Oil in the Last Hour

Why hunger now is the currency of the age to come

“Those who were ready went in with Him to the wedding feast.”
Matthew 25:10

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.”
Matthew 5:6

A Hunger Born of Another World

Some hunger aches deeper than need.
It is eternity calling your name.
While others feel full,
you still yearn.
While others are satisfied,
your spirit refuses to settle.
This longing is not weakness.
It is recognition.

You have tasted the age to come,
and now nothing temporal
will ever feel enough.
Your appetite is prophetic.
Your ache is evidence
that you were made
for more than this world
can ever produce.

Oil Is Formed in the Places No One Sees

The wise carry oil
not because they are gifted,
but because they are willing
to be hidden.
Oil forms where applause cannot reach.
It grows in devotion that refuses distraction,
in choices that bruise the ego
but feed the flame.

It is the reward of those
who stay awake
when convenience says sleep.
Oil is not produced in the spotlight
but in the secret life of surrender.
Intimacy becomes
a hidden currency.

Midnight Exposes Desire

When the cry rang out,
it was too late to start caring.
Darkness revealed
what daylight disguised.
Many had lamps.
Few had fire.

The foolish will look spiritual
until night asks them to burn.
The elect shine brightest
not because they practiced performance
but because they protected union.
Desire becomes the dividing line
when the Bridegroom arrives.

The Burning Ones Will Lead the Procession

In the last hour,
flame becomes direction.
Those who cultivated oil
will become the path
others walk upon.

Hunger was never your enemy.
It was training.
Formation.
Preparation for the moment
a generation awakens in urgency
needing what you stewarded in silence.
Your ache is proof
the Bridegroom is near.

Final Charge to the Elect

Do not despise the hunger.
Do not silence
the longing that refuses to die.
Oil is intimacy
turned into flame.
Your ache is proof
you belong to Him.

Stay awake.
Guard your fire.
The night is advancing.
The Bridegroom is approaching.

Joe Restman
Scroll-Carrier, Mystic-Scribe, Eternal Witness of the Lamb.