The Trip to Heaven

This is the third and last vision of what the Lord shared about the coming rain.  

 

Around the year of 1998, I came to a realization. I was hearing many stories about people in the church. Stories about how they were hurting each other and how they were struggling with problem after problem. I heard them talk about how angry or frustrated they were and how they were filled with other negative emotions. I had been going to church and reading the bible for many years. Yet after thinking about all of this, I realized that I was in the same boat that the people in the church were in.

I was going to a church where they claimed to be spirit-filled. None of it made sense. It didn't add up. I woke up and wondered, "Who is God?" Who the church said He is and how they were portraying a life filled with Him didn't match. It painted a picture of a weak God that couldn't do anything for anybody. I realized that I didn't know God and neither did they.

Then, I cried out to God. "Who are You? They nailed You to a cross. You could have destroyed them, but You didn't. They punched and spat in Your face. If they did that to me I would have punched them back. And You didn't." I began yelling, "WHO ARE YOU? They stripped You naked and laughed at You. They mocked You. I would have been furious. I would have been embarrassed, yet You weren't. You loved them... Who are You?" As I asked Him that last time I began to weep, "Who are You? I can read the bible and it tells me Who You are but I still don't know Who You are. The words don't show me Who You are. The bible doesn't line up with what is happening in the church now. Who are You?"

This was a Sunday morning and I was getting ready to go to church. We had a guest singer that day. She sang a song that quoted 1 Corinthians 13. As she sang the third verse explaining what love is, God said to me, "Jim, this is Who I am." I burst into tears and began to feel peace. Until later, I got home and began praying. I started thinking about the scripture and how I've read it so many times. I realized that I still didn't understand and I cried out to God, "This isn't good enough. I still don't understand. WHO ARE YOU?" The Lord did not answer my prayer until many years later.

In May 2005, a brother said to me, "The Lord wants to take you to heaven to show you something." He was prophesying about the Lord wanting to show me Who HE is.

Early 2006. the Lord said to me, "I'm going to lift the veil. You are going to see me more clearly. Then, I'm going to kiss you on the lips and fill you with My passion."

Later in 2006, the Lord led me into a time of praying and fasting. As I was in prayer, in a vision Jesus was passing by me with His hand out to me and said, "Come on. I want to show you something." I was leaning up against a wall inside of a tunnel carved out of stone. The tunnel was lit by torches. I jumped up and took His hand. He took me down a path in the tunnel that led to an arched wooden door. The door handle was a steel ring. He pulled on the ring and opened the door.

The Storeroom of Vessels

As He opened the door, He told me, "This is the room I keep My vessels in." As we looked in the room, I noticed there were clay vessels covering the floor.

He asked me, "Do you see the vessels over here?" Pointing to the right side of the room, He spoke again, " These are the vessels set aside for destruction. I love them the same as all my vessels, though they reject Me and refuse to allow Me to clean them and care for them. They don't believe in Me. Instead, they reject Me and want nothing to do with Me. They hunger for evil and the desires of this world." He paused, then said, "They run to their destruction." As He said this, I could tell He wanted more for them.

Vessels in Progress

He then pointed to the middle of the room, "Do you see these vessels? These are the ones I am working on. They are in all different stages. Some let Me in and some even call out to Me. Some have not even heard about Me, and others think they know Me, though they also like the world and the things of the world. They let the things of the world defile them and draw them from me."

Then, He asked me, "Do you know why they allow the world in, even though it blinds them?" I answered, "No, Lord." "Because of pride. Though I bought them and their freedom form the world with My very life, their pride says, 'I can do what I want and fill myself with what I want.' They don't come to Me with the heart of a child. They allow the world I have set them free from to gain control over them again, thus blinding them from My love and robbing them of intimacy with Me. If only they knew My love for them and my plan for them to remain pure and holy, set aside for My good work. To walk in My love and My righteousness. To seek Me with all their hearts. To be perfect as I am perfect." He paused and said, "Their hearts are not fully toward Me. They don't come to Me with the heart of a child."

The Pure and Holy Vessels

He pointed to the vessels on the left side of the room, "Do you see these vessels? These are My pure and holy vessels. When I clean them out they stay clean. They only want what I want and do what I say because their hearts are fully committed to Me. They love Me and seek for Me, and walk in My love and righteousness." As the Lord talked about these vessels, I could here in His voice His joy and pleasure in their sacrifice for Him.

Jesus said, "Look." He held His hand over one of the pure and holy vessels and sprinkled something in it. That vessels began to shake and something began to bubble up out of it. The liquid kept spilling over the top and running down the floor. As the liquid touched the pure and holy vessels around it, they all began to react the same way. This kept multiplying until all the pure and holy vessels were reacting to the work of His hand. I asked Him what He put in that one, He told me, "Love. Though, anything I put in one such as these it multiplies and bears much fruit." After this, we left the room and walked further down the path.

He Lifted the Veil

We traveled the path until we came to a very large veil. The veil looked very thick and heavy. The Lord reached over and lifted the bottom left corner and said, "Look." Light came beaming out of the corner. I bent over to look in the corner. As I looked. I ended up on the other side of the veil, next to the Lord Jesus¹.

To See Him More Clearly

I saw billowy clouds² in front of me and they were filled with the bright light. The light was the Glory of God. As I stood there, I couldn't think because the Glory of God was so thick in the atmosphere.

As I was standing next to Jesus, I began to feel another Person constantly moving around me. This was the Spirit of God. Although I could not see the Spirit like I could see Jesus, I could feel where He was at all times because of the Glory emanating from Him. He was moving continuously in a swirling and twirling motion all around me. I could feel His playfulness and I could tell that He was having a lot of fun playing with me. Then, He blew through me as if I were loose fabric, filling every fiber of my being. Every time He came inside of me the Glory intensified even more so than when it was surrounding me³.

Are there any words to describe the awesome Glory of God? No! Though there are none, this my best description: First, there is a strong power, very strong. Yet the power is very pleasing. It washes through and around you. The Glory is so intense it is indescribable. Each attribute that you feel in His Glory was so incredible nothing in this world comes close to it. The predominant attributes that you feel in His Glory are His love, peace and bliss, although it is not limited to these. The strong love, peace, and joy are with such intensity you can hardly stand in it, because He is so GOOD! No words can describe the level of His Glory that filled me and everything around.

The Kiss on the Lips and the Filling of His Passion

I began soaking in the Glory that so strongly filled me and surrounded me. As I got lost in the feeling of intensity from His Glory, the magnitude of it captivated me where I lost focus of everything around me. When I regained sight of what was in front of me, I realized that the Spirit was no longer twirling and swirling. I saw that the clouds were now flat like nimbostratus clouds that you see during heavy rain. They were grey and looked as though they were filling up with water, yet the Glory remained in the atmosphere.

There was a light beneath the rain clouds off to the distance. This light source filled everything with light and the was the Glory. The level of Glory intensified even higher and I could tell that the source of this intensified Glory was coming from the light.

As I was looking out over the clouds, a very strong Presence came up through the clouds and made His way over to us. I could not see this Presence. This was God the Father. The Glory increased in the intensity as I felt Him come up on top of the clouds. I could feel Him making His way over to where me and Jesus were standing, although I could not see Him. He came around and then stood two feet in front of me. When He stood in front of me I lifted my arms up to shield myself because the Glory was so powerful and His pleasure was so intense. I felt like I was overloaded with His Glory. It was more than I could handle. I was groaning with intense pleasure from His Glory. He is the source of all Glory. This was much more powerful than the Glory that was first filling the air.

Then, the Father, that I could not see, though strongly felt, passed completely through me. -This was Glory overload!- I went from groaning to yelling uncontrollably at the top of my lungs within seconds. I can't even describe the power and feeling I felt as He went through me. I could hardly stand it. Then, He turned around and passed through me again. He did this, back and forth, three times. Each time overwhelming me and causing the same reaction from me. As He came through my back the last time, He turned facing me as if He was going to pass through again. He paused as if He was watching me, then He turned and went back the way He came under the clouds⁴.

The Revelation

Now, about this time I came to the revelation,  "Oh boy! I'm in heaven!" Some may think, "Are you slow?" My answer would be, "No. When you are in this extreme Glory realm there isn't room or desire for your own thoughts. He consumes all that and more. The power of His Glory is so captivating, nothing else matters. After I realized this is heaven, I started to think, "I want to see the kingdom and the throne and more!"

The Lord knew my thoughts and asked me, "Do you want to see where the kingdom is?"

"Yes, Lord!" I was getting excited because all I could see were clouds, I didn't even get to see Who passed through me. I wanted to see stuff!  Well, He didn't show me the kingdom, although He pointed out to me, "Do you see where the light is coming through the clouds?"

"Yes."

"That is where the kingdom is."

My response was not based on being content, "What are all these clouds doing here?" I wasn't satisfied and it showed. If you ever go to heaven on a field trip, warning: do not grumble! Immediately, I found myself jumping out of the chair I was sitting on in my office. I was in total shock and asked, "Lord. What just happened?"

Once I became calm and realized I was back on earth, I could feel something I never noticed before. I realized how dirty it is here. I felt like I had came back to sewage. It felt so filthy here that I couldn't stand to be here anymore. There was such a contrast. I begged the Lord, "Take me back. Please don't leave me here. It's dirty here." I felt the heavy oppression. I understood more clearly the verse in Revelation 2:13, " I know where you live--where Satan has his throne." I realized the severity of what it meant.

I never noticed this feeling before because I've never been completely free from this world, with the powers that rule the air. In other words, I have never been only in the presence and Glory of God before. The darkness that fills the air here was now very evident and the fact that satan has his throne on this earth. I could feel his oppression everywhere. It seems natural to us like pollution in the air. Until we are completely removed and then brought back you don't notice it. You learn to live with it because you don't know any different. 

For the first time in my life I could see the revelation that Jesus spoke of, "Only the Father is good" (Luke 18:19).

It's Getting Ready to Rain

Two days later, the Lord in an audible voice said, "Do you want to know what the clouds are for?"

"Yes, Lord?"

"It's getting ready to rain."

"Rain? What do you mean? It rains in heaven?"

"You don't understand, do you remember what was in the clouds?"

"Yes, Lord. There was light in the clouds."

"You still don't understand. Do you remember what it felt like up there?"

"YES LORD! It was so GOOD! Your Love, Your Glory..."

"That is what is getting ready to rain on the Earth."

The Clouds are Filled With His Glory!

You had to have been there to know what is coming to the Earth. I can try to describe to you the incredible power of His Glory that is in the clouds but the knowledge you get from reading is not as valuable as the knowledge of encountering Him yourself. 

The Lord answered my prayer about Who He is. There are two ways of obtaining knowledge. You can become familiar with something or someone through education or through experience. I stood face to face with the Father and now I see Him more clearly through the knowledge of experiencing Him. 

To read the other visions click here. To learn more about the raining glory that is to come click here.

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<sup>1. He Lifted the Veil: The veil is to keep hidden the completion of the Trinity. ↩
2. Cumulus clouds are big billowy white clouds that can reach to 10,000 feet high. They usually come before rain. ↩
3. To See Him More Clearly: When the Lord prophesied to me and said that I was going to see Him more clearly He wasn’t talking about visually discerning Him. He meant that I was to experience or witness Him more distinctly. ↩
4. The Kiss on the Lips and the Filling of His Passion: Kiss is defined as ‘a gentle touch’. When He passed through me it was anything but gentle, but for God I guess that was gentle. Passion is defined as ‘a very powerful or overmastering emotion.' It is uncontrollable. ↩</sup>

The Vision of Angels

This is the second of three visions of what the Lord shared about the coming rain.  

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I was driving down the road one day and the Lord asked me, "Do you love me?"

“Yes,” I answered.

He then said, “Pull into this parking lot.” It was a big Target parking lot, shared with many stores. He asked again, “Do you love me?” 

I answered, “Yes, Lord.” 

“Park in the middle of the parking lot.” I did so. He asked again, “Do you love me?” 

I answered, “Yes, Lord.” 

He then told me, “Get on the back of your truck.” I got on the back of my truck and turned around in front of the cab. At the time, I thought He was going to ask me to preach to the people in the parking lot. He asked me, “What do you see?” 

I answered, “I only see a few people. If you want me to preach, wouldn’t it be better if there were a lot more people?”

Instantly, the scenery changed into an open-eyed vision and I saw more people walking around the parking lot. I also saw small dragons, about the size of a medium to large size dog on each person. There were about three to four of them per person. Two were flying around them and two were clinging onto them. The dragons were agitating the person that they were assigned to and they were also agitating other dragons that were assigned to other people near by. They did this so that everyone would feel the evil that the dragons were emanating. The people didn’t see the dragons agitating other dragons, although they were responding as if the people around them were causing all the agitation. They were responding aggressively toward one another; full of emotion. The people were being evil to each other and it was obvious to me that this is why the dragons were working this way.                   

Then, my eyes looked up in the sky, about where a helicopter would fly, and I saw six big dragons about the size of a big city bus. I could see they were huge and very powerful. 

Then, my eyes looked even higher, about where a prop plane would fly, and I saw three very big dragons and they were more powerful than the others. These dragons are the principalities and powers of the air.

Then, the Lord commanded me, “Call them.”  

I replied, “Call who, Lord?” 

Again He commanded, “Call them” 

I replied again, “Lord, call who?” 

He didn’t hesitate, and again commanded, “Call them!”

In the vision, it was daytime and the sun was in the sky. As the Lord was telling me to “call them”, I was looking around and didn’t see anyone to call. After the Lord commanded me the last time, I noticed there was a brighter light than the sun on the horizon. It was like the rising of the sun, although sunrise had already passed. As I was looking, I could feel the glory of the Lord coming from the brighter light. I immediately knew that it was the angels of the Lord that He was commanding me to call. 

Full of excitement I cried out, “Come on! Come on!”. As I did, the angels bringing the light and glory of the Lord, began to rise in the sky as the sun does. The very big dragons could feel the glory and they looked to see where it was coming from. When they saw the angels of the Lord coming, they fled. The big dragons looked up and saw that their covering was gone and turned and saw the angels coming and they fled also. The dragons flying around the people and the dragons clinging to the people could feel a difference in the air. The evil was no longer raining down on the Earth. They looked and saw the big and very big dragons were gone, then they turned and saw the angels coming and they fled from the angels. The dragons were left and the angels took over the sky. 

There was a transition from an evil, oppressive atmosphere to the angels of the Lord raining the glory of the Lord down on the people. The people felt the glory, the love, the peace and the joy of the Lord. The people who once were very agitated and harsh with one another while the dragons were occupying the air, became apologetic to one another and began to ask for forgivenes. They were saying things like, “I don’t know why I was acting that way. I’m sorry. Please forgive me.” They were set free, and could no longer feel the heavy oppression of the dragons. The oppression was replaced with God’s raining glory that was carried by the angels!

Later, while I was sharing the vision with someone, the Lord asked me, “What were the dragons in the sky doing?” 

I thought for a second and answered the Lord, “I don’t know.” These big dragons and very big dragons were not visibly doing anything. I went back to sharing the vision, and as I spoke I prophesied, “The big dragons in the sky were raining evil oppression down on the people.” I was surprised at what I had said because I did not know this before. It was very important to know that the dragons were raining evil oppresion down on people because it tied together this Vision of Dragons with The Vision of the Tsunami, The Trip to Heaven and God’s declaration that “It’s getting ready to rain”.

It is all prophetic to what is getting ready to happen on the Earth. As a good friend once told me, “It’s getting ready to rain.”, only this time, it will be the Lord’s rain! 

“Our battle is not against flesh and blood but with powers and principatities of the air”.

Ephesians 6:12

“Now is the time for Judgement on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.”      

 John 12:31

“I looked, and there before me was a white horse! It’s rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqeror bent on conquest.”

Revelation 6:2

This is a vision of the first seal being broken (Revelation 6:1-2), the former and the latter rains (Joel 2:23) and the beginning of the final harvest (Revelation 14:15-16;18). In the final harvest people will be seeking out Christians and running up to them crying out,  “Tell us how to have eternal life! Help us! Please! We want to be with this beautiful, loving God!” 

“Before you can get your net in the water, the fish will be jumping in the boat.”

Remember that the judgement is for the spirit of this world and his system, not for the people (Matthew 25:41c). For God so loved the people on the earth that he sent his only begotten son to buy back what the serpent had stolen from them (John 3:16; Epehsians 2:11-16; Genesis 3) . Let us not forget the Father’s decleration in the garden to the serpent, “because you have done this... I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head...” (Genesis 3:14-15).

To read the other visions click here, To learn more about the raining glory that is to come click here.

The Vision of the Tsunami

This is the first of three visions of what the Lord shared about the coming rain.  

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In the year of 2005:

I was sweeping leaves off the driveway at my workplace, whem all the sudden, this vision came to me like a movie playing before my eyes. I saw a tsunami hit the East coast and cross the entire country from east to west. The United States of America was completely covered in three feet of water. I noticed this wave was not bringing destruction and the water carried no debris. It was pure, clean water that moved calm and slowly, yet with unstoppable power. Everywhere it went, the water maintained its height. As I saw it coming in contact with people, the people and the atmosphere would change from a former oppression to the glory of God. The people and the air were now filled with peace, joy and love.

In an instant, the scene changed and I was in a classroom where the tsunami had not yet entered. I felt the heaviness of oppression in the room and on the children. Soon after I observed the room, the water came in and changed  the atmosphere into the Glory of God instantly. 

Afterwards, I appeared in a neighborhood where I saw more people and felt the heaviness of oppression that filled the air. Some were frustrated and others were mundanely going through life, yet they were all struggling day-to-day existence. The three feet of water came and the air changed into an easy and light mood. The people were being filled with the glory of God that was carried in by the water.

Then, suddenly I was looking over a city and I could see the wave of the tsunami heading straight for it. Before the tsunami arrived I felt the oppressive atmosphere and saw the attitudes of the people in the city. They were agitated and heavy, however the people did not behave unusually different from everyday, ordinary people. They were simply unaware of the subjection they were currently under and ignorant of the coming glory. All the sudden, as if I were standing right next to the people in the city, I saw the water coming towards us. The closer the water came, the stronger I could feel the glory of God. Then, suddenly, I came out of the vision and realized that I was back on the driveway where I had been sweeping.

In this vision, I saw the results of the oppression on the people’s faces and I felt what they were feeling. It is the same oppression that fills the air every day that we have become desensitized and used to. It’s all we’ve ever known. 

I was also given the blessing to experience the Glory of God that is going to replace that oppression. I have been in a lot of meetings and conferences and I have had many experiences in the glory and have never felt anything so pure and holy as the glory that this coming tsunami is going to bring¹ .

                         

"For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.”                                                                       

Habakkuk 2:14 

"'And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions...'"

Joel 2:28

"...for as the waters fill the sea, so the earth will be filled with people who know the LORD.”

Isaiah 11:9b

"..., there it was--water flowing from the direction of Edom! And the land was filled with water.”          

2 Kings 3:20

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^{1. This statement was made before I had The Trip to Heaven.↩}

What Is The Elisha Rain?

The Elisha Rain, best known as the final harvest, is a preordained time where God will make Himself known to all on the earth. People who have not yet experienced a relationship with God will get to participate in the union of Christ for the first time. This will include people who have not yet heard the good news of Christ, as well as well-known "leaders" in the church who never knew God intimately. It is a time where He is made publicly visible, exposing every eternal element of who He is through atmospheric change. Atmospheric change is an influential shift in the mood or tone over a place or situation. In The Elisha Rain, God will influence an elevation of universal joy upon all the earth with His tangible good pleasures.

As humans, we express ourselves through endless avenues such as creativity, communication, affection, etcetera. When introducing ourselves, we begin a process of giving away pieces of who we are so that others can understand what we enjoy and what we are all about. We draw attention to the talents that make us different from others. This is just one way we are created in the image of God.

Even though God is surpassing beyond our understanding, He wants to come to express to us His depths. God's visibility is not a distant, shallow figure for our eyes to merely see Him. He is not satisfied with short meet-and-greets, instead, He wants us to know Him in a personal way. His desire is to show us who He is and the things He enjoys through the action of loving us. This love will not fit into our limited box of what we thing love is. This type of love consumes all of our senses. This is how the Lord will fill the earth's air during The Elisha Rain. This atmosphere change is known as His tangible glory.

Although, God makes Himself fully available to us through Christ today, many have not received Him. Some haven't simply because they've never heard of the gospel. Others refuse to follow Christ because of false doctrine they were taught. In result of this false doctrine, God is often misunderstood. They believe God to be someone who He is not. A popular example of false rumors about God is that He is distant (far away in heaven), cranky (mad at everyone), and without integrity (says He loves everyone, but rejects those who aren't good enough). These things may not be true about God, but they are true about some who claim to represent Him. Today, people find many obstacles that get in their way of accepting God. Yet, He is sending the rain of His glory so that no one will miss the opportunity to encounter the presence of who He truly is.

Let us not forget that His glory is available to us individually, now. Most of us bypass this invitation. We miss the truth because resting and relying doesn't feel like purpose to us. Until, that is, we slip into this place of rest and relying on Him, then we realize how it fulfills every desire. Still, now there is a suppression in the air that tries to smother the good news. If we really believe this mysterious truth is meant just for us, nothing can keep us from attaining it. All we have to do is take God's invitation.

A few walk in a small measure of this glory realm that goes beyond our human thinking, experiencing extraordinary miracles such as living without eating or drinking, translation of the body, raising the dead and so on. Yet, there is so much more. Soon, God will hold nothing back. When evil is driven out, this glory becomes an even more concentrated experience. The drink of His love becomes so strong that it cannot slip away from us. When this is experienced corporately, the glory of God only intensifies, just as a pep rally builds excitement between student. These waves of love will keep coming and they wont stop. There will be peaks and lows of intensity, but when all the dimensions of God are manifest to us the lulls are nothing less than ecstatic raptures.

This rain will feel like waves of goodness and droplets of pleasures showering over us. His pure love is something nothing else can create. There will be some who will not accept God and all His goodness. Those who do recieve it will have no bondage and gain experiential knowledge of Him. They will see truth to the degree of its meaning.

When the rain comes, we will not have to worry about distractions, or the oppressive atmosphere filtering God's love with deception and confusion. Then, we will not see His love being limited to the knowledge of this world. Our walks with God will no longer be a maturing process because, "Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is" (1 John 3:2). Nobody will be able to dilute God's love with uninspired studies of scripture because the Lord will be the One evangelizing. His unending love will escape no one and there will be no deceit or ignorance. He will drive the enemy out just as he did at Pentacost. 

"The time for judging this world has come, when satan, the ruler of this world will be driven out."

John 12:31

God uses parables to relate to us His plan and His truth. Here are a few examples in the bible that refer to The Elisha Rain: the promised former and latter rain  (Joel 2:23), and the water that Jesus turned into strong wine for the wedding banquet (John 2:2-11). Let’s look closer at the story about the coming rains. In nature we can find many parallels to God’s truth. In the spring it rains to harvest the winter crops. This is called the former rain. In the fall it rains to harvest the summer crops. This is called the latter rain. In Joel 2:23, Joel talks about the former and latter rain coming in one season. This symbolizes a superabundant harvest. The harvest represents the souls that will reunite intimately with their heavenly Father in The Elisha Rain.

There are biblical characters whose lives also prophesied and revealed God’s mysteries. In 2 Kings 3:14-20, Elisha’s life was prophetic to the coming rain, hence the inspired name The Elisha Rain. Elisha symbolized the double portion of His predecessor Elijah, who represented the former rain at Pentecost. Elijah heard and saw the rain coming to stop the drought (1 Kings 18:41-46), just as Pentecost heard a mighty wind and saw tongues of fire (Acts 2:1-4). In the story of Elisha, it tells us how the promised rain will come in an instant and change the world unexpectedly, “You will see neither wind nor rain, yet this valley will be filled with water”(2 Kings 3:17).

(Take note that parables and prophecies are like diamonds with many facets. One parable or prophecy can talk about many different revelations with various insights.)

The coming rain is the first seal being broken and we encourage all to rest expectantly on this promise.

“I watched as the lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conquerer bent on conquest.”

Revelation 6 1:1-2

"Dear brothers and sisters, be patient as you wait for the Lord's return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen."

James  5:7

A Vision of Worldwide Revelation

I had a vision of ordinary, everyday people walking in the streets around the world. Even though these were ordinary people, they were not going about their own business. Their lives were no longer their priorities or their driving focus of day-to-day life. Something else consumed their attention. A desirable atmosphere had spontaneously filled the air of the earth. It was evident that this feeling that inebriated everyone and soaked everything had to have come from a source of divinity. For no created thing could emanate such feelings and such pleasures. No created thing could even imagine such an existence.

Everyone stared at one another, realizing the unified event was not experienced alone. It was obvious, God was making Himself known to all. Not through mere eye contact and small talk, but He was pouring His heart inside out for all to see through a tangible encounter. It was very real and extremely alluring. Everywhere people turned, the presence of God saturated all. Every element of God was exposed, nothing was hidden and all humanity saw Him as He truly is. He was desirable to all and all open hearts adored Him. It was apparent to everyone that He alone is good.

Before the occurrence, majority of the people were not familiar with who God was. They ran to those who did know Him and asked them about God. Amphitheaters and stadiums were filled with people wanting to worship this wonderful God. There were no atheists in this reality.

In this state, Truth is an existence you can partake of. Since Truth was available to all and there was no deception or confusion, everyone knew what was good and right, and evil was just about obsolete. Everyone could see love for who He was and evil for what it was, yet not everyone embraced Him. When people rejected God under this influence, they rejected God Himself. Rejecting God after knowing Him fully is not an easy thing to do. In His raw presence, it is hard to turn away from all goodness and run to evil. It is not something we can comprehend, yet some will manage to run from His pleasure.

Running from Life is deadly and God will punish us to revive us again. When a few decided that they wanted nothing to do with God, knowing that He was the only source of love and goodness, they were severely punished. However, He does not punish His children to condemnation, but to save them from their own wickedness. He is not like an enraged parent that gets out of control, but more like one who nudges their children, through discipline, to be the best that they can be. He reprimands to direct His kids onto the path that leads back to Him who is the desire and sustainer of our hearts.

It is not like today where many reject the idea of God and evil is unrestrained. People who have never tasted how good the Lord is believe lies about Him. Today they don’t reject Him, instead they reject a tainted and poorly influenced idea of Him. God understands our blindness and ignorance and has unending patience for us in our state. Nonetheless, in the vision there was a clear distinction between those who followed God and those who didn’t. There were no grey areas and not many refused God’s captivating love. The shaft and the wheat were truly being separated, just as they were when Jesus walked the earth, conquering the atmosphere.

"He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with unquenchable fire."

Matthew 3:12

The Lord is coming back to conquer the earth and reveal His love to all.

Hide and Go Seek

A Mother’s Revelation

HIDE AND GO SEEK 

As a mother and a believer, I am convinced that most of children’s natural reactions are God-given instincts to guide and protect them. There are many neural reflexes that newborns have in the first three months like root reflex, sucking and the hand grasp. These responses are to help them to survive and to show the development of their nerves. Later, comes separation anxiety which is the basics of trusting others and learning not to wonder off too far from mommy or daddy. Then, there are other natural tendencies that may not be as noticeable, such as desiring intimacy and attention from loved ones. A child’s yearning for nurture is the foundation of understanding how to give and receive love and how to relate to others and God. It is now obvious that the Lord has placed intuition within our spirit, at birth, for our own good and watching this take place in our children, parents can discover many revelations. 

The Lord uses my first born son, as he learns and grows, to reveal secrets to me in the simplest of ways. Biblical ways of parenting and spiritual purposes of children’s survival skills are two examples of what God teaches me while taking care of my son. I love how the Lord takes my son, Elijah, and paints a picture of unfolding mysteries.

One day, I was playing “hide and go seek” with Elijah. I’d peek behind the blanket until he could find me. I wondered, why did babies always seem to enjoy this game so much? I figured that most conscious things that babies do, God placed in them in order to grow and develop. I also thought, what might be the spiritual lesson to this game, since everything that seems to have only a natural benefit, really has a spiritual significance to it. God always uses our everyday circumstances to open our eyes to His beauty.

Then, the Lord reminded me of what I had read about “hide and seek” and “peek-a-boo” in an article. I read that these games teach infants that if something is not in front of them, it still exists, it’s just hidden. Babies have not yet developed their memory, as a result, for the first six months they believe that what they see is what exists. “Hide and seek” also teaches them how to trust that when someone leaves they are faithful to come back. This helps the development of their memory and can sooth separation anxiety. 

With faith as a foundation written in their hearts, they can rest assuredly, knowing that Daddy God will never leave them. He will always be where His children can find them. This teaches us to seek after Him (Matt 7:7-8; 6:33), no matter where we are in our relationship with Him. 

Then, the Lord spoke to me and said “and I don’t always hide in the same place”. He began to reveal to me what that truly meant. He began to show me how I had been used to communicating with Him and seeing Him in a particular way, but He wanted to show me something new and different. 

For two years, my relationship with Him had changed, whereas before we would have an uninterrupted flow of communication between each other, but now, very few times would I hear Him answer me, although, I knew He was with me. He was reassuring me that He had not abandoned me, He just wanted to play “Hide and Go Seek”. He wanted me to find Him in a totally new way than I had approached Him before. 

A couple of weeks ago, about five different people were telling me how they, or someone they knew, were talking to God in a particular way that I have never experienced myself. Earlier on the day that I recieved the revelation about “hide and seek”, I tried this new way of communicating with God. After trying this, it felt as though me and God picked up where we had left off. Since then, I have been hearing from Him in the way I was normally comfortable with. Only now, I am aware of how He wants to expand me and I’ve learned to turn to His presence by simply trying something new. He has showed me that there are more gifts that were dormant in my life, that needed to be strengthened. 

While playing a game with my son, the Lord revealed to me what was the supernatural lesson to be learned of this game. Now, I can teach my son what the Lord intended for him to learn. If you want revelation, pay attention to your surroundings and ask God what His perspective is. If your relationship with God seems to have drifted, don’t be discouraged. Keep seeking and you WILL find Him. Just remember, He may not be hiding in the same place, causing you to step out of your box.

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”

Matthew 7:7-8

The Lord has been a paraclete to us since we took our first breath, coming alongside of us, until He may abide in us. Thank you Daddy God.