Scripture ref: Daniel ch. 3.  *Note vs. 23-27*

China: Communist totalitarian regime; extreme persecution of Christians; 

= 80M - 100M believers and rising

Indonesia: Theocratic Islamic regime; Extreme persecution of Christians;

= 33M believers and rising

Iran:  Theocratic Islamic regime; Extreme persecution of Christians 

= One million plus believers and rising

India: Hindu; Extreme persecution of Christians;

= 66M believers and rising 

The United States of America...?

I saw  what I thought to be an olive, being pressed and squeezed in between two hands…gently at first, then more and more intensely until I saw oil begin to come from the olive. I knew this was the Church.

Still more and more the olive was squeezed, almost to breaking point… And people began to scream - to shout - to cry out to the Lord…but these cries were different - cries like I had never heard before…these were cries that were coming up from a place of pressure.

As the cries reached Heaven, the Lord turned His Head…as if we had suddenly got His attention:

And the conversation I heard, went something like this:

The Lord: “Are you ready for me now?”

The cry from His People: “YES!”

It was from this place of weakness and brokenness that I saw the anointing oil was now flowing freely and unhindered from the Body of Christ…and it was also from this Place that the Bride of Christ began to emerge. The Place where we were, had now become a place of purity and holiness…an aroma of Life in the midst of the stench of death.

And The Lord gave me this scripture - 

“We are hard pressed on every side,but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.” 2 Corinthians 4:8-12

But…If we want revival, we must want the LORD more than anything else…more than our own lives, we must want Him.

#FollowingJesus #2chronicles714 #ArmyOfTheLord

 

 This was a race for the soul of humanity…and with each lap, more and more people joined the race and started running…But no longer just gentiles - now it was Jews…I said to the Lord “the vale is truly being lifted…(Read Romans 11:25-26)

What does that mean for us?”

Then I heard the sound of a bell… the sound that you hear when a runner hits the final lap of a race…

And there were many people running…I sensed tension in the heavenly places: 

One after another, we entered the final lap - and each time the bell would ring. As a consequence, the bell didn’t stop ringing, but just kept on. And I heard “Last Call!”

This is a wake up call for the Gentile Church; 

This is the final time around: 

I saw nations and people groups I had not seen before…

Cultures and tongues I did not know (Matt 24:14)…

At the final bell, they entered into The Way, and joined the race with us (Matthew 20:1-16)…

And I felt the Lord saying to everyone, “Keep on! Don’t stop: 

“For the final lap is the one you must run the hardest:

Forsaking all else (Luke 9:23-24)…

Throwing off every burden (1Peter5:7)

And fixing your eyes on the Prize (Hebrews 12:1-3)!

The final lap is the moment where you MUST find strength that is not your own (2Corinthians12:9)…

Where you MUST realize that you can’t do it on your own…

And where My Church will truly understand that “man does not live by bread alone, but by every Word of God.” 

It is for this purpose, you have run this race…

So that I can bring you to this High Place - of weakness…

For where, except in your weakness could you ever really know Me - The True Power of My Grace…the Strength of My Salvation…?

Where else could you truly understand - My arm is NOT short that it cannot Save? ✝️ 

Beloved, you are going to need this”

Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.  He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you. Deuteronomy 8:2-5 

(Revelation 3:14-22)

I believe this is the time…

and what is our source?

Nothing,  but the Blood of Jesus

#ArmyOfTheLord #FollowingJesus

 Luke10: 17 The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” 18 And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. 

But what Jesus says to his disciples next, is the ONLY thing that really matters….this is our FOUNDATION…from which the Bride of Christ must - and will arise. Once we learn to do THIS 👇…everything else will flow 

vs. 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

#ArmyOfTheLord #FollowingJesus

 Only through genuine humility and repentance

…a turning away from the love of this world…

a laying down of our ministries…names…reputations…favorite preachers…wealth…resources…our very lives

…a tearing down of whatever we have built for ourselves…

forsaking all and turning solely back to God…

Only then, will we be able to overcome this COVID virus…and whatever will come after it.

Luke 9:22-25

This is not on America - her sin has become too great…This is on us, the Church…But when will we learn? - When will the lesson be learned? We cannot overcome the world by joining it.

Forgive me, but, to quote the words of Winston Churchill:  “You cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth!”…and this exactly where Christian pop culture and church elitism is taking us.

We have to run the other Way…

The only hope for this nation is revival…but the only Way to revival is through repentance and embracing the Cross ✝️. This is how we fight the good fight of faith. Lord make your Bride ready…whatever the cost.

#2chronicles714 #WatchmanOnTheWall

Father, it is the final hour. Let me take NOTHING for granted…but let me look to you for everything, - because this is what YOU want!

The time is coming where we must choose: either we are in Goshen (under the Blood); or in Egypt (under the judgment)….

so, for our own sakes, God is going to humble His Church…

to the point where the only strength he will allow us to possess, will be the strength to cling to the cross…and nothing else 

Deuteronomy 8:2-5

And out of this humility will come revival…

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 #ArmyOfTheLord #fastforfamily

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.

Ephesians 6:10-13

The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”

Genesis 2:18

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.

Ephesians 5: 22-24

Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear—but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious. For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.

1Peter 3:3-6

 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. 

In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 

For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,  because we are members of his body. 

Ephesians 5:25-30

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.  “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise),  “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”  Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Ephesians 6:1-4 

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. Matthew 18:10

***🇺🇸Because the heart of America is the Church…the heart of the Church is Christ — and the heart of Jesus Christ is family…

And when I see the end times army of the Lord - I see families***

Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.

Ephesians 6:14-18

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

Revelation 22:21

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 Large crowds came to Him in the desert (the hard place)

Matt 14:13-21

But…

who was able to come to Him on the water? 

(the impossible place)

Matt 14:28

For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. (Matt16:25)

Matthew 10

28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 

30 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 

31 Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. 

32 So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, 

33 but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

***Read Matthew 5:9-12***

34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 

35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 

36 And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. 

***Light must be separated from darkness otherwise how could it ever be recognized as Light.  Do we want our families saved? Yes!  

But before there can be any reconciliation between sinful men, a person must first be reconciled and set apart completely to the sinless and Holy God…This means we must step over the line and separate ourselves solely unto Him…

Holding nothing back, and forsaking everything and everyone else…

Still living in the world, but no longer of the world. 

Offensive?…Yes - 

But this is how we are sanctified…

This is how we are able let our lights shine before our families…friends…enemies…even in the face of  persecution. (I speak from first hand experience)***

Matthew 19:29-30

Luke 9:23-26

John 17

37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

40 “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. 

***Note: These instructions were given to Jesus’s closest followers - The Twelve. These same instructions apply to all of us who also desire to be Jesus’s disciples and to follow Him closely.***

Lord, it is the final hour…and we cannot perch on the fence any longer. Please make Your Bride ready…and if it takes persecution - so be it…because you love us!

Read Revelation ch.2 & 3