You Passed the Test, Your Mantle Is Being Upgraded

You Passed the Test, Your Mantle Is Being Upgraded

As I spent time with the Lord, I heard Him say:

“Your time of refining has come to an end. You have passed the test.”

Immediately, my mind went to Psalm 105:18-19:

“They hurt his feet with fetters,

He was laid in irons.

19 Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of the Lord tested him.

This passage is speaking about Joseph and the refinement The Lord put him through so that Jospeh would be able to handle the power, influence and authority He would place in his hands.

When we look deeper into the Hebrew, we see that this was not only about physical imprisonment. The word “hurt” is connected to the Hebrew word anah, Strong’s 6031, which means to afflict, humble, oppress, or bring low.

It includes both external affliction and the process of humbling.

His pride was being humbled, his soul was being pressed.

The word used in Psalm 105:18 for "he" is nefesh, meaning the inner life, the person, the soul, will and emotions.

The Hebrew literally carries the idea that “his soul came into iron.”

That is so powerful!

Joseph was not only in chains physically. His soul was in a place of pressure. His mind, his will, his emotions, his beliefs, his reactions, his trauma responses, his survival mechanisms, everything inside of him was being refined.

He had been the favored son, and he was given the coat of many colors.

He had received dreams from God. He had known what it felt like to be loved, chosen, and set apart.

But then the enemy came after his identity.

In Genesis 37:23, when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore.

That robe was not just a covering.It represented favor. It represented identity. It represented the distinction his father had placed on him. His brothers’ envy could not tolerate what that garment announced every time they saw him. It reminded them of their inadequacy.

So the first attack was against his identity.

They stripped him of the visible sign of favor, but they could not strip him of the favor itself.

This is where we need to learn to discern what is actually happening in the spirit when we go through trials.

The enemy will often use envy, betrayal, and rejection to make you question who you are. He will use people close to you to try to strip you of what God has placed on you. Joseph’s brothers removed the robe, but they could not remove the dreams that God Had placed inside of him.

They could take the garment, but they could not take the mantle!

Wow!

Then, when that did not work, the enemy came after his character and reputation.

In Genesis 39:12, Potiphar’s wife caught Joseph by his garment and tried to seduce him, but he left the garment in her hand and fled. That same garment was then used as evidence against him.

Again, we see the garment.

First, his brothers stripped him because of envy.

Then Potiphar’s wife held his garment and used it to accuse him.

You see, when the enemy cannot destroy your identity, he will try to destroy your reputation.

He will come after your character

He will try to make you fall, twist your obedience, and use what should have covered you as evidence against you.

But Joseph stayed humble.

He did not defend himself in the flesh.

He did not rebel, he did not gossip, he did not start a revolt in the prison.

He did not become bitter because people misunderstood him.

He stayed faithful.

He yielded to the process.

Psalm 105:19

“Until what he had said came to pass, the word of the Lord tested him.”

The Hebrew word for “tested” here is connected to refining, like metal being purified by fire. Joseph was being refined until the promise could safely come to pass through him.

The promise had been spoken, but Joseph still had to be formed in order to be able to handle the power, the influence and the authority that was coming.

God was dealing with everything that could have corrupted Joseph once he stepped into authority: pride, resentment, distrust, bitterness, self-protection, fear, anger, and the need to prove himself.

He needed to be healed!

Because if Joseph had carried Pharaoh’s ring with an unhealed soul, he could have used power to punish the very people who betrayed him.

But by the time his brothers stood before him, Joseph was not ruled by revenge. He was ruled by wisdom.

That is the evidence of refinement, of sanctification.

Even in prison, Joseph continued to use the gift God gave him.

Genesis 39:21–23 says the Lord was with Joseph, showed him steadfast love, gave him favor with the keeper of the prison, and whatever Joseph did, the Lord made it succeed.

That means favor followed him even when the garment changed.

He had favor in the father’s house.

He had favor in Potiphar’s house.

He had favor in the prison.

And eventually, he had favor in Pharaoh’s palace.

Why?

Because the garment was never the source of the favor. God was!🔥

The Greek word himation, used for garment, means garment, cloak, robe, clothing, apparel, or raiment.

The garment represents more than clothing. In Scripture, garments often speak of covering, identity, office, status, authority, and mantle.

The mantle speaks of anointing, it announces what you carry even before you enter a room!

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Wow! I'm being blown away by these revelations Holy Spirit is breathing over me today!!!

So every time Joseph’s garment is touched, stripped, held, changed, or upgraded, there is a prophetic picture happening.

In Genesis 37, his robe is stripped by his brothers.

In Genesis 39, his garment is held by Potiphar’s wife and used to accuse him.

In Genesis 41:14, Pharaoh sends for Joseph, and Joseph is brought quickly out of the dungeon. He shaves and changes his clothes before coming before Pharaoh.

Before Joseph stands before the king, he changes garments.

He is no longer dressed like a prisoner.

He is no longer carrying the appearance of the pit.

He is being summoned into a new realm of authority.

And then in Genesis 41:42, Pharaoh takes his signet ring from his hand, puts it on Joseph’s hand, clothes him in garments of fine linen, and places a gold chain around his neck.

His garment is upgraded one last time.

The one who was stripped by envy is now clothed by authority.

The one whose garment was used to accuse him is now dressed in fine linen.

The one whose soul went into iron now wears gold around his neck.

And this is what I believe the Lord was showing me when He said:

“Your time of refining has come to an end. You have passed the test.”

The refining had a purpose, the humbling had a purpose, the stripping had a purpose, the delay had a purpose, the accusations had a purpose.

The prison had a purpose.

EVERYTHING HAD A PURPOSE!

The Lord used it all to purge the soul.

He dealt with the inner places:

The mindsets, the false beliefs, the masks, the survival mechanisms, the distrust, the wounds from betrayal, the pain from injustice.

The places where the flesh still wanted to rise up and defend itself.

God dealt with the trauma first, why?

Because the effects of trauma create lenses which distort how we see ourselves, God and people.

Through the whole process, Joseph stayed humble,he let God do what He needed to do for the real Joseph to surface.

That humility is what made room for elevation.

Because elevation without humility is dangerous.

Influence without purification can destroy people and relationships.

Authority without healing can turn into control and manipulation.

But Joseph had been crushed enough to carry power without being corrupted by it.

He had been humbled enough to lead without needing revenge.

He had been purified enough to see God’s hand even in what people meant for evil.

That is why, at the end of his story, Joseph can say in Genesis 50:20:

“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.”

That is the voice of a refined man.

He did not deny the evil, he did not pretend betrayal did not hurt, but he recognized that God was greater than what had been done to him.

And this is the word I believe the Lord is speaking now:

The shackles are coming off.

The prison garments are being changed.

The season of being humbled, tested, pressed, and refined has reached its appointed end.

You have yielded to the process.

You have allowed the Lord to burn away the chaff, the extra layers, the false identities, the old reactions, and the things that could not come with you into your next assignment.

Now the mantle is being upgraded.

The same enemy that tried to strip your identity and attack your reputation could not stop what God placed on your life.

The robe was taken.

The garment was used against you.

But the mantle remained.

And now God is preparing a table in the presence of your enemies.

Just like Joseph, there will come a moment when you stand before the very people who misunderstood you, betrayed you, rejected you, or accused you, and you will not stand there bitter.

You will stand there healed.

You will stand there refined.

You will stand there clothed in the authority God Himself placed on you.

Because what the enemy meant for evil, God has turned for good, for His glory, and for the saving, healing, and strengthening of many lives.

Rosangela Atte

THE LORD HAS BEGIN A PURIFICATION PROCESS, BECAUSE PURIFICATION BRINGS ALIGNMENT AND ALIGNMENT BRINGS JUSTICE.

I PRAY SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING RIGHT NOW.

HE IS BRINGING A RECALIBRATION TO THE RIGGED SCALES OF EVERY WORLDLY SYSTEM TO REFLECT THE SYSTEMS OF HEAVEN.

AND HE TOLD ME HE IS STARTING WITH THE FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, THE ECONOMY, THAT’S WHY HE IS RAISING UP JOSEPHS.

I HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE WHOLE PICTURE/REVELATION YET, BUT HE IS REVEALING IT TO ME A PIECE AT A TIME.

IN A SYSTEMATIC WAY, JUST AS HE IS MOVING ON THE EARTH AND IN THE SPIRIT REALM. WITH ORDER, ALIGNMENT AND JUSTICE.

Be blessed 🙏❤️