with more prophetic clarity, Biblical truth, doctrine and vision like never before - which will be a blessing particularly for those whom have truly obeyed God and His Leaders’ instructions these past years. The emphasis here is also on the word “FINE” within the words reFINE and deFINE. God is targeting the “FINER” details of our souls - in the true condition of the mental and emotional realms of our inner life and self-talk. The thoughts, feelings, emotions and strongholds which are negative will be destroyed ( IF we seek God for it to happen) in the fire of God’s love for us during worship, praise, preaching, decreeing and prophesying times of ministry. Our hearts are going to be impacted heavily by the conviction and presence of the Holy Spirit in a more penetrating way than we have experienced, sometimes being painful to our soul. 2009 is a year where ’sensitivity’ will be heightened within us, particularly within the spirit of God’s prophets (those in the office of prophet). The words “Refining” and “Defining” are words which indicate DETAIL and CHANGE on a deeper plane of existance - Refining in God’s fire, where defining will become the result and everything becomes clear once we have been through God’s refining fire. God is turning up the heat and pressure now concerning our character flaws and hidden sin, and when we gather together corporately in 2009 (in Forerunners International particularly) we will experience great times of healing, deliverance, conviction of sin, powerful words of Biblical Truth, and clear prophetic words of wisdom, encouragement and knowledge. Two main things will occur in our midst, concerning two different types of people. 1) For the ‘obedient ones who have worked with instructions and their character/emotional development (over the past years) - there will be awesome times of healing and deep intimacy in corporate and private worship, prayer, prophetic decree/declaration and preaching times. 2) For the ‘disobedient’ (less in number hopefully) - those who have wasted time and hardened their hearts in rebellion and disobedience to leaders and God’s word in the past years, there will be times of deep conviction and discipline from the Holy Spirit (and leaders) which will be painful to endure as a consequence. Consequences for unrepented sin and disobedience are going to manifest in God’s presence powerfully this next 12 months, for the good of the Body of Christ as a whole. Mercy triumphs over judgement, but some have chosen not to draw on God’s mercy to repent these past years, so as a consequence God will now judge those ones so the body of Christ can be cleansed of lawlessness and unrighteousness.
It will be a year of ‘reaping what you have sown’ . Rebellion is as witchcraft, so if you have rebelled against God and your leaders’ instructions in the past few years, as a habitual behaviour, you will reap the confusion and anxiety that rebellion and witchcraft produces as the consequence of being unrepentant - God will not be mocked in 2009. For the obedient, God has been watching your every sacrifice and loving obedience unto Him and He plans to reward you with great peace, joy, refining in His fire - and re-defining of your future, hope and peace IN HIM as never before. 2009 is a ‘reaping’ year in the “refining and defining” anointings and fire that are being released. Great renewal of hope, vision and dreams will occur in 2009 for those who seek to bless, serve, love (and not curse) others. Any hurts and woundings we have are going to be, for the humble, deeply healed and the negative mental strongholds in our minds shall be burnt up in the fire of God’s presence and HIS deliverance power and annointing of truth.
2009 - The year of divine intervention
The past 4 years have been an ALMIGHTY test for us as a ministry in so many areas - and 2009 will bring crystal clear definition between those who have passed those tests and those who have not passed the many personal and corporate tests we have had. Only God can say who have passed their tests, but the fruit of PEACE will be powerfully manifest within and upon those who have passed to God’s satisfaction, and ANXIETY will be manifest upon those who have failed their tests of obedience to leadership and God. 2009 will see the fire of God POWERFULLY refine our minds, hearts and spirits. The obedient and the disobedient will have very different experiences in 2009 - a dividing line between dark and light is being established. Divine intervention by God as the ‘Judge’ will begin to be witnessed by all Christians within the Body of Christ in 2009. God is sorting out His Church in Australia concerning who exactly is HIS true Apostolic Authority and those who have ’set themselves in place’ and indeed are not chosen by God. Divine intervention begins between the true and the false Church authorities in 2009, and a divine war will begin and continue for decades to come, starting as the scripture states: “Judgement starts in the House of God”. Jesus Christ is LORD.
Defining Of Motives
The year 2009 will see every motive for being in church/ministry exposed, and I mean ‘every’ motive! (for Forerunners International particularly). The fire of God is about to be released to us to expose the TRUE motives of our heart in every realm of life. ‘Apostolic / Prophetic Centre’ Churches in particular are not going to be a place to attempt to deceive, manipulate, control, enslave or overlord people in 2009. I prophesy in the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth that “the definition between the true and the false, between dark and light, between humble and proud, between the submitted and the rebellious is about to become as “CLEAR AS CRYSTAL” in the Body of Christ in Australia”. The prophetic defining and refining aspect to 2009 spans accross the entire realm of the Church and Kingdom of God, and there is a deliberate ’exposing and cleansing’ process of true holiness which the Holy Spirit is about to begin, by God’s prophetic plan and apostolic initiative. The defining is also simply going to be between what IS GOD, and what IS NOT GOD, in churches and groups who claim to be Christian - yet it will be complex in manifestation becuase God is about to scrutinise EVERY group who claim to be HIS. Many who have cursed the true Christians will reap the same in 2009. It’s God’s principle of “What so ever ye sow, so shall ye reap”…… and again - God is being Judge. The same way Jesus spoke and Judas Iscariot was exposed as the betrayer through his actions and his kiss, the same will happen with the present-day betrayers ‘in public’ when God’s Word is spoken through HIS apostles and prophets. God be praised.
Refined as gold! Defined as clear as crystal! Reaping what has been sown!
Divine Intervention!
2009 is a year of exposure and revealing - it is one of clear, concise and systematic Holy Spirit exposure of sin and motives as never before seen, and Senior Church leadership will facilitate this in many cases, especially Senior Leaders who are apostles and prophets of Christ. God cannot dwell with darkness and evil. The darkness in or amongst us will be cast out of the Body of Christ by our God Himself this year - the ‘Spirit of the fear of the Lord’ is with us at home, in our workplace, at the shopping mall, and at other places we frequent and Church leaders will know much more about peoples’ personal lives and activities in 2009, by the Spirit of God revealing it to them. The prophets speak in 2009. The Holy Spirit always wants “dwelling places” in the earth, being in people and places, and he is wanting clean and pure vessels/temples to dwell in and to minister through in power and Holiness before God. Psalm 24 is for 2009.
Refining processes are usually intiated powerfully at the end of us YIELDING to much shaping, hammering and stripping away - in the process of being “conformed into Christ’s Image”. If we have not allowed God to do these “conforming” processes with us these past years, and if we have been lazy and a spectator to others being conformed, then we can’t be refined to what God wants as an end product. The falsely motivated saint NEVER offers “pure hearted” service to the help the senior leader establish their God-given vision of the church or ministry they lead. Because of this fact there will be those who yield fully to the Holy Spirit, and those who don’t, in the refining and defining processes ahead. God will remove people from churches now because He is doing a “New Thing” in the earth which requires a unity of heart , mind and spirit. I wouldn’t want to be a false christian in 2009 and in the years ahead. Part of the Apostolic Reformation for Australian churches is the exposure of false brethren- and as ‘forerunners’ we have experienced this first! We are truly in a heavy season of the fear of the Lord.
For the proud, rebellious and false - ‘That which has been done in secret, will now be revealed to all in the light’, be sure your sin will find you out! There simply is no time left for these ones to have their way amongst us, yet we daren’t judge. That’s God’s job.
For the humble, faithful and obedient - Isaiah 60 is about to be fulfilled over your life. Great grace, protection, blessing and freedom is your ‘tangible’ reward in this coming season. ‘Well done good and faithful servants of the Lord Jesus Christ’. The humble and pure will ascend God’s Holy Mountain in 2009.
Get ready - Here comes the great ‘refining and defining’ season of the Lord! The kingdom of God suffers violence, and the violent take it by force - this is a year of DIVINE FORCE! May God give us all the love, grace, understanding, knowledge, patience and anointings that we need to accomplish God’s plan for our lives in a year that will be very “Defining” for the Church of Jesus Christ on earth. God help and bless us all!
Scripture references;
Psalm 24 , Isaiah 60, Book of Daniel, Book of Revelation, Book of Genesis, Book of Ezekiel, Book of Jeremiah, 2 Kings.
God is being God in 2009.
