Prophetic Shaping

As I was seeking the Lord, suddenly I found myself looking at a tunnel in front of me.  I began to walk through this tunnel for a while until it opened up into a room with sand colored earthen walls with no ceiling, and it was cast in a blue hued light, much like the color of early dawn.  

Up ahead, I could see an anvil.  The Lord said to me, "This is the place where prophetic words are crafted in Heaven."  Slightly more interested than before, I began to walk towards the anvil.  When I got there I found a sword-smith at work.  I stood there for a moment, expecting something to happen that would reveal why the Lord brought me there, but nothing significant happened.  Then I had the brilliant idea of asking God a question!

"Why am I here?" I asked.  "To show you the process that a prophetic word has to go through before it can be released to benefit others." was His reply.  So, due to my keen perceptive skills, I decided to ask another question, "What is the process?"

Then the Lord told me to look to the right, and as I turned my head I saw a furnace cut into the wall.  Placed into the furnace so that only the handles were sticking out were a bunch of swords.  The Lord said, "The fire is the anointing, it produces zeal for the word of the Lord.  No true prophetic word can go forth unless it flows out of the anointing of My Spirit."

Then I watched as the sword-smith came over to the furnace and pulled a sword out and brought it over to the anvil.  The sword was glowing red hot, and the sword-smith began pounding it and shaping it with a hammer.  I asked the Lord, "What does this mean?"  He said, "This is the "down-load" (The hammer was a weight or "load" that was being dropped "down").  This is where the word takes shape and form and is crafted into a concept that has some intelligible definition.  No word can go forth unless it has been crafted and shaped by downloads from Heaven..."

Then after the sword-smith finished hammering the sword, he took it and he stuck it into a bucket of water, causing it to steam as it cooled.  I was perplexed as to why this process was necessary, why did it have to cool in water?  Why not the air?

The Lord said, this time without me asking, "So that others aren't "burned" by the word of the Lord, it must go through a cooling process.  This process is called "Wisdom".  Wisdom will cause the word to be released in a way that others can receive it without being harmed.  Without wisdom, your zeal will hurt people as you share with them the word of the Lord.  Anointing and Revelation aren't enough, wisdom must be matured into the prophet so that their zeal isn't harmful to others..."

Then I was pulled pack out through the same tunnel I came in through and the experience ended.

In order to mature in our prophetic calling, we need 3 things: The prophetic anointing from God, without which no prophetic word can come forth.  Then after the anointing, we need the download on what the Lord is saying, without which we will not have a prophetic ministry.  Then after we have the download, we need Wisdom, without which we will destroy our ministry by our reckless zeal.  

Pursue the Lord for these 3 things if you want your words to be released with the authority of Heaven...

The Never Ending Flow...

It was a normal worship set, nothing too irregular...  

Suddenly I found myself in what seemed to be a tunnel of invisible light.  I know, hard to explain and that probably makes no sense to you...  Well, let's just say, it happened.

In this tunnel of light, there were various colors of the rainbow, dancing around and flowing, almost like they were a liquid.

As I looked around this tunnel, I could see what looked to be TV screens everywhere.  There weren't any TV's, but just the screens with various images on them.

As I turned to my right to look towards the source of this tunnel, I could see 2 angels, and behind them a light...  

This light looked almost like the top stone of a pyramid, except it didn't stick straight up, but outward on the side.  I could tell it was like the tip of an iceberg. and that behind some dark wall that seemed to be there, there was a bunch more light that I could not see...

Then I was back in the worship set.

Do you struggle to hear God?  Let me tell you, there is a never ending flow of the revelatory coming out of God's presence right now, that you have full access to because of the finished work of the cross.  All you have to do is tap in.  

In scripture, it says that we have the "mind of Christ".  Have any of you ever had a dirty thought?  Did you think that was Christ's mind?  Me neither...  But then, what does this passage mean?  I believe that it means that we have a continual, 24 hour a day access to the thoughts of God due to this river, this stream of revelation, this tunnel of revelatory light that flows from the throne of God.

Your inheritance is to hear Him and to see Him.  Never settle for less and never let religion rob you of your blood bought right to know the mind of God.

Here's some good news:  You never have to struggle to hear God again...  He has made it ALL available to you!  Simply receive by faith.  

It's all by faith...

Luminaries

I was laying down in bed trying to talk with God, when I suddenly was in a multidimensional state of consciousness...

Out of my window, in the distance, I literally see this vision with my physical eyes, although my eyes are closed, go figure that one out! This experience is called an "Internal Open Vision"

In the distance behind the tree line, I begin to see a bright light arise. At first I wasn't sure if it was the sun or the moon, but as I continued watching it became clear that it was the moon. It was moving through the sky at an amazingly fast rate, it went from the horizon all the way to the 12 o'clock position in a matter of a second or two. Then I have to fight my bodily paralysis to regain consciousness...

Immediately the interpretation of this experience was downloaded to me from Heaven. God has accelerated the times and the end is coming fast. The amount of time until the judgement is greatly reduced.

In scripture we find that the "luminaries" were created to be "for signs and seasons" and that they are directly correlated to time. The moon being accelerated was symbolic of time being accelerated and of the soon return of our coming King!

After I received this vision, I felt led to go and turn on my Television to the news station. When I did, I saw that Israel had just invaded the Gaza strip (I received this vision back on June 26 2006). This invasion led to a war with Lebanon shortly thereafter.

Watch Israel, for it is God's timeline.

(And this is coming from a person who is totally confused about the end times and might lean towards partial preterism!)

The Battle for Planet Earth - Part 3

... The wait was longer than any of us would have expected, but it was certain that it would not last forever. The great last battle was coming with all certainty, and we were given the great task of learning to operate as an army in unity with one another instead of fragmenting into smaller factions and trying to overcome the army of the evil one all alone...

As I looked back towards the line of angels that were holding this last battle at bay, I saw that underneath them was a river. I immediately understood what this river represented, it was the river flowing from the throne room of God, the Holy Spirit! I was made to understand that in order for us as the body of Christ to advance against the legions of the enemy, we would first have to all go through this river at the same time. We had to be in unity in crossing this river. The only way for us to have a standing chance of defeating the enemy in the days to come is if the body of Christ comes into a global outpouring of the Holy Spirit and we all have to stay in unity during it! We have been terrible in this, and this is why we as of yet do not see the enemy defeated. So I knew that the angels would resist us unless our entire army crossed together at the same time...

As I looked back up towards the angels faces, I saw a silent frustration and the question that rested on their minds, "How long until they get it right and they fulfill our Master's high priestly prayer that they would be one?"

At this point, as I looked to see more in the vision, all I saw was a hand outstretched towards me that resembled someone directing traffic and telling you to stop. I took this to mean that the vision was ended, the message God wants to speak through this is complete.

We are left to accomplish our task. How long until unity comes? Let it be with us, my friends, let our generation be the generation that arises as one army and creates the atmosphere for a global outpouring that decimates the ranks of Hell and leaves them shattered and fleeing! Let us rise up as the victorious bride and settle the division within our body once and for all!

Let us be one, even as He is One...

Battle for Planet Earth - Part 2

(continued from last post)

...After those things happened to me I looked in the distance and in the distance I saw a huge mountain that had flashes of lightening and thunder around it, as though a huge storm were forming. Suddenly I was soaring through the air with an aerial view of the landscape beneath me. I could see that behind the mountain were the lands of the enemy. A vast army was being assembled, and they were stirred up preparing themselves to make one last, final march through the earth.

Then I flew back to where I was standing with the crowds around me. Their arms were now fully grown out and it was slowly dawning on everyone that they were on the thresholds of a great battle. I could see the fear in their faces as it dawned on them that there was a storm headed their way. I saw that although they could now drink for themselves the water of life, they were still drinking out of my spring and looking to me for their spiritual strength. Then it was revealed to me that each one of them had to go through the process that I had gone through; coming to Christ as their own personal rock and relying upon His grace to defeat their own personal demons so that the waters could flow from them and they could face the army of demons that was coming...

My personal victory became a corporate spring, but God wanted to make them springs as well. I saw God's strategy in bringing revival into their own lives first and then spreading it to others and from that process, we would have an army that was large enough to face the enemy.

We now entered the time of "The Great Awakening" or I heard the phrase "The First Resurrection" where every believer became a revivalist equal to the great men of old, and thus we would reach more and more of the lost, creating a last minute army that was the greatest army for the Lord that the earth had ever seen...

Then suddenly the sky opened up above us and all of the stars could be seen shining in their brightness, and I knew this to be symbolic of angelic activity being increased in these times and that the church and the angels would co-labor together that we would know the meaning of being "Fellow ministers of the gospel". As I watched I saw all the stars fall down to the earth, creating a barrier of protection between us and the hordes of hell.

They were postponing the war to come and giving us much needed time to gather our army together. But the angels weren't just holding back the hordes of hell from advancing against us but they were also holding back the church from attacking too soon!

Once again, having an aerial view over the battlefield, I could see different sections of peoples shouting a specific war cry as they ran away from the rest of the army and tried to get past the angels to defeat the hordes of hell. I intuitively knew that although these people's hearts were right, that they were being impatient and unwilling to wait for the rest of the church. For in this last great battle, it is going to take the entire church to be in unity.

And so there was a tension in the air, a sense of a coming storm, but awaiting for it to come.

(to be continued)

The Battle for Planet Earth - Part 1

I received this powerful vision on my birthday yesterday! It came to me during various degrees of "trance", which is an experience that is found in the scriptures as well as a common experience for prophetic people throughout church history. Because of the length of the vision, I have decided to post it as a series to condense the amount of words I have to write for each post.

While I was waiting upon the Lord, I found myself standing in a desert wasteland. An angel came and was bringing me small amounts of water at the beginning of my time in this desert. I looked up into the sky and I saw the sun shining overhead, and I realized that this was the light of God shining down upon me, illuminating the world for me to see. I suddenly knew that this light was available to me, but it wasn't available to the demonic hosts or to the lost, but that they had to navigate these lands in total darkness...

As I walked I was made aware of the fact that waters were following me wherever I went, under the ground beneath me.

On my right up ahead, I came to a huge rock. I was aware that this rock represented Christ. As I walked closer and approached the rock, I saw crouched on top of it a black bat-like demon looking down at me. As I looked up at him, he scurried behind the rock and hid, distracting my focus from the rock and causing me to worry about when and where this demon would pop up to attack me... I believe that this demon's assignment was to keep me away from engaging experientially with Christ using a fear that demons would get me if I did...

(At this point, I went into a powerful trance, it hit me extremely hard)

I felt in my spirit that I was to ignore the demon, and just to focus on the rock, so I struck the rock with a staff in my hand. Suddenly I realized the strategy of God in this, that I wasn't to fight the demon, but I was to engage the rock and the strength of the rock would conquer the demon for me! As this instantaneous download happened, suddenly the rock literally blew up! The pressure of the burst of energy from the rock sent the demon soaring through the sky and off into some distant land... This is symbolic of how Christ's victory through the destruction of His flesh on the cross is the only thing we can place our trust in when it comes to warfare, not our theology, not our ability to discern evil spirits and battle them. The only victory over the enemy comes through recognizing that Christ has already defeated him...

Then, from the ground where the rock once stood, a spring of water began to flow. The water that once followed me underground wherever I went then began to manifest itself. It flowed out and covered the land, spreading all over! The water was changing the atmosphere of the desert! I cupped the waters in my hand, and I saw that they were extremely beautiful waters... I intuitively knew that these waters represented the Holy Spirit...

At this point, I wasn't sure what to do as I stood in the water, but I felt the Lord direct me to start splashing around, playing and having a good time in them. So I did! As I did, I began to see crowds of people gathering just outside of the waters edge, looking at me as I played and splashed around.

I came to the realization that the way to win people over isn't to leave the water and enter into dryness to tell them about how good the water is, but rather we just have to enjoy the water thoroughly and have a blast in it , and the outsiders will naturally gravitate towards us. Thirsty people are drawn to water... We preach the Anointing of God best by displaying it, not by theorizing about it!

So I expected them to come and begin to drink the water, but as I looked at them I began to notice that none of them had any arms!

As I pondered how horrible it was that they didn't have any arms and therefore that they wouldn't be able to bring the water to their mouths to drink I heard the Lord ask me, "Will you be their arms?"

Of course I was willing to do whatever the Lord asked me to; but I had within myself a concern that if I was the one giving them spiritual drink all the time that they would never learn how to drink on their own.

As I thought about this, the Lord showed me the regenerative qualities of the water, and that as I gave them water to drink their arms would actually grow back out so that they could drink the water for themselves!

Resounding through my mind was the voice of the Lord reaffirming my call to help those drink of His Spirit who aren't yet able to on their own...

(To be continued)

Illegal Immigration

I literally just woke up from this dream as I'm typing it, normally I would first put it in my dream journal and ponder over it for a while before it ever made it onto this blog, but I feel that the Lord wants to address this issue since it is extremely relevant to us right now...

In this dream, my family had hired a bunch of Mexican day laborers, and we had about 8 of them with us to set our tables and chairs for us. As I watched them, I saw the detail they took in setting the chairs and tables, I saw the way they felt as there were obviously too many of them for such a simple job, but they simply needed the work...

I saw how they perceived themselves when they were around us; second class, worthless, dirty, illegal... They knew that we viewed them as lower class sub-humans, who have invaded our country out of the evil of their hearts...

This revelation crushed me. It convicts me! Oh the wrongs I have done in the name of being "right"!

So I went out of my way to affirm them with the way that they set the tables so well, and the care they took in doing such a humiliating job... Then I awakened...

The Church, me, us, we all have allowed something illegal to immigrate into our hearts... We have closed our hearts to the illegal immigrants in this nation and refused to view them as equal human beings until they go through a legal process of red tape and become full citizens. I'm not saying that them being here in this nation is legal, it isn't, but I'm also saying that a human being cannot be illegal, they are human. Perhaps they are here illegally because money is so lacking down in Mexico that in their desperation they have gone against their better judgement and come to America to work without getting the approval, but this doesn't make their humanity illegal. We can't view PEOPLE as illegal! Perhaps some of their actions aren't perfect (whose are?) but to label them as less than human and classify them as "aliens" is not the heart of Christ!

I know it sounds cliche', but what would Jesus do? In a day where Jews wouldn't speak to Samaritans because they were viewed as "half-breeds" He not only chose to associate with them, but he also chose to associate with what was viewed as worse at the time; a Samaritan woman!

This makes me ask myself: Does the fact that illegal immigrants have broken the law justify the hardness of my heart towards them? Does it justify the fact that we no longer see a human being when we look at them, but instead we only see a crime? I seem to recall Jesus asking a pharisee who was judging a prostitute, "Do you see this woman?"

And so the Lord is challenging you as well as myself...

Do you see the valuable human beings that they are, or do you only see a sin?

As for me, I am ashamed of myself...