By Ron McGatlin

My heart grieves longing for an explosion of God’s kingdom reality to blow away our divided and subdivided, compartmentalized mindsets. There is one Lord over all, one King, one kingdom, one life in God, and one set of principles as guides for life in the kingdom of God. All life with its many parts is one and moves toward one purpose or goal.

Partaking from the tree of knowledge has driven us into madness and folly. The sacrificial death of Jesus on the cross has opened the way to return to the tree of life and be rejoined within to become one with God and His way of life and purpose. The Holy Spirit of God is here to form the resurrection life of the Spirit of Christ within us to empower us and guide us back to the sanity of one life under one Lord in one kingdom.

Why! Oh why! Should God’s people continue in the insanity of living from the tree of knowledge? It is understandable that the people of the world continue in darkness because even though they are aware of God by His works of creation, they do not honor Him. By their own knowledge they believe themselves to be wise and become fools. But why are the people of God so unwise?

Rom 1:21-22: because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools.

There are two major false mindsets functioning today that originate from the tree of knowledge and the spirit of anti-Christ.

One of these mindsets is the spirit of the world. Or a more intellectual name for it is godless secularism. This spirit or mindset is reigning supreme in the western world. Through the control of education and media, the masses of the world have been firmly implanted with this godless mindset.

The drives, values, and guidelines of godless secularism rule the minds and hearts of the masses in the place where Christ Jesus should reign. It is not hard to see that the powerful spirit of anti-Christ is the power behind this ungodly system. Some of the key ingredients of secularism which the masses are trained to reverence are independence, intellectualism, competition, humanism, materialism, esteem of self, confidence in self, honor of self, pleasure of self, and other such concepts. At best Christianity is tolerated as equal with other religions at least until it can be done away with through education.

The second major false mindset is religious. Christian religion as it exists today is a mixture of God’s truth and concepts from the fallen world. This produces a dichotomy of concepts which causes a practice of hypocrisy mixed with true Holy Spirit led and empowered worship and ministry.

Before the revivals of the past few centuries, the Christian religion was an empty shell of the vibrant first century relational church. The powerful works of Jesus and the first century disciples had either gone underground or faded away. A hierarchy of men and systems ruled the religious church systems instead of Christ Jesus in the Holy Spirit flowing through holy servants. The early revival restored justification by faith, and the revivals of the twentieth century restored the powerful baptism of the Holy Spirit and more recently the preaching and demonstration of the gospel of the kingdom as Jesus preached it.

Power and the word of the kingdom are being restored to the church in our day. However, the dichotomy of concepts of religion verses the kingdom reality continues into the twenty first century. Religion continues to hinder the reception of the restored gospel of the kingdom. Both the secular and the religious mindsets are opposed to the relational reality of the kingdom of God.

Breaking out of the religious mindset is a huge challenge. It is set as stone in the hearts of multitudes of believers. Many have developed hardened hearts and stiff necks through religious teachings and the work of powerful religious spirits. Some would fight to the death against the word of the kingdom to defend the doctrines they believe to be the truth of God not knowing their teachings are mixed with false doctrines brought forth from the traditions of men from the past seasons of spiritual darkness.

In the vernacular of the analogy of the wagon trail in the past two publications (Leaving On A Journey and Box Canyons and Dead Ends), heading back down the box canyon trail of religion to get back on the kingdom trail is a more difficult trip than the trip going into the box canyon of religion.

The kingdom of God is much bigger than religion or human mentality. It includes the total of all aspects of life on earth. God is not only concerned about religious or church matters. He is concerned for the whole of man and the earth with all its created natural systems. It is human thinking from the tree of knowledge that separates and compartmentalizes life. It is the spirit of anti-Christ that seeks to confine God to religious or church matters and prevent God from ruling in His entire kingdom on earth. In the kingdom, worship and the rule of God permeate the whole of life and establish the rule of God in every part as one seamless life. The rule of God is the same in church, business, family, education, governance, recreation, and all areas of life. There is one standard and one set of principles and concepts for guidance in the whole of life on earth.

Doing God’s Business

The religious mindset makes a false distinction between church things and work things. Subsequently there is one set of principles and concepts used for doing business and another for doing ministry. In the kingdom there is one life and the same principles and concepts apply for ministry or for business and occupation.

Religious-minded people tend to see ministry as primary and business or work as secondary and mostly useful for getting money to support ministry and family. The focus is primarily on the income derived from the job or business. However, if in ministry, the primary focus is on the income derived from it, most people would readily see that to be an improper focus.

Kingdom-minded people will see that the primary focus of job or business is on the service or product rendered to people by the work that is done, the same as it is in ministry. In the kingdom the only difference in business and ministry is the types of needs met by the endeavor. Both are tools that God uses to serve mankind and the world around us. Ministry generally seeks to meet spiritual needs of people. Business is focused mostly on meeting physical needs. However, there is much overlap, and both may meet mental and emotional needs. All areas of kingdom enterprise are important to God. We serve God, in part, by serving people. We are to do good to all people but especially to the people of God.

Gal 6:10: Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

The kingdom focus is on seeking the kingdom of God and His righteousness in all areas of our lives. The focus is not on working in business or ministry to meet our needs as it is in the world system. We focus on doing the best job of meeting needs in the kingdom and all the things we need are added to us. The kingdom involves all life and one part is as necessary as another.

For a moment, imagine life in a small, godly, frontier village that has no access to outside provisions. The people of the village would all know one another and care about the well-being and the needs of each other. The different people would develop their God-given gifts into various skills to help supply the needs of the people of the village. Someone might be adept at growing certain needed food or animal feed items. Someone else might become good at raising and providing poultry products and others beef or pork products. Someone else might be a dairyman and provide milk products to their neighbors. Someone else may be good at cabin building and woodworking, and another at blacksmithing and so on. When a need in the village arises, someone will seek to meet that need for the people. Working together, they will provide for one another and will be happy to trade the produce of their skills and labor for the produce of others to meet their needs and the needs of the others in the village.

In this small village no one tries to get rich at the expense of others and no one seeks to hinder or harm another. Loving concern for one another leads to industrious activity (business) producing goods and services to meet needs. The love of God brings order and cooperation. Now, expand the view in your mind from the small village to nations and then the world, and God’s plan for business in the kingdom begins to come into view.

Kingdom business or ministry is caring for God’s people and managing the resources of His earth.

God’s love is the primary motivational force of all kingdom business and ministry. Through love, people serve one another.

The kingdom of God includes all of life, and all is to be holy (set apart to God). Seeking the kingdom means seeking God’s rule for all of life. And seeking His righteousness means seeking His purposes and order in all things. Righteousness is His right way of being and doing. It is being in perfect alignment with His instruction and desire. If we seek first the kingdom and righteousness, then all the things we have need of will be added to us because we will have become productive and useful servants in meeting the needs of mankind and the world around us. This is not a magic or supernatural thing. It is a basic reality of natural kingdom life. Our treasure really is where our heart is.

Mat 6:33: “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”

There is contentment and excitement in serving God with our whole lives and doing things His way.

For much more on business in the kingdom seeKingdom Growth Guide #026 

Keep on pursuing love. It never fails
and His kingdom never ends.

Ron McGatlin

www.openheaven.com

basileia@earthlink.net

Over the course of several weeks the Holy Spirit has once again given several prophetic experiences pointing to the coming apostolic movement. Although the Western Church has several ministries that are functioning in apostolic ways, we have yet to see the true demonstration of New Testament apostolic ministry in the way it will be revealed before the end comes.  It is crucial at this point in history that we as a generation not settle for anything less than the fullness of our biblically defined heritage.

Clearly we are living in what the Bible defines as the “end of the age.”  Even so, the Word is emphatic that the gospel of the Kingdom must be preached in all the world before the end can come.  There is a gospel that has been preached throughout the world, but not the gospel of the Kingdom in its fullness, as outlined by Scripture and demonstrated by the Lord Jesus Himself and by His early apostles.  Nevertheless, because time is short, the imminent emergence of this ministry is apparent for a quick work to facilitate the great harvest.

This ministry will come forth not only with insightful revelatory messages of divine truth, but also with miraculous demonstrations of power through righteous vessels of honor and valor.  There is something coming that has not yet been given birth that will provide clarity and identity to numerous ministers and ministries to facilitate their mandate and accomplish their commission. We must hold out for the best wine!

Several years ago the Lord gave me a very compelling prophetic experience or vision to depict the qualities and nature of apostolic ministry according to His definition.  In the experience a heavenly messenger entered a room with the loud and definitive announcement, “the Apostolic is coming.”  As he did, a voice of ultimate authority echoed from Heaven saying,  “The Apostolic IS coming.”

With that affirmation, the messenger continued, “we had better get a good understanding of apostolic ministry under us… for it will be on top of us before we know it.  Samuel is a type of this apostolic leadership.  The Lord let none of his words fall to the ground, nor did he beg his bread from the people.”

The Spirit of Prophecy

In this experience, the Lord indicated valuable attributes working through the life and ministry of Samuel, the prophet, depicting the qualities He desires to impart to the apostolic leadership soon to emerge.  Careful study in Samuel’s life provides key secrets to help qualify for this mandate and touch the Father’s heart in preparation.

Very often, prophetic experiences of this nature highlight personalities we know and recognize as a true prophet to symbolize the Lord’s Voice or the Spirit of Prophecy bringing a timely and relevant message.

When the messenger announced on the earth that the apostolic is coming, it was verified with a Heavenly Voice to accentuate its certainty.  In Scripture, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Lord to take up His residence in Him, a Heavenly Voice was heard affirming this great reality. (Luke 3:22)

Likewise, when the disciples witnessed the Lord’s transfiguration, they also heard the confirming Voice declaring Him to be the Son of God Who’s words were eternal.  The attesting Voice indicates a truth that is established with certainty to be readily accepted.

True apostolic ministry is coming and the more thorough our understanding of it, the more likely we will be to sustain this awesome ministry without being overcome by the intensity and power of it. Let us pray that we can faithfully administer this notable responsibility with character and integrity.

Saying Only What He Says

The Lord did not let any of Samuel’s words fall to ground. What a profound indication of intimacy and fellowship between the Lord and His leadership.

And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him and did let none of his words fall to the ground. -1 Samuel 3:19

Like Samuel, true Apostles must become so intimate with the Lord that they say nothing in His name except what they receive by the revelation of Jesus Christ. (Galatians 1.12)  Samuel did not speak in the name of the Lord presumptuously or carelessly.  Therefore, God’s Spirit was able to perfectly support the words he spoke in the Name of the Lord.

Scripture describes the Lord, our ultimate example, as being so yielded to the Holy Spirit that He said nothing but what He heard from the Father and did nothing but what He saw the Father doing.  John 14:10 affirms this saying:

Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.

This apostolic generation can likewise abide in such a place of total surrender to God’s Spirit that He would let none of our words “fall to the ground,” because we would not speak in His name unless we first heard from Him. 

Romans 8:14 declares, “For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.”  The Holy Spirit abiding in us will do the same works through us that He did through the Lord, fulfilling the prophetic promise of John 14: 12.

He Did Not Beg His Bread

One of the most notable attributes in Samuel’s life, was his determination not to abuse his position and privileges before God and the people. There was not one person in all of Israel who could bear witness against Samuel for pleading for money, possessions or property. Neither did he allow the spirit of this world to affect his ability to judge the people in righteousness and equity.  The apostolic leadership soon to emerge should likewise be characterized by humility and genuine love for the people. 1 Samuel 12:2-4 declares:

I have walked before you from my youth even to this day. Here I am; bear witness against me before the LORD and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I defrauded?  Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it?  I will restore it to you.  They said, You have not
defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man’s hand.

The apostle Paul admonished the Church of Corinth, and the 21st-century Church, to stand in righteousness to judge the affairs of men with wisdom and truth.  To do so we must possess the character of Christ reflected in Samuel to be free from the tendency to abuse the anointing and authority of God for unrighteous gain.

Certainly, there is a place for giving and supporting the work of the ministry and sharing in the fruitful labors of the anointing.  This is an issue of the heart, and like Paul, we must pray to be trustworthy stewards of the mysteries, power and provisions of God.  The prosperity coming to the Church will be for Kingdom purposes, not personal luxury and extravagance. The Apostolic Church in the book of Acts shared all things in common and delegated resources according to need, thus reflecting love and unity.

The Lord’s Spokesmen

Like Samuel, the anointed leadership the Lord desires to bring to His church will stand before Him as His spokesmen, extracting the precious from the profane.  To them, the Lord will be as a fortified wall of bronze and though the enemy will contend with them, he will not prevail, because the Lord will be present to save and deliver.  This will further the restoration promised through the prophet Joel as evidence of God’s manifest presence. Psalms 99:6-7 speaks of Samuel saying:

Moses and Aaron were among His priests, and Samuel was among those who called on His name; they called upon the LORD and He answered them.  He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; they kept His testimonies and the statute that He gave them.

Samuel’s ministry was established by the Lord’s manifest Presence in the order of Moses and Aaron.  As priests, they were charged with the role of intercession on behalf of God’s people and instruction in the ways of righteousness.  Faithfulness in these areas will begin to lead the church out of Babylonian confusion and restore her to a place of loyalty and consecration to the Lord.  As it has been said, if the Lord can find a people without mixture…He will send the Spirit without measure.

These faithful leaders were transitional men in covenant relationship with the Lord for transitional times and marked a point of demarcation for God’s people.  This perfectly illustrates the nature of the Apostolic leadership the Lord will use in this day.  These three represent the Priest/Prophet/Judge (Kingly) anointing that will be entrusted to this maturing leadership.  To each of these three, God proved Himself in Mercy and in Judgment.

Priest-Prophet-Judge Anointing

The coming apostolic ministers will be as pillar of cloud by day with prophetic anointing that will function as a pillar of fire by night giving illumination.  Each will provide a canopy of protection through the Holy Spirit, even as Israel was protected during the judgments of Egypt.  The shelter of Goshen will become apparent in the coming season.

The Lord will allow nothing to come upon the earth unless He first reveals His secret
counsel to His servants. (Amos 3:7).  Moses, Aaron and Samuel, each represent types of the coming government.  The manner in which the Lord used these men will also portray the coming leadership and God’s dealings with them.  He is going to give divinely granted understanding.  God’s word declares that His breath gives understanding and He is going to breathe upon us to give comprehension of these times and the things we must do to walk intimately with Him as His habitation.

Commissioning and Release

Even though Samuel was born through covenant relationship with incredible destiny, he did not experience the supernatural dealings of God until his prophetic commissioning.

Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. -1 Samuel 3:7

Many of God’s people have experienced introductions into this realm and tasted the fruit of this promise.  There may be many others who feel as though they do not qualify for this type leadership because they have not had prophetic or supernatural experiences in their life.  However, Scripture makes it plain; the Word of the Lord had not appeared to Samuel until a very specific commissioning experience released him into his purpose and calling.  Many of today’s “Samuels” are hidden and unfamiliar with the visions and revelations of the Lord.  Nonetheless, great and profound expressions of the Spirit are imminently awaiting these leaders once the grooming is complete and the timing appropriate for their full and complete release.

by Thomas Watkins

I’m writing about something sacred to me, and you will understand as I go on. I am 59, and I have been given dreams and visions, along with many other experiences with God since 1972, the year of my salvation and indwelling. In general, I have not shared them, except in a limited way, and that as the Lord has led.

In March, 2003, six years ago , I was in the spirit in a vision.

I saw a most beautiful company of men and women preparing for an event. They were Christians, and fearfully holy, and beautiful. They were dressed in simple and humble attire.

They were not young, nor old. It reminded me of the military days when I and my fellow soldiers would prepare for a mission, gathering material and supplies and strategy. These were the holiest people I have ever imagined. They glowed with Heavenfs Presence, and their eyes were like lamps; emitting light and love. They were frightening.

The scene changed and I saw a multitude of American people , trudging along like the bomb-out of Dresden Germany’s refugees..men with dirty suits, with heads down , homeless, in a crowd that poked along for miles and miles. Children held the hands of parents, trudging along, with a general air of depression and despair. They had lost everything.

Every molecule of the sky and the Earth and the substance of that vision spoke a word. “THE END OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.” I also knew it would center around a “mortgage greed craze.”

The scene changed again, and I was there, watching as another mass of people were trudging along. They were all minorities, mostly black and Hispanics. I then realized that the first group were all white. The difference being that they, the minorities were very, very angry – riot motivated angry. These crowds stretched for miles. “The End of the American Dream.” was over them all. These too, had lost everything – homes, cars, and all luxuries and possessions: they were in the street.

I can only guess at the numbers, maybe a total of about 3 million split between both groups. I saw signs of traditional ministries following this group, but without much impact.

The vision ended.

Implications and thoughts.

Firstly, I think the fall of the American economy and dream is permanent. I do not think that we will ever see America rise to the prosperity levels that we saw previous to October 2008. It is over. I could say, “never to rise again.”

Secondly, it is going to get much, much worse. If 3 million people are homeless, then it means that many more were displaced, perhaps 20 to 25 million. The 3 million are just those who have no friends or family to take them in.

Thirdly, the economy will not recover, ever.

The economy is collapsing, along with jobs. We will see the fuller impact beginning the summer of 09. Renters also will be affected, and perhaps more vulnerable. Everyone has bought into the idea that your CREDIT RATING is the thing that makes you a success. The Lord showed me men in dirty suits, which reads to me that the middle and the upper middle class will also be there among them. The rich, and the nearly rich have acquired debt as a lifestyle, to enjoy and be entitled to the American dream to the fullest. From gourmet Pet food, to the better colleges, classy cars, along with the “Prize” – the 5 bedroom brick Tudor semi-mansion in the burbs, the middle class has taken the bait and who will deliver them?

All believed that America would just go on putting out for ever..and it would never end. It has now.

As I write, the largest reverse migration in American history is happening: Mexican migrants returning to Mexico. In the past several months, over 2 million have returned home to the south, to survive with their families. There is no longer the construction industry. It has vanished, along with the absence of a credit market. The mass exodus continues, and the poor and service industries are always the first to fall.

Why?

There are 4 sins that are paramount in the last days; Immorality, Murder, Theft and Sorcery. America was founded in Christian Puritanical beliefs, that spread throughout her government and judicial system, and the fibers of every realm of society. Volumes could, and are written on her demise, but it is suffice to say that America, hand in hand with the freedom to do ANYTHING she likes, or is pleasurable, (has believed) it is our RIGHT: guaranteed by our constitution.

This can be paralleled with ancient Israel as they often drifted the same waycand through out time, the Lord has so dealt with Nations by sending judgment.

JUDGMENT FIRST MUST BEGIN WITH THE HOUSE OF GOD!

The CHURCH is the salt of the Earth, and the American Church has, overall, lost her saltiness, her savor. We have been exposed, uncovered as one loving prosperity, and living and loving such riches as the prior Kings of the Earth knew not. We have willfully believed that happiness, health and prosperity have become our rights! God has ordained that we are the head, and not the tail.

There is no longer a Word about Sin, for there really is no sin, just principles! God is all inclusive, and God is Love. If there is no sin, then there is no repentance, and we are Earth bound.

Of course, we will fly away to more luxury and peace later, but that is in the by and by. The Blood of Jesus is no longer the pillar of our faith..but instead our pillar is the living of a purpose filled life, and that with your best life NOW! Happiness and Prosperity, along with good health to make you live longer and enjoy it, of course.

The end of the matter and conclusion concerning this sordid and unbiblical church is simple. THE CHURCH NO LONGER NEEDS GOD, or HER GLORIOUS MASTER, THE LORD JESUS! He exists only to serve her, like a butler, and to protect her rights, and of course, she shall never suffer.

When this vision is matured, the Church will realize that she does need God. The church will need Him more than she ever believed she would.

Judgment: Immorality. America and pornographic Hollywood, making billions yearly, importing our filth to nations that still blush, not being Christian. We have elevated sodomy to the halls of congress, and marry homosexuals. We teach our children, by law, the rightness of inclusiveness: that this is natural and must be accepted. We sell sex , millions of times a day on our airwaves, and are awash in sexual enhancement products, and endorse public displays of horrific and blasphemous gart formsh.

It is indeed a river of filth, and shows no signs of abating. Watch one minute of VH1 or MTV. This is our legacy.

Judgment: Murder. Over 50 million innocent children taken (alive) from their mothers wombs; that’s one out of six today in America. Don’t worry, God has covered His eyes, and didn’t see. Violence and death, and the “mass murderer.” This was generally unknown in America, with very few exceptions. It is a spirit.

My own brother was murdered, assassinated. The murderer was never brought to man’s justice. The US government does not hesitate to do so either, if it serves our political interest.

Remember KHADAFI?, and his tent in the sand and his daughters that were blown to bits by an American cruise missile?

Judgment: Theft. I have written in my Bible, “THE BANKING SPIRIT.” Every element of business has morphed into a predator mentality, from the car dealer, to the investment Banker and your local bank, to the mechanic and Neighbor, Fairness, and doing the right thing has been replaced by deception and greed, to profit. It is a jungle out there, and everyone wants to rip you off. Have you ever felt that way? That’s because theft is rampant.

Judgment: Sorcery. Witchcraft and her covens are growing exponentially. Harry Potter, and some 30 TV shows and more cartoons about the occult are feeding our children a steady diet of satanism, not counting the hundreds of dark video games they devour. Well, as long as they are quiet!

The other side of sorcery is DRUGS: We have joyfully embraced drugs for any and all discomfort or pressure or unhappiness. Psychotropic drugs that gcalm the nervesh, are casually dubbed “MEDICATION”; PSYCHOLOGICALLY EQUATING IT WITH REAL CURES, like penicillin, or the Polio cure. It is not. they are drugs – dopa!

The medical practice of the Physician has been reduced to a pill pusher, pill for everything! It is the chief advertising dollar in America. It is estimated that one in six Americans use Marijuana.

Methamphetamines are a plague to mid America. Our prisons are bursting, overcrowded two to one , or worse. Thousands are beheaded and murdered today, as we speak, in Mexico over control of the dealing of this evil lust and addiction inside America.

You cannot tell the difference between the Church, and the World. except that possibly the Church doesn’t drink and party as much, and goes to meeting on Sunday.

RIGHT NOW, AMERICA DOESN’T NEED GOD, NOR DOES THE CHURCH. SHE IS LAODICEAN! SHE IS RICH, AND HAS NEED OF NOTHING.

Hope and Faith

God will provide. He has never forsaken one who has put their trust in Him, never! He has never broken a Promise, never, to any who Love Him, and even to those who call upon His Name!

There is a great division coming however, and it will prove to be a division between those who love Him, or love their own lives more.

How will we respond without prosperity? Will we be, as righteous Job, and still trust and say: “Even though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him!” or will we be selfish, and despise His chastening, and Him too, when things are no longer? How will we relate to the homeless, the poor?, and especially to Christians that have lost everything? (see Acts 4:32) Will we open or homes, and will we give? Even unto our last cup of meal and oil to cook it with?

Will we give all unto the Lord, no matter the cost, or circumstances? Will we lay our lives down for our brother and sisters, no matter what?..or..will we get all we can, and can all we get? Some willcand the days of Ananias and Sapphira will return again. (see Acts 5:1-11 )

This will end in a purified church. The true Church will be greatly affected, for when we suffer, we stop playing Church, and become the Church.

There will be a shift from institutionalized pew sitters, and the clergy laity model, to the BODY, edifying itself in Love. The House Church will become the norm, and the professional clergy will dry up for lack of money, and real anointing. The least of the Brethren will become a battle cry, and for those who want Jesus, their compassions will abound and increase, even unto abandonment and that is what this HOLY company is about.

They will be completely abandoned to Christ, and will impart that spirit. They will take the lead as examples, to minister to a grieving America, and will do so in real Power and Love.

There will again be a difference between the holy and the profane, and it will be obvious.

The catastrophe will be the stepping stone to REVIVAL, but not in the way of REFORMATION. It will be upheaval – a Revolution! It will be a rebirth, a true renewal based on Resurrection Life from Heaven, not reform in Doctrine only.

Many, many will return to Christ, and many will receive Him as Savior, as they behold real Glory and Love. Many will go on in their dead religion, and reject compassion. Many lost will be saved, and there also will be real healings and signs, that are indisputable, accompanied by brothers and sisters who want no glory of their own. Holiness will be all about them, and all will see.

This will be an awesome time for those willing to pay the price. We may not have a lot, but the promise is, “God will provide!” – this is a conditional promise however, fulfilled unto those who honor, fear, and Love Him.

Remember these words:

“AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE DONE IT UNTO THESE, THE LEAST OF THESE MY BROTHERS, YOU HAVE DONE IT UNTO ME!”

Jesus will become the rise and fall unto many. Many religious people and false Pastors and Prophets will be exposed in this pressure. Many holy will gain Jesus, and true Salvation in this time. There will be those who give all, and truly please their Master. It will be, as the old novel begins, “THE BEST OF TIMES, AND THE WORST OF TIMES.”

The best for those who fall at His feet, and say: “JESUS IS LORD. IT IS HE, AND HE ALONE WHO IS LORD!” – to the rest, it will be the worst.

God himself is in the center of this “Meltdown” and it is He who is applying the fire

Brother Thomas Watkins

“For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creatorh

1 Peter 4:17-19

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Some comments by the Author.

In reply to Vince Sucec: Were the traditional ministries following one or both of the groups?. Both; I believe the Lord only separated them so that I would understand the anger that minorities would  experience. I do not know exactly why, but an answer could be that there has been a sense of entitlement and hope growing since the 60s in the civil rights movement, and now with a black President, and many promises given of equal prosperity for all…[whether you earn it or not...] and the PRIZE almost in hand [the American dream]….and then taken away….well….”hope deferred makes the heart sick!” They will feel cheated; robbed of what was promised and entitled, and ready to riot. This is my best guess, as the Lord did not give me any other understanding of that division.

       I want to thank Ron for posting this; not that I desire publicity, but if it is the Word of God, what manner of men and women should we be?  Ready , with our lights burning. We are not of this world, but sojourners, travellers. Hebrews 11 was written for us also, and God will give us strength to be unashamed even in the company of such that the world was not worthy.

         The end of the American dream is judgement, YES!, but it also a sign that the Father is going to manifest His first installment of the Church of greater works; a bride without spot or blemish, even out of this wilderness. It will be very encouraging when they arrive, and that will happen when about 2-3 million are homeless…[I estimate.]

       With the job losses mounting, it seems that perhaps things will kick in, in about 18 months…but I’m guessing. the Lord did not give me numbers or dates. I received this, and sent it out, in March 2003, to some leaders across America.

        In Him:…Thomas Watkins

Jeff and Jan Jansen

I believe we are in a major transition in the Body of Christ and the old ways that once served a purpose are coming to a close and God is bringing to the forefront a new order for a new day. It’s not that God has changed His mind on the issues, but rather the old must make room for the new to come. The Lord has been speaking to both Jan and myself through visions and dreams and the Holy Spirit is releasing a fresh word to the Body of Christ for what is at the door.

The Spirit of Issachar – A Night Vision by Jan Jansen

Recently the Lord came to me in a night vision while I was walking down a country road. He was driving a red convertible sports car and said to me, “Get in,” so of course I did. As we drove He began to tell me how important it was to discern the times and seasons we are in. He continued speaking and said, “I’m now giving you the spirit of Issachar so you will know what to do with the times and seasons and how to respond in each of them” (see 1 Chronicles 12:32).

We continued down a long and straight road that had evergreen trees on both sides. When we came to the end of the road, He asked me to get out. He pointed to the horizon and said, “Look.” As I gazed at the gorgeous horizon all around me, Heaven and Earth were completely synchronized and aligned perfectly. He told me that this is what perfect balance and harmony between Heaven and Earth looked like. He explained that in everything there must be balance. He told me that the Church has been out of balance, but He would be restoring it in the coming season.

Webster’s dictionary says balance is to “equal or equalize” and is a means of judging or deciding. The Lord made it clear that this judging and deciding period coming upon us in the very near future was to restore balance in the Body.

The Plumb Line for the New Temple – A Visitation by Jeff Jansen

In a visitation the Lord appeared to me and said, “The plumb line is falling,” and I saw a plumb line fall into place. Webster’s describes a plumb line as a cord that has weight which is used to find out “verticality”—whether or not a wall is perfectly vertical.

Zechariah 4:10 says that “men will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel, the King of Judah” and verse 7 says that “the finishing gable or capstone will be brought forth for the new tabernacle with shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

Paul wrote to the Church in Ephesians telling them that we are the temple of God. He said:

“You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus Himself the chief Cornerstone. In Him the whole structure is joined (bound, welded) together harmoniously, and it continues to rise (grow, increase) into a holy temple in the Lord [a sanctuary dedicated, consecrated, and sacred to the presence of the Lord]. In Him [and in fellowship with one another] you yourselves also are being built up [into this structure] with the rest, to form a fixed abode (dwelling place) of God in (by, through) the Spirit”—Ephesians 2:20-22

Peter writes: “[Come] and, like living stones, be yourselves built [into] a spiritual house, for a holy (dedicated, consecrated) priesthood, to offer up [those] spiritual sacrifices [that are] acceptable and pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.”—1 Peter 2:5

We are the new temple! This new temple is coming forth with shouts of “Grace, grace!” Shout, “Grace” as the mountains of human obstacles that have resisted the anointing and the power of the Kingdom begin to crumble and fade from view! God is anointing a generation to move in the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea (see Habakkuk 2:14). The Lord will display this new temple, this spiritual house in the earth, as a people anointed with the kingly-priestly anointing found in Zechariah 4. They will flow with the ceaseless supply of the golden oil of the Holy Spirit and will function with unlimited anointing.

The plumb line was in the hand of Zerubbabel who was king of Judah. The kingly anointing, mixed with the high praises of Judah, will cause the Holy Spirit to explode in massive revival fires throughout the world resulting in a clash of the kingdoms! God’s people will rise from the darkness and shine so brightly with His power and glory that the nations will run to the house of God to see it (see Isaiah 60)!

This new temple is not one built with brick and mortar, but is the Spirit-filled Church (ecclesia: called out ones) of the living God. We are His temple! He lives in us and His Kingdom is in us!

Zechariah 4:6 says, “‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the LORD of hosts.” This plumb line will fall as a result of God bringing the capstone for the new temple which is just and true. It’s not a man thing, it’s a God thing. It’s not by might nor by power, nor by the strong arm of the flesh nor by the works of any man—it’s by “My Spirit,” says the Lord! God is building an end time temple in accordance with the word of Haggai the prophet:

“‘…and I will shake all the nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the LORD of hosts. ‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ says the LORD of hosts. ‘The glory of this latter temple [You and I] shall be greater than the former…’” Haggai 2:7-9, emphasis added

This plumb line that sets the capstone of the latter day temple will be greater and more beautiful and majestic than the glory of Solomon’s temple. All the kings of the earth and even the Queen of Sheba came to marvel at the sight of Solomon’s temple and to hear his profound wisdom. But the nations will stream into the house of God to see the glory of His splendor in the temple of the Lord manifested in and through His people—the “Perusia”—the ever-increasing presence of God and indwelling glory of God.

The Church will be greater in splendor, wisdom and glory than even Solomon’s temple! However, in order for this to happen, there must first be a reestablishing of balance in His Body according to the fallen plumb line set in eternity.

A Time of Choosing Sides

The Lord spoke to Jan about His Glory and said that with this plumb line, everyone will have to choose which side they are on. Those who choose His Glory will receive it in a greater measure than they ever imagined! I saw a joyous celebration taking place with spectacular manifestations of the glory of God! Those who chose God would ascend to higher and higher levels in glory and into intimacy with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit—they would be qualified to go to the next level.

She also saw many who resisted His Glory. They missed out on this glorious level of God’s presence and were drawn away into unbelief—into increased legalism and a religious spirit began to dominate those who were once full of faith and belief.

Jesus Christ didn’t come preaching a religion of word alone, but rather He came preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom with evidence. Jesus’ biggest problem was the unbelieving and religious, not the broken. Unbelief cuts us off from the promises He is speaking—it keeps us from entering His rest (see Hebrews 3:12–4:16).

Standing on the Side of the Supernatural

The Lord said this was a “NOW” word and we must ask ourselves, “What do we believe about supernatural encounters and experiences? What do we believe about the Kingdom of God and the angelic realm?” God is moving like never before in the earth. It’s time to believe, to stand and to speak in faith. Let’s stand on the right side of the plumb line—the right side of the issue. As we do, the Lord will fill us with revelation insight and power as we shine as bright lights that will change our world. God will back us up with all of the economics and provisions of Heaven.

Let’s Pray:
Father, we pray in the name of Jesus that You would impart to us the spirit of wisdom and revelation to be able to move in the higher things You are releasing now. Give us a spirit of boldness to preach the truth fearlessly. We thank You for Your Glory which transcends all that we could ever experience! We invite You into our hearts and into our lives in all Your Splendor! We want all that You are! Propel us into our glorious future with You in the Kingdom and use us in the earth for Your great Glory! Come set us on fire great Holy Ghost, so the world will come and watch us burn!

Come Lord Jesus!

Jeff and Jan Jansen
Global Fire Ministries
Email: jeffjansen@globalfireministries.com

This is one of a few articles I ever read touching on the essence of the present transition.

I would recommend any who have an ear to hear, to read carefully what in and between lines of this wonderful article. It is clear, informative, and certainly, full of wisdom and direction. Kingdom Mindset or Vision is the basic foundation has to be laid in our lives for any meaningful and fruitful discussion to proceed.

Another much greater shaking is coming to many whose life is still caught with what they think will sustain them, esp. to those who have been pioneers of many things of the Lord in past decades. The Lord will move in and lay His mighty hand upon them. Anything exalts itself will be laid low, so that what He wants to establish will come forth..

The culture of His House and the culture of His Kingdom are two different things; even they come together in the end. This is also need to be stressed: Kingly and Priestly wisdom is being disclosed in this very time. The best He has reserved for the last.

As a son of God, our lives are to be lived out in the Heavenly, and always remain in the Heavenly. Certain, only this is the direction God would like us to go. We are to minster before Him in the Heavenly Tabernacles. This is the essence of the ministry of the New Testament. Who have bewitched us into other things?

Do not we know that we can preach the Gospel or pray for His will to be done at home and angels and all creation will serve accordingly?

It is time for many of us to move out and move on, or rather move up…

It is worthy to be noted: the disciples of John the Baptist and Jesus had one fundamental difference-the Spirit of Sonship was not granted to even John, the greatest prophet before Jesus. “Yet the least of my disciples is greater than John.”

The Spirit of Elijah does not know how to “father” or reveal the Father to the others, only the Son or a matured son of God does.

This is the key of the present transition.

The Set of our Spirit

We must have Kingdom vision, else our eyes will be blinded.

BY Wade E Taylor

“Looking to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the Throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2

We are exhorted to set the gaze of our spirit upward toward Jesus, whose life was openly displayed for us to look upon. We are to both consider and meditate upon the example of His life, as the pattern for our lives.

The Old Testament speaks prophetically of Jesus regarding the implicit trust He placed in His Father, concerning His life and ministry.

“For the Lord God will help Me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set My face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.” Isaiah 50:7

Due to His faith and implicit trust in the character of His Father, Jesus was enabled to fully obey His Father’s will. He knew His Father would not fail Him in the time of need. Paul also set the gaze of his spirit toward the Lord and diligently followed the pattern he saw in the example of Jesus. He gave his testimony, expressing the result of his living, as the Lord lived.

“Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:12-14

We are exhorted to have this same “mind,” or “set of spirit.”

“Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in anything you be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this to you.” Philippians 3:15

If we are to grow spiritually, we must have both vision and direction, along with an implicit trust, not only in the ability, but also in the willingness of the Lord to bring us into the fullness of His intention for us.

“He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna (truth not yet revealed)….” Revelation 2:17 (comment added)

We have not exhausted the depth of revelation that is buried, layer upon layer, within the Word of God. There is “hidden manna,” spiritual principles not openly available, but made manifest to those who have certain overcoming qualities in their lives. As we intently “look to Jesus,” there is much that He will yet reveal to us.

“The secret of the Lord is with them that fear (reverence) Him; and He will show them His covenant.” Psalm 25:14 (comment added)

Many theorize about the program of God for the end-time. But, before the Lord will reveal more to us, we must have a proper “set” of spirit, and a pure heart motive. First, we must be walking in integrity with Him, in the out-working of the Word that we have already received. Through “illumination,” this present Word should be a vibrant, living reality, having relevant meaning in relation to, and through our present circumstances and time.

I Chronicles 12:32 speaks of a company of (spiritually mature) men “who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do.” Only as we walk with Jesus in expectancy, with purpose and direction, will we be able to understand the things that are before us.

“So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and to them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin to salvation.” Hebrews 9:28

The book of Revelation is more than the unfolding of future events; it is the revelation of the corporate body of Jesus in the outworking of His end-time purposes. Only as our vision is singularly set upon Jesus, will we begin to understand the message within this book concerning the closing out of the day in which we live, and the birthing of the age to come.

The Lord is progressively bringing us into a greater understanding of Himself, of His desire for the growth and well being of His Church, and the establishing of His Kingdom rule. This will result in the disclosure of new methods and understandings, being richer and more glorious than previous ones.

There lies between the closing of one dispensation and the opening of another, a period of time which participates in the methods and powers of both ages. We are now living in such a period of time. Only those who presently walk with Jesus, and have an enlightened eye, will understand the unfolding of this new day. We must have Kingdom vision, else our eyes will be blinded.

Many of the Lord’s redeemed continue to linger in that which is already known and established, and are unwilling to identify with those who are saying:

“Let us go forth, bearing His reproach.”

This day is foretold in Scripture in many guises and forms. We are living at the end of the sixth day of creation, or the second day of grace. The seventh, or third day, depending on our point of reference, is upon us. In the prophetic word, a thousand years is as a day.

A change in revelation, and in manifestation, takes place at the end of the sixth day of creation, or second day of grace, and at the beginning of the seventh, or third day in the following passages:

“After two days will He revive us: in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight.” Hosea 6:2

“And He said to them, Go you, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.” Luke 13:32

The central thought in this progression is the revelation of the Lord in a higher realm and purpose.

In Luke 22:14-16, Jesus spoke of a certain hour that was come:

“He said to them, With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer: for I say to you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the Kingdom of God.”

Two disciples walked with Jesus along the road toward Emmaus. It was the beginning of the third day (Luke 24:21), yet despite all the Lord had told them, their vision was set upon the former age.

“And they talked together of all things which had happened.” Luke 24:14

Apparently, they did not consider, or have faith to believe all He had shown them. In this frame of mind, they could neither know Him nor discern His presence.

“And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.”  Luke 24:15-16

They heard the anointed Word of God from the Lord Himself (Luke 24:27), but did not understand.

“And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures  the things concerning Himself.” Luke 24:27

It was only when He passed through the gate (entrance into the age to come) and broke bread with them, that they remembered His promise.

“For I say to you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the Kingdom of God.” Luke 22:16

Immediately their vision turned toward the Kingdom, and they saw the King.

The Book of Revelation is an unveiling of Jesus Christ as “Lord of the Age to come.” He will “show to His servants things which must shortly come to pass.” (Revelation 1:1)

All too many are as these disciples, looking back, and not willing to go forward with Him. Until our perspective is right, we will not discern His presence as our Lord and King, or His presentation of the Age to come.

If you feel the inner tug of the Holy Spirit to take you further, and the intense work of the enemy attempting to hinder, His hand is indeed upon you for this new day.

Listen to what the Spirit is saying, then set your face as a flint, and begin to walk with Him toward this new day.

In which direction are you looking?

Wade E Taylor
WadeTaylorDC@aol.com
www.wadetaylor.org/

By Ron McGatlin

Sons of God are proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and it is taking root in groups across the world on a broader scale than ever before in history. At the same time there is an anti kingdom move working against it.

The kingdom of God is offensive to “New Age” teachings and philosophies.

A false humanistic gospel is being proclaimed and many people including Christians are being deceived and deterred from moving fully into the real kingdom of God from heaven on earth.

Religion and politics are coming together and proclaiming a false gospel of shallow humanistic love and unity. The atmosphere is charged with deception from a very prolific anti Christ movement encompassing the world. Beautiful sounding words are crafted to present diabolical schemes in an attempt to stop the kingdom of God from spreading on earth. Many if not most of the people are receiving the false but tasty bait with a hook hidden within.

False Prophets Speak False Unity

Beautiful words pour forth from the religious and political wolves in sheep’s clothing enticing and deceiving the people. Words like freedom, tolerance, peace and unity are near the top of the list of choice words used to cover the hook of anti Christ bondage and devastation. Once the hook is firmly implanted in the jaw ungodly leaders can control the people and make them into merchandise.

Mat 7:15-16: “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?”

The bait says you are free from responsibility and are not held accountable to the standard of the words of God. You are free from God’s restraints and there is no penalty for disregarding the Bible and the Spirit of God. The bait goes on to proclaim that God loves you and every person too much to ever restrict your independent fleshly desires. It proclaims there are many gods and every person has the right to choose or craft one to their liking. Any God or belief is just as good as another and all must be tolerated for freedom’s sake. Peace, peace speaks the viper as he quietly prepares to strike with deadly poison.

The deceit goes on. If you adhere to the ways of God and preach Jesus and the words from the Bible you will offend all the other people who have different religious beliefs and different gods. You will offend all those who want to openly practice vile sin and teach your children to do the same and to regard it as normal. If you speak the truth of God in love, you are accused of creating strife and disunity and we all know that God desires unity. Brothers should not strive against brothers and all mankind are brothers. These are pleasant sounding half-truths. This false kingdom is demonically inspired humanistic pseudo peace, unity and happiness without righteousness. The kingdom of God is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

The kingdom of God is offensive to all religion.

All religion has its roots in man’s effort to reach God, know about Him and become like Him through human effort and understanding. The Jewish Pharisees were among the most religious people of their day. They sought to reach God and understand him by their natural mind’s intellectual interpretation of the written word. In all of their intense effort and attention to minuet detail they missed the Messiah, the King and His kingdom. Only a very few laid down their religion and came to Christ Jesus, Paul being one of the most notable.

All religions of the world including the Christian religion are offended by the one Supreme God and His rule within His people that exudes love, wisdom, power and real peace through the cross of Christ Jesus and the personal crosses of our sacrificial lives. The power, wisdom and love of the resurrected Lord Christ Jesus by the Holy Spirit manifesting in the kingdom disciples today is hated or bitterly despised by the powerful religious spirits driving every religion of the world. Religious spirits are some of the most powerful, meanest and most deadly evil spirits ruled over by satan the anti Christ ruler of darkness.

Choose whom you will serve.

Either God is God or he is not. The time is quickly passing when one can survive with a loose form of lukewarm token “churchianity.” You cannot serve two masters. You cannot serve God and political correctness in agreement with a fallen world. The fallen world system is on fire with passionate deception and bound for judgment.

Mat 6:24: “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”

We have crossed over into the season of the revelation of the kingdom. In this fresh new land we cannot continue to drag our past ways with their limitations and weights. We must move onward through the cross into the resurrection Christ-life of the kingdom of heaven by the Holy Spirit. A choice will be made to leave the past and lay down our impure, immature ways of the past and receive the pure and holy work of kingdom light shining through portals open in heaven igniting heavenly passionate fire in those who will receive and have been given ears to hear and eyes to see into the realm of the Spirit.

Josh 24:14-15: “Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the LORD! And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”

The gospel of the kingdom will separate and divide. A man’s enemies will be those of his own household.

Mat 10:37-39: “He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.”

When the disciples came to tell Jesus his family was outside and were asking for Him, He knew they wanted to save Him from what they believed was error and perhaps try to stop Him from making a fool of himself and embarrassing the family by preaching the gospel of the kingdom everywhere.

Mark 3:32-34: And a multitude was sitting around Him; and they said to Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are outside seeking You.” But He answered them, saying, “Who is My mother, or My brothers?” And He looked around in a circle at those who sat about Him, and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother.”

Jesus loved His natural family and some of His brothers joined with Him later. He also made provision for His mother to be cared for as he was being crucified. However, He did not allow them to stop or turn him from preaching the gospel of the kingdom and acknowledged that He had a spiritual family that walked with him. I think we are all thankful for those that God connects us with in the bond of the Spirit in holy love as brothers and sisters in the kingdom whether they be few or many.

Many are now being called to move from our season alone in the wilderness of separation from religion and family into a place of connection in very close groups of kingdom family. We talked about the coming significance of these scattered kingdom family groups in the recent article “Infusion of Glorious Grace”.

The Greatest Significance of Our Lives

The choice to seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness is one of the most significant life choices we will ever make. We will no longer walk with the broad flow of the world and its church systems and religious people. Christian friends and family may despise us and cut of close fellowship with us thinking we have been led astray into error. Our lives will be greatly simplified. Many priorities of life are no longer of significance to us. Many things and activities of our life before will simply be dissolved and no longer be a part of our lives.

It is never easy and sometimes supremely costly to be in the first line of those receiving a fresh new thing within a family, group or community. I heard someone say recently that the early bird might get the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese. (If that isn’t clear to some because of culture or whatever, it means the first mouse is killed in the trap and the second can come get the cheese that was used for bait.)

In the same way, the front line soldiers make the initial advance but the last line gets the victory. Similarly apostles and prophets pay a heavy price bringing in the next move of God but the shepherds and teachers abide in the land. If we are leading into new areas with the gospel of the kingdom be aware that the coming forth of the pure, holy kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven is of far greater value than all the cost. It is more important to finish the job we are sent to do than it is to live long and in human comfort.

Entering the real kingdom is like a narrow gate that opens into the wide expanses of glorious heaven now before us in this life. To pass through that narrow gate everything we carry must be laid aside and left behind. We cannot carry our past life with us into the kingdom of heaven walk in this life. This is truly like being reborn as a new spiritual heavenly person. Suddenly our whole existence and all that is around us has changed into the glorious kingdom in which Christ has delivered us to the Father. All things are possible and available to us to demonstrate and proclaim the glorious kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven.

Mat 7:13-14: “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”

There is no way to go back through that narrow gate. We cannot look back and we sure cannot reach back to pull something through the gate. All of the vast resources of the Father are before us and we have become one with Him filled with His love, abounding in Him, settled in all things. Every day on earth is an adventure as we no longer walk in the ways of the fallen world but are redeemed and restored into the life of Christ. Our objective and purpose in life is the kingdom of God. Whether we live long or are go home young is not the primary issue. The important thing is to finish the course and finish the work assigned each of us in the glorious kingdom of God.

Father, Your kingdom come and Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Let Your kingdom fully come in all that You are speaking to at this moment. Father, I ask You to connect your kingdom people with others to become spiritual kingdom family groups. I request Father that You send holy angels to guide in connecting individuals into groups world wide. Father, raise up gifted elders to assist in the structuring of kingdom groups around the world. Not by might and not by strength and not by the cunning or devises of man but Lord by Your SPIRIT. Amen,

Keep on pursuing love. It never fails

and His kingdom never ends.

Ron McGatlin

www.openheaven.com

basileia@earthlink.net

By Ron McGatlin

God is beginning a work beyond what we have seen before.  Even now it may be beginning to pierce into your heart as it is in mine. This is a work that will be utterly astounding and hard to believe. Many pure-hearted, holy people who have grown weary and almost discouraged as they have watched the increasing severe turning away from God in the nations will begin to receive a powerful surge of the life of God into their innermost being. The light of God will rush with explosive impact into the hearts of chosen sons (not gender specific) completely dispelling the darkness that had crept in from observing the deplorable state of the people of the world.

Hab 1:5: “Look among the nations and watch; Be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days which you would not believe, though it were told you.”

Many church members who have lived relatively uneventful lives with adequate provision and relative peace in a sweet but shallow religious lifestyle will suddenly be shaken out of their pews as glorious grace of God is poured out upon them, even while at the same time great troubling times of darkness are upon the world.

An infusion of powerful, glorious grace will supercharge His chosen people empowering them to minister to those who will come to them. God’s holy sons are now sprinkled across the world where, for the most part, they abide in anonymity. They are humble people, broken and empty of self-concern, people who will NOT merchandise the grace gifts and will not be entrapped by fleshly desires. The empowerment of grace and wisdom will flow as radiant glory into these sons even while they writhe in painful brokenness in their prayer closets before the Lord, not from their own pain but on behalf of a world gone mad. At the same time that the awesome infusion of brilliant, glorious grace is pouring into the chosen sons, deep darkness is upon the world among the ungodly.

Isa 60:1-2: Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the LORD will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you.

Preparation for Kingdom Fullness

I am seeing a time of darkness and light over the earth in which groups of people of the light will come into unity and be prepared to spread the kingdom and restore the wasted land after the dark season has finished its work. In this outpouring there will become a reality on earth of one church, one Body, under the one true Head and King.
The one church concept and the apostolic first century-style leadership will be seeded into the isolated groups first and then later spread to all the land after the dark time of troubles is finished. 

In spots worldwide one or more sons will now begin to receive this glorious grace and the intense abundant life that will flow from them and shine as light to those around them gathering and reviving a community of light in a dark world. These groups or communities will be as colonies of heaven on earth. They will be a refuge, a holy place of rest and refreshing in a world of filth and strife. These communities will be places of healing and provision. Many of these will be located off the beaten path in rural areas, but others will be in populated areas among abandoned buildings or functioning businesses or in whatever available venue the Lord provides.

The communities will not be recognized by the raging confused people of darkness during these times. The communities will probably just be seen by the people around as groups of people seeking to stay alive and help one another or as business groups working together to get by in the hard times. For this season of time, these groups will not be doing public preaching in the media or on street corners. They will have no public identification such as a church building with a steeple or sign outside inviting people for services. There will be no publicly advertised conferences or meetings. Those who are ready will be drawn to the communities of light from the darkness by the Holy Spirit. Apostles, prophets, and teachers will move discreetly among the groups encouraging them by preaching and demonstrating the gospel of the kingdom.

The communities or groups will begin to function much like the first century church during this time of preparation for kingdom. The glorious grace anointing will permeate the whole group. Great faith will be common among the group, and unity shall reign as all of the people each seek to fulfill their parts in the community, and no one looks out for himself first. The groups will truly become Spirit-governed kingdom communities led by Christ Jesus flowing by the Holy Spirit through every person including elder sons (fathers) to nurse the newborns and guide the immature into spiritual maturity in Christ Jesus.

Kingdom Fullness Outpouring

If I am hearing and seeing correctly, the kingdom fullness outpouring will flow through the multitude of prepared kingdom communities around the world. The light of the glorious New Jerusalem lifestyle will manifest in the holy communities of unified people, and then when the time is right, flow out to cover the earth. By that time, the people remaining in the darkness will have been broken and humbled having seen the end results of the pride and loftiness of man opposing God. The darkness will lift, and those who remain will readily absorb the light of God and be rapidly transformed into faithful subjects of the real kingdom of the living Christ. The glory of God shall cover the earth, and of His kingdom there shall be no end.

Rarely do I quote a portion of another’s writing. However, as I was considering this vision I happened to read the following written by Cleve Sharp in his book “The Church of the New Millennium” written in 2002:

“God is reforming the form in this millennium. He is reshaping the body, (The Church). His determined purpose is to breathe on the multiplied “corporate man” throughout the earth, energizing and miraculously empowering it. Where there is a group of people that will come together relationally, and by love, covenant to work together in unity, the breath of God will come suddenly upon them and there will be a supernatural demonstration of His Sovereignty sweeping millions into the kingdom in a moment.”

More Than A Revival

There may be some more revival spots and some sporadic outpouring of the Spirit. However, this pouring out of God’s glorious grace and all that it brings cannot be compared to the revivals and outpourings of the past. Perhaps due to the worldwide darkness and strife this will be a much more intense season. It is a move of real life and death urgency. One in which all we have and all we have become is on the table, and there is no reserve to fall back on. Everything is at risk and everything is to be gained if God comes through and everything can be lost if He does not show up.

God is now exposing and cleansing us from all that is within us that would hinder the full reality of receiving this fresh new move of God. Some might call it an end-time move and it is an end to a lot of things. However, it seems to me more like a beginning-time move. The beginning of the fullness of kingdom coming forth on earth as it is in heaven.

• First in purified holy sons,
  
• Then in groups and communities around them,
  
• Then after the dark season of land-clearing judgments in the world have done their work,
  
• Spreading to the cities and areas around the groups or communities and finally out to all the land.
  

Many sons (again not gender specific) are being called to cooperate with complete cleansing of self and laying aside every weight to ascend the hill of the Lord with clean hands and a pure heart. Look up in the face of glory and expect to receive the glorious grace empowerment to fulfill your destiny as sons of the kingdom for such a time as this. It is time to repent even for the good Christian, but not totally pure and holy, lives we have lived and receive the fresh work of God. As glorious grace infusion begins, receive one another and seek to gather with others as the Spirit draws and leads.

In my heart, I believe this is the big one. I don’t know the timing or the duration, but I know the time is now to be cleansed and to be greatly encouraged. The joy of the Lord is our strength, and His grace empowerment is the supernatural substance of the kingdom of heaven now and forever. Amen.

Keep on pursuing love. It never fails
and His kingdom never ends.

Ron McGatlin

www.openheaven.com

basileia@earthlink.net

Ron McGatlin

A few days ago while in prayer, I received a strong word from the Lord that caused a great burden with underlying streams of precious hope. The most significant message of modern time is coming forth from God unto His people today. There has never been a more crucial moment for the people on Planet Earth than now. God is speaking to those to whom He has given a voice to speak out to make a final plea, a last call to all peoples now.

God is calling ONE MORE TIME for the people of America and every nation of the world to turn to Him with their whole hearts – to turn from the foolish pride and lofty ways of man – to turn from denying the God that made them and rejecting the Lord that loves them – the one who has paid the price for their return to the life of righteousness, peace and Joy in the Holy Spirit.

This is NOT a last call before Jesus returns. It is NOT a last call before the end of the world. This is a season of last call to the people in spiritual Babylon. This is a last call to people of every faith and non faith, a call to all who are NOT seeking first the real kingdom of God and His righteousness. Many of which may be making a token investment in acknowledging God but live their lives according to their flesh and not after the Spirit of God. This is the last call for masses of people worldwide to come to God and repent of rejecting their savior and King the Lord Jesus in the practical reality of their lives.

Many pleas and warnings have come forth. Many signs and works of God have been sent to catch the attention of mankind. Prophets for years have been receiving words of change. Again, I am not talking about the foolish soothsayers who have periodically predicted the end of the world. This is not about the end of the world; it is about the last call for multitudes to stop going the way they are going and turn around to face Jesus and connect with the work of the cross and the resurrection life in the Spirit. God is calling one more time for people to abandon their lives of self-provision and self-protection and to trust in God to fill them with real life receiving His provision and His protection in His kingdom now.

This is a season of the last call to abandon religious hypocrisy and be filled with the Spirit of God. This is the last call for multitudes to fall upon their faces before God in repentance of their PRIDE and LOFTY ways of building their own kingdoms according to their own need, lust, greed, violence, and strife. The nations have strayed far from the paths of peaceful living in God and His kingdom ways of provision and protection.

The time of change is near. I do not know how long this last call will continue but I am persuaded by the Spirit that it is the last opportunity for multitudes to avoid the natural results of their self-focused, pleasure seeking ungodly living. Prior to 9-11 about ten years ago I received a strong prophetic dream which has been and is now coming to pass. It is recorded in Basileia Letter Number 16. Here is a portion of that word.

The Loftiness of Man and the Kingdom of God

Have you ever experienced the serenity of walking in a beautiful forest of majestic tall trees on a warm sunny day? There is a feeling of security and comfort in the cool shade of the huge trees. One feels at ease and protected by the canopy of giant branches meshing together far overhead. You tend to feel small in the presence of the giant trees, and may have a worshipful respect for the magnificent, stately, ancient trees.

This is how I felt as God spoke to me in a powerful prophetic dream about ten years ago. I walked about in the most beautiful oak forest I have ever seen. The trees were huge and over one hundred feet tall. They had magnificent limbs growing this way and that, forming unique patterns high in the trees. The tree trunks were very large and covered with distinctive rough oak bark. The trees were some distance apart but they were so large that they all entwined together forming a beautiful green canopy high overhead.

Beneath the trees, the floor of the forest was open and free of brush. There were no pesky briars or thorny berry vines, no small growth to make walking difficult. I strolled about with ease admiring the awesomeness of the giant magnificent trees. I felt they must be hundreds of years old. There was a sense of strength and personal protection realizing they had stood against the elements with no apparent damage for centuries. Though I could catch small glimpses of bright sun light through the canopy it was wonderfully shady and comfortably cool. There was no concern for heat or sunburn in such a protected environment. It seemed it would be a good place to remain forever and enjoy its comfort and protection.

I was well into the forest when I stopped short. The sound of a rushing strong wind came to my ears. Instantly I looked up toward the north from which the sound came. High above the earth one of the trees was being thrashed about by a strong wind from the north. Suddenly I heard great snapping sounds as the high limbs of the great tree began to break and started falling. Then the giant trunk snapped and the whole tree was crashing toward the earth. I turned quickly to the east and started to run when I saw that the entwined trees were being broken by the first falling tree. The trees were crashing in the east and I could not run in that direction. Instantly I turned to the south and started to run. But again the trees in that direction began to be broken by the others and were falling. By now the sound was horrendous as a great roar of snapping and crashing was everywhere. I turned to the west and it was crumbling as well. As a cloud of thick dust began to rise and fill the air around me, I instinctively ran a few steps and dove to the trunk of one of the great trees. I wrapped myself up against it and nestled up against the huge trunk as the roar of crashing continued and the dust boiled covering the entire scene.

I was unharmed and crawled out after the dust settled through the mass of tangled broken limbs to view a totally new scene. Not one tree, not even a very high trunk, or a very large piece of a tree was left. The entire magnificent forest was only a huge area of broken smashed pieces fit only for fire wood. It was still a bright sunny day with only a few wispy white clouds in the sky but all the sense of protection and comfort no longer existed.

As I awoke from this dream I was much moved and somewhat afraid. I knew beyond any doubt that the dream was a prophetic word from God and could instantly think of many negative fearful possible interpretations. But I was not previously used as a prophet of disaster and was afraid to ask God the meaning. I really was not ready to know the full meaning of this dream and waited a day before asking God to reveal the interpretation of the dream to me.

I cautiously approached God with questions like, does this involve religion? I heard “yes”, but with a sense that there was more. I asked, does this involve the economy and political governments? Again the answer, “yes”. Knowing I was now ready God spoke on and said, “It is the pride and loftiness of man.”

For many days since this dream I was consumed with it. Many questions arose as I went to the word and continued to seek Gods guidance in more fully understanding the meaning of this word. What exactly is the pride and loftiness of man that has stood majestically for centuries and is now coming down? Why were trees used to represent the loftiness of man as opposed to great cities or tall buildings etc.? How does this relate to the glorious revival and the establishment of Gods kingdom on earth now? When is this great crashing fall, which takes away the sense of security and comfort of many people?

Zec 11:1-2: Open your doors, O Lebanon, That fire may devour your cedars. Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, Because the mighty trees are ruined. Wail, O oaks of Bashan, For the thick forest has come down.

Isa 2:12-21: For the day of the LORD of hosts shall come upon everything proud and lofty, Upon everything lifted up; And it shall be brought low; Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, And upon all the oaks of Bashan; Upon all the high mountains, And upon all the hills that are lifted up; Upon every high tower, And upon every fortified wall; Upon all the ships of Tarshish, And upon all the beautiful sloops.

The loftiness of man shall be bowed down, And the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; The LORD alone will be exalted in that day, But the idols He shall utterly abolish.

They shall go into the holes of the rocks, And into the caves of the earth, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

In that day a man will cast away his idols of silver And his idols of gold, Which they made, each for himself to worship, To the moles and bats, To go into the clefts of the rocks, And into the crags of the rugged rocks, From the terror of the LORD And the glory of His majesty, When He arises to shake the earth mightily.

This is not doom and gloom! This is a removal of the past Babylonian ungodliness making room for the kingdom of God reality!

Yes, it is an awesome and terrible shaking! But only everything that lifts itself against God is coming down. God will be exalted above all else in the minds and hearts of man and in the entire earth. It is the manifest glory of the kingdom of God that is coming forth in the earth. It is the terror and the glory of God from which man is fleeing into the caves, and that causes him to cast away his idols.

Mat 3:2:  …. “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”

Mat 4:17: From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

Jer 18:7-8: ”The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it.”

ONE MORE TIME the voice of God is calling for all people to turn to Him with their whole hearts and seek His kingdom and His righteousness above all else.

Let His voice be heard through His trumpets in every house and through out all the land.

Let every media carry the message, Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand!

Begin now to capture the mountains of worldwide culture. 

Keep on pursuing love. It never fails
and His kingdom never ends.

Ron McGatlin

www.openheaven.com

basileia@earthlink.net

Last Friday while attending a home prayer group, the Lord gave me a vision and message which I would like to share as I know it is for the wider Body of Christ as well at this time. It came in two parts.

I saw a number of small sailing boats bobbing on an expanse of water. Their sails were full of wind and they were tied to the wooden jetty by strong ropes. The instruction came from the Lord that these ropes represented the things and people in our lives that give us security and peace of mind. The rope is made of many strands and secures the boat strongly to the shore so that the people in the boats feel safe. They are content to bob about and enjoy the shallow waters and the wind blowing in their hair. The Lord said that we all need to personally untie those ropes right now and stop putting our trust in the strands of that rope to give us safety and connection to solid ground. The wind of the Spirit is blowing stronger every day and unless we let go and once and for all place our trust in the Lord, we will not be able to travel to the deep places in God that He has charted for us. The time is past for bobbing in the shallows and placing our trust in material things, things tangible and measurable and countable, or in people. We must choose at this time to surrender to God’s will and the direction of the Holy Wind that is blowing. We must choose to let go of fear and embrace faith in our faithful God and not put our trust in the earthly any longer. The rope speaks of our desire to be in control of our circumstances and even our spiritual experiences. We can feel the wind and move about slightly but we are SAFE and know the parameters of the shallows and its depth. If we capsize, we can stand on our own two feet!

Then the Lord reminded us of the disciples whom Jesus instructed to get into a boat and go to the other side ?and then the storm arose and they were terrified even though Jesus was in the boat. Yet He had spoken and said they were going to the other side and His word to them was fulfilled ultimately. Even so, the word God has given to you will be fulfilled. So do not be afraid of launching out into the deep; do not be afraid of undoing that rope and trusting completely in His spoken Word to you; do not be afraid of storm that WILL come because Jesus is in your boat and is so confident of arriving at your destination that He goes to sleep. At the appointed time He will arise and speak peace to that storm and immediately you will find yourself at your destination and the fulfillment of every promise He has spoken over you.

We continued to worship as a group and deliberately surrendered and let go of everything the Spirit brought to mind that represented our individual ropes. Then the second part of the vision unfolded. I saw the boats that had untied their ropes in the distance far from the shore, moving rapidly towards the horizon and in the foreground the waves were whipped up by a very strong wind and they were crashing on the shore. Then a giant fist came down like the head of a judge’s hammer and it smashed the little wooden jetty to pieces. Every boat that was still tied to that jetty was violently affected and dragged under the water and suffered great damage but every boat that was out in the deep water was unaffected and safe. Yes, the waves were very high and the wind was very strong but their boats were directed and moved over the treacherous surface of the water without incident because they had surrendered to the will of the Wind.

Then I understood that God’s instruction for each to untie their ropes was because of His mercy and kindness. He knew what was coming very soon to that jetty. He knew that the rickety wooden man-made structure would provide no protection or safety in the day the Judge’s hammer crashed down. He knew that all who had their trust in tangible things and who had plaited their own rope of security, in whatever form they specifically needed to feel safe and in control, would be violently affected in that day. Because of His great mercy and love for His children He instructs us to let go now; to surrender now and put our trust completely in Him Who calls the wind out of it’s storehouse.

The Holy Spirit also quickened a scripture reference:

Psa 107:25 For He commands and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves of the sea. Psa 107:26 They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths; their courage melts away because of their plight. Psa 107:27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit’s end – all their wisdom has come to nothing.

The storm that is even now brewing is for the purpose of bringing man to the end of his own wisdom. It is designed to cause people to stop leaning upon their own understanding and running to their idols of wood and stone to seek counsel. It is tailor-made to cause them to cry out to the Lord and to return to the fear of God.

Psa 107:28 And they cry to the Lord in their trouble, and He brings them out of their distress. Psa 107:29 He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves of the sea are still. Psa 107:30 And they are glad because of the calm; so He brings them to their desired haven. Psa 107:31 Let them praise the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the sons of man!

The storm is designed to ultimately cause people to have a testimony and to praise the Lord for His goodness and works on their behalf! THIS is why the storm is set in motion! The judgments of God are fully prepared and the hammer is poised to fall, thus setting in motion the full impact of what is presently held in reserve. There is little time to quickly untie that rope and surrender our lives and our futures and the lives of our families into the hands of the Lord.

Wherever we have placed more trust in people or things, we have entered into idolatry. Let us repent and turn our hearts to fully trust the Lord now before the full force of the storm hits. Time is short. The wind of the Spirit has already filled our sails and He is hasty to move us along His appointed path through the sea. It is His love that urges us to put ourselves fully in His hand at this time and to not be afraid. Its up to us now to untie that rope and let it go. Trust Him.

Selah

Christine

freshoil@polka.co.za