This is a very important devotional
with regard to the time we are going in, the Apostolic Age. It has a lot of connections that He showed me
that He wishes to show the Bride, particularly the workers. When we look at what is happening, via the media
or just around us, in our own personal lives, Yeshua said that when we look at
all these signs that His coming is near.
At this moment the signs are very much shouting. We have famine knocking on our door. It has been there a while in most countries,
but more recently in the western countries it is starting to knock. We have plagues, earthquakes and signs in the
heavens, all these things that Yeshua told us about, telling us to look up at
this time, because our redemption draweth nigh.
Many say that the tribulation has started, yet the Word of God tells us
that it is going to be a time much worse than what it has ever been in
history. We are not there yet. I am still sitting in a comfortable chair in
my prayer room, there is still food in my fridge, everything is still
comfortable, yet, I can see on the outside that things are happening. Many of us are still not yet in
tribulation. We might have tribulation
in our lives with what we are going through, but we are not in the
tribulation. And we will know that we
know, that we know that we are in it.
I want to start with explaining that in
this devotional I will be speaking about one particular army. In October last year I received a dream of
the army of the enemy and then on the 22nd January I received then a
dream of the army of the Lord. He gave
me two dreams and I want to just briefly describe them to you. This devotional is about the army of the
Lord. The next video that I will put on
YouTube will be one of those warning videos where I put different visions and
words together, because I believe Father wants us to understand that the army
of the enemy is also rising at the same time as the army of the Lord. I also want to mention that when someone
gives a prophetic word or a warning from the Lord, people often think that it
needs to happen in that moment or the next few days, and sometimes it
does. But very often things happen only
years after that. The point is that the
responsibility lies with the watchman to sound the alarm. That is what I will be doing, I will be
sounding the alarm. Please be on the
lookout for that particular video.
In the first dream I was looking for
my tablet. I have a black tablet, but in
the dream I was looking for my red tablet.
I eventually found it. As I
opened it, it became a porthole, because I immediately went into the video I
was watching. I was in a plain rural
town, looking down the street. I saw a
horde of cattle. They were aggressive,
jumping on top of each other, hurting each other with their horns. As they came closer I realized that these
were not cattle, but demons. They were
giants. They were grotesque and cruel
and the evil atmosphere permeated the whole scene. I could smell war. Not that I know what war smells like, but I
knew that is what it was. There was an
evil presence. They were huge with big
muscles and they had grotesque armor on, with horns and spikes. It was dark iron and massive swords and
battle axes. It was quite a sight and I
became afraid as I was watching this whole scene. I closed the tablet and immediately I was out
of the dream. During this time that they
were passing me, they were humming a song.
I did not know the song’s name, but the melody sounded familiar. When I spoke to my friend about it, she said
she knows exactly what song it is. That
is the Rolling Stone’s song called, “I want to paint it black”. I remember that whilst they were humming this
melody, even thought they were in chaos and hurting one another, there was a unison
in their chaos, singing in a low baritone evil voice. Obviously, I looked for the meaning of the
song of the Rolling Stones. The enemy is
the rolling stones that rolled away from the Capstone, Yeshua, and we are the
living stones, built up in Him and did not roll away. That alone says a lot. This particular song is about depression and
wanting to paint everything black. In
the song it says that he sees a red door and he wants to paint it black. Immediately it made me think of the Israelites
that placed the blood of the Lamb on the doorposts, where the angel of death
passed by. The angel of death wanted to
“paint it black”, but it could not, because the door was sealed with the Blood. This is the one army.
On the 22nd January 2022
Father gave me another dream, but this time it was the dream of the Lord’s
army. They were moving in the opposite direction. As they passed me, I could see that they were
wearing the Roman Centurion armor that Paul describes. It is believed that Paul was in jail when he
wrote that to the Ephesians, seeing the Centurions, describing the armor of
God. This army each had a lance and were
walking two by two. In unison they were
walking, shiny and beautiful. The thing that stood out the most to me was their
brotherly love. Such a unison and love
between them. At one stage they parted
and came back together again. For me
that was that nothing would be able to separate them from the love of God. This brotherly love was what bound them
together as they walked together two by two.
They too were singing a song. The
melody sounded familiar, but the words were different. The words were, “The army of the Lord is
marching two by two, and they’re marching all over the world”. The melody was that of Noah’s ark about the animals
walking two by two into the ark. The two
opposites of these two armies are what Father came to show me.
The reason why I am mentioning this
now is because at this moment the army is rising on both sides. Now, we know that the age we are going into
now is the Apostolic Age. The Apostolic
Age does not refer to the fact that only the apostles will rise, but it speaks
of an apostolic spirit, the apostolic spirit of God that will rise and be in
this army of the Lord. Interestingly, in
this week the Lord has been speaking to me a lot about Apollos. I have received many confirmations about
Apollos. Apollo, as we know, is the
Greek god of destruction, death, plagues and many other things. What Father placed upon my heart is that this
army of the enemy is that of destruction and death. You can hear the similarity in the word
Apollo and Apostolic. The Apostolic Age
is that of Apollos. Apollos was very
close to Paul. He was an apostle. He was known for a great understanding with
regard to scripture and particularly for his zeal. In 1 Corinthians 3 the Corinthians were
disputing with regard to whom they belong to, to Paul or Apollos. Paul had to tell them that the one plants,
the other waters and the other reaps, it is the Lord that brings the increase and
everybody’s works will be tested with fire.
Apollos was very much treasured by Paul.
Paul wanted to look after him and be with him. The Apostolic age has with it the zeal of
Apollos.
We know that the time we are going in
will start with a great revival. Why am
I saying that? What makes me so sure to
say that? The Word of God says that that
which was shall be again. It will all be
again. When we look at the outpouring of
the Holy Spirit in Acts 2, the apostles and all those gathering together, were
all filled with the Spirit of God and there was a massive revival of 3000 to
5000 people at a time. People were
saved. The Word says that these are they who turned the world upside down. That is exactly what will happen. The world is going to be turned upside
down. But, you will notice when you read
the Word that that was short-lived. It
seems revivals are like that, short-lived. They are like a boost and a revival
is an equipping. In the same way that
there was a great revival, but short-lived, and then great tribulation and
persecution, in the same way it will happen again. There will be a great revival that will be
short-lived and after that the great tribulation will begin. This time it will be the great tribulation
that will take place and it will be all over this world. That revival has not happened yet and we are
not yet in the great tribulation. We
have to look at the patterns, the types and shadows in the Word of God to get
an understanding. We are very close to
that time and we know that the earth, the creation is groaning for the adoption
of the sons and daughters of God to be made manifest. These are they that He has chosen to be a
light unto this world in the darkness that is coming.
A question asked me a while back was,
“Pietra, how are we going to make it in the time to come? How are we going endure the hardship?” When we look at the holocaust and what
happened to the Jews and various other areas in the world where calamity has
happened, it will be all over the world with great chaos and heartache. How are we going to handle our family being
slaughtered? How are we going to handle
not having food? How are we going to
handle being in consecration camps? How
are we going to handle seeing our loved ones beheaded? How are we going to endure it? And that is the type of questions we need to
ask ourselves. If I cannot handle the
small things happening in my home, how am I going to handle that? We need to cry out to God in authenticity and
say, “Lord, prepare my heart!” This is
my call upon my life and what Father has raised me up for, to prepare people’s
hearts to come. Am I saying that I am
100% prepared? Absolutely not! I think of when I was pregnant with my
daughter, reading whatever book I could find, but when she came, heck no, I was
not prepared for what was waiting for me.
Am I saying that all the preparation you have gone through will fall
away? Obviously not. I am saying the real thing, is the real thing
and then you want at least under your belt some preparation and we need to get
down on our knees and cry out to God for that preparation continually. Having said that, the question remains, “How
are we going to endure it?”
When I spoke to Father about it, He
took me to Matthew 4. Matthew 4 is about
Yeshua being taken into the wilderness, being tempted by the enemy. At this Father said to me, “I did not spare
my Son.” Now, when we start reading
Matthew 4, we immediately start with the first words, “And the Spirit led him
into the wilderness.” We need to understand that in the same way Yeshua was led
into the wilderness, in the same way Israel was led into the wilderness when
they came out of Egypt. At that time
when they went into the wilderness, two things came their way. Tests and trials. What which was will be again. In the same way the tests and the trials will
be again. Just like He did not spare His
Son, in the same way, we will not be spared.
Not that He is out to get us, but we must remember that He promised us,
“I will perfect that which concerns you.”
You are His workmanship and whatever you have not learned thus far in
your life by whatever preparation you have gone through and He has determined
that you need to be a worker here to bring others to the Lord and into the
Kingdom of God, you must remember that you will still be learning, whether you
are an apostle, a disciple or prophet or anybody, a worker, you will never stop
learning and your faith will still be tried and tested. You will have to endure the tribulation that
comes with the wilderness experience. All
your wildernesses thus far have prepared you for this wilderness you will be
going into. It will continue until the
day that He has predetermined for you, all the testing and all the trials have fulfilled
His purposes in you and He decides today is the day that you go home in
whatever form He wishes. Up until that
day you are not leaving, unless you sin or walk away and that opens a door for
the enemy. Looking at the example of
Yeshua, right before He was led into the wilderness, which is the first verse
in Matthew 4, we read in Matthew 3 of how Yeshua was baptized. He was walking in absolute obedience to the
Father, no sin in His life, none, not even in thought. He went to John the Baptist and said that it
is needful for Him to be baptized in order to fulfill prophecy. It was obedience. The moment He came out of the water, the Holy
Spirit came in the form of a dove and sat upon Him and everybody heard as the
clouds opened the thundering voice of God, “This is My beloved Son in whom I am
well pleased, hear ye Him.” Here we see
the example of the Spirit of God, the Revival I spoke about that will be
short-lived, and then being sent into the wilderness. It is a short-lived revival, then the
tribulation. He was 40 days and 40
nights in the wilderness, fasting. Think
of the weakness He was baptized into.
Father knew that he would be tested and tried in the wilderness, but
that was also according to Father’s plan.
The Spirit led Him into that wilderness to be tested and tried. We know another example is Gideon’s
army. An angel appears to Gideon and
calls him a mighty man of valor and a warrior and he has to get an army
together that is later reduced to only three hundred men. We know that the purpose behind that is that
the Lord God is the only one that gets the glory. The only one.
By whose strength did Yeshua refute the enemy and come against him? It was only by the strength of His Father, in
complete and utter dependence. Suffering
and glory go together and weakness and strength go together. This is God’s economy and it is not going to
change. We will be baptized in weakness,
but we will also experience glory. The weakness
will be in suffering so that we may experience that glory. Our perception and disposition towards
suffering, whether we grumble and groan, will determine whether we will endure
or not. How we look at it. To be able to endure you need to be able to
hold onto something that keeps you focused, helps you to get up and that holds
you together in times where you most definitely will be able to identify with
those left behind, including Judah, saying “My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me!” It will be just as great a
reality to you as to them alike. There
will be times where you too will feel, “Where are you God?” Even though you have been filled with the
Spirit and have experienced signs and wonders.
There will be times that you will find yourself in despair and where
your faith will be tried. You have to
understand that this is not going to be a time where you will be filled with
the glory of God and the power of God and walk like Moses through the waters
parting. As if the waters are not going
to touch you. We have to understand we
will be sharing in one another’s suffering, but how we endure and go through it
will be our testimony. Just like Yeshua
when He was here endured the ridicule, the suffering and betrayal, endured so
much and never opened His mouth. This,
once again, the greatest testimony of the love of God, of the patience and
power of God to use weak vessels, like us.
We have to embrace our weakness and embrace suffering even now so that
His glory can be made manifest.
HEBREWS 3: 7 – 8
7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye will
hear his voice,
8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in
the day of temptation in the wilderness:
We know that Hebrews 3 going into
Hebrews 4, talks about how they failed the Lord through mumbling and groaning,
because they could not handle the hardship.
The other day a thought came to me, and I think that it is a huge
possibility. We have all heard of the
great falling away, and yes, we understand that it is going to be a time of
great deception. But, I cannot help but
believe that the time we are going in, if anything, the hardship, suffering the
trauma, the hunger, persecution, all of that will cause many to fall away in
the time to come. They will truly feel
forsaken by God. This is why He will
send out His workers, but the workers will have to be prepared. There will be a great falling away and I
believe even some of the workers. We
have to understand that everything that you are about now, is preparing you for
that and He has predetermined everything that will happen in this time. Just like He has prepared everything now in
your life, who comes into your life, who does not. What happens to you and even the smallest
details that He is involved with. He
says all your days have been written in His book. When I spoke to Him about this time, He said,
“Pietra, if I have been with you all along in this time now, with everything
that you have gone through in your life; and I have predetermined everything
that needs to happen to you, and had a purpose with it, how much more in a time
of the greatest testing and trial of your life will I be with you and
predetermine what may and what may not happen to you?” We have to realize this, even then, nothing
and nobody will be able to get to His children without having to go through Him
first to be able to get to us, unless there is an open door and we allow the
enemy to come in. However, if there is
no open door, nothing can touch you unless Father says “yes, this is
needful.” How can I say this? A very good example is Paul. Paul, a man who said, “Follow me as I follow
Christ”, was the same man that was flogged three times. Far more than Christ. He was shipwrecked twice, suffering hunger
often, fought beasts, ran for his life, in prison and what that man went through
is unbelievable. And yet, he wrote three
quarters of the New Testament. This is a
man that the Lord God showed great revelations and mysteries, but what
suffering went with it? We have to
understand it is a reality and it will be determined by our Father.
Yeshua said to His disciples after He
breathed on them, “As My Father sent me, so I send you.” The Father sent Him as a babe, and he grew up
a lamb sent amongst the wolves. In the
same way Paul says in Romans 8, we are accounted as sheep for the
slaughter. In Luke 11 Yeshua addresses
this…
LUKE 11: 49 – 50
49 Therefore also said the wisdom
of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall
slay and persecute:
50 That the blood of all the
prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of
this generation;
What Father showed me with regards to
the army of the Lord marching two by two is that it will consist of the apostles
and the prophets. The Word says that the
foundation of the Church is laid or built upon the apostles and the
prophets. This is the two by two. It is not that there will only be two people
walking together at the same time, but rather it is talking about the prophetic
and the apostolic office and function.
The spirit of this army will be walking in unison and will be a
provision for each other in this time.
Why do I say this? We have to
understand the apostolic and prophetic function. What is a prophet and what is an apostle? These days everybody is a prophet or an
apostle apparently. An apostle’s main
purpose is to be a shepherd. He can be
prophetic, but not all apostles are prophets.
He operates in the five-fold ministry, even though not necessarily all
at once. He can be a teacher, or
prophetic or a pastor of a community or an evangelist. This is why the Word says first apostles
then the prophets. The five-fold
ministry will still function during this time, but it will be under an
apostolic and prophetic spirit in the laying of the foundation further. An apostle is very much responsible for the
community. When we want to know the
heart or essence of something, you need to go to its inception. For that we need to go to where the first
apostles were sent out in Acts 6. They
were anointed and sent out. The word
apostle means “sent ones”. They will be
sent out. Interesting is that the Strong’s
concordance G322 means to appoint and show forth. With regards to the Skull and
Bone of Freemasonry, they also hold to the number 322, which is reference to
Genesis 3:22 about the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and them wanting
to make themselves God. The Lord God is
sending out His Apollos and they are also sent out at the same time. There is a correlation. The one is destruction and the other is
life. They are both sent out. The apostles will go out with a sent word,
which means that they must be able to hear from the Lord God. The apostle looks after the community, going
from one community to another. They make
sure that the sheep are looked after and that there is no deception in the midst
of the community. They make sure that
there is provision. They nurture the
sheep and are responsible for looking after the finest of details, even the
insignificant details. They are very
much working with their hands. Paul was
a tentmaker. They are the ones that will
be involved with the places of refuge.
Whereas the prophets are there for the warning. This is why they will be
working in unison with the apostles, because the Lord God will open the eyes of
the prophets even more. The warnings
need to be going out and they are the watchman.
What does a prophet do? This is
the call of Jeremiah and the Lord is telling him exactly what it means.
JEREMIAH 1: 10
10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and
over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw
down, to build, and to plant.
There is a constant breaking
down and building up. He is called to the
kingdoms and nations. This is a
corporate body that we are talking about.
The Church of God, the army is a corporate entity that will be sent out
two by two in the spirit of the apostle and the prophet. The watchman is a prophet and are responsible
to speak that warning that we read in Ezekiel 33: 3 about. It speaks of where the watchman will be held
accountable for the blood of those who die, if they do not speak that which the
Lord tells them to speak. This is the
provision that the Father will give to the workers in the time to come. He has made for another provision as
well. With regard to the prophets and
apostles, thinking of Psalm 23 we read…
PSALM 23
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the
shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy
staff they comfort me.
The staff is the shepherd’s
staff and this is where the apostle comes in and the rod is the prophet’s rod
that brings correction and that points.
I have a video of both the staff and the rod on YouTube if you are
interested.
Now, just like Yeshua was
smitten and the sheep were scattered, once again that will happen. We will have the revival, the shepherds will
be smitten and the sheep will scatter.
They will be all over this world once again. There will be places of refuge prepared. He has already prepared these places of
refuge for the people to go to. He will
guide His sheep, because His sheep knows His voice. He will guide them there or He will literally
transport them. The time we are going in
is going to be a miraculous time. Just
like Yeshua was smitten and the sheep were scattered, in the same way the sheep
will scatter again. Why do I say
that? When we look at the type and
shadow in the Word of God, all the apostles, with the exception of John the
Revelator, died a very cruel death. They
all died. The Word says that some of
them, would live, and some would be thrown in prison. This is something you have to prepare your
heart for…to die. This is why I am
talking about the provision He has given us.
A while back I spoke to a
friend of mine, Chris, and we were joking about my name, which comes from
Peter, meaning rock or stone. It was a
whole journey that Father took me through with regards to my name. We were talking and laughing about the Rocky
Movie when we were speaking about the rock.
Father led me to watch the movie.
The movie is about Rocky Marciano, a boxer during the 80’s and he was
trained by this one trainer who later died, to receive training by another
trainer. The new trainer’s name was
Apollo. Now, Apollo is the god of
destruction, but I was not sure what Father was saying to me when He said to
me, “Your old trainer has died and now you will be trained by a new trainer,
Apollo.” Then I went to 1 Corinthians 3
where Paul was speaking about Apollos.
Now Apollos was known for his zeal and zeal is that very provision,
apart from the Word of God. Zeal is that
very provision He will give to the apostles, prophets and workers in the time
to come. The word zeal comes from the
word “zelos” from the Strong’s number G2205 and it means red hot, indignation,
boiling water, burning anger, and burn in the spirit. Jeremiah also said that the burden of the
Lord was burning in his bones, unable to contain it. In this week that has passed, in one day I
received 6 confirmations in about 30 mins time with regard to zeal. I know that I know that Father is speaking to
His apostles and prophets in this apostolic age that will have the zeal of God
in their lives. They will be filled with
that zeal, with indignation, with the burning of the Spirit of God in their
lives. Yeshua said that the Kingdom of
God suffers violence and the violent take it by force. When I read that, I think of the medieval
times when the people were chased by an enemy and ran to the fortress, banging
against the door, “Let me in! Let me in!”
In my commentary of my Bible it also says that this is how the people
were, that they want to enter into the Kingdom of God so much that they bang on
the door to get in. There is a zeal for
the Kingdom of God.
2 CORINTHIANS 4
17 For our light affliction, which
is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of
glory;
18 While we look not at the things
which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are
seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Here Paul is speaking about
his affliction. We know that he has gone
through so much, but hear to what he is saying concerning what he has gone
through, “Our light affliction”…light Paul?
Let’s consider what he went through.
Here is Paul, a man that has gone through everything, but light
affliction. He is saying it is worth it. Why?
Because he is looking at something that is more exceeding and has an
eternal weight of glory. What was Paul
on about? We can read that, but do we
understand what he is saying? What is he
talking about? I would like to read a
quote from my mentor, Art Katz.
“To bear the
pain of suffering without its redemptive understanding and its purpose, is to
lose its value. There is a redemptive
purpose in bearing affliction coming from the hand of God.”
Basically what it is saying
is that if you do not understand the reason why you are going through what you
are going through, you lose its value.
In the same way, what we will be going through, will have an eternal
weight of glory, but if we do not know what that is, we will lose the value of
what we endure. We will most certainly
not be saying with Paul, “This light affliction”. And yet, the Lord God is working in us this
understanding. There is a zeal to be
had, an understanding of an eternal weight of glory that is awaiting us. What is that eternal weight of glory? Yeshua came for that very thing. He was sent for it. Not just sent in order to die for us on the
cross and making a way to the Father. It
is even far greater than that, although everything hinges on the cross. That which He came for was the Kingdom of
God. It was to establish the Kingdom of
God on this earth. At this present time,
the world has been given to the enemy.
It is under his grip and why the enemy could say to the Lord, “If you
bow down to me, I will give you all these kingdoms. You do not have to
suffer. You do not have to go to the
cross. Just bow to me and I will
literally give everything to you. You
can have it.” Why? It was not because he did not want Him to
suffer because he cared for Him. He did
not want the Kingdom of God to be established on this earth. This is the reason why the Son came. He came, as the foot of God to crush the
enemy on the cross, to establish as Joshua, in every place He placed His feet,
the Kingdom of God. We are the feet of
Christ and He the feet of God, taking the ground on this earth saying, “I have
established My rule.” Psalm 24 says that the earth is the Lord’s and all they
that dwell therein. This is what is
being established with the workers and what Yeshua did. He came to bring the Kingdom of God down upon
this earth. This is what it is all
about. If we do not have an
understanding of the eternal weight of glory of the Kingdom of God on this earth,
we will not be willing to suffer for it.
We will not be willing to die for it.
We have to be willing to be apprehended by the understanding of the
Kingdom of God upon this earth. It has
to be that zeal, that burning desire, it has to be the heartbeat in us that
says, “For this reason, I gladly lay down all things on the altar, for this I
lay my life down.” For this the Son of
God laid His life down as well.
HEBREWS 11
1Now
faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2 For by it the elders obtained a
good report.
What the elders experienced
was by faith. Out of my heart the other
day came a cry. I said, “Lord, there
must be a cause bigger than ourselves that we would be willing to die for it.” That cause has to be bigger than us. That cause is the Kingdom of God to be
established on this earth. To the degree
that we have an eternal perspective of the millennial reign of the Kingdom of
God on this earth, is determined by our lack of understanding or apprehension
of the Kingdom of God. Everything that
happens to us have to have an eternal perspective in mind with it. Why we are going through it. If we are not apprehended by it, we will not
die for it. It will then not be bigger
than ourselves. The apprehension of the
Kingdom of God and what you will be laying your life down for, how big that
apprehension is, will determine whether you will die for it or not. Therefore, we have to cry out to Him and say,
“Lord, apprehend me with this zeal. Let
this apostolic and prophetic spirit that will be the characteristic of this
apostolic age be mine. Let it burn hot
in me. Prepare me for this!”
13 These all died in faith, not having received the
promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and
embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
14 For they that say such things
declare plainly that they seek a country.
15 And truly, if they had been
mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had
opportunity to have returned.
16 But now they desire a better
country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their
God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
These all died in faith. Who are these elders? In verse 2 it says that by faith these elders
obtained a good report. When you read Hebrews
11 and continue into Hebrews 12, you see that these elders are the cloud of
invisible witnesses. They are those who
have gone before us. Not only that, if
you look at the context of the list given to us, this list speaks of the
elders, the patriarchs. It speaks of
them who did not receive that country, that city that could not be seen. They died knowing that they will obtain
it. The Word says in the last verses of
Hebrews 11…
HEBREWS 11
33 Who through faith subdued
kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of
lions.
34 Quenched the violence of fire,
escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant
in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
35 Women received their dead raised
to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they
might obtain a better resurrection:
These are all positive things and
mighty things that happened through them.
But, listen to what also happened.
36 And others had trial of cruel
mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
37 They were stoned, they were sawn
asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in
sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:)
they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
39 And these all, having obtained a
good report through faith, received not the promise:
40 God having provided some better
thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
We have to read this in
context with Romans 11. Romans 11 is where Paul speak about how the Gentiles
have received mercy, because the eyes of the Jews were blinded. Now, not all Jews are blind, some do get
converted. The majority were blinded so
that the Gentiles that did not obtain mercy could obtain mercy (Hosea 2). Because of them being blinded, we could
obtain mercy. They are these witnesses
that want to receive a city. We also are
looking to that city. This is what it is
all about, about the Kingdom of God coming down upon this earth. This is what they died for and this is what
we will die for. Like them, we cannot
look back and have to look to the unseen.
This was their very endurance and in the time to come it will be
ours. This was their zeal and will be
our zeal and endurance. Hebrews 12:1
tells us that we have a cloud of witnesses and that we are to look unto Jesus,
the Author and Finisher of our faith who endured. Who for the joy that was set before Him
endured the cross. Father told me that
in the time to come, it will all be about enduring to the end, for which we
will receive a crown.
Let’s read Psalm 132,
understanding that they are awaiting this weight of glory that Paul was
speaking about. We are preparing that
city with them, laying the foundation as the Gentiles. This greater glory is going to come. The Word of God says that we will be Kings
and Priests of this city come down. We
will be the Kings and Priests in the New Jerusalem. This will be a Davidic Kingdom that will come
down. The Priests and Kings will teach
the people between the holy and profane, the clean and unclean. This is what their function will be. In Psalm 132 we read of the promise of the
Lord God with regard to this Davidic Kingdom.
PSALM 132
8 Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou, and the ark
of thy strength.
9 Let thy priests be clothed with
righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
10 For thy servant David's sake
turn not away the face of thine anointed.
11 The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn
from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
12 If thy children will keep my
covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also
sit upon thy throne for evermore.
13 For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath
desired it for his habitation.
14 This is my rest for ever: here
will I dwell; for I have desired it.
15 I will abundantly bless her
provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
16 I will also clothe her priests
with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
17 There will I make the horn of
David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
18 His enemies will I clothe with
shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
This is that millennial reign
of the Kingdom of God come down on this earth. The Lord Yeshua, the Son of
David, reigning upon this earth. We need
to understand that this is the weight of eternal glory that we are fighting
for, that we are laying our lives down for.
So that we will be raised to reign as Kings and Priests upon this
earth. How can we reign if we have not
yet been apprehended by the reality of the Kingdom of God? If that zeal for His Kingdom is not in our
hearts? It has to be a very real felt
thing. We have to be apprehended by
it. In Romans 11 we read that by our
mercy, they will obtain mercy. Who are
they? Paul is speaking of his kinsman,
of Judah. He is speaking of them that
were blinded. The remnant that will be dispersed once they have been attacked, saying
“I have saved a remnant that have not bowed down to Baal”, those will be in the
wilderness. Not just during Trumpets,
but also during Seals that is also a type and shadow of the wilderness. He will send them to the places of refuge,
because He has prepared those for them.
Not just for the church that will be left behind, but for Judah
too. And He will raise up those that
will give them mercy that will extend mercy to them in the wilderness. Their eyes were blinded, but they will
see. How will they see? Not because we can say, “Jesus loves you”,
but because we are willing to lay our lives down for the Kingdom of God that is
a reality to us and their eyes will be opened and they will know. When we go to Isaiah 35 we see that by the
Spirit he is speaking to someone to speak to the remnant. He is saying to them, “This is what you must
speak to them…”
ISAIAH 35
3 Strengthen ye the weak hands,
and confirm the feeble knees.
4 Say to them that are of a
fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance,
even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.
5 Then the eyes of the blind shall
be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
6 Then shall the lame man leap as
an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters
break out, and streams in the desert.
This is all talking about the
millennial reign and He has determined that they will be dispersed in the
wilderness, but He has also determined who will minister to them. Those who have obtained mercy. That is us, the Gentile bride, the workers,
will show them mercy and their eyes will be opened. The eyes He has blinded will be opened, and
the ears He has made deaf, will be opened.
All glory to our God! We have to
be apprehended with an understanding and an eternal perspective in our
suffering, for only in that apprehension will we be willing to lay our lives
down. The powers of the air are very
much aware of this reality, of the Davidic Kingdom of God. They are foaming at the mouth to destroy the
children of God, particularly Judah.
They will pursue them with a vehemence like never before. They will go after them with a zeal, after
the army of God, to slaughter whether you are a Gentile or Jew, but
specifically the Jew. They will run
after them with a flood from their mouths and try to swallow them up and
persecute them, but God will bring them to places of refuge. Everything we see in types and shadows even
in movies. There is even a movie called “The
game of thrones”. I have never seen
it. It is all about thrones, all about
crowns. It is all about rulership and we
cannot lose sight of the big picture in our suffering in the time to come.
REVELATION 20
7 And when the thousand years are
expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the
nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather
them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth
of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city:
and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Even after the millennial
reign, after seeing the Kingdom of God on this earth, the enemy will go out
after being loosed and he will deceive the nations. There will still be people that will be
deceived in that time. They will still
be able to be deceived and one can only imagine what kind of deception will be
then. If you have Yeshua, the Son of God
reigning in Jerusalem and it is for a thousand years long, seeing wonders and
the beauty of His kingdom and Satan can still come and deceive people, you have
to understand that level of deception and that there will still be people in
that time that will not bow their knee.
REVELATION 21
24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk
in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour
into it.
“Them which are saved”…there
will be those that are not saved. We
know that according to Zachariah that everybody will come to the feast of
tabernacles up to Jerusalem and there will be those who will not come up to
honor God. After that there will be the
final judgment.
Joan of Arc and Richard the
Brave are good examples of zeal. Joan of
Arc is a good example of the warrior bride who gave her life, being on the
forefront. She was a martyr. It is said that when she burned at the stake,
everything burned except her heart, because her heart was already aflamed. Her heart was so full of zeal for the kingdom
of France. How much more must the heart
of the Bride of God be burning hot with the zeal for the Kingdom of God. The same with Richard the Brave who was the
real Braveheart. When he was on his
deathbed he told his best friend to take his heart out and wear it around his
neck into battle. His friend did so and
whirled it around in battle. When it
fell to the ground, he fell on top of his king’s heart to protect it to the
very end. Protecting the heart of the
King. This is the stuff that warriors
are made of and it cannot be without zeal.
It cannot be without indignation over the works of the enemy and it
cannot be without the burning zeal of the heart of God in our hearts. This is what this apostolic bridal company,
consisting of a Moses and Elijah Company will be. Moses the apostolic and Elijah the prophetic,
two by two. This is the heart they will
go out with.
PHILIPPIANS 2
9 Wherefore God also hath highly
exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jesus every
knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the
earth;
11 And that every tongue should
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
The glory that we will
receive during the Revival will be our provision in the time of the wilderness,
but also the glory that will rest upon us during the Kingdom of God, to be
Kings and Priests of that Kingdom, that eternal weight of glory upon this
earth. We have to be apprehended by it.
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