Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother,
To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker, to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier and to the church that meets in your home:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thanksgiving and Prayer
I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers, because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints. I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ. Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.
Paul’s Plea for Onesimus
Therefore, although in Christ I could be bold and order you to do what you ought to do, yet I appeal to you on the basis of love. I then, as Paul—an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus— I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, who became my son while I was in chains. Formerly he was useless to you, but now he has become useful both to you and to me.
I am sending him—who is my very heart—back to you. I would have liked to keep him with me so that he could take your place in helping me while I am in chains for the gospel. But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that any favor you do will be spontaneous and not forced. Perhaps the reason he was separated from you for a little while was that you might have him back for good— no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a dear brother. He is very dear to me but even dearer to you, both as a man and as a brother in the Lord.
So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. If he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge it to me. I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand. I will pay it back—not to mention that you owe me your very self. I do wish, brother, that I may have some benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ. Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
When I got to verse 6, and I began reading, “I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith…,” then the Lord reminded me of a dream I had in the night.
THE DREAM: The dream ended with the military police showing up. I had been noticing (observing) the signs that this was soon upon us, and now it was here. They drove their military vehicles through the door (north to south). I was the first person inside the door to the left (west). I was wearing some kind of military insignia on my shirt or jacket arm (sleeve), or on an arm band. I was instructed to go inside my house. Everything was just like I had been observing that it was going to be like, and now it was here. END
My Understanding: I read several news stories. Four of them struck a chord of recognition in relation to this dream. Although I don’t know what is really going on in these various locations, in reality, yet I do believe the Lord has given me this dream to help me see and to understand some of what is presently taking place in our country and in other countries throughout the world, so I will share what I believe he is showing me, to the best of my understanding. I pray that the Lord Jesus would guide me and would lead me in all truth as I seek him for understanding of this dream in relation to these news stories and in practical application of the truths of the word of God to our world today. I will reference the news stories at the end of this writing.
District of Columbia
The first news story I read was concerning a supposed protest in D.C. in the “Occupy” the state capitals of the U.S. and Wall Street campaign. Reportedly, a car drove through a crowd near the protest and hit some people, which apparently sent some people to the hospital. And, allegedly hundreds of protesters were instrumental in closing down streets in downtown D.C. As well, it was reported that this happened near a gathering of a group of conservatives.
I immediately saw parallels between this car that drove through a crowd and the military police who drove military vehicles through our door (gate; entry; access). I also saw a connection between the protesters who supposedly shut down the streets, and the military police, which I will refer to as the S.S., who sent everyone to their homes, i.e. they got everyone off the streets. A group of conservatives were purportedly holding this gathering. I was the only one present on the street, and I was wearing a military insignia on the arm (or arm band) or sleeve of my jacket.
Ohio
The second news article I read stated that a man, who they claimed was ridden with debt, obviously depressed and troubled over his marriage, released a bunch of African wild animals and then committed suicide. The animals supposedly attacked the deputies and crashed through fences after the deputies arrived on the scene. Before the man killed himself, he purportedly told one of his workers about his failed marriage and that he had “a plan,” and that the employee would know when “it” (the plan) happens.
I immediately saw a connection here between the wild animals crashing through fences and attacking these officers after the authorities arrived on the scene, and the S.S. arriving in their military vehicles and them coming through our door (gate) while I stood at the side, and then they told everyone to go to their homes. I also saw a connection between what this man allegedly told his worker about how he would know when “it” happened, and me stating that I had been observing the signs of the coming of this military police (police state) and “it” was now here. And, again, I appear to be associated in some way with the military, too. I also noted that the man was in debt, that this Bible passage is about debt and the song is about a debt we owe for which Jesus Christ paid the price.
Greece
This is another article concerning debt, only this is a country that is reportedly in a debt crisis and that the international community has come to the rescue to help get them out of debt. Supposedly the Greek PM was involved in quieting a malicious uprising in his “Socialist party” with an agreement to step aside, if needed, so he could seek a government that crossed party lines. There was a reference to the dropping of masks. As well, there were statements in the article concerning angry responses from markets, hostile international responses, open rebellion, opposition parties, etc. Reportedly the PM made a statement concerning the need to move forward in an orderly fashion. He apparently stated that the nation must be run tomorrow absent of conflict. Purportedly government officials were not moved by this opposition. And, supposedly Greece has seen punitive and severe measures that reportedly have been the catalyst to strikes, ferocious protests and street violence. Then, again there was a mention of the Socialist party, only this time in reference to deputies of the party.
I immediately saw comparisons between the Greek PM and myself. When I heard the term “Socialist Party,” I thought immediately of my arm band with the military insignia. The PM making an agreement to step aside reminded me of how I stood to one side (the left) of this door (passageway; opportunity) while the S.S. drove through the door in their military vehicles. I saw the cross-party government as the S.S. crossing over our threshold and taking over and telling everyone to go to their homes. I saw the debt again in relation to the debt we owe Christ for which he paid with his blood on a cross. I saw the masks coming down as “Now it is here!” I also recognized a parallel between the angry markets and hostile international response and the S.S. driving their vehicles through the door with me standing aside and letting them inside. I saw the moving forward in an orderly fashion as the S.S. driving their military vehicles in single file inside the gate (door), me stepping aside to let them in, and them sending us to our homes. I also saw the punitive and severe measures as the S.S. taking over, and I also observed that the only one inside was me and that I also represent the military, but there was no indication of struggle, protests, etc.
Columbia
Lastly I read an article about trouble in Columbia. Allegedly there was a military raid in the country’s southwest region, and a top leader, of what they termed as the main rebel group, was killed in the raid. Supposedly this man was the head of the R.A.F., the “A” standing for “armed,” and the “F” standing for “forces.” Reportedly the man’s death does not give a sign of the imminent death of Latin America’s final standing “leftist” dissident army. The article made mention of a military unit, in July of 2008, pretending to be international aid workers in what they termed a “bloodless ruse.”
Here I observed similarities between this military raid that killed this leader and the S.S. in their military vehicles driving through our open door with me stepped to the side to let them inside and them telling everyone to go home. The raid reportedly took place in the country’s southwest, and I was south of these vehicles and west of the door (opening). Allegedly this was a regular military maneuver, yet in my dream it was military police coming inside our door to take over, so this was anything but normal. The capitals of nations around the globe and the capitals of states within the USA appear to be the primary targets. I also observed a similarity between this R.A.F. and the military insignia on my arm band (or jacket sleeve). The article mentioned these events not being a sign of the end of the FARC and the end of the rebels. Here I noticed distinct resemblances between these events not being a sign of the end to me observing signs of this coming of a police state, and the fact that I noted that what I shared was at the end of my dream, yet I don’t remember the rest of the dream, only the end. This military group was leftist, and I stood to the left of the door and allowed the S.S. to come inside. And, lastly I realized a comparison between a military unit pretending to be aid workers in a bloodless ruse with the S.S. coming through our open door with me stepped aside.
Conclusion
For the past year or two, the Lord has been giving me dreams about these supposed uprisings in various countries in Africa and Asia and how our government and the international community has come inside these countries supposedly to assist the rebels to overthrow their oppressive leaders and to help lead them to democracy. As well, in these reported uprisings, we are supposedly sending aid, too, and helping these poor people back on their feet, to rebuild their nations, and to establish new democratic governments. In every case, without exception, the Lord has shown me that the news stories are a pack of lies, and that the situations reported are false flag operations, i.e. “operations (which) are covert operations designed to deceive the public in such a way that the operations appear as though they are being carried out by other entities” (Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_flag). All these uprisings are the work of a global order of government, often referred to as the New World Order, whose purpose is to take over all the countries and governments of the world and to bring us all under one rule of law.
In each case, the Lord would show me, via a dream, in connection with news stories, how what was really happening in these locations was at the hands of this New World Order whose military is like a rebirth of Hitler’s military and military police, and that both the “rebels” and the “Pro-government” protesters were of the same source, i.e. of this military of the N.W.O. And, the purpose of these “uprisings” was for deception and to cover-up the true purpose of these missions so that the public was not aware that our government is the terrorists of the world. We are involved in the takeover of nations and the slaughtering of millions of people, including our own countrymen. I don’t believe there has not been the shedding of blood in all of this. There has been. We have killed so many, many innocents, and the Lord has particularly been showing me how this military of the N.W.O. is targeting Christians for extinction. So when, in reality, there is the killing of “rebels,” and “the opposition,” I believe this is speaking of any opposition to the beast and of believers in Jesus Christ who are sharing their faith, and that the very nature of their testimonies for Jesus Christ is what stands in direct opposition to this beast of a global order of government.
So, although these uprisings are being acted out by the players in this N.W.O. game of check and checkmate, which is not a game, this does not mean that people are not being hurt and killed. They are. It is just not occurring by the people they say or in the manner in which they claim it is occurring. So, these protests throughout the USA are all part of this, too, and the purpose is very clear, i.e. to bring the USA into a police state to where our rights and our form of government and constitution no longer exist and we turn back the clock of time and we become the hated and the sought after to kill by the new Hitler regime and its military.
To The Word
For a little while now, the Lord has been using these songs that he has given me to write as a means of leading me to the practical understanding that he wants me to receive out of the passages I read in scripture each day, so I knew this morning to look for the subject of the debt that we owe. I read Philemon, but was not connecting the dots. Then, later on today I read it again and I immediately saw how the Lord was paralleling the events spoken of in this letter of Paul’s to Philemon with the gospel message.
It was when I read, “I pray you will be active in sharing your faith,” that I remembered this dream, and the Lord has often shown me how this military police is specifically targeting those who have a strong testimony for Jesus Christ and who are sharing their faith. Then, Paul said the reason he hoped they would be active in sharing their faith was so they might have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ. I believe the Lord is using this story of Paul and Onesimus as an allegory to illustrate what Jesus Christ did for us when he paid the debt we owe with his own blood so that we could go free.
Onesimus was a runaway slave. His owner was Philemon. We, outside of Christ, are runaway slaves, too. We are running from God, our true owner – all we like sheep have gone astray. As runaways, we are slaves to sin and to Satan. Paul said that Onesimus became his son while Paul was in chains. While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. He took our sins upon himself and he put them to death. He buried them, and then he triumphed over them through his resurrection back to life. So, while Jesus hung on a cross for our sins, he made the way possible for us to become sons of God. Paul urged Philemon to receive Onesimus back, only not as a slave, but as a brother. So, Paul stood in the gap between Onesimus and Philemon and made the appeal to Philemon on Onesimus’ behalf for Onesimus to be received back by his rightful owner, no longer as a slave, but as a brother. Jesus Christ, via his death and resurrection, became our high priest and our mediator between us and God the Father. Through his death he stood in the gap between us and God, and he made the way for us to be brought back to God, no longer as slaves to sin, but as brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus.
Paul told Philemon that if Onesimus had done any wrong, or if he owed anything, that Philemon was to charge his debt to Paul and Paul would pay it back. Wow! Jesus willingly left his throne in heaven, came to earth, took on human flesh, took on the form of a servant, suffered as we suffer, was tempted as we are tempted, yet without sin, was rejected, despised, forsaken, ridiculed, falsely accused, beaten, humiliated, robbed of his dignity, denied, betrayed, and nailed to a cross as a common criminal, although he had done no wrong. And, it was the religious and the religious leaders who nailed him to that cross, too. We, as sinners, owe our lives to death (the penalty) for our sin, yet Jesus Christ took that debt that we owed and he paid the price for our sins with his blood so that we could be bought back for God (redeemed). When we come to faith in Jesus Christ, we appropriate to our lives what Jesus did for us when he paid the debt we owe. He died so we could go free from the penalty of sin and the control of sin over our daily lives. So, when we come to Christ, we die with him to our sins and our old way of life, the Holy Spirit transforms our hearts, and via the working of the Holy Spirit within us, we are resurrected to new life in Christ Jesus. We are no longer slaves to sin, but now we are received back to God as brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus.
I believe we are living on borrowed time. The signs are everywhere that we are living near the end of time and that the return of our Lord is not far off. The Bible says we will know when the time is near by the signs, although we won’t know the day or the hour, so the Lord’s coming should not surprise us. I also believe that what has been happening in other countries of the world has now come to the US and our government has let them inside the door without a fight. A police state is inevitable and imminent, as well as this rise of a Hitler-like regime that will bring in the rule of the beast of Revelation and will speed the Lord’s coming, I believe. So, if you have been running from God, return to him today.
The Debt We Owe / An Original Work / July 2, 2011
I adore You, Lord, my Master.
I worship and praise You, King.
You are such an awesome God who
Loves us so much, grace You bring.
You died to save us from our sin
So that we could be set free.
I adore You, Lord, my Master.
I worship and praise You, King.
Lord, You are our Great Redeemer.
You paid the debt that we owe,
So that we might be forgiven,
And our God we’d come to know;
Be transformed to be like Jesus,
Who conquered, in death, our foe.
Lord, You are our Great Redeemer.
You paid the debt that we owe.
Jesus our Messiah, Savior,
Lord and Master, King of kings,
You provided our redemption,
So we’d live in victory.
From our sin and self You ransomed
Us for all eternity.
Jesus our Messiah, Savior,
Lord and Master, King of kings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUr2TZzgpJE
Resources:
Authorities: Car strikes 3 at Occupy DC protest
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OCCUPY_DC?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-11-05-00-42-36
Ohio deputies faced charging animals during escape
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EXOTIC_ANIMALS_LOOSE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-11-05-01-02-25
Greek PM wins confidence vote, pledges transition
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_GREECE_FINANCIAL_CRISIS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-11-05-01-15-05
Colombian officials say top FARC leader killed
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_COLOMBIA_REBEL_LEADER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-11-05-01-11-32
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