Where is the remnant? Where is the bride of Christ that is rising? We hear so many prophetic words about the bride, the remnant and her rising, but where is she? Many know they are a member of the remnant, many are aware of their position, but still they are asking, where are we, what is our position in what is happening on the kingdom calendar? Will our purpose be revealed or stay concealed? The darkness the bride sees is not ignorance, for she is saturated with revelation knowledge; she is intimately aware of her bridegroom, so why is it so dark, why do we seem as though we are without an understanding of our global positioning in the earth realm? While reading the book of Colossians the other day, the Lord spoke to me and said, “the bride is being concealed so she can be revealed”.
Colossians 3:3-4 says, “For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.”
As the Lord unpacked this verse for me, I saw in the spirit a trojan horse. Now I have heard of the trojan horse, but to say I have a working knowledge of it would not be true, so I looked up some details about it and I was delighted by the imagery God chose to reveal the truth He wants us as the remnant, the bride to hear this day. The trojan horse is a hollow wood statue of a horse which the Greeks concealed themselves in order to enter Troy. It is also defined as a person or thing intended secretly to undermine or bring about a downfall of an enemy or opponent. Can you hear what the spirit is saying to the remnant, the bride?
God Himself is the trojan horse, the bible says, we are hidden in Christ and Christ is hidden in God, God is the trojan horse and we are hidden, concealed in Him and we are engaging the enemy, but our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against powers, principalities and rulers in heavenly realms (Ephesians 6). So, He has hidden us in Himself, for this battle is not ours but the Lord’s and when He wins this war over the enemy, He will be revealed in glory on earth as it is in heaven (Matthew 6) and we will be revealed with Him. Because we are hidden in Christ, as long as He remains concealed, we will remain concealed, once He is revealed, we will be revealed.
When Jesus reveals His glory on the earth, not in the millennial reign, not in the second coming, but in the next move of God, we the remnant, the bride, we will be revealed with Him. We are being concealed because He has not yet been revealed. Once He is revealed, we will be revealed with Him in glory. The world does not need another man trying to make a name for himself, the world needs the glory of God to cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. When the glory is revealed, healing will happen, salvation will spring up, deliverance will take place, and finances will abound. We are hidden in the trojan horse who is God and we are being brought into a war, of which we sense, but we are not being asked to fight in from a face to face fashion, because as Zechariah 4:6 says, “Not by might, not by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord!” We are being concealed, in order to be revealed.
Month: June 2017
Words Made World
We live in a world that has 24-hour access to every situation that happens on the planet. Some stories rise faster than others, like the London Terrorist Attack, the Pulse Night Club Shooting, the San Bernardino Shooting, or the Nice, France terrorist attack. Some have said that with so many things happening so often, we are going to become numb to the reality of terror, death and destruction, but actually the opposite is true. We are made in the image of a living God (Genesis 1:26); who came to destroy the works of the devil (1 John 3:8), which are to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10); so no I am not numb to all that I see and hear, I am grieved, I am concerned and I am unable to hold back my thoughts on what is happening. The issue is not political, financial, or even social, the issue is the same one the Apostle James and King Solomon spoke of. We have been warned about it over and over again, yet we seem to misunderstand the power it carries. The issue I speak of is our tongue!
We live in a words made world. People are angry because of words they are hearing. People are deeply wounded, not because sticks and stones broke their bones, but because the words that were spoken over them, about them or to them have hurt them. Words are the issue the nations are dealing with. Words that come out of the mouths of politicians and pastors alike; words that parents and peers speak; words that are written on Facebook, in magazines, in newspapers or on billboards and placards. Words that are permeating our radios, televisions and movie screens. Words are containers of power, what you speak is powerful. We remember Martin Luther King Jr.’s words to this day, “I have a dream!” We can hear the words of Jesus when He cried out with a loud voice, “It is finished!” We can quote the words we said on our wedding day, “I do!” or heard in the hospital room at the birth of our first child, “It’s a girl/It’s a boy”. Words, they create images for us, they tell stories to us, they build us up and they tear us down. King Solomon was right when he said, “the power of life and death is in the tongue” (Proverbs 18:21).
Words are so powerful that once you speak them out, you can’t take them back, no matter how many times you say you are sorry. Words penetrate so deep, that people in their 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and beyond are still carrying around words that were spoken to them in their childhood. So, with words being this powerful, why are we not more careful with what we say? Why do we not put a guard on our mouths like the psalmist said in Psalm 141:3? Why do we think we can portray in a music video or magazine shoot, the assassination of our president and those words have no consequence? Who told us we can say what we want under oath and go free? Where did we learn that we can say whatever we want about whoever we want and then think it will not impact those who are listening to us? Where did we lose our ability as leaders in politics, pulpits and parental roles to hold our tongue, choose our words carefully and not spew death over those who hear our voice? Have we forgotten people are listening to us when we speak and that microphones and media amplify what we say?
It is shocking to me to have people who sow words of death, to be shocked when someone who was a campaign manager for their political party opens fire at a softball field at 7am in the morning. It is surprising to me when we expect respect from our children when we show no respect for our President. It causes me to scratch my head when I hear people continually blasting people because of the color of their skin or the amount of money they make. But then I remember, we have raised a generation on the belief that we evolved from monkeys rather than were created by a living God. You see words have power and those in leadership have to realize that we are living a world that their words made. So to be shocked by behavior of people who are losing their minds because we have told them there is no God, should not be surprising.
The truth is, if words can destroy our lives the way they do, then words have the power to build our lives. Romans 12:1-2 says, do not be conformed to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, then you will be able to discern what the will of God is, His good, perfect and pleasing will.” If we change the way we speak, we will change the world in which we live. God is about to raise up word warriors, who carry the truth of the gospel of the kingdom in their mouth, because we live in a words made world and we are in desperate need for life, light and love to invade our lives again. Jesus Christ the Son of the Living God spoke the most powerful words we could ever hear, when He said, “I did not come to be served, but to serve and give my life as a ransom for many! (Mark 10:45). There are many that need to hear the words of a loving Father who gave His one and only begotten son, so that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16).
When Christian leaders, parents and people begin to speak life, we will change the world in which we live, because Genesis 1 reveals to us that we live in a words made world. Our words are our responsibility and knowing how far those words travel is difficult to determine, so it is best to be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry (James 1:19), because our words are containers of power and you don’t know who is listening and how you are impacting them by what you say. Speak life!
Maritime Lessons
The end of May marked the beginning of the Hebrew month of Sivan, which is affiliated with the Tribe of Zebulun, whose typical symbol is that of a ship. When I learned these details last weekend, while listening to Glory of Zion’s sermon on Sunday morning about the month of Sivan, it added substance to some details God was revealing to me, but of which I did not have the frame of reference to place them. Now, that I have a better understanding of why the Lord was leading me to learn about Naval Mines and Barnacles, I can see clearer, that this month is about maritime issues and the Lord is preparing us to be ones who can carry the wealth of the nations. However, in order to be effective carries of these resources, there are some things we need to watch out for, so these are the maritime lessons the Lord has taught me and I want to share with you. I believe they are prophetic warnings of which we can deal with in prayer and they are for our personal lives as we progress into the new that is upon us.
Naval mines are bombs that the enemy drops in waters just outside a harbor that explode when a ship comes in to harbor. These bombs are placed on the ocean floor and are detonated by the presence of the arriving ships in order to blow them up before they can dock. Naval mines are used by many nations around the world to protect their own harbors from enemy ships approaching their harbor. As I studied these naval mines, I realized that when ministries, people and nations rise in financial power, the enemy detonates these bombs in order to destroy the ship carrying those resources. Some naval mines blow up because of people who do not have the character to handle the cash they are called to carry; others have enemies that plant these mines in their lives prior to them become cargo ships, so when they get big enough it triggers the naval mine to cause the explosion. No matter the way, the reality is, Zebulun, is a money ship and this ship is coming into harbor and will be going out of the harbor and the enemy is willing to wait for an opportune time to blow up our lives.
The Lord revealed these naval mines to me and then had me study mine sweeping. Mine sweeping is taking a simulated ship and sweeping the bottom of the ocean so the naval mines detonate prior to the real ships moving about. I believe this is where we have been. God has been mine sweeping our lives from naval mines the enemy planted when we were young, waiting for the opportune time to detonate them. I also believe prayer, fasting, bible reading, worship and silence are all tools God has used to mine sweep our lives, so they enemy cannot blow us up after we set sail into what God has prepared us for.
The second lesson the Lord taught me is that of barnacles. I sense very strongly we need to beware of the barnacles. As I heard these words from the Lord, “beware of the barnacles”, I knew, like the naval mines, the Lord was seeking to protect me from an intruder that would seek to destroy what God was going to release into our lives. Barnacles are marine animals that tend to live in shallow and tidal waters. Barnacles attach themselves to hard substrate. Barnacles in the natural attach themselves to solid things like ships, dock pillars, and jetty rocks. Here is what I did not know, barnacles have no true heart (can you hear what the spirit is saying). “Barnacles are of economic consequence, as they often attach themselves to synthetic structures, sometimes to the structure’s detriment. Particularly in the case of ships” (Wikipedia.com).
Knowing I heard the Lord say, “beware of barnacles” and then learning about the function of barnacles, opened my eyes wider to the reality that Proverbs 30:15 says, “The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give” (KJV). Barnacles are going to try and attach themselves to your life for the sake of what they can get from you and it will produce an economic consequence, so we need to beware of the barnacles. Barnacles, I believe can be people, credit cards, poor financial choices, bad investments, a variety of things. One of the lessons we must learn, who are going to carry the wealth of the nations is cost benefit analysis (CBA). If we aren’t good financial managers, we will not be allowed to carry great amounts of wealth, for the money will destroy us, just like the barnacles.
In this month of Sivan, whose associated tribe is Zebulun and whose symbol is the ship, which is associated to economics, business and money, the Lord is preparing us for an increase, by warning us of some maritime issues, which are very practical and prophetic simultaneously. The Lord delights in the prosperity of His children (Psalm 35:27), that is why He prepares us in so many ways before He releases to us what He wants us to enjoy. I hope this was helpful, insightful and practical. We are entering some very exciting times that is the reason for the maritime lessons.
Titanic: A Prophetic Picture
In church on Sunday, the Lord showed me a picture of an iceberg and said, “even the largest ship is no match for an iceberg”. I knew immediately the Lord was speaking of Titanic, so I went to the movie store and rented the movie. Before watching the movie, I Google’d iceberg to find out if there were any clues the Lord was seeking to show me in that word and this is what I learned. Iceberg (Wikipedia) is also called an ice mountain. I filed this information away as a puzzle piece and then began to watch the movie Titanic. I entered this journey about the iceberg and Titanic with a few puzzle pieces, but no clue of what He wanted to show me or say to me.
While watching the movie, many details stood out to me, one being the reality that there were a majority of rich British people, heading to America to set up business and commerce in the new land. But there were also a few emigrants that were seeking a better life on that boat as well. They had varying levels of which the emigrants could only rise from the bottom up two levels, the other levels were for the wealthy British aristocrats. The attitude of the wealthy was very haughty in the movie, with the exception of a few, one being “Rose” who tried to commit suicide as a way of escaping the phoniness of this lifestyle, but was continually returned to the madness of the British aristocracy. Do you remember the movie? I don’t want to ruin it for anyone that has not seen the movie yet, but the boat hits an iceberg and sinks, killing over half of the passengers, majority of them being wealthy men.
Here is prophetically what I sensed the Lord saying, once I completed the movie…Titanic was the 2nd of 3 passenger ocean liners built by the White Star Lines, which was going to ship wealthy British aristocrats to America and this was their maiden voyage. The Lord highlighted to me, that man and money think they can do anything, so they ascend the highest points of the 7 mountains of culture, seeking to rule as kings of the hill. (Johnny Enlow and Lance Wallnau talk about the 7 mountains, so you can reference them if you need more information on that subject). But the Lord said to me, “remember the iceberg!” The iceberg or the ice mountain, took out the wealth leaders of the nations. Isaiah 2:2 says, “Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.”
I believe what Titanic is prophesying to us is that the ice mountain (the mountain of the Lord) punched holes in the “unsinkable” financial operatives of our day and at this moment it is taking in water. The captain of this ship knows it, some of the crew are aware, everyone felt the shaking, but some are acting as if it is no big deal. Eventually, people will try to pay people off to get them on a life boat, meant for women and children only, others will maintain a snub attitude, thinking this ship will never sink, but remember, the Lord said, Titanic is a prophetic picture of what happened. Even though the ship has not sunk yet, take notice of how many people are running here and there trying to convince people that it won’t sink.
In the movie, 5 safety reserves were punctured, and the boat was only able to have 4 be punctured in order to stay afloat while taking in water. In the movie, one man asked the captain how long til we go under, he said, probably about an hour. Even though the band kept playing music and some kept believing nothing was wrong, eventually the reality of the situation was real and the stress of those who no longer could control things brought out the worst in them but their financial security could not save them. Many began to pray and call upon God, others just remained defiant, but the fate of that ship, once thought that not even God could sink it, was going down and there was no stopping it.
I believe, the ice mountain or God has struck the financial powers that be and the Titanic which was headed to America, has now been averted. The ice mountain of God has saved our nation, yet again from some wealthy people’s agenda and one wealthy person, who saw the futility of the attitudes of the people in their category, broke away and fell in love with common people and those common people helped save his life. Yes, he is still very wealthy, but now his passion is evident, his ability to help this nation is real and God, the ice mountain, has struck a mighty blow to the Titanic that was coming our way.
I am not sure if you can see the parable in this, the prophetic picture, but in the last days (we are living in the last days), the mountain of the Lord will be the chief of all the 7 mountains and all nations will stream to it on earth as it is in heaven. Remember, the glory of the Lord is going to cover the earth like the waters cover the sea and we are going to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living, our best days are in front of us, not behind us. Get ready, we have entered the epoch of the mountain of the Lord!
Lisa Great 