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ISSUE ONE | JULY/AUG
FEATURED ARTICLE
The Fire, The Cross and
The Lamb
Samuel Phillips
The story of Easter is one of
beauty formed out of ashes,
life formed out of death, and
Spirit manifesting out of flesh
and corruption. It is the story
of sacrifice, blood of cleansing
for redemption and every other
thing it stands for in God. It is the
beautiful story of the coming to
pass of that which father Abraham
prophesied on the mountains of
Moriah when he said, “ My son,
GOD will PROVIDE for HIMSELF
THE LAMB for a burnt offering”
(Emphases mine). This is the most
important part of this message to
anyone who God will allow to read
and also have understanding. But
critical thinking is required. For he
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extension their individual crosses
that must be carried in this season
that we find ourselves in. For the
purpose of thinking, of all the
historical religious relics that were
destroyed in that massive fire that
burnt for more than twelve hours, it
is reported that the cross standing
on the altar, which looks like “a hill
of Golgotha” was not touched by
the fire. This is not a coincidence
at all. That the church of God has
walked away from the cross of
Christ which is the power of God
for salvation and has embraced
the worship of Baal which is
directly tied to Babylon and the
worship of Mammon through
luxury has triggered something in
heaven and for which, judgment
will no longer be withheld on earth.
That the attention of the world
has now turned to the millions of
dollars donated to the rebuilding
of the cathedral, rather than to
what God is saying concerning the
burning, is key to what this season
is about and what the church has
been worshipping. Hell has been
broken loose, even as heaven is
giving its final warning for those
called out “from among them to”
to pick up their cross again with
godly zeal and walk the walk
of faith set before them. For it
also not a coincidence that this
incident happened in the week of
Easter, which also coincides with
Passover, a thing which is rare
historically. That both the dying
who understands this as what God of the Lamb of God on the cross,
is watching over diligently to bring which Easter celebrates is coming
to pass also in our day, will have a together with the separation
deeper understanding of what this through death that Passover
Easter is meant to do in us and speaks of and that the burning of
why the Notre Dame Cathedral the earthly cathedral made with
incident happened. human hands came at the same
time, points to something each
The Notre Dame Cathedral person must pay attention to. God
There are lots of things I believe is calling out by separation, those
God is saying about the fire who will walk away from that
incident that happened at the which is built by human hands,
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, of embrace the cross and also be a
which I believe others have been lamb provided by God for Himself
given to write about, but this is in this season. One more thing that
the piece of the puzzle that came the incident of the Notre Dame
to my heart about it. I believe the Cathedral showed me is this, God
Lord is pointing His people back has come to judge the harlot,
to His cross of redemption and by