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Picture Of A Prophet

Picture Of A Prophet
By Leonard Ravenhill

The prophet in his day is fully accepted of God and totally rejected by men.

Years back, Dr. Gregory Mantle was right when he said, "No man can be fully accepted until he is totally rejected." The prophet of the Lord is aware of both these experiences. They are his "brand name."

The group, challenged by the prophet because they are smug and comfortably insulated from a perishing world in their warm but untested theology, is not likely to vote him "Man of the year" when he refers to them as habituates of the synagogue of Satan!

The prophet comes to set up that which is upset. His work is to call into line those who are out of line! He is unpopular because he opposes the popular in morality and spirituality. In a day of faceless politicians and voiceless preachers, there is not a more urgent national need than that we cry to God for a prophet! The function of the prophet, as Austin-Sparks once said, "has almost always been that of recovery."

The prophet is God's detective seeking for a lost treasure. The degree of his effectiveness is often determined by his measure of unpopularity.

* Compromise is not known to him.

* He has no price tags.

* He is totally "otherworldly. "

* He is unquestionably controversial and unpardonably hostile.

* He marches to another drummer!

* He breathes the rarefied air of inspiration.

* He is a "seer" who comes to lead the blind.

* He lives in the heights of God and comes into the valley with a "thus saith the Lord."

* He shares some of the foreknowledge of God and so is aware of impending judgment.

* He lives in "splendid isolation."

* He is forthright and outright, but he claims no birthright.

* His message is "repent, be reconciled to God or else...!"

* His prophecies are parried.

* His truth brings torment, but his voice is never void.

* He is the villain of today and the hero of tomorrow.

* He is excommunicated while alive and exalted when dead!

* He is dishonored with epithets when breathing and honored with epitaphs when dead.

* He is a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, but few "make the grade" in his class.

* He is friendless while living and famous when dead.

* He is against the establishment in ministry; then he is established as a saint by posterity.

* He eats daily the bread of affliction while he ministers, but he feeds the Bread of Life to those who listen.

* He walks before men for days but has walked before God for years.

* He is a scourge to the nation before he is scourged by the nation.

* He announces, pronounces, and denounces!

* He has a heart like a volcano and his words are as fire.

* He talks to men about God.

* He carries the lamp of truth amongst heretics while he is lampooned by men.

* He faces God before he faces men, but he is self-effacing.

* He hides with God in the secret place, but he has nothing to hide in the marketplace.

* He is naturally sensitive but supernaturally spiritual.

* He has passion, purpose and pugnacity.

* He is ordained of God but disdained by men.

Our national need at this hour is not that the dollar recover its strength, or that we save face over the Watergate affair, or that we find the answer to the ecology problem. We need a God-sent prophet!

I am bombarded with talk or letters about the coming shortages in our national life: bread, fuel, energy. I read between the lines from people not practiced in scaring folk. They feel that the "seven years of plenty" are over for us. The "seven years of famine" are ahead. But the greatest famine of all in this nation at this given moment is a FAMINE OF THE HEARING OF THE WORDS OF GOD (Amos 8:11).

Millions have been spent on evangelism in the last twenty-five years. Hundreds of gospel messages streak through the air over the nation every day. Crusades have been held; healing meetings have made a vital contribution. "Come-outers" have "come out" and settled, too, without a nation-shaking revival. Organizers we have. Skilled preachers abound. Multi-million dollar Christian organizations straddle the nation. BUT where, oh where, is the prophet? Where are the incandescent men fresh
from the holy place? Where is the Moses to plead in fasting before the holiness of the Lord for our moldy morality, our political perfidy, and sour and sick spirituality?

GOD'S MEN ARE IN HIDING UNTIL THE DAY OF THEIR SHOWING FORTH. They will come. The prophet is violated during his ministry, but he is vindicated by history.

There is a terrible vacuum in evangelical Christianity today. The missing person in our ranks is the prophet. The man with a terrible earnestness. The man totally otherworldly. The man rejected by other men, even other good men, because they consider him too austere, too severely committed, too negative and unsociable.

Let him be as plain as John the Baptist.
Let him for a season be a voice crying in the wilderness of modern theology and
stagnant "churchianity. "
Let him be as selfless as Paul the apostle.
Let him, too, say and live, "This ONE thing I do."
Let him reject ecclesiastical favors.
Let him be self-abasing, nonself-seeking, nonself-projecting, nonself- righteous,
nonself-glorying, nonself-promoting.
Let him say nothing that will draw men to himself but only that which will move
men to God.
Let him come daily from the throne room of a holy God, the place where he has
received the order of the day.
Let him, under God, unstop the ears of the millions who are deaf through the
clatter of shekels milked from this hour of material mesmerism.
Let him cry with a voice this century has not heard because he has seen a vision
no man in this century has seen. God send us this Moses to lead us from the
wilderness of crass materialism, where the rattlesnakes of lust bite us and where
enlightened men, totally blind spiritually, lead us to an ever-nearing Armageddon.

God have mercy! Send us PROPHETS!

PROPHETESS JOY ALLEN

Founder, Joy of the LORD Ministries

Member, It Is Written Ministry / The Salt & Fire Network

<http://www.joy- of-the-lord. org/>

WEBSITE WWW.JOY-OF-THE- LORD.ORG <http://www.joy- of-the-lord. org/>

20 Tests Of A True Prophet

20 TESTS OF A TRUE PROPHET
Prophet Martin Young
Nov 21, 2006

TO THOSE CALLED TO BE SAINTS:

It is my desire to inform you of the "rules of engagement" when
encountering any person who comes to you or your church professing to
be a Prophet sent by God. It is each individual person and churches
responsibility to learn how to discern the true from the false and
WELCOME and RECEIVE the true Prophets of God.

There is a difference between a person who operates in the office of
Prophet verses a person that operates in the gift of Prophecy.

1. Prophets have a tendency to have Dreams and Visions. They are
called "Seer". Seer- one who sees in the spirit or Sees what he is
prophesying. Prophets are seers...not all Seers are Prophets!

2.They have special sensitivity to spiritual things. From birth they
have an interest in the things of the spirit. Prophets are born not
made!

3. Prophets have a comprehension of prophetic matters. They will see
prophetic things in the world around them, TV, commercials, the news,
and pictures! They see God in everything.

4. Prophets have a deep understanding of the place of Prophecy in the
body of Christ.

5. They have awareness that Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy. "And I
fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "See that you do
not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have
the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the
spirit of prophecy." Rev 19:10 (NKJV)

6. Prophets will have unusual interpretive skills They have the
ability to see or hear something and then interpret what it means.

7. Prophets have a capacity to receive revelation from the Spirit of
Truth. They can hear from God. They get messages from the word of God.

8. Prophets have extraordinary wisdom and insight. They will
understand things of the spirit and not really know why!

9. Prophets have great sense for the application of prophecy. Prophets
can counsel by the spirit of God and not from human understanding.

10. Prophets have heightened spiritual discernment and understanding
of the spiritual world, and can detect the direction and movement of
spiritual forces.

11. Prophets will have an inordinate grasp of the Scriptures.

12.They have potential for inspired utterances. He has the gift of
Prophecy and it will manifest at all times only God may not allow him
to deliver it.

13. They have remarkable accuracy in terms of divine communication.
Prophets will know things that "only God can know" and minister it
very accurately.

14.Prophets have governmental abilities. Prophets understands
foundations and structure in the church. What's in order and what is
out of order? They can help establish leadership in the Church.

15. Prophets will have Strong literary skills. He does not have to be
perfect but should be able to leave written accounts for future
generations.

16. Prophets have impressive elocution or very bold speaking that
arrests people and causes them to listen/hear by the spirit.

17. Prophets will have a fierce allegiance to God and the things of
God. They are the sin finders in the Body of Christ. They can't stand
Sin!

18. Prophets have unusual Judicial aptitude, understanding of how and
when to minister and when and when not to. They have integrity,
patience and an understanding of timing.

19. Prophets have great organizational, management and administrative
abilities as it relates to the Church. They understand the structure
of the church. They also know when it's out of order. Prophets will
usually point out the leaders in the church and will confirm those
leaders for the Pastor!

20. Prophets have Outstanding leadership abilities. They are natural
born leaders. Prophets are brought in to help lay down the foundation
of the church. Prophets are the watchman, strongmen, intercessors and
the voice of the Lord to the church today.

Believe the words of the Prophet and you will prosper. Shut the voice
of the Prophet down and God will no longer speak.

A true Prophet is not flaky or weird. They don't do things out of
order. They work with and honor all Pastors and those in authority in
a local body. They don't manipulate or control in anyway. True
Prophets are not to be feared! They are a special gift to the body of
Christ to help the leadership and strengthen the saints!

The bottom-line, if someone comes in to your church and they don't
have these qualities, they are not a Prophet Period!

In Christ alone,

Prophet Martin Young

The Spirit of Cameleons

I believe what God spoke to me was about the Spirit of the Chameleon. Where the false apostles are portraying the walk of the apostle as a certain LOOK, and certain SOUND, and a certain VERBAGE. TheLord also began to show me and open my eyes to the fact that the Chameleon gets into an environment and adjusts it's skin to portray it's environment. But still on the inside it's a LIZARD. It may look
like an apostle and talk like an apostle but he can't walk like an
apostle. Underneath the skin it's still a lizard... WATCH OUT for those
that say key words that tickle itching ears, WATCH OUT for those that
seem to have on the right clothes, and WATCH OUT for those that seem to have the money and clout but have NO FRUIT. *I feel like the little
chihuahua dog in the Taco Bell commercial, "Here lizard, lizard,
lizard..." Call that spirit out when you see it and then OBLITERATE IT.
CANCEL it's assighnment.

Apostlic authority is regional, and if the enemy can use false apostles
to conquer REGIONS, he is covering a large/vast amount of territory at
one time slowly and cunningly. They are doing it with small churhces
first, those that have come out of the PROFESSIONAL church organization
or what I like to call a "franchise". Since they are free from one
bondage, he is trying to conquer them in another. And then it spreads
like the plague from that small little church to other small churches
therefore becoming one huge infested organism in bondage.

Paul addresses the FALSE APOSTLES in 2Cor chapter 11. I read it in the
New Living Translation and I would encourage you all to read it in that
translation as well. Along with KJV. If you don't have a NLT you can go
to www.biblegateway. com <http://www.biblegat eway.com/> and pull it up there.

Crystal Smith" epiphany_ministries@yahoo.com apostlecrystal

True Apostleship

All throught the book of 2Cor however Paul gave us key things to look for in a TRUE APOSTLE... And these signs shall follow them that believe: "Look for the Signs"

Signs of True Apostleship

2Cor 1:1, 21; 4:1 Commissioned by God

2Cor 1:12 Acts in holiness, sincerity, and dependence on God alon in his
dealings with men

2Cor 1:13,14 Straightforward and sincere in your writings and speakings

2Cor 1:18; 4:2 Speaks truthfully

2Cor 1:22 Has God's Holy Spirit

2Cor 2:4; 6:11; 11:11 Loves the Believer

2Cor 4:2 Teaches the bible with Integrity

2Cor 4:5 Has CHRIST as the center of thier message (NOT CARS, HOUSES,
LAND, and MONEY)

2Cor 4:8-12; 6:4; 5,9,&10 Endures persecution as you teach the Good News

2Cor 5:18-20 Is an ambassodor for CHRIST, call to tell the GOOD

2Cor 6:3 4 Tries to live an exemplary life so that others wouldn not be
kept from God

2Cor 6:6 Led a pure life, understood the gospel, and displayed patience
with immature believer

2Cor 6:7 Was truthful and filled with God's power

2Cor 6:8 Stood true to God first and always

2Cor 7:2; 11:7-9 Never leads anyone astray or took advantage of anyone

2Cor 8:20-21 Handles the offerings (money and property) of the saints
responsibly and blamelessly

2Cor 10:1-6 Uses God's weapons not for their own but for God's
work

2Cor 10:7-8 Is confident the he/she belongs to God

2Cor 10:12-13 Does not boast in himself but in the LORD

2Cor 10:14-15 Has authority because he/she teaches the Good News

2Cor 11:23-33 Endures pain and danger as they fulfill their call

2Cor 12:2-4 Is blessed with an astounding vision

2Cor 12:6 LIVES as an example to the people

2Cor 12:7-10 Is constantly humbled by a thorn in he/she's flesh that
God will NOT take away

2Cor 12:12 Did miracles among them (IS THIS MISSING RIGHT NOW OR WHAT)

2Cor 12:19 Is always motivated to strengthen others spiritually

2Cor 13:4 Filled with God's power

2Cor 13:5-6 Passes the Tests

2Cor 13:9 Is always concerned that he/she/their spiritual children
become mature believers

And these sign shall follow them that believe because withouth these
things manifesting in that apostles life there will be no miracles,
signs, or wonders.

Crystal Smith" epiphany_ministries@yahoo.com apostlecrystal

SEVEN MAJOR SIGNS OF THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST

SEVEN MAJOR SIGNS OF THE SECOND COMING

There are seven major prophetic signs of the Second Coming, and for the first time in history all seven are in some stage of fulfillment. As in years past, I'll list the seven with their primary biblical references and offer commentary from current events.

1. Israel Will Be In The Land... Ezekiel 38:8

After many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety.

In 1948, when Israel took its place among the nations of the world again for the first time in nearly 2000 years, students of prophecy recognized the fulfillment of the primary sign that the end of the age was upon us. Jesus had said that the generation being born when that happened would still be alive when He returned (Matt. 24:34).

The fulfillment of this prophecy caused another reaction as well. Satan reads prophecy too, and began exerting his influence on world leaders in his continuing effort to thwart the plan of God. As a result, Israel has fought six major wars in the last 58 years, each of them an attempt to erase the Jewish Homeland from the face of the Earth. And it's clear that this effort will continue, with the biggest battle of all looming on the horizon, foretold by Ezekiel in chapters 38-39. Israel's enemies, both physical and spiritual, won't let up until they've either succeeded (their view) or been destroyed (God's view).

But in abandoning their Gaza settlements last year, and with their inconclusive performance against Hezbollah this summer, it seems to many as if the Israelis have become their own worst enemy. In Gaza, the plan was to free the military from having to protect the settlements (a major commitment) while maintaining control of their borders. But turning part of their border security over to Egypt has been a disaster, permitting the Palestinians to smuggle in tons of weapons, ammunition and explosives from the Sinai (courtesy of Syria and Iran) and fire more mortars and missiles into Israel than ever before.

Although US and Israeli leaders promised that abandoning Gaza would improve the nation's security, the opposite has happened. And as those opposed to the abandonment predicted, Gaza has become a major center for terrorist activity. When Hamas won the Palestinian elections they quickly turned Gaza into an armed camp. Now Hamas appears to be just as dangerous a threat as Hezbollah and Israel seems to be caught between two forces powerful enough to make defeat a distinct possibility.

But the God of Israel sees a different outcome. "I will bring back my exiled people Israel; they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them," says the LORD your God. (Amos 9:14-15)

2. Jerusalem Will Be In Jewish Hands... Luke 21:24

They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

The Lord prophesied that the reunification of Jerusalem as a Jewish City would be a sign that foreign (gentile) influence over His land, and indeed the world, was about to end. When this happened in 1967, prophecy experts saw it as another major sign fulfilled. The almost world wide effort to take the city apart again is in essence a battle of wills; the Will of God vs. the will of man. Until recently every Israeli politician has stood firmly on a pledge to keep Jerusalem united forever as Israel's capital.

But then former Prime Minister Sharon said that if re-elected he'd consider abandoning parts of the suburbs to achieve peace. His stroke-induced coma ended his political career, but his hand picked successor, Ehud Olmert, has hinted at following through on Sharon's proposals. Olmert's poor performance in the war against Hezbollah has robbed him of the political strength to follow through for now. And God said that when He re-gathered His people in the land for the 2nd time (the first was after Babylon) they'd never be dispersed again, and so far it looks like He meant it. (Amos 9:15)

The fulfillment of these two major prophecies concerning Israel has caused confusion in the minds of some commentators. It centers around an incorrect interpretation of Matt. 24:34, that all end times prophecies are to be fulfilled within a generation, nominally 40 years, of Israel's re-gathering in 1948. That error made 1988 seem like the likely time for the End. But when 1988 came and went scholars focused on the Jerusalem date, 1967, and began adding 40 years to that, advancing their predictions to 2007. The rationale for this is that the timing of the First Coming prophecies in Daniel 9:24-27 keyed off the rebuilt city, not off the return to the Land.

But the Lord didn't promise that all end times prophecies would be fulfilled within a generation of their beginning, only that the generation being born at the time of the first of the signs would still be alive to see their completion. According to Psalm 90:10 a Biblical life span is 70 years, so predicting the approximate time of the End requires the addition of 70 years to either 1948 or 1967, not 40.

There are good arguments in favor of either date, so the safest bet is to construct a window of time opening in 2018 and extending to 2037 for the fulfillment of all End Time Prophecies. And remember, the culmination of End Times prophecies is the Second Coming, not the Rapture of the Church, which precedes it by at least 7 years. As the time draws nearer, the timing of the 2nd Coming will become more and more obvious. Those people around when a treaty is enforced permitting the Jews to build their Temple in Israel will know that it's seven years away. Those who witness the anti Christ standing in that Temple proclaiming himself to be God will know there are only 1260 days left until the end of the Great Tribulation, and the 2nd Coming happens right after that. As Paul so clearly put it, only those in darkness will be taken by surprise. But at this point in time, the 19-year range I've given above offers a minimally speculative period within which it could all come to pass.

3. A Moslem Coalition Armed And Led By Russia Will Attack The Holy Land... Ezek. 38:2-6

"Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal; prophesy against him. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army--your horses, your horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their swords. Persia, Cush and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets, also Gomer with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its troops--the many nations with you."

(For a more detailed explanation of the modern equivalents to these biblical names, read "An In Depth Look At The Modern Equivalent To Biblical Names in Ezek.38)

Over 130 historical references make it plain that Magog stands for modern Russia, and the other countries named here form a coalition based on their common religion, Islam. (Today Russia is 30% Moslem and growing.) Among them are Iran, several North African countries, Eastern European countries along the Danube, and the Turkic nations of Asia Minor. A quick look at a world map will reveal that these areas are home to some of the most violent Islamic terrorist groups. The Russians are already a major supplier of arms for the Moslem coalition, just as Ezekiel prophesied, and will be drawn into joining in this battle by God Himself. Russia's barely disguised policy of becoming the major outside force in the Middle East is playing right into the Lord's hands. Iran and Russia are well into the implementation of a $50 billion deal to provide Iran with nuclear power. The 10 reactors called for in the deal are supposedly for electrical power generation, but most western leaders suspect they'll be used to build bombs, too. Iranian Pres. Ahmadinejad says he'll proclaim Iran to be a nuclear power right after the New Year, but most experts think a bomb is still a ways off. Israel has again vowed to prevent that ever happening, but the US seems to be backing off its similar promise.

Recently, to offset the loss of Iraq as their primary mid-east asset, Russia has formed commercial and military alliances with Turkey and Syria, becoming Turkey's 2nd largest trading partner after Germany. Turkey's inability to resolve the issue they have with Greece over Cypress will likely torpedo their attempt to join the EU. Recent polls also show a dramatic decrease in public support among Turks for EU membership. From an initial high of nearly 90%, less than half of all Turks now favor joining. Russia is quickly moving to bring Turkey under its influence, a shift that could cause Turkey to abandon the West and line up with the Moslem coalition as Ezekiel foretold.

Russia has also sold Damascus a state of the art anti-air defense system along with their latest generation missiles and anti-tank rockets and plan to construct a major military seaport in northern Syria, moving components of their Black Sea fleet there. As this is being written Syrian Pres. Assad is in Russia with $500 million Iranian dollars shopping for more weapons. In Lebanon, Russian Military Intelligence has just about taken over the town of Sidon, spying on Israel for Iran and Syria. Iran has taken delivery of a Russian air defense system too, to protect its Bushier reactor site.

Iran seems to be preparing its people for war with Israel and even the US, making the most outlandish claims in an effort to whip their people into a frenzy not seen since the days of the US embassy kidnapping of the 70's. This inflammatory ranting has included a Holocaust denial seminar attended by 30 countries, and a promise to wipe Israel off the face of the map. Former Israeli PM Netanyahu has said that it's like 1938 all over again. (He has also said that Iran is only 1000 days from achieving its goal of nuclear weaponry.)

The major obstacle to an early fulfillment of this prophecy is the reference to its occurrence at a time when Israel is "peaceful and unsuspecting" (Ezekiel 38:11). I believe that the removal of the US as Israel's powerful ally is necessary to create this condition. I don't think the Moslem coalition will attack until they're sure the US won't retaliate. It's no accident that Iran has led a charge against the US dollar, causing a major weakening in world markets and setting the stage for an end to the monopoly the dollar has enjoyed in international oil markets. Iran is also the primary force behind the instability in Iraq. The cost of this war is creating unsustainable deficits for the US, and with the dollar weakening, the US may be forced to vacate the Middle East soon. The coming change in government will be an interesting addition to this mix, but the bottom line is that either the US or some other entity (the UN?) has to make a toothless agreement to protect Israel to set them up for this battle.

As we begin 2007, the Middle East is in the most volatile situation of our generation. The Palestinian Territories, Iraq and Lebanon could all erupt into civil war this year. Syria and Israel are at each other's throats with some predicting a spring war, and both Hamas and Hezbollah are itching to jump into the fray. The US is building up forces off the coast of Iran, and Israel has said it will not allow Iran to go nuclear. Surely one of these powder kegs will explode and could even start a chain reaction.

I believe that once these issues are resolved, either by warfare or negotiation or both, a false peace will come to Israel very suddenly and unexpectedly, like the collapse of the Soviet Union, and Israel will be set up for Ezekiel 38 by its supposed peace partners.

When the time is right, having recently taken His church to Heaven, the Lord will use this battle to orchestrate His reconciliation with Israel, and on its heels the anti Christ will emerge with a peace plan that includes a Jewish Temple. So once this battle takes place, end times prophecy will go on fast forward.

4. The Ancient Roman Empire Will Re-Emerge As A Political Force... Rev 17:9-10

"This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven hills on which the woman sits. They are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for a little while." (This one is a little obscure if you don't know your history. When John was writing this, about 95AD, there had been five great world powers; Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, and Greece. All were conquered and absorbed. The current power was Rome, which was never really conquered and will re-emerge at the end of the age, according to Daniel 9:26.)

Daniel 2:36-45 describes Gentile Dominion from Daniel's time forward (Egypt and Assyria had already fallen) in the form of a giant statue. Read it carefully and you'll find some interesting things in the description of the feet of iron mixed with clay, representing the revived Roman Empire of our time. In the first place the two don't mix. We can imagine sticky clay serving as glue sticking pieces of iron together, but the language describes a clay that's made of dust and already baked... hard and brittle like shards of pottery. You can't make random pieces of iron and pottery adhere. They'll keep falling apart.

In 2005 the EU constitution vote was defeated as one more example of how the EU has had trouble sticking together just as Daniel prophesied. Half-hearted efforts to revive it in 2006 bore no fruit. When Germany takes over the EU Presidency in 2007, look for another, more serious attempt to get the constitution passed. Remember the common currency issue a few years ago? Each one of these controversial steps has nearly driven the EU to its knees, but each time it has recovered. One day soon the EU will assume its destiny as the leading world power for the End of the Age.

In the mean time the Western European Union (WEU) a 10 nation confederacy of the only permanent and fully vested members of the EU has assumed responsibility for creating its military arm, based on its Recommendation 666, passed earlier. And in January 2007 the EU's European Neighborhood Plan (ENP) takes effect. It's a seven-year treaty that brings 12 Middle Eastern countries including Israel and the Palestinian Authority into economic cooperation with the EU. The EU's Javier Solana has been fighting to get this program off the ground for years, and its coming implementation has made him the current favorite among those looking for the anti-Christ.

5. The World Will Embrace A Single Religion... Rev 13:8

All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast--all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.

The one world religion idea has been around for most of our generation, often under the guise of ecumenism. As the liberal denominations continue watering down their theology there are fewer things keeping them apart. Now some Evangelical leaders are questioning whether Jesus is really the only way to salvation. The flirtation between certain Evangelical groups and the Catholic Church is interesting, as is the dialog between the Pope and Leaders of Islam, and their common devotion to Mary. The Catholic Church is one of the richest organizations on the planet with over 1 billion members on 6 continents, and clearly thinks of itself as the world's dominant religious group. It's no secret that the Catholic church is posturing itself to be a major player in End times events.

But make no mistake about it. The rise of radical Islam is the chief threat to world peace today and their goal is nothing less than world domination. Their god is not the God of the Bible, and their fight with Jews and Christians actually began in the 7th Century AD when the Jews rejected Mohammed's offer of consolidation. Prior to that time he had counseled his followers to respect and befriend the Jewish people, but when they refused to join his religion, he declared jihad (holy war) against them. Christians were included 400 years later as a result of the Crusades.

Currently nearly one out of five inhabitants of the world is Moslem, and like most Christians and Jews don't really know what they believe or why. Ignorance and misinformation are primary tools of the devil so I would urge all thinking people to really study the origin and goals of Islam. It will soon be the world's most popular religion, and after the removal of Evangelical Christians in the Rapture could easily be the foundation on which the one world religion is built.

In 2 Thes. 2:7 Paul wrote that the secret power of lawlessness was already at work in the world but that the One who holds it back would continue to do so until He is taken out of the way (out of the midst). Understand that Paul wasn't referring to man's disregard for the law here, but rather to his refusal to accept the truth. In New Testament Greek the word for unbelief is also translated disobedience. God's view is that there's just too much clear evidence of His existence for anyone not to believe in Him. Therefore so-called unbelievers are really disobeying by refusing to believe.

In 1 Tim 4:1 Paul warned us of the doctrines of demons and in 2 Tim 4:3-4 of the growing popularity of mythology as being part and parcel of this end times religion. This is the lawlessness Paul was writing about. Having rejected the truth, those left after the Rapture will be ripe for the Great Lie of 2 Thes 2:9 to fill the need every man has to believe in something greater than himself. All it will take is for a charismatic religious leader to emerge, a leader powerful enough to bring all those who are left behind into one counterfeit religion.

Much has been written this year about al Mahdi, a manifestation of Moslem prophecy that is strikingly similar to Christian prophecies of the anti-Christ. Both come on the scene during a time of great turmoil on Earth, both come claiming a desire to restore peace, both have a seven year reign, both head a one world religion and one world government, both claim supernatural origins, and both reigns end in a battle between good and evil that brings about Earth's final judgment. Some students of prophecy remind us that the Roman Empire had an Eastern component composed of the very countries whose people are the most militant advocates of Islam today, and that the anti-Christ could easily come from there.

Islam is the world's fastest growing religion and is second only to Christianity in number of adherents. But the true Church will soon be gone in the Rapture. The remnant, with its celebration of pluralism and its inclusive view of the way to salvation will be ripe for conversion. Add the widely held but incorrect beliefs that God and Allah are the same, and that Islam is a religion of peace, and you can see how Islam could be the straw that a world on the verge of chaos grasps for survival.

6. The World Will Accept A Single Government... Rev 13:3

The whole world was astonished and followed the beast. Earlier, I stated my view that a decline in US strength would be necessary to permit the Battle of Ezekiel to take place. This is also a necessary precursor to the emergence of a one world government.

Last year I said that unless something happened to fracture us again, Evangelicals would become an increasingly powerful voting block as viewpoints become more polarized over conflicting moral values. I also said that the voting power of Evangelicals would, more than any other factor, keep America strong and independent. Well, something did happen. Partly because of media distortion, and partly because of the constant meddling by Iran and Syria, the war in Iraq has become so unpopular that it's driven public opinion to devastating levels of dissatisfaction with the way the current administration is running it. As a result both houses of Congress have changed hands and 2007 could very well see the beginning of our departure from the Middle East entirely.

And a successful attack on the strength of the dollar could eventually sideline us from world affairs entirely. This year the five year old Euro became the most popular currency in circulation, surpassing the dollar for the first time. It still has a long way to go before it takes the lead as a reserve currency, but breaking the dollar's monopoly on oil transactions will provide a substantial boost. Iran, China, Russia, and Venezuela have teamed up with the intention of doing just that.

The Rapture of the Church would be the final and fatal blow to US supremacy, paving the way for the 10 Nation Confederacy of Bible prophecy to consolidate its hold on world affairs.

7. Babylon Will Re-Emerge As A Prominent City In World Affairs... Rev 18:2-3

With a mighty voice he shouted: "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great! She has become a home for demons and a haunt for every evil spirit, a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird. For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries."

Babylon is still a ways away from accepting its destiny as a city of power in the end times. It's just a ceremonial city right now, but 15 years ago nobody even knew it existed at all. One of the shocks of Gulf War 1 was the discovery of Babylon standing there on the banks of the Euphrates again.

You may think that being little more than a giant museum is a far cry from being a center of world power, but some of Iraq's new political leaders are calling for their nation's capital to be moved to Babylon. The logic behind this is that Baghdad was Saddam's capital, and the new Iraq needs a new capital, more consistent with its heritage. Babylon fills the bill, and becoming the capital of Iraq would be a giant first step toward achieving its transformation into a center of power.

Because of Babylon's current lack of importance in the world, some students of prophecy search for an allegorical fulfillment of Rev. 18, and of course many see the USA or some city therein as a logical candidate.

But remember, even though in Revelation 17:9 John describes "mystery Babylon" as seated on seven hills (meaning Rome), a prophecy in Zechariah 5:5-11 shows it being moved "to the plains of Shinar" a reference to ancient Mesopotamia called Iraq today. We can't switch from literal to allegorical interpretations of Scripture without clear direction, and where Babylon is concerned no such direction exists. In fact the opposite is true.

Other Signs

You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains.

"Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. (Matt. 24:6-14)

Then he said to them: "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven. (Luke 21:10-11)

"There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near." (Luke 21:25-28)

WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS ... Depending upon whose intelligence reports you read somewhere between 30 and 50 wars are currently being fought around the world, with a substantial number of additional disputes threatening to erupt into war at any time.

THE INCREASE OF NATURAL DISASTERS .. More frequent and more severe hurricanes, more frequent and more intense earthquakes. Killer storms and quakes continue to dot the news, although 2006 didn't achieve the record levels of devastation caused in 2005

SIGNS IN THE SUN, MOON, AND STARS ... The magnetic polar reversal, predicted by computer model for 2012 is gaining more attention since its likelihood was first announced. Having moved several hundred miles across Canada the Magnetic North Pole is currently headed for Siberia. While the effects of a Magnetic Polar Reversal have never been observed by mankind, it has apparently happened in the distant past. What's unique this time is that the Sun is due for a polar reversal at the same time. I've speculated that the effects of the polar reversal could fulfill Revelation 6 and if the projected time of 2012 is correct, it fits nicely into the End Times prophecy window we opened above.

PESTILENCE... Not only new diseases like HIV and SARS but also the return of old ones like Whooping cough. But the big news again this year is the likely spread of Avian Influenza (Bird Flu). A few cases among humans have lead to fears that the virus has mutated to thrive in a human host. Dire predictions are placing possible deaths from this pandemic in the millions

THE LOVE OF MOST WILL GROW COLD ... 3500 people die every day in defense of the Christian faith. Run away crime, children being abused and murdered by their parents, children killing children. Murder trials as public entertainment soon to be followed by televised executions. Ethnic cleansing, rape and forced pregnancy, pedophilia, random shootings, the incidence of disrespect is enough to make you sick.

THIS GOSPEL WILL BE PREACHED IN ALL NATIONS ... Looking at the state of the world, it's hard to be encouraged. But as world news gets worse and worse, more people are turning to the Lord for solace. According to some reports as many as 175,000 new believers are born again every day, mostly in Africa, China, and India. Reports of these conversions are accompanied by accounts of miracles, people receiving supernatural healings and even being raised from the dead. Just as He did at the beginning of the church Age the Holy Spirit is moving mightily at its End. I believe the Lord is issuing a giant "last call" before He suddenly takes the church out of here to begin the End Times judgments.

The above are given as indicators in the Olivet Discourse (Matt 24, Mark 13, Luke 21) and we'll continue to bring you periodic information on these as well.

As you know most of the signs in the Olivet Discourse are progressive and all are described as happening well before the end. Their main interest to us is found in the phrase "beginning of birth pangs." Natural disasters, the tendency toward war as a tool of diplomacy, famine amidst plenty (35,000 children die each day of starvation and related diseases) and pestilence are described as being common to the era but increasing in frequency and intensity as the end approaches. This was certainly the case in 2005 and is an indicator of how close we are to the end.

It's true that for over 100 years folks have been saying, "how much worse can it get?" Sadly, the answer now as it was then is, "Much!" It seems man's depravity knows no limits. But take heart. Though we are in the world, we are not of the world. We don't belong here, being citizens of heaven. And one day soon our long awaited King will return to take us there. Maranatha!
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Let us make the short time we have left count for all eternity!

Stay Informed! Encourage one another! Don't Let Anyone Be Left Behind!

My prayer for you - I pray that the Lord would accomplish what concerns you and that He would lead you always in the everlasting way!

CESAREAN BIRTH

Cesarean Birth (Prophetess Stacey Woods)

Posted by: "Prophetess Joy Allen" prophet_joy@yahoo.com prophet_joy

Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:42 am (PST)

To GOD be the glory! I must share this word (with permission granted) spoken through a friend, Prophetess Stacey Woods. She shared this word a few days ago, and it was a blessing to me. I pray it will bless you as well!

Cesarean Birth
Prophetess Stacey Woods

I was visiting with the Lord, and He was speaking to me concerning the processes of birthing. As a Prophet, I know that this season is potent with the potential to birth!

The manger scenes are still up, even though we have now began to prepare for the coming year, because the world has paused for a moment to remember that some one special was birthed into the earth.

Luke 1:38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

As I began to think about Mary's yes to God, I began to think of my own yes. My personal "be it unto me according to thy word" has caused me to travail in ways that were unimaginable. For a solid week (and a couple of days) I was hit with hard labor pains! Like Mary, I knew this HAD to be a holy thing being developed in my spiritual womb.

Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.

I was chosen, like so many others, to bear and to give birth to the vision of the Lord.
Then the Lord took me back to my own natural birthing process. On November 28, 1979 my mother had an experience that would prophetically mirror my current place in God. SHE GAVE BIRTH TO ME. However, like many women, she had complications. Her frame was small and her body was unable to push me out. I was too large. I would have caused her internal damage, and possibly death. I was in her womb, the time of my birthing was imminent, I was matured and ready to pass through the birthing canal, and yet her body could not bear to push me out! There was no way such a small body could bare the impact of such a large baby, so the doctors had to make a decision that would save both of our lives. Instead of being pushed out, or birthed out, I had to be CUT OUT! That procedure is called a Cesarean birth, or a C-Section.

How the C Section saved my life�

God's wisdom is truly divine and He knows all things. Recently, I've experienced the pains of having to be cut from another type of body, THE CHURCH. After I had settled in to be nurtured, trained, equipped, challenged, stretched, and cultivated, I was suddenly cut. It was unexpected. It was violent, bloody, painful, and necessary! I needed to be birthed, that body did not have any more room in the womb, and I definitely could not stay in that environment. Therefore, I WAS CUT OUT! It was time for my birthing, but that body did not have the strength or the capacity to push me out without suffering the possibility of loosing its own life. It had the future of birthing other ministries to think about. I HAD to be cut to save its life and my own.

I'm beginning to understand that I'm truly a heavy weight. The Kabod (weightiness of God's glory) that has been released on my life sometimes causes me to be seen as a threat to the balance of the body. I'm often mistaken for being puffed up or arrogant, but not so. I'm just heavy. I've been a big girl all my life, (a pretty plus�if you will) so I know what its like to be heavy. Are we really ready for the weight of glory? This glory is like gaining added pounds, making your past garments UNCOMFORTABLE. You no longer fit. Nothing fits you. You've got to change everything to accommodate your NEW size. I'm finding out what it's like to walk in a weighty anointing. I'm finding out that not everyone can carry you. Everyone can't cover you. Everyone can't lead you. Everyone can't birth you.

Sure, it's natural for a body to contract and to give birth, but there are other ways to be born also. I'm just glad that I did not die in the womb. Hallelujah! It was painful, and the body is STILL in need of cleaning up, stitches, bed rest and healing, but I'm still glad that He cut me out. Cesarean procedures are costly, and have their own share of risk, YET I'm confident that the Doctor made the right decision! I'm glad that He extracted me before it was too late. I'm glad that He did not allow my weight to damage the future of other things being birthed in that body. I understand that I can't be bitter, angry, or upset�because AT LEAST I'M RELEASED! At lease I'm free. At least I'm not bound in a womb that does not have the ability to birth me. At least I won't risk being stuck in the birthing canal. I had to be cut out, but I'm here!

I speak life to you right now! You may have encountered some situations that were downright painful! You may have seen the very knife of the surgeon pass before your very life too. You may be suffering the shock that comes when you realize that you will no longer be able to be comforted by the warm and friendly womb. You might have been forced to face the world, and you are discovering that it's cold. BUT AT LEAST YOU ARE HERE! You are here with a purpose. You are here because you are valuable. You are here because the Father has designed your life to testify that there is MORE THAN ONE WAY TO BE BIRTHED! I'm glad that I've been BIRTHED into the Kingdom, for such a time as this.

I don't know who this is for, but I do know this�it is not a "get back" to those that hurt me. I'm being fueled for my future, not hindered by my history! I'm actually celebrating! This is a celebration of God's ability to speak in some of the most dismal, downtrodden, and lowly places. I'm celebrating LIFE today. I'm glad that I'm alive, and I've got something living growing inside of me daily- THE VISION OF THE LORD! I know its crazy, and it might not make sense but I feel that I should break out the cake, arrange the candles, get some party hats, blow the whistles and shout

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

-Selah

WE DO NOT BLUSH ANY MORE

God Said Tell My People


January 8, 2007 1st edition
	Thank You I want to say Thank you to all of those that was writing us during our time away from the Newsletters. We such Word given through these News letter I am sure many of you know that we are not well liked by demonic forces. As this Ministry have been faced with a finical attack we are still giving out as God give unto us. We are also being required by our Father to mail these out to those that do not have computer access. As usual we do with out charging. We pray that you all keep us in pray as we STAND and fear no Evil in the face of ADVERSITIES.

WE DO NOT BLUSH ANY MORE

blown through His Living Ram's Horn

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Ezra 9:6 Saying, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to You, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads and our guilt has mounted to the heavens.

This comes from a walk with God much like Jeremiah...I had God to take me by the hand and walked me around and asked me what do I see...To be honest with you all I did want to see until it was revealed unto me what was really going on...I could not understand the fact that so much was going on in the midst of land that caused us to stray form calling sin sin...Form losing our moral like we did... We have lowered the standards of America Government, Church and Covenant so that everyone can be apart...Is that what the Bible truly say?...To lower the line so far down that people can just walk over it?....

Our line of division is no longer visible....We have allowed so much to come in that we can not distinguish Holiness from Worldliness... We can not agree to what God call to be Holy....Many have rewritten a word that does not belong in the House of God....The Tower of Babylon believe it or not is being built right now in the Spirit...Not as physical in the Bible but very much Visible.....Very much active, many have the hammer in the hands and pounding on the nails that construct this build to which Heaven and by Pass the submission to Holiness..

As I was watching the News last Night there was a man that started a web business to help people to lie...They help people commit adultery and get paid for it...AS the CEO of this business was on the news He felt no remorse of his play in breaking hundreds of covenants...He did not feel responsible because He said with out their services people will do it any way, So why not market on this....Where is the integrity, where is the moral, where is the standards? Do we blush any more? Do we feel shame anymore?....

How dare many of us get up from the bed of adultery and yet go into prayer...Where have your sins caused you to be a shame of going before A Holy God?...Many have made God a friend to man instead a Sovereign Holy God...We made Him man friendly instead of against Sin...God still hates SIN no matter how much we sing I am His Friend....

What have we done with the BLUSH...Many ministers tried to take the shame away and God said YOU DARE COME TO ME WITH OUT BLUSHING and you keep others form blushing over their sins...

Saints of God it is time to stand and take a holy one...We have to cry out to our Church family and Country...RAISE the STANDARDS....Holiness is not lowering the line of division so that all that wants to serve with out submission is welcome...Where is our stand? Where is it that we can say we are DIFFERENT a CHOSEN PRIEST HOOD...Not another religion that just want the involvement of the world and their politics...

With out the Blush God have became a figure head in the Church...Just another statue with out sovereigns...With out standards and a holy approach...Why have we made God so approachable when He clearly is a SOVEREIGN God of standards and Holiness, why have made Jesus an APPEASEMENT instead of a Kinsman redeemer that He is...WHY have we lost our blush our shame over SIN...WE have renamed sin and call it illness as if it is not our fault...WE have created a Government that is suppose to take away all of our problems and if they don't we just vote them out...We know longer take reasonability of over eating and sexual sins...

There is a teacher that was caught having sex with her student in Michigan and her 2 year child in the back seat and the Defense attorney says here one year is harsh punishment...WERE IS OUR SHAME???? Christians have lost there fight and been pushed into the closet by GAYS...They came out and we went in WHERE is the BLUSH??? Where is the SHAME OF OUR LACK OF???.... Sure you preach and pray but have you adopted a voice a message that you are willing to die for?

I have been in prayer and I am coming out with a punch...Our written our speech our stand have to have salt it have to have power...Let us preach until some one blush let us prayer write until someone blush over their sins...Stop taking away people responsibility give it back to them so they can not go to God any oh way....

The Tarry Will Come Back!!

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This Word God spoke to me and of course HE SAID go tell my people...So those that have hears let them hear...

Many have taken advantage of the voice of God...They claim to hear God in so many effortless situation... .They just open the bible to a scripture and it confirms a WORD spoken to them...They flip the TV and God have spoken to then...

Not many are pressing any more in the face of God to hear for them self what God have to say...God is speaking with a strong voice and we are too busy looking for confirmation instead of a fresh Word...

Many have made it easy to hear from God as if it is no press...

We have made God a apparition.. .Instead of SOVEREIGN... .He is not just a Supernatural APPEARING...

This will be a season to CHASE after GOD... To press in and HEAR HIS VOICE not a grapevine WORD but one STRAIGHT from PRAYER...Straight from the THRONE...The PROPHETS will speak with much authority and cause if the intellect to wonder where did this wisdom come from....The tarry of God word will come back...may will have to PRAY for hours because we have microwave God's Presence...He is wanting us to GRAB HOLD to HIS WORD not man's...

Many have taken for granted the VOICE of God and going into HIS presence not just what we call worship...God is wanting to sup with us not just a simple fly by night affair...God is calling forth for MORE CHASE more PRESS...We no longer soak for the PRESENCE of God... We know longer wait in God's presence...We put God on rush....He is wanting our time our press...our very Sacrifice...

NO LONGER WILL THE WORD BE SO EASY TO OBTAIN...No longer will you claim to hear so clearly with out a press and seek...Press on...