Open Vision

On the evening of August 27, 2003 planet Mars was at its closest approach to the Earth in recorded history and won’t be that close again until year 2287. So if you missed it, I am truly sorry. At the time of this event, I lived in a large metropolis where the sky glow from the city lights made it difficult to view the celestial bodies.

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I had stepped out onto the back patio which faced due east to do some star gazing and observe Mars in the night sky. As I peered up at the sky the sky glow from the city lights prevented me from seeing all but the brightest of objects. Suddenly, the sky glow faded away into a beautiful dark night sky with all the stars and planets showing. I looked in wonder at their beauty; a sight I hadn’t witnessed since a young boy while on camping trips at the river sleeping out under the heavens.

Then I heard the voice of God say, “Soon I will show signs and wonders in the heavens beyond measure.” Then the sky began to return back to its normal sky glow effect blocking my view of the heavens, the vision was over.
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The Significance of Mars’ Close Approach

The Hebrew name of Mars is Adon and represents Michael the warrior angel, who wars against Satan the dragon and serpent. This red planet also represents the shedding of blood as in the blood of atonement that was shed by Messiah. Knowing the Jewish astronomy meaning for Mars made it a significant event and the timing of the event was very interesting.

The next day August 28th at sunset was the beginning of Elul the same day Mars reached opposition to the earth. Opposition is where two planets appear opposite each other from the point of view of the earth. August 28th (Elul 1) was the beginning of the 40 days of repentance and preparation for the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Elul means “search” as search your heart.

Remember Mars was at its closest distance in recorded history of man and the significance of that event added to the meaning of Mars with the date it happened is a clear sign and wonder from heaven showing the world that Christ shed His blood as the Messiah for the entire world and it’s time to search out one’s heart and turn back to God.

Knowing God’s soon isn’t the same as my soon, I recorded the vision in my journal and have been waiting for God, The Almighty, to demonstrate His wonders in the heavens. As the days before His return get closer I feel compelled to tell of this vision with the hope that when you begin to see amazing things in the heavens you will know that God is demonstrating His majesty and message to the entire earth. The book of Revelation mentions several catastrophic events which will come from the heaven prior to Christ return. Before I discuss signs you must first understand the validity of the message in the stars which God show Adam and the generation to follow.

What Are Signs and Wonders?

In Genesis 1:14 “Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years”.

NASA Photo Cosmic Hand

The Hebrew word for signs is ‘owth which means a sign or signal. The celestial signal is an indicator of something that is not yet discernible. The Hebrew word for "signs" points to something or someone to come." The Bible has many references to the times of the feast of the Lord were set by the new moon. The wise watch the heavens and saw that the alignments announced the coming of the Messiah and His birth and not only His birth but the location of His birth, Bethlehem.

The Hebrew word for seasons is “mow-ed” which means appointed place, appointed time, meeting. From the beginning God established the lights in the heavens as signs for important specific appointments between God and man as well as broadcast the gospel to all on earth. I want to show you something the Holy Spirit taught me some years ago about the immense respect we should have for the heavens and what they are saying to the entire world.

“How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!" However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, "LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT?" So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. Romans 10:14-17

It seems every preacher quotes the verses above but fail to continue to read the complete context in which Paul was conveying by the inspiration of Holy Spirit. Now read the verses below where Paul asked us a question.

“But I say, surely they have never heard, have they? Indeed they have; "THEIR VOICE HAS GONE OUT INTO ALL THE EARTH, AND THEIR WORDS TO THE ENDS OF THE WORLD." Romans 10:18 The gospel was first preached in the heavens and how fitting for God to end the age with the heavens declaring His wonderful plan of salvation for all mankind.

New Testament Paul references the immense prophetic voice presented in Psalms 19:1-4. Jesus spoke of the signs of His return.

“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.” Ps. 19:1-4

Psalms 19, verse 1-4, shows that God proclaims the work of His hands and that the stars speak forth God’s proclamation displaying knowledge to all the earth in a universal language. Adam was taught by God the meaning in the stars and it was passed down from generation to generation. Unfortunately, most of the knowledge has been lost over time but some still remains to bring enlightenment to our souls. The gospel was first preached from the heavens and in the end of days the gospel will be preached lastly from the heavens.

The Hebrew word Mazzoroth occurs once in Job 38:32 meaning constellation or zodiac. The word Zodiac means the degrees or steps, which mark the stages of the sun's

The Mazzaroth

path through the heavens, corresponding with the twelve months. The word zodiac has a bad connotation to most believers since as everything Satan perverts the things of God for himself to hide the wonders of God’s creation to mankind. Remember that Satan didn’t create anything nor do creative powers reside within the fallen angel. God created the constellation and made them for a specific purpose which is recorded in Genesis 1:14-19

He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them. Psalms 147:4
Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? 32 Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst thou guide the Bear with her sons? 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth? Job 38:31-33

If you want to learn more about the origin of the constellation and how the gospel is preached in the heavens then I recommend you read the following books:
The Glory of the Stars by E. Raymond Capt
The Witness of the Stars by E. W. Bullinger
Signs in the Heavens by Chuck Missler
The Mazzaroth in Mathew by Chuck Missler
Appendix 12 From The Companion Bible

"But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Matt 24:29

In the book of Joel "I will display wonders in the sky and on the earth, Blood, fire and columns of smoke." The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. Joel 2:30-31

The Bible is clear that there will be great signs and wonders in the heavens at the time of Christ return. However, I believe we will soon see things appear in the heavens which will marvel and perhaps startle the population of the world. I came away from the vision and hearing God with the impression that God will witness to the entire world of His glory and presence using signs and wonders beyond measure.

Currently comet Elenin (astrological name C/2010 X1), which was discovered by amateur Russian astronomer Leonid Elenin in Lyubertsy, Russia on December 10, 2010, will reach the orbit pattern of Earth on August 1, 2011 and be viewable by the naked eye.

Elenin has garnered great interest for such a small object being that it is so far away from the Earth at the time of this writing, July 3, 2011. However, there is mounting evidence that when the Earth, Sun and comet Elenin are aligned major earthquakes have occurred on the Earth. Comet Elenin is peculiar in that its orbital alignment is coplanar to our solar system, which is very uncommon among comets with only a couple a century occurring. Just think of any three distinct points in space as always being because they lie in the same geometric plane.

Mesur Omerbashich has published a study based on georesonator concept titled “Astronomical alignments as the cause of ~M6+ seismicity”. The data presented in the study provide evidence indicating that all strong (~M6+) earthquakes of 2010 occurred during the Earth’s long alignment (t>3 day) astronomical alignments within our solar system. Then Omerbashich shows the astronomical alignments holds true for the all very strong (~M8+) earthquakes of 21st century.

Omerbashich used Comet Elenin (C/2010 X1) as an example as it has been has been aligned with our sun and Earth during very strong seismicity since 2007. He states “Elenin will continue intensifying the Earth's very strong seismicity until August-October, 2011. Approximate forecast of earthquakes based on my discoveries is feasible. This demonstration proves my hyperresonator concept, arrived at earlier as a mathematical-physical solution to the most general extension of the georesonator concept possible.”

To read the entire study (9 pages) go to http://lanl.arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1104/1104.2036.pdf  or
Google search “Astronomical alignments as the cause of ~M6+ seismicity”.

Comet Elenin will be at its closet point to our sun on September 11, 2011. Another unique element that the comet has is that is has a 11, 000 year orbit around our sun. Geological studies indicate that that were significant changes to the earth, 11,000 years ago, when comet Elenin last passed by the Earth in its orbit of the sun. Going forward in 2011 Elenin and other alignments longer than 3 days will increase well into October, 2011 and beyond with Elenin effect until subsiding in 2016 according to Mesur’s study.

The Unique Number Eleven

The biblical meaning of the number 11 deals with the things of imperfection, disorganization of systems, and the disorder or chaos of things. Are we living in the eleventh hour of the age? Is that not what we are witnessing happening in the earth today? Turn on the news and you will see story after story of things out of balance and systems in total chaos and disorder in the geopolitical, geophysical, geoeconomic as well as global weather systems. Events like the Arab spring (revolts in the mid-east countries), powerful wind and rain storms, massive earthquakes, enormous wildfires, extensive floods and long standing droughts all occurring at the same time in countries around the globe. We are witnessing the birth pangs of things to come.

Signs in the Heavens

“And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people; and he said with a loud voice, "Fear God, and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who made the heaven and the earth and sea and springs of waters." Rev. 14:6-7

The Bible has many references to the times of the feast of the Lord as mentioned in Leviticus 23. The wise men followed the bright star night after night as it broadcast to the world that the Messiah was about to be born in Bethlehem.

A short time before the destruction of Herod’s temple in 70 A.D there were several celestial warning signs which appeared over Jerusalem. However, the signs went mostly ignored by the Jewish people due to listening to false prophets who told them God was going to deliver them from the Roman siege. Two of the signs were a star which appeared that resembled a sword as well as a comet which stood over the city the whole year.

Before the Jewish rebellion began people had come into Jerusalem in a great crowd for the Feast of Unleavened Bread. On the eight day of the feast and at the ninth hour of the night, a great light shone round the altar and the holy house that it appeared to bright day time and lasted for half an hour.

On the 21st day of the same month many witnessed an incredible phenomenon before the sunset chariots and troops of soldiers in their armor were seen running about among the clouds surrounding the cities. There were other signs but I am focusing on the ones in the heavens.

Comets are signal markers which are sent our way by God to point of impending events to soon come. Comets reside in the Kuiper belt which is beyond our planetary system. Some refer to it as the Comet Belt. A good example of a signal marker in action is comet Halley which appeared in 1910 four years before the beginning of WWI and again seventy-six years later in 1986, four years before the beginning of hostilities in the Gulf War with Iraq invading Kuwait.

In 1994 Comet Shoemaker-Levy impacted Jupiter 21 times as it broke up on the 9th of Av. The 9th of Av is the same date of the destruction of the two Jewish temples, the sin of the twelve scouts sent by Moses who spoke disparagingly about promise land. Planet Jupiter (Tzedek) in biblical astronomy is identified as the king planet. The significance of this event may point to the establishment of Christ earthly judgments which must occur before the return of Christ; seven seals, seven bowls and seven trumpets as well as implying 21 years to the millennium being established upon the Earth.

Hale-Bopp comet appeared in 1997. The comet has a 4465 year cyclical orbit which places its last appearance in the days of Noah. Comet Hale-Bopp entered through the Pleiades (seven stars or seven sisters) which is also referred to as Noah’s constellation. It is very likely that Noah observed comet Hale-Bopp 120 years before the flood. Did its appearance in 1997 mark the beginning of the days of Noah as Jesus mentioned in Matthew 24?

“The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of waters. The name of the star is called Wormwood (bitter); and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter. The fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night in the same way. Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in midheaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!" Rev. 8:10-13

Conclusion

God is not limited in what or how He chooses to display His wonders. Jesus spoke of the signs of His coming in Matthew 24 and I believe without a doubt we are now in those days. If you are pressing into Christ in a one on one relationship then you will still find these days to be challenging but magnificent at the same time. We’re in the time of the preparation of the bride of Christ. It is necessary for all the believers to be purged, purified and refined before meeting the Lord at His return. Many are called and few are chosen. Jesus isn't coming back for a harlot but a bride without spot, blemish or wrinkle. A bride who made herself ready. A bride who forsook all the idols, harlotry and abstains from even the appearance of evil.

The message of Noah was to come into the ark before the flood began and so it is now for our generation. It continues to ignore the signs of the times and the calling of the Lord to repent and come into the ark of a relationship with Christ. There is a time coming when the door of the ark of our generation will be closed and those who refused to heed the warning will not be spared. They will perish!

In Matthew 25 there are ten virgins waiting for the announcement that the bridegroom is coming. Five were describes as foolish and five were wise. The difference between the two is the wise virgins had their flasks of oil with them which allowed their light to endure the lengthy delay until the coming of the bridegroom. The flask full of oil represents the soul, which has been purely sanctified by soaking hours each day in the presence of the Lord and walking in total obedience out of love to the Lord. The wise virgins were in an intimate relationship with the Lord. Matthew 25:1-13

In Matthew 7 Jesus spoke of two foundations to build on which is sand and the other is rock. Building upon the Rock requires obedience to the things of God and it is driven not out of guilt or obligation but out of love for Jesus Christ. Any other foundation will fall when the storm comes. The foolish virgins didn’t have flask of oil with them and they were unprepared for the delay. They had been taught that Jesus would come before any signs of trouble so they didn’t prepare for the delay or the tribulation.  Matthew 7:24-27

Watch the heavens for Lord will be putting on a show for the people of the Earth in the last days and know that the Jesus will return just like He left. Acts 1:9-11

Scripture References:

For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light; The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light. Is. 13:10

Then the moon will be abashed and the sun ashamed, For the LORD of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, And His glory will be before His elders. Is. 24:23

A day of wrath is that day, A day of trouble and distress, A day of destruction and desolation, A day of darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness, Zep 1:15

Before them the earth quakes, The heavens tremble, The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness. Joel 2:10

'AND I WILL GRANT WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE AND SIGNS ON THE EARTH BELOW, BLOOD, AND FIRE, AND VAPOR OF SMOKE. 'THE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD SHALL COME. Acts 2:19-20

I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. Rev. 6:12-14

I was at an outside speaking engagement seated in the front row in a aisle chair just to the right of the platform. Behind the podium President Obama was addressing a large audience with his ideology about debt, health care, and America’s future role in the world and so forth.

Directly above the president was the remains of an old weathered wooden frame awning. Only the outside boards around the top and wooden posts at each corner. The awning swayed back and forth in the light breeze ready to fall any moment. I wanted to warn the president the wooden frame could fall on him and injure him, but I did not have access to him due to the secret service.

At the end of the speech, president Obama pulled out a large silver bowl filled with green leaves, which from a distance resembled a tossed salad. He took his hand and turned the leaves over and over preparing them to be served to the audience. There were a dozen or so workers stood which stood in front of the platform each with a silver bowl filled with green leaves. They turned the leaves over and over just like president Obama. President Obama then instructed the people all stand to their feet. I and a young boy to my right just remained seated. In fact we had not even noticed everyone was standing.

President Obama instructed the workers to take their silver bowls and serve the audience as he told us that this was good for us. He instructed everyone to trust him and put the leaves in their mouth, chew and swallow and not to question him about it. It was the right thing to do.

A worker came to me first and put the silver bowl in front of me and offered me the green leaves which did not appear to be edible at all. The leaves appeared to be ragweed leaves instead of lettuce. Ragweed is bitter to the taste and not edible. I looked across the aisle to see if other people were eating this junk and sure enough the audience in the first three rows was trying to, but not without choking and gagging on it first. I picked up three leaves from the bowl and looked at the texture. The texture was that of a rag and when I imagined trying to swallow a rag, I gagged. I knew I just could not swallow this.

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Meaning:

In the dream president Obama represents America and himself. Serving the green leaves (ragweed) shows how bitter his message really is and that it is not good for this country. No matter how much spin is placed on the message by him or the media, It is not correct for our country or pleasing to God. The message was spoken in a way that sounded good to some listeners but when it is actually put into law it will be bitter (ragweed) and difficult to swallow for the nation. Other names for ragweed are bitterweed or bloodweed. Regardless how many times he and his staff tossed the green leaves it was still bitter which made it hard to swallow.  He believed that serving the green leaves in a silver bowl would fool the people into eating the bitter ragweed. In this dream the silver represents something admired and sought after.  Many people buy into everything Obama speaks. In politics it’s all about how you package the message more than substance. This applies to politicians on both sides of the aisle regardless if they are republican and democrat.

The few awning boards that remained above the platform represent the covering over the United States, which God placed above this great nation during its inception is now gone. The awning had once been a significant structure at one time, protecting all those who were under it. However, due to neglect and deliberate dismantling, the structure had deteriorated to the point that it no longer served as a covering.  God’s divine protection over this nation has been removed due to our neglect of the things of God. 

The events which took place on September 11, 2001, happened when God allowed an opening in the covering for the enemy to slip in and attack our nation.  This served as a warning shot across our bow to get our attention.  Indeed, it caused many to turn to God for protection, but shortly afterwards, as a nation we returned to our evil ways. Hurrican Katrina in 2005 was another catastrophic event which rocked the nation for awhile but once again America ignored God’s judgment. In the dream president Obama did not recognize the condition of the awning, nor did the audience. The way the awning swayed with the gentlest of breezes indicates just how close we to a major event happening to this country.

The world is experiencing birth pangs of the end of days. The world economy is close to collapse and with the slightest of breezes we could see a full blown monetary system meltdown. The United States is in a debt crisis and for the first time in our history on April 18, 2011 was downgraded in credit ratings by Standards & Poor’s with an “negative outlook”. By the condition of the awning I do not feel like it will be very long before we see catastrophic events in this nation which will not only rock our nation but the world. The recent events in Japan show how a nation can be rocked in just a few moments and how much suffering the Japanese people are sufferning right now.

We need to pray for our president, leadership and our nation to repent and turn to God, but there is little time left. Just making political speeches will not restore the covering, only repentance.  I feel this nation will return back to its roots as a Christian nation but only after we suffer great difficulties which humble us and bring us to our knees before God.

America, your covering is gone!

Scripture Reference:

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. I Timothy 2:1-2

“But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. 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; and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. “Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Matthew 25:31-34

 ”For My hand made all these things, Thus all these things came into being,” declares the LORD. “But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word. Isaiah 66:2

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I was in a large cavernous room which was well lit. The vast room was located inside a mountain which was accessed by a tunnel, that served as the only entrance to the room. The height from the ceiling to the floor must have been several hundred feet in height. In the middle of the floor there was a large dark hole about thirty feet in diameter without any type of barrier around it.  

 As I stood there observing, a man walked through the tunnel and entered the room. He walked straight to the edge of the hole and stopped. Then he began to confess his sins and repented before God. It seemed effortless for the man to confess here at the large hole in the floor of the cave like room. Then I heard a voice say, “Wells of Confession”. The man had encountered the righteousness of God when he had approached the well.

I was giving understanding that the entrance to this place was well hidden and the only way the man found the location was by his desperate search in seeking out God. Then and only then was he was led to this wonderful, hidden place of repentance.

The next scene in the dream I found myself working with four or five people on a drilling platform. We would efficiently set it up the drilling rig and punched a hole in the earth, then move on to the next location. Once there we set up the drilling rig again and punched another hole in the earth. We kept repeating the same process well after well.  

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Meaning

That morning during my quiet time, Holy Spirit gave me the verses of Isaiah 59: 1-2

Behold, the LORD’S hand is not so short That it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear. But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear. Isaiah 59: 1-2

Praying to the Father

In the dream there was a small team of people working together with me on a well drilling platform. The team was made up of people who are like-minded to bring forth wells of confession to the sick, hurting, and castaways of life and go wherever God directs. The team will be assembled together by the direction of Holy Spirit to take the love and compassion of Christ to the ones who are crying out inside to know God. This ministry team will go wherever God directs them to go to show Christ to the sinner and bring forth restoration and life to the body and soul. There will be a heavy anointing of rightousness and conviction from Holy Spirit when this team ministers.

The strong presence of Holy Spirit will be at the Wells of Confession causing many to repent and get right with God. Healings and miracles of all kind will take place as Holy Spirit moves on the hearts of the people. Just as Chirst ministered to the rich and the poor, the sick and the healthy, so shall it be in the true last days ministries.

Jesus said when Holy Spirit comes, “And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me; and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me; and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged. John 16:8-11

Christ commission for the believer is to take the good news to the sinners of the world.

But when Jesus heard this, He said, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.”But go and learn what this means: ‘I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mat. 9:12-13

Historically, wells were important meeting places and a place to get life sustaining water. It took a lot of physical effort to dig a well in the natural as it will take a lot of prayer and personal ministry time in certain communities to dig a spiritual well of confession.

God’s heart is for sinners! He sacrificed His Son that we may come boldly to the throne of grace.  As believers we need to cry out to God to give us a heart for lost souls. Concern for lost souls has all but disappeared from the church today. When was the last time you shared your faith with a lost sinner and loved them with the compassion of Christ?

Scripture References:

“But when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus’ feet, saying, “Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man!” Luke 5:8

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. John 14:6

Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Mat. 9:37

‘Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Mat 6:10

This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 1 Ti. 2:3-4

Jesus encountered the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well and revealed her sin to her. She went back into the city and said, “Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the Christ, is it?” John 4:29

For thus the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said, “In repentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your strength.” But you were not willing, Isa. 30:13

“I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.” Mat. 5:32

Jesus and the Samarian woman meet at Jacob’s well. John 4: 4-40

“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Luke 11:9

“I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. Luke 13:3

Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38

“Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent, Acts 17:30

Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? Rom 2:4

I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us. 2 Cor. 7:9

‘Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place—unless you repent. Rev. 2:5

‘So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. Rev. 3:3

‘Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. Rev. 3:19

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The Second Coming

Then I was awake in the natural. I laid in bed in wonderment as to what I had just seen and heard. I knew I had seen what represented the second coming of Christ. Truly, God had revealed to me a great mystery. A revelation which man has wanted to know for thousands of years, but would anyone believe it? It is only my responsibility to deliver the revelation at this time and it is up to you alone wither you believe it or not.

In the past century many have come up with formulated predictions of the year of the Lord’s return and missed the mark every time, but this isn’t a prediction. I make no predictions!

I haven’t shared this experience in a public forum until now. Through the years, I have taken this revelation back to the Lord many times and asked Him if it wasn’t so to show me the truth. Not once has God ever backed down on this revelation, instead He has gone on to reveal more truths about Jesus’ return by correlating the scriptures, which pertain to the mystery of the second coming.

The Lord wants us to know that time is short and that He is looking for a people who will prepare themselves as His bride. This means that your life as you want to live it has to end if you want to join with Him in the wedding feast of the Lord. Jesus instructed us to take up our cross and follow Him. Are you? Will you? Don’t think you can wait until the last minute to prepare as His bride. His bride will be active, shinning the light of God in a darkened, sin filled world in these last days, testifying, demonstrating to a lost world Christ.  Preparation of the Bride Pt 1 The Epoch,  

Jesus said, “”But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. Mat. 13:32,35 “Therefore, be on the alert—for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning—Mat. 13:35

(note* – He didn’t say year, Jesus only speaks about not knowing the day and hour. In the book of Daniel the word “appointed times” are about the Feast of the Lord. These alone indicated God’s countdown clock for specific events to take place.) There are many prophetic examples in the Bible where the time of an event is prophesied such as the duration of Israel’s captivity in Babylon, when the messiah would be cut off, etc.

The Riddle Of Zechariah 14

The 14th chapter of Zechariah clearly describes details of Christ return with great clarity. Four verses in Zechariah 14 make up a riddle written in the scriptures, which appear to point to the general time of the day, day as well as the time of the year of the Lord’s return. Not the exact time but general time for this magnanimous event. Here’s the keys to the riddle but first read the verses below.

V6. In that day there will be no light; the luminaries will dwindle. V7. For it will be a unique day which is known to the LORD, neither day nor night, but it will come about that at evening time there will be light.  V8. And in that day living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter. V9. And the LORD will be king over all the earth; in that day the LORD will be the only one, and His name the only one. Zechariah 14:6-9

Key 1: Verse 6 confirms it will be a time of darkness on the earth.

Verse 7 is a unique day known to the Lord –

Key 2: If it’s not day and it’s not night then it’s twilight, which occurs at evening time which is the beginning of the Jewish day. but as in verse 6 the luminaries are not providing any light that it is twilight so by observing with the naked eye a person wouldn’t see the twilight signaling the new day.

Verse 8 – “…it will be in summer as well as in winter”

Key 3: If it’s not summer and it’s not winter then it is fall or to be more precise the fall equinox.

This appears to be a contridiction to some, but not if you look at what Jesus was quoting and what the illuniaries are doing at the time of the return of the Lord. It’s important to understand how the Israelites were instructed to determine the new moon. It had to be 14 hours old minimum. Then the two credible witnesses presented their testimony to the priest that they had seen the new moon, then when all the conditions were met the trumpets were sounded and the bonfires lit across the country side, signaling the Feast of Trumpets had begun.  Lev. 23:24

Note: “That is, the month Tisri, the seventh month of their ecclesiastical year, but the first of their civil year, answering to our September. This, which was their new year’s day, was a time of great festivity, and ushered in by the blowing of trumpets; whence it was also called the feast of blowing the trumpets.

The new moon actually occurs below the horizon, which can’t been seen by the naked eye until the next evening when it comes up low in the western sky. God will determine when the moon is new and when He wants Christ to return. The scriptures can’t contridict themselves and with some understanding you will see that they don’t. Once again I’m not making a prediction or am I interested in doing so. It really doesn’t matter to me either way. However, it is important to understand the knowledge of the scriptures as Holy Spirit teaches them to us. The most important thing to do is be ready like the five wise virgins in Matthew 25. 

  My observations of the type of people who say we can’t know the deep things of God and oppose and demonize anyone who dares to write what I’ve seen in the Spirit about the second coming is ironic because they seem to be the least prepared or interested in preparing for the return of the Lord. I see no urgency in their lives or real pursuit of the oil of the anointing that only can be obtained from intimate time in the presence of the Lord.  When the delay gets long and the stress of living in hard times wears on their soul they will not last and will want oil from the consecrated ones and they will not be given any. They are categorized with the foolish virgins as described in Matthew 25. Millions Will Perish  & Preparation of the Bride Pt 2

Much of the world’s population and many church goers are caught up self-worship, immorality; in love with the world, living life like it was going to last forever. The events of the past few years and even the most recent in 2011 have many people looking for answers. Many are in fear of the things coming upon the earth in an ever increasing speed and severity. God is trying to get the attention of the people of the world and the church as to the times we are in.  The Adulterous Church 

Know God's Word For Youself

“At night my soul longs for You, Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently: For when the earth experiences Your judgments The inhabitants of the world learn righteouness. Though the wicked is shown favor, He does not learn righteousness; He deals undustly in the land of uprightness, And does not preceive the majesty of the LORD.” Isa. 26:9-10

Since I was given this revelation in 2001, my wife and I life has drastically changed. Our priorities shifted from working in the corporate world to following God and do whatever He required of us to do at the time. In recent years the Lord began to show me that it is time for the preparation of the bride to begin. 

Jesus is coming back for a spotless people whose garments aren’t soiled by sin, a people who truly are in love with Christ and have a personal intimate relationship with Him like a husband and wife.

“It will come about in that day,” declares the LORD, “That you will call Me Ishi(husband) And will no longer call Me Baali (master).Hosea 2:16

I have often wondered how this revelation would be received and would anyone believe that God would reveal such a thing. However, God is a God of revelation and He is the one that reveals mysteries to mankind before He acts.  Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD does nothing Unless He reveals His secret counsel To His servants the prophets.

Perspective

One thing the believer must do is to begin looking at the end times from God’s perspective and not man’s view. God is going to war with evil to bring it to an end forever. He has assembled His army of angels and will execute His judgment upon evil once and for all ushering in Christ reign on earth. When Michael the head angel stands up the final push to the end begins.

 ”Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued. Daniel 12:1

Jesus spoke in the parable of the enemy sowing tares (weeds) into the wheat crop and that it was necessary to wait for the crop to mature so you could separate the two. Doing so earlier would uproot the wheat. Now, we are at the time when the wheat and the tares are coming into full fruitions.  Mat. 13:25-30, Rev. 14:15-20

In closing, I asked you to take this word before God and see if it is true or not. Time proves out all truth. It always does and it always will.
Jeremaih 33:3 “‘Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’

 Scripture References:

Jesus said, “”But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. Mat. 13:32,35 ?“Therefore, be on the alert—for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning—Mat. 13:35 (note* – He didn’t say year, Jesus only speaks of day and hour. In the book of Daniel the word “appointed times” referes to the Feast of the Lord. These alone indicated God’s countdown clock for specific events to take place.)

Luminaries Darkened

Howl ye; for the day of the LORD [is] at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man’s heart shall melt: And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces [shall be as] flames. Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. And I will punish the world for [their] evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. Is. 13:6-11

For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. Joel 3:15

Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: Mat. 24:29

But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, Mat. 13:24

And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. Rev. 8:12

And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. Rev. 9:2

Wheat & Tares

“But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. “But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tares became evident also. “The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ “And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ The slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’ “But he said, ‘No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them. ‘Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn.”‘” Mat. 13:25-30

Harvest Time

And another angel came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, ” Put in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.” Then He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped. And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. Then another angel, the one who has power over fire, came out from the altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, ” Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, because her grapes are ripe.” So the angel swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into the great wine press of the wrath of God. And the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, for a distance of two hundred miles. Rev 14:15-20

 As I have watched the events of the world for years, I knew the prophetic events prophesied pertaining to the Lord’s return would begin to speed up at some point more and more each year. The prophets of old have truly seen into our times and correctly spoke the word of God to us.

 Bro. Bill

On the morning of March 17 when I entered quiet time the Lord directed me to Jeremiah 25:29-33. Have you sensed the change in the spiritual atmosphere in the earth? I believe many are wondering what is going on. It’s like a switch has been thrown and now the world is in such chaos. The Mideast political changes are occurring right before our eyes preparing the way for the one world leader to come forth at his appointed time.

Earthquake Damage

The earth is shaking with great intensity causing many to stop and think…what if that happened to my city? What would I do? Literally, the earth has tottered on its axis even to the point of slowing down in time as it wobbles from the impact of these powerful earthquakes. The geographical location of the North Pole has moved several meters from recent geological events like the December 26, 2004 Malaysian earthquake which generated a massive tsunami killing a quarter million or more people.

“The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard And it totters like a shack, For its transgression is heavy upon it, And it will fall, never to rise again.” ?Isa. 24:30

It’s difficult to watch the suffering which has been ongoing in the earth and to what purpose do these things happening? We are closer to the coming of the Lord than most people think. World events are happening simultaneously and in ever increasing severity, but again to what purpose?

Is God trying to get a lost and dying earth’s attention? I think so. I will share a revelation on the time of the Lord’s return which He showed me in 2001 in my next blog.

I couldn’t help but notice the headlines in one of the major online news websites the day after the powerful earthquake which hit Christchurch, New Zealand. The headline read “Christchurch in ruins”. Did you miss it church? Jesus spoke of a generation at the time of his return which will lack understanding of the signs of times or choose to ignore then hoping things will get better.

“For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.”For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be. Mat. 24: 37-39

Cognitive dissonance is an interesting study which helps explain how human nature deals with tragic world events. Important research generated by the theory has been concerned with the consequences of exposure to information inconsistent with a prior belief, what happens after individuals act in ways that are inconsistent with their prior attitudes, what happens after individuals make decisions, and the effects of effort expenditure.

Isa. 24:20

In other words we as humans would rather ignore the problem, make excuses, hope it will not happen to us, find fault, criticize things or events that don’t match up to our prior beliefs about said things. To read more on Cognitive dissonance

We must humble ourselves before God and allow Him (Holy Spirit our teacher) to show us the truth no matter what theology we have been indoctrinated in. Remember, God opposes the proud but gives such grace and mercy to the humble.

On the eve of 2011, I had such an ominous sense of dread to enter the New Year. It is proving out to be a difficult year on the earth but nothing like what is coming in the next few years. The Lord showed me these verses below and I tell you it’s time for the nations to repent and turn to God. Time is running out to do so. The prophetic clock is ticking down…tick, tick, tick…

Jeremiah 25:29-33

“For behold, I am beginning to work calamity in this city which is called by My name, and shall you be completely free from punishment? You will not be free from punishment; for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth,” declares the LORD of hosts.’ V.29

“Therefore you shall prophesy against them all these words, and you shall say to them, ‘The LORD will roar from on high And utter His voice from His holy habitation; He will roar mightily against His fold. He will shout like those who tread the grapes, Against all the inhabitants of the earth. V.30

‘A clamor has come to the end of the earth, Because the LORD has a controversy with the nations. He is entering into judgment with all flesh; As for the wicked, He has given them to the sword,’ declares the LORD.” V.31

Thus says the LORD of hosts, “Behold, evil is going forth From nation to nation, And a great storm is being stirred up From the remotest parts of the earth. V.32

“Those slain by the LORD on that day will be from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be lamented, gathered or buried; they will be like dung on the face of the ground. V.33

Bro. Bill

Journal Entry: Dream

Title: The Additions

Date: 1/3/11

The Additions

In the dream, I had a revelatory teaching the Lord had given me to share with a particular church; however, I knew they would reject hearing it from me since it went against their traditions. The photos in this article are a perfect example of the dream The Additions.

An older lady down the street owned a huge building which she was going to renovate and appointed me to oversee the project. The structure had many levels and additions added over the course of many years. The lady instructed me that everything that wasn’t in the original plan was to be torn away from the structure so it could be seen in its original design.  

The crew started at the top of the building working their way down. The many additions over time had made the structure very unappealing to the eye and hindered its flow and function. It was now obvious that the additions were added by people that didn’t understand the original design or the concepts of the architect.

As the additions were torn away, people began to come to the construction site and declare how beautiful the original design truly was. One lady said she had no idea that such a beautiful structure had been hidden from us for all these years. I said, “It’s beautiful, look at how the original architect designed the structure with was such simplicity and beauty.  This has been hidden from the world for so long.”

Construction debris was piled up high all around the structure making it difficult to walk around.  The building was dark inside due to the additions that had sealed up the windows which were in the original design. The only light that penetrated into the building came from the front and rear doors which were just recently opened.

Suddenly, a frightened sheep appeared out of a dark hallway and apparently it had been trapped in the structure for a long time. The sheep stood there in the darkness of the room, only being illuminated by the light, which poured into the room from the front door. The sheep wanted to escape to the light but I was standing in its path.  I stepped aside and the sheep run past me as fast as it could go disappearing out the front doorway.  

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Dream Interpretation –

From Simplicity to Mega-Religion

The lady who hired me to supervise the demolition of the structure represents Holy Spirit. All the additions are things that man has added to Christ’s message and Paul’s gospel since the inception of Christianity. The beauty of the original framing of the true gospel message and the walk in Christ has long been covered up by the works of man.  Regardless, if it was driven by good intentions or by ego, for power and control, or to influence and appear successful, it has taken away from the beauty of Christianity, not added to it.

There is a longing for the real thing. The real thing which is Truth can’t be found in words. Although, words may be true they are not the Truth. The Truth is a person and his name is Jesus Christ. Real truth is found in a relationship with the Truth which is Jesus Christ.

No matter how many additions are added to an original structure they will only mask the original structure, not reveal it. Today’s church system today is represented by all the additions that obstruct the function and flow of Christ’s people. 

I won’t soon forget the look on the lady’s face when she saw the beauty of the original design for the first time. Would the early believers recognize today’s form of Christianity? I think not! What if we could see it for ourselves?

You may read this and wonder what are the additions that have been added to Christianity? I could list many here but I don’t want to appear mean spirited. It’s safe to say that just about everything you see as the organized church today was instituted by Christ, especially the clergy system that dominates the people. The only way believers will discover the additions which were added by man will be to seek Jesus Christ for the sole purpose of knowing Him in an intimate relationship and in time He will reveal Himself clearly to you and what is real worship.  It’s time for believers to humble ourselves, get before the Lord and truly seek Him for the sole purpose of loving Him. Christ is coming back for a bride that is without spot, wrinkle or blemish.

Five Questions:

A few months ago I was given an audience with the Lord.  I quickly grabbed my tablet and went into a room and closed the door.  I asked Him these five questions.  

Q1. Why don’t some churches grow?
A1. Because they want it to grow.

Q2. What’s wrong with that?
A2. It’s their vision not Mine.

Q3. But didn’t the early church grow and increase?
A3. As I added members. 

Q4. Why then do some churches grow and others don’t?
A4. It’s not about growth. It’s about the Kingdom. Each church has a different assignment and the motives behind the pulpit must be 100% for My things and not things, not numbers, or anything man can say, “This is a successful ministry because of a building or pews filled”. What are they doing with the people in the pews, warehousing them? Corralling them as their sheep to control while they feed themselves and starve My sheep? It is not My way and a day of judgment awaits for those evil, sluggard, selfish shepherds.

Q5. How does leadership change their mind set?
A5. Give up control to Me. Find their true place in My heart and allow My heart to reign in their lives.

The message is clear. We must strip away all that is of man and return back to your first love. After all that is the message written to the churches in Revelation. If you truly want to promote the Kingdom then there needs to be changes made and the changes will begin on your knees before the Lord. Much has been done in His name that isn’t of God at all. Many things have been added to the simple Christian faith that isn’t of God at all. If you are going to walk with Him now is the time to take inventory of your motives, ego, doctrine and motivations and be truthful with God. Adk God to show you The Additions!

Scripture References:

“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the  Beginning of the creation of God, says this: ‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. ‘So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. ‘Because you say, “I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. ‘Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. ‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. ‘He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’” Rev. 3: 14-22

The key to knowing and following Christ is found in this verse: “And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death. Rev. 12:11

The first thing revealed to me was a dream about the condition of the ministry gift of prophet.

 Journal Entry: Dream – Restoration Required – 7/15/2009
I was in an office consisting of four separate rooms; I knew by the Spirit that the office represented the ministry gift of the prophet. Each room was in various states of disrepair due to a serious lack of care and maintenance. Someone before me had begun renovating several of the rooms but for whatever reason had quit before finishing. In the remodeling process, one of the newly renovated rooms already had large holes in the ceiling caused by rain leaking through the roof damaging the new ceiling and carpet.

The largest room hadn’t been touched; it had a large gap in the wall between the window and ceiling where I could see to the outside. The gap allowed dirt to enter the office covering all the equipment and furniture. Anyone who worked or came into the office would get dirty due to its neglected condition. The office was truly awful, non-functional and a disgrace to the company. I said, “Get the president of the company and he will repair this!” End Journal Entry-

Meaning:
I woke up from the dream pondering what I had seen. By the condition of the office, Holy Spirit was showing me that the current condition of the ministry gift of prophet is in disrepair, unsightly, dysfunctional and dirty to God. It is polluted with dirt and foreign matter which doesn’t belong making it unclean before Him. Obviously, there had been no one performing maintenance on this office for a very long time, even though the office was in daily use. The people, which had previously occupied this office, had tried to renovate it but apparently had gotten discouraged when met with resistance, gave up and acclimated themselves to the existing condition.  They submitted to the system.

This dream was followed by eight more dreams dealing with the condition of the church today and the transition by the Spirit; we’ve entered into the preparation of the bride of Christ.  By Holy Spirit placing this dream first in a series of dreams that followed, tells me that the ministry gift of the prophet must be restored as God purposed it in order for the body of Christ to transition into the time of the preparation of the bride.

Why must the prophet be restored?
God is restoring the true ministry gift of the prophet to the believers today. Without the authority of the prophet’s voice speaking in the church today, the church is blind to the direction of what God is doing or about to do at a given time. The prophet represents the eye to the body of Christ, God revealed His method in Amos 3:7.

“Surely the Lord GOD does nothing
Unless He reveals His secret counsel
To His servants the prophets.”

The prophet is the watchman on the wall, watching and listening to see what the Lord will say.

Habakkuk 2:1-3
“I will stand on my guard post
And station myself on the rampart;
And I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me,
And how I may reply when I am reproved.
Then the LORD answered me and said,
“Record the vision
And inscribe it on tablets,
That the one who reads it may run.
“For the vision is yet for the appointed time;
It hastens toward the goal, and it will not fail.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
For it will certainly come, it will not delay.”

The way man view things and the way God views things are very different.

Isa 55:9
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.”

The way pastors and teachers view the word is different from the prophet. The pastor/teacher speaks of the expressed or the explained word, the prophet speaks of the illuminated or revealed word.

Today, there may be no true prophets operating within the walls of the organized church system. I didn’t say there were no true prophets, but their voice and ministry gift are stifled under the control of man and they aren’t given the opportunity to speak freely. Any true prophet of God would certainly rebuke the divisoin the church system has created in the body of Christ, regardless if it’s denominational or non-denominational.

Turkish proverb: “If you speak the truth when everyone else believes and is practicing the opposite, make sure you are sitting on a very swift horse.”

How does the great revival come?
Holy Spirit has shown me that just as the prophet John the Baptist prepared the way for Christ, first coming so shall it be that the prophet(s) will rise up preaching repentance preparing the way for His second coming. No true revival can be had without the conviction of sin, righteousness and judgment by Holy Spirit. John was purposed and birthed into the Earth and entered into his assigned ministry at the appointed time and so it is with all true prophets.  Their birth is a supernatural event witnessed by those only trusted by God and they have been prepared outside of the sight of man.

John came out of the wilderness speaking not in the synagogues of organized religion of the day, but to whomever would listen. John’s purpose was prophesied in the Old Testament which was to prepare the way of the Lord and so shall it be now that true prophets will seemingly come out of nowhere (the wilderness) speaking to the people warning them to turn from wickedness and bear fruit worthy of repentance. People came out of the synagogues to hear him because John wasn’t allowed into the religious system of the day and so shall it be in these times as well. Most all great revivals occurred outdoors and in the streets.

Matthew 3:2-3
“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”  For this is the one referred to by Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight!’”

The true prophet despises the religious spirit that manifests in organized religion because he sees it for what it is and what it is does to the people of God. He sees the harlotry being committed before God as people pursue self in a religious system which is controlled by a foreign spirit, the Babylon spirit. Escape From Babylon Thus the true prophet or the end-time prophet will operate outside the walls of the church just as John the Baptist. The revival which will come will not take place within the walls of the existing church system. Any move of God in the current church system will be to draw the people away from its control and unto Christ for He is calling forth His bride to come out into an intimate relationship with Him.

But we must remember that the church system has many who are Christ loving, sincere people, who truly have a heart for the things of God. The very leadership that is controlling the sheep is being controlled by the system they serve and don’t even recognize it for what it is.

“Always separate the failure of the system from the hearts of the people in it.” Jake Colsen

When God decides to bring revival, he will bypass the old regime (leadership, structure, theology) and move outside of the Church system. Many will return to the home meetings for intimacy in fellowship just as the early saints gathered.

Luke 5:37-38:
Jesus said it this way; “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins…”

(Ez. 34:9-10; Ez. 34:15-16 [NLT]
Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I now consider these shepherds my enemies, and I will hold them responsible for what has happened to my flock. I will take away their right to feed the flock, and I will stop them from feeding themselves. I will rescue my flock from their mouths; the sheep will no longer be their prey. … I myself will tend my sheep and give them a place to lie down in peace, says the Sovereign Lord. I will search for my lost ones who strayed away, and  I will bring them safely home again. I will bandage the injured and strengthen the weak. But I will destroy those who are fat and powerful. I will feed them, yes—feed them justice!  

I was perplexed when I first heard the Lord say to me after this dream, “My bride comes not so much from the church as from the world.” I now understand why Christ spoke the following words.

Matt 22:1-14
“And Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying,  The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king, who gave a wedding feast for his son.  And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.  Again he sent out other slaves saying, Tell those who have been invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened livestock are all butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast.   But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business, and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them.  But the king was enraged and sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and set their city on fire. Then he said to his slaves, the wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.  And those slaves went out into the streets, and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests. But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw there a man not dressed in wedding clothes, and he said to him, Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes? And he was speechless.  Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into the outer darkness; in that place there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

Date: 1-10-2010 – 3:30 AM

I saw a man sitting in a chair looking despondent when suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared before him. The man asked, “What are you here for?” The angel responded, “I am here to deliver you from the spirit of Babylon.”

The angel took the man by the hand and immediately they began to soar vertically at a high rate of speed into the air. I could hear demons moaning and shrieking as the angel carried the man upward while ascending through level after level of the demonic Babylonian kingdom.

As they climbed higher and higher I saw what appeared to be the top of a large dome made of reinforced concrete. The dome had rows of elongated slots which came to a point on the ends making the structure incredibly strong and prison-like. Each slot was filled with darkness and it was an impossible barrier to escape from- without the power of the angel to deliver the man. I heard the man say, “I didn’t even know I was in prison.”  Then the dream ended.

I believe the man in the dream represented me being delivered from the religious system.

-End Journal Entry-

What spirit did the angel come to deliver the man from? It was the spirit of Babylon. The spirit of Babylon is the spirit which rules the world and the church system today. This includes all forms of religions which are made up of countless doctrines, creeds, separatism, denominations and non-denominational churches alike.

The word church in the Greek word ekklesia which basically means called out ones. It isn’t a church building, it’s believers in Christ.

The Babylon spirit is carnal mindedness and all that it can divise. The Babylon spirit displays haughtiness, arrogance and the pride of man’s knowledge above God’s knowledge and wisdom. Spiritual Babylon long ago hijacked Christ’s gospel replacing it with the “institutional, organized” church system.

Ignatius was the third pastor of Antioch (110 A.D) who apparently served under apostle John . Ingatius installed his own believe’s in an attempt to prevent heresies of Gnosticism and Docetism. By doing so Inatius established the Clergy system. He wrote: “Follow your bishop, every one of you, as obediently as Jesus Christ followed the Father. Obey your Clergy too, as you would Apostles; give your deacons the same reverence that you would to a command from God. Make sure no step affecting the Church is ever taken by anyone without the bishop’s sanction. The sole Eucharist you should consider valid is one that is celebrated by the bishop himself, or by some person authorized by him. Where the bishop is to be seen, there let all his people be; just as wherever Jesus Christ is present, we have the Catholic Church. Nor is it permissable to conduct baptism or the Eucharist without the bishop. On the other hand, whatever does have this sanction can be sure of God’s approval too. This is the way to make certain of soundness and validity of anything you do.”

 In the church system people feel safe, sufficient, significant, assured, justified and secure. It gives forth to self-serving, status, position, reputation, security and identity to many all the while the institution itself grows in its power and importance. Many people depend on the church system for their livelihood, significance, preeminence, validation, power and recognition. The man in the dream was imprisoned by the system and didn’t even know it. This is the way millions of God-loving saints are today. They are imprisoned in a church system of man’s making and do not even realize it.

In fact, I find the comparison of prison and the church system very astute. Prison inmates are under the control of the warden’s rules and regulations just like the many people in the pews today are under the control of leadership’s rules and regulations of man’s own making. There is no freedom for the congregation in the church system today, just like there is no freedom for an inmate in prison. A prisoner doesn’t get to do anything unless someone “lets” him do it. I have heard leadership say, “let the people do this or let them do that.” The word “let” truly indicates control of the congregation and this shouldn’t be! If someone stays in prison long enough they become institutionalized. The same thing happens to people in the church system if they stay in it long enough. They become institutionalized or indoctrinated to what that particular church system believes.

I have watched the church system for sometime now with all of its organization, orchestration, formats which restrain the free flowing leading of Holy Spirit. However, I have upon a few occasions seen Holy Spirit move within in the confines of a man inspired church system. I had to know from God why Holy Spirit moves when He does.

Holy Spirit showed me a picture of a stake driven into the sand high up on a beach. There is was, a lone stake driven in the sand, far away from the surf. The stake represents the church system beliefs, what it is about, its creed, denomination, faith statement, doctrine, identity, etc.  Then I was shown a picture of the ebb and tide of the ocean. The tide comes in and the tide goes back out, this cycle is repeated daily. Occasionally the surf is so stirred that the waves come up far enough to reach the stake only to eventually recede back out to sea.  The Lord said, “I move upon my people like this in their personal time and occasionally during a meeting to soak them in My presence and to draw them unto Me, to teach them to follow after the ebb and tide of My Spirit. When I move on a congregation, I am not validating the church system as the religious think. I want to draw people out of it and unto Me, I want them to learn to follow the ebb and tide of My Spirit.”

scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.” Gen 11:3-5 NAS

When meditating about the dream of the angel delivering the man from Babylon, I asked the Lord if He had a scriptural example of what I had seen in the dream and immediately I was reminded of when Peter was in prison and the angel of the Lord appeared to deliver him. Once Peter was delivered from prison, he went to his fellowship made up of the people praying for him. What spirit was behind the imprisonment of Peter? Could the answer be the spirit of Babylon? Most certainly because the Babylonian spirit operates through the flesh (carnal man) and wants approval from man! Herod demonstrated both in Acts 12:1-3.

Observe the spirit of Babylon in operation in this verse:

 ”Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church (GK. ekklesia means “called out ones”), in order to mistreat them.  And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword.  And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also.” Acts 12:1-3 NAS

“For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.” Rom 8:14-15 NAS

When I heard the Lord say to me a few months ago, “My bride comes not so much from the church as from the world,” I was somewhat taken back by this statement as to what He meant. I didn’t understand then what has now been made so clear to me now after much prayer, study and revelations.

The reason the bride must come out from the institutional church system is that the church system is incapable of preparing the bride of Christ. It can only institutionalize its congregants to be dependant upon the church system. In fact its interest is truly to grow the institution’s power and influence and not grow the people. In a recent Barna Group survey, 9 out of 10 pastors were surveyed and said that the church (system) was full of babies. However, each pastor commented that they had no babies in their own congregation.

The Babylonian spirit is a spirit that sets out to extinguish faith with false doctrine which leads man into works. For when faith dies there is no faith which leads people to ascend to God in their own way. It disrupts the plan and purposes of God by its influence of a non-God spirit.

The Babylonian spirit influences ministries to do works such as, let us build, let us make a name for ourselves, let us do great projects, let us be like God. It replaces the faith with works and does not follow nor seek the leading or direction of Holy Spirit.

The spirit of Babylon is found in the story of the Tower of Babel. “ And they said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name; lest we be

“So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God.  And on the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison.  And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter’s side and roused him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And his chains fell off his hands.  And the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”  And he went out and continued to follow, and he did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.  And when they had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened for them by itself; and they went out and went along one street; and immediately the angel departed from him.  And when Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent forth His angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”  And when he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.” Acts 12:5-12 NAS

Unlike the dream, Peter knew he was in prison but the man in the dream didn’t realize his imprisonment. Not knowing one is in prison is a far greater plight to a person because he is blind to his real circumstance.

It you are within the confines of the church system you need to stop and take “inventory” and weigh truthfully what has been written here before God and trust Him to show you truth. God has appointed some to work within in the confines of the church system for a season only for reasons known to God and the believer. Perhaps it is to observe and learn up close and personal what the church system is really about. My heart is for the people to be delivered from the prison of the church system and to be brought into a personal and intimate relationship in Jesus Christ.

“And as for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him.” 1 John 2:27-28 NAS

Bringing the bride of Christ out of the church system can only be done by the Spirit of the Lord because the church system is a stronghold in her mind through years of indoctrination. God has to take the church system out of the bride before she can ever be free and be presented to Christ as His bride.

By the revelation of the Lord, we are in the time in which the focus of the Lord is to “prepare” His bride. That’s it! Most in leadership of the church system won’t recognize the paradigm shift that has occurred in the Spirit, thus they will continue on in the confines of the system. As in the first century, the existing religious system (Pharisees, Sadducees, etc) didn’t recognize the time of the Lord’s visitation and so shall it be now.

The dream is a continuing theme which Holy Spirit keeps giving me to warn those who will listen and heed the warning of the committing adultery with the spirit of Babylon (church system). For more on this subject please read these articles. The Adulterous Church, The Preparation of the Bride Pt. 1 The Epoch, Jewels – My Bride, Vision of the Three Legged Donkey, Millions Will Perish.

Scripture References:

“ And when He approached, He saw the city and wept over it,  saying, “If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.  “For the days shall come upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank before you, and surround you, and hem you in on every side,  and will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.  

 And He entered the temple and began to cast out those who were selling,  saying to them, “It is written, ‘And My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a robbers’ den.’ 

 And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him,  and they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging upon His words”. Luke 19:41-48 NAS

“And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion of her immorality.” Rev 14:8 NAS

“And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you may not participate in her sins and that you may not receive of her plagues;  for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.” Rev 18:4-5 NAS

Jounal Entry: 12/18/2009 1:15AM
I was in a dream where the spirit of Dagon was trying to over power the leadership and the saints. Dagon appeared to be suspended on the wall like a picture. When  I passed by it I felt its power and I fought to resist it because it is powerful. Dagon can subdue  nations, governments, religious minded souls and indeed wants to for the purpose of warring against God’s people. Right at the peak of resisting the spirit’s power I heard three powerfully loud knocks in the spirit that came from the direction of under my pillow, directly to my head, startling me awake at 1:15 AM. I had just been rescued and defended by Holy Spirit from the power of Dagon. The reason behind this is I just released a new blog exposing the Dagon spirit and it is obvious that the evil Dagon didn’t like it. This isn’t the first time I’ve encountered a ruler spirit. They rule over cities, regions or nations and each encounter has ended with Holy Spirit coming to my aid. I love Holy Spirit!

The Spirit of Dagon

I received a phone call from a brother in Christ one afternoon; he named a preacher and wanted to know what I knew about him. I told the brother that I didn’t know anything about the preacher nor had I heard of him, but I would check and see what he was preaching and let him know if it seemed safe to listen to him.

I searched YouTube and quickly found his sermon part 1-8 on the “Ecstasy of God.” I began watching and listening as the man took terminology of the drug / alcohol world and incorporated it into his sermon. Repeatedly he demonstrated that “if you do this” or “you do that” in your spiritual walk with Holy Spirit you would “get high and God would promote you to the next level in the supernatural presence of God.” He used terms like the godka of God, the Crown Royal, the Jehovajuanna, Ecstasy of God, drunken glory of God and so forth in his message.  As he taught, he walked around acting like he was high on God.

The large auditorium where he was preaching appeared to be filled with many young people who were taking notes and listening intently as he carried on and on with his drug phrased preaching. He mentioned many well known classic saints from the 1600s who had many supernatural experiences but failed to mention that their experiences came out of the death of self and an enduring love relationship with Jesus Christ. Such saints as Brother Lawrence, Madame Guyon, Saint John of the Cross and Saint Teresa of Ávila were not seeking an experience; they were deeply in a love relationship with Jesus Christ. The preacher’s message glorifies the seeking of God for the experience rather than seeking God for relationship.

It was very disturbing to me and I began to ask God to show me what spirit was behind this man’s preaching. After continued persistence to understand,  while in quiet time the next morning, I heard the Lord say one word, “Dagon!”

It is the spirit of Dagon; Dagon was the principal deity of the Philistines and was imported to the region from Babylon. What Dagon looked like is truly not known to us today nor is it important; however, what the Dagon represents does matter. Dagon was primarily worshiped in Gaza and Ashkelon regions as the God of war. This region was known to have many giants in it. The spirit of Dagon is at war with the saints and wants to subdue the holy things of God.

“Now the lords of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice, for they said, “Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands.” Judg 16:23 NAS

“ The Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.  When the Ashdodites arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and set him in his place again.  But when they arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. And the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold; only the trunk of Dagon was left to him.  Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor all who enter Dagon’s house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.” 1 Sam 5:2-5 NAS

The Philistines captured the ark of God and placed it in a submissive place in their temple of worship before Dagon as a gratitude offering and as proof their god was greater than the Hebrew God. God showed the Philistines that their god Dagon couldn’t stand over Him. God will not be manipulated by man; God will not be subservient to man’s will or his desire. God will not be reduced to a crazed drug culture comparison of being bonged out into drunken glory all the time.

The presence of God is wonderful. A new believer will encounter it for the first time and their flesh may shake, spasm or fall-out during the experience. However, the more time one spends soaking in the presence of the Lord, the more adjusted you become, in other words, the anointing that knocked me down yesterday will not knock me down today. How can we ever minister under a strong anointing if we are prone to falling-out or rolling on the floor? When we come into the presence of the Lord, we should be eternally changed. God can over power any human with His unveiled holiness; just read the book of Daniel to get an idea.

 Dan 8:17
“So he came near to where I was standing, and when he came I was frightened and fell on my face.”

Dan 8:27
“ Then I, Daniel, was exhausted and sick for days. Then I got up again and carried on the king’s business; but I was astounded at the vision, and there was none to explain it.” NAS

Know that yesterday’s miracle; yesterday’s manifestation doesn’t carry me through today trials and tribulations. I must have a real relationship with Him and a fresh anointing of grace each day to fulfill what he has called me to do. I love the tangible presence of God but I don’t seek God for it. I seek God because I want to be known of Him and have an intimate relationship with Him.

Matt 7:22-23
 ”Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’  And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’” 

There are many false and counterfeit anointings in the world. Some pulpits are occupied by imposters who preach under a false anointing and do not lead people to a relationship with Christ but rather to themselves and the church system. How can they lead someone to a place they haven’t been themselves?

In my early days after repenting and rededicating my life to Christ, I experienced His Holy anointing that would settle on me so heavily that it was awkward for me to stand at times. These experiences came out of an ever-growing, intimate relationship with Jesus Christ, not from seeking the experience. He was washing me, He was soaking me in His love, He was filling me full of His Holy anointing and immersing me in the Holy Spirit.

These experiences weren’t about growing in Christ as much as establishing a love relationship with the holiness of Christ. It was out of the excitement of getting to know Jesus that these experiences kept coming on me. After a period of several months the season ended and God began to grow me up in the things of Christ. I would never mature in the things of Christ if I was seeking Him for the feelings of His presence. He purposely will remove them to teach us to walk by faith and not by our feelings.

We mustn’t seek experiences or the “high” but we seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and then all these things are added unto us. To seek God for any reason, other than to know Him and be known of Him, is no different than the crowd who followed Jesus for the fish and loaves.

Matt 6:33-34
“But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.  Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”  NAS

Dagon is the spirit behind this man’s teaching and yet I can honestly say that I felt a sincere love for the man who was preaching. He did not set out to deliberately deceive people, in all honesty and truthfulness, he is deceived himself. He has been beguiled by the spirit of Dagon and doesn’t even know it. Deceived people don’t know they’re deceived, if they knew, well they wouldn’t be deceived. The Merriam Webster dictionary defines deceived as, “to cause to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid.” We need to pray that his eyes be opened to truth and that Satan’s kingdom no longer blinds him from the truth.

The Dagon spirit is at war against God and His saints and wants to take them captive. It is fleshly, sensual and filled with the acts of human accomplishments. This Dagon spirit wants to make Holy Spirit respond to the believer based on seeking the experience just like an addict which seeks to get high from taking a drug. An addict isn’t seeking relationship with a drug but only to get high. I don’t doubt the man is under the influence and is feeling high but the high is not coming from Holy Spirit but from the Dagon spirit.

Unfortunately, in these last days many false teachers will emerge in the body of Christ. They will most likely have had a history of teaching sound doctrine, but now due to impure motives and unresolved character issues, they have been deceived by false a anointing.

False Teachers -

“But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.  And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned;  and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.” 2 Peter 2: 1-4

“ For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires;  and will turn away their ears from the truth, and will turn aside to myths.  But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.” 2 Tim 4:3-6 NAS

Deception –

“ See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.” Col 2:8 NAS

“ And then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming;  that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,  and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truthso as to be saved.  And for this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they might believe what is false, in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness.” 2 Thess 2:8-12 NAS

“But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.  You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them;  and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.  All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.” 2 Tim 3:13-17 NAS

“ To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.  They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient, and worthless for any good deed”. Titus 1:15-16 NAS

I pray you will be studying the word and praying for discernment in the things of God.

Be Blesses In Your Service To Him,

Bro. Bill Nelson

I was cruising downtown one of the main streets, made a right turn and on the left corner of the street was a large, stone church with a massive columned porch with many stone steps leading up to the door. There was a large church choir wearing scarlet robes and were assembled on the steps. They were singing proudly as they stood in a stoic posture.

 The pastor of the church was wearing a plan gray suit as he walked up and down in the middle of the street in front of the church and preaching his sermon. He was manipulating his voice, breathing and snorting out the words, it seemed so phony and was a big turn-off to many. I thought of all the preachers that preach in this manner. I drove by really slow trying to sense any anointing coming from this great display of religion and there was absolutely none, I sped on down the road.

 I looked behind me and saw a one-ton truck pulling a flatbed trailer loaded with lumber, I sped up to keep it from running over me. I made a sharp a left turn onto a side street so fast that the keys in the ignition of the motorcycle flew out into the air landing inside of another church located on the right side of the street.

I got off the bike and walked in the church to find my keys. I looked down the left side aisle which was overflowing with people sitting in chairs, most of them were teenagers. I didn’t see my keys there so I went around the center aisle, looked into the back pews into an unoccupied area.

Here, a preacher was speaking to the congregation and his annunciation of words was like that of the other preacher I had just left. He would speak a short sentence, and then suck air back in gathering his breath as he held the microphone close to his mouth so you could hear the fervor in his voice. Each sentence ended with him adding “hah” and “ehh”. He’d practiced his technique for years and now had truly mastered it. The people seemed to be impressed by him, mistaking his technique as inspired by God. As I listened, I continued my focus on finding the key to my motorcycle.

 I spotted my keys in the unoccupied seats in the next to last row of pews. I reached down and picked them up, turned to leave only to see the preacher standing right in front of me. He was much shorter than me, an unhandsome man with a round face and bad complexion.

 I knew he wanted to say something to me but he just stood there staring up at me. Feeling awkward, I stuck out my hand and introduced myself to him. We shook hands and he introduced himself with the name of a very famous preacher, yet I knew he wasn’t that preacher. Then he told me what his father’s name was and said, “Maybe you’ve heard of Him? He’s going to give me a congregation someday.” I turned and walked away and said in disgust, “That is just what we need…another congregation.”

Meaning:

 These men were imposters; the word “Imposter” means: One who assumes false identity or title for the purpose of deception.

 Imposters are no more than performers and they lead their church with great emotional sermons that have no long lasting impact on the lives of the hearers.  Men like these are occupying a place reserved for only the God seeking, God fearing minister.  Many (thousands) of pulpits are occupied by people who aren’t appointed. 

The dream represents what the church (organized religion) has become today. They are self-serving and without a true anointing from God. Sadly, they are no more than hirelings.

“He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters {them.} “{He flees} because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep. JN 10:12-13

There are many preachers who operate in a false anointing. They get in the pulpit and preach away, all the while their walk with God is superficial if not non-existent. They have evolved the church system into a business in every sense of the word. Many in leadership make decisions based on how it will affect the business side of their church more that what God wants, if God’s direction is sought at all. The imposters are more interested in making a name for themselves in building a bigger business and expanding their business so they look successful rather than focusing on God’s Kingdom purposes. Read The Adulterous Church

The people are the Lord’s sheep, they’re not the property of a pastor and they must be treated that way; Jesus Christ is their pastor. Their lives are not to be controlled by any man or should anyone in leadership usurp (commandeer) authority over them in a controlling manner.

Scripture References:

Jude 4, 10-19 “For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.”  v10-19 But these men revile the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed. Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah. These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted; wild waves of the sea, casting up their own ]shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever. It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; they speak arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of gaining an advantage. But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.”  These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit. Jude v.4, 10-19

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to those shepherds, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flock? “You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat {sheep} without feeding the flock. “Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you sought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them.” Ezk. 32-2-4

In Christ Name

Bill Nelson