End Time Babylon – Part 6
Who is able to fix the earth? – YOU must decide for YOU!
Zechariah 4:6 Then he said to me, "This is what the LORD says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
God has always desired to partner with His people to develop the resources of the earth forever. Better and better…His perfect leadership….His perfect power…and our “yes!”
This is what we were always supposed to do, and, once the Garden is restored, what we will do FOREVER: Thinking with our minds about what we would like to see on earth, calling out to God to move, and His agreement in answering with power to see that thing happen. This is the basic function of mankind in God’s garden. This has never changed. This is how creation has ALWAYS functioned.
God…all three persons of the trinity…was completely engaged in the initial “development” of creation. Genesis 1 is THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK OF THE BIBLE. You MUST understand this book and literally BELIEVE it in order to really understand who you are and why you are here.
This is why the creation account is SO contested. Evolution, even “old earth” Christianity, denies the truth of Genesis 1. But listen…I’m not saying this judgmentally, but rather fundamentally...Genesis 1 is really important to believe.
Without seeing the absolute reliable truth in Genesis 1, you cannot possibly see the dignity He has LAVISHED on the human frame. Without seeing the absolute RELIABLE historical account in Genesis 1…as hard as it is to RATIONALLY believe…you cannot see the true power of the tongue, let alone bring it into agreement with God. We live in a kingdom built on words…it is all about words…for real!
James 3:2-10 Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way. (3) We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth. (4) And a small rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go, even though the winds are strong. (5) In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. (6) And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself. (7) People can tame all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and fish, (8) but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison. (9) Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it curses those who have been made in the image of God. (10) And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right!
The words we speak hold the power of life and death. The way this works was “modeled” by God in Genesis 1 for those responsible to continue in the acts of creation on earth FOREVER: mankind. God made everything and then gave man “dominion” in the earth in partnership with God. We were supposed to keep developing…partnering in creative acts… in our realm, which is the earth:
Genesis 1:27-31 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. (28) Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." (29) And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. (30) Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food"; and it was so. (31) Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
This is what God called “very good”: a physical earth, an open heaven, and mankind in partnership with God ruling over our realm! The rest of the Bible after Genesis 3 is the story of God restoring what mankind broke in rebellion. This whole thing is all going back to the same thing God called “very good”:
Revelation 5:9-10 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, (10) And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth."
So, it is important to understand…from a practical standpoint…how this all works. That is why Genesis 1 is SO STINKING IMPORTANT!! Let’s think about the creation account for a second:
Genesis 1:2-5 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. (3) Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. (4) And God saw that the light was good. Then He separated the light from the darkness. (5) God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.
Ok. So here we see the active involvement of the 1. Holy Spirit, 2. God who speaks…the Word…Jesus, and 3. The Father with the plan who evaluates the Word and the Spirit and directs all creation. We need a little more Bible information to see clearly how this all works.
First off, the Father is the person of God who knows the whole plan:
Mark 13:32 "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Second, Jesus is the Word who spoke the desires of His heart into the void, that the Holy Spirit responded to:
John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (2) He was in the beginning with God. (3) All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
John 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.
John 1:14-15 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. (15) John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.' "
Clearly Jesus…who became the man Christ Jesus…is the person of the God who’s job it was to speak the desire of the Father into creation, and the Holy Spirit is the power of God on earth.
Third, The Holy Spirit is the “sevenfold”…meaning complete…person of God who releases His power on behalf of God’s people. The Spirit responds with the raw Genesis 1 power of God to commands of PEOPLE spoken in agreement with the Father’s plan!
Revelation 5:6 And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
John 14:16-17 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— (17) the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
This is why Genesis 1 is so important. What I am saying is that Jesus modeled OUR role in Genesis 1:3 BEFORE mankind was given dominion of the earth in Genesis 1:28. Adam was supposed to step into the SAME role as Jesus…we share in the “inheritance of the Word.” Adam, the legal family partner, or “Bride”, was supposed to step into partnership with the Groom…Jesus…and “become one flesh” with the Word. Adam blew it, and now Jesus is restoring…making new…what Adam broke:
Ephesians 5:31-32 "FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH." (32) This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
This has always been the intention of God. A royal family legal partner…a Bride… for His Son! Adam and Eve rebelled and bought the “harlot’s” (prostitute…alternative to the Bride) lie. THIS is the lie of Babel and the lie of the end-time harlot Babylon: that disconnecting from loyalty to the perfect Groom…the second person of the Good God, and instead knowing evil…the absence of God, was more full. More powerful. This is what the antichrist is all about: stop waiting for invisible Jesus and lets get some stuff done. He will lie and say “God wants us to feed to the poor and take care of orphans whether we include Jesus or not!” The false prophet will convince millions of “Christians” that the antichrist is right. This is what the end-time Babylon is the final expression of: man’s dominion over the earth ABSENT God. This always produces evil and widespread death.
Genesis 3:4-6 Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. (5) For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." (6) So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
So, Tom, if we aren’t supposed to get together and get some stuff done FOR God, what ARE we supposed to do?
The true operation of mankind on earth looks like this: we search the heart of the Father, growing in our understanding of His desire, then, we evaluate the earth around us. When we see areas that don’t agree with the Father’s desire, we speak to those areas…out loud…in the name of Jesus, and the Holy Spirit moves!! We begin bringing the physical realm into agreement with the heavenly realm by…drum roll please…FAITH. (…and faith without works is dead!...which is where the prayer movement and the missions movement…in SW Michigan KHOP and JLK… meet in the Spirit)
Faith transforms the physical realm into what agrees with heaven. When heaven and earth agree in faith as manifest in the words of mankind, a corridor of glory is created and the miraculous happens:
Matthew 8:7-10 And Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him." (8) The centurion answered and said, "Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. (9) For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it." (10) When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, "Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!
Matthew 8:23-27 Now when He got into a boat, His disciples followed Him. (24) And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep. (25) Then His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, "Lord, save us! We are perishing!" (26) But He said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. (27) So the men marveled, saying, "Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?"
Matthew 21:19-22 And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, "Let no fruit grow on you ever again." Immediately the fig tree withered away. (20) And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree wither away so soon?" (21) So Jesus answered and said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' it will be done. (22) And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
Jesus did and taught all of these things in perfect agreement with the “assignment” given to Adam. Jesus came to do what Adam failed at. Jesus became the gate for all who desired reconnection to God, but also the WAY…for all those that would want to start acting in the authority and dignity given to mankind!
John 5:19 So Jesus explained, "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by Himself. He does only what He sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Jesus laid aside all of His own miraculous power, and became the perfect answer to Adam’s rebellion by doing perfectly what Adam was supposed to do. This made Jesus the perfect…the greatest…man:
Philippians 2:6-9 Though He was God, He did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. (7) Instead, He gave up His divine privileges; He took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When He appeared in human form, (8) He humbled Himself in obedience to God and died a criminal's death on a cross. (9) Therefore, God elevated Him to the place of highest honor and gave Him the name above all other names,
If you want greatness (look up Matthew 5:19) then you…the BRIDE…are supposed to follow Jesus in this way…forgoing the strength of man and instead living more and more by faith.
This is why satan wants to distract your desire with the things of the world. He wants you to gaze on cars, and houses, and leadership positions…greatness in the eyes of man…to steal true greatness from you. It ALL has to do with DESIRE!!
Most of us don’t have “mountain moving faith.” It takes God’s help to grow in this kind of faith. What we have is an abundance of desire. Desire is the “currency of creation.” You “buy” faith (remember, faith is what transforms earth to be in agreement with heaven) by "spending" your desire on it.
This is the way the whole Bride is supposed to be operating right now. Spending ALL of our desire to buy faith to make it through the time of trouble. WORSHIP IS THE HIGHEST EXPRESSION OF DESIRE. This is what KHOP and other Houses of Prayer…night and day Tabernacles of David…are for. These are the "stores" we are supposed to be spending our desire at…for real:
Psalms 27:1-10 A psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—so why should I be afraid? The LORD is my fortress, protecting me from danger, so why should I tremble? (2) When evil people come to devour me, when my enemies and foes attack me, they will stumble and fall. (3) Though a mighty army surrounds me, my heart will not be afraid. Even if I am attacked, I will remain confident. (4) The one thing I ask of the LORD—the thing I seek most—is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, delighting in the LORD's perfections and meditating in His Temple. (5) For He will conceal me there when troubles come; He will hide me in His sanctuary. He will place me out of reach on a high rock. (6) Then I will hold my head high above my enemies who surround me. At His sanctuary I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy, singing and praising the LORD with music. (7) Hear me as I pray, O LORD. Be merciful and answer me! (8) My heart has heard You say, "Come and talk with Me." And my heart responds, "LORD, I am coming." (9) Do not turn Your back on me. Do not reject Your servant in anger. You have always been my helper. Don't leave me now; don't abandon me, O God of my salvation! (10) Even if my father and mother abandon me, the LORD will hold me close.
David started the Tabernacle worship movement as the greatest expression of desire for God the earth had ever seen. The end-time Babylon desires the security of a man…what a man promises to protect them with…other peoples wealth, military might, a plan to make the earth fair. Antichrist will threaten to take these away and turn the worlds desire into a trap!
The Bride has the heart of David. She puts her trust in spending her desire on God in a very practical…night and day way. The true Bride will do the hard work of getting along with all the other parts of the Bride in one physical location in her geographic area and spending her desire on what she wants to see God do on earth. God answers by incrementally building faith in those spending their desire in the House of Prayer. Bit by bit, transaction by transaction, the whole community grows in faith until THIS is the reality they live in continually:
John 14:10-14 Don't you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I speak are not My own, but My Father who lives in Me does His work through Me. (11) Just believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. Or at least believe because of the work you have seen Me do. (12) "I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in Me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father. (13) You can ask for anything in My name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. (14) Yes, ask Me for anything in My name, and I will do it!
This is describing the outpouring of the Holy Spirit…the agreement of the release of the power of the Holy Spirit to the words of the Bride spoken in “one accord” like in the Book of Acts at Pentecost. The Bible says this…the outpouring of the POWER of the Holy Spirit on ALL flesh, globally, happens in the middle of the great tribulation, at the opening of the sixth seal:
Joel 2:28-32 "Then, after doing all those things, I will pour out My Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions. (29) In those days I will pour out My Spirit even on servants—men and women alike. (30) And I will cause wonders in the heavens and on the earth—blood and fire and columns of smoke. (31) The sun will become dark, and the moon will turn blood red before that great and terrible day of the LORD arrives. (32) But everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved, for some on Mount Zion in Jerusalem will escape, just as the LORD has said. These will be among the survivors whom the LORD has called.
Revelation 6:12 I watched as the Lamb broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as black cloth, and the moon became as red as blood.
The pouring out of the Spirit on all flesh will put to shame the false power of the antichrist. This is describing the victory of the Bride over the gates of hell…the literal defeat of Babylon’s strength by the power of faith…tangibly…on a physical earth…in one generation. YOUR GENERATION.
But right now, the whole earth is being hemmed into the valley of decision! Go with Babylon and the promises of the man who promises hope and change…desiring all the world offers? OR, go into David’s Tabernacle and start spending desire with all your strength on what agrees with God?! Jesus is ready. Are you?
Joel 3:9-14 Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up. (10) Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, 'I am strong.' " (11) Assemble and come, all you nations, And gather together all around. Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O LORD. (12) "Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. (13) Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; For the winepress is full, The vats overflow— For their wickedness is great." (14) Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
More soon….
Zechariah 4:6 Then he said to me, "This is what the LORD says to Zerubbabel: It is not by force nor by strength, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Heaven's Armies.
God has always desired to partner with His people to develop the resources of the earth forever. Better and better…His perfect leadership….His perfect power…and our “yes!”
This is what we were always supposed to do, and, once the Garden is restored, what we will do FOREVER: Thinking with our minds about what we would like to see on earth, calling out to God to move, and His agreement in answering with power to see that thing happen. This is the basic function of mankind in God’s garden. This has never changed. This is how creation has ALWAYS functioned.
God…all three persons of the trinity…was completely engaged in the initial “development” of creation. Genesis 1 is THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK OF THE BIBLE. You MUST understand this book and literally BELIEVE it in order to really understand who you are and why you are here.
This is why the creation account is SO contested. Evolution, even “old earth” Christianity, denies the truth of Genesis 1. But listen…I’m not saying this judgmentally, but rather fundamentally...Genesis 1 is really important to believe.
Without seeing the absolute reliable truth in Genesis 1, you cannot possibly see the dignity He has LAVISHED on the human frame. Without seeing the absolute RELIABLE historical account in Genesis 1…as hard as it is to RATIONALLY believe…you cannot see the true power of the tongue, let alone bring it into agreement with God. We live in a kingdom built on words…it is all about words…for real!
James 3:2-10 Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way. (3) We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth. (4) And a small rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go, even though the winds are strong. (5) In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. (6) And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself. (7) People can tame all kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and fish, (8) but no one can tame the tongue. It is restless and evil, full of deadly poison. (9) Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it curses those who have been made in the image of God. (10) And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right!
The words we speak hold the power of life and death. The way this works was “modeled” by God in Genesis 1 for those responsible to continue in the acts of creation on earth FOREVER: mankind. God made everything and then gave man “dominion” in the earth in partnership with God. We were supposed to keep developing…partnering in creative acts… in our realm, which is the earth:
Genesis 1:27-31 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. (28) Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." (29) And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food. (30) Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food"; and it was so. (31) Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
This is what God called “very good”: a physical earth, an open heaven, and mankind in partnership with God ruling over our realm! The rest of the Bible after Genesis 3 is the story of God restoring what mankind broke in rebellion. This whole thing is all going back to the same thing God called “very good”:
Revelation 5:9-10 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, (10) And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth."
So, it is important to understand…from a practical standpoint…how this all works. That is why Genesis 1 is SO STINKING IMPORTANT!! Let’s think about the creation account for a second:
Genesis 1:2-5 The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. (3) Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. (4) And God saw that the light was good. Then He separated the light from the darkness. (5) God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." And evening passed and morning came, marking the first day.
Ok. So here we see the active involvement of the 1. Holy Spirit, 2. God who speaks…the Word…Jesus, and 3. The Father with the plan who evaluates the Word and the Spirit and directs all creation. We need a little more Bible information to see clearly how this all works.
First off, the Father is the person of God who knows the whole plan:
Mark 13:32 "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Second, Jesus is the Word who spoke the desires of His heart into the void, that the Holy Spirit responded to:
John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (2) He was in the beginning with God. (3) All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
John 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.
John 1:14-15 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. (15) John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.' "
Clearly Jesus…who became the man Christ Jesus…is the person of the God who’s job it was to speak the desire of the Father into creation, and the Holy Spirit is the power of God on earth.
Third, The Holy Spirit is the “sevenfold”…meaning complete…person of God who releases His power on behalf of God’s people. The Spirit responds with the raw Genesis 1 power of God to commands of PEOPLE spoken in agreement with the Father’s plan!
Revelation 5:6 And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
John 14:16-17 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— (17) the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
This is why Genesis 1 is so important. What I am saying is that Jesus modeled OUR role in Genesis 1:3 BEFORE mankind was given dominion of the earth in Genesis 1:28. Adam was supposed to step into the SAME role as Jesus…we share in the “inheritance of the Word.” Adam, the legal family partner, or “Bride”, was supposed to step into partnership with the Groom…Jesus…and “become one flesh” with the Word. Adam blew it, and now Jesus is restoring…making new…what Adam broke:
Ephesians 5:31-32 "FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH." (32) This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
This has always been the intention of God. A royal family legal partner…a Bride… for His Son! Adam and Eve rebelled and bought the “harlot’s” (prostitute…alternative to the Bride) lie. THIS is the lie of Babel and the lie of the end-time harlot Babylon: that disconnecting from loyalty to the perfect Groom…the second person of the Good God, and instead knowing evil…the absence of God, was more full. More powerful. This is what the antichrist is all about: stop waiting for invisible Jesus and lets get some stuff done. He will lie and say “God wants us to feed to the poor and take care of orphans whether we include Jesus or not!” The false prophet will convince millions of “Christians” that the antichrist is right. This is what the end-time Babylon is the final expression of: man’s dominion over the earth ABSENT God. This always produces evil and widespread death.
Genesis 3:4-6 Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. (5) For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." (6) So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
So, Tom, if we aren’t supposed to get together and get some stuff done FOR God, what ARE we supposed to do?
The true operation of mankind on earth looks like this: we search the heart of the Father, growing in our understanding of His desire, then, we evaluate the earth around us. When we see areas that don’t agree with the Father’s desire, we speak to those areas…out loud…in the name of Jesus, and the Holy Spirit moves!! We begin bringing the physical realm into agreement with the heavenly realm by…drum roll please…FAITH. (…and faith without works is dead!...which is where the prayer movement and the missions movement…in SW Michigan KHOP and JLK… meet in the Spirit)
Faith transforms the physical realm into what agrees with heaven. When heaven and earth agree in faith as manifest in the words of mankind, a corridor of glory is created and the miraculous happens:
Matthew 8:7-10 And Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him." (8) The centurion answered and said, "Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed. (9) For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come,' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it." (10) When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, "Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!
Matthew 8:23-27 Now when He got into a boat, His disciples followed Him. (24) And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep. (25) Then His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, "Lord, save us! We are perishing!" (26) But He said to them, "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. (27) So the men marveled, saying, "Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?"
Matthew 21:19-22 And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, "Let no fruit grow on you ever again." Immediately the fig tree withered away. (20) And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree wither away so soon?" (21) So Jesus answered and said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' it will be done. (22) And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
Jesus did and taught all of these things in perfect agreement with the “assignment” given to Adam. Jesus came to do what Adam failed at. Jesus became the gate for all who desired reconnection to God, but also the WAY…for all those that would want to start acting in the authority and dignity given to mankind!
John 5:19 So Jesus explained, "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by Himself. He does only what He sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Jesus laid aside all of His own miraculous power, and became the perfect answer to Adam’s rebellion by doing perfectly what Adam was supposed to do. This made Jesus the perfect…the greatest…man:
Philippians 2:6-9 Though He was God, He did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. (7) Instead, He gave up His divine privileges; He took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When He appeared in human form, (8) He humbled Himself in obedience to God and died a criminal's death on a cross. (9) Therefore, God elevated Him to the place of highest honor and gave Him the name above all other names,
If you want greatness (look up Matthew 5:19) then you…the BRIDE…are supposed to follow Jesus in this way…forgoing the strength of man and instead living more and more by faith.
This is why satan wants to distract your desire with the things of the world. He wants you to gaze on cars, and houses, and leadership positions…greatness in the eyes of man…to steal true greatness from you. It ALL has to do with DESIRE!!
Most of us don’t have “mountain moving faith.” It takes God’s help to grow in this kind of faith. What we have is an abundance of desire. Desire is the “currency of creation.” You “buy” faith (remember, faith is what transforms earth to be in agreement with heaven) by "spending" your desire on it.
This is the way the whole Bride is supposed to be operating right now. Spending ALL of our desire to buy faith to make it through the time of trouble. WORSHIP IS THE HIGHEST EXPRESSION OF DESIRE. This is what KHOP and other Houses of Prayer…night and day Tabernacles of David…are for. These are the "stores" we are supposed to be spending our desire at…for real:
Psalms 27:1-10 A psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—so why should I be afraid? The LORD is my fortress, protecting me from danger, so why should I tremble? (2) When evil people come to devour me, when my enemies and foes attack me, they will stumble and fall. (3) Though a mighty army surrounds me, my heart will not be afraid. Even if I am attacked, I will remain confident. (4) The one thing I ask of the LORD—the thing I seek most—is to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, delighting in the LORD's perfections and meditating in His Temple. (5) For He will conceal me there when troubles come; He will hide me in His sanctuary. He will place me out of reach on a high rock. (6) Then I will hold my head high above my enemies who surround me. At His sanctuary I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy, singing and praising the LORD with music. (7) Hear me as I pray, O LORD. Be merciful and answer me! (8) My heart has heard You say, "Come and talk with Me." And my heart responds, "LORD, I am coming." (9) Do not turn Your back on me. Do not reject Your servant in anger. You have always been my helper. Don't leave me now; don't abandon me, O God of my salvation! (10) Even if my father and mother abandon me, the LORD will hold me close.
David started the Tabernacle worship movement as the greatest expression of desire for God the earth had ever seen. The end-time Babylon desires the security of a man…what a man promises to protect them with…other peoples wealth, military might, a plan to make the earth fair. Antichrist will threaten to take these away and turn the worlds desire into a trap!
The Bride has the heart of David. She puts her trust in spending her desire on God in a very practical…night and day way. The true Bride will do the hard work of getting along with all the other parts of the Bride in one physical location in her geographic area and spending her desire on what she wants to see God do on earth. God answers by incrementally building faith in those spending their desire in the House of Prayer. Bit by bit, transaction by transaction, the whole community grows in faith until THIS is the reality they live in continually:
John 14:10-14 Don't you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I speak are not My own, but My Father who lives in Me does His work through Me. (11) Just believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. Or at least believe because of the work you have seen Me do. (12) "I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in Me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father. (13) You can ask for anything in My name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. (14) Yes, ask Me for anything in My name, and I will do it!
This is describing the outpouring of the Holy Spirit…the agreement of the release of the power of the Holy Spirit to the words of the Bride spoken in “one accord” like in the Book of Acts at Pentecost. The Bible says this…the outpouring of the POWER of the Holy Spirit on ALL flesh, globally, happens in the middle of the great tribulation, at the opening of the sixth seal:
Joel 2:28-32 "Then, after doing all those things, I will pour out My Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions. (29) In those days I will pour out My Spirit even on servants—men and women alike. (30) And I will cause wonders in the heavens and on the earth—blood and fire and columns of smoke. (31) The sun will become dark, and the moon will turn blood red before that great and terrible day of the LORD arrives. (32) But everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved, for some on Mount Zion in Jerusalem will escape, just as the LORD has said. These will be among the survivors whom the LORD has called.
Revelation 6:12 I watched as the Lamb broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became as dark as black cloth, and the moon became as red as blood.
The pouring out of the Spirit on all flesh will put to shame the false power of the antichrist. This is describing the victory of the Bride over the gates of hell…the literal defeat of Babylon’s strength by the power of faith…tangibly…on a physical earth…in one generation. YOUR GENERATION.
But right now, the whole earth is being hemmed into the valley of decision! Go with Babylon and the promises of the man who promises hope and change…desiring all the world offers? OR, go into David’s Tabernacle and start spending desire with all your strength on what agrees with God?! Jesus is ready. Are you?
Joel 3:9-14 Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up. (10) Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, 'I am strong.' " (11) Assemble and come, all you nations, And gather together all around. Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O LORD. (12) "Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. (13) Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; For the winepress is full, The vats overflow— For their wickedness is great." (14) Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
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