John the Baptist prophesizes of the first group Jesus will focus on for the 3rd Baptism:
Matthew 3:11 “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
:12 “His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Luke 3:16 John answered, saying to all, “I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
:17 “His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather the wheat (grain) into His barn; but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire.”
First, let’s focus on the winnowing fan (or shovel). Each of the three feasts have a particular harvest associated with them.
Passover: harvest of barley (grain) (overcomers, remnant)
Pentecost: harvest of wheat (grain) (church)
Tabernacles: harvest of grapes (fruit) (rest of the world)
Gideon’s Army was called a barley loaf: Judges 7:13 And when Gideon had come, there was a man telling a dream to his companion. He said, “I have had a dream: To my surprise, a loaf of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian; it came to a tent and struck it so that it fell and overturned, and the tent collapsed.” Gideon’s Army of 300 were selected and reduced down from two larger populations (32,000 > 10,000 > 300). By only using 300, all would know that Our Heavenly Father provided the victory over the enemy. HE will once again use a remnant so the world will know it is by HIS Divine Intent that all men be reconciled.
How do you harvest each?
Barley: winnow (To separate the chaff from grain by means of a current of air with a winnowing fan, fork, or shovel, throwing it into the air and the chaff is easily separated.)
Wheat: thresh (To beat the stems and husks of grain in order to separate the grains or seeds from the straw.)
Grapes: trodden down in a winepress ( to forcefully press the wine out of the flesh of the grape)
These three harvest make up the bread and the wine in Our Heavenly Father’s ultimate Communion.
John the Baptist notes that Jesus will use the winnowing fan to harvest His remnant out of the church (wheat threshing floor) and remove the chaff (old man) with an unquenchable fire. “Unquenchable” is a fire that will never go out but will be sustained to maintain a complete purity. Translators who did not have a revelation of Love viewed this word as negative and a form of punishment. In 1987 on a plane to Chicago, Our Heavenly Father had me focus on Matthew 5:8:
“Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.” (Immediately HE told me HE had to remove me and clean me up from the battles I had been involved in; HIS anointing came over me as HE spoke those words)
Does this Scripture sound like a punishment to you? Fire is used to purify so that we may be able to stand in the presence of Our Heavenly Father. John the Baptist, the greatest of the prophets, spoke of the 3rd Baptism of the remnant who would be harvested out of the church, baptized with fire, and then gathered as His remnant for His use. The old man will be burned up and the result will be those with a pure heart. The purpose of the barn is to store the grain until it is time to distribute it for consumption. The Remnant will be “fed” to the world for the purpose of reconciling the world to Our Heavenly Father.
John the Baptist prophesied this 3rd Baptism from Bethany:
John 1:28 These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.