pomegranatesandchains

On Saturday, 4-16-16 I dreamed about layers of fruitfulness throughout one’s life (like words of knowledge) and then I found myself in what I knew to be the Rev. Billy Graham’s North Carolina home’s study where his younger, vital self was sitting alone in a well-loved comfortable chair. I was struck by his dark, wavy hair close up. I did not realize his hair had curl to it. He seemed about 35 – 40. I was above watching him writing a sermon powerfully under unction of Holy Spirit with a large well-worn Bible and notepad on his lap. He looked up and noticed me in the room and said something to me about people who are performing with excellence for the Lord are set apart and known by God.

“So you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.” Malachi 3:18

The Call’s Azusa Now revival happened April 9th in L.A. Coliseum. It brought together in unity believers, prophets and people with a John-the-Baptist anointing to make clear a path for King Jesus’ coming. This commemorates the 110 year anniversary of the Azusa Street revival. Holy Spirit to showed up in a big way with many many healings including people getting up out of wheelchairs to the crowd’s thunderous applause and many having their hearing restored, including veterans of recent wars.

I was one of the thousands attending Azusa Now. Lou Engle (The Call movement) has such an intercessor’s heart for revival fire to break out in America. I have personally heard him speak before at my church in a smaller intimate setting and the spirit of the living God is upon him. I just sat and wept from the presence of Holy Spirit as he powerfully presented his heart for revival before The Call gathering – Sacramento some five years ago. I heard a thundering in my spirit that just kept repeating and getting louder. The same words Father God used for Jesus. “This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.” So I know how close is his walk with the Lord. How true his fasting behavior is…not a show…but to plead with the Father’s heart to turn back our nation to Christ.

Azusa Now centered around Jesus as Lord and his atonement on the cross with the breaking down of walls between ethnic groups and denominations and instead the digging of deep spiritual wells of a united purpose to reach everyone with the good news of salvation. Native American groups beating 120 sticks on tribal drums, Messianic Jews blowing shofars, evangelical Catholics from Italy, Blacks and Hispanics were all represented in deeply moving acts of repentance and forgiveness towards Caucasians and each other. I believe with them that God is looking for people to forgive and make clear a path for the coming glory of the Lord in a last harvest of souls with an Acts church that takes Jesus to the people and doesn’t wait for them to venture into a church building or program. Signs and wonders will mark this remnant of God’s true “church.” Not a building, but a sanctified, consecrated group on fire for Jesus and his word. Heaven will come down and we will see it very soon…along with prophesied judgment will come grace and mercy for those who will wake up and need someone to take them by the hand and heart and tenderly lead them home to Jesus…who will speak the truth in love and compassion…to be the hands and feet of Jesus to a desperately oppressed world even as we intercessors continue to cry out and pray for our nation and revival.

I went as one consecrated from birth to complete the Lord’s work before his coming, standing by myself for God because a Nazarite is not turned back or dissuaded. “Though none go with me, still I will follow,” the old hymn has never been more true as the tares separate from the wheat. .)

God’s power and wonders were on display for all to see. Chains and fetters imposed by brokenness, spirits of insanity and suicide and oppression were split apart. Believers gathered together in unity while planes with the word “UNITED” flew just over the top of the Coliseum with a clarity of purpose and on fire to win souls for God’s kingdom before the final trump is sounded and the ark door shuts (metaphorically) on the Church age of grace. Join us in the harvest of souls. Gain for yourselves a soul-winner’s crown in Heaven.

What if you went to your mailbox today, and on top of the advertisements and bills lay a gleaming invitation, inscribed with your name, made from purest translucent gold to the King of Heaven’s great banquet which is now ready. You will be the special guest of Jesus Christ, the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the earth. A place has been reserved just for you. Travel arrangements have been provided for you, free of charge. A new gleaming white outfit will be provided — no need to pack. Please reply in the postage-paid envelope your choice:

_____Yes, I would love to attend your heavenly banquet. I am honored. Nothing in this world would give me more pleasure. I can’t believe this is a free gift. THANK YOU!

_____No, I cannot attend due to business and career concerns. Making money and investments takes all of my time and energy so I will be unable and unwilling to join you.

_____No, I have recently married or had a child so this time is not convenient for me. Please have the party without me.

_____No, I have never cared for your company. I prefer my own friends who also do not like you — or your son, Jesus, for that matter.  I prefer rebellion and mean-spiritedness over kindness, meekness and humility.  I will choose my own path, thank you anyway.

Believe it! This very banquet is being prepared for you in heaven. Read Luke 14:16-17:  “A man (God) once gave a great banquet and invited a lot of guests. When the banquet was ready, he sent a servant (Jesus) to tell the guests, ‘Everything is ready! Please come.'”

In verses 18-24, one guest after another started making excuses for why they could not attend. I have modernized the choices for you above. It seems ludicrous that earth dwellers would turn down the “YES” choice, but that is what happens countless times across the globe every day. People willfully turn from God and his gracious offer of a free banquet at the end of time to celebrate the marriage of the Lamb of God to his spotless bride, the true remnant Christian bride. Those who stopped their earthly business long enough to realize that eternal destinies are decided every day. Some people have one more day to choose God’s son, and others do not. Time is up. There is no reincarnation. There are no second chances.

Please come with me to God’s banquet. I’ll be looking for you there. Sit next to me. Tell me how you turned from arrogant sin and accepted Jesus’ offer to follow him to your heavenly home. Tell me your very own testimony of how God invited you and you accepted. We will have all of eternity to read each other’s biographies. They will be posted for all to see why your rewards are what they are.  God will fairly mete out honor depending on what service, time, treasures and talents you performed for God’s kingdom while still on earth. “The greatest blessing of all is to be at the banquet in God’s kingdom!” (Luke 14:15)

Problem:  “Those who sin have darkness, despair and death as their destiny. They are terribly evil and thirst for sin. They scrounge around for food, all the while dreading the approaching darkness. Even in times of success they constantly hear the threat of doom.” They are looped in chains of sin..but are unaware they have been willfully trapped.

Why? This is Because they have rebelled against God All-powerful and have attacked him with their weapons. They have put their trust in something worthless; now they will become worthless like a date palm tree without a leaf.”  (paraphrased from Job 15: 16, 21-23, 25, 31-32)

Prophets are chosen by God to turn back the hearts of sinners to their loving Father..to provide reconciliation between God and man/woman. They are to offer warnings from God’s heart…if people will humble themselves and listen to the message. Prophets must repeat what they hear from God, are not to make up words their audience wants to hear, but are untruthful. 100% accuracy is required according to Biblical rules…a pretty stringent set of requirements…not for the faint at heart to take on.

Anecdote: Head over from your computer/internet connection to Charlotte, North Carolina and meet Mena Lee Grebin and her husband Isaac @ http://www.faithfulwalkhealingministries.com. She has a passion to lead people to forgiveness, deliverance and healing through a physical church ministry, internet Watchman on the Wall (prophetic dreams and visions from Holy God to his servant) and Signs of the Times(current news events/commentaries).

She meets the criteria of prophet by repeating faithfully the messages YAHWEH gives her as warnings to repent/turn back to our first love in Yeshua (Jesus’ Hebrew name). She mixes Torah sense to bring a sense of shalom (peace) in a world that is cold, unforgiving and lonely. Remember: Christians follow the greatest Jewish rabbi known to mankind.  Jesus, God in human form (“the Word made flesh” at his first advent) came to fulfill the Jewish Old Testament prophecies first and foremost. His disciples were all Jewish. Paul, the apostle sent to evangelize the gentile (non-Jew), was Jewish.

She repeatedly states that she cares not for the glory this world can offer. She does not accept money for her speaking engagements to keep her motives pure. She seeks to follow God and Yeshua with Holy Spirit’s leadings first and foremost.  Prayerfully listen in and ask Holy Spirit to guide you into all truth.

Jesus said, “Come unto me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”  (Matthew 11:28)

Try this wonderful song for a person who repents and wishes fervently to return to the Lord:  “Life Your Head Weary Sinner” by Crowder on his Neon Steeple album, or “Avalanche” by Manafest on The Chase album.

Did you know that supernatural dreams, visions and healings are happening all around you, probably while you are totally unaware? What separates the truth o God from all other world religions is the spirit of revelation and visions as gifts from Holy Spirit and supernatural happening all around the world every day.

Tune into http://www.Sidroth.org and view his “It’s Supernatural” weekly show with weekly archives stretching back into time. Give yourself permission to view say 30 half hour shows where Sid (a Messianic Jew who was raised Jewish and realized Christ is the Jewish Messiah through direct supernatural happenings himself) interviews in a conversational way many, many men and women of God who are Spirit-filled believers walking in supernatural events, as am I. Then ask yourself, “What other world religion presents this compelling evidence for the truth of God?” Where are the miracles being performed in the world at this time? You would have to debunk THEM ALL…which would require a hardening of the heart and dumbing down of your intellect. A choice to be stubborn and hard-hearted in the face of overwhelming healings and deliverances. You will be unable to tell God at the final reckoning that there was no evidence of his modern-day miracles and intervention as a good and holy father in 2015, 2014, 2013….and back two centuries. He is not asleep, unconcerned and in a “hands-off” mode. Wake up! Join God’s side while you may…

The devil works overtime to keep you overwhelmed, busy, distracted by worldly cares and entertainment, so you will simply not take the time to view the overwhelming evidence for yourself. Add a comment on this website as to the people who most speak to your heart. I’d love to hear.

As we approach this year’s Channukah and Christmas season, God’s gift of light to the world swings more clearly into focus on crisp, clear frosty nights. There is more need for light to overcome darkness. In Channukah, we see a foreshadowing of the gift of light…a miraculous supply of oil for the Jewish temple lamps…but this points to the middle lamp, the servant lamp from which all the others are lit.

Jesus, light of the world, was first sent as a suffering servant — the middle lamp — to fulfill the Old Testament prophecies in Isaiah 53 and many other places, in addition to all the prophecies spoken about himself by Jesus which are fulfilled in his death and resurrection three days later.

Messsiah…Savior…Jesus…forgiver of sinful man…this is the present.

Open it. Unwrap it. Marvel in its perfection. BUT — what if the greatest gift ever known to man, far surpassing wealth, power and  is rejected — unwrapped — overlooked — scorned — marked “return to sender?” Without believing in the gift, having faith that the gift is indeed God’s son sent to redeem man from arrogance, pride and sin, then the gift is rejected.  You remain unredeemed, unsaved…greatly loved and pursued by God, but unrepentant.

“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.” (Ephesians 2:8) – Contemp. Engl Vers.

“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” (Isaiah 55:7) – King James version

Call upon the Lord today. Angels will rejoice at your salvation. You and I will hug and meet someday in heaven though you are far away across the world in the natural.

From the many gifts given by God, this Thanksgiving I am grateful for….colors. We know from the origins of movies and television that a plot and characters can be conveyed adequately through the medium of black and white film…but oh the glorious joy when Dorothy steps through the door of her humble house from Kansas into the land of Oz.

Holy Spirit begins to download a gift of knowledge about color meanings as I am driving, and I have to pull over to hastily record everything being told in rapid succession. Are you drawn to one color more than another? This may be why…

GOLD = love, pure, God’s love, covenant

SILVER = refiner’s fire purchased by the Lamb of God

ORANGE = warrior, boldness, power through faith

YELLOW = courage, wisdom, glory of God, joy

BLUE = infinity, water, prophetic, heavenly realm, unchanging nature of God

TURQUOISE = perfect peace, calm, reflection in Jesus’ eyes

GREEN = prosperity, resurrection, life

RED = blood of Christ, atonement, protection, honoring commitment

PURPLE = royalty, redeemer, joy, incorruptibility, purchase

BROWN = swiftness, promises given

SOFT GREY = ephemeral man, striving for peace, obedient to truth,  compassionate warmth

WHITE = purity, hope, ultimate cleansing

COPPER = transition

PINK = affection, new love

PEACH = warrior in prayer — sheathed before action

Then I ask, rather hesitantly. “What about BLACK?” Answer = man without God, cast off, hopeless, despair, emptiness, heartache, deception, darkness. But also: from the blackest clouds, water can flow. Truth is the antithesis to lies. God’s rainbow, spectrum of 7 colors, is God’s promise of salvation over all until the end of time.

Also: “I am the way, the truth and the life.” is a green statement of truth. “No man cometh to the Father except through me,” speaks of the brown swiftness of instant salvation through faith in Jesus, who hung on a brown wooden tree. “Today you will be with me in Heaven,” Jesus tells the repentant criminal hanging next to him.

Told by Holy Spirit that Trees represent permanence, covenant and life. God’s son, Jesus, hung on a “Tree of life” though evil meant it for death. So paper and wood became a vehicle for His word to be recorded, written down. People have a natural affection for wood built into our DNA by creator. We’re drawn to its spiritual meaning without even knowing why. Books, decks, wooden boats (to carry us through water), docks (to carry us over water), furniture and especially beds which have us literally climb into God’s promise for rest, renewal and life).