THIS IS THE DAY OF THE LORD
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Dan Luehrs
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CHAPTER 1 This is the Day of the Lord
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Forward by Bonnie Jones, the wife of the late Prophet Bob Jones.
If you want to revitalize your spirit then “This Is The Day Of The
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of Christ in the body of believers. Dan brilliantly brings fresh insight and
revelation to the manifest sons of God entering into their inheritance with
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CHAPTER ONE
THIS IS THE DAY OF THE LORD
By Dan Luehrs
A Manifesto
on the
Manifestation of the Sons of God
For you are all sons of light and sons of day. 1 Thes 5:5
(NASU)
The day of the Lord has come, we are living in the Day. What
will the fullness of this day look like? I am not fully sure, just as there are
days when I awake in the morning and ponder, what day is it, and what will this
day be like, who do I need to meet with today, or what kind of issues will I
have to deal with? What day is it? It is SONDAY, WAKE UP! This day will never
sleep!
I was on my backyard swing as the sun was coming up listening
to nature and worshipping the Lord. His presence became electric when He began
to speak to me. He said, “Now is the day of the Lord and it is graduation day,
this is the DAY!” I thought of the rest of this verse that says, “That the Lord
has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it.” Once again, He said, “This is
the DAY!” This is the DAY of the Lord, it is not a day of darkness, but of
great light, revelation, and truth, walk in the eternal day for that is what
the Lord has made, DAY. We are to be rejoicing in this continual Day! When God
created the light, it was continual and has not ceased one day since the day of
creation, there has always been light on the earth.
The day of the Lord is just that, the Day, night is not of
the day, but we who have the Lord Jesus Christ living in us are the day of
the Lord! WOW! We are called to be the light shining in the darkness of the
world so that those who walk in darkness will come into the great light of
God’s love. Jesus Himself said of us, "You are the light of the
world…” Matt 5:14 (NASU). Either we are
or we are not the light/day. I choose to believe the word of God because that
is what God the Creator has called us to be. “God called the light Day.” We the
body of Jesus are the Day of the Lord for all to see the glory of our God
shining His glorious likeness through us. “For you are all sons of light and
sons of day” 1 Thes 5:5 (NASU).
Arise, shine; for your
light has come,
And the glory of the
Lord has risen upon you.
"For behold,
darkness will cover the earth
And deep darkness the
peoples;
But the Lord will rise
upon you
And His glory will
appear upon you.
"Nations will come
to your light,
And kings to the brightness
of your rising.
Isa 60:1-3 (NASU)
Notice in the verses above how we will shine because the
glory of the Lord is rising in us like the sun, this rising is the Lord Jesus
Christ manifesting His likeness/brightness through us and is shining in full
strength. The nations will soon see and come to the light that is shining
through us! We are the eternal light of God that shines so brightly that sun
and the moon will have no need to shine. (See Rev. 22:23). The word of God says,
He is light and there is no darkness in Him at all, now with this being true
how could we who are born of God be anything else but the light? I am born of
the earth through my parents, but I am born of the light through the Lord Jesus
Christ because that is what He is, light/day.
THE DAY OF THE LORD
His face was like the sun shining in its strength. Rev 1:16b
(NASU)
The book of Revelation is the unveiling or the full shining of
the person of Jesus Christ in His people, this is why verse one calls itself,
“The Revelation of Jesus Christ.” He is no more hidden by the veil of the
spirit realm but is revealed in clarity and openness for all to see Him clearly
in the darkness of the world through His people shining brightly with His
likeness. This will happen even though it seems impossible in our present
condition, He is God and we are not and He is fully able to mature us into the
likeness of Himself at the proper time.
In chapter one of Revelation Jesus is seen walking in the
midst of the golden lampstands, which represents us, the church, the light of
the world. The lampstands also reveals us as the light of God in the Tabernacle
of Moses in the Holy Place. When John turns to see Jesus, he sees His face as
bright as the sun in full strength and he falls before Him like a dead man.
This was not John’s first experience of seeing Jesus as the sun. In Matthew
17:2, John, Peter, and James all see Him as the sun. “And He was transfigured
before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white
as light.” Oh no, this was not John’s first rodeo, however, there was a stark
difference from the first time he saw Jesus like this, because this time he
fell like a dead man seeing Him in the fullness of His glory and that did not
happen the first time.
What does this mean? Light is revelation, understanding, and
knowledge. When the Apostle Paul saw Jesus on the road to Damascus, he fell to
the ground being blinded by the light. The brightness of the light of Jesus
represents our blindness to the true understanding of the Lord. I have often
wondered what would I be like if I saw the Lord as John did, would I be blinded
like Paul because I am so in darkness as to who He really is or could I stand
in the unveiling of His likeness to me. How much do we really know Him and how
much are we like Him when we see Him in all His glory? It’s a little frightful
thinking about it! He, Himself is the Day of the Lord that we all stand before.
The church has taught that the day of the Lord is on the
calendar someday day in the future, but when the eyes of our understanding is
enlightened, we begin to see that it is something that takes place within us as
we grow in the true light of the Lord. Proverbs 4:18 says, “But the path of the
righteous is like the light of dawn, shining ever brighter until full
daylight.” Seeing the full day/light, is us walking in the full likeness of
Jesus with no deception working in our heart and mind, but seeing Him for who
He really is. Our daily, yearly growth in the Lord should be changing us into
the image of Jesus, we should be excited to know Him more every day. This does
not mean that our life is becoming easier, but that the knowledge of Jesus is
causing us to trust Him in any situation without falling into fear and anxiety
and seeing Him as the answer in our tribulations with complete faith. In fact,
if the shaking of the world causes you to have fear and trembling you are not
built on the right foundation of Jesus. What can you do? Turn to Him in
repentance and ask Him to put you on the right foundation of His word and
truth.
In Revelation 1:10, John said that he was, “In the Spirit on
the Lord’s Day.” What John was experiencing in the book of Revelation was and
has been ever since, the Day of the Lord, the day of greater light if we
will enter into it. This is such revelation of the Lord the even the great
Apostle could not see nor understand all that the Lord is, and to be perfectly
honest we will be looking into the light of Who He is for all eternity. But it
is for us to see the Day of the Lord now, we must see Him as present truth,
which He wants to give us in this day and hour so that we are changed into His
likeness and can carry His glory without falling to the ground as a dead man.
We must be able to stand in this hour to see the glory change the lives of the
church and people around us.
We now are the day of the Lord, because the Lord of the Day
stands inside of us to change us and the church, then the rest of the world
around us.
CHAPTER TWO
THE MANIFESTATION OF LIGHT
The people who walk in darkness will see a great light; those
who live in a dark land, the light will shine on them. Isa 9:2 (NASU)
Without light nothing grows, we are dependent on light. In
fact, the very first thing that God spoke forth was, “Let there be light!” Why?
Because that is what was needed most in the earth, there was only darkness,
darkness is the absence of light where everything is hidden from our eyes.
Things can be in plain sight but if there is no light to reveal it, it remains
hidden. When we travel some place that we have never been to at night
everything is not clear in our minds on how things look, but when the morning
light comes, we see things clearly and our minds are set at ease to where we
are. Could you imagine if we lived in a dark world and could not see anybody or
anything? That would be hell and total blindness and outer darkness, yet, that
is how untold BILLIONS of people live spiritually every day in the earth. They
do not see life in reality (the way it really is) because they have not come to
the true light of Jesus that enlightens every person to the truth of who God
is, and who and what they are called to be in Christ as Sons of God. The
(Light) that went forth on day one of creation is the person of Jesus Christ,
He was first revealed or unveiled in creation as spiritual light for people to
see the Father first and foremost, and not to see the natural things of the
world first. Jesus, “Who is the image of the invisible God, first-born of all
creation.” Col 1:15 (YLT)
God created the sun, moon, and the stars as natural lights
for the expanse of the heavens on day four. Day one had nothing to do with the
physical light for us to see in the natural, but the spiritual. How do I know
this? Because light is invisible, God the Father is light, no man has ever seen
Him because He is invisible, but Jesus came forth in the likeness of the
invisible God so that we might see Him Who is the Light. Just as electricity
cannot be seen, but the effects of electricity can be seen in a light bulb, the
bulb is just manifesting the likeness of the electricity. When electricity was
first discovered it was seen and understood in lightning. In reality what is light?
Power! It is power to manifest all that is hidden in the darkness, light
reveals or should I say unveils everything so that we can see clearly. The truth of Jesus Christ is hidden
from our minds until the light of Jesus unveils the darkness (He turns on the
light switch) of what we think life is about, it is for to us to see what was
hiding in the darkness of our own soul. This is what we in the church call,
salvation or being born again.
“Whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not
believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image
of God, should shine on them.” 2 Cor 4:4 (NKJV)
The revelation of Jesus Christ is the unveiling of the
invisible God that we cannot see in the natural. If you want to know what the
invisible God is like you do not have to look any farther than the life of
Jesus. Electricity is just like lightening, there is no difference, but one is
manifesting and lighting up the world. Jesus said, “He is the light of the
world,” He sure is, He lit up my world almost forty years ago and that light
has not gone out, in fact, it has only gotten brighter and brighter as I have
been shown the truth in the word of God and been given understanding in Who and
what He is in us. And that is the light of God! The light brings forth truth,
which is reality, it is not of any lie or found hiding in the darkness, because
darkness cannot compete against the light, no how and no way. Once you see the
light of Jesus you will never be the same!
LIGHT IS OUR
INHERITANCE
Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in
the inheritance of the saints in Light. Col 1:12 (NASU)
Our in heritance is to be like God, which is light. A people
are coming forth in the likeness of Jesus. "And they took knowledge of them that they had been with
Jesus." Acts 4:13 (NASU). A Christian should be the striking likeness of Jesus Christ. You have read
about Christian people who have lived for Christ, but the best life lived for
Christ is a living epistle, written out in actions of His people. If we were
what we profess to be, and what we should be, we should be pictures of Christ
in such striking likenesses of him, that the world would not have to say,
"Well, it seems somewhat of a likeness;" but they would, when they
once beheld us, exclaim, “They have been with Jesus.” They have been taught of
Him, they are like Him, they have caught the very idea of what a man of God is
like and they work it out in their own life and every day actions. A Christian
should be like Christ in his boldness. Imitate Him in your loving spirit; think
kindly, speak kindly, and do kindly, that men may say of you, "He has been
with Jesus." Imitate Jesus in His holiness. Was He passionate for His
Father? So, let us be, ever go about doing good. Let not time be wasted, it is
too precious. Was He self-denying, never looking to his own interest? Be the
same. Was He faithful in prayer? You be faithful in your prayers. Had He
reverence to his Father's will? So, submit yourselves to Him. Was He patient?
So, learn to endure. And best of all, as the highest likeness of Jesus, try to
forgive your enemies, as He did; and let those magnificent words of your
Master, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do,"
always ring in your ears. Forgive, as you hope to be forgiven. Heap coals of
fire on the head of your foes by your kindness to them. Good for evil, is
Godlike. Be Godlike, then and in all your ways and by all means, so live that
all may say of you, "He has been with Jesus."
Let the light of Jesus shine through you. His light is
a fire, our God is a consuming fire. His throne is engulfed with fire, it is
the fire of His love that we are called to be like, and until we are the fire
of His love, He will continue to work in our heart through our daily
experiences in life to make us likened unto Himself. This is our inheritance to
be Godlike in all of our ways. I realize that many of us are not even seemingly
close to this, yet, our God calls things into being that are not as though they
were. This is our God; we have faith for Him to finish what He has started in
us. Faithful is He Who calls us, and faithful is He Who will finish it in us!
GOD MANIFESTS
No one has ever seen God, not so much as a glimpse. This
one-of-a-kind God-expression, who exists at the very heart of the Father, has
made him plain as day. John 1:18
(Message Bible)
The plain and simple fact of Scripture is; Jesus is
God through and through and if you have seen one, you have seen the other. We
may say that God is mysterious and He is in many ways, but yet not really. How
is a God who came to the earth in the form of a man and spoke plainly to us
about the Father and what life is all about be mysterious? If we really want to
know the God of the Bible all we have to do is ask Him to reveal Himself to us
and begin to read our Bibles. John the Baptist said, "I did not recognize
Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing in
water." John 1:31 (NASU). There is a prerequisite to knowing God. Even the
great prophet John says that he would not have known Who Jesus was unless he
came with the baptism of repentance. Jesus was John’s cousin so they must have
somewhat known each other, but it was hidden from John until the day Jesus was
baptized. When we come to the Lord with an open heart and ask Him to come in,
He will, and He does, because He loves us and wants to be closer to us then we
can even comprehend.
This love affair goes on throughout our whole life-time
with God, it does not stop when we get saved. After salvation we need to ask
Jesus to baptize us with the mighty Holy Spirit so that we are living this new
life in the power of His Spirit rather than trying to keep this new faith going
through our own will power and what happen years back when we got saved. God
wants an ongoing love affair with you, He does not want it to die. This is why
He calls us Sons of God, because we are to be like Him; for that is what a son
is, just like the Father. This is why everything in us that is not like the
Father must die out of us so that we will be Sons of light, Sons of the day.
GOLLUM
MUST DIE!
And then shall be revealed the Lawless One, whom the Lord
shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the
manifestation of his presence. 2 Thes
2:8 (YLT)
The manifestation of truth, the word of God coming forth from
God’s Sons in these days will overcome all the works of darkness in their own
life and the life of every person who ever lived. He, Jesus the unveiled (revealed) Word and presence in us will both
consume and destroy the man of sin in us. I call this the garbage disposal of
sin. As you read this dream I had you will understand a little more of what I
speak.
This is a strange sub-title for those of you who have not
read the book or seen the movies called, The Lord of the Rings. J.R.R.
Tolkien wrote his famous books about the Bible and the politics of his day.
Prophetically speaking there are many Biblical truths that I have gleamed over
the years from his books that have help me and encouraged me not to give up in
the face of many severe battles of life. One of those battles is to fight the
(Lawless one or the man of sin) in my own heart that would try to overcome me
with guilt and condemnation that makes me feel that God could never want me or
even love me for who that I am. Yet, when I think that God chose me and not the
other way around, He foreknew me from the foundation of the world and yet He
somehow chose me, it is totally bewildering to me. Yet, we love Him, because He
first loved us!
In this dream that I had, I want to share with you what gives
me great hope in the battle with the man of sin in my own heart, that I too
will overcome, even the enemy, Gollum (The man of sin) that was overcome in The
Lord of the Rings saga.
In this dream that I had; I came into my study and was going
to sit down and pray in my La-Z-Boy reclining chair. As I came to the chair, I
noticed that there was something looking at me with beady eyes from underneath
the right side of the chair, as I got a glance of it, it disappeared under the
chair. I thought for a moment that my mind was just making this up. It looked
like a beautiful yellow snake head, it was small and non-threatening and almost
made me feel sorry for it. It was definitely afraid of me seeing it!
In my bewilderment of the moment I took the top of the chair
and threw the whole chair away from me and there it was, it was cornered and
could go nowhere! The only way I can describe what it looked like was a group
of snakes that were all coiled together with many different heads and beady
looking eyes. Again, (this thing) was a beautiful yellow color, it was one
living blob with many heads.
As I saw it, it was startled and I quickly grabbed it with
both hands and ran down stairs with it thinking, what am I doing grabbing this
thing and running in the house, it could hurt me and others? But I did not want
to lose it this time, for I had seen this thing in my dreams before and did not
think it was real, but this time I had it, and I was going to destroy it once
and for all!
As I came into the kitchen my Dad and wife were there and
when they saw it, they were as shocked as I was. Now when they saw (this thing)
it began to stiffen up in my hands and tried to overpower me like a python and
it changed color into a fleshly color and shaped like a brain. As it did this,
a larger snake head came out from the middle of it and tried to bite me. I
said, “Turn on the garbage disposal I will destroy it!” As I began to shove it
into the disposal it was fighting me fiercely and was trying to crawl out and
bite me again so I took hold of the big head and held it to the side of the
disposal were the blades are and the head was cut in two, it was quickly chewed
up into small pieces and was washed down the sewer system. Then I awoke
startled and could not go back to sleep.
Interpretation: I got up from bed and laid in that reclining
chair that I saw in the dream and sought the Lord as to what this dream could
mean. He began to speak to me about the power of the flesh of the mind and how
it works against our spiritual life that we want to live fully to God but we
are hindered by the mind. “For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind
set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is
hostile toward God…” Rom 8:6-7. The works of the flesh want to hide in some
dark place of our minds and comes out at times trying to be undetected. My Dad
who died twelve years ago exactly represents the fleshly line of man that has
passed on from generation to generation. Twelve means government and authority
that God is now giving us to overcome this man of flesh, (the man of sin) that
still lives inside of us. When God reveals something to us in the spirit, we
now have authority to overcome what has been hindering us in our spiritual
life.
Now, how does (Gollum) from The Lord of the Rings book
pertain to this dream? The Lord showed me that Gollum was the fictional and
very ugly character in the book that represents the flesh in man. He wants
power and authority that is represented in the power of the ring, which Gollum
wants in his life and calls it, “His Precious.” Gollum always goes back and
forth into the good and evil side of his nature never fully able to overcome
his evil side, which only could be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom.
Several times in the book Gollum seems to have died only to come back to life
when he was needed the least. Finally, at the end of the book Gollum is
destroyed in the fire, but he did not go easily or quietly. When it came time
for the ring of power to be destroyed that was controlling the evil in mankind
Gollum appears again, who was supposed to be dead. Frodo the main character who
was called upon to destroy the ring of power has a change of mind and chooses
to save the rings power for himself. This is when he and Gollum have a fight to
the death and Gollum and the ring falls into the fire and is destroyed forever!
Mankind was then freed from the power of evil within and makes way for THE
RETURN OF THE KING! Now a righteous king reigns on the throne as the evil in
man is overcome.
This is what Jesus has already done for us on the cross, but
every generation since that time has had to deal with their Gollum (The flesh)
inside of man hindering them, but soon this man of sin will be done away with
as we walk in Kingdom power and authority! “And death and hell were cast into
the lake of fire. This is the second death.” Rev 20:14 (KJV). God will destroy
all sin and death; mankind will walk in and under the authority of King Jesus
as we were created to be in freedom!
CHAPTER THREE
THE MANIFEST SONS OF GOD
A FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE
For the earnest
expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
Rom 8:19 (KJV)
These next chapters
I write, I write with all the understanding that I have on this subject and
with as much clarity that I am given by the Holy Spirit so that I will not be
beating around the bush, but getting to the point. I pray that we will
understand as much revelation of the word of God that is given to us, (The
present truth) that we have at this time in history. Will more light be
given to us in the future? I am sure of it, but this is what the Lord has
taught me over these last 40 years and whatever time I have left on earth I
cannot wait to see what the Lord has hidden in the Scriptures for us to find. I
look at the word of God as a treasure hunter, to seek and find that which is
right in front of our eyes, but because of our rose-colored glasses and the
teachings of the past that somehow blind us to the truths that the Lord is
wanting to give us. This is the promise given to us. “At that time the deaf
will hear word-for-word what's been written. After a lifetime in the dark, the
blind will see.” Isa 29:18 (TMB)
We all live in
somebody else’s society. What I mean by that is, the civilization we live in
other people built for us so that we would have a better life then they had.
For instance, the roadway systems were built many years before we were born so
that the roadways were raised up so that we did not have to drive in the mud
and get stuck. We could look at the setup of governments, buildings, waterways,
sewer systems, and electronics, we could go on and on. I am very thankful for
each generation and the price that was paid because we do not have to reinvent
the wheel, how difficult that would be if we had to start over rather than
building on the prior generation’s successes and failures.
In saying all that,
what about our spiritual foundations and the society of faith that was laid
before us. I am so thankful for the Catholic Church! Some might think I am foolish
for saying such a thing because of all their false doctrines and practices in
the church that are not even Christian at all. I have been to Rome several
times and walked its ancient streets and through its buildings and have been
greatly moved by all that they built and taught civilization on how to do
things. But it was when I walking through its ancient churches and the Vatican
that my eyes were open to their worth and why the Lord HAD to raise them up. As
I walked through these large church buildings, I would ask the Lord why? Why
would you allow all this waist for such a building that was built on the backs
of the poor? He gave me the answer several weeks later as I was mowing my lawn,
then it all made sense to me. The Lord said, “If the spiritual Church in Israel
did not move to Rome it would have been totally wiped out in the Middle East,
but the Catholic Church preserved My name and the word of God from being
destroyed by the Muslims.” Yes, the Catholic Church persecuted and killed many
true Christians throughout history, but every move of God since then has always
persecuted those who move on from the old as it tries to preserve itself.
Everybody gets stuck
in their past faith and thinks it is the only right way and what other people
have is not the truth like we have. This is all a lie out of the pit of hell to
keep us from going higher in the things of God. I am grateful for the Lutheran
Church that I was raised up in and once thought that they were the only right
ones for a time. It gave me a foundation to the truth of Jesus Christ and His
word. I am ever so grateful for the price that Martin Luther paid for me, for
us, so that we could break away from the Catholic religion of Popes, Idol
worship, praying to Mary, and the saints. If you are a protestant this was your
spiritual foundation that someone else laid for you and paid a heavy price to
give you the word of God to read. We have all taken them for granted and of
their price that they paid for us so that we may know Jesus more.
As I write these
words, I just have to thank Jesus for all that He has done for me, for you.
With tears I am so sorry that I have taken for granted all these people that
have gone before us to build a super highway (Higher-way) to know God more and
more from generation to generation, the truth has marched on! The question I
must ask myself is, am I contributing to the next generation all that God has
given me so that they will not have to reinvent the spiritual wheel for their
generation. I am not afraid to write the truth for them because I am worried
about being called a heretic, false prophet, or being burned at the stake in
public opinion from those who cannot or will not see the truth because they are
so blinded by their past teachings and have not paid the price of going higher
into the things of God.
Before we go on from
here, I must share with you how I have seen Christianity and how I now see it
today. Having grown up in the traditional church, Christianity was something
that you were born into and was passed down from the generations. It was mostly
about going to church on Sunday and learning some church doctrines that they
taught you about Jesus and church traditions. It did not have any spiritual
life or the presence of God in it whatsoever, and one could never know that you
were going to heaven for sure. The church building was Jesus, what you did in
and for the church was all done for Jesus and not man.
Today I see things
much differently, true Christianity is a vibrant spiritual life-giving body,
and I see Jesus Christ as the head leading the way. It is spiritual, not
something that can be touched, it is not something natural as in a church
building or someone’s ministry, it is the people that are in love with Jesus
and are seeking Him more and more in the spirit. It is built line, upon line,
truth upon truth that has been handed down through the emerging church,
throughout the ages. We have been greatly blessed as stewards of the word of
God and the experience of knowing Jesus Christ and is not just a doctrine or a
building left to us. There are no new truths, Jesus is, and always was, and
will always be the truth! We do not have to go any farther than the Bible and
Jesus to know what truth is. However, Jesus is always revealing more and more
of Himself to every generation and always will for eternity. He named the last
book of the Bible, The Revelation of Jesus Christ. It is an ongoing
revealing of Himself in those who are willing to seek Him and pay the price of
following Him with all their heart.
The things I share
with you on the manifest sons of God will stretch you if you are stuck on your
present revelation of Jesus, but if you will prayerfully seek God and study the
word, I believe the truth of Jesus will explode in you like never before. May
God bless you with the Spirit of revelation in you as you read on through this
book. “I advise you to buy from Me… eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may
see.” Rev 3:18 (NASU)
VISION TO GO DEEPER
I received two open visions to help me understand where we
are at in this present time of history, the first being very peaceful, the
second not so much so.
In my first prophetic experience I found myself at a
perfectly beautiful, peaceful, and pure pool of water that looked like a sea of
glass and I could see to the bottom with ease. The Lord said, “Dive deeply,
drink deeply of My love and presence for most people only like to stay on the
surface where they are in control and do not have to trust Me to keep them. But
to those who dive deeply and stay there are at perfect peace and receive deeper
revelations of Me.”
As soon as that vision ended, I saw another vision, this time
I found myself in a dirty run-down parking lot of a strip mall. It was very
windy and cloudy and it felt like a storm was coming my way, so I looked up and
I could see lots of birds flying away from the approaching storm. As I was
looking up, I found myself ascending above the building and could see the storm
in the not too far distance. I could see the black clouds rolling and the wind
coming my way with lightning flashing all-round the storm. The Lord then said,
“What the world is now feeling is the outer bands of the storm, but the storm
is about to come and there is no escaping from it except in My presence where
there is perfect peace for those who dive deeply.”
Living in Florida I have been through five hurricanes and
they all look very frightful and intimidating, but for those who prepare
themselves for it and hide themselves from the storm mostly come out just fine
from it. I am not sure what this storm is all about that is coming our way, but
I do have a feeling that it will be an economic storm of the likes the entire
world has never seen. Just before all the fall out of last economic crash that
came in 2008, I was sitting before the Lord and asked Him if this is the
economic crash that David Wilkerson spoke of in his book called, The Vision
from 1972, most parts of this book have already come to pass. He said, “No,
even though banks will crash and businesses be destroyed it will all recover
and seem like things are going very well, but it will all come crashing down
like a house of cards!” I have been preparing my family and warning many people
of this since 1985 with many laughing at me, so for the most part I have been
silent about it. I cannot be silent any more, go deep in God while we still
have a little more time, who knows maybe if enough people turn from their sin and
turn to Jesus and ask Him into their hearts He may relent for a short season as
He did in the days of Jonah. This storm will pass, but it does not have to
destroy our livelihood if we will now prepare for it. When a hurricane passes
through the deep ocean there is perfect peace on the bottom. Let’s get there in
God and stay there!
Say this prayer with all your heart, (Lord Jesus please
forgive me of my sin and come into my heart so that I may know you the only God
of perfect peace and love. Fill me with your Holy Spirit so that I may dive
deeply into the depths of your love and help me and my family to know how to
prepare for the storm). Amen!
“Come, my people, enter into your rooms and close your doors
behind you; hide for a little while until indignation runs its course.” Isa
26:20 (NASU)
VISION
TO GO HIGHER
In this next dream I was told to go higher in God. It sounds
like a contradiction, but it is not. God uses different metaphors throughout
the Bible to help give us greater understanding of the ways of God. For
instance, the Bible teaches that the Holy Spirit is fire, and He is the fire of
God. But the word also teaches that He is the water of God that refreshes us.
So, which one is He? Both, He is everything and more than we could ever think
or imagine!
In this dream my wife Marilyn and I were climbing a mountain,
we were already very high up when I turned to her and said, “Come up, we have
to go higher!” She was a little slow to follow at first and said, “I was going
too fast,” until we came to an opening in the mountain and she took the lead.
As we walked on to an open area in the mountain there were many other people
there as one of them said to us, “Did you see the scenery from this level?” We
said, “No we have not.” As we walked over to look at it, it was just breath
taking like the Grand Canyon but only smaller. We turned to the guy and said,
“Why have we not seen this before?” He said, “There is more, much more! Come
with me.” As we followed, we walked into the mountain and there was a gondola
that was running continuously like a ski lift, but it was going almost straight
up. As we got to the top there were many people there. We walked around the
rooms and said, “How is this possible, it is so big and just amazing to
behold.” I noticed people were walking around without shoes on, but they did
have socks on, “I said I had better go over to the entrance and take my shoes
off.” As we went to the entrance and put my shoes in the corner, Marilyn says
to me, “Look over there, there is another entrance into a whole other area, how
did we miss this when we came in?” As we walked into the room it was like a
huge carnival with rides and games and you could just feel the joy and
excitement that people were having, enjoying themselves with their children. We
then walked over to the carousel when I woke up thinking, “That was a dumb
dream.” Then I felt the Lord give me the interpretation later on that day.
My interpretation: As in Rick Joyner’s book, The Final
Quest the mountain is the kingdom of God in which we are climbing higher
into the deeper things of God. On the outside of the mountain climbing was very
difficult, but on the inside, it was more exciting to see and learn of the
kingdom of God. The angels would bring Rick around to see and experience the
truths of the kingdom until he reached the top and saw the Lord and was changed
by the glory of God. The Lord has shown me that getting to the top is going to
be much faster, easier, and fun for those who desire to go higher into the
things of God, in fact it is going to become a whole lot more fun and exciting
to learn and grow together with the chosen of the Lord and to behold His
glorious work that He has done for us. God is calling us all to go higher and deeper into Jesus than
we have ever been. Now is the time to behold the Sons of God!
THE UNVEILING
The creation waits
eagerly for the sons of God to be revealed. Rom 8:19 (CJB)
The unveiling of the
Sons of God is happening in our day, it is right before us if we have eyes to
see Jesus in His chosen Sons that are manifesting in the likeness of Him. When
Jesus was baptized in water by John the Baptist, nobody, I mean, nobody, not
even John knew who He was. Yet, He was foretold in the Scriptures that He was
coming and what He would be like. In fact, Mary the mother of Jesus was told by
the angel, the shepherds, and the Magi that He was the Son of God. But who had
ears to understand such a thing? I will tell you who, Anna and Simeon! Simeon’s
name means, (To listen). He and Anna were spending time with God listening to
what He was saying for their times and they heard correctly and changed the
world with their prophesying over Jesus as He was a child. But apparently
nobody else was listening or writing it down, as to Who, or What Jesus was, the
Son of God.
Here is the key,
Simeon was in the spirit when He saw Jesus, “And he came in the Spirit into the
temple.” Luke 2:27 (NASU). This is how we too will not miss what God is doing
and is unveiling in this hour in the spirit if we will just take time, make
time, to be alone with God, for He alone will us show us what He is doing and
what He is up to. Anna also knew Who Jesus was because she was much alone with
the Lord. She even told the people of the day to be ready. “At that very moment
she came up and began giving thanks to God, and continued to speak of Him to
all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.” Luke 2:38 (NASU).
Yet nobody was listening to the Spirit of the Lord because they were not
spending time alone with God to hear Him. I must ask, are you seeking God
continually?
SONS OF REVELATION
I was in the Spirit
on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a
trumpet. Rev 1:10 (NASU)
Notice that John the
Revelator was in the spirit, he was not in the flesh or seeing things from a
human perspective, but from the revelation of God’s heart. Just as Jesus said
to Peter, “…Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not
reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven” Matt 16:17 (NASU). John and
Peter both learned quickly from being with Jesus that there were two dimensions
that they could receive from and minister through. The Pharisees ministered out
of the soulish realm of learning and it brought spiritual death to their
hearers because it came from their minds rather than the heart. Jesus however ministered
out of His spirit and His teachings brought life to the people that understood
it. Jesus had power and authority behind what He was saying because He was
spending time with the Father and received of His presence to give out the
substance of the Holy Spirit to the people receiving Him. We call this the
anointing; it is the second voice in which the Spirit is speaking through a
person that is giving life and hope to the people of God. The anointing of the
Holy Spirit will release life to those who hear or read something inspired from
the heart of God and will bring life to the person receiving it. Hopefully you
are hearing His voice and receiving the substance of the Holy Spirit’
weightiness as you are reading this book.
John the Revelator learned
of the anointing of the Holy Spirit really well, because once you have tasted
the goodness of God through the anointing; nothing of ministry or the church is
ever really the same. We find John in the spirit once again in Revelation 4:2,
“Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven,
and One sitting on the throne.” John, is (Immediately) in the spirit by
entering willingly into the realm of God. Being born human, we have inherently
been given the natural earth to live in, yet, being born again through the
Spirit of God we have been given the spirit realm to abide in where God has His
being; His presence is in abundance and overflowing to those who will receive
it. When John was in the spirit, he saw that there was an open door! The door
to the spirit realm of God (Heaven) was opened by Jesus when He died on the
cross and the veil of the Holy of Holies was torn in two giving us access to
come into the throne room with boldness every day of our lives. We as maturing
Christians MUST know that when we enter the spirit realm of God, we are now in
the throne room of God breathing the very air of heaven where there is no
sadness or sorrow, only joy and peace. To be in God’s presence is just as if we
are standing face to face with the Father. Truly amazing!
Through the death
and resurrection of Jesus, He paid the price for us so that we could enter in
and never have to leave heaven, it is our eternal home in Christ. I call this, The
Ascending Life Style I wrote a book on it with the same title. We can live
in and through both realms at the same time. Jesus said in John 3:13, “No one
has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of
Man who is in heaven.” (NKJV). While Jesus is teaching and walking in His
earthly body, He tells us that He is in heavenly places at the same time. He is
seeing and hearing the Father speak to Him out of the spirit realm. This right
has been given to us, but so few believers understand these truths because they
do not spend much time in God’s realm to receive these wonderful truths from
the word of God.
John said in Revelation
1:10, that he was, “In the Spirit on the Lord's day...” This was not Sunday as
some teach, he was seeing things from God’s perspective, God’s day; a day of
revelation and the light of Jesus Christ. This is what the book of Revelation
is all about, the Day, the Light, and the Truth of Who His is and Who He is in
us! We also can see and understand these truths if we will spend time getting
to know the ways of God more, He is just waiting to share His secrets with His
closest friends if we will just ask and seek Him with all our hearts. This is
what really pleases the heart of God, you in His presence! In chapter one of
Revelation Jesus is found walking in the middle of the lampstands, which
represents the church. Jesus is right there with you my friend!
Right now, cry out
to Him with all your heart, “I want to know You God, give me a heart to seek
hard after You and to obey You!” He will not turn away from that plea if you
really mean it. He will give you a seeking heart where you simply cannot get
enough of Him. What a wonderful place it is to be, love sick for Jesus!
CHAPTER FOUR
ELIAKIM
(Sons of Resurrection)
Then it will come
about in that day, that I will summon My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah.
Isa 22:20 (NASU)
In these last days
the Lord is calling up His servant Eliakim. His name means, (Resurrection of
God). In order to resurrect something, it must have been living once, but now
is dead. God revives or give life to that which is dead because that is Who He
is. He is the God of the resurrection and life! This is what was going in in
Israel at the time of Isaiah’s prophecy, they needed a resurrection because
things were dead and vision needed to be reinstated. That is why this chapter
22 of Isaiah is called, (The Valley of Vision). Restored vision and hope was
needed, it had to come through the leadership of that day because the old
leadership was dead in it ways and practices and had no vision of what God
wanted for the future.
Right now, in the
church there is an old wine skin ministry that cannot handle the new wine of
the Spirit that God is pouring out in this hour. God has to stir things up to
get people’s attention so that when the change comes, they will know that it
was God and not something just of happen chance. “For it is a day of trouble,
and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord God of hosts in the valley
of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.” Isa 22:5
(KJV). The Day of the Lord starts with trouble and perplexity! But with God
there is still vision, peace, and hope. God has His next man waiting in the
wings and is ready to take his place in midst of all the chaos, his name is
Eliakim.
OUT WITH THE OLD
Thus says the Lord
God of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is in charge of
the royal household. Isa 22:15 (NASU)
Shebna was the head
of the king’s treasury and was put in charge as a steward for the royalty. A
steward is one who controls or manages the affairs of another. At some point
this man got a big head and began to build his own ministry rather than the
Lord’s. The Lord was not happy at all with his work of exulting himself and was
going to remove him with great force. He reminds me of Haman from the book of
Esther that got hung on his own gallows in which he had built for Mordechai.
Shebna’s name means,
(One who is captive) and he was captive to his own fame and greed, God would
not let him continue in his pride and insolence, for this was his down fall.
God says to him in Isaiah 22:17-18, “Behold, the Lord is about to hurl you
headlong, O man. And He is about to grasp you firmly and roll you tightly like
a ball, to be cast into a vast country; there you will die…” “I will depose you
from your office, and I will pull you down from your station. Isa 22:19 (NASU).
The Lord has clearly
shown me that this is what He is doing with the prideful ministers of the
gospel that will not obey Him. Do not be surprised when you here of Pastor
this; Dr. this; and Apostle that; being hurled headlong out of the ministry
into a land of nothingness, and there they will die! Why, because they made
names for themselves rather than glorifying the Lord God Almighty, and they
used their fame to become rich and live securely.
This is where God
calls forth and appoints His Sons into places of great authority. When I say
Sons of God, I am not referring to just males. I use the word sonship for the
authority of Jesus Christ, just as we are all called to be the brides of Christ,
meaning, to have intimacy with God. Sons of God are those who walk in the authority
and power of the Spirit of God fulfilling the words of Jesus and doing the
greater works.
IN WITH THE NEW
Then I will set the
key of the house of David on his shoulder, when he opens no one will shut, when
he shuts no one will open. Isa 22:22 (NASU)
Eliakim’s fathers
name was Hilkiah, it means, (God is my portion). The true spiritual fathers of
these coming Sons of God taught them well and they know who they are, just as
Jesus knew that He was the Son of God. They know that God is their great reward
and portion forever and they have no desire to seek after titles, fame, and
money to satisfy an itch that they have not scratched. They know that promotion
does not come from the east or the west, but from the Lord. They know this well
and have not sought to seek after a seat of authority because they know Him who
has called them and promised them full sonship if they would just love Him and
follow Him.
The Lord said that
Eliakim will get all that Shebna had and more. Verses 21-23 speak of tunic’s,
(Mantels, anointing’s); sashes, (Money belts); authority to do the work of the
ministry. To become a father figure (Shepherd) to all of Jerusalem and to the
providence of Judah. This was not small potatoes here my friends! God was truly
giving what He said He would if we would serve Him. "And he said to him,
'Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing,
you are to be in authority over ten cities” Luke 19:17 (NASU). God is faithful
to do what He has promised! Just as the Father was faithful to give Jesus a
name above all names, He will be faithful in all things and will gladly give us
the kingdom.
God the Father
promises Eliakim the keys of the house of David on his shoulder and authority
to open and shut doors. This is sonship unto the highest order, governments
will rest upon their shoulders because they are one with Jesus and they share
in the government of the kingdom of God. “For they cannot even die anymore,
because they are like angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the
resurrection.” Luke 20:36 (NASU). We have been given many high and holy
promises from God and He is more than able to bring them all to pass. But verse
23, is the highest of all the promises ever given to man in which Jesus Himself
solidifies. "I will drive him like a peg in a firm place, and he will
become a throne of glory to his father's house.” Isa 22:23 (NASU)
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 3:21-22 (NASU)
If these promises
were not Holy writ, I would say that whoever did write these things was totally
nuts! But I know that my God is faithful to all that He has written to us and
He is watching over His word to preform it. Now that my friend you can take to
the bank!
SONS OF THE RESURRECTION
Jesus said to her,
"I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even
if he dies. John 11:26 (NASU)
Life and Resurrection
is a person, the person of Jesus Christ. There can be no resurrection without
there first having been life before needing a resurrection, this is where we
get the words; revival, renewal, and awaking. Something was dead and has now
come back to life. We may think that life is anything that is not dead, but
that is natural thinking, not spiritual. Just as the human body must have a skeleton
made of bones to exist and to stand up, so must the spirit world (The unseen)
that exists around us to hold up the natural world. Everything in His creation
is held up by the Word of His power (Jesus Christ) and nothing can overcome the
Life that He is. This authority has been given to Him by the Father which He
freely offers to those who will follow Him and become like Him in nature
through their trials.
We are told in Romans 8:11
that the same Holy Spirit that dwells in Him, now dwells in us. “But if the
Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised
Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through
His Spirit who dwells in you.” His Spirit is the whole essence of Who He is, we
lack nothing, we have been given everything pertaining to the Life that He is.
If we could just get the full revelation of Who and what is living inside of us,
then we would begin to live out of that reality, there is nothing that can overcome
us.
We do not have to wait
for the Resurrection Day to come, because the Resurrection already lives in us.
The question we must ask ourselves is, are we living the Resurrection lifestyle
every day, are we seeking the things above? “Therefore if you have been raised
up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the
right hand of God” Col 3:1 (NASU). The word “Raised” comes from the root word,
(Resurrection). We already sit in heavenly, (Spiritual realms) with Christ Jesus,
yet most of the Christendom knows nothing of the spirit realm that exists
around about them and has no clue on how to seek God’s presence and joy by
entering into it.
He is, the God of the
Resurrection, Eliakim is a type of resurrected Sons of God that have already
entered into their inheritance by sitting on the Fathers throne of authority. We
have been given this right to enter into the realms of God through the death
and resurrection of Jesus. Yet most Christians do not enter in boldly the
throne room of grace because they have never been shown how to. We enter His gates with thanksgiving and we
go into His courts with praise, it is that easy, if we will just do it from
the heart. For the Father seeks true worshippers from the heart. “For our
citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the
Lord Jesus Christ” Phil 3:20 (NASU). Our place of living, is out of the heart and
is in heaven, it is our home now, we do not have to wait to get there, we are
already there through our close relationship with Jesus because He lives in us
and we in Him. This is why we are told that we are hidden in Him and will be
manifested with Him. “When the Christ — our life — may be manifested, then also
we with him shall be manifested in glory” Col 3:4 (YLT).
Set your mind on the
things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your
life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, is revealed,
then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. Col 3:2-4 (NASU)
When we are living a
heavenly (Spiritual) lifestyle, we will just be beginning to live our life in
the spirit realm and be walking in the Spirit and not obeying the lusts of our
flesh. We are to be experiencing the Resurrection of Jesus in us; this is The
Ascending Lifestyle every day, this is our God given right! It is not a future
hope, but is a present reality that we are to be living in right now. Take to
the heavens Sons of God and soar above the death, depression, fear, and doubt that
the world is trying to imprison you in and be free in the heavens of our God. We
have all seen and heard of Superman or some other super hero that can fly
through the sky to escape from their enemies. This power we have already been
given by God through a resurrection lifestyle. Seek His peace and joy in the
realms of God.
Jesus Who is our LIFE;
this Life is where we get His love and strength for living in this world of
darkness and fear. When the life of Jesus is revealed through us, is when the
manifest Sons of God will break forth in power and glory for all the world to
see His life in them. God has been making them ministers of flames of fire that
will reveal the glory of God in the earth. We must be ever ascending higher into
the realms of God so that we will be changed into the likeness of Jesus. Go
even higher in Jesus my friends!
CHAPTER FIVE
THE CHURCH MUST NOW ASCEND
For he raised us from
the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms
because we are united with Christ Jesus. Eph 2:6 (NLT)
The very day that I
started to write this message this verse was in my daily devotional book. I
knew it was the Lord’s conformation of what I was to write. Jesus has already
“Raised us;” we are (Resurrected) with Jesus, to be where He is now, we do not
have to wait until we die to dwell in the realms of God (Heaven). In my book, The
Ascending Lifestyle, I go on to explain how, “We can be living in heaven
while walking on earth” according to the verse above. I will not try to
rewrite the book in this message; however, the Lord has shown me that we the
church must be seated with Him and beside Him if we hope to make it through the
difficult days that lay ahead of us. It is only when we can breathe God’s
heavenly air and be filled with His presence that we will have the strength to
make it through these trying days of tribulation. All the things that we
need in life will be given to those who know how to wait in His presence and
peace. (See Matt 6:33).
AS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH
Jesus said, “It will
be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.” Luke 17:30 (NASU)
The greatest days to
be alive are right now. Congratulation’s you have been chosen by God to live in
these days, it will be much better than winning the lottery! Yes, these are not
easy days to live in, but trust me, it will be worth it all when we make it to
the day of the full manifestation of Jesus Christ. The day of His revealing or
uncovering is when Jesus will be revealed in and through His people, because
that is where Jesus now abides in the earth, all mankind will see this epiphany
or apocalypse together. No one will be able to dispute that Jesus is not alive
and that He lived, died, and was resurrected! He will be on full display for
all to see His miracles, signs, wonders, and to hear Him teach through those
who have become like Him through the process of their tribulations of life.
In Luke 17:20-21, the
Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God is coming, Jesus tells them that
the kingdom of God is in your midst! Meaning, that HE, the King and the Kingdom
is standing right in front of you and you don’t even know it! Then Jesus goes
on to explaining to His disciples how the day of His unveiling is going to take
place.
And just as it
happened in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:
they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given
in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and
destroyed them all. Luke 17:26-27 (NASU)
We must take note;
that it will be as in the day(s) of Noah, and not just one day alone that will
bring forth His revealing, it was the prior days that prepared them for that DAY! Life
was pretty normal for most people in getting on with the duties of life, UNTIL
the DAY Noah and his family entered the ark, that day changed everything! Jesus
is our ark of safety and deliverance from this world of sin and death and when
we are found in Him, and He is in us, we are prepared for the day of His
revealing to take place in and through us.
When Noah and his
family were in the ark the flood came and raised them up into the heavens high
above the earth into a new realm that they had never been in before, even above
the mountains of the earth. Think about it a minute! They were not just
dwelling on the earth; they were in a heavenly realm were only the birds could
fly. The mountains of Ararat where the ark laid rest is 17,000 feet high, in
the natural the people and animals would have died because of the lack of
oxygen, but not with God, in fact they all survived and prospered in the new
earth that they were now given. They escaped by going up higher! The
tribulations that we are all going through are only meant to raise us up higher
into the realms of God, high above all heavens if we will take advantage of
these times we find ourselves living in.
It was the wicked who died and left the earth,
not the righteous! In fact, the righteous inherited the earth for God to start
all over again with a new group of 8 people. “And just as it happened in the
days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man” Luke 17:26.
When Jesus is revealed through His people God is going to start the earth all
over again with His righteous race. However, this time it is going to be much
different, instead of God killing all the people with a flood of water, He is
going to flood the earth with His Holy Spirit! He is going to deliver mankind
through the flood of living water that is going to flow out of His people and
into the lives of sinful man, destroying the man of sin that has plagued
mankind since the fall of man.
We must understand the
importance of this story, Noah and his family ascended into the heavenlies and
were delivered from the destruction of the earth to inherit it all! We as God’s
people must now ascended in Christ Jesus, sitting with Him on His throne ruling
over our lives in peace and rest, not in worry and striving to make it through
another day.
AS IN THE DAYS OF LOT
It was the same as
happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were
buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building; but on the
day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and
destroyed them all. Luke 17:28-29 (NASU)
The story of Lot is
even more in depth for us spiritually then the story of Noah and is filled with
revelation as to what the day of the unveiling of Christ is going to be like.
As in the days of Noah
the people were carrying on as if life was not going to have a drastic turn of
events. I proclaim to you today, get ready, get ready because the day of the
Lord is soon upon us and none will escape what God is about to do in the earth
through His people that have been prepared for this day and hour. What a day it
will be when Jesus is revealed through His people. I tell you it will be a day
of days that will change the way the world has gone on for thousands of
years. You and I are called to be the
catalyst that changes everything!
The full story of Lot is found in Genesis 19.
Lot was a relative of Abraham that went his own way choosing to live in Sodom
and becoming a leader in the community. However, Sodom was a wicked city with
much sexual perversion that God had come down to see and destroy, but could not
do so until Lot and his family had left the city and were high up in the
mountains safely.
God could have left
Lot in the city to die with the rest of the people because Lot tried to delay
his leaving the city. He hesitated in getting up to the mountain for safety.
But he hesitated. So,
the men seized his hand and the hand of his wife and the hands of his two
daughters, for the compassion of the Lord was upon him; and they brought him
out, and put him outside the city. When they had brought them outside, one
said, "Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stay
anywhere in the valley; escape to the mountains, or you will be swept
away." Gen 19:16-17 (NASU)
God’s people are once
again hesitating on going up higher into the realms of God to escape what is
coming to the earth. The name of Lot means, (to cover or hide). What the people
of Sodom did not know was that Lot had hidden in him the same seed that Abraham
carried in his loins and because he was a relative of Abraham, God was not
going to leave him behind to be destroyed with the world. “Thus it came about,
when God destroyed the cities of the valley, that God remembered Abraham, and
sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in
which Lot lived” Gen 19:29 (NASU). Lot was an agent of change, out from him
came two tribes, the Ammonites and the Moabites of whom Ruth was from. Ruth was
in the linage of David and Jesus. Even through Moab the son of Lot was born of
incest God used Lot’s seemingly mistake to cover for the coming seed of the
Messiah through him. God’s ways are unsearchable!
Just as with Lot, so
also are the Sons of God hidden and covered by God from the peering eyes of the
world and from much of the church's eyes. The seed of Jesus is within us, who
are the agents of change for the world, the Sons of God, but unless we know how
to escape the ravages of the world that are going on now in the earth, we also
will not be ready for what God is about to do. This is why Revelation 4:1 is so
expedient right now for the true church. “After these things I looked, and
behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard,
like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, " Come up here, and I
will show you what must take place after these things." We must COME UP to
where Jesus is for us to be prepared for the outpouring of glory that is about
to hit the earth.
THE DAYS OF FIRE
But on the day that
Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed
them all. Luke 17:29 (NASU)
It is interesting to
note, the name Sodom means, (secret or hidden). Almost the same as the name
Lot. However, Sodom’s cover up was their sin that was unveiled when the angels
came to town to see their great wickedness and to be judged for it. Lot’s
hidden secret was not even known by him or anyone, but God! The same is true with
us, we are carrying in our loins the likeness of Jesus Christ and we will not
fully be a where of it until Jesus is revealed through us!
Beloved, now we are
children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that
when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. And
everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. 1
John 3:2-3 (NASU)
The revealing or
unveiling of Christ will come through God’s people like the flood of Noah to
wash away all the sin of the world! The power of the Holy Spirit will come like
fire to burn the love of God into the hearts of mankind and remove sin and
death forever and ever, Amen! Jesus said, “It will be just the same on the day
that the Son of Man is revealed” Luke 17:30 (NASU). Jesus Himself will be
unveiled through the manifest Sons of God to free all of creation from the
corruption of sin.
We know this for sure,
we carry God within us, He, Who is the consuming fire! When the judgment of God
is poured out on the modern-day Sodom (the world) the fire of God will consume
the man of sin that is alive in the heart of all mankind and will do away with
all sin and evil that is working in man. The Greek word for brimstone is,
(Theios); meaning, GOD! The fire and brimstone that is coming to earth is the
fire of the Holy Spirit to deliver mankind from the man of sin that has been
plaguing us since Adam.
Jesus said, “I have
come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled! "But I have a baptism to undergo, and
how distressed I am until it is accomplished!” Luke 12:49-50 (NASU)
The flood of Jesus’
blood is about to come and wash the sin of man away and to save us! The fire of
God is coming to baptize us in the Holy Spirits power, and the brimstone
(divinity) of God is going to change us into His likeness. We must be a
prepared and ready people by going higher into the spirit realm by seeking Him
daily in His presence through worship and waiting on Him. These experiences
with God will fulfill all three feasts of Israel in us at once. Passover,
Pentecost, and Tabernacles, which are also in Moses’ Tabernacle, the Outer Court,
the Holy Place, and the Holy of Holies. We will be like Him!
GOING HIGHER
…Let him not come down
to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn
back. Remember Lot's wife. Luke 17:31-32 (NKJV)
Jesus commands us not
to come down once we have ascended into the realms of God through His Spirit.
He then tells us not to be like Lot’s wife whose heart was still in the things
of the world and not seeking to go higher in Christ. Jesus alone is our ladder
to ascend into the spirit realm where we will find safety and peace in Him. We
are the body of Jesus; we are to gather to Him in the spirit realm and soar
like eagles! “And they answered and said to Him, "Where, Lord?" So He
said to them, "Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered
together" Luke 17:37 (NKJV). We are to be eagle saints that ascend higher
and higher into the realms of God until we are changed into His likeness. As we
ascend into the heights of the kingdom of God more and more, He will transform
us by the exertion of His power in us.
Who will transform the
body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the
exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself. Phil
3:21 (NASU)
Our transformation
will only take place if we are seeking to know Him more and by spending time
with Him in His manifest presence. It is only from this place we will be
changed; it will not happen just because we asked Jesus into our heart. Yes,
you will go to heaven when you die, but why wait when we can spend so much of
our time in heaven now? Seek Him, you will find Him and be changed into His likeness.
Our trials and
tribulations in life are only meant to cause us to ascend higher into the
realms of God to find help in our time of need. Both Noah and Lot were called
to go higher away from the judgment. Noah escaped through a boat by going
higher, Lot escaped by climbing higher into the mountains. We escape by going
higher into the realms of God by seeking Him more and more.
CHAPTER SIX
NOW COMES BENJAMIN
(THE SON’S OF GOD)
There
is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them… Ps 68:27 (NASU)
Benjamin was the youngest of the twelve sons of Jacob. His
name means, "Son of my right hand." This is the only son that the
father named when his wife Rachel
was dying. “…She called his name Benoni: but his father
called him Benjamin” (Genesis 35:18 KJV). This signifies that we the Sons of
God are named by the Father and will be at His right hand with the first-born
Son, Jesus. Even though Benjamin’s birth brought death to his mother, the
father saw prophetically the destiny of his son. Joseph was the first son of Jacob and Rachel.
Joseph’s name means, "To add another son." “And she called his name
Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son” (Genesis 30:24 KJV).
Jesus now sits at the right hand of the Father and we with Him will rule and
reign in this life and in His kingdom to come.
Rick
Joyner wrote about Benjamin in: The Second American Revolutionary/Civil War,
Part 17
“The church as we perceive it in the West is about to die. This is not
something to rejoice over. Even though it may be far from the church that Jesus
will build, it has accomplished much and will die in honor. It is a parallel of
the life of Rachel, Jacob’s wife that died when Benjamin was born. Benjamin was
the last son born to Israel and represents the last sons of God to be born on
the earth. Benjamin means “the son of the right hand,” and the right hand of
God is called “the right hand of power.” Like Rachel, the church will give
birth to the “son of His right hand,” but it will take her life. So, this means
she will have been a mother to the last-day ministry, and we honor our fathers
and mothers.” (End of quote)
When Joseph was revealed to his brothers in Egypt, Joseph sat his
brothers in birth order at the table to eat. However, Joseph gave Benjamin five
times as much food as he gave his other brothers, plus he gave him five changes
of clothes more than his half-brothers. “He took portions to them from his own
table, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. So, they
feasted and drank freely with him.” Gen 43:34 (NASU)
There is revelatory truth for us to gleam from this seemingly odd part
of the story. When we are fully united with Jesus as His bride, we will feast
with Him and on Him at the marriage Supper of the Lamb. This is the last great
feast that we are called to partake of. We will fully eat of the revelation of
Jesus Christ, His blood (life) will be true drink to us and His body will be
our food (His will) given to us in full measure so that we will become all that
He is.
This is
where we are at right now in the body of Christ, five is the number of GRACE.
This signifies what God is giving to this last generation of Benjamin’s, the
grace to overcome everything that is hindering His Son’s from being all that
Jesus paid for us to be. Resurrection power is coming to all those who look for
His glorious presence to change them and the world with an awakening and
outpouring.
OUR COMING RESURRECTION
The
Lord has been speaking to me about this coming resurrection and as it pertains
to the sons of Benjamin, these are the added sons after Joseph, who was a type
of Christ in the Old Testament. Jesus raised the dead and gave new life, this
is the calling of the Sons of God, being Sons of the resurrection.
The story of Lazarus is written in John 11 where Jesus
proclaims Himself as the “Resurrection and the Life” to Martha. She did not
fully understand Who Jesus really was when it came to the point of raising her
brother Lazarus from the dead.
In a nut shell, Jesus is going to resurrect the Sons of God!
Right now, we seem to be in the tomb, there seems to be no real raw power of
God or the life and resurrection of Jesus being displayed anywhere that I know
of in the earth. Can I ask you, when was the last time you saw an arm or leg
grow out of someone, or someone being raised from the dead when they were dead
for four days? Get ready, get ready because the love and power of God is going
to astound us all! The resurrection and life of Jesus is now calling the Sons
of God from their tombs and every promise of God to them will come to pass from
the beginning of time!
For in bringing many sons to glory, it was only fitting that
God, the Creator and Preserver of everything, should bring the Initiator of
their deliverance to the goal through sufferings. Heb 2:10 (CJB)
We, who are born again, are walking miracles of the
resurrection power of God. The life of Jesus in us is the same power that
raised Him from the dead, we truly are Sons of resurrection to bring His life
to a dying world. He not only died for us individually, but corporately as a
body so that we together in oneness would display His love and power to a dying
world around us.
In order for the Sons of God to come into their glory we will
need the assistance of God, we cannot raise ourselves from the dead, only God
can deliver us from this body of death that we carry around with us.
Resurrection day is upon us, we will overcome all sin and death in the flesh.
This is where the story of Lazarus is our story, his name means, (Assistance of
God). Just as he received God’s assistance to be raise from the dead, so will
we in this coming day of God. Be ready!
Lana Vawser wrote an
article entitled: This is your resurrection moment.
There has been a
"dying" process for many in these battles, and many have stared
"death" in the face, feeling like they wouldn't survive the battle,
but then SUDDENLY comes the RESURRECTION POWER of Jesus to bring His people
back to life, stronger than ever before.
There is an
acceleration of resurrection upon Believers right now. Many of you have been in
battle after battle and you may feel like, in many ways, there has been a death
that has taken place within you through weariness and wounding and you aren't
dreaming with God, in faith, for the promises He has for you. But the Lord
showed me that there is an acceleration of resurrection upon you NOW, in Jesus'
name!
The resurrection anointing is
coming on many of you, and it is going to cause LIFE to abound within you like
never before! You will no longer feel like you are drowning,
but you will RISE AGAIN in strength and resurrection. (End of quote).
THE OUT OF RESURRECTION
That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the
fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; in order that I may
attain to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained it
or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that
for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. Phil 3:10-12 (NASU)
There is an attaining to what is called, (The out of
resurrection). This is something we are shown by revelation and are called to
come up higher in our walk with Jesus, so that we will have faith and power to
be even as He is, and to do as He is doing.
I must stop here and ask you if you truly want this? If you
do, you cannot attain this through your own strength and righteousness, but His
alone. “…that I may gain Christ, and may be found in Him, not having a
righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith
in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith” Phil
3:8-9 (NASU). Our standing in rightness with God is totally by faith! We must
see our works as filthy rags (menstrual rags) in order to attain to the true
faith that we have in Jesus, for it is His work alone on the cross that has
bought us right standing with God.
Right now, this should be the cry of every Christian that is
hungering for more of Jesus. “Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from
the body of this death?” Rom 7:24 (NASU)
The answer is found in Romans 8:2-3, “For the law of the
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of
death.” Only the Spirit of life that is in Jesus can possibly save us from the
death that is in our flesh. This is why we need an out-of-resurrection before
the general resurrection of all the dead. We as Sons have this to look forward
to and to believe for as we go through this experience, we call life, which really
is death every day. Only true life comes from Jesus alone, and to receive His
life we must spend time in His presence and word as He is the bread of
life.
In Philippians 3:10-11, Paul speaks of two resurrection. One
is Christ’s resurrection, “The power of His resurrection” which is the Greek
word, (Anastasis). However, in verse 11 he uses another Greek word for
resurrection, (Exanastasis); "the out-resurrection from among the
dead." This is the one he had not yet attained to and was pushing forward
to walk in the glorious likeness of Christ.
Meaning of the word resurrection:
1. Anastasis, "A raising up," or "rising"
"to cause to stand."
2. Exanastasis, "From" or "out of,"
"the out-resurrection from among the dead."
For the significance of this see ATTAIN, signifies "to
reach, to arrive at. The paramount aims of the apostle's life, "if by any
means," he says, "I might attain unto the resurrection from the
dead," not the physical resurrection, which is assured to all believers
hereafter, but to the present life of identification with Christ in His
resurrection. (Vine's dictionary).
According to Paul there is a spiritual realm or level in Christ
that he had revelation of, this is for us to walk in resurrection power in our
life-time, and he longed for it, but was unable to attain it in His day because
the Father was not ready to give its full experience to the church at that
time. Because it is for the last generation of the Sons of Benjamin to be born
through the mother church that will die off as Rachel did. In fact, not until
Rachel died did Benjamin come forth. What this means to me is, the modern day
church that is basically built on the Roman Catholicism model will be done away
with when the Sons of God manifest with the new order of what we call church. It
will look nothing like the old order of doing things, but will be built on the
heavenly blueprint of the manifest glory of God moving among His people where
lives are transformed in an instant.
OF THE TRIBE OF
BENJAMIN
…of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin… Phil 3:5
(NASU)
In the same chapter of Philippians 3, where Paul teaches on
the power of the resurrection, he tells us plainly that he is of one of the
twelve tribes of Israel; that being, BENJAMIN! This is not happen chance that
the full manifestation of Christ is taught by Paul with the revealing of
resurrection glory with the manifested Sons of God being unveiled through the
tribe of Benjamin. I am not sure if Paul saw this in his time, but it has
definitely been revealed to us. This chapter is written so that we could see
with the eyes of faith and believe for this to come forth in our life-time.
Paul said, “I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God
in Christ Jesus.” Phil 3:14 (NASU)
Paul had a goal in his life, a prize to obtain, a high
calling that most Christians miss seeing or understanding the implications of
it for eternity. He goes on to say in verses 18-19 that Christians who miss
this calling will suffer great loss because they have set their minds on
earthly things rather than the spiritual.
If you can see these truths as the revelation of Jesus Christ
in your heart, they are yours to claim by faith and to receive them. Truth is
something we receive by faith and not something we try to achieve in our own strength.
We receive nothing from God except by faith so that spiritual realities become
our experience, which is Jesus! Sons of God come forth from the grave and cast
off your grave clothes for your robes of righteousness are ready! There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them…
Ps 68:27 (NASU)
CHAPTER SEVEN
JEHOVAH IS HE
(Jehu a Son of God)
Most Pentecostal or Charismatic Christians have heard a
message or read a book on Jezebel at some point in their life. We are first
taught about her from the Old Testament and then the New Testament on how Jesus
Himself will judge her in the end times as depicted in the book of Revelation.
More on that a bit later, but first we must see her destruction in the Old
Testament.
JEHU COMES TO TOWN
When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and she
painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out the window. 2 Kings 9:30
(NASU)
Jehu, whose name means, (Jehovah is he) with a name like that
who could stand before him? Definitely not Jezebel the lust filled woman who
brought such a spirit of intimidation and depression on Elijah that he begged
God to take his life. Elijah and his predecessor Elisha did not kill her, but
one was raised up whose name means (Jehovah is he) did! I have great news for
you, the devil, Jezebel is going to be thrown out of your life and the life of
the church by the same Jehovah that did it for Israel.
Jehu was anointed by Elisha to be King in Israel and was
appointed by God to kill Jezebel for all her wickedness that she had done to
His people. It was JUDGMENT DAY for Jezebel, she was keeping the people of
Israel from the best that God had for them. She was a woman of seduction and
seduced the people of God to follow the spirit of the world rather than the
Spirit of the living God. Does that not sound like much of the church world
today? Many, if not most Christians are looking at the beauty of the buildings
or the music ministry and elegance of the ministers in the pulpit rather than
looking for the moving of the Spirit of the Living God to lead them. Jezebel
put on her makeup and did up her hair to try and seduce Jehu, but he would have
none of it, he would not let her put him under her spell as she did many other
Prophets of God. We are now in the time when God once again is going to do for
us what we cannot do for ourselves, which is for us to come into the power of
Jehovah’s grace to set His people free from the spirit of Jezebel so that we
can walk in complete freedom to be what God has called us to live in, which is
LIBERTY! Judgement begins at the house of God first, so that we can set the
world free, unless we are free ourselves, how can we set others free? A
drowning man cannot save anyone!
Jehu came into the town of Jezreel, which means, (Seed of
God). You my brother and sister are the seed of God, being Sons of God. Jehovah
comes into town to take over the city of God to rule and reign in His rightful
place to bring justice and to throw down the religious spirit that is so
prevalent in the church. She is dressed like the world, a harlot she is, but
the day of the Lord is upon us where the light of Jesus will shine brighter and
brighter until the full day. Full Sonship ministry will reign in the church and
the seed of God in us will manifest in the full likeness of Jesus Christ
through us. This is Sonship and it is our inheritance! But the spirit of
Jezebel in this age is trying to stop mature Sonship in us, but it to will
fail!
I find it interesting that Elijah, whose name means, (Strong
Lord) was unable to defeat the Jezebel spirit, but Jehu did! There have been
many great revivals, with many powerful men and women of God at the helm, but
most were taken out by the Jezebel spirit of the church. But a new day has
dawned, Jehu has come to town and the people of God are going to throw Jezebel
out of the upper window to her death! She is sitting in high places of the
spirit realm, but will be thrown down so that the Sons of God will ascend in
this Day of the Lord.
THE TRAMPLING UNDER
FOOT
He said, "Throw her down." So they threw her down,
and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, and he
trampled her under foot. 2 Kings 9:33 (NASU)
Jesus said that we are to trample on serpents and scorpions
and nothing will hurt us, not even the spirit Jezebel should cause us to fear.
Now is the time to call on the Spirit of God to set us free from all the
tentacles of our enemy so that we can say, (the devil comes and finds nothing
in me!)
Let me tell you how I got this message. I woke up early one
morning and the Lord said to me, “I am going to give you judgment today.” I
thought God has had it with me and He is going to judge me! I asked Him for
mercy, but yes, I want His judgments to set me free from anything that is not
of Him in my life. Throughout the day I wondered what this judgement is. When I
came home that day and went into my study and I thought, I must have missed Him
again and was only hearing from myself or the enemy, until I read in my Bible.
“He said, "Throw her down." So they threw her down, and some of her
blood was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, and he trampled her under
foot.”
I know without a shadow of a doubt that God is speaking to us
as a people to throw down Jezebel, we must do it! If she has a high place in
our life she must be thrown down. Just as the dragon and his angels were thrown
down in the book of Revelation 12:9 by Michael, whose name means, (those who
are like God). These people are the true seed of Jesus Christ in the earth and
will overcome the enemy and trample him under their feet! Jehu trampled her
under his horse’s feet, (the horse) represents the power of the Holy Spirit in
our lives and is the white horse ministry that we are called to get on and ride
in the book of Revelation to trample down all the works of the devil. The horse
signifies that we have power and authority given to us at this time. Do you
want the power of God and His authority? Sure, you do! We are to destroy all
the works of the enemy in our own life and in every person’s life on the
planet.
“Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the
salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His
Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who
accuses them before our God day and night.” Rev 12:10 (NASU)
Do you see it once again? We are to throw down the enemy who
is our accuser for all his lies against us! We must do this now by the
authority of the Word of God in us and over our lives. Revelation 19:13 says of
Jesus, that His robe was dripping in blood just as Jehu’s garments must have
had blood on them when he trampled Jezebel to a pulp and so much so, that the
dogs ate her flesh and she was no more! Six times in the book of Revelation it
speaks about the enemy of souls being thrown down. I think we get the message,
throw down the enemy of our life just as Jehu did because (Jehovah is He) who lives
in us to overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil. I think when we get to
heaven, we will be shocked when we see just how much glory and power that we
have been given in this life and did not use it for God’s glory.
Jesus is not going to kill people around us, but will kill
the power of the flesh that is ruling through the spirit of Jezebel. The supper
of God is when our enemy is trampled under our feet so that (flesh), the works
of the devil can be eaten and eliminated from our lives. (See Rev. 19:17-18).
JEZEBEL WILL BE JUDGED
And I did give to her (Jezebel) a time that she might reform
from her whoredom, and she did not reform; lo, I will cast her into a couch,
and those committing adultery with her into great tribulation — if they may not
repent of their works, and her children I will kill in death, and know shall
all the assemblies that I am he who is searching reins and hearts; and I will
give to you — to each — according to your works. Rev 2:21-23 (YLT)
Jesus said that the Church in Thyatira was tolerating the
spirit of Jezebel as many do today. This church was not trampling her under
their feet as He called them to do, but they were putting up with her and did
not see her as the enemy that was trying to take them out. When we tolerate the
enemy, we are sleeping with her as a harlot! Jesus said, if we do not throw her
down, we are putting up with her. This is serious business when the Lord has
had it with Jezebel and judgment begins to fall to cleanse His bride so that
she will be ready to ride the white horse and overcome all the works of the
devil. This is our calling, this is our destiny, and testimony to trample on
all the works of the enemy by the authority given to us through the Word of the
living God.
SATAN IS THROWN DOWN
And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who
is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down
to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. Rev 12:9 (NASU)
In Revelation 12 the words (thrown down) are spoken of five
times to give us the understanding that great grace is going to be given to the
church in these last days to throw down the enemy in our daily life. “For of
His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace” John 1:16 (NASU). This
fullness of grace is now being manifest in the church to give us the knowledge
that we are not keeping ourselves, but that God is! The enemy would love to
take us out, but the Spirit of Jesus is upon us as we continue to call upon the
Lord in our daily seeking of Him. God pieties us in regards to us just being
human flesh and blood and because we do not fully understand the battles that
we are facing on any given day. And because of this there has been given to us
two wings of a great eagle to fly into the realms of God. This is a walk of
faith; these two wings are the Spirit and the Word that keep us. In His
presence we are protected, fed, and blessed with joy, peace, and love that
cover us with the light and glory of God.
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 (NASU)
JEHU CLEANS HOUSE
When the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and
slaughtered them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent
them to him at Jezreel. 2 Kings 10:7 (NASU)
The very first time I read this verse I was horrified and
thought what kind of person could do this? Now I know that it was God’s man,
Jehu! God spoke the judgment of Jezebel and Ahab through the prophet Elijah
years before and now it has come to pass. If God will bring to pass the words
of a prophet how much more will He bring to pass the words of Jesus when He
said that He would judge the spirit of Jezebel in our day?
Every generation since the book of Revelation was written has
had to deal with the spirit of Jezebel working through a religious spirit in
the church. This spirit can work through anyone, male or female that tries to
seduce the people of God away from the simplicity of knowing, seeking, and
obeying Jesus Christ. This evil spirit causes people to fornicate spiritually
by following another spirit rather than the Holy Spirit. Jesus said, “And I
will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he
which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you
according to your works” Rev 2:23 (KJV). The goal of this spirit, which is
inspired by Satan, is to separate the people of God from the life giving Holy
Spirit. It is a seductive counterfeit which will makes them go through the
motions of just being religious, but denying the power of the Spirit of the
Lord. The verse does not seem to make much sense, “To kill with death?” Until
you realize that death means separation from the life and presence of God. Many
of our churches are dying or are already dead because there is no life of God
in them.
Jehu had the people kill the seventy sons of Ahab because
otherwise, they would have had the seed of Jezebel and Ahab still present in
the country and a cleansing was needed. I find it interesting that it was
seventy sons and not another number. Seven is the number of completion, they
had to scour the land from their evil and to prove that they did kill them,
their seventy heads were sent to Jezreel, (the seed of God). The seed of God is
the Sons of God! Jezebel and all her cohorts are going to be destroyed by the
power of the Holy Spirit that is working in and through the Sons. The Spirit of
Jesus working through the Sons of God are the only hope of the church and will
destroy all of what remains of Jezebel in the church.
“So, Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in
Jezreel, and all his great men and his acquaintances and his priests, until he
left him without a survivor.” 2 Kings 10:11 (NASU)
Every vestige of Jezebel was destroyed in the land.
Hallelujah! Yes, this is the hope of the nations that all the evil plaguing
mankind will soon be terminated from our lives. “They brought out the sacred
pillars of the house of Baal and burned them. They also broke down the sacred
pillar of Baal and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this
day. Thus, Jehu eradicated Baal out of Israel” 2 Kings 10:26-28 (NASU).
THE BLESSING OF JEHU
The Lord said to Jehu, "Because you have done well in
executing what is right in My eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab
according to all that was in My heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall
sit on the throne of Israel." 2 Kings 10:30 (NASU)
Because of the obedience of Jehu to destroy the evil out of
the land, he and his seed were blessed to sit upon the throne of Israel. This
is the same promise that Jesus has made to us who will follow Him and destroy
all the idol’s (Baal’s) out of their own land (their lives). “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 3:21-22 (NASU). We are the overcomers that
seek His presence daily and those who follow on to know the Lord. Seek Him and
destroy the works of the enemy in your life, for this is what pleases God, we
have a Father that cannot wait to bless us!
CHAPTER EIGHT
SONS OF HARVEST
“…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. Rev 14:15-16 (NASU)
There is a harvest
that has been, and is being reaped at this very moment in time. Very few
believers are even aware of theses harvests, because so little, to almost
nothing has been taught on this in the church throughout this age. According to
Revelation chapter 14, there’s coming an hour when the harvest is ripe, this is
where we are at in harvest time. One cannot wait around at harvest time and
twiddle their thumbs and hope for things to get better in the weather or on how
one may feel. The harvest must come in when it dictates and not when we feel
like it.
There are two harvests that we must
prepare ourselves for.
1. The harvest of tares that comes out
of the Sons of God.
2. The harvest of the mature Sons of
God.
THE TARES HAVE TO COME OUT
If you will be
honest with yourself and God, you and I both know that there are “tares,” sin
and things of the flesh still holding on from the old nature that seems to want
to hang on to us in our souls no matter how hard we have tried to get free from
them. I have great news for you! Help is on the way if you want it? God is
about to do something for us that we cannot do for ourselves, but I guess that
is what God is really good at, when we just get out of the way and let Him do
His deep work in us.
We cannot walk in
full Sonship authority like Jesus unless we get these tares out of our life. If
we do not, the tares will always cause us to stumble and fall on our face in
complete and utter failure. Help is on the way in the form of Harvest Angels.
Please, prayerfully take the time to read and study these verses below so that
you can get the revelation from what the Spirit of God is saying to the church
at this present time.
Then He left the
crowds and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him and said,
"Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field." And He said,
"The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, and the field is the
world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the
tares are the sons of the evil one; and the enemy who sowed them is the devil,
and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels. Matt 13:36-39
(NASU)
Jesus sowed the good
seed of the kingdom into His people, this seed is the Sons of God, (Carriers of
the Word of God). These people are Christians throughout history and in the
future, these are all those who have come to know Jesus Christ as their
personal Lord and Savior. But some of the seed did not take in all of His
people, some of the seed fell by the roadside, (Those who did not care to
understand and draw close to Him). Other seed fell amongst the rocks, (Trials
and tribulations caused them to stop growing in Jesus). Other seed fell amongst
the thorns, (The worries and the cares of the world cut off the growth of the
word in them. But some seed did fall into good ground and produced a harvest,
(These are the mature Sons of the kingdom). But even where the seed fell on
good ground it did not always bring forth a complete harvest. In some people it
brought forth a 100-fold harvest, these are the mature Sons of God that look
like and act like Jesus and are ready to produce after His very likeness.
However, some Christians only bring forth 30 or 60-fold likeness of Jesus.
I liken this to the
maturity of people. I have seen older people act like children and I have seen
younger people act very mature in their dealing of life. It all depends on how
each person responded to the tests and trials of life. Were they broken before
God in humility or did they respond in pride and hurt, never maturing and
growing up through the process of brokenness. God does have baby Sons of all
ages; He does have youthful sons that are living a know-it-all lifestyle of
Christianity. He does have matures Sons of the kingdom that are walking in the
full likeness of Jesus. These are the 100-fold Sons of God. We make our choices
by how we are responding to our daily trials that show us and the heavenly host
where we are at in our spiritual progress in life. We must test ourselves where
we are at in our spiritual growth of how much we are coming into Christ’s
likeness. When you squeeze a grape, you find out what is in it, so it is with
us.
As stated before,
there are Harvest Angels that are going to help us where we cannot help
ourselves. They are going to harvest out of us all the tares that the enemy has
sown in us throughout our life-time.
“So just as the
tares are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the
age. “The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of
His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness, and will
throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and
gnashing of teeth. "Then THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SHINE FORTH AS THE SUN in the
kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear. Matt 13:40-43 (NASU)
This is a good
thing! I use to read this as, God was going to throw all His people into hell
that did not add up to His standard. I will tell you truthfully that if that is
the case, I am finished because there is no good thing in me, but Jesus Christ!
I am totally reliant on Him to save me and to make me into His likeness. I
cannot do it in my own strength or wisdom, I must fall upon the rock of Who He
is. “Then THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SHINE FORTH AS THE SUN in the kingdom of their
Father. He who has ears, let him hear” Matt 13:43. It is not until the tares
are removed from us that we can come forth into the full likeness of Jesus and
shine forth like Him (As the Sun).
JUDAS WAS A TARE
When all the
Disciples were with Jesus at the Last Supper Jesus said that one of them was
going to betray Him. John then asks Jesus who it was, Jesus in return says, it
is the one I give the morsel of food to. Now the Bible does not say that Jesus
put it in his mouth but it does hint that because the morsel was dipped in a
juice of some type. Jesus had just washed all of their feet, even Judas! So,
why would He have not put the morsel in Judas mouth as His act of kindness and
love, even though Judas was going to betray Him. Why does it matter? “After the
morsel, Satan then entered into him” John 13:27 (NASU). Jesus had Judas open
his mouth so that Satan could enter his heart by the permission of God, he was
totally given over to do Satan’s will in destroying the Son of God. “So, after
receiving the morsel he went out immediately; and it was night” John 13:30
(NASU).
When Jesus called
for the tares to be removed from His ministry team; Judas was gone
“IMMEDIATELY!” When it came to the fullness of God’s timing, Satan’s tare was
no more among the brethren because the will and work of God was finished for
him. That is how it will be in us; our body and mind will be set completely free
by the Harvesting Angels and the tares will be no more! When God has finished
His work in us by using the works of the flesh and Satan against us just as He
did with Job and Peter by being sifted like wheat. A great work for the glory
of God has been started in us and He will bring us to completion to the glory
of Jesus Christ.
Therefore, when he
had gone out, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is
glorified in Him; if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in
Himself, and will glorify Him immediately. John 13:31-32 (NASU)
Therefore, when JUDAS
had gone out, “Now is the Son of Man glorified immediately!” Do you see
the truth given forth in these verses? Once the tare was taken out of His body immediately
the Father glorifies Jesus in Himself. This speaks volumes to me, as the
Harvesting Angels are released to do finish their mission in us, then we also
will be glorified with Jesus into His likeness. "The soil produces crops
by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head.
“But when the crop permits, he immediately
puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come." Mark 4:28-29 (NASU). As
soon as the harvest permits or immediately as we come into the complete
likeness of Jesus we too will be harvested and the mature seed that is like
Jesus in us will be planted in others so that they also can grow into the full
100-fold likeness of Jesus. Then they will do the cycle over again in others
just as we see in nature. Wow, what a mighty God we serve and how unsearchable
are His ways! Just as we look in awe at the stars that He made; He has done a
greater work in mankind to fashion us into His likeness. Behold what manner of
love is this that we should be called the Sons of God!
SONS OF
AUTHORITY
And she gave birth
to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and
her child was caught up to God and to His throne. Rev 12:5 (NASU)
Now that the tares
are not a problem anymore for the Sons of God, the first great harvest of Sons
of God can come forth in the earth. They come as a child completely trusting in
the Father for all things, (Truly Born of God) their maturity comes very
quickly when they are caught up to the throne of God. This is His power and
authority of full Sonship with the likeness of Jesus being given to them to
overcome all the works of the enemy by riding with Jesus on white horses. “Now
the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of
His Christ have come” Rev 12:10 (NASU). No more waiting, the time has come for
the full manifestation of Jesus Christ through His body of Sons just liken unto
Him. Now the kingdom comes with power and authority.
MANY
SONS OF GLORY
For it was fitting
for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing
many sons to glory... Heb 2:10 (NASU)
There are literally
so many Scriptures and types of Sons of God in the Bible that we could learn of
them throughout our entire life-time, we can see them in every book in the
Bible and in the lives of every Biblical hero. God wants us to know what it
really means for us to be the Sons of God, and if He has revealed it to us that
means that we are called to be a mature Son. He is bringing many Sons to glory
and if you are reading this, I believe that you are one of them that He is soon
to manifest Himself through.
Behold, what manner
of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of
God… Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we
shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we
shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:1-2 (KJV)
Most Christians
cannot fathom this verse as to why it is such a big deal that we are called the
Sons of God. They know that we are the adopted Sons of God not realizing that
adoption in the New Testament is not the same as modern day adoption. Biblical
adoption, was the placing of a mature Sons that have come into the full
likeness of their father. Now that he has the full authority of Sonship, he has
the same privileges as the father has to the point of handling all business and
private affairs for the family, he was fully trusted to do what was right.
In the year 2000 Jesus
walked across a white capped lake and stood in front of me and said, “Do you
want to go higher?” I said, “Is there more?” He said, “Yes My Glory!” I believe
with all my heart that He is about to do some great things in and through His
people. You are the called and ordained of God, go forth in the power of
Sonship in this day of the Lord.
THE SPIRIT OF LIFE
For the law of the
Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of
death. Rom 8:2 (NASU)
When the Apostle
Paul wrote this, he was struggling with his own human brokenness. “Wretched man
that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death?” Rom 7:24 (NASU).
Those of us who are pressing into more of God all feel the wretchedness of our
own soul; knowing there is nothing good in our flesh. Yet, for those who are
pressing into Christ Jesus there is no condemnation or guilt of our past, no
matter if it was ten years ago, one year ago, or even today; we have been set
free by the blood of Jesus. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to
forgive us and to wash our garments clean from any stain or blemishes we may
have and makes us white as snow.
However, if we do
not know how to receive His forgiveness or how to appropriate the life of Jesus
into our mortal body, how will we ever be changed by the power of His life in
us? The same resurrection power that is in Jesus is alive in us to change us as
we lay claim to it by faith. Just as we were saved and filled with the Holy
Spirit by faith, we can receive the outpouring of His life daily. When we were
filled with the Holy Spirit it was not meant to be a one-time event, but an
ongoing one; daily, hourly, and even, every second of our day we can be and
should be drinking of the Spirit so that we are staying full and over flowing
with the Life of Jesus.
But I say, walk by
the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. Gal 5:16 (NASU)
The question I have
always had, “How do we walk in the Spirit of God?” The world is controlled by
many evil spirits and if we are not walking in the Holy Spirit, with the gift
of discerning of spirits, we will be walking under an evil spirits control. It
can be a spirit of fear, depression, greed, or lust, for there are only three
categories of sin; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride
of life. How do we know which one we are walking in? By what we are thinking
about most and manifesting by what we are looking at and listening to. If we
are not thinking about God and worshipping Him throughout our day, I can almost
assure you that we are not walking in the Spirit of the Lord God. We are made
in the image of God; we are a spirit being more than we are a physical one. Our
spirit will live forever, and not our fleshly body. This is why we must learn
to live out of our spirit-man more than our flesh, for this is how we grow in
spirit by giving attention to our spiritual needs first and foremost. Many
Christians, if not most, do not know how to even feed their spirit-man so that
they are starving their spirit-man and fatten up the natural man to only die
and have not gained much or anything in this life for eternity. Jesus grew
strong in spirit, that is how He heard the Father and saw the Father doing good
works and He just followed the Fathers lead.
We have been given
the right to ascend into the realms of God at any time to receive help for any
need that we may have. But that is not the only reason why we should be
ascending into the realms of God. What the resurrection of Jesus means for us,
is that we can at any time arise into the realms of God to have fellowship with
the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. God wants to and will meet all of our
needs, but Jesus died so that we might draw nearer to His heart and enter into
it and make Him our eternal home. When I have come home from a long trip and
come into my house and sit in my favorite chair and sleep in my bed, there is
nothing quite like it. Truly home is where the heart is! Each day I awake I try
to spend time with God in the fellowship of His Spirit and He never disappoints
me, if I can get my mind free from the thoughts of the world and just enter
into the heart of God, I am at home spiritually. This is truly my favorite
thing to do in the whole world and it is the place I long for the most and no
man could ever take that away from me. My heart is the home of Jesus Christ and
He has promised to never ever leave us.
I remember back in
1983 when I first began to seek the Lord on a daily basis and I felt so awkward
doing it, and how the enemy would lie to me and tell me that the neighbors were
watching and laughing at me. But I did not care! God would always come to meet
with me and that is all that really mattered. Now almost forty years later this
love affair with God has only grown and by His grace I can close my eyes and
sense the Lords presence and have fellowship with Him at any time or place. Why
do I tell you this? I want you; God wants you even more than me for you to come
into this secret place of love with your Father so that you may hunger for more
of Him than anything else in the natural, even food. That, if you don’t get
your fix of God’s presence in your day you will go nuts without Him. He is our
life; not food, water, job, or family, but God’s presence alone.
Those who practice
His presence on a daily basis are those who are LOOKING for His appearing.
Jesus is coming to those who are looking for Him and will transform our bodies
into the likeness of His glory. “So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of
many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without
sin unto salvation” Heb 9:28 (KJV). As we seek (Look for) Jesus we should be
looking for His presence (Parousia) coming to us to help us and to change us
into His very likeness and glory. The higher and longer we can stay in His
presence the more glory we will receive from Him, and we will hunger for more
of Him and be changed into His likeness, until one day He will come with the
exertion of His power and give us our glorified bodies so that we can have more
of Him without the human flesh limitations.
For our conversation
is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious
body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things
unto himself. Phil 3:20-21 (KJV)
God is more than
able to subdue our flesh and change us in the twinkling of the eye, but we must
be looking for Him to come and do it in us. Much of Christianity thinks that
somehow because they got saved, they will automatically be changed as if there
is a date that God has set for this to take place. But I tell you from the
Scriptures that it will only come to those who are looking by faith for Him to
come and change them. Today is the day of full deliverance if we can receive
it! Faith is, NOW faith, not somewhere in the future, we only can live in the
now, no one is promised tomorrow so why not spend time with God and receive all
that He has for you! What else do you have to do that is more important than
getting to know God and walking in all His fullness?
I leave you with
these last verses to ponder on, you know them well, but please look at them through
the eyes of revelation as to what God is saying to us. Do not look at it with
the eyes of religion or of your past teachings.
The first man is
from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven. As is the earthy, so
also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly, so also are those who
are heavenly. Just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we will also bear
the image of the heavenly. Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood
cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be
changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the
trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be
changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must
put on immortality. 1 Cor 15:47-53 (NASU)
These verses are not talking about some futuristic rapture swooping us off into the heavens. Oh no, this is talking about those who are looking for His presence, the (Parousia) coming to each of us to change us one at a time. The set time for this to take place is when we have grown into the full likeness of Jesus; He is, our all, and all. Yes, in a Nano second, He will come and change us, are you ready for that, are you seeking just to be with Him? Our transformation is now upon us, that is, those who are LOOKING, longing for, and waiting for the fullness of His presence! “Looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus” Titus 2:13 (NASU). It is much like the runners that broke the one-mile time barrier, when one did it, then many others soon followed. When several Christian people break into the glory realm and are changed into their glorified bodies, so will the rest of the church follow quickly behind. “Looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God…” 2 Peter 3:12 (NASU). We can quicken the day of the Lord in our life by us steadfastly looking for that day of His coming in our life. Hallelujah!
Dan Luehrs
PO Box 341
Intercession City, FL 33848
Churchinhispresence.org