Lion Of Judah -- Roar

Volume 1 Issue 1 November, 98

My heart is condemning me, but The Word is saying: "When your heart condemns you God is greater than your heart." And that comforts me. It is not Your love I doubt or question, but my own faithfulness to You. Lord, I haven’t given enough thought to the fact that You are my defender. I started to meditate on this truth and was surprisingly encouraged. Lord, please, defend me from myself.

When your heart condemns you I will lead you to the rock that is higher than you. It is not your own heart that is condemning you, but the enemy has sent out condemning spirits and dispersed them where he can. Put on the whole armor of God and look to Me for your daily portion and I will cause him to flee.

"Come up here and look down on the King’s highway." Immediately, I was lifted up and suspended in the sky and, looking down on the highway, I saw a large group of people walking as if they were in a parade being led by a loud musical band. Up ahead of the crowd a group of leaders were walking. They talked and gave each other instructions and news. They did not seem to pay much attention to the parade behind them. In fact, it appeared to me that most of the time they had their backs to the people. I saw them come to a small creek, or could it be a dried out river? One of the leaders lifted his hand to halt the marching group.

The leader walked into the creek and studied the riverbed, which had almost completely dried up. I could see that it troubled him that the waters were so low, and I saw him ask the other leaders to come with him to find out why the riverbed was dry. It was then I thought that the band and the crowd had all been marching just to get to the river where they would find refreshing and cleansing waters. The leader told them all to get their feet into the waters and pass through the riverbed. He asked them to continue on with him to see if they could find other waters of refreshment. They walked on making great noise and clamor, saying to each other that the waters had indeed been very refreshing.

A little child followed them. When she reached the riverbed, there was no water. She sat down in the dry riverbed to rest her feet. By then the band and parade were almost out of sight. Obviously, she was not marching to the same tune and did not feel a need to hurry on behind them. As she was sitting there wondering why the river was dried up she saw that the company had turned around and was coming back the same way. It appeared as if they had not come upon other waters and now returned to see if perhaps the waters had begun to flow again into this riverbed. She got out of the way to watch. The band was playing loudly and the people were singing and marching, clearly expecting to find fresh waters. But by now there was no water at all. They walked across the riverbed, inwardly embarrassed that there would be no refreshment, but each one thought these thoughts only to himself. It was as if they were all following the king who had no clothes, and all saying ‘surely I can see his clothes’.

The angel of the Lord stood by me and began to speak. "This is the spiritual condition of the church you are visiting ... drying out and dry. Many thirst but will not acknowledge their thirst. Some long to go into deep waters but instead there is dry ground. The enemy is very angry because you have spied out and seen what he has hidden from the people ... a dry and thirsty land. "

On one side of the highway I had seen a large brown bear glaring at me and growling low in his throat. I could see that he wanted to destroy me but could not attack me as long as I was with the angel. Several times he ran into the middle of the highway, slapped his paw in the air in my direction and growled. Then he ran back again to the side. Each time he gave me a terrible fright. And I hurried to hide behind the angel. "Is he gone now?" I would ask. "Who is he?"

The angel answered: "He is part of the ruling government of the church, and his power is condemnation. Who can stand before him?"

I knew it was a challenge. A challenge to stand before the bear and proclaim my liberty in Christ.

I had not marched to the band, I had not sung with the people who followed the band, and I had not followed along with the assumption that there was refreshment to be found in the riverbed. I had opened my mouth like a little child and said: "The king has no clothes on." I had not rebuked anyone or presumed to know why the river was dry and what to do about it. But somehow I had let the cat out of the bag. That was my condemnation. I looked at the angel to ask his help.

He answered: "You are not coming under his rule, and you are walking alone and doing your own thinking. A condemning reign cannot tolerate independent thinkers and doers. If you think differently, you must think it secretly, not openly. You must appear as if you are under the rule of condemnation, or else you will be spotted and attacked."

But I am free to follow Christ, for He said: "You need not that any man teach you, but The Holy Spirit shall teach you all things." As far as teaching is concerned, I am free to learn of Him, and to try every spirit that comes to me in Jesus’ name. I am instructed to test everything against the word of God, for it pleased Paul when the Bereans searched the scriptures to see if what he was teaching them was in harmony with scripture. Were the Bereans out of line, even though Paul was pleased?

But what about the government of a church? Am I at fault here? To voluntarily walk into a church that happens to have condemnation as part of its ruling government - is it acceptable to not submit to the spirit of condemnation and risk causing dissension?

Yes, it is. For Christ is the head. And we must all submit to the head. Contrary to popular opinion ... the church is not the head and therefore does not deserve total submission. We are not instructed to have the mind of an elder, but the mind of Christ.

With the truth in my heart I was ready to confront the bear. I walked out from behind the angel and approached the bear. I heard these words come out of my mouth before I had a chance to think: "Hear this in the ears of the government of this church ... the government of Christ is not condemnation ... it is ... love, truth, righteousness, and peace in the Holy Ghost. I choose not to submit to condemnation, because there is now no condemnation to them that are in Jesus Christ. I command you to no longer growl and charge after me for I am in submission to Him who is the head of the church, Jesus Christ. I don’t want you to pay any attention to what I do or say. As far as you are concerned, I do not exist. Turn your back to me and leave. I command this in the name of Jesus Christ who has created all things and has validated my authority over you." While I was still speaking, the bear started to back away from my words as if the proclamation of liberty in Christ was condemnation heaped on his head. The words seemed to be whipping him.

But there were other enemies to be dealt with. When I had followed the group of singers from a distance I noticed that a wolf had been pacing back and forth on the right shoulder of the highway, close to the bear. He was looking at the people and eyeing me with cold hatred in his eyes. I was not afraid of him as I had been of the bear, but he made me very uncomfortable. Why, I wondered, is he directing such hatred towards me? I instinctively knew, he, like the bear, also had a place in the government of the church. As soon as I saw him in action, I recognized him ... quick and fierce judgment. If anyone in the group stepped out of line, the wolf immediately charged him, tearing him and leaving him wounded. Some of the wounded lay as still as the dead with terrible open wounds. It looked like the wolf had taken a large chunk out of their flesh. Some of them slowly regained strength to get up and once again follow their leaders. Others, after getting up, left the company for good.

"A fierce spirit of judgment, so that was his name," I thought. He tried to attack me, three times, but I got out of his way quickly. His teeth only scratched the surface of my flesh. I continued to feel unnerved by his presence, and was not free to pay attention to much else as long as he was glaring at me. Because his attack was quick, without warning, it was hard to avoid it. I looked to the angel to see if I should rebuke the wolf as I had the bear. He nodded. But at the moment my mind was blank, not yet sure of the correct rebuke. The wolf was continually looking over his shoulders at me with evil, judging, condemning eyes. Who could stand before such fierce judgment? You had no chance to defend yourself. In his judgment, as soon as you had been wounded the door was closed ... the matter was over. There was no chance to be heard.

I began to feel anger rise in my spirit, and I walked quickly across the highway toward the wolf. "Close your mouth, and do not look at me." The words were out of my mouth before I could think about them. "I forbid you to attack me, my faults are none of your concern, they are covered by the blood of Christ before whom I stand and fall. He will judge my works and heart with mercy and truth. In His eyes I am clothed with His righteousness. Furthermore, I am instructed to not even judge myself. It is He who will change me from glory to glory. How is it that you think you can stand in His place? My ears shall no longer hear your fierce judgment."

Again my words had power. The wolf walked away into the distance until I no longer could see his eyes. He behaved like a tamed dog and laid down his head submissively on his front paws.

With the wolf no longer spouting fierce judgments, I returned to the angel. He turned his head and looked towards a mountain with an opening out of which flowed the water that filled the creek. From the size of that opening, it seemed waters should flow into a strong river and not to feed a small creek. I noticed a lion lying on the side of the creek. For the moment he was not moving, but he was keeping an eye on some kind of construction work at the mouth of the mountain where the waters were flowing. Workers were constructing an elaborate sieve that, when in place, would stop most of the waters from coming through. I was given to understand that the scene was a picture of mercy being filtered out of the word of God. And the small stream that did come through had a lot to do with man’s ambitious works for God with all kinds of disciplines. Without mercy flowing through, the stream had little power to refresh. The lion’s job was to roar at the workers if they failed to close holes in the sieve that let mercy flow through.

Now I understood why I had felt so condemned.

His Judgment

I am before the Lord who is sitting on His throne. "The throne in your life," He whispers. And I am glad. Your ways and thoughts are not at all like the modern day church where I am having a hard time fitting in. But I would rather fit in with You and learn of You than be received by man.

"Do you really mean that?" asks the Lord. "As much as I can, I believe so," I answered. "That is good because the gulf will grow deeper as the day of the Lord approaches, and you will need to love not only My voice, but the words that I speak to you, even when the outward appearance of things is contrary to the witness of the Spirit within you. Even when the human mind perceives My testimony to you to be off the mark, I am testing and teaching you what I also had to teach Samuel, the prophet of obedience. It was to Samuel the word of the Lord came: for the Lord sees not as man sees, for man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. How can you too learn to disbelieve outward appearances of things and by faith in God rest in My inner witness ... My revelation to you?" You are right, Lord. I do need to learn to stand, and having done all to stand. I do not want to dishonor You for a moment. But my foolish inward parts are frail when I am being taught a hard word.

"I will tell you something. The strong word is not difficult for you to receive or believe, it is the fear of sharing it that stumbles you. Have you forgotten that the call of a prophet is not only to relay the intent of My heart with the promises of blessings, but also the intent of men’s hearts and the judgment to come? I showed you the church at hand with its inward government. Now, I will show you the judgment to come. As the rule of the church has been split three ways, each one crueler than the other, I also will split the church three ways, each one to his own kind. And they who are together shall devour one another till My judgment is full, and the cruelties are no more, and My government of justice, mercy, and truth is embraced."

Will that be before the coming of the Lord?

"The times and the seasons are not for you to know, but I have given you to know the intent of My heart. Even if your eyes shall not behold the fulfillment of this word, these things shall surely come to pass in My day. I have shown you now that you might understand that when I give you to know the intent of men’s hearts I am also leading you to know My judgment.

"I will cause the teachers who teach with little or none of My mercy to devour each other’s teaching, that they produce no increase, only dry stubble and hay. And I will cause those who judge with cruelty to devour each other’s good works; and those who condemn to devour each other’s liberties. So shall those who judge be judged, and those who condemn be condemned, and the merciless teachings be rooted out -- that with the same measure a man meets so shall he also be met."

 

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Lion Of Judah Roar

 

The lion I saw was old and domineering and unapproachable, full of many dark sayings. When he roared, he spoke of frightening things to come. "Terrible things," he would roar, "are coming upon you, therefore work and labor hard before that terrible day comes. Don’t be soft with yourself or one another; discipline yourself and one another."

The workers worked hurriedly and anxiously looked towards the lion. When he laid down to sleep, they relaxed their efforts a little and began to talk to one another until they forgot the severity of this domineering beast. When he awoke and saw them relaxed at their posts, he roared louder than before and scared each man back to his labor.

I thought to myself that this particular government must believe that mercy weakens people and that they will not produce enough labor without being constantly chided.

A thought entered my mind that Christ is called "The Lion of Judah." What is His roar like? Is it full of godly fear ?

Suddenly my eyes were opened, and I saw the Lion of Judah, Jesus Christ the Lord, suspended above the whole scene … watching everything. When I looked at this Lion, I was not afraid but in awe. I couldn’t take my eyes off Him. I watched Him open His mouth and roar. His roar was strong yet not frightening. In His roar was the same message day and night --- men should remember without ceasing that without Him they could do nothing. He continually showed them that there was no good thing in themselves or in their labors apart from Him.

His roar was a reality check.

His roar could be heard above the roar of the old, domineering lion, and some of the workers did hear it and remembered their humanity and began to cease to be unreasonable with themselves and others. Some even ceased their works and walked away into quiet fields where they rested from their fleshly labors.

But some ran away from his persistent roar, which pursued each man in a personal way, untill he no longer was afraid of his own humanity.

And I saw a mystery of standing and being still before The Lord. Only the person who no longer was afraid of being shown his sinful nature and humanity could stand still before The Lord, and begin to fulfill the scripture: "Be still and know that I am God." As soon as the roar of the Lion of Judah had brought about this stillness in man, making him able to agree with The Lord, the Lion arose from His resting position to show Himself strong.

He greatly desired men to come to this place. The Lion opened His mouth and roared, revealing Himself to anyone who had learned to stand still before God, just as he was, and in the roar now was the revelation of Christ, saying: "I am that I am for you." And man’s humanity became the fertile ground in which the true revelation of Christ was sown.

 

Christ Jesus, roar. O Lion of Judah, roar.

Find us and help us to accept our humanity

and to receive the great provision of Yourself.

 

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Weeping and Roaring With Me

 

I was in the spirit and the Lord took me to a valley where a very dark storm was gathering. Very few of the many people in that valley looked up and saw the approaching black, gray and red clouds. Men were busy with their own affairs. The few who did look up and noticed the coming storm clouds became filled with fear and apprehension. They pointed at the clouds and began to shout to friends and neighbors ... ‘hurry, hurry, run and find shelter’. But the storm was upon them with such speed, fury and devastation that there was no time to hide from the great destruction in the wake of the storm.

After the storm passed, the sun came out and revealed how great the destruction had been. I saw many dead people, whole towns crumbled without a stone standing. Then I saw a strange thing ... the storm clouds were called up to some kind of heavenly holding tank ... only to stand ready to be sent out again.

The angels of the Lord came down out of heaven and looked upon the devastation. They walked on top of the ruins and I heard them say to one another: "Woe, woe unto men because of what must come upon this evil and filthy generation."

And a second strange thing was revealed to me. I saw strength taken from men who in their loss and suffering could no longer cry. Their cry was as a soft whimper in place of the roar that should have come before the Lord. This is a mystery ... strength had been taken away from men.

...but the angels wept ... and the Lord said:

"You must be ready to walk with the angels upon the ruins of mankind and weep with them for a fallen generation filthy to it’s very core -- filthy, filthy, filthy, filthy is this generation. Willingly it has turned away to the very seat of hell. Lying has become the language of all merchants. Therefore in one day I will stop the mouth of the merchants. I will roar from My Holy Mountain and blast out the wrath of God on this unbearable generation ... that runs to suck poison from the breast of witches and seducers.

A roar shall be heard that will cause my own people to tremble and take note ... and run back to their own position in the Lord and wait for My coming. That roar from heaven will come with such strength of power men will lay their hands over their ears in order to bear the sound.

You who hear and understand what the Spirit is saying to you, stand still where I have called you and wait for your instruction from on high ... to walk upon the ruins of this whole generation of evildoers, weeping and roaring with me."

 

 

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The End Time Prophets

 

Come up here with Me and learn of Me. Set your mind on the things that are above and not on the things of the world that pull at you like naughty children demanding your full attention. I long for your full attention. There is much I must show you, not only for your preparation, but for My children who also must hear the word I share with you. Come, let Me cleanse your feet and bless your ears to hear.

When he put His hands on my eyes I saw a pair of eyes behind my earthly eyes, and he opened those, for they had once again become shut for lack of use. With what appeared like godly haste, though God is never in a hurry, I was sent off to see the things at hand. It gave me a distinct feeling that I had wasted precious time on foolish things.

I did not know what things were at hand but I stilled myself to wait for my spirit to be touched. It seemed only seconds after I had decided to wait that I was taken into a busy room. Taking a quick glance, I reasoned I was in a heavenly news center. In the middle of the room, around a long table, sat a company of modern day prophets, whose ears had been opened to hear what the Spirit of the Lord was declaring in these end times. I saw empty places around the table that were to be filled by others who also would come and hear the word of the Lord. Around the perimeter of the room stood a multitude of angels prepared to take the word of the Lord to the places and people they were destined for. As soon as pertinent words were received, in some cases written down and in others handed to the angels in charge of them, an angel eagerly stepped forward, took the words and swiftly went forth to deliver them. There was a lot of activity. Some angels stepped forward to lay hold on the messages, others were leaving, another group returning to once again take their place of waiting. Despite all the activity there was stillness and peace throughout the room.

I noticed an open place around the table and was encouraged to take my place. At first I was uncomfortable in such a large company of people. I am accustomed to solitude. But nobody paid me any mind - instead, orderly business continued around me.

Again, my eyes were opened and I saw a mystery. As soon as the word came into the hands of an angel, the messages were changed into many different things. Some messages became swords which the angels delivered to the army of the Lord. Some were changed into bread and given to the starving or hungry in need of strengthening. Others became a mist of morning dew raining down to refresh the weary. I saw robes of righteousness, and preparation for feet that must go into all the world to preach the gospel. I saw some messages become large shields to protect the Lord’s own from the onslaught of the enemy.

I understood why the enemy hates the modern day prophets who minister to the Lord’s people as Old Testament prophets did long ago.

Then I saw some of the modern day prophets taken out of the room and lifted up on eagles’ wings and taken to where their messages must go. They threw down swords and other blessings among the people who seemed to be waiting for them. I saw many doors open that were closed, and others closing that were open.

When the people who were receiving the gifts were shouting, singing and dancing, a large quieting angel flew over them causing them to learn quietness, that they might become prepared for the great battle ahead. For some were swinging their swords carelessly, and others were using up their strength on themselves with unruly excitement. A large angel flew over them again and again saying: " Quiet " ... over and over again as you would hush noisy children. He hovered over them a long time, and after a while he began to speak to them saying:

"Be quiet, you children of the Lord. Your King is coming. He must yet prepare you to receive many things from His hand, and you must learn to hear His quiet whisper and revere His appearing, lest you trample on the blessings and gifts of God."

 

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The Two Witnesses

 

I seek you Lord with all my heart that I might know and understand the mysteries of the seven stars and be prepared to proclaim the things You are showing me.

The word of the Lord came to me saying: "What you hear in the closet proclaim on the roof- top." I was in the spirit when I saw myself on a roof-top together with all the necessary help I needed to obey His command. Angels ready to take the messages back and forth, a ladder leading to and from the inner closet where I heard in secret, friends on the roof-top working with me and a fire of protection around the whole house. All these were the necessary things to help me obey His command.

One of the flying angels lifted me from the roof-top and set me on the wings of an Eagle. Many winds blew around me and I saw messages scatter from where I sat. Out of the center of the winds a very angry adversary full of great fury blew strong winds of adversity against me. But as long as I rested on the wings of the Eagle (which is the faith of Christ), I was not afraid; for even the strongest winds of adversity were used by the Eagle to move us ahead as He positioned His wings to take full advantage of them. All kinds of fears began to leave me, yet I hoped with all hope that we soon would make our way through the adverse winds.

Continuing to soar through the adverse winds, we finally reached a valley where I perceived a great army was gathering. Soldiers were coming from the four corners of the earth ... there were thousands of rows of soldiers, some on horseback while others came on foot, with all kinds of flying banners making distinction between them.

The angel set me down among troops of prophets who appeared to be on foot. These prophets proclaimed the word of God wherever the soles of their feet advanced. Full of strength and seemingly fearless, they marched in all kinds of weather conditions and through hard terrain. I quickly perceived that some of the prophets I noticed were prophets who had gone ahead that had passed through many spiritual battles winning victories and banners they now carried.

The word of the Lord came to me that I should study all the prophets in both the New and the Old Testament, that I might be worthy to read their banners. For in this army, they were separated as the tribes of Israel are into their own kind.

I immediately thought of both Anna and Simeon in the New Testament who both were given a prophets’ ministry and served in the temple praying and ministering unto the Lord. I remembered John who was given the revelation of Jesus Christ, who is the Spirit of Prophecy and served his office by writing down all the things he saw and heard.

The Lord caused me to turn my head, and I saw in the front of all the lines of prophets two anointed witnesses. They stood very still while their eyes viewed the whole earth. Their strength was in their eyes because of the anointing that was upon them, and I was given to know that they saw like no prophet before them had. In the two appointed witnesses were no malice or trace of hatred ... only the passionate, jealous love of the Lord that desires all men to honor and obey His laws of love. Because they saw through the passionate, jealous love of God, power was given to them to proclaim judgment over all the people of the earth. They each had a staff they leaned on and when they pointed it in one direction while proclaiming God’s judgment -- judgment instantly fell. The two anointed witnesses operated independently as well as in unison. From where they stood they viewed the whole earth continually turning 360 degrees to look where they were anointed to look. Sometimes they both pointed in the same direction ...towards one man or to a whole nation or people ... and in unison proclaimed the judgment of God.

The army of God was in submission to the two witnesses, and though the army was continually gathering strength and numbers, it stood still behind the witnesses as long as they did.

Then, I saw a cloud coming down to lift up the two witnesses, and they went where the army could not go ... to a place where they were nurtured and refreshed by the Lord. A little later they returned to their former position to proclaim God’s judgment.

I was trembling when I perceived the awesome mission of the two witnesses, and an angel of God came to lift me up. He asked me; "Why do you tremble at the strength of their call? Be strong and of a good courage clothed with the jealous love of God, that all unclean fears may be taken out of the way with only the fear of God remaining."

"Let it be even as you have said," I answered. And He touched me.

 

The Rivers And Oceans Of Blood

 

"Surely, I am slow in seeking You Lord, but here I am desiring to surround You with my concern … listening to and meeting You where You want to meet me."

"Come up here," said the Lord, as He lifted me up above noise and distractions. Looking down I saw a river of blood flowing through a valley. "Follow the river," said the Lord, and I did. The river ran out to a bay and began to pollute the waters of the bay with blood. The Lord said: "Follow the waters in the bay." And I looked and followed the waters till they came into the open sea, and I saw spots of red coming into the ocean from various places of the earth and traveling outward towards the center of the oceans untill I wondered if all the oceans would be red with blood.

"This is terrible," I whispered to the Lord.

"Follow the lands," said the Lord, and my eyes followed the lands as far as I could see. And I saw many other rivers filled with blood rushing towards the oceans, as if they had a rendezvous to bring a certain quota of blood into the oceans …

"This is terrible," I whispered to the Lord.

"What is the meaning of all this blood," I asked the Lord?

"Is it not appropriate that men who have shed the blood of innocent people and slaughtered believers, saints and prophets should drink the unclean blood and receive all the sicknesses attached to it? When they are strong and mighty in word and deed, I will cut down the haughty and the mighty with unimagined sicknesses and plagues. In that day they will know that I am The Lord, who gives to every man according to his deeds. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Lord."

"It is appropriate, Lord." All the blood that has been shed is it still somewhere on this earth ready to be called forth, I asked myself?

"The times and the seasons are set, and My word of judgment which is in the two witnesses shall call forth blood to torment a cruel and evil generation. While the whole earth will tremble, the believers shall see and rejoice for My day. Don’t be afraid of the things I am showing you. Neither be afraid to share with those who are looking for Me."

 

And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

And if any man will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth, and devours their enemies, and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. Revelation 11: 3-6.

 

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The Church On the Hill

I was in the Spirit and The Lord took me into a valley where we had the fellowship of walking, talking, visiting and observing together. "Do you remember how I sent angels ahead of My judgment towards Sodom and Gomorra to observe the state of affairs and to warn of My judgment?" He asked. Later, He added: "What do you think it means to prepare the way of the Lord?"

I answered, "My understanding is that the prophetic ministry goes ahead to prepare the way of the Lord ... as the prophets observe the state of affairs they are called to see and declare God’s judgment and the way of escape."

"I am asking you to walk with Me into places where I will show you worldly, godless, fearless, groundless, wordless, violent, graceless, worthless, and faithless acts of Christianity. Here I will prepare you for spiritual discernment and have you observe the state of affairs as a ministering angel ... seeing My judgment and the way of escape before that great and powerful day of the Lord shall come."

"You will be despised by men, as I was despised, for you will be given to know the secret thoughts of men’s hearts and to expose them. But you are loved by My Father and protected by His angels, so fear not what you must encounter on earth."

I was in the presence of the Lord and saw Him with a crown on His head, a crown with seven stars. He reached for one of the stars and held it in His right hand.

"We have looked at one star," He said.

I began to tremble from head to foot, knowing what was to follow. An old familiar fear came upon me ... was I adding to the revelation of John’s vision and would the curse which he had proclaimed come upon me?

I knew I must look at the next star, but I could not resolve this terrible fear.

Without answering my fear, the Lord carried me to the King’s highway and left me there. An elder was standing beside the road holding a staff. He greeted me saying: "Why are you afraid to walk in the revelation of Christ?"

I answered, "Because the scriptures clearly state not to add anything or take away from The Revelation of John, and when the Lord begins to show me seven stars and takes me to observe certain churches, I fear I may be doing just that."

"Have you no confidence in the Lord child," he asked?

"My only answer to this, is that children often find their parents requests illogical and sometimes even contradictory. I am just a child in understanding the revelation of the Lord."

He did not immediately answer but turned his head in the direction of a hill where I noticed a well lit church. Light flooded out from all the windows, and he said: " Go and spy on that church, then come back here and tell me what you have seen and I will tell you what you do not know."

I found his challenge bearable and immediately started up the hill. I had stopped trembling, believing the elder would explain to me what it meant, to add to or take away from John’s revelation.

Approaching the church I saw the gardens and lawns well groomed, however, many whispering demons were hiding in the shrubs and bushes. Some demons which appeared stronger stood guard and commanded others of their own kind to go into the church from time to time.

I entered the church and found the worship loud and boisterous. I noticed a floodlight on the stage which filled the church with light and I thought to myself, all is well with this church. But the Spirit began to show me that the emphasis was upon an outward show of faith and not the true inner works of faith. He began to talk to me about true faith, which will always bring about humility in man, the real humility that was seen in the centurion who, though a man with the authority of Rome behind him, did not count himself worthy for Christ to set foot in his house -- yet he believed in Christ’s authority. It was because of this centurion’s faith that Christ said: "I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel." True faith changes men’s hearts first from the inside and will always bring about a work of humility before there is an outward change.

In the church, there was a general sense of merry-making and an outward show of faith, but the light of this faith was man-made and the emphasis was on what man can do for God. I thought about the scripture saying: "Did we not do many miracles and prophesy in Your name?" The emphasis in the lives of those who Christ told to depart from Him was: WE did it. Where was humility?

Then I saw what I had not noticed before. The light from the floodlight that filled the church actually did not penetrate very far outside. It was as if the light just illuminated the people within and did little to penetrate the vast darkness around the countryside.

Then the Spirit of the Lord caused my heart to become sober, telling me He had something sad to show me. He took me into the basement of the church to show me its true inward state. There I saw many behind prison bars, some were chained to walls and some to one another. I saw demons poking eyes out of members of the church so they no longer could discern properly. Other demons continually whipped some and mocked many. Out of view from the congregation, this was a very dark and dingy place of utter disgrace.

"Why are these people here in this dungeon and not upstairs being set free?" I asked.

"Because the faith they are exposed to teaches them to produce an outward appearance of faith. They are taught to have a show of outward victory ... to praise, dance and make merry with the Holy things of God while being told to deny their real conditions."

I thought to myself, if the Lord would come and visit this church, He would first go to the basement and bring the prisoners out ... He would teach them to be real ... to be themselves ... He would teach them to be known of God just as they are.

Even though there seemed to be a great show of faith in this church, nevertheless, I thought this must be the example of faithlessness I was told I would observe.

At once I began to feel very oppressed. A voice was asking me what I was doing. I answered that I had come to discern this most visible of all churches and was now on my way to report to the elder. "And what did you discern?" the voice asked again. Now with overwhelming doubt flowing towards me I knew I was being hindered by a demon of doubt. I responded: "I discerned a show of a kind of faith but not a true faith with authority, and many souls in dire need."

This made the demon very angry and he began to shout at me and push me towards the door. "I don’t know what you think you are doing here. You are a ridiculous witness ... definitely not welcome here." I answered that I did not need his invitation because the Lord had charged me to come and discern spiritually and not to look on the outward appearances of things.

As he shoved me out the door, I heard him shout loudly : "ridiculous."

Making my way down the hill, I started to wonder why so few of Gods’ people have ears to hear what the Spirit of the Lord is saying now! When Christ said over and over again: "He that has an ear let him hear what the Spirit is saying." He was teaching and encouraging His disciples to seek and learn to discern spiritually. He was inviting them to enter through the door of discernment.

As I walked down the hill, I noticed that the oppression had lifted and began to realize that when Christ had said, "Let him hear," He was re-affirming my walk in the Spirit. Even though I was considered an oddball Christian, Christ himself had re-affirmed my right to hear what the Spirit is saying over and over again in the Scriptures. I made a mental note to look up how many times this invitation had been made.

I made my way to where the elder was still standing. He greeted me: "I see that you now understand that when Christ said: ‘Let him who has ears to hear, hear what the Spirit is saying,’ that He was also including you in this invitation. The invitation to ask to seek and to knock has been extended not only to the Lord’s disciples but to all who call upon the name of the Lord. The Spirit of God is speaking now ... and you are hearing what He is saying to the end time church. Having knocked not once, but thousands of times against that door, behind which all things are hid in Christ ... you entered through while angels held the way open. And the things which are hid in Christ belong to all who will receive his promise: ‘ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and the door will be opened.’ You are not adding to any revelation given by the Lord unto John, but rather experiencing the depths of that same revelation as it pertains to your personal walk in the Spirit. Christ is the alpha and the omega ... His word is eternal from the beginning and the depth of His word is forever."

 

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The Floodgate and The Lord’s Patience

 

I sense an enormous time bomb ticking over and through the whole earth. The earth cries out, "Lord, it is enough." How much longer must innocent blood be shed and the brutalities of man be endured? The whole earth is standing on tiptoe waiting for the coming of the Lord, crying, "O let the latter rain come." Satisfy the husbandmen who patiently wait for it. Many, many have waited long for righteousness to triumph and evil to be subdued, that the name of The Lord be magnified in all the earth. The innocent blood of those who are murdered cries daily from the grave. We, Your people, Lord, turn our faces away from the magnitude of each day’s evil. We witness the terrifying advance of evil forces, groaning inside, knowing that if we are not their target then someone else is being trampled down. We, as one now sigh: "Come quickly, Lord. Subdue every evil force and make the evil ones stand ashamed and afraid before Your majesty."

While praying, I was drawn by the Lord to the front of a great gate. With prayers of supplication, I knocked and a large angel invited me in. He led me to a gigantic floodgate that was being held closed by the word of the Lord’s patience. I trembled and wanted to hide. Two angels stood on either side of the floodgate, kept closed by two huge bars stretched across it, holding back the waters. But the water level was rising daily, filling in the space behind the gate like a massive ocean. I wondered just how long the floodgate would continue to hold back the judgment of God. Strangely, from another perspective, the massive ocean appeared to be an enormous waterfall or a geyser being mysteriously held back, and at the same time developing more power from within.

The angel of the Lord turned my attention once again to the two angels who guarded the floodgate. I noticed that they did not move and that their strength of focus was in the Lord’s patience. With awe I realized that only the power of the Lord’s patience was able to hold back the enormous force of His judgment. I was glad for the ones who had yet another moment to repent. My heart wanted the Lord to find that little one still hiding in some corner somewhere, needing His salvation.

I cried out: "Let everyone who would want You, Lord, hear Your last call. Roar it loud and clear above the noise of the world that every soul might hear and be found of You. Let Your last call be like a gigantic torrential rain that no one will be able to deny. Let Your power and might unmistakably be heard and seen in this last hour. Let Your mercy prevail before this terrible time comes upon us. Lord, I love Your mercy with all of my heart. Use me, and let me be found in You."

I find that, when my supplications are born of the Spirit, He shows me even as I pray that which is to come. A heavy torrential rain is ready to be poured out on the earth. It is full of great mercy and power. It is the last of the Lord’s mercy for a fallen humanity. I pray that all might find the last escape before that great and terrible day of judgment.

The angel of the Lord took me back into the structure of the earth and showed me the mysterious ticking clock that times the end of the Lord’s patience to the last second. At the last tick, a great upheaval will be unleashed upon heaven and earth, an upheaval such as has never been seen before. All the blood of the prophets, the saints and the righteous from the beginning of time to the last tick indeed will be avenged. It is the same patience that is steadying the guard angels at the floodgate that causes the earth, the mountains, the rivers and the oceans, and the sun, moon and stars to groan and sway as they wait for the appointed time.

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the coming of the Lord draweth near. James 5:7&8.

For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. Romans 8:22

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

And the kings of the earth, and the great men , and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondsman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains.

And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.

For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? Revelation 6: 10 through 17

 

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Where Satan’s Seat Is

 

I am seeking you Lord, that I might find in You strength to overcome and walk with hope and faith. Let me seek You with a virgin-mind and be ready to leap over mountains with You.

My hand was outstretched to the Lord, and He placed in it a smooth stone. It felt comforting, and I smiled thanking Him. I have never understood the significance of these stones that are given to me from time to time, though from Revelation we are taught it has something to do with overcoming.

The Lord took a third star from His crown and held it in His right hand and immediately translated me to a very dangerous cliff where a church was located. I climbed up ragged and sharp rocks, all the while wondering why I must climb, when He could have easily translated me inside the church. Quieting my spirit, I said to myself that the Lord knows how to communicate with my spirit and help me understand just what He is seeking to reveal. It occurred to me that I had to force myself to focus and desire to discern the depth of Satan*. I had a distinct sense I was going to do that today. The sharp and dangerous rocks are all the things trying to dissuade you from overcoming, and I would not have the strength to discern or be worthy to continue, if I did not overcome the uncomfortable pain these sharp rocks caused my spirit to endure. As I painstakingly made my way up the rocks and neared the final stage, I noticed horrible looking demons standing watch, who periodically threw rocks and boulders over the top of the cliff.

This must be a devilish church, I reasoned within myself, and not just a place where devils harass or destroy, but where they rule, for the demons were full of watchful, possessive anger. I continued to climb apprehensively and quietly resting when I needed to. As I neared the top, I found a path that led to the backside of the cliff, where also an opening into this devilish stronghold was revealed to me.

Strangely enough, I entered the church without any fear. In the center of the church, I saw a terrible devil seated on a throne, and quickly discerned that he was full of every evil kind of worldly philosophy, religion and unclean belief-system. His very being was saturated with so much murder-lust he had no rest day and night counting the souls he was killing and destroying. As he slaughtered, persecuted, and killed souls all day and night, he filled his mouth with cunning, horrible lies - both hidden, secret ones as well as blatant, boastful ones. A large army of workers served his evil ways. Sadly, I remembered how Saul had been part of his team when, he, not resting day or night, pursued and persecuted the church of Christ*. And in Paul’s own words admitting killing ... because of religious zeal. I also recalled the church Christ spoke of in Revelation saying: "I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan (a liar). He will put some of you in prison, that you may be tried, and you shall have tribulation ten days; be faithful unto death (a murder) and I will give you the crown of life."

Anything having to do with this church was death. No life flowed out of it ... only death. Every worldly philosophy was included under this wicked rule. Terrible world leaders such as Hitler, Marx and Stalin to name just a few, were only puppets under the dominion of this devil’s rule.

I became aware of a long line of world leaders who had been used by Satan, though allowed by the sovereign hand of God, who let Satan execute his evil plans only to show forth His glory, who had also been deposed of when their reign no longer satisfied his specific evil goals. I saw the devil eagerly look towards the world leaders yet to come, and with dismay I realized he was hungering and lusting for the last ones, who would give him more murdered blood than others before them -- Anti-Christ and the rulers with him.

This was not a very pleasant sight. As I pondered what I had seen, the Lord drew near and imparted to me the knowledge of His terrible judgment on this world system. All of creation, with every element, will arise to completely destroy this evil church, where Satan’s seat is. The fact that not one stone was left standing when the temple was destroyed, is a small picture and foretaste of this coming destruction. It is this worldly church system that has stoned and killed all the prophets, has slaughtered and tortured innocent people in the path of its many belief systems, and killed Jesus Christ, shedding His innocent blood.

All of creation knowing the proclamation of God ... that it is good ... is standing on tiptoe ready to arise to the occasion of purging and avenging all the evil done on the earth and all the blood it unwillingly drank. The Sun, the Moon, the Stars, the Oceans, the Rivers and everything on earth, whether growing or living, would be used to punish this worldly murderous church system where Satan’s seat is.

I remembered Jesus crying out to the citizens of Jerusalem saying : "If you will not praise God, then God will raise up these very stones to praise Him." Perhaps there are no more King David’s to stand up and take on Goliath, but the whole of creation will stand up in that day and kill the greatest of all Goliath’s ... the seat where Satan sits ... and there will be no more room for him.

*Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"

"I tell you," He replied, " if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out." Luke 19:39,40.

... and have not known the depths of Satan. Rev.2:24.

I know where you live - where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to My name. Rev.2:13.

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. Acts 9:1,2.

 

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The Altar and The Ugly Thing

 

Now You have cured me of wanting to belong among Your people. Let me do only one thing in regard to being Your witness - let me have no strange gods with me. It does not matter now if the people hear and say: "It is true." The time will come when they will. Their ears will be opened, their eyes will see, and all Your true witnesses will be justified, when the people shall say: "It is true." Those who are hidden away at that time shall come forth and proclaim what they have heard in the ear and what they have seen in the closet to shout it on the roof tops. And the people will say: "We hear ... it is true ... you are His witnesses." At that time we will no longer be despised among His people. We will no longer be cast out of the city by the mob to be thrown over the cliffs of all their learned sayings - because they think we have dared to say ... in their ears ... we are His equal ... we are His mouthpiece.

Have we proclaimed we are His equal? Let it be far from us. How then shall it be said of us that we had no strange god among us? The strange god of self-exaltation. He too was despised when He proclaimed the Scriptures in their ears. They also sought to kill Him, because he made Himself equal with God. In that day He will declare: "It is I who declared and proclaimed through you. You are My witnesses, and I am your God." Isaiah 43:12.

I will no longer grieve. Let me be despised. Let me be dragged out of their fine and proper churches, let me be an outcast in their jolly congregations, let them push me out of their inner circles and leave me outside the city of proper religious works, let them push me over their tall cliffs of fancy teachings. And let them leave me for dead in their holy judgments of what is life and what is death. Because of Him I no longer grieve. I am not despised by Him. Because of Him I am welcomed into His Holy Temple and clothed with fine linens, because of Him I rejoice with His angels and eat at His table, because of Him I am called into His inner courts to hear His secrets. I am taught to climb the Holy Mountain and fly like an eagle. Of what do I have to grieve? Let it be far from me, lest I anger Him and He thinks I desire their many strange gods. Let The Holy Spirit be my teacher, let His lessons be remembered and honored and the false god of belonging be burned on the altar forever more.

As one by one these proclamations came out of my inner being, I was in the spirit building an altar. With each proclamation a stone was found, carried and placed ‘till the whole altar was built. When I finished building the altar, from within my heart was wrenched an ugly thing ... something full of pain, despair and longings. With disgust I threw it on the altar and lit a fire among the twigs and branches surrounding the altar. Smoke filled the air. The heavens opened and the smoke ascended to a throne room and disappeared. Two angels descended from the throne and appeared on each side of the altar. With a quick show of judgment they destroyed the altar, and with it, the ugly thing that was on it.

One of the angels came to where I had fallen down when the altar was destroyed and placed a new stone in my hand. I knew I would not let it go, ever.

 

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Give Me Your Virgin Mind

 

Keep your mind like a virgin would keep herself for her bridegroom. Quietly wait for your impression from Me, that your day might be separated unto Me, wholly sanctified and set apart for My presence. It is not fruitful to tackle the day with its certain challenges before you have heard My footsteps and tasted of My loving kindness. Without My loving kiss you will be like a fruit tree without its daily water supply, soon showing signs of droopy brown spotted leaves damaged by sun and insects.

I agree with You, Lord. However, even upon rising my mind still is far from a virgin mind.

You must come to Me as early as you can upon rising, not for a day or two, or even a week. After a few weeks come to Me and let us reason together about the virgin mind, by then you will know what I am talking about.

Do not engage in serious debates, do not make certain plans, do not reach out to others except to do what is reasonable and needful before bringing your virgin mind to Me to receive My first imprint. It will be far easier for you to both hear and see Me.

Early in the morning I walked in the garden with Adam and Eve. Remember?

Do not lie in your bed after awakening cluttering your mind with inner debates, or unclear lazy thinking, but learn to arise upon awakening, and at first chance come to Me.

I have seen your delight to tithe your 10% on the first day you are paid. You have learned this by My Spirit ... to tithe immediately, even if it means putting the tithe aside in that certain place for My use, in My time. Let My Spirit teach you now to give Me your virgin mind as the first-fruit of the day. If you will come to Me as I have asked, I will not delay My answers to you.

You shall call, and I will answer before the words have been fully formed on your tongue. You shall see a bulwark ahead of you and before you have reached it My Spirit will have lifted you over it. You shall see a mountain and when you first begin to speak to it, it shall be taken out of the way. When an enemy approaches, before he stands before you, you will have struck the first blow, and the battle plan will be in your hand. When a flatterer comes to turn you aside, before his bribe is in your hand, you will have passed him by with the bribe remaining his.

Thus will I do for you if you will hear and do what I have asked. Try Me, test Me, see if I will not also accomplish what I have said. Learn all these words first by memory and then by experience and prove Me. For as surely as I have said it, it shall come to pass even as I have promised.

Lord, You have my full attention now, I am fully motivated to embark upon this first-fruit obedience. How generous You are. Your precise touch amazes me. You alone know how to touch that lazy spot in me that has not yet called You Lord. I will start this very day and come back to talk to You after two weeks.

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