FORGIVENESS ≠ RECONCILIATION
Tuesday, 10/27/26 at 16:56
Sandra West
On 10/22/26 at 10:11am, I received a vision and word from the Lord:
The vision I received was “FORGIVENESS ≠ RECONCILIATION” in large, black letters.
Immediately after receiving the vision, I then received this word from the Lord:
Choose wisely whom you remain in relationship with, My Children. Some of you are in relationships I have not ordained, and they will become a snare unto you. Pastors from their pulpits preach of forgiveness, and rightly so. But, many fail to preach the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation.
My Children, I have told you to forgive seventy times seven, but I never commanded you to remain in relationship with unrepentant people that retain a wicked heart posture towards you, and towards Me. I have said that if it be possible to live peaceably with all men.
At times, it is not possible.
Forgiveness does not equate to reconciliation. Forgiveness of others involves a personal, contrite heart posture towards Me. Where you lay the offense of others at My feet and forgive them, so that I may heal and restore you. It then allows Me to address the offender and their offense directly, without your involvement. The offender does not need to know you have forgiven them, but I know and it pleases Me greatly.
Reconciliation requires both forgiveness, and the repentant heart posture of those involved. It requires a desire by those individuals to restore a relationship rooted in forgiveness. It requires humility and forgiveness by all parties. This cannot be done when only one person, like you, forgives, My Children. Many have been taught in error. They have been told they must forgive and remain. Remaining in toxic, abusive relationships where I have not ordained you to be. My Children, I tell you now that it is those relationships that will put you in danger in what is to come. Although you forgive them; their hostilities and offenses toward you will mount up, and they will turn on you. I have told you in My Word that at the end of the age many will be offended, and shall hate one another, and betray one another. It is so.
Consider now, those relationships in question, My Children. Seek Me, and make the necessary adjustments. Always forgiving, and when required; departing permanently from the snares of those that are wicked, and unrepentant. Doing so requires wisdom, strength, and fortitude. Doing so is necessary for your peace, and for your safety in what is to come. I will comfort you, and be with you when you forgive, and when you depart from those that have offended you, which remain unrepentant.
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Insights:
Key Differences at a Glance (credit: Google Overview)
| Feature | Forgiveness | Reconciliation |
| Involvement | One person (Unilateral) | Two people (Bilateral) |
| Control | Completely up to you | Depends on the other person’s repentance |
| Trust | Does not automatically restore trust | Requires rebuilding trust over time |
| Safety | Frees your heart from malice | May require healthy distance if the person is toxic or dangerous |
| Scriptural Status | Always commanded | Pursued “if possible” (Romans 12:18) |
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Scripture References:
Matthew 18:21-22: 21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times? 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, until seventy times seven.
Matthew 24:10: And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
Psalm 27:10: When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.
Luke 12:51-53: 51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: 52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. 53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Ephesians 4:32: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
1 Corinthians 5:11-13: 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. 12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? Do not ye judge them that are within? 13 but them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
Luke 17:3-4: 3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Romans 12:16-18: 16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Colossians 3:13: Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
2 Timothy 3:1-5: 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Mark 11:25: And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Isaiah 41:11: Behold, all they that are incensed against thee shall be put to shame and confounded: they that strive with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.
Matthew 5:11: Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Jeremiah 9:4: Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
