THE BRIDE'S ADORNMENTS: Righteousness, Purity & Holiness
Prophecy given through Barbara A. Williams April 17, 1999

The Spirit of the Lord would say to you that, "I am adorning the bride," says the Lord. "I am adorning My bride; the one that I have selected. The one that I have chosen," says the Spirit of God. "I am adorning the bride in My Righteousness," says the Lord. "My cloak of purity: My cloak of purity of heart, purity of desire toward Me, purity of desire to serve Me and to do only what I would have her do," says the Spirit of God. "Purity to be totally submitted to me, not to her own will or to the things of the world or the things of the flesh," says the Spirit of God. "But totally submitted unto me," says the Spirit of God.

"For I have watched and I have seen how man has clothed himself in his own righteousness--his self-righteousness; things that he wants to do in My name, things that he has preached in My name, things that he has declared in My name," says the Spirit of God. "I have sat back and I have watched how man has done things in his own righteousness," says the Spirit of God. "But I always come along," says the Lord, "with truth. I always come along with honesty and integrity and purity," says the Spirit of God. "And I begin to adorn the true bride in those clothing," says the Spirit of the Living God.

"For you have seen many fall," says the Lord. "Because of a bad foundation. You have seen many fall because they have laid their own foundation of righteousness. They have moved in their own ideas and their own ways," says the Spirit of God.

"But this revival that people are talking about, this revival the people want to see, this revival," says the Spirit of God. "Will be a revival where I will strip man of his own clothing. Where I will begin to strip," says the Spirit of God. "For many people have tried to be adorned in a different righteousness on top of what they're wearing," says the Spirit of the Living God. "For I am the God who kills and I am the God who makes alive. I kill one thing, and I bury, and I cause it to fall to the ground and be buried that I might raise up something else," says the Spirit of God. "I am the God who kills so that I can resurrect," says the Spirit of God. "For you must lay down your life that you might rise up in Me," says the Spirit.

"And many are doing things in My name who have never died to self; who have never laid down their own lives," says the Spirit of God. "Or who might lay it down for a season and then pick it up again," says the Spirit of God.

"But I am ushering in a new day and a new order," says the Spirit of God. "Where the bride will be totally obedient to Me and will trust Me totally in all things," says the Spirit of God. "That I might adorn her properly," says the Lord. "That I might adorn her in robes of righteousness and holiness and purity, and robes of love, and robes of good success in My kingdom," says the Spirit of God.

"It will not be this faulty thing," says the Lord. "It will not be this phony thing. It will not be this man-made, contrived thing," says the Spirit, "that will not stand. But it will be a solid thing," says the Lord. "It will be a firm foundation. It will be a rock of offense to those who want to do their own thing," says the Spirit of God. "But it will be the holiness and the purity of My Spirit," says the Spirit of the Living God.

"And those who desire Me, and hunger for Me, thirst for Me, and wait for Me, who don't want to do anything except I go up with them," says the Spirit of God. "Who don't want to do things outside of My Spirit and outside of My will and My wisdom," says the Spirit of God. "Those are the ones. The ones that wait in the bride chambers," says the Lord, "until the robe is delivered; until the dress, the wedding veil, is put upon them," says the Spirit of God. "And when the veil is put upon them I will lift up the veil and expose My true bride to the world," says the Spirit of God. "That they might come in and they might find nourishment, that they will know who is really who," says the Spirit of the Living God. "That they will know who it is who is carrying the word that they need," says the Spirit of God.

"And I will do these things by My Spirit," says the Lord. "It won't be done by man's hand. It won't be done by man's connections. But it will be done totally by My Spirit," says the Spirit of the Living God. "And in the secret place I prepare the true bride," says the Lord. "In the secret place I prepare the bride and I dress her and I adorn her until the time of her unveiling," says the Spirit of the Living God. "So look for it. Look for the purity. Look for the holiness. Look for the righteousness that comes from me, that comes from faith and confidence in Me. Hold fast to the confidence you have in me," says the Spirit of God. "And surely I will reward at the right time," says the Lord. "I will reward and I will begin to dress and adorn and then I will unveil," says the Spirit of the Living God.

"So understand that I am working even in the secret place. I am working behind the scenes. I am working in the invisible realm. I am working and I am preparing and I am raising up a people who go forward and carry My true gospel to a wicked and a perverse generation who's only seeking self and only seeking love of things," says the Spirit of God. "I know what's in the hearts of man," says the Lord, "and I see what they say, I see what they preach, I see what they say about me, and I see what they teach the people," says the Spirit of God.

"But I come in with a fresh wind," says the Lord. "I come in with a pure word and a holy word that will reach deep into the hearts of people. That will not just minister to the mind and the soul and to the emotions; that will minister deep into the hearts of people, and will change them and will convert them so they will serve Me and want to dwell with Me forever more.

"So understand the deep things of God," says the Spirit. "Understand the true thing," says the Spirit of God. "Do not grow weary in well doing for I will give you what you deserve and I will reward you in its season," says the Spirit of God.

"For I am coming for the pure and the holy. I am coming not for those that call themselves the remnant, but for those that I call the remnant. Those that I have set aside. Those that I am grooming and those that I am working with, that I might reveal them to the world so that they can draw people unto Me and show forth My Glory in this darkened hour," says the Spirit of the Living God.

"So study Me and pray and seek My face," says the Spirit of God. "Stay in My Word, stay in My Presence," says the Spirit of God. "Keep your mind focused on the things of the Kingdom," says the Spirit of God. "And I will surely reward," says the Lord. "I will surely reward. Study to show yourself approved unto Me," says the Spirit of God. "Dwell on the deep things that concern Me," says the Spirit. "Dwell on the things that concern My Kingdom and advancing My Kingdom," says the Spirit of God. "And surely I will reward in your season. I will reward. Think not on the things of this world, for surely they will shake before your eyes. They will cause much fear and much dread within you," says the Spirit of God.

"So keep yourself trained to focus on Me and the things of My Kingdom," says the Spirit. "And you will ride out any storm to should come against you. You will ride out any adversity that will put pressure upon you as you keep your mind stable and stayed on Me," says the Spirit of God. "Keep your mind focused. Stay meditating in Me. Meditating on My goodness. Meditating on My provision. Meditating on My love for you," says the Spirit of God. "And you will weather any storm that comes against you. You will overcome every adversity. You will come forth as pure gold through every trial. As you walk through the fire, you will not be burned and the waters will not overtake you," says the Spirit of God.

"SO STAY WITH ME," says the Lord. "I am your Lord and I am your God. I am all-sufficient. I am more than enough. I am more than enough. Don't think lack; think of Me for I am more than enough," says the Spirit of the Living God.