Author: TCNAdmin

Saul lost his throne, but he never stopped being a son of Israel. His authority was removed, but his humanity was not erased. His position changed. His identity did not.

This distinction matters more than most believers realize.

When Saul disobeyed the Lord, the kingdom was torn from his hands. Scripture is clear about that. God rejected Saul as king. But nowhere does God say Saul stopped being a person made in His image. Saul was removed from office, not removed from existence. Judgment addressed function, not worth.

We often confuse these two.

In the kingdom of God, position and identity are not the same thing. Position can be given and taken. Identity is received. Saul was anointed for a role. That role could be lost. But his identity as a human being created by God was never up for debate.

This matters because many believers live as though failure strips them of sonship. They read stories like Saul’s and quietly assume, If I disobey, God will reject me too. But that assumption collapses under the finished work of Jesus.

Under the old covenant, kingship was conditional. It depended on obedience, leadership, and representation of God before the people. Saul’s calling was external. His throne was never meant to define his value. It was meant to serve the people. When he failed in that stewardship, the role was removed.

But in Christ, identity is no longer tied to function.

You do not become a child of God by performing well. And you do not stop being a child of God when you fail. Sonship is not a position you hold. It is a relationship you are born into.

This is where many believers get trapped. They lose a ministry role, a season of influence, a sense of usefulness, and they assume they have lost God’s affection. But what was lost was a position, not an identity. God may shift assignments. He may remove responsibilities. He may close doors. None of that touches who you are in Christ.

Saul clung to the throne because he believed the throne defined him. That is the real tragedy of his story. Not that he lost the kingdom, but that he could not separate who he was from what he did. When identity is rooted in position, loss feels like annihilation.

The gospel frees us from that fear.

Jesus did not come to give us a role. He came to give us a name. Children. Sons. Heirs. And that identity does not fluctuate with obedience or failure. It is anchored in His obedience, not ours.

When you understand this, you stop striving to protect titles and start resting in belonging. You stop reading Scripture through fear and start reading it through love. You realize that God correcting a path is not God rejecting a person.

Saul lost a crown.

Believers have received a Father.

And nothing you lose in this life can take that away.

Brian Romero

God is seeking out His pliable ones, vessels that hold the New Wine! There is a new currency being released from heaven and it is beginning to rest upon ‘first fruit’ manifestations and offerings. New Wine skins that are flexible and well capable to hold the efficacy dimensions of God. First fruits yield a pleasing aroma unto Him and in the infancy of becoming, it allows for being fashioned and formed in the Potters Hands.

‘Flex in Spirit’ is an expression that refers to being flexible in faith and putting ones talents to use for God. Now there is a new currency about to overshadow and bring about a wealth transfer as never seen before. This is a spiritual flex, and the Arm of The Lord has extended in Righteousness!

What does it mean to be Flexible in Spirit? It means to bend without breaking! It is the ability to adapt or change according to any situation and circumstance. This is a season where many are being transplanted, transported, relocated as the tent pegs are stretching out. It’s the New Wine Skin that shall flex in order to become adaptable, versatile and even resilient, this is for the ability to adjust to new situations and challenges. All of this God is supernatural extending an agility to the Body of Christ that She may react quickly and easily under the instruction of His Voice.

The New Currency of Greater Glory outpouring has begun, birthed as first fruit signs and wonders, but a mighty deluge is about to to be released and it will take being Flexible in Spirit to run with this Wave of God. Faith is heavens currency but a new currency of the dimensional Spirit of Wisdom is coming that shall have manifold divine ramifications in every sphere pertaining to His Beloved. And it is boundless!

Manifold divine ramifications? To ‘ramify’ means to split into branches and extensions. To cause to branch. It is an…offshoot of the Latin word for Branch! I believe this to be the mighty flex of The Tree of LIfe, the Lord Jesus!

I hear the Lord say, “Get Oily!” Constantly being filled by Holy Spirit. Remain pliable within His Hand in order to be constantly conformed to His perfect will, a place where new wine flows easily. Remain flexible for easy adaptation. Branches shall extend to the right and the left, new shoots shall spring forth…. A pleasing aroma is arising!

Mark 2:22

“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the wine would burst the wineskins, and the wine and the skins would both be lost”

Isaiah 54:2-3

Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities.

Philippians 4:12-13

I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Denise Sylvia Bruning

I believe in these last days God is speaking through His “Four Faces.” The End Times Apostolic Prophetic Voice of The All Knowing God. Every dominion, kingdom, dimension of power, ruling under the Sun/Son shall be addressed by either one or all of The Face Attributes of God. His manifest Power is Vibrant, Mantled by Fire.

His Word has reached the uttermost parts of The Earth. North, South, East and West, The Mighty “Jet Streams” of His Winds are blowing! Like the roaring of Water as His Voice thunders over the Waters! (Multitudes) New Era Waves are coming! They breaking forth in The Roar of Prophetic Waves, overshadowed by Mighty Rushing Winds. A Standard is Raised! The sons of God shall stand! The Kingdom Banner marked with His Royal Seal! The Lord is our Banner, Jehovah Nissi. Behold The Army, Driven by The Wind (Ruach) Raised Standards of Majestic Fire, Billowing Banners!

They shall enter Babylonian Gates (Worldly Systems), Gates of Iron and Bronze shall fall! The Four Faces of God represent the full manifestation of the end time sons of God in Christ Jesus. They all have the appearance of man, as well as the representation of the Ox, Lion, Eagle and Man. Sons of God Arise, they release and set free All Creation from bondage and decay. All creation groans waiting for the revealing of the Sons of God.

The Four Faces are symbolic of

Mathew – The Man

Mark – The Lion

Luke – The Ox

John – The Eagle.

Full representation of The Gospels.

In Greek the four living creatures are composed to one ‘tetramorph’. Tetra means four and Morph means shape. The word metamorphosis means to be transfigured therefore spiritual tetramorphic is highly symbolic!

I Am that I Am, Omniscience of God and The Full Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Sons of God carry a Great Mandate as Apostolic/Prophetic Living Epistles! They manifest ‘The Face of God’ in ministry by The Lord Jesus Christ. Arise Sons of God! Put on Christ, your mantle is Fire and fully encompassed by Holy Angels.

THE OX – Sons of God. Power to build. Apostolic Muscle Army! Plowers of The Field. Pioneers/Breakthrough Sons. The Ox shall overturn the wealth of the wicked for the righteous. (Universal Stockmarket). They draw The Body into The Full Stature of Christ. They are carriers and hold maturity in Christ.

THE LION – Sons of God. Sons of Valour under the Kingship of The Lion of Judah. Having courage, strength, and the Spirit of Excellence. Resilient in Spiritual Realms. Apostolic Prophets who’s mouths are filled with The Word..Roar In Decrees and Declarations. They shall overturn “Goat” leaders and kings…behold The Great Harvest! Sceptres of The King.

THE EAGLE – Sons of God. Royal Elites in Spiritual Warfare. Seers! Having a twofold manifestation of COMBAT, vigilant yet nurturing as to protect. Visionary’s for The Body of Christ. In the ‘tabernacle ‘ under the Shadow of The Almighty, in like manner on the return of our Lord Jesus we will Tabernacle with Him forever!

THE MAN – Sons of God. True Sons and Daughters of The King. Humility is their crown. The Labour pains shall cease…. Millennium Reign shall come!

For all who are led by The Spirit of God these are the Sons of God. They shall lead by Spirit and deliver All of Creation into The Resurrected Life in The King of Kings. Having Great Faith! Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God!

I believe as Our Lord reveals Himself through His varied Glory MANIFESTATIONS. A time has come where He will reveal as…The Face of God.

We are being moved from Glory to Glory, we shall behold His Face!

Even so, come Lord Jesus

Denise Sylvia Bruning

The Tower of Babel is often told as a cautionary tale against ambition. Don’t aim too high. Don’t try to make a name for yourself. Don’t build or God will come down and shut it all down. Many believers subconsciously learn that unity is dangerous, success is suspicious, and visibility invites judgment. But that interpretation misses the heart of the story and quietly contradicts the gospel.

The problem at Babel was not building. It was motivation. Scripture says the people said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed.” That sentence reveals everything. The tower was not an act of worship. It was an act of self preservation. They were not trying to reach God. They were trying to secure identity apart from Him. Fear of scattering drove them to manufacture unity. They were united, but not surrendered.

God’s response is often misunderstood as jealousy or insecurity. But God does not come down to punish ambition. He comes down to interrupt a system that would eventually crush them. A single language combined with fear driven unity would have produced domination, control, and exclusion. Babel was the birth of performance based identity. If we build high enough, we matter. If we stay together tightly enough, we are safe. God’s intervention was mercy, not wrath. He disrupted their communication to save humanity from building a world without dependence on Him.

Many people misread this story and assume God opposes unity. The New Testament proves the opposite. At Pentecost, God does not scatter language. He redeems it. Tongues are not confused. They are understood. The same God who divided language at Babel restores communication in Christ. The difference is stunning. Babel was humans reaching up to make a name. Pentecost was God coming down to give a name. One was driven by fear. The other by grace.

Here is the revelation that shifts everything. Babel says, “Let us make a name for ourselves.” Philippians says God gave Jesus “the name above every name.” At Babel, humanity tried to ascend. In Christ, God descended. The gospel does not crush ambition. It relocates it. We no longer strive to be seen. We are sent because we are already known. Unity in Christ is not built on fear of separation. It is built on secure sonship.

This story brings peace because it removes the anxiety that God is against growth, influence, or collaboration. God is not threatened by success. He is protective against identity built without Him. You do not need to shrink to stay safe with God. You are free to build when your name is no longer on the line. In Christ, your value is settled. You are not trying to reach heaven. Heaven has already reached you.

The practical application is liberating. Examine what is driving your building. Is it fear of being insignificant or joy rooted in calling? Are you striving to secure identity or expressing what you already have? Today, you can build from rest instead of insecurity. God is not confusing your progress. He is clarifying your foundation. Build boldly. Build humbly. Build knowing your name is already written in heaven.

Brian Romero

Many believers live carefully with God. They love Him, but they are cautious. They pray with restraint. They worship with filters. They approach Scripture like they’re being graded. Underneath their devotion is a subtle anxiety. Am I praying the right way? Am I hearing Him correctly? Am I sincere enough? This insecurity doesn’t come from rebellion. It comes from wanting to honor God while quietly fearing disapproval.

The Greek word parrēsia is often translated as “boldness” or “confidence,” but those words don’t capture its force. Parrēsia literally means free and open speech in the presence of authority. It describes the right to speak without fear of punishment, rejection, or consequence. In ancient culture, only those with secure standing were allowed parrēsia before a king. Scripture uses this word to describe how believers are meant to relate to God.

Hebrews 4:16 says, “Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace” (ESV). The word confidence there is parrēsia. This is not emotional bravery. It is relational security. The false belief parrēsia dismantles is the idea that you must approach God correctly in order to be accepted. That belief turns prayer into performance and faith into a fragile transaction. But parrēsia reveals that acceptance is the starting point, not the reward.

When parrēsia is misunderstood, believers self-censor in God’s presence. They hide doubts. They soften honesty. They avoid coming close when they feel messy or unsure. But Scripture says something radical. Because of Jesus, you are invited to come freely, openly, honestly, without rehearsing, without posturing, without fear. God is not offended by your weakness. He is not threatened by your questions. He is not measuring your approach. He is welcoming your presence.

Understanding parrēsia changes how you pray. You stop trying to sound spiritual and start being real. You stop wondering if you’re allowed to ask. You stop fearing that one wrong move will create distance. Confidence stops being something you manufacture and becomes something you receive. Grace stops feeling fragile. And God stops feeling like someone you must approach carefully.

This is why Scripture ties parrēsia to the finished work of Jesus. Hebrews 10:19 says we have parrēsia to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus. That means your access is not based on spiritual correctness. It is based on Christ’s sacrifice. You are not speaking out of turn when you speak to God. You are speaking from belonging.

You are not insecure in God’s presence.

You are invited there.

And because the work is finished, you are free to speak, ask, and come close without fear.

Brian Romero

When Jesus calls the crowd and says, “Hear me, all of you, and understand” (Mark 7:14, ESV), He is not clarifying a small detail. He is dismantling an entire religious framework. For generations, people believed holiness could be preserved by managing externals. What you touched. What you ate. What you avoided. Jesus says plainly, “There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him” (Mark 7:15, ESV). That sentence alone ends fear based spirituality.

Jesus is not minimizing sin. He is relocating the conversation. Defilement is not caused by exposure. It is revealed by expression. The problem is not what enters the body. The problem is what already lives in the heart.

When the disciples ask for clarification, Jesus goes even further. “Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, since it enters not his heart but his stomach” (Mark 7:18–19, ESV). This is not poetic language. It is surgical clarity. External things never reach the heart. They pass through the body and exit. They were never designed to shape identity.

Then Jesus says the words that unsettle everyone. “What comes out of a person is what defiles him” (Mark 7:20, ESV). The list that follows is sobering. Evil thoughts. Sexual immorality. Greed. Envy. Pride. But here is the revelation most people miss. Jesus is not saying these things suddenly appear because of bad behavior. He is saying they originate from within fallen humanity. Behavior is the symptom. Not the source.

This is where the finished work of Jesus Christ brings peace instead of despair. If the heart is the problem, then behavior modification will never be the solution. You cannot clean the stream by disciplining the water. You must change the source.

Jesus is not condemning the crowd. He is preparing them for the gospel. He is exposing that the human heart, apart from God, cannot be fixed from the outside. It must be made new from the inside. This is why the new covenant promise matters so deeply. “I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you” (Ezekiel 36:26, ESV).

Religion says guard yourself from contamination. Jesus says receive a transformation. Under the law, holiness was protected by separation. Under grace, holiness is produced by regeneration. The heart of stone is not trained. It is replaced.

This teaching also brings rest to believers who are constantly afraid of being defiled by the world. Jesus removes that fear entirely. You are not corrupted by proximity. You are not stained by exposure. You are not undone by circumstances. If you are in Christ, your heart has been made new. Sin does not flow from your identity. It contradicts it.

Yes, believers can still act out of the flesh. But that is not because the heart is evil. It is because the mind has not yet fully aligned with the new heart it has been given. This is why transformation in the New Testament flows from renewal, not restraint.

The application is freeing. Stop managing externals to feel clean. Stop fearing contamination. Stop confusing temptation with identity. Instead, live from the truth of what God has already done within you. A new heart produces new fruit over time.

Brian Romero

Few passages have been misread more than the story of the woman who anointed Jesus’ feet. This account has often been used to suggest that deep love earns forgiveness. But Jesus teaches the exact opposite. Love does not purchase grace. Love erupts when grace is believed. The moment we reverse that order, we turn worship into performance and affection into currency. Jesus dismantles that thinking completely in this encounter.

Luke tells us that Jesus was invited to the house of a Pharisee named Simon (Luke 7:36, ESV). This is a religious setting, controlled, measured, and observant. While Jesus reclines at the table, a woman known in the city as a sinner enters the room (Luke 7:37, ESV). She brings an alabaster flask of ointment, stands behind Jesus, and begins to weep. Her tears fall on His feet. She wipes them with her hair, kisses His feet, and anoints them with oil (Luke 7:38, ESV). This is extravagant, vulnerable, and socially dangerous. Yet Jesus allows it.

Simon immediately interprets the moment through a performance mindset. He reasons within himself that if Jesus were truly a prophet, He would know what kind of woman this is and would not allow her to touch Him (Luke 7:39, ESV). Simon believes holiness withdraws from sinners. Jesus reveals that holiness moves toward them. Grace is not contaminated by sin. Sin is undone by grace.

Jesus answers Simon’s thoughts with a parable. He speaks of two debtors, one who owed much and one who owed little. When neither could pay, the lender canceled both debts (Luke 7:41–42, ESV). Then Jesus asks which debtor will love more. Simon answers correctly, “The one, I suppose, for whom he canceled the larger debt” (Luke 7:43, ESV). This is the key. Love does not cancel debt. Canceled debt produces love.

Jesus then turns toward the woman and contrasts her actions with Simon’s lack of hospitality. Simon did not give water for Jesus’ feet. She washed them with tears. Simon did not greet Jesus with a kiss. She has not stopped kissing His feet. Simon did not anoint His head with oil. She anointed His feet with ointment (Luke 7:44–46, ESV). The difference is not effort. It is revelation. One believes he is owed grace. The other knows she has received it.

Then Jesus makes the statement that is often misunderstood. “Her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much” (Luke 7:47, ESV). But Jesus immediately clarifies the meaning. “But he who is forgiven little, loves little.” The word for in this verse points to result, not cause. Her love is not the reason she is forgiven. Her love is the evidence that forgiveness has already taken root in her heart.

Jesus then speaks directly to the woman. “Your sins are forgiven” (Luke 7:48, ESV). This is not a response to her worship. It is a declaration of grace. The other guests are unsettled and ask, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?” (Luke 7:49, ESV). That is the point. Lordship is revealed through mercy, not moral control.

Jesus finishes with words that anchor the entire encounter in grace. “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace” (Luke 7:50, ESV). Her faith was not in her tears. It was not in her devotion. It was in Jesus’ willingness to forgive. Peace follows grace, not striving.

This moment points directly to the finished work of Christ. At the cross, forgiveness was not made conditional on love, sorrow, or performance. Scripture tells us that Jesus offered one sacrifice for sins for all time (Hebrews 10:12, ESV). Forgiveness is complete. Worship now flows freely. We do not love God to be forgiven. We love God because forgiveness has already been secured.

She did not worship her way into grace.

She worshiped because grace had already found her.

That is how Jesus is revealed as Lord.

Brian Romero

When Jesus tells the parable of the ten virgins, He is not trying to frighten sincere believers. He is exposing a misunderstanding about readiness. “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom” (Matthew 25:1, ESV). All ten are invited. All ten are waiting. All ten have lamps. From the outside, they look identical. This parable is not about obvious rebellion versus obedience. It is about inward reality.

Five are called wise. Five are called foolish. The difference is not morality. It is oil. The foolish took lamps but no oil. The wise took oil in jars with their lamps. Oil in Scripture consistently points to life, intimacy, and the Spirit of God. Lamps represent outward profession. Oil represents inward supply. You can look prepared and still lack what sustains you.

Then something deeply important happens. “As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept” (Matthew 25:5, ESV). Notice this carefully. All of them slept. Sleeping is not the issue. Delay is not the problem. Jesus is not condemning rest. He is showing that time exposes what is real. When the wait is long, performance eventually runs out. Only supply remains.

At midnight the cry goes out. Midnight is the hour of surprise, not scheduling. “Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him” (Matthew 25:6, ESV). Everyone wakes. Everyone trims their lamps. But suddenly the difference is revealed. The foolish lamps are going out. Not because they never burned, but because they were never sustained. Borrowed light always fades.

The foolish ask for oil. The answer sounds harsh, but it is honest. Oil cannot be shared. Relationship cannot be transferred. Intimacy cannot be borrowed. You cannot live on someone else’s revelation, someone else’s faith, or someone else’s history with God. Each person must receive oil for themselves.

Here is the revelation many miss. The foolish are not rejected for being immoral. They are rejected because they are unknown. “Truly, I say to you, I do not know you” (Matthew 25:12, ESV). This is not about loss of salvation through failure. It is about never having lived from relationship in the first place. Knowing in Scripture is relational language, not performance language.

Through the finished work of Jesus Christ, this parable becomes clearer and gentler. Oil is not something you earn by striving. It is something you receive by abiding. The Spirit is not given to those who work harder, but to those who believe. The wise virgins are not anxious achievers. They are those who have learned to live from supply rather than appearance.

The door is shut not because God is cruel, but because arrival has taken place. Preparation ends when fulfillment begins. The tragedy of the foolish virgins is not that they were late. It is that they lived on the outside of intimacy the entire time.

The application is not try harder to stay awake. It is receive oil now. Stop substituting activity for intimacy. Stop confusing outward readiness with inward life. The bridegroom is not looking for perfect lamps. He is looking for hearts filled with oil.

Brian Romero

When Jesus tells the parable of the ten virgins, He is not trying to frighten sincere believers. He is exposing a misunderstanding about readiness. “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom” (Matthew 25:1, ESV). All ten are invited. All ten are waiting. All ten have lamps. From the outside, they look identical. This parable is not about obvious rebellion versus obedience. It is about inward reality.

Five are called wise. Five are called foolish. The difference is not morality. It is oil. The foolish took lamps but no oil. The wise took oil in jars with their lamps. Oil in Scripture consistently points to life, intimacy, and the Spirit of God. Lamps represent outward profession. Oil represents inward supply. You can look prepared and still lack what sustains you.

Then something deeply important happens. “As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept” (Matthew 25:5, ESV). Notice this carefully. All of them slept. Sleeping is not the issue. Delay is not the problem. Jesus is not condemning rest. He is showing that time exposes what is real. When the wait is long, performance eventually runs out. Only supply remains.

At midnight the cry goes out. Midnight is the hour of surprise, not scheduling. “Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him” (Matthew 25:6, ESV). Everyone wakes. Everyone trims their lamps. But suddenly the difference is revealed. The foolish lamps are going out. Not because they never burned, but because they were never sustained. Borrowed light always fades.

The foolish ask for oil. The answer sounds harsh, but it is honest. Oil cannot be shared. Relationship cannot be transferred. Intimacy cannot be borrowed. You cannot live on someone else’s revelation, someone else’s faith, or someone else’s history with God. Each person must receive oil for themselves.

Here is the revelation many miss. The foolish are not rejected for being immoral. They are rejected because they are unknown. “Truly, I say to you, I do not know you” (Matthew 25:12, ESV). This is not about loss of salvation through failure. It is about never having lived from relationship in the first place. Knowing in Scripture is relational language, not performance language.

Through the finished work of Jesus Christ, this parable becomes clearer and gentler. Oil is not something you earn by striving. It is something you receive by abiding. The Spirit is not given to those who work harder, but to those who believe. The wise virgins are not anxious achievers. They are those who have learned to live from supply rather than appearance.

The door is shut not because God is cruel, but because arrival has taken place. Preparation ends when fulfillment begins. The tragedy of the foolish virgins is not that they were late. It is that they lived on the outside of intimacy the entire time.

The application is not try harder to stay awake. It is receive oil now. Stop substituting activity for intimacy. Stop confusing outward readiness with inward life. The bridegroom is not looking for perfect lamps. He is looking for hearts filled with oil.

The Lord says:

I am causing MY prophetic–apostolic teachers to arise.

These are not teachers who only explain information.

These are teachers who carry revelation, authority, and alignment.

They are emerging with power, grace, and precision.

They are ready.

They are positioned.

They are authorized.

For I have hidden them in seasons of obscurity, not delay.

I have trained them in silence.

And now I am calling them forward.

These teachers will not dilute truth to gain acceptance.

They will teach with clarity.

They will instruct with authority.

They will establish order where confusion once ruled.

They will build frameworks for prophetic people.

They will bring structure to spiritual gifts.

They will stabilize movements that were fueled by passion but lacked foundation.

The Lord says:

I am using teachers to secure what prophets have announced and what apostles have built.

This is a season where teaching becomes a weapon and understanding becomes power.

Those who are called to teach, step forward.

You are here.

You are ready.

And you are about to be used mightily

Apostle Dwann Holmes