Fracturing...Pt 2 of 2

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The prophetic weight of this moment calls for deep humility and prayer. Leaders must not see themselves as masters over brethren, but as servants washed in the same blood. Families must guard their homes against seeds of resentment, knowing that division in the household multiplies into division in the church. The scattered and the grafted-in must learn to bear one another, not as competitors for honor, but as co-heirs of grace. It is in this crucible of unity that God will prepare a people fit to stand in the time of trouble. The seal of the living God is placed not upon isolated individuals, but upon a body that has learned to love beyond the fractures of race, history, and personal offense.

If the adversary succeeds in dividing the last-day family of faith, then he need not enslave them by outward force, for they will have bound themselves with the chains of disunion. But if, by God’s Spirit, they rise above division, then no power of earth or hell can subdue them. Their unity will become their fortress, their love their weapon, and their covenant loyalty their unbreakable bond. And in that unity, the prophecy will be fulfilled: a people once scattered, once enslaved, now risen, now sealed, now unmovable in their devotion to God and one another.

Thus, the call is urgent. The family of faith must weep before the altar for healing. They must refuse to let division steal their destiny. They must guard the sacred trust of unity as though it were life itself. For in truth, it is life: the life of the final witness, the life of the sealed remnant, the life of God’s own testimony in the earth. And when they stand, healed and unbroken, the world will behold what no empire could extinguish: a people who cannot be divided, cannot be enslaved, and cannot be silenced, for they are one in Christ and sealed forever in His eternal purpose.

Division within the spiritual family is not a passing inconvenience; it is the adversary’s last and most dreadful attempt to break the remnant people of God. As the nations rage and the powers of the earth align for their final assault against truth, Satan knows his time is short. He cannot strip away the faith of those who have been sealed by God’s Spirit, but he can attempt to rupture their bonds of love and scatter them in spirit though they stand together in body. Division is a silent plague, more destructive than persecution, for it tears at the very heart of covenant unity. The deepest betrayals do not come from strangers, but from brothers and sisters, and it is this weapon the adversary aims to sharpen in the last generation. If the family of faith can be fractured from within, their testimony will lose its force, their strength will wither, and their witness to the nations will dim. This is the last-day danger…internal discord.

History testifies to this reality with sobering clarity. The wilderness generation, despite witnessing God’s mighty hand, faltered again and again through murmuring, jealousy, and suspicion. Their greatest enemies were not Amalekites or Moabites, but their own tongues and hearts that resisted unity under God’s leading. Later, when Israel was divided into northern and southern kingdoms, the rift was not born from outside invaders but from mistrust and ambition within. The fall of Jerusalem was hastened by the corruption of its leaders and the betrayal of its prophets. Even the early church, filled with the power of

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Pentecost, was continually threatened by disputes over leadership, doctrine, and cultural identity. Paul’s letters groan with the burden of urging believers to hold fast to the unity of the Spirit, for he knew that division was the surest path to ruin. The testimony of Scripture resounds with this lesson: when God’s people fracture, they become vulnerable; when they stand as one, they are unshakable.

This lesson carries prophetic urgency for the scattered people of God in the last days, particularly for those of Black descent whose identity as descendants of the ancient Hebrews has been long suppressed, denied, and obscured. Their history is marked by centuries of exploitation, captivity, and systemic oppression. Yet the prophetic promise declares that never again will they be enslaved, for God has broken the yoke. The awakening to this identity brings not only dignity but also responsibility. To refuse exploitation is a sacred act of obedience to God’s justice, but to avoid division is a sacred act of obedience to His love. Both must be embraced together, for the power of the remnant lies not merely in their liberation from physical bondage, but in their liberation from spiritual fragmentation. The proclamation “never again enslaved” must be matched by the vow “never again divided.”

Still, this vow is costly, for wounds run deep. Centuries of betrayal, injustice, and systemic exclusion have left scars that are not easily healed. The temptation is to allow memory to fuel resentment, to turn the testimony of survival into a weapon of suspicion. The adversary would seize upon these wounds, whispering that unity is impossible, that differences are irreconcilable, and that mistrust must remain. The danger is subtle: even as God’s people rise from physical exploitation, they may fall into spiritual enslavement to bitterness and division. It is in this delicate space that reflection must deepen. The remnant cannot afford to confuse vigilance against oppression with hostility toward brethren. They cannot allow the remembrance of pain to eclipse the vision of unity. Healing must not only acknowledge the truth of history but also lift the family of faith beyond it, into the realm of covenantal love where scars become testimonies rather than barriers.

The final generation must embody a unity that transcends race, culture, and personal history, without erasing them. This unity does not demand sameness, but harmony. It requires that every tribe, nation, and tongue bring their distinct beauty into a symphony of witness to the Lamb. It demands that the descendants of the scattered Hebrews, while never forgetting the cost of their history, embrace their restored identity with humility rather than superiority. Likewise, those grafted into the covenant must honor the heritage of their brethren without resentment or envy. The strength of the remnant lies precisely in this diversity made holy by love. To fracture along lines of race or culture would be to undermine the very purpose for which God has gathered His people. The nations must see in the remnant not merely individuals who serve God, but a family healed and made one, a living testimony that Christ has triumphed over the divisions of humanity. For this reason, leaders in the final generation bear a sacred responsibility. They must reject the temptation to lordship, for leadership in God’s kingdom is service, not mastery. They must guard against favoritism, knowing that even a hint of partiality can fracture the fragile bonds of trust. They must guide with patience, teaching the people that forgiveness is strength, that humility is power, and that covenant loyalty is the foundation of endurance. The remnant will not endure because they are free of conflict, but because they are free to forgive. They will not overcome because they are free of wounds, but because they are willing to heal together. This is the test of their sealing: to hold fast to one another when every earthly pressure urges them apart.

The time is coming when the remnant will stand alone against the powers of the world. Persecution will strip them of outward supports, and the pressure will be intense to turn inward in suspicion or blame. Yet if they are bound together by covenant love, they will not fall. Their unity will be their shield, their harmony their fortress, and their love their unbreakable testimony. The adversary will rage, but he will find no foothold, for his oldest weapon— division—will have been disarmed. The remnant will stand not only as individuals sealed by God, but as a family whose unity bears witness to heaven’s eternal purpose.

The reflection required at this hour is therefore both sobering and hopeful. The danger of division is real, but so is the promise of unity. The scars of history are deep, but so is the healing power of grace. Never again enslaved must mean never again divided, for both are chains broken by Christ. If the people of God embrace this truth, they will stand as the unshakable witness of the final generation. They will be a people whom no empire can conquer, no deception can fracture, and no hatred can silence. Their very existence will declare to the world and to the universe: this is the family of God, scattered yet gathered, wounded yet healed, diverse yet one, sealed forever in covenant love.

The great controversy that spans the ages has always hinged upon the unity of God’s people. From the beginning, when Adam and Eve fell into disobedience, the harmony of creation was fractured, and the history of humanity became a story of division. Cain’s jealousy of Abel was the first manifestation of that fracture in the human family, and the centuries that followed bore witness to how envy, rivalry, and mistrust spread like a contagion. Yet God’s purpose has never changed. He has always sought to bring forth a people who reflect His own image, not in isolation, but in covenant fellowship with one another. Division, therefore, is not merely a human weakness; it is a direct assault on the

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divine purpose. To disrupt the unity of the spiritual family is to mar the likeness of God in the earth, and this is why the adversary exerts every effort to sow discord. As the last days unfold, this battle intensifies, for the remnant is called to bear the final testimony of God’s character before the watching universe. Their unity, or their division, will decide whether the testimony shines in brilliance or flickers in shame.

The scattered people of God, drawn from every corner of the earth, carry within themselves a history written in suffering and endurance. Among them, the descendants of the Hebrews who were torn from their homeland, sold into slavery, and dispersed through the transatlantic slave trade bear a particularly heavy story. For centuries, they were told they were nothing, stripped of name, culture, and dignity, and reduced to commodities in the markets of men. Yet through it all, God kept the thread of His covenant alive, hidden in their resilience, in their cries to heaven, and in their spiritual songs that carried coded hope. That legacy has awakened in these last days with prophetic force: a people once enslaved now rise to claim their true identity as heirs of the covenant, children of Abraham, and participants in the final work of God’s redemption. The declaration that they shall never again be enslaved is not mere rhetoric; it is a divine verdict rooted in the justice of God and the restoration of His scattered family. 

There remains the deeper trial of inner freedom. The adversary knows this, and so his strategy has shifted. He will seek to turn brother against brother, sister against sister, congregation against congregation, until the body of Christ is torn apart from within. This is why the danger of division in the spiritual family is more dreadful than persecution from without.

In light of this, the call for reflection is urgent. The remnant must not only celebrate their liberation but also guard their unity with reverence. They must understand that identity without unity can devolve into pride, and freedom without forgiveness can harden into resentment. To truly fulfill their destiny, the people of God must embody a love stronger than memory, a humility deeper than pride, and a loyalty greater than grievance. 

The final unity of the remnant is not uniformity, nor is it the erasure of culture and heritage. It is the sanctification of diversity in the light of covenant love. Just as a body has many members with differing functions, so the family of God is designed to contain a multitude of voices, traditions, and experiences. The strength of the remnant lies not in the flattening of

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these differences but in their consecration to a single purpose: the glory of God and the testimony of Jesus. When every tribe, tongue, and people stand side by side, not as competitors but as companions, then the world will see the reality of the gospel. That sight will itself be a judgment, for nothing so condemns the spirit of this world as the witness of true unity in Christ.

This unity requires sacrifice. It demands that any who lead out lay down ambition and refuse the lure of self-exaltation. It calls for all to put aside rivalry and choose forgiveness over resentment. It insists that grievances be laid at the cross, and that personal offenses be swallowed by covenant love. The remnant cannot be sealed while clinging to division, for the seal of God is the imprint of His character, and His character is perfect love. The Spirit will not descend upon a fractured family, nor will He empower a divided body.

Only when the people of God resolve to stand together at any cost will they be fit to bear the final message to the nations.

The hour is coming, and indeed is upon us, when this unity will be tested as never before. Laws will be passed that threaten the liberty of conscience. Economic and social pressures will mount against those who remain faithful to God’s commandments. The hostility of the world will intensify until the remnant stands stripped of earthly support. In that moment, the temptation to turn inward with suspicion will be fierce. Some will be tempted to accuse others of betrayal, and some will abandon brethren out of fear. The adversary will whisper that trust is dangerous, that love is naïve, and that survival demands separation. Yet if the remnant holds fast to love, if they refuse to let division take root, they will endure. Their unity will be their armor, and their fellowship their fortress.

And when the dust of persecution has settled, the remnant will stand. They will not stand as a collection of individuals but as a family, sealed by God, bound together by covenant love, and radiant with the testimony of Christ. Their witness will ring across the earth: a people once scattered but now gathered, once divided but now made one. In them, the universe will behold the fulfillment of God’s eternal purpose, and the adversary will see his last weapon fail. Division will have been defeated by love, and the family of God will shine as the eternal proof that His kingdom cannot be shaken.

In these closing days, when the world convulses with its ancient complaints and modern inventions of fear, the most urgent peril facing God’s people is the invisible fracture that wounds the soul: division inside the household of faith. It is a quiet, surgical affliction. It is another order of suffering altogether.  Memory lies at the center of the struggle. Those whom God has scattered and preserved across continents carry memories not only of divine mercy but of deep, often generational wounds. This memory produces necessary guardianship: a vigilance against any echo of exploitation. Such vigilance is righteous and must be honored. Yet memory can harden into a stone that cuts. The very recollection meant to secure liberty can be turned by pride or fear into a new cord that binds the heart to suspicion. The work of reclamation must be matched by the work of reconciliation.

The spiritual dynamics that give rise to division are subtle. They begin in the ordering of affections. When worship becomes more about proving who is right than about becoming who is made right, charity withers. When theological distinctives are brandished as testaments of opinion rather than invitations to holiness, the stage becomes a battlement against brothers. When grief is exposed only as grievance, testimony degenerates into accusation. And when the language of identity is seized to secure advantage rather than to steward calling, the body fractures along lines that the gospel was meant to heal. These movements are not always loud; often they sound like careful reasoning, righteous indignation, or necessary protection. The devil is most cunning when he convinces the remnant that division is actually preservation.

Yet scripture and the history of redemption teach another way. From the earliest pages, God’s design was relational: created male and female, called into covenant with one another, summoned to reflect the triune communion that is the foundation of being. The Bible’s central story is of a God who gathers, unites, and heals. The prophets demanded justice, but always in the context of restoration: Israel’s wrongs were named not for the sake

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of shame but so that the family might be reconciled. The cross itself is the supreme demonstration that the route to vindication is not triumphalism but self emptying love. If the final generation is to be sealed, it will not be because of doctrinal sharpness alone, nor because of cultural ascendancy, but because of a love that resembles the Savior’s— costly, patient, humble, and truthful. To refuse the possibility of future exploitation must be a settled posture for those who have known bondage; this is not negotiable. That resolve, however, must be disciplined by spiritual maturity. Courage must walk hand in hand with the humility that asks, “How may I be instrumentally useful in repairing what was broken?” The measure of a people’s freedom is how devotedly it pursues reconciliation with those who have offended, failed, or misunderstood it.

There is a prophetic responsibility in how memory is carried. When remembrance is animated by mercy, it becomes a river that waters justice. When remembrance hardens into judgmentalism, it becomes a dam that drowns fellowship. Those who lead must understand this delicate stewardship. Leaders are called to discipline the flock toward truth and tenderness, to teach how to remember without weaponizing past hurt, to model the courage that both insists on justice and remains open to sacrificial reconciliation. 

This work is spiritual. Corporately cultivated disciplines—regular corporate lament, communal confession, shared meals that cross cultural lines. These rhythms are not social niceties; they are spiritual inoculations. They teach a people how to bear the weight of another’s grief without making it their own burden alone, how to listen without immediately correcting, how to honor without capitulating to false guilt. They form a communal imagination in which diverse gifts do not compete for spotlight but combine for testimony. In such a household the healed become healers, and the freed become gardeners of freedom for others.

There will be tests that reveal the depth of such cultivation. When pressure increases, when resources shrink, when fear multiplies, the temptation to hoard influence and privilege will grow stronger. Under such pressure some will reach for power; others will retreat into isolation; still others will perform piety while allowing private resentments to fester. The settled discipline of the remnant will be seen in small, unglamorous choices: the willingness to sit at the same table with a sibling who misunderstands you, the decision to speak charity into a rumor rather than fuel its spread, the readiness to forgo a platform for the sake of a brother’s dignity. It is these quotidian acts of humility that will build an unassailable unity when storms hit.

Furthermore, the remnant’s final witness will not be an alliance of homogeneous thought but a mosaic of redeemed difference. Diversity will not be a problem to solve but a testimony to the breadth of God’s mercy. When historical narratives are honored as part of the body’s beauty—subject always to the cross and to truth—the resulting chorus will more faithfully reflect the glory of God. The boasting of any single group diminishes the whole; the mutual exaltation of one another magnifies the Master. That is why the work of unmaking division is also the work of creating new habits of mutual celebration through the sharing of resources that concretely repair brokenness.

We must also name the spiritual enemy. Division is not merely a sociological phenomenon; it is a tactic of the adversary. He will mask slander as discernment, pride as principle, and withdrawal as wisdom. He will use legitimate grievances to seed permanent estrangement.

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The family must resist his smokescreen with spiritual weapons: earnest prayer, prophetic clarity that refuses partisanship, and a doctrine of forgiveness that is neither sentimental nor cheap. Forgiveness is not forgetting; it is the decision to voluntarily disarm the ledger of hurt so that it can be restored to productive relationship. To forgive without seeking justice is to ignore truth; to seek justice without forgiving is to harden the heart. Both must be pursued together until reconciliation is real and durable.

There is a cost to be paid in this labor. Reconciliation requires humility, and humility often looks like loss. To choose covenant loyalty over vindication is to surrender the intoxicating elation of being “right” in order to bear the burden of relationship. Yet this surrender is not defeat; it is a form of resistance to the enemy’s plan. The true victory of the remnant will be found not in triumphal assertion of identity but in the cruciform posture that loves even when love is costly. When the family of faith embraces this costly love, it reflects the character of God so vividly that the watching world will be confronted with a truth no political demonstration can equal: the gospel reconciles enmity by giving a new heart to hold two truths at once—justice and mercy, remembrance and release, dignity and humility.

Finally, the demand of conscience is immediate. The essay that moves a reader to reform must not merely inform but evict complacency. Each conscience among the faithful is called to examine how memory has been carried, how wounds have been fed or healed, and what small, daily choices might be made toward rebuilding covenant connections. The work does not begin at the highest altar of policy but in the private chambers of apology, in the phone calls that bridge estrangement, in the willingness to be mentored by a brother whose skin and story have been different, and in the resolve to redistribute not only resources but honor. These are the acts that will, by God’s Spirit, constitute a new reformation of the heart.

If the remnant heeds this call, the reward will be the establishment of a people whose unity is a living sermon. They will stand when empires fall, not by the might of arms, but by the unshakable testimony of mutual love forged in trial. They will be a people who can say with integrity: never, never again divided. They will be the proof that God’s covenant is not a theory but an enacted reality, a family whose cohesion reveals the character of their Head. May conscience be quickened, may repentance follow, and may the spiritual reformation begin now, in every heart willing to choose the cost of unity for the sake of the final, world-changing witness.

Solomon offers the first and perhaps most striking portrait of revelation, reason, and wisdom in harmony. At the outset of his reign, God revealed Himself in a dream, inviting Solomon to request whatever he desired. Solomon’s reasoning in that moment was sanctified—he did not ask for wealth or power, but for “an understanding heart to judge thy people”. His reasoning flowed from humility and recognition of his insufficiency, and God rewarded him with wisdom unlike any before him. That wisdom was not mere intellectual brilliance but a lived discernment, evident in his famous judgment between the two women who both claimed to be a child’s mother. Revelation set the stage, reason weighed the matter, and wisdom issued forth in a decision that displayed the character of God’s justice. Though Solomon later stumbled, his early reign shows how God’s weighing of these three realities can elevate a man into a vessel of divine truth.

Daniel provides another example, one forged in trial and exile. In Babylon, revelation came to him through visions and dreams, mysteries hidden from the wise men of the empire. Yet Daniel did not merely receive revelation passively—he reasoned within himself, sought understanding, and humbly petitioned God for interpretation. His reasoning was never divorced from dependence; he acknowledged that “there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets”. The result was wisdom displayed not only in interpreting dreams but also in his conduct before kings, rulers, and enemies. His wisdom was practical: refusing defilement from the king’s table, speaking truth in perilous moments, and governing with integrity. In Daniel, we see revelation feeding reason, reason birthing prayer, and wisdom shaping a life that stood blameless amid corruption.

Paul illustrates the mature culmination of this harmony in the New Testament. Revelation struck him dramatically on the road to Damascus, shattering his former reliance on human tradition and self-righteous reason. Yet God did not discard Paul’s intellect; He sanctified it. Paul’s reasoning, sharpened by Scripture and illumined by the Spirit, became a tool for unfolding the mystery of Christ to Jew and Gentile alike. His letters breathe this balance—soaring in revelation - “caught up to the third heaven”, disciplined in reason - logical argumentation in Romans, and rich in wisdom - practical exhortations to live by the Spirit. Paul shows us that revelation without sanctified reasoning can lead to fanaticism, and reason without revelation can harden into unbelief, but when both are fused and borne out in wisdom, the gospel becomes irresistible.

In these three figures, God demonstrates that He weighs revelation, reason, and wisdom not in isolation but in their harmony. Solomon shows their flowering in leadership, Daniel shows their preservation in exile, and Paul shows their transformation in mission. Each testifies that God’s people are never called to choose one over the other, but to walk in their fullness, where divine disclosure, sanctified intellect, and holy living converge.

In the final generation, the union of revelation, reason, and wisdom will reach its highest and most urgent expression. Revelation will come in the form of God’s final messages to the world—the everlasting gospel, the three angels’ messages, and the sealing truths that distinguish His remnant. These are not human inventions but divine disclosures, truths too weighty for speculation and too urgent for indifference. Yet God entrusts these revelations to human vessels, demanding that they not only receive them but rightly divide them. Here reason assumes a sanctified role, for the last generation must discern between truth and deception amid a flood of counterfeit revelations, false signs, and distorted teachings. Reason, submitted to the Spirit, will enable them to test all things, to recognize the difference between the voice of God and the subtle whispers of the dragon, beast, and false prophet.

But revelation and reason alone will not suffice in the time of crisis. Wisdom must crown their testimony, for the world will not be persuaded merely by words or arguments but by lives that embody God’s truth. Wisdom in the final generation will appear as holy living under impossible pressure—patience in persecution, purity in corruption, love in a world grown cold. The sealed remnant will manifest wisdom not only in what they say but in how they endure, how they love their enemies, and how they reveal Christ in their character. This wisdom is not of the world, nor is it detached philosophy; it is the Spirit of Christ dwelling within, turning revealed truth into lived reality. It is this union of revelation, reason, and wisdom that will make them God’s final witnesses, living epistles read by all nations.

Thus, in the last days, God weighs these three not as options but as essentials. Revelation will cut through the lies of Babylon, reason will steady the mind against confusion, and wisdom will silence the accuser by the testimony of holy lives. Together, they form the unbreakable seal of God upon His people. Just as Solomon, Daniel, and Paul each embodied this harmony in their time, so the 144,000 will embody it in fullness, becoming the living proof that God’s ways are just and His truth sufficient. The final generation will not exalt one above the other but walk in their unity, reflecting the image of Christ Himself, in whom revelation, reason, and wisdom perfectly converge.

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