I hear a clear word from the Throne: Come apart from them. This is the day where people will have to make the choice between serving God or Serving Baal. No there aren't Baal temples on every corner but the principles are there. The choice will make it hard for many to make the decision to leave the past behind and enter into a better future.
Father is rewarding those who choose to live by his word. His word is clear. You have to be intentionally blind to ignore those things that are of the sour fruit of the evil one.
Yet there are many people who attend church, dance, shout, pray (even in tongues), and confess Jesus as Lord yet find themselves connected with those who support all forms of ungodly activity and principles. Demonic Deception.
Compromised Christianity is manifested in the earth.
When the idea of homosex marriage came along, many so called Christians accepted it as a cultural norm. Some Christians rejected it.. but in the end it was considered OK by those already compromised. Same with abortion, not good but accepted. The law of the land. Same with multicultural intolerance of Christianity and the embracing of Islam .. the slope became more slippery. Then legalized marijuana... well we have to keep up. Lawless acts were excused on the altar of social justice. Pedophilia made easier by laws and homosexual curriculum in schools. Marriage replaced with shacking up and large numbers of single parent households resulted.. and this in the church. Then when during the last year when corruption was revealed at the highest level, those compromised excused it with the idea that "Everybody does it". What has resulted is a cultural form of Christianity that is apostate. Stands for nothing and falls for everything. The plumb line of righteous living is no longer observed. It's not even seen. We are out of kilter.
The result of this is a schizophrenic cult of Christianity aligned with people groups and factions who do things they disapprove of at least in principle but to whom they remain loyal to for no godly reason. Father is calling for the compromised to come out from among them. The road to perdition and eventual collapse for believers is paved with good intentions and misplaced loyalty.
There is a great divide coming and in 2017 will manifest itself in radical new ways. Those who have been compromised will have to make a hard decision. It will be painful. There will be scars. But when a cancer is removed it leaves a mark. Some will be repentance. Some will be shame. The year to come, 2017, will create a clear line of demarcation. The compromised will be forced to choose between darkness and light, good and evil, Baal and God.
Yet there are those who will hold to the old and not come out from among them who will form the Whore Church of our day. Revelation 17 speaks of this.. it happened in the past and will again. But we are in this place once more. All prophecy moves in long deep cycles. The devil has no new strategies. We must be aware of those he uses now. We can see how this looks in the empty forms of godliness that makes up many mainline denominations.
The whore Church will wage a war for the souls of men against the Church of the Lamb of God. It will find itself fully compromised. Many will stay in that place of Denominations, Groups, Networks and will find themselves at odds with those who stand for righteousness. They will align themselves with the most ungodly philosophies and movements imaginable. It will be spiritual blindness from the root of hell. Beware of this in 2017. There will be casualties. Souls will be endangered from false alliances.
Godless pagan people will rail against the things of god. Students in some colleges, many millennials who were never taught, those who protest against anything that represents something different from their thinking will demand to be protected from any opposing opinion. Sadly many of the blinded compromised christians who now find themselves aligned with these antichrist attitudes will try to protect themselves from anything that tampers with their confirmation bias.
Father says this to the compromised christian:
Come out from among her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the LORD's burning anger. Jeremiah 51:45
On Pentecost the Apostle Peter said: "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation." Acts 2:40 That is the call Father is making to compromised christians today.
Fathers heart has always been to call us out from among the filth of the world. 2 Corinthians 6:14-17 Don’t fellowship with those who are unbelievers. How can righteousness be a partner with wickedness? How can light live with darkness? What harmony can there be between Christ and the devil? How can a believer be a partner with an unbeliever? And what union can there be between God’s temple and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God said: “I will live in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people. Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don’t touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you.
Addressing those who have embraced the whore church..a word from the Throne Room in Revelation 18:3-5 All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy through the extravagance of her luxury.” Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues. For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. The cry of heaven is heard again. Come out of her.
He will restore those who repent of the compromise to royalty.
1 Peter 2:9 You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
That is the heart of God for 2017 - it is restoration of who HE is and who WE are in HIM.
We are about to enter a season unlike any we have had in the past. We will find ourselves ruled by many Godly men and women. The enemy will attack them. He will try to marginalize them. Be on watch for the attempts by an antichrist spirit to destroy the Godly. These leaders will find themselves in a brighter and more intense spotlight. The hyenas will nip at their heels. There will be difficulty. Many who had great belief in what might be will find themselves disappointed. The exercise of what must happen will frustrate even the elect. Deception will reign. There will be an economic reset that will cause people to question how this can be. The belief in a man to solve problems will be replaced by disillusionment. Fathers word is "TRUST ME, I have your best interests at heart".
There will be sporadic acts of violence because the devil is on the loose stirring up hatred. When you see claims of hate as accusations against the children of God take a good look and you will see the face of satan revealed. This is spiritual warfare in the mud. Some of it will be acts of violence, damage, intimidation and threat. Don't be taken by surprise. The enemy has been dealt a severe blow... but he always recovers and will till the end of all things. That too is a truth from Revelation. Be on watch for the enemy of your souls. He's wounded but he's not dead... yet.
There will be unusual alliances in the year to come. Nationally, politically, spiritually and in people groups. "Misery makes strange bedfellows" is a quote from Shakespeare's play the Tempest. People will question why asking, "how did ____ ever get connected with _____". It will look out of order but there are new spiritual neurons being formed.
There are things that will be reset globally that will begin to come into order this year. Some will be the result of Death. Some the result of change of leadership. Some the result of calamity. Not everything is an attack, all change for better requires a reset. Embrace the good and accept the bad and have faith in GOD.
Be wary of scare tactics in 2017 ... fear is the main tool the enemy has left and he has willing transmitters of his fear poison. Some in the media, some as "Entertainment", some in social media and some are in the pulpit or on TV. The world is not ending soon.. the Kingdom is expanding and God is still on the Throne.
The enemy is going to turn up the heat to divide people even more. He will divide churches, denominations, city populations, people groups and even families. Division is one of the prime schemes of the enemy. We are instructed in scripture to mark well those who cause division. Be aware. Even on the public scene, there will be attempts to divide. The enemy knows that he can count on weak people to turn against leadership at every level to weaken the whole. Don't fall for this.
The enemy is out to defame people. He wants to tear down anyone people hold up. This goes for everyone from the highest to the lowest. He will then supplant them with so called leaders who do his will. Be vigilant for those who accuse the brethren. Even if a leader does something or doesn't do something you thought he or she should have, now is the time for supernatural loyalty. The voice of the accuser is shrill, loud and persistent. Exposure of the schemes of the schemes of darkness is not going to come without protest. Expect it.
There is a darkening cloud but there is also a bright beam of light on the horizon. Jesus will shine greater and brighter to those who can see. The devil however has blinded the mind and eyes of the unbeliever. There is a large number of blinded people who may never see the truth. That doesn't mean we must stop trying, just don't be discouraged. Those who the devil has in his grasp will be hard to tear out. If you would pray for them learn to pray that they will have the eyes of their understanding opened. That usually happen in stressful situations. Health, financial difficulty, relationships, lostness and hopelessness. When you pray for them, pray that they come to the end of themselves. That the Blessings of the Presence of God invade their lives. BUT that will come with pain and suffering. So when it happens don't be in a hurry to bail them out of their situation. Recognize the trouble they are in must happen first so they get OUT by the power of GOD. It's how we all came to Jesus. We needed Him for more than salvation, but for hope, joy and peace.
A spiritual battle over our age has been engaged for some time. Lawless behavior at every level is accepted. Strong Delusions have been in operation deceiving even the Godly. Strange myths and old wives tales. Weird conspiracy theories. Gossip and backbiting are rampant. Ease of taking offense is the spirit of the age. As you take a stand against this spirit there will be violent push back. The god of this world hates exposure. You will be criticized, ostracized and demonized. Don't allow your fear of man to silence your needed voice in this hour. God says to the spirit of this age that has dominated too long.. PERMISSION WITHDRAWN. Like Job of old, there was permission given. It's not any more. But we are the mouth, hands, feet and purposed of Father in this age and we must manifest truth to the devil's deception. Do not be afraid to be and put on public display the righteousness of God lived in your life.
The princes of the power of the air has provided a wide road to perdition. Many are on that road. It's not about heaven or hell in the eternal, it's about living life today in the destiny God gave you. You must not take the easy go along to get along road. There are two roads. Take the one less traveled.
We will see many more deaths of notables, even in the body of Christ. We will mourn them.. but we have more losses because we have more to lose. There is a population of humanity that is coming of the ages of stepping from time into eternity. Think it not strange that many more seem to be clearing the way for generations to come. And those of us of a certain age must make sure that we speak to the Generations saying, "This is the way, walk ye in it".
There will mercifully be fewer end time scares, moons of many colors, harbingers, comets, eclipses, star formations and such. More and more Christians are coming to realize the truth. The enemy has used these myths of mysteries to hobble the saints and Father is saying, CUT IT OUT. In 2017 there will be fewer. Don't buy every one of these strange "Prophecies".
Natural disasters will happen and some will be severe, they don't mean anything other than weather is weather and earth is earth. There is no prophetic meaning. Haiti will slowly recover but it will mean a political shakeup. The same with Venezuela. Corruption and evil will be exposed and people will slowly rise up. We must not interfere.. they must come to this on their own, but many will and think it is helping.
Supernatural manifestations will happen more and more. We will find saints of God testifying to things we don't almost believe ourselves. Some will be imaginations ... but look for those which are true. Father is revealing his hand in people's lives. Expect it. The miracles are on the way.
Right now virtual reality is a big thing. That's because it's exciting thrilling but it's not reality. The same thing is true in the world system. Much of what we think is true by what we hear or see on media is virtual reality. Yet there are demonic systems that use what you think you see or hear to manipulate the foolish. Don't be one. Money is raised for the devil's enterprise by well meaning people who have bought satan's lie. Be careful who you trust in this day... even satan comes as an angel of light. Things that have extracted resources from people will be shown up in the year to come to have been a wicked lie and will be discredited. There is a move from Self Esteem which was a tool of the devil to cause people to fail to Self Improvement, particularly in Biblical Ways. The enemy has been in full force against those who preach from the pulpit the improvement of our selves. That will change in 2017. We must not be victims, we must be better in the power of God. There is a return to the kind of preaching of long ago when Norman Vincent Peal encouraged the saints in a dark day. We will hear that again in 2017. God has a plan.. learn it and live it.
Here are some specific predictions:
The UN will not be defunded. De-fanged yes.
The economy will not soar, but it will build a strong underpinning for years to come.
Low level inflation will occur but there is powerful deflationary pressure holding it down.
Gold and silver will not hide anyone from risk .. simply an alternative currency
By August there will be a hard entry into the Fall season but the year will end upbeat
The dollar will strengthen but that will hurt business
The middle east and ISIS will quell by default but most of that will not be at the hands of the USA. The Russian Bear has it's sights set on a Mediterranean seaport in Syria with a path thru Georgia, Azerbaijan and Iran or Turkey. This will happen by force or by cooperation. The path is already set.
European contrives will become less about the EU and more nationalistic. The islamic invasion has driven this. EU will survive but only as a shell of its former promise.
2017 will be a year unlike any we have had in 30. Upheaval, anger, resignation and hope after disappointments. Knowing we are in Fathers eye means we can walk in confidence.
Father would say:
I have only the best for you. Don't fear the years to come. There is always hope in ME. I placed my spirit in you to comfort you as the times and days come. You were always meant to be the head and I will raise you up. Your purposes are fully hidden only in me. I will strip away from your life anything that robs you of that purpose as you walk in the paths that seem dim to you but on which I am shining my light. Follow the light of my truth, know my word, know my will and I will bring you to a new place. It will be glorious but you won't see it until you get there. I love you and even when it seems hard, I NEVER CHANGE.
At the end of 2023 I was given the prophetic vision for 2024 which is posted here. You will see this unfold. I have sent this to people who will verify that what is posted here was published before Jan 1, 2024. God knows what's going to happen, not me. So judge by results, not your opinion. You can see the track record as well. Go back 16 Years to test and judge the prophetic gift. Nothing is edited after the fact Sometimes it is hard to believe. He knows the End from the Beginning.
Saturday, December 31, 2016
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Word of the Lord for 2016 - The Pure in Heart Shall See GOD!
As I waited on God for a word for the year 2016, I heard this from Matthew 5:8
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."
Suddenly I knew this was the word for the coming year. A year for many who will see God and a year for others who blinded by impure hearts and satan's schemes will stumble in the Darkness.
This is not a works event in 2016. You will have to examine your own heart until you begin to see God. Only the pure in heart can see Him.
Here is what the Lord is saying:
There is ever increasing impurity and corruption in the hearts of men. Yet there is an increase in those who seek Me. They shall see Me. I am coming like a flood in My Spirit.
In the wars and rumors of wars in the world, you will not moan as others do, but will see the shaking I make to bring men and women unto Myself. You will SEE ME do this thru eyes of faith.
In the riots, protests and anger against injustice the hearts of those who are pure will be revealed, also revealed will be those who are NOT of Me, those used of your enemy to corrupt hearts that may at one time have been pure. Only the pure in heart will be able to see MY hand.
In those in authority the enemy seeks to cause division and discouragement as lawlessness increases. You will see Me as I move agaist your enemy to bring honor and submission according to My word.
Here are 40 ways you can SEE Father GOD in 2016 as you purify your hearts:
Father says this:
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."
Suddenly I knew this was the word for the coming year. A year for many who will see God and a year for others who blinded by impure hearts and satan's schemes will stumble in the Darkness.
This is not a works event in 2016. You will have to examine your own heart until you begin to see God. Only the pure in heart can see Him.
Here is what the Lord is saying:
There is ever increasing impurity and corruption in the hearts of men. Yet there is an increase in those who seek Me. They shall see Me. I am coming like a flood in My Spirit.
In the wars and rumors of wars in the world, you will not moan as others do, but will see the shaking I make to bring men and women unto Myself. You will SEE ME do this thru eyes of faith.
In the riots, protests and anger against injustice the hearts of those who are pure will be revealed, also revealed will be those who are NOT of Me, those used of your enemy to corrupt hearts that may at one time have been pure. Only the pure in heart will be able to see MY hand.
In those in authority the enemy seeks to cause division and discouragement as lawlessness increases. You will see Me as I move agaist your enemy to bring honor and submission according to My word.
Here are 40 ways you can SEE Father GOD in 2016 as you purify your hearts:
- See God as He reveals the plan for your life in 2016. He has a plan and He is revealing it to the pure in heart.
- See God as He opens new opportunities for provision and prosperity for your life. He means to do good for those who are pure in heart.
- See God as He not only the promise but in the results He brings to you in fulfilled prophecies from the past in 2016
- See God as He HELPS you when you thought there was no help. When you decided you were thru.. He will come thru and help you once again.. His eye is on the sparrow and it's on YOU.
- See God as He not only reveals the call on your life in a greater way, and confirms it, but He will make a way for the manifestation of the call of God on YOU
- See God as he moves those things from the past year into the rear view mirror. Into the place where forgetfulness drowns.
- See God as He shows you his great pleasure in YOU and your life. It's about Whose you are, not who you are.
- See God as He prepares a place for you in eternity but as you live here on earth he is preparing a place here for you as well. When you are under His kingship you never live alone, you always have a HOLY roommate and in that you are never homeless
- See God as He changes the season of your life. As you still see winter he is preparing a spring when the birds sing his song and the blooms come forth setting fruit in the summer and bearing much in the harvest of your season
- See God as He restores those things in your life that you had decided were never going to be made whole again, the sin and humanity that constantly torments you in your flesh.. see Him as he overwhelms your spirit with HIS
- See God as He opens your eyes to supernatural things, things that in earlier days you could not see or that you decided were coincidence. As you are pure in heart you see those things better and better. Open eyes and see the angelic hosts all around you as God opens them.
- See God as He brings you back on track, in ways that you thought you could never get back to. That track is waiting for you. He never left you.. He's waiting to get you going the direction you veered from in the past.
- See God as He manifests things in your life in 2016 that are above and more than you right now can ask or think. more than you imagine. He is saying dream one size larger than you dreamed before and then dream again one size larger.
- See God as He unveils your today, not dwelling on the past for that is now gone, not considering too much in the future for that is still an un-cashed check, but enjoying the more than enough of today.
- See God as He brings you out of the wilderness and crosses you over into a land prepared for you in your calling. The giants are no match for you as you enter into the place prepared.
- See God as He lays before you a giant staircase of promotion. Take each step. As you watch Him move, don't try to leap too many steps ahead.. for He can only give you little by little. One step. Take that step. Then another.
- See God as He changes certain directions you have been heading and corrects your course for 2016.
- See God as He creates a hunger in your heart for obedience to fulfill his desires that takes you somewhere away from the nowhere land you have resided in too long.
- See God as He strengthens you where you are weak. There is much more for your to grow into. You aren't done yet. The Lord is your strength.
- See God as He makes you whole nothing broken nothing missing in your blessings to come in 2016
- See God as He brings you to higher highs in faith in HIM. He responds to faith when one pure in heart moves.
- See God as He removes burdens from you that you thought were yours to carry forever. They aren't. He will take it from here.
- See God in He manifests provision of healing and wholeness in ways you never understood before.
- See God as He manifests his peace in your life during the rage of the storm. Shalom Shalom.. HIS PEACE given to you.. not like the world, real peace.
- See God as He lays His supernatural hand in you in Love, in direction and sometimes in Correction. Never fear.. He knows the way. He sees the end from the beginning and is bringing you to an expected end.
- See God as He manifests himself thru His sons and Daughters on the earth. You will see them in new ways you never knew before. You will see Him in action at the hand of those called by His name.. Sons and Daughters.
- See God as He exposes dead works, foolish works, myths, lies, old wives tales. He is bringing you into a greater life of truth and wisdom as you remain pure in heart.
- See God as He works miracles thru your hands when you are placed in his purposes
- See God as He opens the mysteries of the future thru prophetic dreams and visions for those pure in heart.
- See God as He reveals who is and is not a Son or a Daughter. Those in sheep's clothing will soon be stripped bare.
- See God as He raises up new leaders in the Body of Christ, some will be old leaders in age but new in vision. Some will be young in age but with a fresh vision. Calebs and young Davids will work hand in hand to bring the expansion of the Kingdom.
- See God as He brings about radical changes in government in justice. The unjust judge and those in authority without his permission will be brought low.
- See God as He acts in your behalf against injustice. He will do battle for you even when you sleep.
- See God as He exposes those around you for the guile that is in their hearts. Don't be surprised when those you thought were for you are exposed. It's the chastisement of the Lord. Embrace it and see God.
- See God as He shines the light of His Holiness on circumstance, situation and people around you revealing them for what and who they are - don't regret those things you are called out from as your remain pure in heart.
- See God as He rebukes the works of darkness in your life without damage to you
- See God as He continues to invade entertainment. Those things that were formerly kept away from the children of God are now open to you. Take your place.
- See God as He moves on Government in 2016
- See God as He causes situations and event that expand his Kingdom. He never wastes anything many deem tragic.. it is at those places when his Glory is revealed.
- See God as He uses His called ones to move in confidence in business and the workplace
- Economic stability will increase for a time but a crisis of some magnitude will once again occur.. before the election, like in 2008. It is justice (an adjustment).
- World wide instability will become less of a problem. Wars and rumors will subside.
- Many great leaders of the past secular and spiritual will pass in 2016, more than in the past few years. There will be mourning as this happens but a recognition that the baton has been handed to another generation.
- Churches will struggle, not all, but many that do not hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church.
- God will become more evident to those who love him in the future as He is revealed above anything the world can bring.
- Weather will wax worse then BETTER. People will begin to discover truth in this regard. Much of those things that have been imagined will become myths and mystery.
- Those who put faith in gold and sliver will find that 2016 will not be a good year. Only faith in God will matter.
- There will be upheaval and difficulty as isolated terrorists attempt to generate fear, but to those who know their God there is no fear in faith.
- ONE powerful discovery in health is waiting just outside the door. I don't know what it is, but I see it and when it is revealed it will bring great joy for much suffering will be stopped.
- By the end of the year a wave of great optimism for the future will manifest and it will not be because of an election, it will be because truth has been shown over lies.
Father says this:
Only I am truth, even your flesh tries to lie to you. There is not good in deception. Seek truth and escape the lies of the devil. The truth will set you free and the lies will place you in bondage. Seek truth. I am truth. Do not depend on your own works, ability or understanding. Even those things you see as pleasing to me are not if they are bound by lies. Your worship no matter how passionate is meaningless without truth. Find Me and find truth.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Word of the Lord for 2015
As I do every year, I lean in to hear what the Lord is Saying for the year to come. Sometimes it is detailed. Sometimes in riddles. He gives us what we need to hear. He prepares us thru the prophetic. Our hearts are more ready for a word at junctions and pivot points like the turn of a year.
A few years ago the Lord told me that 2015 would be a turn around year for the Body of Christ and the USA. Yet there is a global backdrop that needs to be understood.
Here are global bullet points the Lord gave me.
Exposure and Light shines on a culture that knows not God nor Man in favor. A porcupine culture. Corrupt. Broken. Selfish. Easily misled. Made up of lost souls.. some of whom think they know Jesus.. but don't know Him ………really.
Economic Reset in the USA and in the world will result in the rich becoming even richer and the poor even poorer. There is a smaller middle ground. Those who are poor cannot find their way in the world they hoped to inherit. Skills were never developed when they should have been. The lies the poor are told increase their poverty. Their victimization is increased and as they accept the role they lose control. No victim can rule. Not even themselves. The focus on victimization increases their despair even more.
In the economy, as things change, people are becoming dependent even more on others and on the supernatural provision of God. Government will fail. Institutions will fail.
Oil, energy, agriculture, industry will be good in the USA but globally, there will be difficulty. Expect a 3rd quarter stumble as interest rates increase and consumption backs off.
The war between the Church and the Body of Christ
There has been a long simmering feud between Christians who no longer find a place in the church but are a vital part of the greater body of Christ. God is responding to this distrust. He is moving outside the four walls of the church at a greater pace than ever before. Huge moves of God are taking place, even globally, but little of it is taking place in the Church. Holy Spirit is invading earth in spite of the fact that He is not welcome in most churches today.
God is doing new things in many places where no one thought we would ever see Him again. In the media, movies made by secular groups are preaching the truth of God's word. In spite of their efforts to distort.. He cries aloud thru them.
Even with cultural influences for evil and distortion like the news channels and TV in general, God is shining his light on what is not working. He is shaming them all the time. While trying to walk a cultural middle ground, they trip and fall. People no longer believe all that is said or done. Yes the gullible do, but the discerning are becoming aware of the corruption of these flawed values. The alternative media wins over the lies from the old ways. Lies and liars will be exposed. Light will come out of nowhere. Lies and fabrications will cause many to doubt that which government and bureaucracies say. Global warming has become a lie that didn't hold. It was exposed by light. More will come in 2015. Doubt in authority will grow in 2015. This is a mixed blessing.
These changes as God shines his Light on the darkness is creating an increasingly conservative new generation who cannot stomach the old wine. This is good news for the ever expanding Kingdom of God and for the burgeoning body of Christ. It will not be great news for churches who cannot see this and who will fail to be there as it come to pass. Some will find a way to connect with what God is doing. Most will not. A rapid vital organic spiritual increase will show itself greater in 2015.
Hunger has been stirred.
The pangs are real. The middle ground of compromise is going away.
His hands, feet, mouth and heart are busy building up the new reality. The old reality is passing away. Those who can see and embrace what is happening will prosper spiritually in this day. It will be disconcerting to set aside what is comfortable. Those who cling to the old wine will falter. Light and exposure will ferret out the ordinary and usher in the supernatural.
There will be health scares again and again. There is a whole industry built on the foundation of keeping people frightened. Fear NOT HE says. Dependence on broken systems and policies will cause many to turn to the great physician. Healing power will of necessity be released. The rug has been pulled out of dependence on mammon and his medicine. Faith works and in the year to come will be proven again and again. The fear of death which is the basis of the health scares will be broken and people find eternal life and confidence.
There will be increasing pressure from the deceivers of the Saints.
They will use old tools in new ways. Riches and their pursuit will trip up many. Deception born of ignorance will increase as young people leave uneducated defrauded by a system that was supposed to give them a foundation. Gullibility to myths and reasoning will trap many in the snare of a fowler. Chains of victimization will be clamped around the ankles of those so deceived. It is a time for those who know their God to look deeply at what they think they believe. He (the devil) wants to keep them under his feet in submission. He can only do this thru deception and lies. Only truth can chisel off the chains that bind. Truth sets people free. The largest sea of impoverished victimized people come from a single deception accepted which grows into a web of thousands of blatant lies. Give NO PLACE to the enemy. Be on your guard.
Great floods of darkness will come in these deceptions, but the Lord is lifting a standard of truth against the enemy's flood. Many eyes will open, scales falling off...yet, those trapped by them will suffer intentional blindness. The very elect, those called by his name on the earth (maybe not in heaven) will choose intentional blindness over truth in the year to come and find themselves worse off at the end of 2015 because of it.
Bad leadership has caused the USA to groan. Corrupt leaders in Government, Business, media, entertainment have a demonic assignment to deceives the saints of God. The lost are already deceived. An example would be the movie God's and Kings (Moses and the exodus) as truth. People have become accustomed to believing what they see on screens. Hand held and Big Screen.
The Great Civil War Before Us
We are still in battle, not yet war. Skirmishes. Between the Establishment and the Rebels. Those who would control and those who want to take control away.
This is in the Economy, Government, Media, Education, Churches and the new wave coming in all those areas. The old establishment will not yield easily. The wave to come is more powerful than you can imagine.
The Global Reset
It will most hurt third world countries and developing nations worst. Rich getting richer, poor getting poorer, even globally. Attempts to help will be weak and fruitless. While the USA will chug along OK as will some of Europe, Australia, Japan, New Zealand (developed countries) deeps recession and despair will be widespread. Some will result in wars, but mostly just pathos of need.. Much need.
2015 is the year of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.
This division, wealth inequality will lead to demagoguery. When you hear the words “income inequality”, you will know the voice of the deceiver has been raised. The poor will be with us …..always. Wealth inequality only serves as a stepping stone for more to enter into wealth. When all are the same, everyone is poor few can emerge. It is a sad delusion when man thinks he can heal this inequality by policy and not opportunity. It only serves to enrich a few bureaucrats at the top, the elitists, and impoverish the rest.
Here is what the Lord Says you can expect personally in 2015:
Thus saith the Lord for 2015
A few years ago the Lord told me that 2015 would be a turn around year for the Body of Christ and the USA. Yet there is a global backdrop that needs to be understood.
Here are global bullet points the Lord gave me.
- Russia: Hard times repression, but no return. Stirred but not shaken. Genie in the bottle is out, and won't go back. No revolution = no return. Nationalism more like Early Germany. Blaming others for the depressed state. Gives vent. Danger is only if they lose all hope.
- China Stumbles.. Global economic reset hurts china. Client states will not do well with it. Yuan wanes. Jesus is winning over atheism.
- Islam is exposed naked and ashamed. Isolated yet when cornered more dangerous - for a while. In war winning battles losing war. Islam will fall. Jesus will reign in the hearts and minds of men and women in the middle east.
- Korea perceived strength is weak. A paper tiger in the north but still a tiger none the less. Reaching exhaustion. South must prepare for next. It's not war.. It's impact.
- Cuba.. all the noise and fury yet nothing really changes for the better. Just a drift. The problems there are from government not from former embargoes. Communism exposed.. again.
- Europe - the EU was a consolidation and is now fragmenting... in currency. Return of the D-Mark.
- Africa cannot find its way as a continent. Like a huge dark auditorium with 50 small and a few large various wild animals stumbling about looking for light. The true struggle has yet to be engaged. It must be their victory. It cannot come from outside. The corruption will crush any reform. They must be left to work this out or they will stay a slave state as a continent.
- South America. Suddenly it's 1970. Like nothing ever changed. Reset is coming. It will start at the corners, Venezuela and Argentina. Pain will be great. Some nations will avoid direct pain, but there will be no hiding place as it happens. It will destabilize for a while.
- India - Pakistan et al.. Darkness and Light in a Fight for the souls of the nation. Light will win but darkness never retreats without a fight. Not this year.. but don't give up. Victory will come.
- The USA in the year to come... Political storm and fury. Lies and Deceit. Yet In cooperating with the new congress and senate he begins to form his legacy and he becomes as good as many hoped. By the end of 2015 essentially his term is over. Yet there is a great testing to come. A crisis not yet seen. His leadership will be tested one last time.
Exposure and Light shines on a culture that knows not God nor Man in favor. A porcupine culture. Corrupt. Broken. Selfish. Easily misled. Made up of lost souls.. some of whom think they know Jesus.. but don't know Him ………really.
Economic Reset in the USA and in the world will result in the rich becoming even richer and the poor even poorer. There is a smaller middle ground. Those who are poor cannot find their way in the world they hoped to inherit. Skills were never developed when they should have been. The lies the poor are told increase their poverty. Their victimization is increased and as they accept the role they lose control. No victim can rule. Not even themselves. The focus on victimization increases their despair even more.
In the economy, as things change, people are becoming dependent even more on others and on the supernatural provision of God. Government will fail. Institutions will fail.
Oil, energy, agriculture, industry will be good in the USA but globally, there will be difficulty. Expect a 3rd quarter stumble as interest rates increase and consumption backs off.
The war between the Church and the Body of Christ
There has been a long simmering feud between Christians who no longer find a place in the church but are a vital part of the greater body of Christ. God is responding to this distrust. He is moving outside the four walls of the church at a greater pace than ever before. Huge moves of God are taking place, even globally, but little of it is taking place in the Church. Holy Spirit is invading earth in spite of the fact that He is not welcome in most churches today.
God is doing new things in many places where no one thought we would ever see Him again. In the media, movies made by secular groups are preaching the truth of God's word. In spite of their efforts to distort.. He cries aloud thru them.
Even with cultural influences for evil and distortion like the news channels and TV in general, God is shining his light on what is not working. He is shaming them all the time. While trying to walk a cultural middle ground, they trip and fall. People no longer believe all that is said or done. Yes the gullible do, but the discerning are becoming aware of the corruption of these flawed values. The alternative media wins over the lies from the old ways. Lies and liars will be exposed. Light will come out of nowhere. Lies and fabrications will cause many to doubt that which government and bureaucracies say. Global warming has become a lie that didn't hold. It was exposed by light. More will come in 2015. Doubt in authority will grow in 2015. This is a mixed blessing.
These changes as God shines his Light on the darkness is creating an increasingly conservative new generation who cannot stomach the old wine. This is good news for the ever expanding Kingdom of God and for the burgeoning body of Christ. It will not be great news for churches who cannot see this and who will fail to be there as it come to pass. Some will find a way to connect with what God is doing. Most will not. A rapid vital organic spiritual increase will show itself greater in 2015.
Hunger has been stirred.
The pangs are real. The middle ground of compromise is going away.
His hands, feet, mouth and heart are busy building up the new reality. The old reality is passing away. Those who can see and embrace what is happening will prosper spiritually in this day. It will be disconcerting to set aside what is comfortable. Those who cling to the old wine will falter. Light and exposure will ferret out the ordinary and usher in the supernatural.
There will be health scares again and again. There is a whole industry built on the foundation of keeping people frightened. Fear NOT HE says. Dependence on broken systems and policies will cause many to turn to the great physician. Healing power will of necessity be released. The rug has been pulled out of dependence on mammon and his medicine. Faith works and in the year to come will be proven again and again. The fear of death which is the basis of the health scares will be broken and people find eternal life and confidence.
There will be increasing pressure from the deceivers of the Saints.
They will use old tools in new ways. Riches and their pursuit will trip up many. Deception born of ignorance will increase as young people leave uneducated defrauded by a system that was supposed to give them a foundation. Gullibility to myths and reasoning will trap many in the snare of a fowler. Chains of victimization will be clamped around the ankles of those so deceived. It is a time for those who know their God to look deeply at what they think they believe. He (the devil) wants to keep them under his feet in submission. He can only do this thru deception and lies. Only truth can chisel off the chains that bind. Truth sets people free. The largest sea of impoverished victimized people come from a single deception accepted which grows into a web of thousands of blatant lies. Give NO PLACE to the enemy. Be on your guard.
Great floods of darkness will come in these deceptions, but the Lord is lifting a standard of truth against the enemy's flood. Many eyes will open, scales falling off...yet, those trapped by them will suffer intentional blindness. The very elect, those called by his name on the earth (maybe not in heaven) will choose intentional blindness over truth in the year to come and find themselves worse off at the end of 2015 because of it.
Bad leadership has caused the USA to groan. Corrupt leaders in Government, Business, media, entertainment have a demonic assignment to deceives the saints of God. The lost are already deceived. An example would be the movie God's and Kings (Moses and the exodus) as truth. People have become accustomed to believing what they see on screens. Hand held and Big Screen.
The Great Civil War Before Us
We are still in battle, not yet war. Skirmishes. Between the Establishment and the Rebels. Those who would control and those who want to take control away.
This is in the Economy, Government, Media, Education, Churches and the new wave coming in all those areas. The old establishment will not yield easily. The wave to come is more powerful than you can imagine.
The Global Reset
It will most hurt third world countries and developing nations worst. Rich getting richer, poor getting poorer, even globally. Attempts to help will be weak and fruitless. While the USA will chug along OK as will some of Europe, Australia, Japan, New Zealand (developed countries) deeps recession and despair will be widespread. Some will result in wars, but mostly just pathos of need.. Much need.
2015 is the year of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.
This division, wealth inequality will lead to demagoguery. When you hear the words “income inequality”, you will know the voice of the deceiver has been raised. The poor will be with us …..always. Wealth inequality only serves as a stepping stone for more to enter into wealth. When all are the same, everyone is poor few can emerge. It is a sad delusion when man thinks he can heal this inequality by policy and not opportunity. It only serves to enrich a few bureaucrats at the top, the elitists, and impoverish the rest.
Here is what the Lord Says you can expect personally in 2015:
"My Kingdom is growing. Be part of it. I will never abandon you. I will cleanse you. I will wash you. I will make you new again and again. Yet to do this I must chasten you. I love you too much to allow you to drift very far. The world I have prepared for you here, your temporal destiny, is better than you are now living. I have much more for you. More than you can ask or think. My world for you is secure, safe, confident. In it you are loved, destined for more, directed clear eyed by Me.
I love you too much to allow you to wallow as the tail and not the head. Yet many of you are not yet ready to be the head so I must allow you to remain as the tail until you are prepared to be positioned for headship.
I must wash away all that is not of ME. I must Cleanse all that is YOU out of YOU. There must not be any strongholds between you and me that keep you from the full knowledge of ME. You must be clear eyed to be the head. When you are ready I can trust you with what I called you long ago to do. Great wealth, influence and authority are yours.. but you must first be fully MINE.
My love for you is patient and kind, YET my dealings with you must be painful for the moment to be effective. You must break free from mindsets and strongholds that keep you from being ready to sit in the places of authority I prepared for you.
I cannot bring you up until you are brought to full submission to my purposes in you. Those purposes may not be what you think they are. As you do the good works I have called you to, I will cleanse and purify your hearts until I can trust you with great wealth, power, riches, authority and influence in the earth. It has always been my purpose in you. You hold the key to the timing. Don't resent the delay. Many have entered in quickly. You can too... but first set aside all that is between you and ME."
Thus saith the Lord for 2015
Saturday, December 28, 2013
The Word of the Lord for 2014 - Facing the End
FACING
THE END
A PROPHETIC LOOK AT
THE YEARS TO COME,
INCLUDING FACING
AN ETERNITY IN HEAVEN
What is there to fear? Much if you are insecure in your relationship
with God. Even when we are secure, there
are twinges of pain when we think of things and people we have known coming to the end. Even our own end. Father God
doesn’t want us ignorant and fearful.
“Fear NOT” He says. I offer a
perspective that may help many overcome the fear of the end.
Prologue
I
have been hearing from the Lord the last few weeks that has brought me to the
point where I will now tell you what is happening prophetically. The fact
that it comes at the end of the year may not be accidental.
To be clear, none of what I am about to reveal has anything to do at all with end times. Almost all of what has been written and preached the last hundred or so years about the end times is wrong.
I could give you all kinds of Biblical evidence and historical back up, but for those who are questioning there are notes at the end of this word to help you understand why this prophetic utterance is about the end times. We all will face an end. This is about that.
To be clear, none of what I am about to reveal has anything to do at all with end times. Almost all of what has been written and preached the last hundred or so years about the end times is wrong.
I could give you all kinds of Biblical evidence and historical back up, but for those who are questioning there are notes at the end of this word to help you understand why this prophetic utterance is about the end times. We all will face an end. This is about that.
Facing
the end of what we have been living
Prophetic History is never linear. It is circular. Where we are on the great wheel of history helps us understand the past present and future. The Jewish mind in the time of the ancient writings saw history as a cycle. Our western linear thinking makes us think that things must be future based, they are, but they are simply repeats of what has been. That's why scripture is so helpful to understand the times and seasons. There are events that foretell where things are on the great cycle. One thing is certain; Israel, spiritual and natural (Chosen People) is a key in understanding the benchmarks prophetically. It is a conundrum. God's plan shoots like an arrow thru history, yet the cycle is how we grasp eternal truths. It's a convergence of eternal truth and humanities propensity to fall. Pagan peoples always embraced the cycle. Too many Christians have ignored the cycle and only embraced the arrow which points to an end time, a final conflict, a rapture, an event culminating in the coming of the Lord. It's a difficult thing to reconcile the human mind's incapacity to grasp eternity... yet to see the future history you must.
Here's what the Lord has shown prophetically in light of these things:
We are going to go descend further in our global culture. Life will become less and less valuable to the culture at large. Killing people for "reason" (sick, in the womb, mentally challenged, old, impaired, insanity or racially different) will become acceptable.
Prophetic History is never linear. It is circular. Where we are on the great wheel of history helps us understand the past present and future. The Jewish mind in the time of the ancient writings saw history as a cycle. Our western linear thinking makes us think that things must be future based, they are, but they are simply repeats of what has been. That's why scripture is so helpful to understand the times and seasons. There are events that foretell where things are on the great cycle. One thing is certain; Israel, spiritual and natural (Chosen People) is a key in understanding the benchmarks prophetically. It is a conundrum. God's plan shoots like an arrow thru history, yet the cycle is how we grasp eternal truths. It's a convergence of eternal truth and humanities propensity to fall. Pagan peoples always embraced the cycle. Too many Christians have ignored the cycle and only embraced the arrow which points to an end time, a final conflict, a rapture, an event culminating in the coming of the Lord. It's a difficult thing to reconcile the human mind's incapacity to grasp eternity... yet to see the future history you must.
Here's what the Lord has shown prophetically in light of these things:
We are going to go descend further in our global culture. Life will become less and less valuable to the culture at large. Killing people for "reason" (sick, in the womb, mentally challenged, old, impaired, insanity or racially different) will become acceptable.
The
attack on the family will grow driven by a demon that embraces homosexuality,
destruction of all marriage, sexual insanity and the resultant children of
those "families" will become change agents for the worse. This will
be promoted by the False Prophet (the cultural spirit embodied by media and
entertainment)
Wars not yet imagined will break out as things change. Some will become severe. They will be racial, cultural (yes the cold civil war will become hot) and international as countries attempt to stop what they see as danger by imposing war against a source of the danger as they see it. It will happen as certain countries begin to see the USA (or any other nation) as a danger along the lines of how we saw Iraq after 2001. We went to war because we thought there were WMD's in an unstable nation. That license to conduct a preemptive war is now about to be exercised by other countries and if the USA becomes more unstable than it is today, we will see those nations attack the USA preemptively.
The imagined alliances in the world will dissolve under these attacks. Any illusion that France, Germany or England will come to our aid under such an attack is fantasy. There are no global militaries to stand down a China or Russia who sees the USA as a global danger and takes direct action against her.
Wars not yet imagined will break out as things change. Some will become severe. They will be racial, cultural (yes the cold civil war will become hot) and international as countries attempt to stop what they see as danger by imposing war against a source of the danger as they see it. It will happen as certain countries begin to see the USA (or any other nation) as a danger along the lines of how we saw Iraq after 2001. We went to war because we thought there were WMD's in an unstable nation. That license to conduct a preemptive war is now about to be exercised by other countries and if the USA becomes more unstable than it is today, we will see those nations attack the USA preemptively.
The imagined alliances in the world will dissolve under these attacks. Any illusion that France, Germany or England will come to our aid under such an attack is fantasy. There are no global militaries to stand down a China or Russia who sees the USA as a global danger and takes direct action against her.
As
things deteriorate, there will be attempts again and again to take control of
other dangerous nations as a precursor. Mexico is one such by its continued
lawlessness and corruption (there are small signs there may be progress in this
area) stands vulnerable to invasion. IF a nation with a huge military were to
move against Mexico (see Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela) supported by a Russian
or Chinese Army and all it's might in a 3 pronged attack, do you imagine our
government in its weakened condition trying to defend such action? Mexico would
fall. I see this coming to a head.
This is not to be feared, it is the wars and rumors that are always with us and will be again. They are threatenings. God may in his mercy judge those but the real judgment is the heeding to the false prophet of the Beast that has brought us to this point. The apex that was the USA a generation ago that knew God now has become a nadir to a generation that has forgotten who God is. That cycle has been part of humanity since Joseph in Egypt. It is again.
God hasn't forgotten us, he wants us to be aware of what our decline and degradation has cost us. How the decisions we made over the last 50 years have brought us to this point. Even mentioning the reasoning of God as he says to us, "Let us reason together" is an offense to the false prophet.
We can only pray and act to have a real impact on a culture and society that no longer knows God. Joseph arise! God have Mercy
Facing the End with Optimism
The time of this trouble in our world will be global. The high will be brought low. This will appear to be a good thing for those who are low and feel like the high and mighty deserve this. The problem is the low will be brought lower and many will not survive this time. This is not the great tribulation, it is A great tribulation. It comes as a curse on those nations who have substantially abandoned God and turned to their own ways. Judgment was always declared on nations, but people in nations suffered. "All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; Matthew 25:32
There is going be a complete economic reset in the nations, particularly harsh among those nations who have tried to game the global economic system to sustain unstainables mostly in western countries. This will mean the collapse of currencies. This will mean warfare intranationally (civil war) as services collapse. It will start slowly; Detroit was considered a black swan. That destiny waits for many cities, states and nations. Prophets have declared in the past that Detroit would be a pattern for the nation. Many spiritual leaders didn't think it would be like this. Other cities will collapse, then states and eventually the whole nation. Once one large western nation collapses, other economic dominoes will follow; one at a time. That will create the chaos that neutralizes the supposed power of a one world currency.
People will form these smaller subcultures. Skill will once again become the currency of exchange. I will do for you as you do for me. Exchange will be conducted with hand written IOUs in small community groups. Those who have nothing to offer (skill), those who cannot contribute in these small sustaining subcultures will die. Man's fallen nature will not support one another in a godless society. Give to get. Dog eat dog.
In addition to this the constancy of violent global weather conditions, not unusual, just constant will result in unmet needs in nations. When earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons, tsunamis, epidemics, volcanic eruptions, blizzards, tornadoes, floods, landslides and a hundred other killer events after a global economic collapse (I promise one is coming) there will be no response. There will be no one left to respond. People will perish. There will be much death and destruction from this. There is hope however and it bear the signs of rebirth. Read on.
All this seems like doom and gloom and the end of all things. It's not, its birth pangs as the Kingdom of God is advancing. Those who look to these events as the end of the world aren't looking the optimistic future I see. BUT, you might say, "Doesn’t seem very optimistic to me". NO, if we depend on our leadership, our government or a corrupt world economic system, we have good reasons for pessimism. There is no cause for optimism as long as two altars are in every home, city, church, state and nation. One allegedly to the God of our Fathers and one to the Beast supported by the false prophet. We have that now. There are two altars in many churches, Baal and God. One of prosperity and fertility (Baal) and one of God (Trusting HIM for provision and protection). It's time for one of them to be torn down.
The result of Baal worship is that those who support it become dog food. Jezebel and Ahab was a type of this religious system of government with false prophets who supported this evil government and economic bondage system (as is being formed right now in the USA). The worship of Baal was for the purpose of assuring prosperity. That's the antichrist system we have in effect today. You don't have to look for the antichrist spirit; he is in the news every day. You don't have to wonder what religious governmental combine is supported by this. It's global. It's a strange combination of the false prophet encouraging tolerance by imposing intolerance. Islam is one such, but as John the Apostle said, the antichrist is already in the world and there are many antichrists. When you see a false worship based on peace and prosperity wrapped up in government and supported by media with a degraded culture (as seen on TV and it's not Sham Wow) you see the beginning of the day when it must all be thrown down by the Eunuchs and consumed by the dogs. THROW HER DOWN.
Don't fear this, there will be places of refuge, but they won't be predictable. They will happen as the Holy Spirit manifests Christ among us. Many places will remain in deep darkness, but the Holy Spirit will brood above the deep darkness and bring light at His Word.
This is not to be feared, it is the wars and rumors that are always with us and will be again. They are threatenings. God may in his mercy judge those but the real judgment is the heeding to the false prophet of the Beast that has brought us to this point. The apex that was the USA a generation ago that knew God now has become a nadir to a generation that has forgotten who God is. That cycle has been part of humanity since Joseph in Egypt. It is again.
God hasn't forgotten us, he wants us to be aware of what our decline and degradation has cost us. How the decisions we made over the last 50 years have brought us to this point. Even mentioning the reasoning of God as he says to us, "Let us reason together" is an offense to the false prophet.
We can only pray and act to have a real impact on a culture and society that no longer knows God. Joseph arise! God have Mercy
Facing the End with Optimism
The time of this trouble in our world will be global. The high will be brought low. This will appear to be a good thing for those who are low and feel like the high and mighty deserve this. The problem is the low will be brought lower and many will not survive this time. This is not the great tribulation, it is A great tribulation. It comes as a curse on those nations who have substantially abandoned God and turned to their own ways. Judgment was always declared on nations, but people in nations suffered. "All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; Matthew 25:32
There is going be a complete economic reset in the nations, particularly harsh among those nations who have tried to game the global economic system to sustain unstainables mostly in western countries. This will mean the collapse of currencies. This will mean warfare intranationally (civil war) as services collapse. It will start slowly; Detroit was considered a black swan. That destiny waits for many cities, states and nations. Prophets have declared in the past that Detroit would be a pattern for the nation. Many spiritual leaders didn't think it would be like this. Other cities will collapse, then states and eventually the whole nation. Once one large western nation collapses, other economic dominoes will follow; one at a time. That will create the chaos that neutralizes the supposed power of a one world currency.
People will form these smaller subcultures. Skill will once again become the currency of exchange. I will do for you as you do for me. Exchange will be conducted with hand written IOUs in small community groups. Those who have nothing to offer (skill), those who cannot contribute in these small sustaining subcultures will die. Man's fallen nature will not support one another in a godless society. Give to get. Dog eat dog.
In addition to this the constancy of violent global weather conditions, not unusual, just constant will result in unmet needs in nations. When earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons, tsunamis, epidemics, volcanic eruptions, blizzards, tornadoes, floods, landslides and a hundred other killer events after a global economic collapse (I promise one is coming) there will be no response. There will be no one left to respond. People will perish. There will be much death and destruction from this. There is hope however and it bear the signs of rebirth. Read on.
All this seems like doom and gloom and the end of all things. It's not, its birth pangs as the Kingdom of God is advancing. Those who look to these events as the end of the world aren't looking the optimistic future I see. BUT, you might say, "Doesn’t seem very optimistic to me". NO, if we depend on our leadership, our government or a corrupt world economic system, we have good reasons for pessimism. There is no cause for optimism as long as two altars are in every home, city, church, state and nation. One allegedly to the God of our Fathers and one to the Beast supported by the false prophet. We have that now. There are two altars in many churches, Baal and God. One of prosperity and fertility (Baal) and one of God (Trusting HIM for provision and protection). It's time for one of them to be torn down.
The result of Baal worship is that those who support it become dog food. Jezebel and Ahab was a type of this religious system of government with false prophets who supported this evil government and economic bondage system (as is being formed right now in the USA). The worship of Baal was for the purpose of assuring prosperity. That's the antichrist system we have in effect today. You don't have to look for the antichrist spirit; he is in the news every day. You don't have to wonder what religious governmental combine is supported by this. It's global. It's a strange combination of the false prophet encouraging tolerance by imposing intolerance. Islam is one such, but as John the Apostle said, the antichrist is already in the world and there are many antichrists. When you see a false worship based on peace and prosperity wrapped up in government and supported by media with a degraded culture (as seen on TV and it's not Sham Wow) you see the beginning of the day when it must all be thrown down by the Eunuchs and consumed by the dogs. THROW HER DOWN.
Don't fear this, there will be places of refuge, but they won't be predictable. They will happen as the Holy Spirit manifests Christ among us. Many places will remain in deep darkness, but the Holy Spirit will brood above the deep darkness and bring light at His Word.
This
will result in the greatest awakening the world has ever known, even in Israel
as a sign and a wonder. Jesus will be manifested even greater than we
have ever known. Nealy all churches as we have known them will dissolve.
Our focus on some supposed future event will be discarded for the realization
that here and now is the fullness of the Presence of Christ. In the
natural tragedies of flood and famine there will be supernatural events that
point to the true and living God. Manna, Healing, Wholeness, Provision.
It is that happening at the hands of Holy Ghost empowered witnesses (not witnessing,
being witnesses) demonstrating deliverance to the nations.
This will require sacrificing all the priests of Baal in our lives. No more can we be of two opinions. Now only one. Our God is one.... and HE IS ABLE
This will require sacrificing all the priests of Baal in our lives. No more can we be of two opinions. Now only one. Our God is one.... and HE IS ABLE
Facing
the end WITHOUT FEAR
In the beginning of this I said there are deep long cycles. Even with a destiny for all of us we are operating in patterns easily recognized from the Word of God. One thing is certain; God will take judgment on the evil of rebellion - Its witchcraft to him. He will strip away everything that violates the first and second commandments (Thou shalt have no other gods & No graven images or likenesses) until the only thing left is HIM. He has always done this. He allows rebellion to run its course until he pulls back hard. Just reading the book of Ezekiel chapter 7 and you can see clearly the pattern. Gold thrown in the street. Money fails. Rebellion results in desolation. It happened before and in rebellion will happen again and again:
In the beginning of this I said there are deep long cycles. Even with a destiny for all of us we are operating in patterns easily recognized from the Word of God. One thing is certain; God will take judgment on the evil of rebellion - Its witchcraft to him. He will strip away everything that violates the first and second commandments (Thou shalt have no other gods & No graven images or likenesses) until the only thing left is HIM. He has always done this. He allows rebellion to run its course until he pulls back hard. Just reading the book of Ezekiel chapter 7 and you can see clearly the pattern. Gold thrown in the street. Money fails. Rebellion results in desolation. It happened before and in rebellion will happen again and again:
Ezekiel
7:10b-22 The rod has budded
Arrogance has blossomed! 11Violence has arisen a rod to punish the wicked. None of the people will be left, none of that crowd— none of their wealth, nothing of value. 12The time has come! The day has arrived! Let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller grieve, for my wrath is on the whole crowd. 13The seller will not recover the property that was sold— as long as both buyer and seller live. For the vision concerning the whole crowd will not be reversed. Because of their sins, not one of them will preserve their life. 14“?‘They have blown the trumpet, they have made all things ready, but no one will go into battle, for my wrath is on the whole crowd. 15Outside is the sword; inside are plague and famine. Those in the country will die by the sword; those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague. 16The fugitives who escape will flee to the mountains. Like doves of the valleys, they will all moan, each for their own sins. 17Every hand will go limp; every leg will be wet with urine. 18They will put on sackcloth and be clothed with terror. Every face will be covered with shame, and every head will be shaved. 19“?‘They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath. It will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs, for it has caused them to stumble into sin. 20They took pride in their beautiful jewelry and used it to make their detestable idols. They made it into vile images; therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them. 21I will give their wealth as plunder to foreigners and as loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile it. 22I will turn my face away from the people, and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure. They will enter it and will defile it.
Arrogance has blossomed! 11Violence has arisen a rod to punish the wicked. None of the people will be left, none of that crowd— none of their wealth, nothing of value. 12The time has come! The day has arrived! Let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller grieve, for my wrath is on the whole crowd. 13The seller will not recover the property that was sold— as long as both buyer and seller live. For the vision concerning the whole crowd will not be reversed. Because of their sins, not one of them will preserve their life. 14“?‘They have blown the trumpet, they have made all things ready, but no one will go into battle, for my wrath is on the whole crowd. 15Outside is the sword; inside are plague and famine. Those in the country will die by the sword; those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague. 16The fugitives who escape will flee to the mountains. Like doves of the valleys, they will all moan, each for their own sins. 17Every hand will go limp; every leg will be wet with urine. 18They will put on sackcloth and be clothed with terror. Every face will be covered with shame, and every head will be shaved. 19“?‘They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will be treated as a thing unclean. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath. It will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs, for it has caused them to stumble into sin. 20They took pride in their beautiful jewelry and used it to make their detestable idols. They made it into vile images; therefore I will make it a thing unclean for them. 21I will give their wealth as plunder to foreigners and as loot to the wicked of the earth, who will defile it. 22I will turn my face away from the people, and robbers will desecrate the place I treasure. They will enter it and will defile it.
The result of all this will be a wholesale return to the God of our Fathers. False religions will fade away. There will no hope except a return to the Lord. "Come let us return to the Lord" will be the cry.
There will be no escape. You won't be able to buy your way out of this. The only thing that can save you are your relationships horizontally and vertically. God will be in our midst. Jesus will be manifest. The Holy Spirit filled saint will walk in authority.
In the middle of all this
will be a recognition of the hopeless worthless materialist things that costs
so many everything, even their lives.
This is how people will face the pain, the difficulty. The key to overcoming is grasping an ancient yet now forgotten way of death and dying and the solid trust we can have in an everlasting Father. Our modern culture no longer faces death with the power of the Holy Ghost and life lived for God. We see our life and one thing and our purpose in God as another. Yet, I can make this promise to you; You will not see death until your eternal purpose in the Father is complete. If you have lost a child or a loved one prematurely, you might question that. But it's true.. You are immortal in the flesh until....
The fear of death has created a culture that grasps at life above its value. How did the martyrs of old face death? Bravely, welcoming, fearlessly, with joy and hope. How did the ancients as they lay dying pronounce blessing to others and then were laid up with their fathers? How do those who fight in wars are often killed for the cause they fight for and die with courage? How did the Apostle Paul or Peter face the executioners? They knew death was coming but with little fear. They had a revelation of what happens at death.
This is how people will face the pain, the difficulty. The key to overcoming is grasping an ancient yet now forgotten way of death and dying and the solid trust we can have in an everlasting Father. Our modern culture no longer faces death with the power of the Holy Ghost and life lived for God. We see our life and one thing and our purpose in God as another. Yet, I can make this promise to you; You will not see death until your eternal purpose in the Father is complete. If you have lost a child or a loved one prematurely, you might question that. But it's true.. You are immortal in the flesh until....
The fear of death has created a culture that grasps at life above its value. How did the martyrs of old face death? Bravely, welcoming, fearlessly, with joy and hope. How did the ancients as they lay dying pronounce blessing to others and then were laid up with their fathers? How do those who fight in wars are often killed for the cause they fight for and die with courage? How did the Apostle Paul or Peter face the executioners? They knew death was coming but with little fear. They had a revelation of what happens at death.
Facing the End ..
Overcoming the FEAR of DEATH
Satan has caused many saints of God to allow the sting of death to return. He has deceived many into clinging to our mortal meat shells without Godly reason. Yes, we want to live, we can't do much for the Kingdom when we are dead, but we will all die. There is no escape. It is, was and always will be appointed unto man ONCE to die. There is a second death. It is the death of the lost. To the pagan, those lost for eternity, death does and should hold fear. I will not address those things that they fear. There is a way to enter into eternal life. It's visible at nearly every football game. I am more concerned with Christians who fear death needlessly. We need to know with confidence how that last breath happens and means.
What happens when we die? There is great confusion; it's the second time we go thru such radical change. Change is confusing. All change is perceived as loss. Birth was confusing. Darkness to light, Warmth to something new and colder. We cried out. We were confused in this transition. Uncertain. Death has the same effect. As we lie on our deathbed, sometimes we face this with fear, sometimes amazement, a metaphysical roller coaster ride. I understand that as Steve Jobs lay dying, just before he took his last breath, his eyes opened and he said, WOW!. I don't know what that means but I am sure WOW fits. Some withdraw further and further. Sleeping more and more. Recognizing the end and accepting it without struggle. Some do struggle right up till the end in fear. It's understandable.
Satan has caused many saints of God to allow the sting of death to return. He has deceived many into clinging to our mortal meat shells without Godly reason. Yes, we want to live, we can't do much for the Kingdom when we are dead, but we will all die. There is no escape. It is, was and always will be appointed unto man ONCE to die. There is a second death. It is the death of the lost. To the pagan, those lost for eternity, death does and should hold fear. I will not address those things that they fear. There is a way to enter into eternal life. It's visible at nearly every football game. I am more concerned with Christians who fear death needlessly. We need to know with confidence how that last breath happens and means.
What happens when we die? There is great confusion; it's the second time we go thru such radical change. Change is confusing. All change is perceived as loss. Birth was confusing. Darkness to light, Warmth to something new and colder. We cried out. We were confused in this transition. Uncertain. Death has the same effect. As we lie on our deathbed, sometimes we face this with fear, sometimes amazement, a metaphysical roller coaster ride. I understand that as Steve Jobs lay dying, just before he took his last breath, his eyes opened and he said, WOW!. I don't know what that means but I am sure WOW fits. Some withdraw further and further. Sleeping more and more. Recognizing the end and accepting it without struggle. Some do struggle right up till the end in fear. It's understandable.
Yet there is a way to
understand death and overcome the fear, the sting, until we can say, “Oh Death
where is your sting?”
Is there pain in death? Yes, momentarily. Particularly in a gruesome death. A gunshot, stabbing, bad car accident, execution, torture, a painful death by drowning, suffocation, heart attack or hanging.
Most people imagine they are
going to die lying on a bed with friends and family surrounding them. That is not
always the case. What of these more difficult unexpected situations of dying in
pain. To deny pain is to deny the reality of death. There is however good news,
pain is the last ditch effort our flesh fights with to keep us here.
Those who have gone thru this and come back say the pain was momentary, brief, intense and then erased from all memory. Like having a really bad tooth pulled. Pain for a moment and then no more pain. Mortality is not sloughed off easily. This flesh doesn't want to become an empty shell to be buried, burned or abandoned. It wants to hold on as long as it can. But like a teenager who becomes such a pain in the neck that a parent is glad when they leave, so too our flesh causes us more and more discomfort as we age until staying in it is no longer acceptable. It's very much the same syndrome and if we must learn to accept it as normal.
Those who have gone thru this and come back say the pain was momentary, brief, intense and then erased from all memory. Like having a really bad tooth pulled. Pain for a moment and then no more pain. Mortality is not sloughed off easily. This flesh doesn't want to become an empty shell to be buried, burned or abandoned. It wants to hold on as long as it can. But like a teenager who becomes such a pain in the neck that a parent is glad when they leave, so too our flesh causes us more and more discomfort as we age until staying in it is no longer acceptable. It's very much the same syndrome and if we must learn to accept it as normal.
Not that there isn't regret
and pain in separation from those we love. That's part of it too. Yet to the
Christian, it is those loved ones left behind that suffer. Once death happens
for the Believer all pain is gone, all memories that would cause grief
dissipates. The sentiment is I'll see you soon. An eternal perspective offers
that.
If we could grasp the temporary nature in dying we might not enter into it as full of trepidation as we do. Much of the heroics we commit ourselves to in the false hope that we might live forever in our bodies (or longer anyway) are vain attempts to postpone that which will take us all. It's not a sin. Doing battle with disease is part of life. Jesus (the great physician) healed the sick and raised the dead. Yet all died. It's that eventual reality that must be recognized as we step from time into eternity.
We come into a new reality as a believer who dies in Christ. No pain. No grief. No fear. In the next chapter I will tell you what happens right AFTER you die. And what it's really like on the other side of the veil that stands between time and eternity. Most people don't understand this. If we can.. it will change us forever and we will live in victory --fearless and purposed.
It IS Fathers intent for you to know this as he has downloaded this to many prophets who are speaking the same thing right now. This is why I am so confident in sharing this at this time.
Facing the End - Entering
Eternity Fearlessly
Imagine that you are one and then the other of the two thieves on the cross on either side of Jesus as they died. One mocked him. Bravado. Anger. Pain. The other appealed to Jesus. “Remember me” he said. Jesus assures him thru his anguish, pain of scourging and beatings, pain of torture on a cross designed to make the dying as long and painful as possible. All three were suffering.
Imagine that you are one and then the other of the two thieves on the cross on either side of Jesus as they died. One mocked him. Bravado. Anger. Pain. The other appealed to Jesus. “Remember me” he said. Jesus assures him thru his anguish, pain of scourging and beatings, pain of torture on a cross designed to make the dying as long and painful as possible. All three were suffering.
The mocking thief faced his
final moments in terror. Not knowing what would be next. His last
breath was a desperate attempt to forestall the moment of life's
termination.
On the other side was the
thief that heard the word of the Lord; “TODAY YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN
PARADISE”. His last breath was welcomed. He knew that Jesus, the
Creator of the universe opened heaven's welcome center for him. Fear was
gone. He may have been in pain.. But he entered into eternity with
hope. That is Gods best for his children. Fear of the sting of
death is gone...as we will lay dying He says once more ... “TODAY YOU WILL BE
WITH ME”.
So what happens to us right after we die? It's the moment after. Time has now ceased. We enter eternity. All pain is gone. Our carcass is empty. Body and soul are no longer one. What do we see or experience? What is that moment like?
What we will face in Heaven
So what happens to us right after we die? It's the moment after. Time has now ceased. We enter eternity. All pain is gone. Our carcass is empty. Body and soul are no longer one. What do we see or experience? What is that moment like?
What we will face in Heaven
There are scriptural
evidences and testimonies of a some who have witnessed these things to help us
grasp what happens. We can construct what it will be like using clues
with Biblical support.
The song we can only imagine,
as wonderful as it is, comes short of the mark. We can and if we can grasp the
vision, fear dissolves.
The moment the thief Jesus Promised died, all people who die in Christ, the moment you die here's what happens:
There is a shock into well being. We suddenly feel indescribable peace. Beyond all understanding. It's overwhelms us. We can hardly take it in. Then there is the unimaginable beauty. It is a manifestation of the fullness of Jesus beauty. Every color comes so alive that we can taste it. In fact we will taste colors. Music is everywhere. All at once. Remember this is eternity where everything is now. So our experience in non linear. It's all now. Hard for those of us trapped in time to grasp, but to get a small glimpse of what that might be like, think back to a wonderful childhood memory. A good one. Think of it. All the color, music, joy, fun, and love you felt. Now let that emotion come over you. You see it not in linear fashion but as one good memory, all at once. The parts you really enjoyed come back again and again. That's a bad imitation of what eternity is like. All at once, but able to be parceled out.
The moment the thief Jesus Promised died, all people who die in Christ, the moment you die here's what happens:
There is a shock into well being. We suddenly feel indescribable peace. Beyond all understanding. It's overwhelms us. We can hardly take it in. Then there is the unimaginable beauty. It is a manifestation of the fullness of Jesus beauty. Every color comes so alive that we can taste it. In fact we will taste colors. Music is everywhere. All at once. Remember this is eternity where everything is now. So our experience in non linear. It's all now. Hard for those of us trapped in time to grasp, but to get a small glimpse of what that might be like, think back to a wonderful childhood memory. A good one. Think of it. All the color, music, joy, fun, and love you felt. Now let that emotion come over you. You see it not in linear fashion but as one good memory, all at once. The parts you really enjoyed come back again and again. That's a bad imitation of what eternity is like. All at once, but able to be parceled out.
I hear people ask what kind
of music will I hear? It will be your fullness of joy to experience...
whatever fits your moment will be heard. For some hymns, for some chants, for
some choruses, for some classical, for some a gospel song, or even a joyful
rap. It's your eternity and Father will speak to you in the context you understand.
You will grasp that it's all one. Yet differentiable, yet we will not
know of the differences others have.
You will have unspeakable joy. No remembrances from earth that have contain any regret or pain... the pain you had in life will fit into your understanding and there will be no questions. The Idea that you are going to ask questions of Jesus when you get there will be needless. You will have full understanding of all. You will know who you really are. There will be no more self doubt. How you fit into the whole while on earth will make perfect sense in a supernatural way. That is why there is no recognized hierarchy in heaven. One saint is as another. Fullness and fitly joined together. This sudden recognition of your place in the universe will take your breath away.
Your capacity for experience will multiply a thousand times or more. You will experience heaven as if you had 5000 senses instead of 5. Every color, every sound, every taste, everything you hear, everything you feel, and the fragrance... it will be amazing. You will understand what a vapid colorless place life on earth was. You won't regret it...but wish everyone could experience what you are experience.
You will live without confusion. No question. Your only desire will be to worship. It will all be so clear. Bowing in worship, raising hands. Singing. The Sea of Glass is a desire hidden in the hearts of men. We want to be there. Whatever we do will make all the sense...in heaven. It will be automatic. You will want to enter into who HE is so completely as to be lost in Him. You were created for this. The beauty of Jesus will be revealed again and again. It will be all one but eternal. It will never be boring. Love will be overwhelming.
You will have unspeakable joy. No remembrances from earth that have contain any regret or pain... the pain you had in life will fit into your understanding and there will be no questions. The Idea that you are going to ask questions of Jesus when you get there will be needless. You will have full understanding of all. You will know who you really are. There will be no more self doubt. How you fit into the whole while on earth will make perfect sense in a supernatural way. That is why there is no recognized hierarchy in heaven. One saint is as another. Fullness and fitly joined together. This sudden recognition of your place in the universe will take your breath away.
Your capacity for experience will multiply a thousand times or more. You will experience heaven as if you had 5000 senses instead of 5. Every color, every sound, every taste, everything you hear, everything you feel, and the fragrance... it will be amazing. You will understand what a vapid colorless place life on earth was. You won't regret it...but wish everyone could experience what you are experience.
You will live without confusion. No question. Your only desire will be to worship. It will all be so clear. Bowing in worship, raising hands. Singing. The Sea of Glass is a desire hidden in the hearts of men. We want to be there. Whatever we do will make all the sense...in heaven. It will be automatic. You will want to enter into who HE is so completely as to be lost in Him. You were created for this. The beauty of Jesus will be revealed again and again. It will be all one but eternal. It will never be boring. Love will be overwhelming.
You will have a form. A spirit form. Yet you will look to others as you were remembered best. Known as you were known. Recognized... yet it is your spirit that they see.. the rest is construct. In fact you have only a spirit. It's hard to explain, but you won't have arms, legs or a head as you know yourself, but to those who see you, you will look as you did to them. I know that's hard to understand but think of a child who dies young. Her daddy is 25 years old. She will see him thus. His brother who dies at 50 will remember him as about his age and his wife who follows him in death will see that man thru the eyes of love. His mother who bore him and died in childbirth will see him as a young boy. They will all know him, but all in context and construct. Its how people who die see grandparents and such waiting for them... as they knew them.
It will not seem an unfamiliar place to be explored. You will already know all about it. It will seem normal, someplace you already knew. In a strange way, heaven was always in your heart.
You have had glimpses of
it. This is why the idea of reincarnation keeps coming up in false
religions. There is a sense of going back, so people try to explain the
origin of all life (JESUS saying let there be) as a reincarnation. It's not.
But it is a type of returning... Remember, once there, all here is now.
To grasp this scripturally, you are already seated in heavenly places with
Christ Jesus...yet you are here. In that
way you return to heaven.
It is impossible to describe so those who have had a glimpse of Heaven are lost for words.
It is impossible to describe so those who have had a glimpse of Heaven are lost for words.
One thing is certain, once
you have been there and come back the fear of death, even the fear of the pain
of death is gone.
People don't GO to heaven. They enter heaven. Heaven is infinite in proximity. Right here. Right there. Just there. It is easier to think of it a long long away somehow out there, but it's here. Not on earth, well kind of. More on that in the last post.
When people die they step from the cloak of time into the uncloaking of eternity. We are locked in a box called time and enter into an unlimited vista called NOW.. Eternity.
People don't GO to heaven. They enter heaven. Heaven is infinite in proximity. Right here. Right there. Just there. It is easier to think of it a long long away somehow out there, but it's here. Not on earth, well kind of. More on that in the last post.
When people die they step from the cloak of time into the uncloaking of eternity. We are locked in a box called time and enter into an unlimited vista called NOW.. Eternity.
Facing the End.. Left
Behind
The hardest part for those still here after someone steps from time into eternity is the sense of being left behind (there is still pain in loss). Once our loved ones step from time into eternity they are unaware of us. They don't forget us, they know who we are, but they are not aware of us once they are in eternity. They are not part of any cloud of witnesses. They are oblivious to us after the point of death. Think about what it would be like for them to be aware of our actions, reactions and rebellions. They do not become angels. Not even Mary the Mother of Jesus. She is there, but she is not an angel. I don't want to upset my Catholic friends but the apparitions of Mary are supernatural communications but not Mary. People saw her because it was a form of communication. Sometimes perhaps even demonic. Measurement of that must be made in the light of Scripture. An Angel taking a form acceptable to us can be a way Father uses His messengers to communicate something he can't get done another way. Look at all the times angel messengers were used and documented to communicate something. It's still happening.
Those people now in heaven don't see or sense us. They are in glory. BUT we can sense them. They can't come to us, there are no ghosts. We will only go to them. They can't come to us. David proclaimed that when his infant son died. It's a truth we must grasp.
The hardest part for those still here after someone steps from time into eternity is the sense of being left behind (there is still pain in loss). Once our loved ones step from time into eternity they are unaware of us. They don't forget us, they know who we are, but they are not aware of us once they are in eternity. They are not part of any cloud of witnesses. They are oblivious to us after the point of death. Think about what it would be like for them to be aware of our actions, reactions and rebellions. They do not become angels. Not even Mary the Mother of Jesus. She is there, but she is not an angel. I don't want to upset my Catholic friends but the apparitions of Mary are supernatural communications but not Mary. People saw her because it was a form of communication. Sometimes perhaps even demonic. Measurement of that must be made in the light of Scripture. An Angel taking a form acceptable to us can be a way Father uses His messengers to communicate something he can't get done another way. Look at all the times angel messengers were used and documented to communicate something. It's still happening.
Those people now in heaven don't see or sense us. They are in glory. BUT we can sense them. They can't come to us, there are no ghosts. We will only go to them. They can't come to us. David proclaimed that when his infant son died. It's a truth we must grasp.
When someone who has lost a
loved one says, "It feels like they are still here or I can feel or sense
their presence" it's true. They are just there.. just on the other
side of the veil. A very thin veil.
You can feel it. You sense
them. Yet this is not so for them. They wait for you. They remember
you in the completed tapestry that was their life in time. But you are
now frozen in their memory. After they die, they don’t see you
again. You can talk, pray and cry out to them, but they are deaf to your
cries. Praying to saints is fruitless. YET... of your loved ones
gone - you can sense the love they had for you and bask in it... as they wait
for you to come. The veil between you and them is very thin and sometimes
is breached for a moment.. you to them but not them to you. They are in
Glory and you are still here in the battle. They are right there... just
there, you can almost reach out and touch them on the other side of the veil. Think of what the transfiguration was like
for Moses? Did he see to our side?
Jesus and all the angels have no problem moving from time into eternity and back again. There is no confusion for them. That's how Jesus ascending into heaven and returning seemed to break thru some veil. I wonder how high it appeared Jesus was when he seemed to disappear? Fifty feet, a hundred, a thousand? It seemed as if he entered a cloud and then was gone. In the same way he came back again.... in a cloud. The veil appears like a cloud. Not that it is a cloud.. it is the separation between time and eternity.
Jesus and all the angels have no problem moving from time into eternity and back again. There is no confusion for them. That's how Jesus ascending into heaven and returning seemed to break thru some veil. I wonder how high it appeared Jesus was when he seemed to disappear? Fifty feet, a hundred, a thousand? It seemed as if he entered a cloud and then was gone. In the same way he came back again.... in a cloud. The veil appears like a cloud. Not that it is a cloud.. it is the separation between time and eternity.
Cloud is the only way someone
seeing it can describe it. It's a portal that opens and as angels step
thru it looks like stepping into or out of a cloud.
Jesus appears often on earth. Has to many. He sees us. He is God. Your uncle Art is not. He is now like Jesus in bodily form in heaven, but not God.
Jesus appears often on earth. Has to many. He sees us. He is God. Your uncle Art is not. He is now like Jesus in bodily form in heaven, but not God.
Angels are assigned
messengers and with messages come from and return to heaven. Your uncle
Art will never be an angel. Your uncle Art will be one who came into
heaven a little higher than the angels yet never assigned to return to
earth. That's for other created beings.
This is also how supernatural provision comes. Remember the storeroom of heaven is just over there. Just the other side of the veil. Very close in proximity. So when we look to heaven's provision we are able to receive as the veil is breached and those things stored up for us are delivered into our hands. Sometimes it's manna. Sometimes it's rain when you need it. Sometimes it's deliverance. Sometimes its protection. Sometimes it's money in a fish. Those things happen as heaven touches earth for a moment in answer to prayer.
One thing that becomes clear in heaven when the revelation comes of HIS greatness and majesty. The earth, the sun, the moon, the solar system, the galaxies, all the galaxies, all of creation suddenly fade into proper perspective in our sight of the Creator. Will earth exist...? Yes but in proper perspective.
This is also how supernatural provision comes. Remember the storeroom of heaven is just over there. Just the other side of the veil. Very close in proximity. So when we look to heaven's provision we are able to receive as the veil is breached and those things stored up for us are delivered into our hands. Sometimes it's manna. Sometimes it's rain when you need it. Sometimes it's deliverance. Sometimes its protection. Sometimes it's money in a fish. Those things happen as heaven touches earth for a moment in answer to prayer.
One thing that becomes clear in heaven when the revelation comes of HIS greatness and majesty. The earth, the sun, the moon, the solar system, the galaxies, all the galaxies, all of creation suddenly fade into proper perspective in our sight of the Creator. Will earth exist...? Yes but in proper perspective.
All of creation will roll up
like a scroll into the proper relationship to her creator. You won't be
in awe of them any more, but in awe of the maker. There will be very
little to cause you to want to be other than in HIS presence... except that HE
is everywhere. If you decide you want to visit Jupiter or Mars (like the
old song says) you can think it and be there. You won't need air or a
spaceship. You won't --- not moving, you'll just be.
All the things you read and memorized from scripture will make sense. There will be things you were taught or believed here on earth that will seem like nonsense. But that was then. In eternity the silly things you thought will fall away as the TRUTH takes center stage.. I AM the TRUTH HE said.
Not everyone will make it to heaven. Will you know if your loved ones are missing and grieve? Probably not. There are no tears in heaven. No grief. No pain. So from the moment you die till your loved ones appear at heaven's portal you will be unknowing. It's not a sanitized experience; it's one that provides only for your fit into the whole.
These things are hard to explain. The centrality of Jesus is what makes it all hold together (according to Scripture). He will so overwhelm you with His glory you will not notice so many things that distract on earth.
All the things you read and memorized from scripture will make sense. There will be things you were taught or believed here on earth that will seem like nonsense. But that was then. In eternity the silly things you thought will fall away as the TRUTH takes center stage.. I AM the TRUTH HE said.
Not everyone will make it to heaven. Will you know if your loved ones are missing and grieve? Probably not. There are no tears in heaven. No grief. No pain. So from the moment you die till your loved ones appear at heaven's portal you will be unknowing. It's not a sanitized experience; it's one that provides only for your fit into the whole.
These things are hard to explain. The centrality of Jesus is what makes it all hold together (according to Scripture). He will so overwhelm you with His glory you will not notice so many things that distract on earth.
You can live like this. You can grasp your eternal nature now.
Epilogue
There is much more to say, but like Paul the Apostle said,
There is much more to say, but like Paul the Apostle said,
“It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord: I know a man in Christ who fourteen years whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a one was caught up to the third heaven. And I know such a man—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows— how he was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. Of such a one I will boast; yet of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities. For though I might desire to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone should think of me above what he sees me to be or hears from me” (2 Corinthians 12:1–6)
I won't tell you how I know all these things, you must measure them all by scripture. They will prove to be true as they are.
Prophet Gene
What about end times:
There is no rapture. Never was. The "Join Him in the AIR” is true.. but not as a rapture.
Jesus is here. Always has been as he promised. He manifests but only for a brief time. He is as good as His word.... NEVER leaving or forsaking. He's here. We do not know how to recognize him. We are like the men on the road to Emmaus.
The world is not about to end, it is however going to go thru times of great trouble, but that has been going on in history since time began. These tribulations are part of a great cycle. There is no Great Tribulation yet there will be tribulations.
False religions will be shown up to be the beast and the beast will manifest himself as the persecutor of the faithful.
Jesus
is hated by the devil and when he inspires demonized people to take control of
a religious system it becomes demonic government. The current beast is Islam.
No longer a religion it has now become a tool of satan to destroy the Kingdom
of God. Of course in the face of great persecution comes great revival. When
the devil comes in, LIKE A FLOOD God raises up a standard against him.
Don't
fear persecution, don't embrace it either. Recognize it as part of the cycle.
When Islam is destroyed and discredited, there will be another. The devil has
no new strategies, that's why the writers of the Bible could talk with such
certitude about such things. It did happen, people lost their heads for their
profession of faith, they are losing them today around the world and will even
more in the future.
Facing the END in Victory
There are “Biblical” ideas that have been presented that are not accurate. It's not just the eschatology, it is an understanding of the victory over sin and death that was fought and WON at the cross witnessed by an empty tomb over 2000 years ago.
Someday the world will indeed cease to exist as we knew it physically...yet it will never end. When Jesus is revealed (either upon our stepping from time into eternity or when the earth dissolves... as must happen eventually) we will see HIM as HE really is. The scroll will be rolled back and then the SON will shine brighter than the SUN. That is the revelation of HIM that we will all see together. It's not going to happen soon. Stop looking for it. There is no great showdown ending with the world ceasing to exist. The Kingdom of God is not going to stop advancing until the end of the WORLD... so enjoy the journey without fear.
How about the mark of the beast, the one world money system, the "no man can buy or sell except"? All happened and will happen again and then will not. In fact eventually all attempts to create a single currency fails (see Bitcoin). At one time all of the Roman Empire used a single currency. How about now? Attempts and failures over the centuries to control commerce by creating fiat currency has always ended in defeat. Its not to say the devil doesn't try it again and again, it's just destined to fail. In fact soon God's judgment will once again manifest to crush this vain attempt. This worldwide system will collapse.
What about the bowls of wrath, the vials, the hailstones, the four corners, the winds, the beast from the sea, the "hide me", the terrors of Revelation? They all happened right on schedule in AD 72. The religious system of the Beast Judaism and Government were crushed and destroyed. Since all things in the earth have been deep long term cycles and birth pangs, they happen again and again and again as the Kingdom advances.
Those who doubt God's capacity to bring judgment on evil don't own a newspaper, radio, TV or have access to Internet news. YET all these things are past, present and future... as the Kingdom increases. Don't read the news with an eye towards the end, or Jesus coming thru the clouds; He did, in the sight of the High Priest. And he will again, in a show of his GLORY as this beast system is once again put to dust, to shame.
Think of all the beast systems that are now properly filed in the dustbin of history. Baal, Greek, Roman and Norse god Worship (remember Zeus and Odin?), Egyptian gods of government now only exist in hieroglyphics, who knows what Stonehenge was all about, or the Mayan and Aztec gods who were sacrificed to of human flesh and in more modern times Japan, China, Nazi and certain African nations who considered their leaders gods or demi gods. Now all gone. Only Jesus remains. And at some point when Islam is exposed it too will die the death all false religion dies. As will Hindu and all other. Only Christ, the true and living God will survive the millennial. All others are judged.
Jesus spoke of certain times in Matthew 24. They all came to pass exactly as he predicted in 72AD. Yet we must also be aware of the cycles.... deep and long. Catastrophe has come and will come again so the warnings Jesus makes are still efficacious to heed. We ignore them as history at our own risk. They are History, but they ring true as the great cycles of humanity turn. We lurch from obscurity, to abundance, to bondage and then into catastrophe. It has been ever thus and the Books of Kings and Chronicles are there as a shadow of what we expect.
The lawless acts warned about to Timothy by Paul are true. Men do wax worse and worse....then the cycle turns, revival comes, repentance and GLORY shines. It will happen again. We are not far from a much greater revival (accompanied by greater persecution) than you can imagine.
I write all this not to convince you to change your thinking. That is a journey you must take for yourself. There are many great books and blogs to help you find the way. If however you persist in believing that somehow you will be spared by some escape in the future (rapture), you are about to be discouraged. You won't escape, you will be hidden, you can be in Goshen, you can live in the provision and protection of the Lord, but you will not escape unscathed. If you look at the long cycles of history, you will see it.
There are things taught wrongly in many circles that must be ignored.
Facing the END in Victory
There are “Biblical” ideas that have been presented that are not accurate. It's not just the eschatology, it is an understanding of the victory over sin and death that was fought and WON at the cross witnessed by an empty tomb over 2000 years ago.
Someday the world will indeed cease to exist as we knew it physically...yet it will never end. When Jesus is revealed (either upon our stepping from time into eternity or when the earth dissolves... as must happen eventually) we will see HIM as HE really is. The scroll will be rolled back and then the SON will shine brighter than the SUN. That is the revelation of HIM that we will all see together. It's not going to happen soon. Stop looking for it. There is no great showdown ending with the world ceasing to exist. The Kingdom of God is not going to stop advancing until the end of the WORLD... so enjoy the journey without fear.
How about the mark of the beast, the one world money system, the "no man can buy or sell except"? All happened and will happen again and then will not. In fact eventually all attempts to create a single currency fails (see Bitcoin). At one time all of the Roman Empire used a single currency. How about now? Attempts and failures over the centuries to control commerce by creating fiat currency has always ended in defeat. Its not to say the devil doesn't try it again and again, it's just destined to fail. In fact soon God's judgment will once again manifest to crush this vain attempt. This worldwide system will collapse.
What about the bowls of wrath, the vials, the hailstones, the four corners, the winds, the beast from the sea, the "hide me", the terrors of Revelation? They all happened right on schedule in AD 72. The religious system of the Beast Judaism and Government were crushed and destroyed. Since all things in the earth have been deep long term cycles and birth pangs, they happen again and again and again as the Kingdom advances.
Those who doubt God's capacity to bring judgment on evil don't own a newspaper, radio, TV or have access to Internet news. YET all these things are past, present and future... as the Kingdom increases. Don't read the news with an eye towards the end, or Jesus coming thru the clouds; He did, in the sight of the High Priest. And he will again, in a show of his GLORY as this beast system is once again put to dust, to shame.
Think of all the beast systems that are now properly filed in the dustbin of history. Baal, Greek, Roman and Norse god Worship (remember Zeus and Odin?), Egyptian gods of government now only exist in hieroglyphics, who knows what Stonehenge was all about, or the Mayan and Aztec gods who were sacrificed to of human flesh and in more modern times Japan, China, Nazi and certain African nations who considered their leaders gods or demi gods. Now all gone. Only Jesus remains. And at some point when Islam is exposed it too will die the death all false religion dies. As will Hindu and all other. Only Christ, the true and living God will survive the millennial. All others are judged.
Jesus spoke of certain times in Matthew 24. They all came to pass exactly as he predicted in 72AD. Yet we must also be aware of the cycles.... deep and long. Catastrophe has come and will come again so the warnings Jesus makes are still efficacious to heed. We ignore them as history at our own risk. They are History, but they ring true as the great cycles of humanity turn. We lurch from obscurity, to abundance, to bondage and then into catastrophe. It has been ever thus and the Books of Kings and Chronicles are there as a shadow of what we expect.
The lawless acts warned about to Timothy by Paul are true. Men do wax worse and worse....then the cycle turns, revival comes, repentance and GLORY shines. It will happen again. We are not far from a much greater revival (accompanied by greater persecution) than you can imagine.
I write all this not to convince you to change your thinking. That is a journey you must take for yourself. There are many great books and blogs to help you find the way. If however you persist in believing that somehow you will be spared by some escape in the future (rapture), you are about to be discouraged. You won't escape, you will be hidden, you can be in Goshen, you can live in the provision and protection of the Lord, but you will not escape unscathed. If you look at the long cycles of history, you will see it.
There are things taught wrongly in many circles that must be ignored.
There
is something about the people Israel. There is much we don't grasp. Who they
are and what they represent to God in his illogical covenant commitment to such
a rebellious people. Those who are grafted in later (that would be you and me)
are just as rebellious. If I were God I would have chosen a much more worthy
race of folks, Germans perhaps. (OK that's a joke) In any case, ignoring what
is happening with the covenanted people even in rebellion is intentional
spiritual blindness. The very fact that they now speak the language Moses spoke
and was spoken to at the burning bush and occupy the same land is not without
prophetic meaning. This is a sign to those of us who are grafted in to have
confidence in our God. They may lose the land, but the covenant will still be
in place. He is not an indian giver God.
God's great advancing Kingdom is becoming greater. Have hope in God.
God's great advancing Kingdom is becoming greater. Have hope in God.
Friday, March 08, 2013
Word of the Lord for 2013
At the end of 2012 I took three hard looks at the year to come. A change had taken place. Demonic activity was intense. The world and the nation had gone off the rails. I wrote about it on the Prophet Gene blog. They comprise the word for 2013.
I have long believed that there would be a great divide in the "Church".
That there would be a Whore church and a True Church, the Bride. That
the divide would become very evident. The line of demarcation would be
clear. That the deception and embracing of corrupt evil government would
be the mark of the Whore church.
Growing up I was taught this would be the Catholic Church. I no longer believe that. I think at one time the Catholic church was the false prophet, the whore church. But I think God has killed off that facet of the church. Then I thought it might be the lukewarm evangelical church. Methodist, Presbyterian, lukewarm ELCA Lutheran. I thought it might be the Liberal Church of Jim Wallis and the Sojourners who embrace all forms of evil in the name of Jesus.
Now I see a new candidate. It bothers me a lot. A form of Religion but no power of discernment. No capacity for hearing from God. No willingness for obedience to His Word. Lawlessness is the core identifier of this church:
That divide is becoming clear to me now. I don't like what I see, the unholy trinity of Revelation 13.
Satan (the Dragon) finds people who will be subject to his wiles, he influences them and uses deception to place his subjects or at least those who cannot resist him in power in government. We then have a corrupt government system. The beast. That is the Great Dragon and the Beast in place. That would be bad enough, but then we have support for the beast empowered by the dragon. The false prophet.
The false prophet is a corrupted religious system the calls evil good and good evil. It supports the beast (corrupt government) and teaches that the government of corruption is God's purpose. That creates an UnHoly trinity. The Dragon (the devil) could not do this without unredeemed unbelievers in government ready and willing to be mislead. The false prophet Whore church could not support this unless leaders there were unredeemed tools of the enemy.
At one time this WAS the catholic church during the middle ages. Certainly today in Muslim countries like Syria and Iran the beast system is in place. Corrupt Government and false prophets who support them with clerical robes.
NOW we have the same situation forming in the USA. A new demonic attack is underway. We are seeing manifestations of it. The false prophet has overplayed his hand and exposed himself for who he is. Watch and pray. Read all of REV 13 and you will see the pattern. These things are not end time events, they are long deep cycles recorded in the Word for us to be aware of satan's schemes.
Now that you know, watch and pray. Satan STILL goes about as a roaring lion seeing whom he may devour and when he does the false prophet cheers.
After the election I sought the Lord on what is ahead for the next
several years, in the USA, in the State, City and in our lives.
Elections always have consequences. This one certainly will. I was
shown a pattern that takes place when a Prophetic word is ignored, a
ship casts out into unknown troubled waters with majority consensus, a
blinded pilot and governmental authority to back him up. This pattern is
revealed by the story in Acts 27-28. Paul shipwrecked on Malta on the
way to Rome.
The story is familiar, but it contains instructive nuances many of us miss. Paul had argued to be sent to Rome. He had received a visit from Jesus that assured him that his purpose would be fulfilled. He stepped onto the boat knowing that while the trip had peril in it, that the expected end was assured.
As we explore the story if you hover over the scripture reference you can read the passage in full. The prophetic meaning of all this will become clear at the end. A summary:
Acts 27:1-8 Paul had appealed to Cesar, the Government was required to send him to Rome. As you read the passage, you will see that there was already difficulty in the voyage as they embarked to Rome. Things were not going as expected or hoped for. There was opportunity to sail to a safe place. A better place even than a place called fair haven. They might have harbored over winter and made the trip without incident.
Acts 27:9-12 Paul using the gift of prophecy, warned the captain, the pilot, his guard and shipmates of the danger to come. He said, IF we embark on this course we will not make it. A vote was taken and by a majority, the vote for going down a path of destruction was decided. It was a democratic act. It over rode a word from the Apostle.
Acts 27:13-20 Gentle winds blew. It seemed as if things were going to be OK. That all these warnings Paul brought were of no account.
Things got rough. A strong wind blew up from Europe and the seas became very rough. Steering the ship became impossible in the storm. Much of the equipment was discarded to keep the ship afloat. The storm got so bad that most of the passengers and crew on the boat were convinced they were going to die. Giving up hope.
Acts 27:21-26 Then Paul addresses the passengers and crew. He doesn't demean them. He tells them what is about to happen and tells them to prepare for an eventuality.
Now the ears of the those who had decided otherwise were open. They were ready to hear.
Acts 27:27-32 It got worse then they thought it would become. His words of hope were not enough when things got rough. Some of the crew decided to abandon ship. Run away. Paul warns them. Now they are ready to listen to the word of God's man.
Stay with the ship was Paul's cry.
It had been 14 days and in the battle no one had eaten much. They were exhausted. Hopeless. Paul admonishes them to eat something. He breaks bread, gives thanks to God. They all eat. He becomes the head and not the tail because he hears from God. Yet in the flesh he is still a prisoner.
The crew saw what they believed to be HOPE. A sandy beach appeared on a distant island. It became the lure that drove them onto a sandbar that caused the ship to designate. It became unrecognizable by anyone. Beaten to pieces.
Acts 27:39-41 It looked pretty bleak
Acts 27:42-44 But in the middle of the catastrophe when it looked as if even the soldiers would kill the prisoners including Paul, there was reprieve. Even the men who would kill them were set back by a higher call. Leadership intervened and told them NOT to harm any. Everyone who could swim did, others hung onto scraps of wood and drifted.
Acts 28:1-6 The whole of the crew and passengers made landfall. The people of Malta showed them kindness. They brought them to safety. Gave them food and warmed them by a fire. Paul was bitten by a viper from the fire, many assumed he must be evil and will soon swell up and die ...but he lives. They revere him as a God. NO he says. He gives glory to the True and living God.
Acts 28:7-10 Soon God moved on the population. Paul ministered to Publius family who was the chief on the island. His ministering of healing caused the whole island to come to understanding the Power of God.
Many came to receive healing at the hands of Paul. Paul and his shipmates stayed the winter and when they were ready to go, the islanders blessed them with provisions for the journey the next spring.
As a result of this, God brought Paul to Rome, Paul stood before Cesar and Rome was eventually converted. The Gospel came to Italy.
What does this have to do with today and our current ship of state? MUCH.
The USA has been sailing in troubled waters for some time now. The advice has been to find a better course, more proven leadership. That advice not been heeded. The ship of state has been put on a dangerous course. Despite warnings of the Prophets, our shipmates have voted for a course that has shipwreck at it's end.
There have been brief breezes that seem to be favorable. Those have caused the captain with the approval of the crew to set out to sea. There have been some difficult winds, but Fair Haven has been sought. Now a strong opposing wind is blowing hard. The next event will be a difficult time that will drive the ship of state without any direction from the captain. This will cause our shipmates to become fearful. There will be measures taken to lighten the load but the opposing winds will become so strong that the ship will become one of terror. People will consider abandoning ship. Trying to get away. We see it already. There is no getting away. There is no safety in the lifeboats. There are no lifeboats. Not Gold, not silver. The only safety is staying with the ship. It will be an event that will shake everything that can be shaken. I do not know what that event will be, but it is certain to come. There will appear to be a place to find safety. A sandy beach will seem to be just the place. Yet as the wind drives the ship of state toward illusive safety, disintegration will take place.
There is good news in this however. Refugees will end up on the shore. They will carry the truth of Christ in their midst. Revival, conversion, healing, miracles will be the result. This will the the greatest time for the manifestation of God's glory ever seen. This will change everything. Many people see potential apocalyptic events as negative, yet supernatural potential is in them. God does his best when things seem to be the worst.
THE KEY IS... stay with the ship. Do not lose your faith in the Word of God from the Prophets and Apostles nor from His written Word. Pray for the leaders who are trying to steer the ship, yet understand that the ultimate destiny is in the hands of God. No matter how the winds blow. HE will bring us to HIS expected end. There will even be a time when it will appear we are snake-bit and have no hope. YET. That will be the very thing to reveal the Glory of God in our midst.
Rough seas are ahead. Times are going to get rough. God is about to use what seems to be impossible to bring justice to an unjust age. To bring adjustment to things out of alignment. For some it will seem like Judgement. It is not. It is making wrong things right.
Have confidence, what looks like catastrophe is about to be turned for our good and for God's Glory!.
I have had this recurring dream of moving into a large new empty demon
infested house from our smaller safe place. It happened again last
night. I have come to the conclusion that this is God's way of showing
me what is happening to us as a nation. I will write down what I am
being shown. There are 7 demons that have been released in the land
because we as a nation have given them permission to invade. We opened
the door. Our house is clean, empty and now invaded. Jesus warned of
this phenomena in our age:
The 7 demons are as follows:
1. Riot and Lawlessness. Released in May of 2010
2. Antichrist and atheism. Released in June of 2009
3. The Demonic Muslim Faith as equal with Christianity. Released May 2009
4. Black Racism released March of 2012
5. Homosexual acceptance demon released May of 2012
6. Destruction of the Family Demon released August of 2012
7. The acceptance of Molek as the God of Abortion Released November 2012
Other sub demons including manifestations of Graft, Corruption, Theft and Deception which have been with us for a while now have new powers to operate.
Our house has been scrubbed of the Presence of Jesus by a secular culture and an insipid intended restrainer in the powerless western church. Now the demons are here. In my dream it was easy to come against them in the name of Jesus... in our country... we must first repent of allowing them to displace the truth of God in America. Then we can cast them out. But repentance is the first step. Without Repentance nothing will change. Beelzebub cannot cast himself out.
The Great Divide - the Whore Church Divided from the Bride
Growing up I was taught this would be the Catholic Church. I no longer believe that. I think at one time the Catholic church was the false prophet, the whore church. But I think God has killed off that facet of the church. Then I thought it might be the lukewarm evangelical church. Methodist, Presbyterian, lukewarm ELCA Lutheran. I thought it might be the Liberal Church of Jim Wallis and the Sojourners who embrace all forms of evil in the name of Jesus.
Now I see a new candidate. It bothers me a lot. A form of Religion but no power of discernment. No capacity for hearing from God. No willingness for obedience to His Word. Lawlessness is the core identifier of this church:
"the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers," 1 Timothy 1:9
That divide is becoming clear to me now. I don't like what I see, the unholy trinity of Revelation 13.
Satan (the Dragon) finds people who will be subject to his wiles, he influences them and uses deception to place his subjects or at least those who cannot resist him in power in government. We then have a corrupt government system. The beast. That is the Great Dragon and the Beast in place. That would be bad enough, but then we have support for the beast empowered by the dragon. The false prophet.
The false prophet is a corrupted religious system the calls evil good and good evil. It supports the beast (corrupt government) and teaches that the government of corruption is God's purpose. That creates an UnHoly trinity. The Dragon (the devil) could not do this without unredeemed unbelievers in government ready and willing to be mislead. The false prophet Whore church could not support this unless leaders there were unredeemed tools of the enemy.
At one time this WAS the catholic church during the middle ages. Certainly today in Muslim countries like Syria and Iran the beast system is in place. Corrupt Government and false prophets who support them with clerical robes.
NOW we have the same situation forming in the USA. A new demonic attack is underway. We are seeing manifestations of it. The false prophet has overplayed his hand and exposed himself for who he is. Watch and pray. Read all of REV 13 and you will see the pattern. These things are not end time events, they are long deep cycles recorded in the Word for us to be aware of satan's schemes.
Now that you know, watch and pray. Satan STILL goes about as a roaring lion seeing whom he may devour and when he does the false prophet cheers.
The Voyage of the Ship of State - a Look into the Future
The story is familiar, but it contains instructive nuances many of us miss. Paul had argued to be sent to Rome. He had received a visit from Jesus that assured him that his purpose would be fulfilled. He stepped onto the boat knowing that while the trip had peril in it, that the expected end was assured.
As we explore the story if you hover over the scripture reference you can read the passage in full. The prophetic meaning of all this will become clear at the end. A summary:
Acts 27:1-8 Paul had appealed to Cesar, the Government was required to send him to Rome. As you read the passage, you will see that there was already difficulty in the voyage as they embarked to Rome. Things were not going as expected or hoped for. There was opportunity to sail to a safe place. A better place even than a place called fair haven. They might have harbored over winter and made the trip without incident.
Acts 27:9-12 Paul using the gift of prophecy, warned the captain, the pilot, his guard and shipmates of the danger to come. He said, IF we embark on this course we will not make it. A vote was taken and by a majority, the vote for going down a path of destruction was decided. It was a democratic act. It over rode a word from the Apostle.
Acts 27:13-20 Gentle winds blew. It seemed as if things were going to be OK. That all these warnings Paul brought were of no account.
Things got rough. A strong wind blew up from Europe and the seas became very rough. Steering the ship became impossible in the storm. Much of the equipment was discarded to keep the ship afloat. The storm got so bad that most of the passengers and crew on the boat were convinced they were going to die. Giving up hope.
Acts 27:21-26 Then Paul addresses the passengers and crew. He doesn't demean them. He tells them what is about to happen and tells them to prepare for an eventuality.
Paul who had every right to demean and condemn, rather offers hope: “Men, you should have taken my advice not to sail from Crete; then you would have spared yourselves this damage and loss. 22 But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because not one of you will be lost; only the ship will be destroyed. 23 Last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me 24 and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before Caesar; and God has graciously given you the lives of all who sail with you.’ 25 So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will happen just as he told me. 26 Nevertheless, we must run aground on some island.”
Now the ears of the those who had decided otherwise were open. They were ready to hear.
Acts 27:27-32 It got worse then they thought it would become. His words of hope were not enough when things got rough. Some of the crew decided to abandon ship. Run away. Paul warns them. Now they are ready to listen to the word of God's man.
Then Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved.”That was a wake up call. Now they knew, if they didn't hang together, they would not make it.
Stay with the ship was Paul's cry.
It had been 14 days and in the battle no one had eaten much. They were exhausted. Hopeless. Paul admonishes them to eat something. He breaks bread, gives thanks to God. They all eat. He becomes the head and not the tail because he hears from God. Yet in the flesh he is still a prisoner.
"I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.”Acts 27:33-38 That was a big claim. 276 people were on the ship in the middle of terrible storm and Paul says, NOT ONE will be lost. They ate and the rest of the food was thrown overboard.
The crew saw what they believed to be HOPE. A sandy beach appeared on a distant island. It became the lure that drove them onto a sandbar that caused the ship to designate. It became unrecognizable by anyone. Beaten to pieces.
Acts 27:39-41 It looked pretty bleak
Acts 27:42-44 But in the middle of the catastrophe when it looked as if even the soldiers would kill the prisoners including Paul, there was reprieve. Even the men who would kill them were set back by a higher call. Leadership intervened and told them NOT to harm any. Everyone who could swim did, others hung onto scraps of wood and drifted.
Acts 28:1-6 The whole of the crew and passengers made landfall. The people of Malta showed them kindness. They brought them to safety. Gave them food and warmed them by a fire. Paul was bitten by a viper from the fire, many assumed he must be evil and will soon swell up and die ...but he lives. They revere him as a God. NO he says. He gives glory to the True and living God.
Acts 28:7-10 Soon God moved on the population. Paul ministered to Publius family who was the chief on the island. His ministering of healing caused the whole island to come to understanding the Power of God.
Many came to receive healing at the hands of Paul. Paul and his shipmates stayed the winter and when they were ready to go, the islanders blessed them with provisions for the journey the next spring.
As a result of this, God brought Paul to Rome, Paul stood before Cesar and Rome was eventually converted. The Gospel came to Italy.
What does this have to do with today and our current ship of state? MUCH.
The USA has been sailing in troubled waters for some time now. The advice has been to find a better course, more proven leadership. That advice not been heeded. The ship of state has been put on a dangerous course. Despite warnings of the Prophets, our shipmates have voted for a course that has shipwreck at it's end.
There have been brief breezes that seem to be favorable. Those have caused the captain with the approval of the crew to set out to sea. There have been some difficult winds, but Fair Haven has been sought. Now a strong opposing wind is blowing hard. The next event will be a difficult time that will drive the ship of state without any direction from the captain. This will cause our shipmates to become fearful. There will be measures taken to lighten the load but the opposing winds will become so strong that the ship will become one of terror. People will consider abandoning ship. Trying to get away. We see it already. There is no getting away. There is no safety in the lifeboats. There are no lifeboats. Not Gold, not silver. The only safety is staying with the ship. It will be an event that will shake everything that can be shaken. I do not know what that event will be, but it is certain to come. There will appear to be a place to find safety. A sandy beach will seem to be just the place. Yet as the wind drives the ship of state toward illusive safety, disintegration will take place.
There is good news in this however. Refugees will end up on the shore. They will carry the truth of Christ in their midst. Revival, conversion, healing, miracles will be the result. This will the the greatest time for the manifestation of God's glory ever seen. This will change everything. Many people see potential apocalyptic events as negative, yet supernatural potential is in them. God does his best when things seem to be the worst.
THE KEY IS... stay with the ship. Do not lose your faith in the Word of God from the Prophets and Apostles nor from His written Word. Pray for the leaders who are trying to steer the ship, yet understand that the ultimate destiny is in the hands of God. No matter how the winds blow. HE will bring us to HIS expected end. There will even be a time when it will appear we are snake-bit and have no hope. YET. That will be the very thing to reveal the Glory of God in our midst.
Rough seas are ahead. Times are going to get rough. God is about to use what seems to be impossible to bring justice to an unjust age. To bring adjustment to things out of alignment. For some it will seem like Judgement. It is not. It is making wrong things right.
Have confidence, what looks like catastrophe is about to be turned for our good and for God's Glory!.
The Empty Demon Infested House Prophecy
“When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when he comes, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.
Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked
generation.” (Matthew 12: 43-45)
The 7 demons are as follows:
1. Riot and Lawlessness. Released in May of 2010
2. Antichrist and atheism. Released in June of 2009
3. The Demonic Muslim Faith as equal with Christianity. Released May 2009
4. Black Racism released March of 2012
5. Homosexual acceptance demon released May of 2012
6. Destruction of the Family Demon released August of 2012
7. The acceptance of Molek as the God of Abortion Released November 2012
Other sub demons including manifestations of Graft, Corruption, Theft and Deception which have been with us for a while now have new powers to operate.
Our house has been scrubbed of the Presence of Jesus by a secular culture and an insipid intended restrainer in the powerless western church. Now the demons are here. In my dream it was easy to come against them in the name of Jesus... in our country... we must first repent of allowing them to displace the truth of God in America. Then we can cast them out. But repentance is the first step. Without Repentance nothing will change. Beelzebub cannot cast himself out.
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