Stale Bread or His Table?

"He who descended is also the ONE who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things. 

THAT HE MIGHT FILL ALL THINGS!

And He gave some to be Apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers 

for the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry, 

for the edifying of the body of Christ,

 till we all come to the unity of the faith

 and of the knowledge of the Son of God,

 to a perfect man, 

to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ;" 

Ephesians 4:10-13 

TO THE FULNESS OF CHRIST....

Jesus descended into hell & stripped the enemy of his keys & authority. Then He ascended into the highest place in the highest heaven...

In order to release this 5 fold function...

In order to mature His Bride. 

Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor & Teacher must function together as the 5 fingers of a hand. Without all five working together...the works of God are paralyzed...or severely limited & slowed.

2000 years of...limited...stale bread.

What I observe & discern, everywhere I go within the "Church realm"...

is limitation...upon limitation...

Because teachers & pastors have been placed in the first position which belongs to apostle & prophet....

Congregants are being fed stale bread and water which cannot turn into wine. This is the food of prisoners. 

Each individual must approach Christ, alone.. 

 and each congregation must approach Christ, together...

 in the way Christ provided as described in Ephesians 4...

seeking, yearning, pressing in, receiving humbly...ALL of His blood Covenant gifts. He descended & ascended to clothe us with this 5 fold...investment...

manifold covering of royalty...

that we might come into the fulness of Christ! 

That we might mature into His stature. 👋

 He announced...

"The kingdom is at ✋️ hand!" 

Stop looking to teachers & pastors for this stale bread. They are holding back. They are hirelings. Hirelings seek to control & to feed on the sheep. They devour what belongs to the Lord.

Servants seek to provide you with fresh bread, Holy Oil-anointed bread. Servants seek to serve you Living Water which turns to wine at the sound of His Voice. These good shepherds turn you toward the sound of His voice.

Stop denying the entrance of flowing Living Waters 💧 ✨️ which will turn into fragrant intoxicating power-filled wine. 

Only the mature can handle the fresh anointed bread from His Sanctuary. Only the mature can handle the power filled wine of the very Throne of heaven. You were meant to mature into His stature.

We were never meant to grow & thrive on stale bread & rancid, polluted water. That is the food of prisoners. No one else can eat bread for you. No one else can drink for you. You alone can ingest and digest the nutrients of His kingdom. 

"You will know the truth and the truth will set you free!" 

No pastor or teacher can know the truth for you...you must know truth intimately...truth must know you as well. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. Do you know Him? Does He know you? 

Awaken beloved. Be awakened by His kiss, His Word, His breath. His touch. His full bridal provision. Discern the true body of Christ. Discern and receive His 5 fold gift...

 HE GAVE HIS ALL...

for His beloved bride. 

You alone can say "YES to the dress". Yes to the Ring. Yes to the full treasure of your inheritance in Him.

Discern and partake of His table. Truly He will set a table before you, in the presence of your enemies. Your cup will run over with vibrant life. Goodness & mercy will follow in your wake as you walk forward into the new. HIS NEW BREAD & WINE.

"His mercies are new every morning." Are they not?

Awaken beloved. You must know Jesus & His chosen ones, for your self...

No man can hear His voice in your stead. No other can be born again for you. When you give account of your life, no one else will stand between you and Him....

at His Holy Seat of Power & Golden Grace. Even now He extends His royal 5 jeweled diadem.

Will you, like Esther, be prepared to reach for His scepter, held forth in His tender yet mighty hand? 

Remember the parable of the wedding feast? Remember the one who came in without his wedding garment? 

Could that very garment be that which He gave in the wake of His Ascension?...The 5 fold garment?

 In the train of His robe...

Faith & light manifest,

ever unfolding, 

wondrous folds of wisdom, glory and provision! 

James 3:1 A warning ⚠️ 

Musterion

"Things never discovered or heard of before, things beyond our ability to imagine--these are the many things God has in store for all His lovers" 1Corinthians 2:9

Musterion is the Greek word for secret or mystery. There are specifically 12 mentions of The Mystery of God's Kingdom in the New Testament. 

That number 12... represents a Governmental Revelation which can only be revealed to you by The Spirit of the Living God. 

It's a Kingdom Revelation. So it is released by The King. He is more than willing to share His heart with you. He holds the Keys to these vast treasures of favor, love and glory.

This word musterion is mentioned exactly 28 times in the New Testament  (Passion translation). What is the significance of 28 as far as biblical import? It represents Eternal Life. You can be connected to a dimension outside of time by joining your heart to the King.

You cannot ascend to spiritual enlightenment by your flesh, your natural man or mind. You cannot get there by intellectual enlightenment, religious pursuit or effort. It is a mystery & a gift. You can only connect with your Creator by being born again by His Spirit. 

Jesus went to the cross to release the flow of these Living Waters 💧of His Holy Spirit.... so you could drink freely of His life and His character. .. as recorded in John 7:37, 38.

You cannot discover the mysteries or sacred secrets of our Everlasting Father God without passing through His River of Life. 

It's called baptism. Not only water baptism but baptism in Spirit. It's called being born again. (John 3:14-16)

This is the context of my book "Zamiyr, Governmental Waterworks". You cannot understand the book unless you've been through The River & have feasted on the manna of Scripture. 

"After all, who can really see into a person's spirit? So it is with God. His thoughts and secrets are only fully  understood by His Spirit, the Spirit of God." 

"For we did not receive the Spirit of the world system, but the Spirit of God." 1 Corinthians 2:11, 12 

The Word & The Offence

The Word of God, The Holy Bible, The Scripture, is my core, my identity, my wellspring of Life. 

It is truly Living Water. Like water in the natural...it can simultaneously minister to both the inside and outside of our beings. 

There has been a campaign in our institutions...to undermine, to tear down, to irradicate, to annul, to censor and to create a spirit of offence against The Word of God. 

Jesus, Himself, stated that His message (of The Cross), which is the central message of The Word, would generate offence. He addressed this in His very first message in His home town (Luke 4). What is the real source of this offense?

The Word is the conduit for releasing Living Water. It's written form can seem as hard and edgy as a block of ice but hidden within that stationary form is the flow of immense treasure & healing, revelatory power. 

Hidden within, is the quenching of deep thirst for goodness, kindness and deep satisfaction for man's inner being. There is a reuniting with our Creator and His Creation.

Just as water flows through both the heavens & the earth 🌎 there is a message of renewal, transformation & Reformation in the (hidden) Living Water (within the Bible)... 

 the ice melting under His sweet light filled gaze. If you would look upon Him in the reading.

The Word is my personal, individual core, my identity, my wellspring, my vast treasure of wisdom & life. 

Offense keeps individuals from finding, recovering & enjoying such treasure. 

Many experiences in our lives expose us to offense but often we transfer this offense to God who is not really the source.

Neither is The Bible nor hypocritical believers the source of our offence. In our free will we choose unkindness toward others & ourselves. Man causes offence. God is always gentle but firm...

HE is good & kind in His dealings with mankind. Always harmless in His outreach..

There is NO FAMILY, ORGANIZATION, METHOD, WORLD VIEW, NOR INSTITUTION in which you won't find hypocrites and offence. Hypocrites are simply people or movements who cannot 100% perform what they espouse. So, then we turn to control or manipulation. We all fit in that category, no exceptions. "All have sinned and fqll short of His glory".

Hypocrisy is simply the condition of the whole of humanity. All these groups or individuals  judge others unrighteously & without true equity. Judgie, judging people, unfair judges are everywhere.

So this is an empty excuse for explaining this strong hold called "the spirit of offence." 

My friend Joan once said, "Jesus was The Word made flesh but we, Christians, are flesh being made The Word."  But that happens through relationship not rules.

My identity is in Christ who is The Living Word of Life. He is the fulfillment of scripture & His judgments are made purely from a place of perfect love and kindness.

Recently a family member suggested I write my story down but don't include any scripture. This person said the reader would just say, "f-this" and not read my story. 

I was shocked & very, deeply hurt. I also knew I was being backed up to the edge of a relational cliff. That spirit of censor, cancel culture & offence has filled our atmosphere. It is deliberate & with a sinister purpose...to divide. It is an anti-Christ spirit.

The scripture is central to my story! It would be impossible (and a lie) to explain & record my life story without scripture. 

When Jesus announced to His home town...that He had "come to set the captive free, to give sight to the blind and heal the sick" (quoting from Isaiah 61)...His own people attempted to throw Him over a cliff. These were the people in His synagogue. His neighbors, his own Rabbi & friends & cousins. They were super offended with Him to the point of murder and uncloaked hatred. Does that sound rational? 

He had never done anything wrong or unkind to them. Here He was announcing that grace & kindness was on its way from heaven and they were OFFENDED. Why? 

Offense creates spiritual blindness. Jesus, was blamed as the source of their offence. Was He the source? 

These people who are offended with The Bible and Christianity need to take a closer look at the source of this deep darkness...this veil over their souls..  called "offense". 

A SPIRIT OF OFFENSE...without any legitimate reason or source. You don't stop drinking water altogether just because one polluted source gave you a belly-ache. All of us need water-H2O. You just keep looking for the pure source because man must have water to live. Jesus released Living Water 💧 by taking deception, lies, error, death & evil into Himself on the cross. He is the key to melting the seemingly sharp, edgy, icy Holy Bible. He made The Way for you to be reconciled.

Offence suppresses the true & healthy thirst so people drink from other sources like man made drinks...coffee, tea, carbonated drinks, alcohol, fruit juice, milk....all sources which have some H2O but it's minimal. 

Just an example in the natural to show the same effect in the supernatural. Water is what we all need but not polluted water. If  we are dehydrated enough...mankind will try to drink anything. Jesus understood this & has compassion for our misdirection.

These offended ones need to take a closer look at the campaign and indoctrination of an anti Christ agenda. Its been working over time in this nation. In our schools, politics, media and market places. And yes, the silly religious institutions bought into this and made our desperation & thirst worse.

All 7 mountains of society have been censoring the truth and propagating, non stop lies. And the places which should have been dispensing clear, fresh water, were polluting it, as well. 

Go to the source. You can. JESUS, YESHUA, MESSIAH released pure Living Water which is THE HOLY SPIRIT OF OUR CREATOR. The Bible can only be unveiled through Holy Spirit. Intellect or religion is just like drinking coke to get your fresh pure water. Not good.

So,..  censor has been at work in all our institutions. Both clergy & media have served up polluted water.

Thank goodness...the censor....

Ship is about to sink. 

An awakening is on its way. Creator is about to unveil His glory...and His goodness & pure lovingkindness.

Please take inventory as to the real true source of this vicious and visceral reaction to the message of JESUS, The Word and THE CROSS. 

1 Corinthians 1:18-25 

7 Mountains ⛰️ of influence in our cultures:

1. Government

2. Education

3. Media

4. Economy

5. Family

6. Celebration

7. Religion

See Johnny Enlow, Lance Walnau, Peter Wagner 

Postscript: by the way an anti-christ spirit is simply a lying spirit which an individual believes & receives in place of believing the Gospel. There are 5 mentions of these diabolical spirits in John's letters to the church. 1 John 2:18,22, 4:3, 2 John 2:18 & spirits (plural) 1 John 2:18. These are people who have been amidst believers but have departed because they believe a lying spirit rather than the Holy Spirit's witness of Christ. 

Walls

"Whoever has no rule over his/her own spirit is like a city broken down without walls."

 Proverbs 25:28 

The kingdom of God comes with free will and begins to grow & take benevolent dominion with self governance. 

When both Jesus & John the Baptist heralded the message, "Repent, for the Kingdom of God is at hand" .. 

They were confronting the ways of governance which the people were under. Religious rules & regulation from the Pharisees...

 the iron teeth of Rome...

 and Herod who was trying to mix iron with clay (in a humanistic mix of both). 

The people were terribly oppressed and free will was being subjugated. 

The word REPENT was telling them to make a direct "about face" toward Good News...

and prepared their hearts to receive a totally new paradigm. 🙌

 (Repent does not mean what the western church at large has made it out to mean-such a sad & hopeless definition) 

What did Jesus mean by kingdom "at hand"? He began to immediately demonstrate...

with His hands-on love.

"He went about healing ALL who were oppressed of the devil." This means those who sought Him, with a free will. 

ALL...there were no specific criteria other than coming to Him and asking. Such freedom. Such respect toward each individual heart. 

"I will make your officers peace, and your magistrates righteousness. 

Violence will no longer be heard in your land, neither wasting nor destruction within your borders; 

But you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates praise." 

Isaiah 60:17,18

Walls of Salvation. 

Gates of praise.

When I speak, here, of walls...I am not speaking of the walls we create due to being hurt or deeply offended by circumstance in our liPraise.

here....I am speaking of supernatural, wonderful, invisible walls & gates of our secret garden;

our Eden of delight.

Our interaction with Heaven's kingdom. Invisible but indestructible walls nonetheless.

This garden of worship & delight... is the place we begin to interact with "the kingdom at hand" which both John & Jesus announced. We demonstrate "hands-on" love like Him.

"A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse  (church) a spring shut up a fountain sealed... 

A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, a stream flowing down from Lebanon." 

Song of Solomon 4:12,15

From this place of delight in our Creator and His Creation...a fountain springs up and eventually joins with His River from heaven. The walls are fortified with the stones of Revelation...

 of Who He is...

 and Who We are, 

by divine design. 

The gates are kept secure by going in and out in an attitude of pure thanksgiving & praise. Our focus always on Creator... recalibrating our eyes... to gaze upon His glorious, beautiful countenance. Basking in His LIGHT.

"Coming to Him as to a Living Stone...

rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,

you also, as Living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." 

1 Peter 2:4

Chosen by God, and chosen by mans free will...a meeting of hearts, a communion, a co-laboring of partnership between heaven and earth. No force, no coercion, no manipulation, simple and pure cooperation. 

"My son/daughter, give attention to my words, incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart; 

For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.

Keep (or guard) your heart with all diligence, for out of it springs the issues of life." 

Proverbs 4:20-23

Birth Pangs bring Newborns

 "All this is the beginning of birth pangs" Matthew 24:8

Jesus and His disciples were standing on the Mount of Olives, the wonderful place of His Ascension and Triumphant return, when He shocked them with His insight on the destruction of Herods Temple. 

They began to ask about the Father's Time Line. He apparently agreed to tell them certain aspects but also clearly warned that all was not known or to be revealed. There is a reason for this.

"But of this exact day & hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father" Matthew 24:36

Actually there are several reasons but I will focus on the One the bridegroom would care most about. He would not desire for His beloved to be frightened of the birthing process. He called the church to bring forth new life but as foretold in Genesis, it would be labor intensive. 

As a birthing coach, who has attended many births, I can tell you what a sobering event a birthing is! 

We prepare our mothers & attendants for the "birthing pangs"...especially the stage called "transition" by letting them know about the entire process. We give them tools to deal with each stage and especially focus on the light at the end of the tunnel...the beautiful newborn. The treasure of their consummated love.

Transition can literally be like baptism, the woman can experience a form of death, burial & Resurrection because at transition she can feel she cannot go on. She can face death.

She can despair of getting through this shortest stage of birth (transition) due to the intensity. She can despair & give up, if...  she does not have encouragement & hope of her end result. It can be exhausting if she doesn't know there is an end to transition.

In birth class, we repeatedly go over each stage and even show them videos of other births to help them know that transition is the shortest stage before completing new birth & their ultimate reward.

I believe Jesus purposely used the words "birth pangs" (that is the original translation) so that the disciples understood that something new & wonderful would be birthed out of their future suffering. He was preparing them in love, there was no fear present in His instruction. 

End time teaching in a spirit of fear is never the right spirit. Perfect love casts out ALL FEAR.

They (His beloved disciples, whom He was lovingly preparing) were about to go through an intense "transition".  

Each new generation of believers have faced their own "birth pangs" for this is the way of birthing NEW on this fallen planet. 

Yet, it was not so in the beginning. Nor will it be in the fulfillment of His plan. The curse has been dealt with...but His Promise of NEW must be applied & engaged.

I do not understand the morbid focus of many last day or end time teachings. Nor, do I understand the extreme need to predict which part we are in. There is no such focus in the Gospels, Epistles or Revelation. 

The focus is on THE NEW! 

THE NEW BIRTH. 

The scripture focuses on Newness of life! Romans 6:4, 7:6.

Jesus declares in Revelation 21:5

"BEHOLD, I MAKE ALL THINGS NEW."

If we are Word of Faith people, then, we must take Him at His Word. Yet, we must participate in the process & learn to work with seed time & harvest, as well.

Yes, there is a church historical period of conception, development, birth pangs & new born. Then there is the rearing & maturation of the offspring. 

There is a time of confrontation of Heavenly seed toward the "seed of the serpent" but that's another story or blog session. Our focus is on...

THE NEW. AND GIVING JOY & HOPE TO THE BIRTHING MOTHER.

Scripture introduces us to...

NEW BIRTH

NEW WINE & WINE SKINS

NEW COVENANT

NEW TESTAMENT

NEW & LIVING WAY

PUT ON THE NEW MAN

NEW SONG

NEW DAY 

TREASURES NEW & OLD

Oh, and so much more! 

New life after a short immersion under the flow of NEW, FRESH LIVING WATER FROM HIS THRONE.

JESUS went through the transition of The Cross due to "the joy set before Him" and He would have His bride bring forth....with the same joy set before her. Joy in her royal birthing. 

Post Script:

In Acts 1, Jesus again tells the disciples, " It is not for you to know the times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses to Me." 

Acts 1:7,8 

So, it is our purpose & occupation to work with Holy Spirit as birthing coaches, not to be "end time" zealots. It is simply our purpose to be witnesses of Good News. Witnesses of love, not fear. Witnesses of faith, joy & peace.

Yes, of course we are to study & meditate on all scripture but developing an "end time" theology was never our main focus or assignment. You are not saved by your correct theology but by being born again. 

In Revelation the LORD declares He is angry with "the destroyers of the earth"...He redeemed the earth & its people.. so to say He is angry & is going to rapture His own & then destroy the earth is actually a doctrine of demons.

There are way too many positive, loving, good plans for earth.... recorded in scripture...for true theologians to continue this nonsense. Just check out the "inherit the earth" scriptures. Psalm 37.

 It is the "world system" which will be destroyed & a new Kingdom Era which will be ushered in. The rapture is related to the bridal celebration of the remnant overcomers. Another subject for another time.

Somehow we have become enamored with dooms day,  apocalyptic, bad, destructive predictions rather than the wonderful, marvelous, 

Good, Good, Good News

 of the Gospel. 

Dream 7-18-22

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In the dream: I was preparing my Kindergarten classroom for a performance. (In those last stages of rehearsal you realize there will be little focus, in the children, for regular curriculum so you settle for the stage experience... as being the curriculum)

Secret Service agents came in & said, "You need to come with us." to witness something important.  (These agents have often been in my dreams & represent intercession & Holy Spirit directives)

I was hesitant to leave my teaching post but realized my aid, Maria, had it covered. So the agents whisked me off, to a waiting helicopter. 

We arrived at a baseball game. I was seated with my Mom (Ida Bissell, who is actually in heaven) in the far left bottom seats in the bleachers. Ground level. My feet were on the ground. I could see clearly onto the field. 

They were preparing for opening pitch. Trump had been invited to throw the "opening pitch." His throwing arm (which seemed to be his left arm) had been "injured" so they were coaching him through some warm up pitches. 

When it came time to throw the real pitch, he surprised all with a powerful pitch which was not at all like, what they (the team/ professionals)  had coached him to do. It took everyone by surprise by its powerful force.

In the dream, I did not observe the actual game...but I turned to my Mom and said,"This is one game I'm not going to miss!". 

The agents came & whisked me back to the waiting helicopter. When I arrived back at campus, my students/children were going onto stage. I knew my confidence in my aid was well placed. My children were prepared, lined up, calm & ready... and all covered in sparkling Crimson Robes. END OF DREAM.

Interpretations: prophetic interpretations & applications are the spot where many prophetic intercessors often miss it. So I wait & pray & wonder. 

Upon waking ⏰️ I knew one thing for certain...my assignment to pray for our nation/our land was not over.  

It took me quite awhile to realize the most odd thing in the dream...Trump was pitching from home base...not the pitchers mound! Being seated in bleachers seemed to represent my role as witness & intercessor & my Mom represented the cloud of witnesses in Hebrews 12: 1. 

Also growing up...my Mom was a democrat & father was a republican. I was both at different stages in my life but now prefer independent. Lies, greed & blinders in both parties is over the top.

My comment to my Mom...I knew was my spirit man prophesying over myself. I will not miss my assignment. I am "seated in heavenly places with Christ" Ephesians 2:6.

My vision of my students in crimson meant that my aid, Holy Spirit would prepare my children & that I should trust the Lord with the process. Maria, Mary, Mother of Jesus...something new is being birthed. Next generation is more prepared than we think! 

I knew I wasn't allowed to remember the game due to the plans of the Lord. Just as the enemy was ignorant of what Jesus accomplished on The Cross so that he could not interfere. The enemy will not stop God's plans.

Left arm represents past among other things. Our past is healed through Jesus redemption.

All that Father God decides to do...Will be accomplished. Isaiah 55:11.

In 2015.. the Lord showed me a map of U.S. covered with tiny flames which at close up view...were intercessors in their prayer closets. The Lord spoke & said, "I will not disregard the prayers of my saints!" 

Though some Americans have forgotten our covenant with God, He keeps His covenant. He has sworn an oath by Himself. The vote is with God. The plan is with God. The Truth is with God. 

I was & continue to be...so very grieved in spirit over the gnosticism, humanism, secularism, liberalism,  paganism & fake unitarianism that, seemingly, overtook our land, bill of rights & constitution...our government. But wait...Jesus is seated on the Throne! And we are seated with Him.

When your eyes open...you will see the root is baal worship. (Many sources have carefully, painstakingly traced this factual historical root...trey smith, jonathan cahn& rabbi zeporat to mention just a few)

The censorship is active & pervasive in most media...its over the top. (Media is a place in Babylon...this is no coincidence) The attempt at sterilizing & controlling population, stings which confuse our dna & brain washing...

there's a reason they call it "brain fog". 

Its over the top. The prayer bowls are also over the top. Tilting, getting ready to spill out. 

Just as in the story of balaam & balack...the root of entrapment is sexual & greed based. Revelation 2:14, 2 Pet.2:15, Jude 11. Father God meant our sexuality to be a blessing but satan,, the slanderous one, has gone hard after our identities.  

We are physical and sexual creatures but the wondrous, beautiful gift of sexual union has been so distorted by media, satan & human greed....it has become publicly gross, a political weapon & sadly pathetic. Did you know the root of sodom & gomorah's fall was greed? GREED.

It is recorded in the prophets. Modern day greed underlies this filthy sexual obsession within the arts, entertainment & media as well. 

That greed has led to the murder of 65 million innocents! ( I am including myself as having for a time in my life...made my own sexuality an idol, an object of greed & worship). 

It was a gift to keep us in union with our beloved spouse (of Covenant) not to be idolized, abused or misused. Always the fallen one desires to twist the beauty of God's benevolence.

Yet, inspite of the confusion, as recorded repeatedly in Isaiah & throughout The Word...a remnant of God chasers & God lovers has been refined & prepared for this hour. 🙌 His glory will cover the earth as the water covers the sea! 

Last but not least....Why Trump? Isaiah 45 will answer your question. He is simply a servant of the Lord....a modern day Cyrus.

The Lord asked for the nations, He loves us. He is "the desire of the nations" & He wondrously loves & desires us! 

Psalm 2.

The Lord Jesus redeemed the entire Cosmos. He holds the title deed to earth & His people are beginning to glow like Isaiah 60:1,2. Ofcourse people have free will...& this is the time of testing. Time to wake up! 

Choose this....and make it a relentless pursuit...

LOVE OF TRUTH. 

Sound of Many Waters- 5

Sound of Many Waters-Part 5- Decree a Thing 

7 Voices- 7 Thunders 

"If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God & do what is right in His sight..." 

Exodus 16:26 

This "IF"...statement goes on to promise the Lord will keep His people safe from the plagues they witnessed in Egypt. 

Many present this verse as an opportunity for obedience. They see the word- DO- and perceive an action and a performance of duty. 

There is nothing wrong with this. It is good to take hold of your own will & bring it under subjection to God's Word. 

However, can I share from my heart & experience...

there is a more excellent way. 

A way of resting in Him. A way of delighting in Him. A way of letting His Word abide within you. John 15:7 & Colossians 3:16

There is a more excellent  way of responding to His voice... the way a bride responds, in love kind, toward the love of her life. 

There's a way to respond to His voice like a sweetheart. In our responsiveness, His words can be like wine upon our lips. 

Let's focus more on the phrase (in the above verse) " IN HIS SIGHT".

"If you will do what is right in His sight."

What happens when you are in someone's range of sight? You are in close fellowship, in close proximity, in an intimate space with that someone.

You are close enough to converse in a whisper, close enough to have their attention. 

Close enough to gaze into their eyes. Close enough for a gentle kiss (of His Word) upon your lips. Close enough to respond in love, in like kind.

That closeness will cause you to HEAR the intentions of that someone's heart & allow you to cooperate & work together as ONE. A divine partnership.

The sound of the Lord's voice, when we stand close, causes our hearts to become tender toward Him. 

In the New Testament there are 7 places recorded where God speaks audibly to those close at hand. In each case they are in close proximity to Jesus.

I was unctioned by Holy Spirit to look up the word VOICE...in the Concordance. I know from experience...the Lord wants to reveal something in His Word.

There is an intimacy in the pattern & sequence of..7 presented within these scriptures. Many miss the exquisite opportunity offered to us. 

The offer to help us hear His voice.

It's an offer of partnership. Its an offer of romance. Are you intrigued? 

We know 7 represents completion and perfection but did you know it also represents-

THE VOICE OF THE LORD? 

And, it represents our partnership with Him! It represents our powerful life giving, loving response! 

There are 2 wonderful examples in the New Testament, of this pattern of overlapping 7's. Each pattern ends with Peter's testimony in Acts 2:14. 

"But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice & said to them..." Acts 2:14 

Peter in Acts 2:14 completes the sequence of Father God's voice. Let me show you the pattern. 

PETER IN ACTS 2 is the 7th in the pattern...

but it all begins when the VOICE of the Lord begins to speak to Jesus.

It happens at the Jordan River when Jesus is baptized by John. 

First Voice...

"And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." 

Matthew 3:17

The second mention of THE VOICE is recorded in Mark 1:11...this recalls the same incident. The third mention of THE VOICE is in Luke 3:22...another mention of the same incident. Father, Son & Holy Spirit...Voice, Voice, Voice! 

Now.. in the 4th and 5th mention of the voice of the Lord... we see the voice speaking from the cloud to Jesus, transfigured, in His glory...before the 3 disciples...this is recorded in Mark 9:7 & Luke 9:35.

"And a cloud came and overshadowed them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, hear Him. " 

Mark 9:7

We understand that the sound of the Lord's voice is described as the sound of many waters  There is no coincidence that these VOICES manifest at the river and the cloud. 

Just keep that in mind. We are headed toward the 7 thunders mentioned in the book of Revelation.

In the first 3 mentions, The VOICE is an intimate one-on-one voice from Father to Jesus, His Son. We don't know if John heard it but we do know John saw the dove descending upon Jesus at that same time. 

The 4th & 5th mention is Father God declaring His love for His Son to Jesus' 3 disciples- Peter, James &John. 

He requires them to listen to Jesus voice as if it were His own. He is making a transference of God's voice to the Son of Man. 

Now the 6th mention of THE VOICE of God is a public, audible voice to the crowd following Jesus. It's  the day of His Triumphant Entry upon the donkey colt. 

The crowd of adults & children have been singing His praise. The crowd is stirred due to Lazarus' Resurrection.  The pharisees, however, were stirred for another reason:

"Look, the world has gone after Him. " John 12:19

And now the visiting Greeks want an audience with Jesus... but Jesus does not go to them, yet.  This was left for Acts 2, Peter's witness. It completes the pattern of 7.

6th mention: It was the time of the feast. It was 6 days before Passover and The Father chose to speak audibly, publicly, to His beloved. Jesus had just declared He was troubled but prayed.. "Father, glorify your name."

"Then a voice came from heaven, saying, "I have both glorified it and will glorify it again."

Therefore the people who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, an angel has spoken to Him." John 12: 28, 29

Now notice, the crowd heard thunder just as the children of Israel heard...when Moses brought them to the mountain to hear the voice of God. 

Notice also that thunder represents a connection between heaven (cloud) and earth (river). We need to understand that God is making a connection...

so that, the significance of Peter's  testimony in Acts 2 can be fully understood as  7 represents completion. 

Now, it could be argued that the actual 7th occurrence of God's voice is recorded in Acts 9:4 when God spoke to Paul. This is when Paul falls to the ground and Jesus speaks to him. The difference is, this is Jesus...rather than Father God. We are first following God's voice.

I would like to present the idea, that the voice to Paul, represents the 8th recorded voice of God in the New Testament. 8 for new beginnings, Resurrection,  and New Day. 

In Acts 2:14 Peter stands up and shouts to the crowd, IN A LOUD VOICE.

He shouts to the crowd,  which has been gathered by the sound of a rushing mighty wind;

the wind is the voice of Holy Spirit speaking through the newly filled disciples who receive God's "lightnings" of fire. 

A transference from God to man as was done from God to Jesus at the mount of transfiguration.

Thunder connecting cloud to river as it were.

In Song of Solomon there is a similar picture presented. It's important to read this in The Passion Translation as well as other translations, otherwise you can miss the prophetic picture.

In Song of Songs there is a conversation between the Lord (bridegroom), the bride (Shulamite) and the virgins (congregation of believers). 

The illustration I am speaking of is the similar conversation to the 7  quotes in the New Testament. The 7 representations of GOD'S VOICE. 

"Now I decree, I will ascend and Arise. I will take hold of you by my power, possessing every part of my fruitful bride. 

Your love I will drink as wine, and your words will be mine." 

Song of Songs 7: 8

YOUR WORDS WILL BE MINE. 

Isn't this what Jesus asked of the disciples at the last supper? 

IF YOU ABIDE IN ME AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU...

Returning to the New Testament pattern, the reason I believe the 7th quote is Peter's voice- is because of sequence and intent. 

I believe Father God's voice continued in Peter's testimony in Acts 2. 

Here in Song of Songs we have a prophetic picture of the brides voice becoming that of her bridegroom. This is not obedience or performance but pure love, mature love, passionate fiery love! 

"And her voice will be mine."

In following this pattern of Father's voice (mentioned 6X) then manifesting through Peter in the 7th...let's revisit the "sound of many waters." 

We had Father's voice at the river then in the cloud. At Pentecost we had the tongues of fire which can be translated as "lightnings." 

All the ways that water speaks or makes a sound. All the ways water responds & takes form. 

Masaru Emoto (1948- 2014) studied water and its ability to respond to human thoughts & words.

You should look up His book on "The Secret of Water". Many similar studies have continued in this important vein. 

He found that natural water encircled by children sending thoughts of gratitude into that water...

caused the water to form beautiful crystals which looked similar to perfect snowflakes ❄️.

Later studies also showed water's response to angry words which caused the water to form ugly dark misshapen structures. 

It's so important to understand both natural and Living Water in the way it responds to our voice, our gratitude and our agreement. 

These water comparisons are made in the Bible so that we can perceive how Life can be spoken through our decrees. 

Our decrees which agree with God's Word, His good thoughts & intentions for mankind & the cosmos.

Our praise & worship can be compared to those children, in unity, expressing gratitude. They literally created life & beauty by speaking into the water. 

Our voice in His voice!

Can you imagine how the water in our bodies will respond to healing prayer? Or, how water in our food can respond to a blessing? 

We come into alignment with the "sound of mamy waters", the Lord's creative voice, when we sing with Him. When we bless others in His love. When we express our faith in His Word through love.

Stay with me...There is yet, another overlapping pattern of 7 which ends with Peter's voice & Paul's conversion (8). 

There are 5 recorded incidents of Jesus crying out with His voice upon the cross. (Mt. 27:46,50, Mark 15:34,37, Luke 23:46) 

John 11:43 records the 6th loud cry of Jesus. He shouts to Lazarus as he calls him out of the tomb into Resurrection life. 

☆Remember sequence & intent. I am following a sequence, a pattern (rather than time line) through the Gospels and on into Acts. 

Peter's voice in Acts 2 becomes, again, the 7th loud VOICE in this sequenced record. 

It was God's intention for the children of Israel to hearken to the Lord's voice. Instead, Moses & Joshua, alone, became the voice of the Lord in Israel's place. 

Responding to someone's VOICE in love & faith (trust) is relational & intimate. It requires a commitment of fellowship & listening from the heart. 

Again, in the New Testament, it is shown, in the transfiguration on the mount; Father God desires for Peter, James & John to hearken to Jesus' voice. 

But not just to hearken...

to BECOME the voice of the Lord. 

This is the revelation released in "the sound of many waters"...

TO BECOME HIS VOICE, HIS SOUND ON EARTH, HIS FREQUENCY. 

Now, this brings us to the 7 thunders ⛈️ in the book of Revelation mentioned in Revelation 10: 3, 4. This is mentioned at the time of the "sounding of the 7th angel." 

We will close this- part 4- by quoting some of Revelation 10 & Psalm 135.

Instead of responding as a mere servant, can we respond like a love struck bride. It's about our resonance to The Sound of Many Waters! 

Also, my intent is to show the connection between biblical symbols of cloud, river & thunder...

to our voice & His voice. 

To reinforce this idea let's back track to something mysterious in the Genesis account. 

God declares 7 times, "It is good & very good" within His 7 days of Creation. 

However, in Genesis 1:6-8 on the 2nd day of creation, when He divides the waters above from the waters below. 

On this one day, day 2, He leaves out...His usual finishing declaration...

"It is good "

Why?

When you remember the New Testament milestones or markers of God's voice...1st The River (earth), 2nd The Cloud (heaven), 3rd directly to Jesus & the crowd, which was heard as thunder...

We see Him reconnecting.

We see it is God's intention to release His voice to and through us. 

The necessity to divide the upper & lower waters was a result of Lucifers fall. He became Satan (false witness) the "prince of the power of the air." 

In Genesis one we begin with Holy Spirit brooding over the waters in the midst of chaos. 

This was not GOOD in the Lord's sight. No one reigns in the cloud...except our LORD & BELOVED.

Thank goodness, Father, Son & Holy Spirit had a plan to reconnect the flow of His Living Waters. The mystery of His plan is in the 7 voices & the 7 thunders. Hallelujah!

"And I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. And a rainbow 🌈 was on His head, His face was like the sun, and His feet were like pillars of fire. 

He had a little book in His hand. And He set His right foot on the sea and His left foot on the land, and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars. 

When He cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices." 

Revelation 10: 1-3

I pray this will bring about a bridal longing to hear His voice, to cherish His Song and to become His voice in the earth. 

Jesus declared in John 10...My sheep hear my voice. 

Yes, His voice will align with scriptural precepts... 

however, hearing...

His NOW Voice &...

His NEW CREATION VOICE is not to be left to others. 

Each individual must know Jesus. Each individual must draw near. Our words must become His words. This then becomes corporate by His Spirit.

It is each believers responsibility to press in, to hear & to become His bridal voice.

Just as it takes many tiny droplets of mist to become a cloud full of rain....then comes the thunder! 

Then... a joining of voices! 

"Whatever the Lord pleases He does, in heaven & in earth, in the seas & in all deep places. 

He causes vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; 

He makes lightnings for the rain; He brings the wind out of His treasuries." Psalm 135:6,7

And with our praise, we too, become those vapors which He, by His Spirit, causes to ascend. 

Can you hear the sound of many waters? Come up here beloved! Join the prayer storm!

"Yes, the Almighty will be your gold & your precious silver. For then you will have your delight in the Almighty, and lift up your face to God. 

You will make your prayer to Him, He will hear you, and you will pay your vows.

You will also declare (decree) a thing, and it will be established for you; so light will shine on your ways." Job 22:25-28 

Our will moving in HIS WILL, our heart moving in HIS HEART, our word moving in HIS WORD, becomes a force...

THE FORCE OF A RIVER...

THE FORCE OF A THUNDERBOLT...

making a path for refreshing in HIS GLORY...

a path for His river...

for trees to grow...

a path for His rain...

for His garden to grow...

a path for the Highway of Heaven to invade the earth. 

Postscript:

God Decree/ God Storm-

Ps. 115:3, Jeremiah 10:13, 51:16, Job 38:22, Acts 2:2, Song of Songs 4:16, Zechariah 10:1

Hebrews 12: 22-24 lists this same 7/8 pattern of voices from His Court. 

1. The voice of the blood of Jesus

2. Jesus, The Mediator of the New Covenant 

3. The Spirit of just men made perfect

4. God, The Judge of All 

5. Church of Firstborn, registered in heaven 

6. The general Assembly  (worshipers)

7. Innumerable Company of Angels

8. Zion, Heavenly Jerusalm, The Bride 

Sound of Many Waters 💧 

Copyright ©️ February 14-

March 14, 2024

Vicki JoAnn Richards 

Star in a Tear Publishing

Significance

 I want to share a personal experience. There's a lot of talk about healing of people's trauma. Someone told me it's called Shadow Work. 

In the Christian realm it's called Sozos or Theophostic work. Beyond that there are a myriad of groups who have set out to help people stop living in the past & making them able to move into a healthy state of being.

 They are mostly all well intentioned & for the most part truly helping people move forward in their lives. I worked in the Healing Rooms myself so I recommend & applaud these precious ones who are helping others.

There is another most excellent way to heal. Many times in prolonged times of worship I have been able to sink down into The River from God's Throne. (Yes its a real place, unfortunately most meetings don't take time to allow this exchange). Sometimes Holy Spirit flows like a River, sometimes like a Cloud, sometimes like Rain.

So as I rest in this flow of worship.. in aquiescence, in delight, at times the Holy Spirit will pin point an area which needs healing.

One such time occurred at a friend's home with a small group of women gathered. We were just worshipping, really, with no set agenda other than seeking Holy Spirit. 

I saw a tiny little word, like a seed, in my mind's eye, it was in the core of my being. 

The Word was.. 

SIGNIFICANCE

It was a seed & full of meaningfulness which began to grow until it was large enough to fill my whole vision & being. 

Then followed...

I AM YOUR SIGNIFICANCE! 

As that happened, I felt some recent insecurity & relational challenges melt away & my heart grew bolder & more kindly confident toward the situation. 

Jesus was the One who made the statement. I don't really know how to relate this kind of rest & awareness but it was not a threat or taking away of my personality in any way. It only added to my true self.

It was actually making me even more myself as I rested in HIS identity; as His goodness & true significance grew within the garden of my heart. Eden is the place, the location you arrive at in worship. Jesus is the gate to that place. 

I've experienced this, not once, but again & again. Worship is a place of exchange. It is a healing place. This is why the fallen one will try to provide you with many alternate types of "healing" & "worship"paths. 

I'm not here to tell you which are right for you...just to say there is a more excellent way you can add to your path. There is a key to worship which many people miss...that is humility. Pride doesn't get your heart to Yahweh's gate.

If your healing path is helping you toward The Creator, Yahweh, The Originator, Wonderful, Counselor, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.. THE WORD... then you will experience powerful, ease filled, light filled healing. It's a given, a reality, a promise.

May He Arise over you with healing in His wings. May He overshadow you with His lovingkindness. God is Spirit & you can approach in His Cloud, River & Rain....it too is purely of Holy Spirit. 

PS: THE BIBLE SAYS GOD IS NEITHER MALE NOR FEMALE NOR ARE THOSE WHO GO TO HEAVEN. THE BIBlE SAYS GOD IS SPIRIT. SO please don't let any gender issues keep you from seeking healing in His Spirit. The use of His is simply a language used to teach us of Spirit, a loving, protecting, embracing role in Spirit ways. 

Measured by His Love

 In Psalm 23, it says, "Your rod and your staff, they comfort me." 

The Lord is truly my good shepherd. He is a GOOD SHEPHERD we are His sheep. His little lambs whom He carries on His shoulders.

 Can you say this? Can you declare this to Jesus? YOU ARE MY GOOD SHEPHERD. Let Him just come & hold you. He desires to draw you close with His Rod.

His rod is a Living Reed which has been grown by The Living River which flows from His Throne of GRACE. 

Can you imagine what substance is within that River which feeds that Reed, that Rod of comfort? 

His Rod is alive with His lovingkindness, His goodness and His righteousness. 

The rod is used to measure & to build as shown in Ezekiel & Revelation.

Only those who have laid down their lives for the Gospel may hold this rod. It is held by the hand of love.

He, (the good shepherd) measures us by His Love.

He brings us into balance, into right standing by Himself, living within us. Just by Living, Abiding within us. He is love.

Can you just come in, come sit down, come to drink in His beauty & smile, come to rest at His table? It's a place for laughter, gazing on His beauty & feasting on His love.

He measures us by His love, please let that sink into your heart & soul. 

If first words matter in scripture than last words are even more instructive. The last word(s) on the cross were.. 

"Father forgive them" 

And.. "It is finished".

Beloved, you are not measured by your accomplishments or lack thereof! It's true, we will bring forth fruit when we abide in His Word, in Him, in His love.

You are not required to perform or "measure up". His rod is for comfort and pure kindness.

Notice that the Psalmist illustrates what happens when we allow the Lord to "measure us" with His rod of love... 

He simply brings us to a table to feast with our friend, our beloved, Jesus. 

Feasting on the manna of His love, feasting in His presence, feasting in His fellowship. 

Just being with Him and those who love Him. (Read Psalm 23)

"You prepare a table before me." 

"My cup runs over." 

"You anoint my head with oil."

"Surely goodness & mercy follow me."

You are being pursued by the good shepherd, He measures YOU with HIS LOVE. 

Every time... you just reach out to hold His hand...He holds onto you.. He draws you a little closer.

Selah

Sela or Selah in Psalms denote a quiet lull in words or music. In 1 Samuel 23:28 it denotes a cliff of escape or cleft in the rock. Both a time of quiet & a place of refuge.

Elijah resorted there to hear the still small voice of God. Many say he ran from the Jezebel spirit but I say he ran to... 

he ran to the rock...

he ran past the chariot of the king & he ran right on into the cleft of the rock.

He ran to Sela.

Our human body & soul can be quickened by Holy Spirit to do amazing exploits but we have a natural battery which needs recharged within the cleft of the Rock. All of us. Every one of us.

When people criticize Pastors & Prophets who have been trailblazers (who then tire & trip up in some way)...

I ask those who are judging.. were you out there breaking ground? Were you angry because you needed them to hear the Lord for you? And they disappointed you? 

Their words should merely confirm what you heard directly from Jesus-for yourself. 

YOU NEED THE SELAH YOURSELF..YOU NEED THE STILL SMALL VOICE.

If you are of a critical, reviling or scolding tone... stop... 

and run to Selah!!!

You who criticize should also be there to pray for them & soften the fall when they are exhausted...and fall. But they should not have to get that far off...

if they are being properly supported & held accountable. 

Two way, mutual stewardship is what we need now, it's what they experienced in the New Testament.

Why does the forerunner trip?... often because others stood by & cheered (from a safe distance) when they did all the heavy lifting...

sometimes we parishioners error by watching like Adam from the sideline while Eve reaches past the safety of her soulmate. Letting another take all the risk never turns out well for the observer... either.

Let's all encourage each other to go to the cleft in the Rock who is Jesus. 

Let's all make sure (each layman & each overseer on ministry boards)...that our leaders, out front, have the necessary respite & quiet time. 

Why would it take a whistle blower to call a ministry into question? Should not every deacon & elder in that ministry be hearing from the Lord? 

This is the true ekklesia function. One another.. we need to one-another... each other. Relationship is about shared responsability. 

Surely observers saw they were getting dry in their words and brittle in their relationships?! 

"As followers of Moses they were all baptized in the cloud & sea. And all ate the same miraculous food, and all drank the same miraculous water. 

For they all- ALL - drank from the miraculous Rock that traveled with them, and that rock was Christ." 

1 Corinthians 10:2-4

None of these things should ever surprise... if we are ALL...walking in true, keen discernment.

 Discernment.. which is our absolute responsibility to Christ. To one another.

Should they not know ahead when a trap is being set? Yes! That is their responsability! Those gleening, guiding, profiting, depending on that ministry. They are the assigned watchmen.

It is our responsibility to uphold these forerunners. Encourage them and pray for them but don't ever be their 'YES MEN'.

You must send them, peacefully, to their Selah when needed. If you are a Joshua to a Moses....tell them the truth. Watch their backs. The enemy is seeking to devour but The Rock is closer.

"And they will not need to teach their neighbors...saying, you should know the Lord. For everyone from the least to the greatest, will already know me, says the Lord." 

Jeremiah 31:34

The Sela Rock is never far from any one of us. He is literally following along our trail. This must, once more, become our greatest priority! To run to our Selah. To know Him & to drink deeply of Him.

Did you know profound quiet is the height of praise & worship.? That's why it's represented as a high cliff or cave in a mountainous place. 

It's a place of refuge and sequestor with God...a place where the freshest living water flows from the cleft in the rock. Purest of pure Living Waters- from the mountains melting snow- this will cause your vision to become clear & far seeing. 

"From the ends of the earth I will cry to you for help, for my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the towering rock of safety."

Psalm 61:2

We must stop expecting others to see for us...to drink for us...to know for us!

However, do honor, love & support those who are gifted with mountain top vision.

You cannot depend on any other for your personal, fresh insight... 

but you can always depend on The Rock, Jesus. He desires to protect you, fill you & quench your thirst.

Look to Jesus...Only Jesus.

Run to your Selah.

Footnote: this was inspired by controversy about news of yet another fallen minister.  Part of the problem is that these leaders are placed on pedestals which are not at all biblical.