THE VISION: I was standing in our driveway, I believe, on the right side (the passenger side) of my husband’s truck, which is a black GM vehicle. I felt as though something had been missing from the truck, but now it was back. I looked inside the window from the outside of the passenger window. I saw what looked like a dead dogwood tree, with just a few remaining leaves on it that were ash color.
Then, the tree transformed into a dog that was also this ash color (a dirty white) – the same color as the leaves on the tree. The dog was stiff (dead) just like the tree, almost as though it was a statue. The dog was standing on its hind legs with its forelegs raised up to where it was almost in an upright position, but still bent over.
The tree appeared to either be front and center in this vehicle or else it had been in the driver’s seat. The dog was definitely front and center and was facing the rear of the vehicle. Then the dog turned into a live dog. It looked like an American Cocker Spaniel. It was that same ash (dirty white) color of the leaves on the tree and the dog that was like a statue. It was in the same front and center position as the stiff (statue) dog, with forelegs raised in the air while standing on its hind legs and with it facing the rear of the vehicle, as well. The dog was moving its forelegs back and forth in a very fast motion, sometimes in a forward motion and sometimes like it was pedaling a bike backwards. The dog appeared to be just kicking the air, i.e. like it was just spinning its wheels, perhaps trying to look like it was doing something when it wasn’t, like in a stall tactic, or like it was pretending to do something while it was actually doing something else, like in a cover-up of some kind. END
Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Isaiah 33:
Distress and Help
1 Woe to you, O destroyer,
you who have not been destroyed!
Woe to you, O traitor,
you who have not been betrayed!
When you stop destroying,
you will be destroyed;
when you stop betraying,
you will be betrayed.
2 O LORD, be gracious to us;
we long for you.
Be our strength every morning,
our salvation in time of distress.
3 At the thunder of your voice, the peoples flee;
when you rise up, the nations scatter.
4 Your plunder, O nations, is harvested as by young locusts;
like a swarm of locusts men pounce on it.
5 The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high;
he will fill Zion with justice and righteousness.
6 He will be the sure foundation for your times,
a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge;
the fear of the LORD is the key to this treasure.
7 Look, their brave men cry aloud in the streets;
the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8 The highways are deserted,
no travelers are on the roads.
The treaty is broken,
its witnesses are despised,
no one is respected.
9 The land mourns and wastes away,
Lebanon is ashamed and withers;
Sharon is like the Arabah,
and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.
10 “Now will I arise,” says the LORD.
“Now will I be exalted;
now will I be lifted up.
11 You conceive chaff,
you give birth to straw;
your breath is a fire that consumes you.
12 The peoples will be burned as if to lime;
like cut thornbushes they will be set ablaze.”
13 You who are far away, hear what I have done;
you who are near, acknowledge my power!
14 The sinners in Zion are terrified;
trembling grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?
Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
15 He who walks righteously
and speaks what is right,
who rejects gain from extortion
and keeps his hand from accepting bribes,
who stops his ears against plots of murder
and shuts his eyes against contemplating evil—
16 this is the man who will dwell on the heights,
whose refuge will be the mountain fortress.
His bread will be supplied,
and water will not fail him.
17 Your eyes will see the king in his beauty
and view a land that stretches afar.
18 In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:
“Where is that chief officer?
Where is the one who took the revenue?
Where is the officer in charge of the towers?”
19 You will see those arrogant people no more,
those people of an obscure speech,
with their strange, incomprehensible tongue.
20 Look upon Zion, the city of our festivals;
your eyes will see Jerusalem,
a peaceful abode, a tent that will not be moved;
its stakes will never be pulled up,
nor any of its ropes broken.
21 There the LORD will be our Mighty One.
It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.
No galley with oars will ride them,
no mighty ship will sail them.
22 For the LORD is our judge,
the LORD is our lawgiver,
the LORD is our king;
it is he who will save us.
23 Your rigging hangs loose:
The mast is not held secure,
the sail is not spread.
Then an abundance of spoils will be divided
and even the lame will carry off plunder.
24 No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”;
and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.
My Understanding: As soon as I read the first few sentences of this passage of scripture, I knew the Lord was talking about this tree (kingdom), dead dog (government) and live dog (the American Cocker Spaniel) that was flapping its legs in the air like a bird flapping its wings but not flying any place. Somehow this action of this live dog translated into a destroyer, a traitor, and a betrayer. The dog was front and center inside this GM black truck. Many people commonly refer to General Motors as Government Motors, so I believe that was the implication here, as well.
This truck was representing the US government. The one front and center should be the president of the USA – our commander and chief. The tree would represent our nation (kingdom) and the dead dog (like a statue) perhaps our official government, which is now dead as this tree is dead. So, the live Cocker Spaniel thus represents new and fresh leadership that is now taking over our nation and government. All three were dogs, i.e. false prophets; false teachers; and wicked servants.
Isaiah expresses a “woe” to the destroyer, the traitor and the one who betrays. When he stopped his betrayal and destruction then God would allow for him to be betrayed and destroyed. From this Isaiah entered into a plea to God to be gracious to us for we long for our God. It is a prayer to God, asking him to give us strength each morning; our salvation in times of distress. And, then Isaiah described what sounded like judgment of God on this traitor and betrayer of the people – the people who had placed their trust in his (or her) leadership. The plunder that the traitor took would be harvested by locusts. Then, the Lord would be exalted and he would fill Zion (his saints) with justice and righteousness. He will be our sure foundation – a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge, for the fear of the LORD is the key to this treasure.
Then Isaiah gives us an even deeper understanding of this betrayal. A treaty is broken. I see two possible treaties here in relation to the USA – 1) The constitution and Bill of Rights of the US government are now broken or soon will be, as I saw this through a window (a vision), which means we will no longer have our rights we once held dear, and 2) The covenant relationship with God that our leaders had when they took the oath of office to protect the people of the USA will also be broken as we now come under new command. This is what has been taking place in the nations of the world one conquer at a time and it is now or soon will be our time, as well. It is inevitable that we should come to this because of the pride and arrogance of our nation, the lies, deceit, and all the taking of human life.
The scripture said that in the breaking of the treaty, its witnesses are despised. I believe this has a connotation of the treaty (covenant relationship) between God and man through his Son Jesus Christ, and that the one breaking the treaty once claimed, at least, to be a child of God. Or, this can refer to the fact that our nation has made claims to being a Christian nation founded on Christian principles. We have printed on our money, “In God We Trust,” and our pledge to the US flag says, “One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” So, this is breaking treaty with God and with men. The witnesses then, I believe, would be those who are proclaiming the whole gospel of Jesus Christ, who are calling men to repent of their sins, and who are calling men to walk in holiness and purity and in obedience to Jesus Christ. They will now be despised. Respect for human life is gone.
The land mourns and wastes away, the kingdom is ashamed and withers like the leaves on the dogwood tree that were withered and nearly gone. The dead tree turned into a dead dog (dead government) which then turned into a live dog (new leadership), which comes about as a result of this betrayal of those of our own (American Cocker Spaniel) people, which is part of this new government.
When this takes place, then God will say, I believe, “Now will I arise; now will I be exalted; now will I be lifted up.” God will declare and carry out judgment on our nation. The “sinners” in Zion (the church), i.e. those who have been unfaithful to God, will be terrified at the judgment of God. Most of them in America are like the church of Laodicea or the people of Noah’s time right before the flood who are drinking and partying and having a good time without a care in the world thinking that God would never judge America. After all, we are a Christian nation and are blessed by God and our soldiers are really in these other nations to protect our freedoms, so that is why we continually, as a people, honor and praise our government and military for “protecting” our “freedoms,” all the while traitors within our own gates (American citizens) are betraying their own brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, children, parents, etc. The Bible prophesied about a time such as this. So, God is calling to the world to hear what he has done and to those near to acknowledge his power when he comes in judgment upon the United States of America.
Then, Isaiah asked the questions: “Who can dwell with the consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?” The answer: He who walks righteously and speaks what is right, who rejects gain and extortion and keeps his hand from accepting bribes, who stops his ears against plots of murder and shuts his eyes against contemplating evil – this is the man who will dwell on the heights, whose refuge will be God, basically. This does not mean that the righteous will not die in this judgment, but that they will be passed over in God’s judgment as far as who is able to enter his heaven and who will spend eternity in hell. The obvious implication here is that the traitor and the betrayer is not one who will escape the fires of hell, as he did participate in all this evil, even plots to murder his own family.
Those who walk uprightly, though, and who speak what is right, and who do not invite evil into their lives will see the King (Jesus Christ) in his beauty. God will deliver those who are upright and will bring them safely into his kingdom. There they will no longer have to fear the former terror. Then the question is asked: “Where is that chief officer? Where is the one who took the revenue? Where is the officer in charge of the towers?” You will see the arrogant people no more. This is speaking of this dog tree, the dead dog and/or the live dog. Those American citizens who betrayed their own people will be no more. The upright will see the new Jerusalem; the heavenly Jerusalem, which will be a peaceful abode; a dwelling place that will not be moved or uprooted. There the Lord God will be our chief officer; our judge; our lawgiver; our king; our salvation. Amen! Hallelujah!
To My Beloved / An Original Work / November 14, 2011
Based off I Pet. 5:6-9; Eph. 6:10-20; Jms. 4:4-10
Be strong in the grace of Christ, and
Put on His full armor in your fight
Against the enemy of your souls,
And resist him with all your might.
Take up the shield of your faith within you.
Salvation’s helmet – you put it on.
Put on the belt of truth,
And walk in the Spirit,
And you’ll not be ashamed.
Love your Lord Jesus; call His Name.
Call on your Lord and Savior, Jesus, and
Make Him Lord and King of your hearts.
Obey all of His teachings He has given
To you to follow in all His ways.
Repent of your sins. Return to your God.
Follow Him where’er He leads you now.
Humble yourselves in full
Surrender to His will
For your lives today.
Bow before Him, and humbly pray.
Be strong in the grace of Christ, and
Obey your Lord in ev’rything, always
Keeping His teachings in your hearts near you.
Walk with Christ in ev’ry way.
Resist the devil. He will flee from you.
Draw near to God, and He’ll be near you.
Wash your hands you sinners
And double minded.
Weep and wail o’er sin.
With Christ, your new lives begin.
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