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Issue #24 Apr 09

No matter where you are at or no matter what is around you, you will be in a state of well being, because you will know that I am in control. No matter what the condition of the storm or the turmoil, you will not fear anything, for you know that I am your loving Father, and that I watch over you, and will not allow anything that you can’t handle, for you know that I said that nothing by any means can harm you.

For this is the end of all times, and it is so important that you have this state of mind. You need to rest in My perfect peace and assurance that I am a sovereign God, and that nothing can happen without Me allowing it. Be sure that I will only allow those situations that will either prepare you or that will conform you into My image.

For you know that when you go through the flames, they will not burn you, and when you go through the waters, they will not overtake you. The flames will only be used to purify you to burn off the dross so that you will be like pure gold that has gone through the furnace of My burning love for you.

Back in January at a 24 Hour Watch at Nova Worship Center the following was shared during worship on Friday:

Melvin Hardy shared a key word in relation to the volcano in Alaska that everyone is waiting to erupt. The name of the mountain is Mount Redoubt. The key here is the word Redoubt. It is a noun with the following meanings: 1. A temporary fortification built to defend a position such as a hilltop; 2. Stronghold—a castle, fortress, or other stronghold.

On Sunday Mount Redoubt erupted. So far five “explosive events” have occurred with the latest today. Below are the various definitions for the word redoubt.

Redoubt Pronunciation: \ri-’dau?t; Function: noun, Date: circa 1608

1 a: a small usually temporary enclosed defensive work b: a defended position: protective barrier

2: a secure retreat: stronghold

I saw the Body of Christ plowing with great difficulty in the field of labor. Finally our plow seemed to hit a stump in the field and we couldn’t go any further. With all our efforts and praying this stump remained unmovable and steadfast. Our hearts were broken for we knew God had placed us here to plow in this great field of Harvest. But this “stump” in the field was stopping us.

I then heard the Lord say, “You have hit treasure! This is no ordinary stump of an ordinary tree. You have just hit the base of the tree of Calvary. It’s the cross growing in your field! You must not, I repeat, you must not remove it. It is growing in your field to remove you out of the way from hindering My Harvest. You will have to embrace this cross and die before I can release resurrection power into your field of labor."

As we beheld the cross growing in our field, we began to experience a “Severe Pruning” in our spiritual gifts, especially in the area of the prophetic. He was cutting and pruning us back to bring forth a more sure word. He was adjusting our gifts, callings, and ministries to bring forth the fruit of “Servant Hood” in our lives. I felt the Lord say, “Your gifts are showing more than your fruit. You are embarrassing Me!”

Every Plant, Which My Heavenly Father Hath Not Planted, Shall Be Rooted Up.

This morning I was walking the floor praying in the spirit hard and fast, without understanding with my intellect what I was feeling so strongly about when I received a vision:

I saw what looked like a humongous otherworldly sized tree stump (think Sequoya at least). I could not see whether it was a full tree or a cut off stump. I could only see the bottom section with roots upon roots upon roots dangling in the air. It was being ripped up by a giant hand. These relative scriptures came to me.

Matthew 15:13, But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

Matthew 13:30, Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Matthew 13:39-41 (KJV), ³⁹The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. ⁴⁰As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. ⁴¹The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

Last night, I had a lot of time to pray. I felt so wooed to worship. Right before that, I had mentioned to my husband Charles, I felt a hush over email land, but felt it was much greater and universal. I felt it was a sign of something going on in the heavenlies. I sensed it was a stillness that the Lord was calling us to all do.

I had so many emotions last night in worship, but connected by the Spirit of the Lord as one, and felt weeping at one point bursting forth from my inner being. Then so many Spirit songs, adoration...but even with that I sensed a GREAT stillness, ordained of the LORD. Nothing to warfare over, and nothing specific to pray at this time, but just worship and adoration was needed by the Lord.

I told Charles, “I feel like the Lord is saying, ‘Be still, and know that I am God.’”

Then, in prayers I suddenly was drawn to the word. I asked the Lord, “Where do you desire I read, Lord.” Clearly, I heard Him say, “Psalms 46.”cI went to Psalms 46. I began to read, and then on verse 10, my eyes paused. I knew the LORD was really speaking to His people.

In the vision, I was walking with an angel inside a building somewhere in heaven. I was taken to a room that was full of brilliant light. As we entered into the room, I slowly grew accustomed to the light and as I looked around, I saw rows and rows of cabinets and tall shelves. Hundreds of rows of cabinets laid in perfect order and in each row there were also hundreds of cabinets and a few shelves that were all erect and filled with things.

As I walked up to one of the cabinets, I saw rows and rows of keys hanging in perfect order within the cabinets.

The angel with me said, “You are in the key room.” I looked back to the keys and I saw that each key hung in perfect order and each key had a tag above it. I looked closely at one of the tags and I noticed that the tag had numbers on it.

As I scanned each key, I noticed that each key had different numbers than the other key. Some keys had numerical patterns and number formulas on their tag. I read one that said 123, another that said 444, and another 1414, and many others that I do not remember now. Each number was different. Each was a mystery to me. I wondered what the keys went to, and what the meanings of the numbers were that were on the tags.

James 2:15-17 (NKJV) If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

Ezekiel 37:9-11 (NKJV) ⁹Also He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.” ¹⁰So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army. ¹¹Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!’

Zechariah 2:6-9 (NKJV) - Future Joy of Zion and Many Nations: ⁶“Up, up! Flee from the land of the north,” says the Lord; “for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven,” says the Lord. ⁷“Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.” ⁸For thus says the Lord of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who touches you touches the apple of His eye. ⁹For surely I will shake My hand against them, and they shall become spoil for their servants. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me.

Visions:

Interpretation:

First because the visions were given in worship on the evening of Shabbat it speaks of the Lord as Lord of the Sabbath over all the affairs of men church and the nations.

1. The battle angel was at a distance but coming close and preparing. The battle is the Lord’s and the Lord of the Battle is coming.

2. Engagement ring is that the Lord is bringing near his engagement into His purposes. It is the signet ring of the Lord that seals us into His purposes.

3. Spine align ~ a spinal cord (the backbone of the church) was terribly misaligned. An unseen hand came realigning the spine in correct order and position

4. Once this process is finished the rushing waters of the Holy Spirit will come to birth the purposes of God within the church and the world.

5. I then saw the ark of the covenant coming which represents the Presence of God with those who are “the people of the covenant.”

I was about eight years of age. That would be about 1961. I was standing in an old A&P store. This was before supermarkets. The shelves were from floor to ceiling with a small meat case at the back of the store. I was with my father for our Saturday morning shopping run. I was staring at a wall of canned goods when a large hole opened in the wall and a legion of angels appeared before me. It seemed the most natural thing in the world and I was not startled or frightened. The lead angel came to me and asked if I would bring the End of Days Anointing.

Somehow I understood what that meant. I did not like the world I knew coming to an “end.” I liked the barbershop and the paint store and my friends. I also felt that somehow this power would eclipse my earthly father and I did not want to put him to shame. I politely declined. The angel told me I would forget this vision. I was sure I would never forget it. A moment later it was gone. By the time we reached the parking lot I had forgotten the vision, although the feeling that something important happened stayed with me like a passing dream.

Dream: In my dream I was in a place with a large platform (I was with a group of believers) and from this platform there was a large box hanging (looked like a cage). Inside this large box was a person laying on the bare ground bound in sin and chains. We could see the people, but they couldn’t see us. The large box (cage) was opened facing the front where we can see the person laying down. We knew in our spirit this person was bound and chained up in major sin. Then, as soon as we saw the first box, the box moved counter clockwise away from our vision. As soon as this box moved another box came into sight with another person caged in sin. Our spirits were so grieved. We saw like four boxes move before we heard (in our spirits we knew it was an evil spirit) the voice of Satan say, “They are mine. You can’t touch them. They are mine. Get out of here. Who are you? Get out of here.” It was like we were interrupting his work. Immediately, I found myself at another place with a group of Christians interceding for these people that were caged/ entrapped in sin and the enemy’s schemes. We were praising the Lord and praying in a loud voice for deliverance. Out of nowhere a young lady comes near us and says, “I was one of those encaged in the box, owned by Satan and now I am free. Thank you for praying for me. I am free!” I sensed her joy and freedom. I just cried. I came near and hugged her.

In December of last year (2008) I had a series of visions about a devastating famine that is coming to America. In talking with other ministers in Oklahoma, I discovered a number of them have also seen famine visions. Here is what I was shown:

December 1st: I was looking down into a big soup pot and could smell beans, but it was mostly water. I could feel famine all around and that people were starving to death along with their children. I saw bare cupboards, nothing in them but one or two spices. I was standing up when this vision came and it was so powerful it almost knocked me to my knees. Most of the visions I have come during worship when I am on my knees.

December 2nd: I was sitting on my couch when the next visions came. I saw people in the streets cooking over open fires in pots. What they were cooking smelled horrible and yet they were so excited just to have anything at all to eat. Their eyes were wild with hunger. I saw great, open sores on the children. I didn’t see any small children at all, these were all probably 11 years old or older, but they were covered in large, open sores. They all wore old, ragged clothing and the sky was gray. It seemed to be cold outside.

Opinion / Editorial

Is the Swine Flu a real threat? According to world media this is a real crisis, but it is important that we do not get our news only from secular sources. Having read or skimmed through nearly two novels worth of prophecies posted each month, I find it interesting that I really can’t recall a clear prophetic word predicting an outbreak of global sickness or plague for this time. I know according to the Bible plagues will come, but I am beginning to think this Swine Flu at this time is not one of them.

However, it is possible I simply missed reading those warnings. Prophets were warned about Katrina, and even the devastating Boxing Day Tsunami in Asia, but news of these prophetic warnings only emerged much later. So we do see that our reporting and sharing of prophecy is still maturing. So maybe the people He’s told prophetically about Swine Flu haven’t shared their insight. Or maybe we have a prophetic blind spot in this area. Maybe we’ll get caught off guard and we’ll learn a big lesson.

But it is also very possible that this is not a real threat. We need to test prophecy by the witness of God’s Spirit and personal confirmation … but all the more we need to test the secular news the same way!­­—asking the Lord to confirm and clarify what the global secular media is preaching.

Tonight I watched as the Holy Spirit gave me a vision.

I saw two massive gate doors—both on the right and the left of the earth. They were made out of gold with precious gems embedded in them. They were positioned over the earth in the spirit realm. On the other side of the gates was heaven. On our side of the gates was the earth suspended in space. Then I saw a mighty angel on each side of the two gates. They were standing as sentries guarding the doorway or portal from the two realms. They each had a large sword in their hands that was on fire and it seemed to spin around perpetually in every direction and it shot these flames out all around them. I was amazed and awed at their glory and size. They seemed as large as the earth below them. The gates were even larger in size than they were! Both the angels and the gates were glowing as bright as the sun, it seemed. On the heavenly side—light was streaming like a river flowing toward the earth. As I looked into the glorious light, I saw the Lord sitting on His throne in great majesty with many crowns on His head. He had an iron/bronze-looking scepter in his right hand and an old-fashioned-looking harvesting sickle in the other.

Suddenly, I heard His voice. It sounded like a roaring ocean of water and wind as He spoke. I have never heard such a sound before. He said,

“The time has come to close the gates of grace upon the earth. The nations have rejected Me and My Father long enough. Lift the coverings of protection off of those nations that have chosen Babylon over my Kingdom. I will no longer protect them from reaping what they have sown.”

Why I believe the Financial Tsunami hasn’t actually hit yet

In the course of publishing HKI last issue I stumbled upon a prophecy by David Wilkerson which I still don’t really know how I found. I knew immediately to include it in our selection, although at the time I didn’t know anyone else was even aware of it. It first caught my attention because the Lord told David the exact same thing he told me more than a year ago, which is that it would be wise for me to store up a month of food. I don’t know the whole theological basis for storing up food—I’m just obeying what He told me to do.

I recall a true story of a man standing in line to get on an airplane and the Lord told him to get out of the line right away. The man was upset at having to change his travel plans and had to be told two or three times. He was finally right at the counter about to check-in when he decided to obey and just walked away from taking that flight. Of course you know the plane subsequently crashed and everyone on board was killed. Probably out of survivors’ guilt he asked God why only he had been warned. The Lord corrected him: God had warned them all not to take that flight. But this man was the only one who obeyed.

The way most of us currently minister in church will NEVER produce the Kingdom we long for, for the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk ... but of power. (1 Corinthians 4:20)

We’ve all been told there is to be a great shift from Church age to Kingdom age, but we have not yet known very well what this shift will look like. We know scripturally and by way of type that it is David’s kingdom, we know it is heralded by signs and wonders, we know it is the real Bride becoming separate from the harlot (sheep from goat, wise from unwise, wheat from tare, clean from unclean, new wineskin in place of the old) … and we know it has to do with the saints’ maturity and empowerment by personally knowing God through communion (intimacy) with the lover of our souls, Jesus—but without any real substantive change in the way we ‘do church’ we still hear all of these platitudes and aspirations parroted from pulpit to pulpit, mechanically, as the new trendy buzzwords that sell religion to the starving masses …. will this new promised shift just be more of the same old religion? Will its power be stolen and a program put in its place, to be mass-manufactured and marketed as another sham, low-fat, plastic shrink wrapped substitute for the juicy, meaty, real deal? Maybe. The Lord told me recently that the first test of a false spirit of religion is to watch for the counterfeit, since it knows what God is doing and will always make a fake. So yes, there will be imposters, as there were in Jesus’ day, and as Paul and Peter warned us about. It is unfortunately their loss because the reality of this Kingdom is truly within our reach, and those who have discovered real worship in spirit and in truth are actually going to lay hold of it!

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In Beauty And Bands (http://www.etpv.org/2009/beaban.html) Michael Russo ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) saw a black and white spotted calf being slaughtered and divided by its two owners. The Lord spoke BEAUTY and BANDS and started to reveal the meaning of this:

Excerpt: WHAT I began to see was that there is a unity at work in direct conflict with the Unity our Father is building with HIS Kingdom. One of the most prized things Abba honors greatly is The unity of His kingdom and it is kept and based ONLY by the type of righteousness that is of God.

ITS foundation is secured immovably within the example of the new commandment and as Christ Jesus Himself. The Lord began to show me that he was BREAKING the two staves. FAVOR and UNITY. He is breaking the false unity by destroying the increase goods, mans’ favor and peace (unity) based on goods, and the increase of goods.

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Peter Gross also has compiled a list of Prophetic Themes (http://www.etpv.org/2009/prothem.html) that is a good summary overview of several words that helps to reveal the common elements.