WHEN THE FIRE JUDGES - ONLY TRUTH REMAINS
The Holy Purpose of Judgment
“But who can endure the day of His coming? Who can stand when He appears?
For He is like a refiner’s fire…”
(Malachi 3:2)
Judgment is not the wrath of an angry God punishing the weak.
It is the unveiling of reality, the mercy of God refusing to let illusions rule.
It is not about fear, it is about truth.
Not about punishment, but about purification.
Not condemnation, but revelation.
It is the hour when everything false falls away
and only that which is born of the Lamb remains.
Judgment Is Not Condemnation - It Is Revelation
“God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”
(John 3:17)
Judgment has been twisted by religion into a tool of fear.
But divine judgment is not the punishment of sin
it is the exposure of illusion.
It is the light that reveals what was always hidden.
It doesn’t come to shame, it comes to name.
To unveil what is of the Lamb, and what is not.
To divide soul from spirit, flesh from flame, mixture from purity.
“The word of God is living and active… discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
(Hebrews 4:12)
The Fire Burns Illusion, Not Identity
“Each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire… and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.”
(1 Corinthians 3:13)
When the fire of judgment comes, it does not destroy the real you.
It destroys what is not you.
It burns the masks.
It consumes the performance.
It unmakes the ego, the branding, the mimicry.
It is the Flame of Mercy,
refusing to let us be defined by dust
when we were formed from eternity.
“I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, so that you may be rich…”
(Revelation 3:18)
Divine Love Separates You From the Lie
“Whom the Lord loves He disciplines…”
(Hebrews 12:6)
The fire judges with love.
Not human love that comforts your illusion
but holy love that confronts it.
It separates you from the lie
you’ve grown used to calling “you.”
It reveals the scroll hidden beneath the scar.
It unveils the voice you silenced for the crowd.
It whispers, “This is who you truly are…”
“I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge away your dross and remove all your impurities.”
(Isaiah 1:25)
When the Smoke Clears, the Lamb Will Be All That Remains
“His eyes were like flames of fire… and His name is the Word of God.”
(Revelation 19:12–13)
The fire is not your end, it is your unveiling.
And when it finishes its holy work,
the only thing left standing
will be that which cannot be shaken:
The Lamb.
The Light.
The truth of your being.
The scroll of your life written in flame.
Not the one written by ambition
but the one whispered by the Spirit
before time began.
“Since we are receiving a Kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.”
(Hebrews 12:28–29)
Final Word to the Elect
Do not fear the fire, beloved.
It has not come to destroy you
It has come to unfold you.
It has come to reveal the son hidden in the silence,
the voice behind the veil,
the name written on the white stone.
The judgment of this hour is not the end of grace
it is the radiance of grace without mixture.
Let the fire come.
Let the scroll open.
Let all that is not of the Lamb be turned to ash.
And you will arise in glory,
not as one who escaped,
but as one who has been unveiled.
“Then each will receive their praise from God.”
(1 Corinthians 4:5)
— Joe Restman
Scribe of the Flame | Witness of the Lamb
Quill Dipped in Lightning