Porous Rock, Oil and Spices

Friday, October 29, 2010, 8:29 a.m. – I woke this morning out of a dream.

THE DREAM: I was in an institutional church setting. We had visited there before, and now we were back. I spoke with someone who was sitting next to me. She and I introduced ourselves to each other. She was to the right (east) of me. She said she had heard my name before. I had a pretty good idea where she had heard it.

When we were there before, I had exhorted someone strongly. I got a bad reputation for that. I had a sense that my name had been brought up in a meeting as a prayer request and that is probably how she had heard my name.

When we came into this Sunday School Class this time, my husband sat in a metal folding chair on the left (west) wall, and I sat in the middle of the back (south) wall with my head leaned up against the wall, which appeared to be covered by a curtain. I sat there because it was more comfortable.

At one point I ended up moving to the front of the middle section. The person in the front of the class was having people introduce themselves who were new to the class. Nonetheless, I did not want to introduce myself because everyone would know I was the person who had strongly exhorted (or scolded) someone when we were there before. So, instead of introducing myself, I introduced my husband.

Then, we were at some kind of social gathering with these same people, I believe. I had some kind of dish of something that looked like oil and spices that one uses to dip bread inside of, yet I wanted to discard it for something else. I saw a dish on the table with something in the middle of the dish that looked like a sponge or a porous rock, so I dumped the oil and spices in there, and I hoped no one would use it. END

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Zechariah 13:

Cleansing From Sin
1 "On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
2 "On that day, I will banish the names of the idols from the land, and they will be remembered no more," declares the LORD Almighty. "I will remove both the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land. 3 And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother, to whom he was born, will say to him, 'You must die, because you have told lies in the LORD's name.' When he prophesies, his own parents will stab him.

4 "On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his prophetic vision. He will not put on a prophet's garment of hair in order to deceive. 5 He will say, 'I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth. ' 6 If someone asks him, 'What are these wounds on your body ?' he will answer, 'The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.'

The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered
7 "Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
against the man who is close to me!"
declares the LORD Almighty.
"Strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered,
and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 In the whole land," declares the LORD,
"two-thirds will be struck down and perish;
yet one-third will be left in it.

9 This third I will bring into the fire;
I will refine them like silver
and test them like gold.
They will call on my name
and I will answer them;
I will say, 'They are my people,'
and they will say, 'The LORD is our God.' "

Commentary on vv 4-6, NIV Study Bible:

“Because of the stern measures just mentioned, a false prophet will be reluctant to identify himself as such and will be evasive in his responses to interrogation. To help conceal his true identity, he will not wear a ‘prophet’s garment of hair’, such as Elijah wore. Instead, to avoid the death penalty, he will deny being a prophet and will claim to have been a farmer since his youth. And if a suspicious person notices marks on his body and inquires about them, he will claim he received them in a scuffle with friends (or perhaps as discipline from his parents during childhood). Apparently the accuser suspects that the false prophet’s wounds were self-inflicted to arouse his prophetic ecstasy in idolatrous rites.”

“Vv 7-9 were quoted by Jesus in Matthew 26:31; Mark 14:27 and applied to the scattering of the apostles in Matthew 26:56; and Mark 14:49-50.”

I Googled “Porous rock” and it led me to a site that showed pictures of several kinds of porous rock. This is the one that looked like the one in the dish in the dream:

Igneous rock (derived from the Latin word igneus meaning of fire, from ignis meaning fire) is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic rock. Igneous rock is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igneous_rock

I looked up the significance of oil and spices from a Biblical perspective and found this article in the Holman Bible Dictionary found at this site - http://www.studylight.org/dic/hbd/view.cgi?number=T5986. I learned that “Balsam, myrrh, cinnamon, cassia and calamus were used in the preparation of the holy anointing oil” (Exodus 30:23). Ex. 30:29 says: “You shall consecrate them so they will be most holy, and whatever touches them will be holy.” This is the purpose of the anointing oil.

“Myrrh was given to Jesus at His birth as a gift (Mtt 2:11) and as a drink when He was on the cross (Mark 15:23).” “Myrrh and aloes were used in ointments for burial (Luke 23:56).”

Cinnamon, spice, myrrh and oil are mentioned in this passage:

Revelation 18:11-13:

"The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes any more— cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble; cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and bodies and souls of men.”

Myrrh - a yellowish-brown to reddish-brown aromatic gum resin with a bitter slightly pungent taste obtained from a tree of eastern Africa and Arabia also: a mixture of myrrh and labdanum (MW Collegiate Dictionary). Labdanum – a bitter resinous gum (Encarta).

My Understanding: I read this news article: Critical test not done on cement before blowout - http://apnews.excite.com/article/20101029/D9J5AP2O0.html

According to the news article, Halliburton, “which was BP’s cementing contractor, came under increased scrutiny when investigators from the president’s oil spill commission revealed Thursday that tests performed by the company before the deadly blowout showed the cement to be unstable.”

Ok, it was the president’s commission who revealed this about Halliburton. And I was the one, in the dream, who gave the name of my husband rather than give my own name, because of a scolding that I had given to someone at this “church” previously. I sensed I could be representing Obama (or his administration), so I looked to see if he had scolded anyone related to this oil spill previously.

Regarding Obama’s scolding of BP, etc. I read -

"I did not appreciate what I consider to be a ridiculous spectacle during congressional hearings into this matter," he said. "You had executives of BP and Transocean and Halliburton falling over each other to point the finger of blame at somebody else."

Nor did federal regulators escape the tongue-lashing. The president criticized what he termed "a cozy relationship" between oil companies and federal regulators in which "permits were too often issued based on little more than assurances of safety from oil companies" and oil companies exploited loopholes that "allowed some oil companies to bypass some critical environmental reviews," Obama said. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0514/As-Obama-scolds-BP-debate-brews-over-how-much-oil-is-leaking

And, I was the one coming under the scrutiny, as well, in the dream. And, I had my head leaned up against a wall that was covered with a curtain. The article called the commission a “panel” which is another word for curtain. So, here I saw that my head (authority) was up against this panel. And, to lean on something or someone is to: “1. lean upon to depend on for advice, support, etc.; 2. Informal to exert pressure on (someone), as by threats or intimidation.” http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lean+on.

So, I represent the president of the USA who is depending upon and/or is pressuring by threats or intimidation this panel (commission). I am the head or my head (the U.S. government) is over this panel and I am the one naming Halliburton instead of naming my own name, so Halliburton is my “husband,” i.e. I am in a contractual relationship with Halliburton. And, this “marital” relationship did not begin with Obama, either. G.H.W. Bush’s father, Prescott Bush, GHW Bush, GW Bush, Dick Cheney and the Clintons all had dealings with Halliburton. And, Halliburton was given contracts by our government in Iraq, for one, which they profited greatly from.

Since my husband appears to represent Halliburton, I wanted to see if there was a connection between Halliburton and the Illuminati, so I looked it up: http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/gulf_oil_spill_222.html. There is a definite connection, so my husband is really the N.W.O., the Illuminati, etc.

With the reference to porous rock, oil and spices, volcanic rock, Halliburton, etc., I recalled reading articles previously about the possibility that the Gulf of Mexico disaster could have been caused by the eruption of an underwater volcano under the Gulf of Mexico, so I looked it up and found this link - http://www.blogsmonroe.com/world/2010/07/im-hearing-the-words-underwater-volcano-relative-to-the-gulf-oil-leak/

The Halliburton news article mentioned a cement mix’s failure to prevent oil and gas from entering the well as having been identified by BP and others as one of the causes of the accident. Then, the article said: “BP and Halliburton decided to use a foam slurry created by injecting nitrogen into cement to secure the bottom of the well, a decision outside experts have criticized.” All throughout this saga with the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico the Lord has consistently shown me that the New World Order (and our government) was behind this, that what was reported in the news was a cover for what was really going on, that this was a siege on America, that there are nuclear weapons involved in this, and that the goal is the takeover of our government (and all the governments of the world) and to kill true believers in Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit in their lives (the well).

In today’s dream, I (representing Obama/the U.S. government) poured a mixture of oil and spices into a dish/bowl that was on the table. The oil and spices appear to represent both this anointing for the purpose of consecration (sanctification) and making something or someone holy and for the purpose of preparing a body for burial. And, the scripture passage in Zechariah 13 begins with “on that day” – the Day of the Lord – the Day of Judgment and a day for restoration. I believe this is speaking of this time of tribulation to come upon the earth. Then, the passage says that “a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.” I believe this is now speaking of the church as the “house of David”, and a fountain is another word for well. So, again I see a dual meaning here of judgment via this well into which our government is pouring this mixture that is a preparation for our burial (death) and as the well of life that our Lord Jesus will bring back into the church as he consecrates her, as he cleanses her and as he makes her holy through judgment and via his death on the cross for our sins.

Obama is the false prophet and/or the government of the USA is the false prophet who does not want anyone to know the truth about him (or them) and so they continually pass the blame on to someone else, i.e. in the dream I named my husband (Halliburton) rather than give my own name because of what I had scolded someone about previously. Obama had taken them all to task over the same things that he and our government were guilty of, so it was like the pot calling the kettle black, as the saying goes. And, Halliburton does not want anyone to know the truth about them, either. What it all comes down to is that our government, in concert and in a contractual relationship with the New World Order, is preparing America for her death, yet God has greater purposes for us. Remember what Joseph said to his brothers: “You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good.” As a result of what happened, it meant the salvation of many lives. And, I believe that is God’s purpose in this coming judgment, as well.

When Jesus was killed, his disciples scattered and the gospel spread. The more the church was persecuted, the more the gospel spread and the more people believed in Jesus. This is also the purpose of judgment – to revive God’s people and to consecrate them and make them holy – to sanctify them through and through so that they will have a great testimony for Jesus and the gospel will be spread and that many people will come to Jesus before our Lord Jesus returns for His Bride, because He is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

At Your Feet / Casting Crowns

Here at Your feet, I lay my past down
My wanderings, all my mistakes down
And I am free

Here at Your feet, I lay this day down
Not in my strength, but in Yours I’ve found
All I need, You’re all I need

Jesus, Jesus, at Your feet
Oh, to dwell and never leave
Jesus, Jesus, at Your feet
There is nowhere else for me
There is nowhere else for me

Here at Your feet, I lay my future down
All of my dreams, I give to You now
And I find peace, I find peace
Here at Your feet, I lay my life down
For You my King, You’re all I want now
And my soul sings…

‘Cause I am free (here at Your feet)
All I need (is at Your feet)
I find peace
We’re at Your feet
We’re at Your feet

The Required Uniform

Thursday, October 28, 2010, 8:22 a.m. – I woke this morning from a dream.

THE DREAM: My husband and I were at some type of compound. In order to get inside we were supposed to stop at a table to get some type of uniform and badge to wear, only I missed that table. So, my husband, who was already wearing all of what was required, escorted me back to the table to show me what I was supposed to do.

At the table was a man who distributed the uniform and badge. The uniform consisted of several layers of garment. It was primarily like a cape with an undershirt to go underneath it. The undershirt (or undergarment) was an off-white color. The cape (outer garment) was a royal blue color. There was a badge of some kind that we were supposed to put on, too, that attached to the outer garment.

So, I collected all this up and then walked back inside the compound, but I never put on the uniform and I ended up losing the badge and maybe the undergarment. I know there was something off-white that I lost, too, in addition to the badge. I just carried the uniform around with me in my arms along with other stuff that I was carrying that looked like a notebook or a clipboard with paper on it, but I never wore the uniform. I remember setting it all down for something and that I may have not picked the badge and other item back up when I gathered up the uniform. I thought I might have to get my badge reissued, though.

Somewhere in here I expressed the thought, either to myself or to someone else, that this compound and this required uniform was just a test site for what was going to happen worldwide with the New World Order and be required for everyone. I also had thoughts concerning them requiring me not to say certain things, and I wondered if I should comply or not or whether or not that would be denying my faith. I believe that I decided that I would not comply, that I would say what was not permitted, even if it meant my death.

In another part of this dream, my grandson (whose name means round) was roaming (crawling) around the house looking for his mother. But, she was not here. He had been left in our care. END

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Zechariah 12:

Jerusalem's Enemies to Be Destroyed
An Oracle
1 This is the word of the LORD concerning Israel. The LORD, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the spirit of man within him, declares: 2 "I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem. 3 On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves. 4 On that day I will strike every horse with panic and its rider with madness," declares the LORD. "I will keep a watchful eye over the house of Judah, but I will blind all the horses of the nations. 5 Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts, 'The people of Jerusalem are strong, because the LORD Almighty is their God.'
6 "On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume right and left all the surrounding peoples, but Jerusalem will remain intact in her place.

7 "The LORD will save the dwellings of Judah first, so that the honor of the house of David and of Jerusalem's inhabitants may not be greater than that of Judah. 8 On that day the LORD will shield those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the Angel of the LORD going before them. 9 On that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.

Mourning for the One They Pierced
10 "And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son. 11 On that day the weeping in Jerusalem will be great, like the weeping of Hadad Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land will mourn, each clan by itself, with their wives by themselves: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives, 13 the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives, 14 and all the rest of the clans and their wives.

My Understanding: I read the following news stories: For Obama, election politics no laughing matter - http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_DAILY_SHOW?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-10-28-08-38-39; Republicans, heading for big gains, ready agenda - http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_REPUBLICANS_AGENDA?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-10-28-08-38-47

In the first article about Obama’s appearance on “The Daily Show” with host Jon Stewart, the article stated that Obama “promised more accomplishments in the two years left on his own term in the Oval Office and urged people to vote…” I immediately made a connection here to the vision my husband had yesterday in which he saw the left half of the one dollar bill disappear, which left only the right half. We discovered that the left half encompassed the seal of the Federal Reserve, as well as the side of The Great Seal which pictured the eagle and the 13 stars, representing the 13 colonies. This half was gone (the left half) and what remained, i.e. what was left of the $1 bill was the side that said ONE on top of the seal of the Department of the Treasury and on the flip side of that on the $1 bill was the other side of the Great Seal, which pictured the unfinished pyramid over which is the all-seeing eye, representing the One World Order or New World Order. That is what is left after the other half is gone, and I believe it represents the other half of Obama’s term of office, as well it represents a one world government and a one world treasury department.

Further on down in the article it said: “Obama suggested that his administration did so much that ‘we have done things that some folks don’t even know about.’ The comment seemed to catch Stewart by surprise. ‘What have you done that we don’t know about?’ he asked. ‘Are you planning a surprise party for us, filled with jobs and health care?’”

I believe that question can be answered with that picture of the uniform that is blue in this dream that has to do with wearing the uniform of the One World Order (the Beast) and that the badge represents either the Mark of the Beast or else it represents an identification system for people groups, such as during Hitler’s Germany. Blue is NATO’s color, as well as it is the color of the European Union, the Clinton Global Initiative, the U.S. Department of Defense, etc., as well as the color yellow is part of the latter 3 mentioned and that color pattern is also associated with the Tea Party (Conservative) Movement. NATO’s colors are a dark blue and off-white, and those were the colors I was seeing in this dream. I looked up the color of the NATO flag and learned that “The official color code for the NATO flag is Pantone Color Guide Number 20” - http://www.mapsofworld.com/flags/nato-flag.html.

I wanted to understand what “Pantone” meant, so I also looked that up. It is an “international printing colour system which provides an accurate method of matching and controlling colours” - www.positivek.co.uk/2009/02/28/design-jargon/. I saw the key words here as “An international system which provides an accurate method of matching and controlling.” The number 20 reminded me of the G20: “The Group of Twenty (G-20) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors was established in 1999 to bring together systemically important industrialized and developing economies to discuss key issues in the global economy. The inaugural meeting of the G-20 took place in Berlin, on December 15-16, 1999, hosted by German and Canadian finance ministers” - http://www.g20.org/about_what_is_g20.aspx. I also saw the “matching and controlling” system as similar to the one Hitler used during WWII for putting people in groups and assigning them “badges” to wear in order to identify them with a specific people group. This is what our government has been doing that the people of America don’t know about. This is the “surprise party” they have planned for us, i.e. the return of the NAZI party.

In answering John Stewart’s question, Obama stated this: “Over and over again, we have moved forward an agenda that is making a difference in people’s lives each and every day.” I believe this “agenda” is the agenda of the New World Order/revival of the Hitler regime, and people around the globe are seeing the difference it is making in their lives every day in man-made “natural” disasters, in a plunging economy worldwide, in war (murdering of innocents and the unwanted), in the rise of socialism and communism, in famine, disease, theft of property, military sieges of governments, etc. And, he promises more “progress.” The article continued by saying: “The interview, which allowed Obama to take his campaign message to the type of audience that gets political news from programs like Stewart’s, seemed more wonkish than slapstick.” Wonkish – “Wonkism, which is the design of policy solutions that are too complex and subtle for the victims -- er, I mean the public, to understand” -www.urbandictionary.com. That certainly says it, doesn’t it?

Continuing with the news article it stated: “Stewart poked at Obama for saying during the presidential campaign that "we are the ones we've been waiting for." "So here you are, you're two years into your administration and the question that arises in my mind: Are we the people we were waiting for or does it turn out those people are still out there and we don't have their number?" the comedian intoned, suggesting that someone in the White House needs to call them up.” Intone can mean a song, hymn, mantra, chant, to recite, to repeat, etc. Well, the need to “call someone up” sounds like the calling up of evil spirits, and the number is 666, and they are here, and Obama is a part of them and so is the US government and the Tea Party Movement. The article mentioned that Obama used the phrase “heck of a job” for Lawrence Summers, a top economic adviser who is leaving office at the end of the year. Evidently, GW Bush used the same phrase to describe the job that his emergency management director, Michael Brown, “was doing after Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters had devastated New Orleans.” The word “heck” is a substitute word for “hell”, so in both cases the reference is to a job done that is of hell.

With regard to the news article about the Republicans heading for big gains and readying their agenda, these quotes stood out to me:

"They're going to have to do something that is dramatic enough to say to people, 'We heard you.'" Republicans laid out some of their wish-list last month in the "Pledge to America," … "If the public puts us in the majority, they're saying that they want this to go forward," said Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., one of the pledge's architects. "I think humility and gratitude is the appropriate response to the midcourse correction that I think is coming - not, you know, sort of chest-beating or spiking the ball in the end zone or acting like we have been entrusted with the entire federal government," McConnell said in a recent interview. A win on Nov. 2, he added, would be "a good first step toward turning the government back in the direction that I and virtually everybody in the country aligned with our particular point of view think is ... necessary." …Republicans know they face a difficult task… in fulfilling the expectations of angry voters who are once again demanding change.

"The American public, if we are to win the majority, has laid out a very clear message. It doesn't mean they love us, but they want to see the country go in a different direction," McCarthy said… "They come in with an authenticity that nobody has: 'We were elected in the year of the tea party. We know what the people want... "The class of '94 was rambunctious, but not as rambunctious as this class is likely to be. Herding these cats is going to be more difficult than usual," said John Feehery, a former senior House aide who helped keep the new GOP majority in line behind the "Contract with America" following the 1994 election.

Here I saw that I not only represented the Republicans but that I also represent the American public, as both the Republicans and the American public have “laid out a very clear message, i.e. they have laid out this “Pledge to America.” The reason I believe I represent both is that, in the dream, I laid out this uniform and badge on a table and then picked it back up only to lose the undershirt (the off-white part) and the badge, and felt I would probably have to have the badge reissued. The something “dramatic” that the Republicans will have to do has to do with what has already been discussed above. What the Republicans are saying the people are saying if they vote them into the majority is that this “Pledge to America” must go forward, which has to do with the blue uniform and the badge. The midcourse correction that is coming is this transition of power from our present form of government to that of the New World Order. It is a game change. I saw these uniforms with the badges attached as like temporary game uniforms for people on the same team who want to scrimmage against each other. This, I believe, is a picture of our political system. The Republicans and Democrats are all on the same team. They just meet and have scrimmages. Yet, the team colors are all one color – blue – i.e. the Republicans, as well as the Democrats, are entrusted with the entire federal government because there is no difference.

This brings me to my grandchild whose name means “round.” I believe he represents the New World Order that has been entrusted to our political leaders as well as to the American people while the “mom” of the child is gone to work. I see this as the federal government of the USA leaving and leaving us with the New World Order as our new system of government. This last sentence I quoted above from the article spoke of a former senior House aide who helped keep the new GOP majority in line behind the “Contract with America.” Here I saw this line from which I had to get this blue uniform and badge and to which my husband (the government/Obama/NATO) helped me return to because I failed to get it the first time through (possibly a reference to the 1994 election). So, the “Contract with America” really has to do with the contract she has with the New World Order and these blue uniforms and badges she must wear.

To the scriptures, this passage in Zechariah says that God is “going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding peoples reeling. Judah will be besieged as well as Jerusalem…” Translated to today this would be speaking of the church, God’s people, because it says “the LORD Almighty is their God” and he is not the God of the Jews right now (not as a nation) because they rejected His Son Jesus as their Messiah. God only has one people right now and that is those who are in Christ Jesus, whether Jews or Gentiles, for he has made them one in Christ (those who believe in Jesus). So, this is speaking of this persecution of the saints of Almighty God during the time of tribulation (and before) and how God will make his people spiritually strong so they are immovable in their commitment to serve and obey Jesus Christ. This is what was referred to in the dream where I had to make a decision whether or not to comply to the new rules of this blue uniform group that would restrict our ability to say certain things concerning our faith in Jesus Christ, and I decided that I would continue to speak out for my Lord, even if it meant my death. This is how God is going to make the people of God strong – we will be strong in our faith, in our testimony and in our refusal to compromise with the New World Order in any area where it would require us to go directly against God, His Word and his will for our lives.

This is not to say that the people of God will be protected from trouble during this time. The Bible clearly tells us that we will be persecuted, imprisoned, beaten, and killed for our faith in Jesus Christ. So, the Lord keeping “Jerusalem” intact in her place has more to do with spiritually intact in her place with Jesus Christ as her head. They can kill our bodies, but they can’t kill our souls. He who endures to the end will be saved. He who overcomes will not taste the second death, for the second death has no power over him. We will be secure in our relationship with Jesus Christ, in our hope of eternal life in heaven with God, and in our commitment to obey our Lord even in the face of death, and that will be a testimony for Jesus for the whole world to see.

When it says, “The LORD will save the dwellings of Judah first,” I believe this can be applied to revival that will come to the church in order that her testimony might spread throughout the world and the world might be reached with the gospel message and many receive salvation. God will pour out this “spirit of grace and supplication” through revival of his church, I believe. The scripture says, “They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him.” This is speaking of revival. If we are mourning for the Lord, we are mourning over our sins and how we failed to love him, to serve him, and to obey him. The weeping will be great, not just because of all the death and destruction, though that will be a great sorrow beyond imagination, but we will weep and mourn over what we lost out on in this life in our relationship with Jesus Christ, but we will be comforted by his grace, his mercy and his forgiveness.

At around 5:30 this morning I woke with this song in my mind and it was still in my mind when I woke back up at around 8:30 a.m.

At Your Feet / Casting Crowns

Here at Your feet, I lay my past down
My wanderings, all my mistakes down
And I am free

Here at Your feet, I lay this day down
Not in my strength, but in Yours I’ve found
All I need, You’re all I need

Jesus, Jesus, at Your feet
Oh, to dwell and never leave
Jesus, Jesus, at Your feet
There is nowhere else for me
There is nowhere else for me

Here at Your feet, I lay my future down
All of my dreams, I give to You now
And I find peace, I find peace
Here at Your feet, I lay my life down
For You my King, You’re all I want now
And my soul sings…

‘Cause I am free (here at Your feet)
All I need (is at Your feet)
I find peace
We’re at Your feet
We’re at Your feet

An Explosion of the House

Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 7:22 a.m. – I got up this morning to have my time with the Lord in prayer and in the Word before my grandson of 9 mos. arrived for the day. I wrote down the title to the song that was playing in my mind, Favorite Song of All. Then I prayed, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.” I opened my Bible and began to read Zechariah 9. Just then the Lord reminded me of a vision I had around 1:00 a.m. when I went to bed for the second time.

THE VISION: I saw in the northeast corner of my mind a family who has recently come to symbolize the US government in a marriage relationship to the institutional church. I saw them inside their house in their living room going about their business, relaxing, playing, etc. with their children. Then, all of a sudden I saw what appeared to be an explosion of that house with the family still inside. And, I heard the Lord say in my mind, “These are the ones who did not honor my name or the name of the One who sent me.” END

Immediately I began to pray for my family, for the family of God (the church) and for the government of the USA, for the world, and for the salvation of the world. I inquired of the Lord if he wanted me to get back up and write or if he wanted me to just pray. I continued praying and then I fell asleep for the night.

Then, as I sat down to read Zechariah 9 this morning, the Lord brought this vision back to mind. As soon as I began reading this passage of scripture I could see how the Lord was applying it to the church and to the government in the United States of America.

Judgment on Israel's Enemies
An Oracle
1 The word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrach
and will rest upon Damascus—
for the eyes of men and all the tribes of Israel
are on the LORD—
2 and upon Hamath too, which borders on it,
and upon Tyre and Sidon, though they are very skillful.

3 Tyre has built herself a stronghold;
she has heaped up silver like dust,
and gold like the dirt of the streets.

4 But the Lord will take away her possessions
and destroy her power on the sea,
and she will be consumed by fire.

5 Ashkelon will see it and fear;
Gaza will writhe in agony,
and Ekron too, for her hope will wither.
Gaza will lose her king
and Ashkelon will be deserted.

6 Foreigners will occupy Ashdod,
and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

7 I will take the blood from their mouths,
the forbidden food from between their teeth.
Those who are left will belong to our God
and become leaders in Judah,
and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.

8 But I will defend my house
against marauding forces.
Never again will an oppressor overrun my people,
for now I am keeping watch.

The Coming of Zion's King
9 Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion!
Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you,
righteous and having salvation,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10 I will take away the chariots from Ephraim
and the war-horses from Jerusalem,
and the battle bow will be broken.
He will proclaim peace to the nations.
His rule will extend from sea to sea
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
11 As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you,
I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.

12 Return to your fortress, O prisoners of hope;
even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.

13 I will bend Judah as I bend my bow
and fill it with Ephraim.
I will rouse your sons, O Zion,
against your sons, O Greece,
and make you like a warrior's sword.

The LORD Will Appear
14 Then the LORD will appear over them;
his arrow will flash like lightning.
The Sovereign LORD will sound the trumpet;
he will march in the storms of the south,
15 and the LORD Almighty will shield them.
They will destroy
and overcome with slingstones.
They will drink and roar as with wine;
they will be full like a bowl
used for sprinkling the corners of the altar.

16 The LORD their God will save them on that day
as the flock of his people.
They will sparkle in his land
like jewels in a crown.

17 How attractive and beautiful they will be!
Grain will make the young men thrive,
and new wine the young women.

2:52 p.m. – My husband is home this week because he injured his back at work. After lunch I was talking with him about the visions God had given me in the night. He received a call from work after midnight (he is on call) with a problem he had to fix and I was just finishing up writing And Then the End Will Come, so we went back to bed at the same time around 1:00 a.m. Anyway, this afternoon, as I was beginning to tell him about this vision I had, he was reminded of a vision he had about the same time in the night before he fell back asleep.

THE VISION: My husband said that he saw a U.S. $1 bill. He was looking at the front of it. Then, the left side of the front of it just disappeared. END

In examining the $1 bill together, we discovered that the left side on the front of the $1 bill is the seal of the Federal Reserve and on the back of that is the side of the Great Seal of the United States that depicts the eagle and the 13 stars for the 13 colonies. The one dollar bill has George Washington on the front, so this is definitely a reference to Washington, D.C., to the Federal Reserve, and to the federal government of the U.S.A. as well as to the U.S.A. government and the Federal Reserve disappearing from sight. What is left on the $1 bill after the left side disappears is the flip side of the Great Seal of the United States of America with the unfinished pyramid and the all-seeing eye over top of it, which is symbolic of the New World Order. On the front side of the pyramid and all-seeing eye on the $1 bill is the seal of The Department of the Treasury and overlaid with the word “ONE.” I believe the “ONE” stands for the One World Order, i.e. out of many, one. If you hold the $1 bill up to the light, the “ONE” and the treasury department seal are encompassed inside the side of the great seal that displays the unfinished pyramid with the all-seeing eye and the Federal Reserve seal is encompassed inside the side of the great seal with the eagle and the 13 stars. So, this sounds like the doing away of our government and our monetary system and it all falling under one government and one monetary system worldwide.

My Understanding: Going along with that, I believe that the family whose house exploded in the northeast is symbolic of Washington D.C. and our government and the institutional church that is married to the government. And, I believe Jesus is saying about both the federal government of the USA and of the institutional church in the USA that “These are the ones who did not honor my name or the name of the One who sent me.” And, I believe God is applying Zechariah 9 to our government and to the institutional church here in the USA today. She has built herself a stronghold, and she has heaped up riches, but the Lord is going to take her possessions away, like the house exploding, apparently with people inside, and like the left half of the $1 disappearing. And, God is going to destroy the power of the USA and he will consume her by fire (maybe just D.C.). And, foreigners will then occupy our nation and God will cut off the pride of our nation.

We will be taken over by the New World Order – the Beast of Revelation. The Lord has previously used the name “Alexander the Great” to signify the New World Order and its occupying and conquering of the nations of the world. This family I spoke of whose house exploded has a son named Alexander. The Lord has also often shown me a small child as the New World Order that our government gave birth to, and I believe that is also part of the reason that we are being judged. And, our own will be used against us.

God says he will “take the blood from their mouths.” I believe that the USA (with allies) have caused much death and destruction world-wide in order to bring the world into this New World Order, so the “out of many, one” is more about bringing all the nations of the world under one rule, i.e. the rule of the Beast of Revelation. We are the insurgents and the terrorists world-wide that we accuse other people of being. Most of our news stories are lies and deceptions in order to make our own people dumbed-down and to shut their eyes to what atrocities our government is committing worldwide. There is much “forbidden food between their teeth,” as they steal, covet, take, plunder, etc. wherever they go.

Then, in the passage of scripture, God says that he will defend “his house.” As we know, we are under the New Covenant, so God’s house is now the hearts of true believers in Jesus Christ. So, when God says now that he will defend his house, he is speaking of coming to the defense of his followers; his disciples; his saints; his chosen people; his true church. He will defend us against “marauding forces.” Marauding means “prowling; raiding; looting; pillaging and plundering.” This is the description of the government of the USA in marriage to the institutional church. When God says, “Never again will an oppressor overrun my people, for now I am keeping watch,” what does he mean by that? I believe this comes in several phases, the last of which is obvious when Jesus returns for his Bride and he judges those he used as divine instruments of judgment on the world and he sets up his earthly millennial kingdom reign on the earth. The first one is talked about in v. 9, which is when Jesus first came to earth, when he died on the cross for our sins, when he rose again and when he ascended to heaven and he sent His Holy Spirit to indwell the lives of his followers. He came to save us from the penalty of sin and the bondage to and the control of sin over our lives, so in one sense he saved us even then from oppressors who overrun God’s people because he saved us from fear of them, from their influence in and over our lives, etc.

Yet, I see another possible explanation and that is that when Jesus sends this judgment on America, in particular against the US government and the institutional church which is married to the government, he will, in essence, be freeing us from “marauding forces.” It does not mean that we won’t be imprisoned, persecuted and possibly killed for our faith in Jesus Christ. No, I see another way in which he will deliver us. I believe that the government of the USA, in concert with institutional church leaders, has slowly, deliberately, and very calculatedly destroyed the church and our nation from within. They have introduced half-truths and watered-down messages and deceptions in such a slow and subtle way that it has gone unnoticed by the majority of the people. Including in the deception is the media, talk shows, news, TV shows, kids’ cartoons, commercials, the Internet, music, use of worldly methods to bring the world into the church, etc. So, when God judges, he will open our eyes, for one, and he will remove those leaders who have deceived the people of God and God will set his people free from that oppression of deception so that God can restore his people to a right relationship with him and bring His church back to what he intended it to be.

This song was in my mind when I awoke:

Favorite Song of All / Phillips, Craig & Dean

He loves to hear the wind sing
as it whistles through the pines and mountain leaves
And He love to hear the raindrops
as they splash to the ground in a magic melody
He smiles in sweet approval
as the waves crash through the rocks in harmony
And creation joins in unity
to sing to Him majestic symphonies

And He loves to hear the angels
as they sing, "Holy, holy is the Lamb"
Heaven's choirs in harmony
lift up praises to the Great I Am
But He lifts His hands for silence
when the weakest saved by grace begins to sing
And a million angels listen
as a newborn soul sings, "I've been redeemed!"

'Cause His favorite song of all
Is the song of the redeemed
When lost sinners now made clean
Lift their voices loud and strong
When those purchased by His blood
Lift to Him a song of love
There's nothin' more He'd rather hear
Nor so pleasin' to His ear
As His favorite song of all

It's not just melodies and harmonies
That catches His attention
It's not just clever lines and phrases
That causes Him to stop and listen
But when anyone set free,
Washed and bought by Calvary begins to sing

Holy, holy, holy is the Lamb
Halleluiah, halleluiah

And Then the End Will Come

Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 9:42 p.m. – I was in bed praying before I fell asleep. I prayed for wisdom to know what to say “No” to and what to say “Yes” to. Then I had a vision.

THE VISION: I saw the name of Jesus spelled out in all capital letters like this – J E S U S. The name stretched from the northwest to the southeast. It was like someone had spelled out his name in very large letters on the ground to where someone could see the name spelled out from up in the air, and the lettering would still be rather large. I thought of how some people have spelled out the word “H E L P” with whatever they could find – sticks, leaves, etc. – when they needed to be rescued (saved). I felt that this was a call for help. And, I also sensed that God was answering my question I posed to him with regard to what to say “Yes” to – say “Yes” to the name of Jesus, i.e. say “Yes” to Jesus.

Then, I heard in my mind the name “Sri Lanka.” This was followed by the names “Buddha,” “Buddhist,” and “Buddhism,” and then by the name “Muhammad the prophet.” So, I began to quote scripture verses about Jesus –

Acts 4:11-12: He is
"'the stone you builders rejected,
which has become the capstone.' Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

Romans 14:11-12: It is written:
"'As surely as I live,' says the Lord,
'every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will confess to God.' "So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

Philippians 2:9-11: Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

And, I sang songs about the name of Jesus – “Jesus is the Sweetest Name I Know” and “Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Sweetest Name I Know.” While I was singing in my heart about Jesus and about His Name, I heard a screeching sound and then I saw the name of Jesus being smashed and beaten upon. Again, I heard the name “Sri Lanka” in my mind. And, then this verse came to mind, Matthew 24:14 (in context):

"Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” END

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Zechariah 8:

The LORD Promises to Bless Jerusalem
1 Again the word of the LORD Almighty came to me. 2 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "I am very jealous for Zion; I am burning with jealousy for her."
3 This is what the LORD says: "I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain."

4 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with cane in hand because of his age. 5 The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there."

6 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "It may seem marvelous to the remnant of this people at that time, but will it seem marvelous to me?" declares the LORD Almighty.

7 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "I will save my people from the countries of the east and the west. 8 I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem; they will be my people, and I will be faithful and righteous to them as their God."

9 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "You who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were there when the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD Almighty, let your hands be strong so that the temple may be built. 10 Before that time there were no wages for man or beast. No one could go about his business safely because of his enemy, for I had turned every man against his neighbor. 11 But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as I did in the past," declares the LORD Almighty.

12 "The seed will grow well, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will produce its crops, and the heavens will drop their dew. I will give all these things as an inheritance to the remnant of this people. 13 As you have been an object of cursing among the nations, O Judah and Israel, so will I save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid, but let your hands be strong."

14 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Just as I had determined to bring disaster upon you and showed no pity when your fathers angered me," says the LORD Almighty, 15 "so now I have determined to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid. 16 These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts; 17 do not plot evil against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely. I hate all this," declares the LORD.

18 Again the word of the LORD Almighty came to me. 19 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months will become joyful and glad occasions and happy festivals for Judah. Therefore love truth and peace."

20 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Many peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come, 21 and the inhabitants of one city will go to another and say, 'Let us go at once to entreat the LORD and seek the LORD Almighty. I myself am going.' 22 And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the LORD Almighty and to entreat him."

23 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "In those days ten men from all languages and nations will take firm hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, 'Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.' "

My Understanding: I am praying for understanding, but it seems fairly obvious that the Lord is showing me how his name is being stomped upon and how this represents the persecution and the death (murder) of true believers in Jesus Christ throughout the world, how many will turn away from belief in Jesus Christ, that false prophets (like Buddha and Muhammad) will appear and will deceive many people, that the love of most will grow cold, but that he who stands firm to the end will be saved.

The Lord, I believe, is showing me Sri Lanka, not only in relation to it being a predominantly Buddhist nation, and not only that there appears to be the influence of the prophet Muhammad – the founder of the religion of Islam – in our world, but in relation to the gospel being preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. I believe that the image I saw of the name of Jesus spelled out from the northwest to the southeast encompasses the spreading of the gospel to all nations.

In Zechariah 7 we learned that God was not pleased with his people, with their forms of worship - with their fasting and mourning on certain days or months of the year and with their feasting. He said that none of these forms of worship was for him, but it was for themselves that they did these things. He then gave them instructions on how they should conduct themselves and yet they refused to pay attention, they stubbornly turned their backs on God and they stopped up their ears, as well as they hardened their hearts and would not listen to God. So, God was very angry. So, he scattered them with a whirlwind among the nations. I believe that is where we are again, and God is bringing judgment upon His people once again because of their rebellious hearts that have turned from following the Lord God Almighty and have turned to following after their own lustful desires and after their man-idols.

Zechariah 8, then, is describing the time period post-judgment when Jesus will return to be with his people (the true church; the Body of Christ; His Bride). Jesus provided salvation for us from sin when he died on the cross and when he rose again, conquering death, hell, Satan and sin. This salvation will be completed when Jesus returns for His Bride and when he returns to live among his people (the saints of God; believers in Jesus) once again. Right now we are going through what is described in Matthew 24 concerning the last days before Jesus’ return to earth. And, included in that is the persecution and the murdering of people for their faith in Jesus Christ. The encouragement here is to “be strong,” because Jesus will come to save us from the nations who now oppress us and who persecute and kill us for our faith in Jesus.

Yet, I believe that part of this “saving us” from the nations and bringing us back to “live in Jerusalem” really begins now in that this is also speaking about the revival of the church. The nations represent the world and worldly influences that have so ensconced (made themselves at home in) today’s church. In revival, Jesus removes us (saves us) from those worldly influences on our lives and he brings us back to live in “Jerusalem,” i.e. the Holy City of God, i.e. the true church; Christ’s true followers, i.e. he revives us again. And, then he makes us a blessing to the rest of the world and many, many people from various nations will come to us and will want to know Jesus because they see the reality of Jesus being lived out in our lives. The gospel will be spread through this persecution of the saints of God, i.e. symbolized by the name of Jesus being smashed and stomped upon, and when this takes place – when the gospel has been spread throughout the world – the end will come and we who believe in Jesus Christ will get to be with him forever!

So, that is why God is saying, “Do not fear” and “Be strong” because he wants us to know that all that we must suffer for the sake of His name will not be unfruitful. Revival of the church and the salvation of many, many lives will result from this time before Jesus comes back. And, one day Jesus will return and he will save us from all this, so we need to stand firm to the end, because we, “who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged” (Heb. 6:18b) in knowing that we have the promise of eternal life with Jesus Christ forever.

At Your Feet / Casting Crowns

Here at Your feet, I lay my past down
My wanderings, all my mistakes down
And I am free

Here at Your feet, I lay this day down
Not in my strength, but in Yours I’ve found
All I need, You’re all I need

Jesus, Jesus, at Your feet
Oh, to dwell and never leave
Jesus, Jesus, at Your feet
There is nowhere else for me
There is nowhere else for me

Here at Your feet, I lay my future down
All of my dreams, I give to You now
And I find peace, I find peace
Here at Your feet, I lay my life down
For You my King, You’re all I want now
And my soul sings…

‘Cause I am free (here at Your feet)
All I need (is at Your feet)
I find peace
We’re at Your feet
We’re at Your feet

The Quartet Revived

Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 6:19 a.m. – I woke this morning from a dream.

THE DREAM: We got our quartet back together - my military son, my husband, a combination of two friends of ours rolled into one person (C-J), and myself. We were in a building some place and we decided to practice out in a hall in the building that was just outside another section of the building that appeared to be different from the other parts of the building. C-J asked about us singing at West End Church for one of their meetings. I think they were having a week or two of meetings. We had not been to West End Church in a while, so we were going to be more like guest artists.

I asked my husband which part our military son was going to sing. I suggested that whoever had the strongest voice should sing tenor, which turned out to be C-J, and I suggested that my husband and military son should both sing bass. C-J pulled out the music for us to sing, and then he began to sing and to lead us in singing, but all the music was on the floor in front of him. We had no hymn books to sing out of, so I asked for us to have some of the hymn books.

Then, C-J pulled out some sheet music to a song that sounded very old and Shakespearean-like. I told him that I wasn’t sure about this piece of music. He got upset with me. He was standing to my right. He asked me who the leader was, i.e. implying that I was trying to take over. I said that I was just concerned about the words to the songs that we sing. The words are really important. END

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Zechariah 7:

Justice and Mercy, Not Fasting
1 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Kislev. 2 The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melech, together with their men, to entreat the LORD 3 by asking the priests of the house of the LORD Almighty and the prophets, "Should I mourn and fast in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?"

4 Then the word of the LORD Almighty came to me: 5 "Ask all the people of the land and the priests, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, was it really for me that you fasted? 6 And when you were eating and drinking, were you not just feasting for yourselves? 7 Are these not the words the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were at rest and prosperous, and the Negev and the western foothills were settled?' "

8 And the word of the LORD came again to Zechariah: 9 "This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. 10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. In your hearts do not think evil of each other.'

11 "But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and stopped up their ears. 12 They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the LORD Almighty was very angry.

13 " 'When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen,' says the LORD Almighty. 14 'I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations, where they were strangers. The land was left so desolate behind them that no one could come or go. This is how they made the pleasant land desolate.' "

My Understanding: I read these news stories: Indonesia tsunami kills 113; scores more missing - http://apnews.excite.com/article/20101026/D9J3F0DO0.html; Indonesia hit by deadly Tsunami, Volcanic eruption - http://apnews.excite.com/article/20101027/D9J3O3G00.html; 'Chiclone' buffets Illinois; tornado watch issued - http://apnews.excite.com/article/20101026/D9J3G8GO0.html; Massive windstorm howls across nation's midsection - http://apnews.excite.com/article/20101027/D9J3O3NO0.html

I am still praying this through, but believe very much that this dream is related to these news stories. The Lord has used “singing” before to represent storms. It was an earthquake that triggered the Tsunami, and the windstorm in the Midwest was given two different names. I sensed that the two friends who shared the same character (two names for one person) that sang tenor because they had the loudest and most powerful voices represented the storm in the Midwest. I also sensed that my husband and our military son represented the earthquake and Tsunami, one producing the other, and they both sang bass, which produces much vibration, like would be found with an earthquake, which would mean that my husband represents the earthquake and that produced the Tsunami just like my husband produced our son (gave seed to). That would leave me symbolizing or personifying the volcanic eruption, which makes sense since I am married to my husband and am the mother of our son and both the Earthquake/Tsunami and the volcanic eruption took place in Indonesia. The main message I have gotten so far is that these were all man-made and that they are the product of the U.S. government and their friends (allies).

There is an indictment in this passage of scripture against God’s people. Today, this would be talking about the church, i.e. true believers in Jesus Christ. The picture here is that the people of God were performing religious rituals and going through forms of religion and forms of worship by fasting and mourning at certain times during the year. The Lord asked them the question, “When you fasted and mourned, was it really for me you were fasting?” I believe the answer was obvious. No, they were not truly fasting for the Lord. They were just going through the motions. And, then the Lord suggested that when they feasted that they did not do that with Him in mind, either, but they did it for themselves. Then, the Lord gave them words of instruction as to how they should conduct themselves.

The scripture then records that the people stubbornly refused to pay attention, and in fact they turned their backs on God and they stopped up their ears. Wow! And, this is happening again today among God’s people. They made (and make) their hearts so hard toward God that it angered God. He said that since when he called they did not listen, now when they call, he will not listen. Then he declared his judgment against them – he would scatter them with a whirlwind among the nations. I believe this is an indictment against the church and the government of the USA and perhaps also against their allies. I believe God is using our government and their allies as his instruments of divine judgment on the nations so that the nations will know that God Almighty is the One and only true God and so that they will turn their hearts in faith and obedience to Jesus Christ, and that judgment includes using our own government against its own people via acts of man-made storms and the like.

Yet, in a previous dream or vision I saw the storm more symbolically speaking and of a political nature in driving by a strong force of wind our nation into the mouth of the Cobra snake, i.e. the New World Order, so perhaps it is both a literal storm as well as a political storm of changing the nature and the course of our nation. Again, I believe God is allowing these storms in order to drive us into his arms of mercy, so we must also see these storms as God running to us in his divine mercy to bring us to our knees, so that he can show us his marvelous grace and mercy and forgiveness for our sins and restoration to a right relationship with Him.

When God Ran / Phillips, Craig and Dean

Almighty God, the great I am
Immovable rock, omnipotent, powerful, awesome Lord
Victorious warrior, commanding King of Kings
Mighty conqueror, and the only time
the only time I ever saw Him run

The day I left home I knew I’d broken His heart
And I wondered then if things could ever be the same
Then one night I remembered His love for me
And down that dusty road ahead I could see
It was the only time – it was the only time I ever saw Him run

And then He ran to me, He took me in His arms
Held my head to His chest, said “My son’s come home again”
Lifted my face, wiped the tears from my eyes
With forgiveness in His voice He said,
“Son do you know I still love you?”
He caught me by surprise as He brought me to my knees
When God ran – I saw Him run to me

I was so ashamed, all alone and so far away
But now I know He’s been waiting for this day

The Cobra with Raised Head

Monday, October 25, 2010, 12:58 a.m. – I lay in bed to go to sleep and had a vision.

THE VISION: I saw Faith over to the right turn right (or east) and just kind of fade out of sight. She was followed by Erin, who also turned right (or east) and just kind of faded out of sight. Then, I saw Dale, front and center, and I heard “Dale Schmale has a snarl.” The snarl turned into a growl and then it was like this horrible cat fight ensued. Then, the song, “It is Well with My Soul” came to mind.

Following this, I saw the coiled snake that is on the yellow flag of the Tea Party Movement. The snake coiled around someone or something and squeezed very tight. Then, there was what appeared to be another battle between this snake and something else. Then, something was going inside the snake, which was now on the right (east), and what was going inside the snake had the force like that force of wind that went inside the “charging bull” near Wall Street in a previous dream or vision (Raging Bull). Only, it looked like a snake from the west was going, with great force, inside this snake in the east that was facing west.

Finally, I saw a cobra snake surface from all of this, like he was the victor in this battle, as he raised his head and just suspended it there in the air. END

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Zechariah 4:

The Gold Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees
1 Then the angel who talked with me returned and wakened me, as a man is wakened from his sleep. 2 He asked me, "What do you see?"
I answered, "I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lights on it, with seven channels to the lights. 3 Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left."
4 I asked the angel who talked with me, "What are these, my lord?"

5 He answered, "Do you not know what these are?"
"No, my lord," I replied.

6 So he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty.

7 "What are you, O mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of 'God bless it! God bless it!' "

8 Then the word of the LORD came to me: 9 "The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands will also complete it. Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me to you.

10 "Who despises the day of small things? Men will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.
"(These seven are the eyes of the LORD, which range throughout the earth.)"

11 Then I asked the angel, "What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?"

12 Again I asked him, "What are these two olive branches beside the two gold pipes that pour out golden oil?"

13 He replied, "Do you not know what these are?"
"No, my lord," I said.

14 So he said, "These are the two who are anointed to serve the Lord of all the earth."

My Understanding: I read this about the Cobra in Wikipedia: Guardianship

This Cambodian statue, dated between 1150 and 1175 A.D., depicts the meditating Buddha being shielded by the naga Mucalinda.Serpents are represented as potent guardians of temples and other sacred spaces. This connection may be grounded in the observation that when threatened, some snakes (such as rattlesnakes or cobras) frequently hold and defend their ground, first resorting to threatening display and then fighting, rather than retreat. Thus, they are natural guardians of treasures or sacred sites which cannot easily be moved out of harm's way… The Gadsden flag of the American Revolution depicts a rattlesnake coiled up and poised to strike. Below the image of the snake is the legend, "Don't tread on me." The snake symbolized the dangerousness of colonists willing to fight for their rights and homeland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpent_(symbolism)

Also, as I considered prayerfully the idea of the snake going inside another snake as though the one snake was eating the other, and with great force, this came to mind:

The Ouroboros or Uroborus is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail. The Ouroboros often represents self-reflexivity or cyclicality, especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself, the eternal return, and other things perceived as cycles that begin anew as soon as they end (compare with phoenix). It can also represent the idea of primordial unity related to something existing in or persisting from the beginning with such force or qualities it cannot be extinguished. The ouroboros has been important in religious and mythological symbolism, but has also been frequently used in alchemical illustrations, where it symbolizes the circular nature of the alchemist's opus. It is also often associated with Gnosticism, and Hermeticism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros

The Bible talks much about Gnosticism, so I wanted to understand Hermetism:

In Late Antiquity, Hermetism emerged in parallel with Gnosticism, Neoplatonism and early Christianity, "characterized by a resistance to the dominance of either pure rationality or doctrinal faith". The books now known as the Corpus Hermeticum were part of a renaissance of syncretistic and intellectualized pagan thought that took place around the 2nd century. Other examples of this cultural movement would include Neoplatonist philosophy, the Chaldaean Oracles, late Orphic and Pythagorean literature, as well as much of Gnosticism.

The extant Greek texts dwell upon the oneness and goodness of God, urge purification of the soul, and defend pagan religious practices, such as the veneration of images. Many lost Greek texts, and many of the surviving vulgate books, contained discussions of alchemy clothed in philosophical metaphor. And one text, the Asclepius, lost in Greek but partially preserved in Latin, contained a bloody prophecy of the end of Roman rule in Egypt and the resurgence of pagan Egyptian power. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeticism

Gnosticism is a term derived from Gk. gnōsis, ‘knowledge’. The Gnostics believed that knowledge was the way to salvation. “The Gnostics accepted the Greek idea of a radical dualism between God (spirit) and the world (matter)” [Source: Nelson’s Bible Dictionary].

So, the beginning of this vision had Faith, who usually represents apostate faith in my dreams, turning and fading off to the right (east). Following her was Erin, who lately has come to represent the institutional church married to the government of the USA (the sun god) and to the concept of syncretism (the combination of different systems of philosophical or religious belief or practice) in today’s church. She followed faith in fading off to the east. So, this is a picture of the church in the west and how it has blended in with and has faded into eastern philosophy and religion. This is also representative of the Laodicean-type church in America today that God is about to spit out of his mouth. I believe the Lord is saying that is where we are now in time or very soon will be. So, in essence, Faith represents “Gnosticism” and Erin represents “Hermeticism” - Hermeticum were part of a renaissance of syncretistic and intellectualized pagan thought.

In the sequence of events, next (following the exit of the apostate and institutional church to eastern religion and philosophy) is that “Dale Schmale” appeared front and center. He has come to represent both the time of tribulation to come on the earth as well as he represents this Beast, i.e. the New World Order. And this time he had a snarl.

On September 5, 2010 I had vision, titled “Schmale” in which “Dale Schmale” appeared with a snarl directly following a bird’s beak from the west engulfing Erin’s (the institutional church’s) head in its beak and then screwing a corkscrew down into her head. I saw her head as the U.S. government, so this had to do with not only consuming the institutional church but also the U.S. government. I saw that the “cork” represented the head of the church (the government) and that the cork was keeping the wine (the Holy Spirit) down inside so that it could not come out so this corkscrew thus represented divine judgment against the institutional church in America and its head (the government) so that the sweet aroma and the fullness of the Holy Spirit could be poured out from inside the church and could impact the world for Jesus Christ. And, I believe the bird was this New World Order.

Following the appearance of “Dale Schmale” is then what appears to be a horrible “cat fight.”

“Catfight is a term for an altercation between two women, typically involving scratching, slapping, hair-pulling, and shirt-shredding as opposed to punching or wrestling. However, the term is not exclusively used to indicate a fight between women, and many formal definitions do not invoke gender. Instead, it refers to any "vociferous fight." [1] It can also be used to describe two human females insulting each other verbally or being otherwise nasty to each other. The many ways that women compare themselves to other women and compete with each other are also referred to as catfighting (or cattiness). Catfights are different from other kinds of fights involving women because they usually involve competition between two or more women, usually over men. Catfight is a term also used on occasion to describe a political campaign between two women candidates.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_fight

This certainly could be a reference to the fight between political parties, some of which is definitely acting on the part of those in Congress who are party to the New World Order, but this could imply that some are for it and some are against it and the true fight is not between right and left but between those already committed and those not. It could also be a fight that is instigated by the powers in government and is carried on into the public and that is where the true fight takes place between people who really believe there is a difference between left and right. And, I believe that is part of the plan in all this – to get the nation to be divided and to pit us one against the other on multiple levels because the powers that be want another revolution. They want another civil war. That would play right into their hands.

I read this news story (some of which is a repeat from an earlier story): Obama likely to focus on deficit in next 2 years - http://apnews.excite.com/article/20101024/D9J29I2G1.html.

These key words and/or phrases stood out to me in relation to Obama & the Republicans (the parenthesis are mine and are based upon the news article about Obama in relation to the vision):

• Greater emphasis on … discipline
• Will try to make gains (like the snake, with great force, going inside the other snake)
• Will try to enforce (same as above)
• Executive authority
• No conceding (like the snake holding and defending its ground - Wikipedia)
• Obama wants to extend Bush-era tax cuts (extension like in this snake being extended via one inside the other)
• Moving to the fore (like Dale Schmale appeared front and center)
• A more serious focus (like the snarl)
• How the president will have to adjust his style or goals if power in Congress tilts to the right (like the snake from the left/west forcefully going inside the snake to the right/east)
• Taking control of the House
• He will speak more directly (more force)
• A tough conversation (same as above)
• Framed by a bipartisan debt commission (the coiled snake squeezing someone tightly)
• Unpopular cuts (same as above)
• Divided government – leads to more division (like the cat fight)
• Lack of a serious working relationship among the leaders (cat fight)
• Newly empowered Republicans and Democratic president (like the Cobra)
• Boehner is likely to ascend (rise; arise from; surface) to House Speaker (like the Cobra snake surfacing from all these battles as victor with a raised head)
• Rancorous and nasty environment – may present some areas of opportunity
• Either real compromise or political pressures may pull Obama and enough Republicans together to… (like the snake in the west being pulled into the snake in the east)
• Core democrats who helped get Obama elected are disgruntled about the pace of progress (like Dale Schmale was snarling)

As I was praying about this during my quiet time with the Lord around 8:00 a.m., the Lord brought these scriptures to mind:

Psalm 11: In the LORD I take refuge.
How then can you say to me:
"Flee like a bird to your mountain.
2 For look, the wicked bend their bows;
they set their arrows against the strings
to shoot from the shadows
at the upright in heart.
3 When the foundations are being destroyed,
what can the righteous do ?"

4 The LORD is in his holy temple;
the LORD is on his heavenly throne.
He observes the sons of men;
his eyes examine them.
5 The LORD examines the righteous,
but the wicked and those who love violence
his soul hates.

6 On the wicked he will rain
fiery coals and burning sulfur;
a scorching wind will be their lot.
7 For the LORD is righteous,
he loves justice;
upright men will see his face.

Habakkuk 2:19-20: Woe to him who says to wood, 'Come to life!'
Or to lifeless stone, 'Wake up!'
Can it give guidance?
It is covered with gold and silver;
there is no breath in it.

But the LORD is in his holy temple;
let all the earth be silent before him."

Bottom line: This is God’s judgment on the church in the west and the U.S. government for forsaking God Almighty and Jesus Christ as her only God, for following the ways of the nations; the ways of the world; the philosophies of other religions, etc. God is going to bring us into a time of tribulation where the Beast will rule for 3.5 years and where Christians will be persecuted and killed for their faith in Jesus Christ. During this time, I believe the church will be revived, and that there will be a great harvest of souls (new believers) before the day when Jesus returns for His Bride. This will be a time of great distress on the world, so as believers in Jesus Christ, this must be our heart’s determination:

It Is Well with My Soul / H. G. Spafford / P. P. Bliss

When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
when sorrows like sea billows roll;
whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.

Refrain:
It is well with my soul,
it is well, it is well with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
let this blest assurance control,
that Christ has regarded my helpless estate,
and hath shed his own blood for my soul.
(Refrain)

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
(Refrain)

And, Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,
the clouds be rolled back as a scroll;
the trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
even so, it is well with my soul.
(Refrain)

Compromising Situation

Sunday, October 24, 2010, 8:45 a.m. – I woke this morning from a dream.

THE DREAM: I was at someone’s house. I remember being in a group of people that also included two robotic-like animals that were the size of humans (or larger), and that stood on their hind legs (like humans). One of the animals was purple in color and one of them was green in color. We were all on the floor. Someone wanted to take my picture, so I smiled. The photographer had me lift my head up higher, so I did.

There was a child in this group, too. The child had been removed from his home and had been placed in another home. They were feeding the child something. It might have been a test environment of some kind.

There was a place in this dream where I was in a potentially compromising situation. It was kind of like watching a movie with a scene in it that you don’t approve of, but you allow it to go on because you hope it will get better, but oftentimes it doesn’t, only this was in real life and was happening right in front of me between two other people and I was an observer. I was standing to the right (or east) of these two other people. END

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Zechariah 3:

Clean Garments for the High Priest
1 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him. 2 The LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?"
3 Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. 4 The angel said to those who were standing before him, "Take off his filthy clothes."
Then he said to Joshua, "See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put rich garments on you."

5 Then I said, "Put a clean turban on his head." So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the LORD stood by.

6 The angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua: 7 "This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'If you will walk in my ways and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.

8 " 'Listen, O high priest Joshua and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch. 9 See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,' says the LORD Almighty, 'and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.

10 " 'In that day each of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and fig tree,' declares the LORD Almighty."

3:33 p.m. – I lay down to take a nap and had A VISION: I saw Obama’s face, only half of it was ripped off, which was the right half of his face, from his perspective, yet from my viewpoint of facing him, it was the left side that was ripped off and I only saw the half of the face that was on the right (or east). END

My Understanding: I read these news stories: Obama preps for reshaped postelection presidency - http://apnews.excite.com/article/20101024/D9J23USG0.html; Karzai seeks list of aid projects needing security - http://apnews.excite.com/article/20101024/D9J232BO0.html; Mexico: 13 dead in massacre at Ciudad Juarez party - http://apnews.excite.com/article/20101024/D9J204DO0.html

There were two robotic-like animals in this room in the dream – one purple and one green – so I wanted to understand what the colors meant. “Purple is a general term used in English (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK and USA) for the range of hues of color occurring between red and blue.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple. “Green is of a color in the spectrum between yellow and blue, like the color of grass” (Encarta).

As I thought about the red and blue that make up the color purple, I thought about how the Republican Party is considered the red states and the Democratic Party is considered the blue states and their mascots of the elephant and the donkey are now each pictured as half blue and half red - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states. Also, in the Revolutionary war, the reds were the British and the blues were the colonies. The idea of one animal (purple) representing the mixture of these two colors then suggests that this animal is both red and blue, i.e. there is no difference, i.e. they are one and the same. This implies that right and left are the same as well as Europe and the USA are the same.

And, as I thought about the color yellow, I remembered that the Tea Party Movement had adopted the yellow “Don’t Tread on Me” flag of the American Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsden_flag - as their flag. It now looks like this - http://constitutionclub.org/2010/05/25/the-flags-and-symbols-of-the-tea-party/. It is a yellow flag with a blue and yellow striped snake coiled and ready to strike. So, there you have the combination of the yellow and blue, which make green. Blue is NATO’S color and blue is also now the predominant color for the U.S. military - http://www.defense.gov/, which is really yellow and blue mixed together (see their seal). And, this combination of yellow and blue together is also in the European Union’s flag - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Council.

There are 12 yellow stars in the E.U.’s flag and there are 13 yellow stars in the U.S. Defense Department’s seal. The Clinton Global Initiative also uses the blue and yellow/gold combination and their logo consists of 4 curved blue stripes overlaid with what appears to be about 20 or 21 yellow/gold stars. http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/. This implies that the European Union, NATO, the U.S. Department of Defense and the Clinton Global Initiative are really all one animal (the green one), which is the New World Order.

In this news article about Obama, Obama gave “a nod to a nation sick of spending and to a Congress poised to become more Republican, conservative and determined to stop him.” Then the article stated that “Republicans are poised to win big…” The article said that “Obama will have to decide whether to bend to Republican and growing Democratic pressure to extend Bush-era tax cuts…” “The White House refuses to talk about how the president will have to adjust his style or goals if power in Congress tilts right, for fear of undermining what Obama is still campaigning hard to do: keeping Democrats in power.”

Ok, this, I believe, is the “compromising situation” that I was observing but was not lifting a finger to stop. I was standing (poised) in this dream next to two people in a compromising situation and yet I stood by and watched thinking that this part would be over and that things would get better afterward. I don’t believe that Congress or Obama plan to stop it, either, and I am representing both of them, I believe. The idea of “two people” in this compromising situation before my eyes is related to these mixtures of colors of red and blue – to make the purple animal - and of yellow and blue – to make the green animal. The animals were not real animals. They looked like stuffed animals only they could walk, talk, etc. like they were robots, which says a lot. They all work for and are controlled by the same people – the New World Order. So, Obama is not working to keep Democrats in office. He is working for the mixture of these colors together into these two animals that are robots controlled by someone else. The Congress that is poised and determined to stop Obama is not trying to stop him, either. They are all standing by watching all this happen, waiting for the next act and for what they believe is going to make the world better.

The picture of Obama’s face being torn in half and which half was gone and which half was left was a matter of viewpoint and perspective. Yet, the half that was remaining was in the east either way, I believe, and the half that was gone was the half in the west (USA).

The article mentioned that Obama was already giving clues about how he will govern in the last two years. I believe this is symbolized by these two robotic-like animals in the house. Yet, I believe there is more to it than that. The article mentions making “unpopular cuts” in order to reduce debt. It mentions trade pacts, school reforms, capping greenhouse gas emissions, etc., which it said (the last one) seems to be going nowhere.

In the dream, I was asked to lift my head higher. It reminded me of Obama’s photos with his head raised high in the air, yet I believe the “head” has to do with the Illuminati/N.W.O. that Obama and Congress are being asked to raise higher. John Boehner keeps coming to the forefront. Obama and the Democrats seem to keep raising his head higher as they keep alluding to the idea that Boehner is going to be the next Speaker of the House and that Obama and his team will have to make some concessions (compromises). The compromises really being made are not only between left and right, but they are being the west and the east, between the USA and Europe, between our military and international troops, etc. So, part of the way in which Obama will govern this year is via compromise with the New World Order. The article said: “Either real compromise or political pressure may pull Obama…”

Then, the article said: “Even in a rancorous and nasty environment, it seems to me there may be some areas of opportunity,” said Norman Ornstein in reference to Obama’s next two years in office. This is also key to how Obama plans to govern the next two years. In the article about Afghanistan, it also mentioned compromises. This article spoke of Karzai and his governance, which I believe the Lord has shown me is really under the governance of the USA. It said that Karzai’s ministers and top-level foreign diplomats tried to “compromise between Karzai’s aim of disbanding private-security companies… and protecting foreign-funded aid projects threatened by insurgent attacks.” The article said that he wants to replace the private security with state security forces. “But aid groups say the notoriously corrupt and poorly trained police cannot protect them from kidnappings or attacks and they will not be able to insure their workers.” Then, the article said the “NATO and Afghan forces have been aggressively expanding their presence…”

Ok, then there was an article about a massacre in Mexico that killed 13 people, most of them teenagers, I believe. After a January massacre, the president of Mexico vowed to “implement a new strategy for restoring order in Ciudad Juarez, where the army had by then replaced the disorganized, outgunned local police. In April, federal police took over public security duties from the army, and about 5,000 federal officers were deployed in Ciudad Juarez. The federal government also stepped up social programs to try to break the cycle of poverty, broken homes,” etc. Then, the article mentioned the “blue” federal police trucks patrolling ‘safe corridors’ throughout the city.” Then the article said that “federal police are trying to convince their state colleagues to play a greater role in the fight against cartels.”

I believe that what the Lord is showing me concerning the future governance of our nation is that we are headed toward this federalized police state that Afghanistan is talking about and that is being practiced in this city in Mexico, which I saw as the “test environment,” though Afghanistan is also a “test environment” for the federalization of local law enforcement, only the federal (blue) is really of the New World Order (see above where it talks about the blue mixed in with the red and the blue mixed in with the yellow and the two animals it produces). It could be that this massacre (killing 13) was really the federal police trying to convince their state colleagues to play along with the New World Order. I know that is what NATO troops and US troops have been involved in with other nations of the world in trying to convince them to compromise and to cooperate with the N.W.O. all for the purpose of “peace” and “unity” of government and religion world-wide.

This passage of scripture gives a wonderful picture of God’s love, his grace and his forgiveness - how he wants to take off our filthy garments (take away our sin) and he wants to put rich garments on us (of His righteousness) via what Jesus did for us in dying for our sins, in conquering Satan, sin, death and hell in his death and resurrection, and via our faith – which is a gift from God - in Jesus and in what he did for us in dying for our sins, demonstrated by us turning from our sins (repenting) and turning to God (Jesus Christ) in obedience and complete surrender to His will for our lives.

The Lord is saying here, I believe, that if the leaders of our nation, and of the church, and the people, too, will “walk in His ways and keep His requirements,” then God will bless. Yet, the picture is that our government leaders have chosen to compromise with the New World Order, and to stand by and do nothing to make things better, thus opening the door wide for this time of a “rancorous and nasty environment” here in America that will serve the purposes of the New World Order and from which there may be “some areas of opportunity” for our leaders, i.e. in particular our president. I believe that the people of our nation as well as our church leaders are also standing by and watching these compromises take place in the government, in the church, in our homes, and in our individual lives, but we have become a complacent people who keep hoping it is just a bad spot in a movie and as the movie keeps going forward that it will get better.

I believe the way God intends to cleanse us, as a nation, and as a church, is through divine judgment. Then, God’s people will call on his name in repentance and he will remove their filthy garments and he will replace them with the riches of His righteousness. And, as an added bonus, when the church is revived, we will invite our neighbors to know Jesus, too. I believe there will be a great harvest of souls. God would have us to be revived without the judgment, I guarantee! His heart is broken over the spiritual and moral decline of His church and of the nation of America. He loves us so much and his mercy is so great that he must judge us in His righteousness in order to bring us back to Him in faith and obedience.

This song was in my head when I woke up this morning:

And Can It Be That I Should Gain / Charles Wesley / Thomas Campbell

And can it be, that I should gain
An interest in the Saviour's blood?
Died He for me, who caused His pain
For me, who Him to death pursued?
Amazing love! how can it be
That Thou, my God, shoulds't die for me?

'Tis mystery all! The Immortal dies:
Who can explore His strange design?
In vain the first-born seraph tries
To sound the depths of love divine.
'Tis mercy all! let earth adore,
Let angel minds inquire no more.

He left His Father's throne above,
So free, so infinite His grace,
Emptied Himself of all but love,
And bled for Adam's helpless race:
'Tis mercy all, immense and free;
For, O my God, it found out me!

Long my imprisoned spirit lay
Fast bound in sin and nature's night;
Thine eye diffused a quickening ray,
I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;
My chains fell off, my heart was free,
I rose, went forth and followed Thee.

No condemnation now I dread;
Jesus, and all in Him, is mine!
Alive in Him, my living Head,
And clothed in righteousness divine,
Bold I approach the eternal throne,
And claim the crown, through Christ my own.