Last night I had a dream. I saw a traditional church building, but it stood on legs and had arms and it was dancing.
As I looked, I saw it was actually a puppet and was being held up by strings. I then saw that at the top of each one of these strings was the name of an ism, capitalism, conservatism, communism and so on.
As I watched, I saw the strings being cut and the church began to fall, and I heard the Lord say,
“How much of the church is held up by man made structures and systems? How much of your prayers and plans are driven my these systems and world view?”
Interpretation:
As I have pondered the dream, I found myself asking the question, how much of our prayer and world view is Kingdom centric and Christ focused?
I firmly believe the Lord is issuing the same challenge to the church in our time that Jesus gave right at the start of his ministry,
From then on, Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, because the kingdom from heaven is near!” (Matthew 4:17)
The word repent literally means to think differently, live by different values, have a different world view. Why? Because the Kingdom of God is at hand. At hand means something is accessible or available. In other words Jesus was instructing us to step out of this world system and values and live and think from a Kingdom of God perspective.
Sadly, in much of the church in our time, we live with a hybridized world view, or a mixture at best. God is calling His people to repent and live and think from a pure foundation of Christ and His Kingdom alone.
God is committed to this purpose of having a pure perfect bride so He is allowing those things that are not founded upon His Kingdom to be shaken. The pandemic is only the beginning of what I believe will prove to be the greatest reformation of the church that has ever taken place.
I hear many praying for revival, but the sense I have is there must be a death before there can be a true awakening. Heaven’s response to some prayers is stop asking me to revive that which I want to kill and destroy.
We live in a time that we find much of the body of Christ more possessed by the political and religious spirit and the mind of the world than it is filled with the Holy Spirit and the mind of Christ. To some degree we have a god made in our image in the western world, even to the point that some now seek to change the scriptures to reflect their corrupted mindset and values, rather than allowing the same scriptures to change them.
Each one of us must come before God in humility and say,
“Search me Lord, help me Lord. I want to truly see the way you see, totally free from the contamination of the fallen systems of this world. Help me live from a Kingdom of God perspective, not the kingdoms of this world’s perspective.”
The word of the Lord right now is, this is only the beginnings of the shakings to come.
We are going to face days that will make the past pandemic look like a pimple in time, but take courage, for the Lord of all is out working His purpose and plan and what He has started He will bring to completion.
Go to your foundations and make sure all you find is Christ alone!
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Remember this story as well! Luke 15
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The Parable of the Lost Sheep(A)
15 Now the tax collectors(B) and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”(C)
3 Then Jesus told them this parable:(D) 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?(E) 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’(F) 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.(G)
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8 “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins[a] and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’(H) 10 In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”(I)
Go find the lost sheep, go find the lost Coin into the beautiful house of God. Just like Jesus instructed us to do. Don’t run away when they fall down. Carry them on your shoulders like Jesus did!
“For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?” Peter 4:17
Simon is right on. We don’t need revival, we need death. A large percentage of the church are filled with religion and the are financially prosperous. Death is hard, but the resurrection is worth it
There will be some people saved who you never thought could be saved. However God/Jesus will draw these people to himself with or without you if necessary and lead them to repentance and they will accept Jesus as Lord and savior. They may go through judgements that lead them to repentance, but God/Jesus knows who are His people. Jesus died to save even the very worst of sinners and He knows how to draw them to himself and save them. Pray for the salvation of the people.
Don’t be surprised if you see Bill and Melinda Gates In Heaven. Yes 100 lb hail stones may fall on them as they travel in their Motorhome, but they will enter into a building that is being destroyed by hail stones and find safety under a strong section of the roof and be met by a person who will lead them to repentance. They will be warmly embraced. God knows how to save people! Sometimes a judgement happens first which opens a person up to hearing the gospel. My point is God/Jesus can save anyone he wants. Look at the story of Paul.
Yes Jesus has the mighty power to save souls! We should be praying for the salvation of all people through Jesus. Don’t pull up the chaff because you might pull up the wheat!
I saw that God/Jesus is building the most beautiful Church ever! I’ve never in my life seen such a beautiful Church. God bless all the wonderful pastor and prophet shepherds of the flock. Do not be discouraged. Keep teaching and believing in faith. I thank every wonderful pastor and prophet who has sown into my life and shared the Gospel of Jesus Christ with me. I thank Jesus for saving me. God promises to have mercy on the children of the righteous for 1000 generations never forget that. God/Jesus is about to move in a mighty way on behalf of the Church.
That does not match what I was shown at all. I had a dream two nights ago where I saw the most beautiful Church that I have ever seen. The Church was full and sitting next to me was a beautiful family with three precious children listening attentively to the teachings. Next I saw a beautiful little girl and I gave her a Barbie doll and a beautiful collectible doll. She hugged the dolls and you could see how loving this sweet child was which represented the love her own mother had shown here. The Gates of hell will never prevail against the church.
Get ready for the bowl judgements against those who have risen up against the Church. Gods/Jesus is putting the most beautiful Church I’ve ever seen together now. The Children will stand out and shine in this Church. God/Jesus will watch over His Church. I was so happy to see the Church shine. The Church will not be destroyed. It will be more beautiful than ever! Judgements are coming on persecutors of the Church!
Yes, Laura, His true church will shine. But to say that God won’t judge the Church doesn’t jive with Revelations 2 & 3, nor with 1Peter 4:17 as LoriQ pointed out.
I did not say that God will not judge the Church. I simply shared what I was shown in a dream after praying and reading my Bible. The Lord showed me a full Church that was the most beautiful Church I’ve ever seen. I can not change what God showed me! I can only share what I was shown and the focus of the dream was the Beauty of the Church not judgements and the beauty of the family and the beauty of the children. That’s what I was shown. I usually see WAR plans. It was so wonderful to see the beauty of the Church for a change! Praise God! Pastors do not be discouraged! God is at work in the Church.
Through this pandemic many families have suffered and drawn very close to the Lord. Tragedies have happened to Christian families. Judgements as you call them. I’ve watched members of my own family come to know the Lord more deeply. It’s exciting to see my sister who in the past would not want to hear the word of God now listening closely. It took Judgements to bring some to this point, and even death unfortunately. But the people are hungry for the word and listening. I’ve witnessed this. My own family is closer than ever thank God. All I know is I saw a beautiful Church. The focus of the dream that the Holy Spirit gave me was the most beautiful Church. I can tell you that the gates of Hell will not destroy the Church. The Church will grow in beauty. The Children will be brought to Church by the parents. This is what I was shown. I was not shown the judgements in this dream. The total focus was on the beauty. This should encourage the pastors and prophets of God! Keep up the good work! Do not get discouraged.
I did not say that God would not Judge the Church. I simply shared what I was shown in this dream. ◄ Exodus 20:6 ►
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but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments
◄ Deuteronomy 7:9 ►
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Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments
◄ Psalm 105:8 ►
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He remembers his covenant forever, the promise he made, for a thousand generations
Yes, I agree that the Lord is doing a wonderful work on His people. Thanks for the clarification and encouraging word!
Your welcome Mary! God bless you and your family!
I appreciate your kind spirit when your message is challenged. The Lord bless you and yours as well!