1:16: “Go down with Me. Down to the depths. What would you see there? Depths of Satan. Would you want to see? Could you look at the acts of violence and depravity? I SEE THEM EVERY DAY. ALL DAY. I AM perfection of holiness. You are not. Yet My blood makes you holy. You cannot stand to look at the acts I look at. You cannot take seeing the victims. Why is this? Why must you look away in horror? Tell Me, does looking away make it easier for you to FORGET? I look because I CAN’T FORGET. I will NOT forget the suffering. I LOOK because I LOVE. I judge because I LOVE. Whom do I love? Both the sufferer AND the wicked. Whom does My heart hurt worse for? Why do I not strike the striker immediately? You hurt for the victim, as I do. I hurt also for the evil doer, for I see where they are going. I see them bound for eternity if they do not stop. Do you know the tortures of hell, of eternal damnation? An innocent child flies directly to me in death. An eternity so bright and full of LOVE that all is forgotten. FORGIVEN. The wicked die forever. Constant unrelenting death. I DIED FOR THEM TOO. They were offered LIFE. They chose DEATH. I will give them every chance to turn. WHY CAN I NOT LOOK AWAY FROM HORROR? I have one to comfort, and one to convict. Equal LOVE. Equal compassion. YET I BURN WITH ANGER AT THE INJUSTICE. And the cries of a victim require JUSTICE. Justice and righteousness are the foundation of my THRONE. I WILL BRING FORTH JUSTICE. Justice and mercy–MY balance. When does the scale tip? How can anyone decide but ME? Cry for the abused and broken. And cry for the condemned. Cry out to me for the victim. Cry out to Me for the condemned. Justice is in MY hands. TRUST ME FOR JUSTICE. You cannot weigh this balance. You were not meant to.

“I do not judge you for looking away. For wanting to push from your mind a horrifying act. You are not meant to decide such things. I AM. Come to Me for comfort. Cry to Me for JUSTICE. The balance is MINE. I weigh ETERNITY. I am full of MERCY. My MERCY reigns–while there is a chance for ETERNITY. The choice is not Mine. It belongs to the doer. His cup is full when My mercy no longer has a chance to triumph. RIGHTEOUSNESS endures.

“To GOD be the GLORY forever and ever. Amen.”

2:56: “Where do we go from here? UP. Always UP with ME. Satan would bring you down. Declare “UP.” My Spirit rises. It does not sink, no matter the subject. Hard truth leads you UP. Follow Me.”
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Notes:

Psalm 89:14: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Lovingkindness and truth go before You.

Psalm 75:8: For a cup is in the hand of the Lord, and the wine foams.
It is well mixed, and He pours out of this; Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and drink down its dregs.

Deuteronomy 30:19: I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have placed before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants.

~ Brandilyn Collins
BurningBrand.blog