I think I’m starting to catch the drift.
There is a restoration taking place amongst God’s creative people. I know that it starts here - all we have to do is believe it and allow ourselves to see. And I do believe that seers are being birthed as from today! Today I realise that in order for us to be able to receive understanding about the things revealed to us in the spirit, we need to be submersed in the presence of God. I started taking concise notes, almost stream of consciousness, that I would later release into the group I was with at the time:
Daily revelation; absorb teaching like a sponge.
We are the sands of the beach and we can feel the ebb & flow of the tide as it washes over us – we should want the tide to come in so that we get completely submersed in the water.
As we draw closer to God we’ll hear His voice more clearly.
Window of the mind: we could be looking out to what God is doing through a peephole or we could broaden our vision through a panoramic 360-degree bay window.
Fire-breathing individuals
The fire starts from within. God abides in us.
Refining fire to purge impurities.
"We will burn but not die" (Lou Engle)
“Patented for you God, I am your design”. (‘Coincidentally’ we had David Van Koevering speak the following evening – he’s patented 600 of his own inventions, including the first keyboard synthesizer).
It is important to explain what the weather conditions were outside during the time this was all going on (earlier this month). I remember checking the forecast the evening before, when it was warm and still, and saw that storms were on the way. I didn’t anticipate that these conditions would be so fitting for the move of God that took place the following day – the rain, lightning and thunder were all cued in a fairly narrow time bracket as if God was rehearsing a display of his power while we all looked at each other in awe. The rain and thunder ceased after the music.
I asked God what the river represented and He said love, grace, mercy and compassion. I also felt that it was a place where we receive a wealth of revelation, no pun intended, there are literally jewels carried in the current. I was reminded of a vision I had of a beautiful waterfall, where gold-leafed pages of the Word of God were streaming down as the water cascaded into a serene pool where there was amazing tranquillity and the Word just lay in the quiet of the pool and that is where I believe I was in this time of soaking.
The musicians sing “Open the floodgates”; “Overflow you banks”
I was in the river and could hear myself splashing – every movement I made was audible. I ran my hands through the water at each side of my body and then lay down and completely submerged myself in the river. There was a current that washed my sin downstream to the throne.
I knew that even once I’d stopped paying attention to the fact that I was still in the river I was still going to be in that place of soaking and revelation. So as these thoughts were going through my mind, I was in a state of oblivion: totally unaware of where God was going to take me next. Without warning, I found myself in a terrifying place before God. I knelt before Him and became overwhelmed with righteous fear. I dropped to my knees in spirit and in flesh as I readied myself to receive whatever it was he was about to give or impart. It felt similar to a throne room experience I had once before, where He’d knighted me and given me a sceptre that was both a weapon and a royal statement. I believe it was also when I’d been in the river that this occurred the last time (which causes me to believe that it’s when you’re in the river that the deep revelation comes). I feel He is enlarging my armoury as I go to new places in Him – going from faith to faith and increasing in levels of faith. I believe it is Todd Bentley who says: “Our current ceilings will become our new floors” and I believe that’s what I saw my faith doing in the spirit today.
The God I saw before me was a whole new experience in my spiritual walk. I had never seen Him as being such an intimidating adversary. I saw Him as the Warlord, “Commander of the angel armies”. He was bearing full crystal-like armour (combined with a gleaming metal that resembled titanium) with ornate textures resembling grapes and vines, there were spikes on the shoulder guards and there was an armoured collar where the armour met his neck. The closer I looked, the more detail I saw: the armour was encrusted with emeralds.
He handed me the sword that He had been wielding, it was also highly detailed in design and matched the style of the armour. I heard Him say that He was calling me to be His armour bearer! In addition, he said: “Be blessed” and “Remain in the vine”. I realised that grapes speak of fruitfulness and blessing. Grapes were a fruit that only the rich and royalty could afford; they would be provided at banquets during times of celebration. The colour of the grapes I saw were a dark red (crimson) or purple – both are colours associated with Royalty. At the hilt of the sword, I saw a bunch of grapes and a vine that sustained the growth of these grapes. Slowly the vine began to grow and merge with the flesh of my hand. I knew this was a visual way of showing me that I would remain in the vine and that I would be fruitful through the works of my right hand.
After all these revelatory insights into heaven, I was prompted to look up the “throne room” in my Bible’s concordance, and knew that there would be a passage somewhere in Revelation that speaks of the throne and its surroundings. I saw Revelation 4:2 in the listing so I read it to see if it would elaborate on what I had just seen. Verse 5 amazed me when I read about the seven torches in front of the throne with burning flames.
Feeling a little overwhelmed by the weight of my spirit man, as God had downloaded so much in such a short period of time (during the course of the two hours) I had to get up to my feet and get some fresh air. Just as I was doing so, I caught a glimpse of some artwork that Jesse (a girl in our prayer set) had been working on. I could hardly believe my eyes. She had drawn this picture with Revelation 4:1 as her basis.
I feel that my word for the company as a whole is that God wants to bring us from the courtroom into the throne room. There is nothing wrong with regular corporate intercession, but I believe that the foundation should be personal intimacy with Christ, so that our prayers are really heard because they will come from a pure heart that is gaining compassion and understanding for the things of God. There is a distinct emphasis on intimacy at this stage. I feel that the key battles have been fought and we now need to make preparations for the war itself. This is again emphasised in “The Torch and the Sword” on pg. 50 where the enemy is amassing around the last remaining “torchbearers” and “warriors” but there is still time to drink from the river and get training before the war breaks out.
Rafael, (another intern who lives in the same cabin as I do) posed a question that sounded something like: “So are you definitely going to be on the tour?” and I assumed he was talking to me when in actual fact he was talking to someone else, but he still heard my enthusiastic response: “Oh yes, for sure”. After speaking with the other guy, he started to express how much he thought I was going to be an ambassador when I go back home – I will carry the mantle and mandates of The Cause in the UK.
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