Why Are The Blessings Delayed? (Part 11)

Murderous Hierarchies

Divine Whispers | Viju Jeremiah Traven


My Beloved Bride,

Before you were formed in covenant, before the Church was gathered from every tribe and tongue, before the Cross stood upon Golgotha’s hill, I loved you with a love that neither time nor treachery could diminish. I purchased you not with silver or gold, but with My own Blood (1 Peter 1:18-19; Ephesians 5:25-27).

Yet I come to you now, not only tender as a Bridegroom, but aflame with unquenchable zeal, for many waters cannot quench this love, neither can the floods drown it (Song of Solomon 8:7). I bear this burning in My holy Name, a fire no night can silence, no deluge extinguish. Zeal for My house consumes Me (Hebrews 12:29; Psalm 69:9; John 2:17), for I have seen disorder in the House of Prayer, My Father’s house turned from its holy calling. Therefore, I am here to rectify what is defective, to make the crooked straight, to cleanse and restore, that My house may again be called a house of prayer for all nations (Isaiah 45:2; 56:7; Mark 11:17), and the glory of the Lord fill it once more.


“THE CHURCH I BOUGHT WITH MY BLOOD WILL NOT BE RULED BY THE PRIDE OF MEN.”


I. THE WALL I TORE DOWN THAT YOU ARE REBUILDING

My Bride, hear My voice: when I cried out from the Cross, the Temple veil tore itself from heaven to earth (Matthew 27:51). A thunderous decree that the age of separation was shattered forever; in that rending the long night of division ended and a new day broke, equality before the Father, one Body alive in one Spirit, and in My own torn flesh I demolished the ancient dividing wall of hostility, the cruel partition that had ranked creature against Creator and humanity against itself (Ephesians 2:14–16), so that now there is no longer far-off and near, no longer stranger and citizen, only one new man, reconciled, standing unveiled in the Father’s presence.

Yet I look upon many of My local assemblies today, and I see that same wall being rebuilt, stone by stone, with the mortar of spiritual pride. Ungodly Hierarchies have been constructed by the wisdom of this world, promoting selfish ambition. This wisdom does not descend from above. It is earthly, sensual, and demonic. For where envy and self-seeking exist, there is confusion and every evil work ( James 3:15–16). They offend My anointed and devoted who are worthy of double honor (1 Timothy 5:17). Distinctions of title, race, color, wealth, education, and social standing have been dressed in religious garments and presented as My order. But they are not.

Understand this foundational truth, which I set before you in My Word: the calling belongs to Me. It is written, Whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified (Romans 8:30). The consecration belongs to Me. I prayed, Father, sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. For their sakes, I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth because I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:6; 17:17-19).

The call and anointing belong to Me. My beloved, Joshua, was not the son of Moses. But I chose Joshua not because he was born of Moses, but because My Spirit rested upon him (Numbers 27:18; Deuteronomy 34:9)

Genealogy cannot create a legacy that glorifies Me.

My chosen one, don’t give up your faith in Me while suffering the oppression of the ungodly hierarchies. Be still and know that I am the Lord Who reigns above all. In Me all things hold their origin, in Heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Me, and all things exist for Me (Colossians 1:16).

The flesh and blood do not inherit the Kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 15:50). Nor are My children born of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God (John 1:12–13). Even so, My servant Paul the Apostle was not made an apostle by men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father Who quialified him (Galatians 1:1). The Gospel he preached was not according to man, nor did he receive it from man, nor was he taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ (Galatians 1:11–12).

So too, true calling is not birthed by human desire, apostolic preference, or earthly succession, but by My sovereign will and divine commissioning. I can raise sons from the stones (Matthew 3:9), for I do not see as man sees; man looks at the outward appearance, but I look at the heart (1 Samuel 16:7). It is the discipline of godliness and the pursuit of righteousness that qualify those I call to preach the Gospel and be the Gospel (1 Thessalonians 1:5; Titus 2:8-12).

Hence, train yourself for godliness, for it holds promise for the life that now is and for that which is to come (1 Timothy 4:7–8). Pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace (2 Timothy 2:22). Be diligent to present yourself approved to God (2 Timothy 2:15), a vessel sanctified and useful to the Master (2 Timothy 2:21).

My beloved child, those whom I foreknew, I also predestined to be conformed to the image of My Son (Romans 8:29), that they might live to the praise of My glory (Ephesians 1:12). Not by lineage, not by power or might, but by consecration; not by inheritance of name, but by transformation of nature, does a life become a legacy that glorifies Me (Romans 2:11; Zechariah 4:6; Ephesians 1:12).

“CALLING IS MINE. CONSECRATION IS MINE. ANOINTING IS MINE. NO UNGODLY HIERARCHY CAN GRANT WHAT ONLY I BESTOW.”

Therefore, let no assembly declare a leader qualified by bloodline, tradition, institution, or social rank alone. It is not academic achievement, nor ancestral lineage, nor the endorsement of the powerful people that qualify a servant. It is My Spirit resting upon a heart that fears Me and walks in obedience. Though Joshua was not the son of Moses, I appointed and qualified him to lead My people across the Jordan (Joshua 1:2).


II. SEEK MY FACE BEFORE YOU SEEK A STAGE

My Bride, I commanded Joshua, that the Book of the Law shall not depart from his mouth, but he shall meditate in it day and night, that he may observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then his way would be prosperous and he would have good success (Joshua 1:8)Success in My Kingdom flows from constant communion with My Spirit and Word, not from elevation before men.

Many have climbed to platforms without first kneeling before Me. Many have spoken in My Name without first listening to My voice to get consecrated in My Presence. Many have used the microphone without surrendering their spirit, soul, and body at the altar of living sacrifice (Romans 12:1-2). I say to you plainly: unlike the fake hierarchies, seek My face before you seek influence. Abide in Me and My Word before you lead My people in My Name.

“One thing I have desired of the LORD, that will I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in His temple” (Psalm 27:4). David, a man after My own heart, did not seek a throne. He sought My Presence, and I enthroned him as King. And I said:“How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God? (John 5:44) The hunger for human approval suffocates true faith. The approval of God is greater than the applause of men (Acts 5:29).

“PLATFORMS ELEVATE MEN, BUT MY PRESENCE TRANSFORMS HEARTS.”

Those formed in the secret place before Me will stand in public with authority. Those who have lingered in My Presence will reflect something the showbiz limelight cannot reveal. Only what is born in My Presence will endure in eternity. All else is performance without My presence, and mere performance is vanity (Ecclesiastes 1:2; Matthew 6:1).


III. THE WOLVES AMONG YOU AND THE CEILING THEY HAVE BUILT

My Bride, I did not leave you without warning. My servant Paul declared about demonic hierarchies with tears, “Savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. And from among your own selves men will arise, speaking twisted things, to draw away disciples after themselves (Acts 20:29-30).” This Word has been fulfilled. You have seen it. Men who entered My house not to serve but to rule. Leaders who feed themselves and starve the flock (Jude 1:12).

Paul named them further: “False apostles, deceitful workers, pretending to be apostles of Christ (2 Corinthians 11:13-15).” He warned that in later times some would depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons (1 Timothy 4:1). My beloved, you must test the spirits, for many false prophets have gone out into the world (1 John 4:1-3). And John even warned that many deceivers have gone out who do not confess Me, Christ, coming in the flesh (2 John 1:7). These wolves can come inside in sheep’s clothing and take over the positions to feed themselves.

These are not small deviations. They are spiritual obstructions. They are anti-Christian hierarchies that act as a ceiling, preventing the latter rain of My blessing from reaching the ground below.

“WHAT PRIDE BUILDS BETWEEN MAN AND MAN BECOMES A WALL BETWEEN MAN AND GOD.

When wrong counsel, racism, factionalism, and false doctrine are tolerated within My house, they form a hardened crust over the soil of your fellowship, which fails to grow fruitful. My rain is prepared. My latter rain is ready. But division and deception attempt to seal the heavens above you. The blessing is not withheld from you by My reluctance. It is blocked by the structures you have permitted to stand.

But hear this also: to confront ungodly hierarchies, you abide in My sound doctrine, walk in love, show mercy, and guard the unity of My Spirit, that ceiling breaks. The rain descends. My glory rests upon a people who remain in truth and love. No anti-Christ can withstand the unity born of My prayer to My Father in Heaven (John 17:21-23).


IV. THE MANDATE OF THE MASTER: THE END OF RELIGIOUS CASTE

Recall My words as I walked among those who loved the uppermost rooms at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues (Matthew 23:6). I struck at the heart of wicked hierarchies with a singular command: “But you are not to be called Rabbi, for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. The greatest among you will be your servant” (Matthew 23:8, 11).

I did not establish a corporate ladder. I established a table, circular and covenant-bound, with Myself at the center and every member equally near. In My Kingdom, leadership is measured by the depth of your towel, not the height of your throne.

“Whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave, just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many” (Matthew 20:26-28).

When Church adopts the corporate style of lordship, she invites spiritual blight upon herself (Matthew 20:25). She sidelines the anointed and dishonors the devoted servants of Mine (1 Chronicles 16:22). She withholds the double honor due to those who have labored faithfully in prayer and Word (1 Timothy 5:17; Acts 6:4).  Under ungoldly hierarchies she exalts the prestigious and demeans the lowly, and in doing so she rebels against My very nature, for I am meek and lowly in heart (Matthew 11:29).

By seizing the mantle through ambition rather than the passion birthed for the Spirit’s call (Hebrews 5:4). Such fake leaders become strangers whose voice the true sheep do not recognize (John 10:5). They love the praise of men more than the glory of God (John 12:43), they barter Christ for silver. But the Foundation of God stands sure: the Lord knows those who are His (2 Timothy 2:19).

“I DID NOT BLEED FOR A HIERARCHY. I BLED FOR A FAMILY.”

Spiritual pride grieves My Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:30). It blocks the blessing of Heaven (Psalm 133:3). It creates a form of godliness that denies its power (2 Timothy 3:5). It is a vote of no confidence in the sufficiency of the finished work of the Cross. Evil hierarchies that exalt themselves to silence My appointed servants are murderers, hunting noble souls in ruthless pursuit. What is done in darkness will be brought to light (Luke 8:17), and there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed. In the end, their towering hierarchies crumble to dust, while their souls bear the indelible mark of disgrace forever (Matthew 16:26; Daniel 12:2).

They may plot against the righteous, but he who digs a pit will fall into it (Psalm 7:15; Proverbs 26:27), for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap (Galatians 6:7). I resist the proud, but give grace to the humble (James 4:6). No weapon formed against My anointed shall prosper (Isaiah 54:17). Every tongue that rises in unrighteous judgment against my anointed shall be silenced.


V. THE SPIRIT OF DIOTREPHES AND THE APOSTOLIC COUNTER-ATTACK

My servant John exposes the mechanics of demonic hierarchies. They reject My beloved servants who die daily, bearing My death in their mortal bodies so that My resurrection life may flow through them, drawing others to worship Me alone (Galatians 2:20; 1 Corinthians 15:31; 2 Corinthians 4:10–11; 3 John 1:3-4; 9-10). John wrote to the Church regarding Diotrephes, who coveted preeminence over those truly worthy of double honor (3 John 1:9; 1 Timothy 5:17). By rejecting John’s counsel, he defied the Apostolic authority and power I entrusted to John for the praise of My glory. In this, John confronted the rebellious spirit of Diotrephes that still wars against My beloved Bride today.

This spirit is ancient. It was in Lucifer before the foundation of the world (Isaiah 14:13-14). It entered the garden as the old serpent. It crept into the Pharisees. It has now crept into the pulpit, the elder board, and the organizational chart of many of My assemblies. John, the Baptist, and I called them “brood of vipers” (Matthew 3:7; 12:34; 23:33). Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one convert, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves (Matthew 23:15).

But the Apostles left behind a legal framework to dismantle every ungodly throne. They declared the Law of Equality: “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28). Any hierarchy that ascends by treading upon the faithful, belittling the ministries of others, and grieving My Holy Spirit, operates in the murderous Spirit of Cain. It does not serve; like King Saul, it chases the lives of my Davids and confiscates preeminence like Diotrephes. It seeks to seize by force the position and authority I have reserved for the humble. It silences the voice of the innocent and murders the influence of its anointed brother to crown its own ego (Genesis 4:5-9; 1 John 3:12).

These are the sons of Lucifer who said: “I will ascend into Heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God” (Isaiah 14:13–14). They mirror the rebellion of the anointed cherub who sought to rival My glory and was cast down from Heaven (Isaiah14:12; Ezekiel 28:17). For pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall (Proverbs 16:18). A Church that silences My anointed is like a body attempting to walk on amputated feet.

“THE PARTS THE WORLD CALLS WEAK, MY KINGDOM CALLS INDISPENSABLE.”

Manipulative hierarchies are monuments to the flesh, architectures of division built upon the triple-threat of lust, greed, and pride (1 John 2:16). They do not build My Kingdom; they carve out their own, grieving My Spirit and inviting the full weight of My displeasure. They have built a Babel tower to elevate themselves (Genesis 11:4). Where I sought servants, they have crowned kings. It fractures what I purchased with My Blood and violates the prayer I offered on the night I was betrayed. I gave you a new commandment: “Love one another as I have loved you, for by this all will know that you are My disciples (John 13:34-35).”  Whoever refuses this love refuses Me. If they deny Me, I will deny them (2 Timothy 2:12).


VI. THE COVENANT OF UNITY: HEAVEN’S LEGAL REQUIREMENT

Hear Me clearly, for this is not a suggestion for social harmony. The Covenant of Unity is the very legal requirement of Heaven for the manifestation of My power upon the earth. Where there is division, there is every evil work (James 3:16). Where there is unity, I have commanded the blessing, even life forevermore (Psalm 133:3).

“That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one” (John 17:21-22).

Unity is not human agreement on preference or policy. It is divine participation in the fellowship of the Father and the Son through the Spirit (1 John 1:3; 2 Corinthians 13:14). It is the visible witness of the invisible God to a observing world (Matthew 5:16 ; Philippians 2:15). When you are one as the Father and I are one, the world will believe, as I prayed (John 17:21–23). Your unity is My evangelism strategy. Your division is enemy’s greatest tool. For where envy and strife exist, there is confusion and every evil work (James 3:16), and a house divided against itself cannot stand (Mark 3:24–25). Ungoldy hierarchy has no harmony with Me.

Those who cause divisions are a disorderly hierarchy that does not serve Me. They serve their own selfish desires (Romans 16:17-18). Dissensions and factions are listed among the works of the flesh, and those who persist in them without repentance will not inherit the Kingdom of God (Galatians 5:19-21). False apostles create divisions and reveal a life not governed by My Spirit (Jude 1:19). And if anyone corrupts My temple through party spirit and strife, I have spoken plainly: I will judge the one who destroys My temple (1 Corinthians 3:16-17).

Unrepentant hierarchies are the architects of their own exile; they perpetually resist the Mind of the Spirit to assert a wicked supremacy over the humble. Having abandoned the gravity of My Truth, they have become wandering stars, celestial rebels who offer no light and follow no course to make sure they are unquestinable. For those who trade My Glory for their own image, the blackness of eternal darkness has been reserved forever. Woe to the unfaithful shepherds who feed only themselves while My flock remains broken and scattered (Jude 1:11-17).

“YOUR UNITY IS MY TESTIMONY TO THE NATIONS. GUARD IT AS SACRED.”

The four pillars upon which unity is built are these: mutual submission, by which you yield your rights out of reverence for Me (Ephesians 5:21); radical inclusion, by which you receive one another as I have received you (Romans 15:7); servant leadership, by which the chief becomes the least and trades the scepter for the towel (Luke 22:26); and shared inheritance, by which every member regardless of lineage or status is recognized as sealed by the same Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:13).

When these four pillars are set, the blessing is no longer withheld. The oil flows from the Head to the hem of the garment.


VII. THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE LIVING CROSS

Behold the geometry of the Cross, My Bride, for it is the perfect blueprint for My Body. The vertical beam pierces the distance between God and man (John 14:6). The horizontal beam shatters the walls between soul and soul (Ephesians 2:14-16). A Church adorned with towering steeples yet scarred by social chasms is a monument to religion, not a living temple where My Spirit dwells.

Corrupt hierarchies assume they ascend to Me by oppressing others. You find Me only when you stoop low enough to honor others (Galatians 6:2). To claim love for the invisible God while harboring contempt for the visible brother is to be counted a total liar (1 John 4:20). I did not descend from glory to be served, but to serve, and to give My life a ransom for many (Matthew 20:28).

“THE CROSS DID NOT ELEVATE ME ABOVE HUMANITY. IT MADE ME LEVEL WITH YOUR SUFFERING.”

If you would find Me, go where I eternally reside: among the lowly, the forgotten, the brokenhearted (Psalm 34:18). The height of your devotion is never measured by how far you rise above others, but by how deeply you reach toward those beside you. The cross you carry is not meant to elevate you above the assembly.

In My Kingdom’s inverted order, the one who descends farthest ascends highest. The one who becomes least becomes greatest. This is the mystery of grace: that My power flows not through golden scepters but through compassionate souls who serve without recognition, love without reward, and honor those the world has cast aside (Matthew 18:4; Luke 14:11).


VIII. THE DIVIDED ALTAR AND THE DELAYED BLESSING

Why is the blessing delayed over so many of My assemblies? Because a divided gift is being brought to the altar. I warned: “If you are offering your gift at the altar and you remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift (Matthew 5:23-24).”

If your Church structure excludes, demeans, or marginalizes based on human hierarchies, the altar of the living sacrifice is closed. You are praying to the Father of all while treating His children as strangers. You are asking for Pentecostal fire while maintaining Babylonian divisions. You are crying for the latter rain while a hardened crust of pride prevents it from reaching the ground. A father cannot bless a child who is actively strangling his own brother.

But when brethren dwell together in unity, I command the blessing (Psalm 133:3). When the Bride comes together with one accord, as My disciples came together in the upper room, (Acts 2:1) the Holy Spirit falls. The impossible becomes possible. The heavens break open and pour out a blessing you cannot contain (Malachi 3:10).

“A FRACTURED ALTAR CANNOT HOLD THE FIRE OF A HOLY GOD.”


IX. MY FINAL CHARGE TO THE COVENANT-KEEPERS

To those of My Bride who have kept the covenant, who have refused the temptation of the chief seat, who have washed the feet of the forgotten and honored the ones the world has passed over: I see you. I know your works. And the reward that is coming to you is not of this world.

Do not grow weary in doing good, for in due season you shall reap, if you do not give up (Galatians 6:9). The partiality you have endured, the exclusion you have suffered at the hands of ungodly hierarchies, the anointing that was dismissed because it did not come through their approved channels: I have recorded it all. Not one tear, not one faithful act, not one night of intercession has been forgotten.

And to those who have built upon the ungodly hierarchies, who have exalted themselves and silenced My anointed: I call you now to repentance while the door remains open. Burn the chief seats that feed the ego of the flesh. Bow low and wash the feet of the forgotten. For it is on the floor of the sanctuary, not the platform above it, where the true crown is found (Revelation 3:20; Isaiah 55:6–7; James 4:6–10;  John 13:14–15; Philippians 2:5–8; 1 Peter 5:5–6).

“WHAT YOU BUILD IN MY NAME BUT NOT BY MY SPIRIT WILL NOT SURVIVE THE FIRE OF MY JUDGMENT.”

My Bride, when you become one as the Father and I are one (John 17:21), the mask of the world will shatter. The witness will be undeniable. The harvest will be inevitable. So, the world does not need a more sophisticated Church. It needs a unified one. It needs to look upon you and behold the Father in the Son, and the Son revealed through His Body, and believe.

X. THE LESSON: HOW DAVID CONFRONTED THE UNGODLY HIERARCHY?

My beloved, I long to unveil to you this: behold the man after My own heart (1 Samuel 13:14; Acts 13:22). David was anointed by Samuel (1 Samuel 16:13), yet he was refined like gold beneath Saul, an envious and demonic hierarchy. Though hunted like a partridge upon the mountains (1 Samuel 26:20) and relentlessly pursued by a jealous king (1 Samuel 18:11; 19:10), David would not stretch out his hand against the Lord’s anointed (1 Samuel 24:6; 26:9). Endure the Hierarchy, Inherit the Glory.

Through the fiery proving of faith (1 Peter 1:7), patience forged his crown long before it rested upon his head. Thus, he overcame not by rebellion, but by reverent restraint, and in due time he was anointed again, first over Judah and then over all Israel (2 Samuel 2:4; 5:3), to reign forty golden years (2 Samuel 5:4) and lead Israel into one of the most radiant eras of her history. The Crown Was His Before It Ever Was Placed On His Head.

Believe in Me, your blessing won’t be delayed if you endure the cunning hierarchies. For I Myself am your exceedingly great reward (Genesis 15:1), your portion and your inheritance forever (Psalms 16:5), reserved in Heaven for you, undefiled and unfading (1 Peter 1:4). Remember the great cloud of witnesses who surround you (Hebrews 12:1), who endured by faith as seeing Him Who is invisible (Hebrews 11:27). Your Blessing Is Not Delayed, It Is Being Refined. 

Some were tortured and refused deliverance, choosing steadfast obedience so that they might obtain a better resurrection (Hebrews 11:35). To the one who lives by faith and overcomes, I will grant the victor’s crown (Revelation 2:10). Blessed is the man who endures temptation through living a God-pleasing life of worship (Romans 12:1-2). When he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which I have promised to those who love Me (James 1:12). The Furnace Does Not Destroy You, It Decorates You.

Knowing this deeper truth, My saints hoped against all hopes in this world and fixed their eyes on the City built by God (Romans 4:18–20, Hebrews 11:10; 11:16; 13:14; Philippians 3:20). They overcame every evil hierarchy by the power of the Blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. To remain loyal and victorious, they did not love their lives until their death (Revelation 12:11). They Did Not Love Their Lives Unto Death, They Loved Me More Than Others, So They Will Live Forever.

Thus, I shall honor My loyal Bride, refined like gold in the furnace of affliction (Isaiah 48:10) and steadfast in covenant love. She triumphs not by rebellion but by pure perseverance, trust, and rest in Me. Greater is He Who is in her than he who is in the corrupt and perishing world (1 John 4:4). If she overcomes, she shall reign with Me in My greater glory forever and ever (2 Timothy 2:12; Revelation 22:5). Overcome By the Blood, Upheld By the Word, Undefeated By the World.” I am coming soon, be Mine! Amen!

Reflection

Every act of self-love to show supremacy over others is a vote of no confidence in the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross. Every title worn as a crown rather than carried as a cross declares that Calvary was not enough to make all children equal. Every wall you build between yourself and your brother is a wall you build between yourself and Me, for I am found among the lowly, and I will not be found anywhere else.

Prayer

Lord Jesus, I renounce every spirit of pride and anti-Christian hierarchy that has taken root in Your house and in my own heart. I repent of every moment I have valued title above anointing, status above servanthood, and the applause of men above the approval of God. I declare that every member of Your Body is indispensable, honored, and equal in Your sight, purchased by the same blood, sealed by the same Spirit, and destined for the same glory. Let Your Holy Spirit bridge every gap of race, class, gender, and status in me and in Your Church and in me, that Your commanded blessing may fall upon us all. Break every ceiling that pride has built. Release the latter rain. Let Your glory rest upon a Bride made ready by love, unity, and truth. In Your Name, Lord Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever. Amen (Hebrews 13:8; Malachi 3:10; Revelation 19:7-8).

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