Gold Bought in Fire Cities of Refuge Part 4: The Old Plan is the Only Plan
There are many people right now beginning to talk about "cities of refuge." Beware, not all of the talk agrees with the Bible. This hour calls for great discernment. There are many false moves in the church, and the difference between the true moves and the false moves is very nuanced. There has never been a more important time to know for yourself what the Bible says.
Corrupting Biblical concepts to mislead the Church is what the Revelation 13 refers to as “speaking like a dragon”
Revelation 13:11-12 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. 12 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Right now, the world is being brought to a decision to choose if they want to rely on the strength of men, or humble themselves and “wait upon the Lord”…tarry for His strength. This choice is real. If you want to rely on the strength of men, then you will live with the consequences of that strength through the worst time the earth has ever seen. If you will wait on the Lord. .. tarrying for the power from on high… you will find yourself in a very good place through the next few years:
Psalms 37:1-16 A Psalm of David. Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity. 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb. 3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. 4 Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. 6 He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, And your justice as the noonday. 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret—it only causes harm. 9 For evildoers shall be cut off; But those who wait on the LORD, They shall inherit the earth. 10 For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, But it shall be no more. 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 12 The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth. 13 The Lord laughs at him, For He sees that his day is coming. 14 The wicked have drawn the sword And have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay those who are of upright conduct. 15 Their sword shall enter their own heart, And their bows shall be broken. 16 A little that a righteous man has Is better than the riches of many wicked.
Psalm 37 describes “active” waiting. This is what the first disciples did in the upper room. They climbed some stairs and started actively waiting…and in the process became more righteous in the Sermon on the Mount. Do you see how Psalm 37 is actually describing the Sermon on the Mount?
Acts 1:13-14 And when they had entered, they went up into the upper room where they were staying: Peter, James, John, and Andrew; Philip and Thomas; Bartholomew and Matthew; James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot; and Judas the son of James. 14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
Obeying the simple, yet powerful, instructions of God IS safety in any situation. But many are sowing false plans into the Church in this hour. They are popular Christian leaders. You need to understand Jesus promised this would happen in a time of trouble:
Matthew 24:9-12 "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
False prophets speak in “dragon speak.” They use Biblical concepts as a foundation for false teaching. Satan originated the idea of "dragon-speak." THE false prophet "speaks like a dragon," and so do many false teachers in the church. They use Bible verses, and Biblical ideas, and change them just enough to get the outcome, which is rebellion from Jesus' leadership, or “lawlessness”. Dragon speak sounds very much like the lambs words, that is what makes it SO dangerous. Jesus warned that dragon-speak would flourish in the final 7 years leading up to the return of Jesus:
Matthew 24:24-26 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. See, I have told you beforehand. “Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it.
Jesus warned over and over that discernment was very necessary. The warnings in the Bible are for us...people that read and love the Bible. Don't dismiss the warnings as being for others. I see many friends falling for the lies of false prophets simply because they have a name with men. They teach some really good stuff, but there is a very nuanced false answer in their teaching. It is all about getting people to rely on man-based strength, rather than really tarry for the miraculous power from one high as the only plan, just like the first disciples. There are many famous people teaching untrue schemes to get ready for the storm that is clearly coming.
If someone has a product page associated with their prophetic ministry, or a plan that requires you to invest your money for fear you will lose it, or is inciting you to buy food and emergency rations and supplies, that should be clue #1 to start looking for dragon speak. That is the OPPOSITE of the Sermon on the Mount, which teaches strength in generosity, not in storing.
Not everyone selling a book or a product along with their messages from God is “bad”, but it should heighten our attention... this is one of the marks of false prophets who "feed on the sheep" rather than feed them for free as much as possible. I can honestly think of three or four prominent people teaching very bad information in the Christian circles I know of. I am not interested in calling anyone out, I would much rather teach the pattern and apply it myself, rather than have people tell me who is "good" or "bad." No one is good but the Father, and every teacher has the potential to get sidetracked into bad information. This isn't about bad people, it is about bad unBiblical information that is distracting the Church from really getting ready in righteousness, not fear.
The truth is: judgment is coming. The other truth is: Jesus requires a response from His people in a time of judgment. Simply stated, what Jesus wants is an individual “abiding conversation” with every man, woman, and child on the planet that creates a corporate geographic reality of protection through the end time judgment. Many in the church are starting to catch on to the judgment thing. Still others are starting to see the pattern in the Bible of geographic regions of refuge...but what satan is WARRING against is the CONVERSATION with God as an END TIME PLAN FOR SAFETY.
Luke 21:34-36 “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Any plan that gives an alternative to YOU HEARING GOD FOR YOURSELF is a false plan. Any plan that relies on some knowledge a prophet has that isn't readily pointed to in the Bible is a ruse designed to interrupt your conversation with God and point it to a man. God cannot be manipulated. You are totally safe learning to hear and trust Him. A person can be manipulated. Satan is running out of options to keep people unprotected, therefore, his dragon speak is getting closer and closer to the true message from God in this hour...but He is corrupting the true to keep people from the power in the plan.
The power in God's plan of protection IS the conversation with God. All the intensity of the hour is simply God orchestrating the perfect conditions on planet earth to get as many people as possible to start talking to Him like their lives depend on the conversation...because life DEPENDS on the abiding conversation with God!
John 15:1-8 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
This abiding conversation IS the plan...but there is a very specific way to go about it, which is described in the Sermon on the Mount, and there is a very practical and tangible goal from the plan, which is the establishment of the Tabernacle of David. The abiding conversation, correctly applied, will always produce a community of people going hard after a corporate conversation with God…just like in Acts 2…and that conversation will always manifest God’s power on earth. This pattern is throughout the Bible...over and over...pattern after pattern...prophecy after prophecy. The Tabernacle of David is the only Biblical plan to produce a city of refuge, and the Tabernacle of David is only truly built by those taking the Sermon on the Mount as their serious plan for safety. The Tabernacle of David is the practical expression of Jesus' two greatest commandments:
Mark 12:29-31 Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Doing this in a practical way results in the establishment of a community of people crying out in lovesickness to God, and God responds by sending peace, abundance, righteousness, justice, and manifesting the glory of God in the community of people. That superimposes "good government" on the people no matter what earthly government is in place. That is why David started night and day prayer in Israel as the foundation of his throne. He knew night and day prayer would manifest God's government in a time they really needed it. It worked.
Many are starting to teach end time safety. Unfortunately, many in the night and day prayer movement are starting to teach a FALSE version of end time safety. UGH. If satan can't beat ‘em, he will join ‘em...always. This false information is a ruse to keep people from building truly safe houses in true faith that it actually works. The Sermon on the Mount is the only plan there is to building a house that weathers the coming storm:
Matthew 7:24-28 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.” And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching,
Right now, many are co-opting the night and day prayer movement and starting to "sell" (literally and figuratively) a new plan... one that isn't in the Bible... to be safe in the coming storm of tribulation. This new plan requires special prophets receiving "directives" that you have to go to conferences to find out, heirloom seeds, storing up emergency response gear, getting emergency crisis response training, political movements to infiltrate gentile governments that are literally being judged right now, alternative banking systems, and many other unBiblical plans.
Ask yourself: if all these were necessary to weather the end time trouble, why did Jesus neglect to mention them to any of his disciples before sending them out to the ends of the earth!? Not even one verse about heirloom seeds? No mention of emergency crisis response training?! No “Peter, I really need you to get elected?”
Jesus did not neglect to perform, as an example to us, any of the operations we need to be truly secure. Food = multiplied, peace = walking through throngs of people that hate you, transportation = immediately they were on the other side, seeds = fig trees commended to no longer live… Jesus did not neglect to teach, in great detail, all the information we would need to be safe. Then HE said “greater works than these.” Why do the false teachers teach “lesser works” as an alternative to us rising up in faith for the greater?!!!
I love the Spirit of Prophecy... I really do...but there is a responsibility that comes with allowing the prophetic: you gotta sift out the untrue...unBiblical … stuff! Having a website and a name does not make you a reliable and true prophet. Bearing the fruit of righteousness and saying the same things as Jesus does.
I Thessalonians 5:16-22 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies. Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.
The true end time protection will come from abiding on God's holy "mountains.". All over the earth right now, God is establishing end time refuges by building Holy Mountains of worship and intercession. Jesus, and just about every Old Testament prophet, said this would happen in the final hour:
John 4:19-24 The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
David prophesied that these numerous mountains and "hills"...this reality is a choice a community of believers will choose in "mountain" measure, and some will only choose it in "hill" measure... would bring end time protection in advance of Jesus' return by manifesting the fear of the Lord in the mountains and on the surrounding communities:
Psalms 72:3-5 The mountains will bring peace to the people, And the little hills, by righteousness. He will bring justice to the poor of the people; He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor. They shall fear You As long as the sun and moon endure, Throughout all generations.
This is fear of the Lord that protects believer in dangerous times. This is what happened in Acts 5. Living the Sermon on the Mount by the early Church produced an “internal government” in the church that manifested the glory of God in provision (they shared resources), safety, and direction, produced the great commission (salvation), and manifested the power of God (signs, wonders, and miracles). All this protected the Church in Jerusalem, the most dangerous city to be a Christian at that time:
Acts 5:12-16 And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon’s Porch. Yet none of the rest dared join them, but the people esteemed them highly. And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women, so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them. Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.
What those first disciples did was simply obey Jesus’ simple instructions. They didn't store heirloom seeds. They didn't do emergency response training, they didn't go to conferences to hear Peter tell them what to do...they all, with one accord, prayed night and day in the upper room till real, unmistakable, power fell from on high, then they used that tangible demonstration of power as an opportunity to tell people the Gospel. Thousands got saved, rinse, repeat...
There is no new plan. Those guys all wrote in one way or another "this is the last hour"...and this WAS their plan. They literally knew Jesus. They walked with Him and ate with Him...if this was their end time plan, what would lead you to believe you need a new one that isn't in the Bible? They had to deal with strange new teaching, too...and they put it out of their congregations. They were loyal to what Jesus taught:
I John 2:18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.
The safe locations in the end times are the mountains and hills. Jesus climbed a mountain in Matthew 5 as a physical expression of what He was about to teach. The 8 beatitudes are 8 steps to climbing God's holy mountain! 8 keys to unlocking the mountain reality where you live. It is all about desiring to live with clean hands and a pure heart:
Psalms 24:3-6 Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord ? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive blessing from the Lord , And righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face. Selah
Jacob wrestled through the dark night... with God...to get the blessing and see heaven open. That is the point of the Sermon on the Mount. In Chapter 7 of Matthew, Jesus revealed the Sermon on the Mount is end time teaching. If you "do" the Sermon on the Mount as your plan for end time safety, God builds the mountains and hills right below your feet! this is what David's Tabernacle is all about!
Psalms 27:1-8 The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell. Though an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war may rise against me, In this I will be confident. One thing I have desired of the Lord , That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord , And to inquire in His temple. For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock. And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord . Hear, O Lord , when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord , I will seek.”
Corrupting Biblical concepts to mislead the Church is what the Revelation 13 refers to as “speaking like a dragon”
Revelation 13:11-12 Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and he had two horns like a lamb and spoke like a dragon. 12 And he exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Right now, the world is being brought to a decision to choose if they want to rely on the strength of men, or humble themselves and “wait upon the Lord”…tarry for His strength. This choice is real. If you want to rely on the strength of men, then you will live with the consequences of that strength through the worst time the earth has ever seen. If you will wait on the Lord. .. tarrying for the power from on high… you will find yourself in a very good place through the next few years:
Psalms 37:1-16 A Psalm of David. Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity. 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb. 3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. 4 Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. 6 He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, And your justice as the noonday. 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret—it only causes harm. 9 For evildoers shall be cut off; But those who wait on the LORD, They shall inherit the earth. 10 For yet a little while and the wicked shall be no more; Indeed, you will look carefully for his place, But it shall be no more. 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 12 The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth. 13 The Lord laughs at him, For He sees that his day is coming. 14 The wicked have drawn the sword And have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay those who are of upright conduct. 15 Their sword shall enter their own heart, And their bows shall be broken. 16 A little that a righteous man has Is better than the riches of many wicked.
Psalm 37 describes “active” waiting. This is what the first disciples did in the upper room. They climbed some stairs and started actively waiting…and in the process became more righteous in the Sermon on the Mount. Do you see how Psalm 37 is actually describing the Sermon on the Mount?
Acts 1:13-14 And when they had entered, they went up into the upper room where they were staying: Peter, James, John, and Andrew; Philip and Thomas; Bartholomew and Matthew; James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot; and Judas the son of James. 14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
Obeying the simple, yet powerful, instructions of God IS safety in any situation. But many are sowing false plans into the Church in this hour. They are popular Christian leaders. You need to understand Jesus promised this would happen in a time of trouble:
Matthew 24:9-12 "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
False prophets speak in “dragon speak.” They use Biblical concepts as a foundation for false teaching. Satan originated the idea of "dragon-speak." THE false prophet "speaks like a dragon," and so do many false teachers in the church. They use Bible verses, and Biblical ideas, and change them just enough to get the outcome, which is rebellion from Jesus' leadership, or “lawlessness”. Dragon speak sounds very much like the lambs words, that is what makes it SO dangerous. Jesus warned that dragon-speak would flourish in the final 7 years leading up to the return of Jesus:
Matthew 24:24-26 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. See, I have told you beforehand. “Therefore if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe it.
Jesus warned over and over that discernment was very necessary. The warnings in the Bible are for us...people that read and love the Bible. Don't dismiss the warnings as being for others. I see many friends falling for the lies of false prophets simply because they have a name with men. They teach some really good stuff, but there is a very nuanced false answer in their teaching. It is all about getting people to rely on man-based strength, rather than really tarry for the miraculous power from one high as the only plan, just like the first disciples. There are many famous people teaching untrue schemes to get ready for the storm that is clearly coming.
If someone has a product page associated with their prophetic ministry, or a plan that requires you to invest your money for fear you will lose it, or is inciting you to buy food and emergency rations and supplies, that should be clue #1 to start looking for dragon speak. That is the OPPOSITE of the Sermon on the Mount, which teaches strength in generosity, not in storing.
Not everyone selling a book or a product along with their messages from God is “bad”, but it should heighten our attention... this is one of the marks of false prophets who "feed on the sheep" rather than feed them for free as much as possible. I can honestly think of three or four prominent people teaching very bad information in the Christian circles I know of. I am not interested in calling anyone out, I would much rather teach the pattern and apply it myself, rather than have people tell me who is "good" or "bad." No one is good but the Father, and every teacher has the potential to get sidetracked into bad information. This isn't about bad people, it is about bad unBiblical information that is distracting the Church from really getting ready in righteousness, not fear.
The truth is: judgment is coming. The other truth is: Jesus requires a response from His people in a time of judgment. Simply stated, what Jesus wants is an individual “abiding conversation” with every man, woman, and child on the planet that creates a corporate geographic reality of protection through the end time judgment. Many in the church are starting to catch on to the judgment thing. Still others are starting to see the pattern in the Bible of geographic regions of refuge...but what satan is WARRING against is the CONVERSATION with God as an END TIME PLAN FOR SAFETY.
Luke 21:34-36 “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Any plan that gives an alternative to YOU HEARING GOD FOR YOURSELF is a false plan. Any plan that relies on some knowledge a prophet has that isn't readily pointed to in the Bible is a ruse designed to interrupt your conversation with God and point it to a man. God cannot be manipulated. You are totally safe learning to hear and trust Him. A person can be manipulated. Satan is running out of options to keep people unprotected, therefore, his dragon speak is getting closer and closer to the true message from God in this hour...but He is corrupting the true to keep people from the power in the plan.
The power in God's plan of protection IS the conversation with God. All the intensity of the hour is simply God orchestrating the perfect conditions on planet earth to get as many people as possible to start talking to Him like their lives depend on the conversation...because life DEPENDS on the abiding conversation with God!
John 15:1-8 “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
This abiding conversation IS the plan...but there is a very specific way to go about it, which is described in the Sermon on the Mount, and there is a very practical and tangible goal from the plan, which is the establishment of the Tabernacle of David. The abiding conversation, correctly applied, will always produce a community of people going hard after a corporate conversation with God…just like in Acts 2…and that conversation will always manifest God’s power on earth. This pattern is throughout the Bible...over and over...pattern after pattern...prophecy after prophecy. The Tabernacle of David is the only Biblical plan to produce a city of refuge, and the Tabernacle of David is only truly built by those taking the Sermon on the Mount as their serious plan for safety. The Tabernacle of David is the practical expression of Jesus' two greatest commandments:
Mark 12:29-31 Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Doing this in a practical way results in the establishment of a community of people crying out in lovesickness to God, and God responds by sending peace, abundance, righteousness, justice, and manifesting the glory of God in the community of people. That superimposes "good government" on the people no matter what earthly government is in place. That is why David started night and day prayer in Israel as the foundation of his throne. He knew night and day prayer would manifest God's government in a time they really needed it. It worked.
Many are starting to teach end time safety. Unfortunately, many in the night and day prayer movement are starting to teach a FALSE version of end time safety. UGH. If satan can't beat ‘em, he will join ‘em...always. This false information is a ruse to keep people from building truly safe houses in true faith that it actually works. The Sermon on the Mount is the only plan there is to building a house that weathers the coming storm:
Matthew 7:24-28 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.” And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching,
Right now, many are co-opting the night and day prayer movement and starting to "sell" (literally and figuratively) a new plan... one that isn't in the Bible... to be safe in the coming storm of tribulation. This new plan requires special prophets receiving "directives" that you have to go to conferences to find out, heirloom seeds, storing up emergency response gear, getting emergency crisis response training, political movements to infiltrate gentile governments that are literally being judged right now, alternative banking systems, and many other unBiblical plans.
Ask yourself: if all these were necessary to weather the end time trouble, why did Jesus neglect to mention them to any of his disciples before sending them out to the ends of the earth!? Not even one verse about heirloom seeds? No mention of emergency crisis response training?! No “Peter, I really need you to get elected?”
Jesus did not neglect to perform, as an example to us, any of the operations we need to be truly secure. Food = multiplied, peace = walking through throngs of people that hate you, transportation = immediately they were on the other side, seeds = fig trees commended to no longer live… Jesus did not neglect to teach, in great detail, all the information we would need to be safe. Then HE said “greater works than these.” Why do the false teachers teach “lesser works” as an alternative to us rising up in faith for the greater?!!!
I love the Spirit of Prophecy... I really do...but there is a responsibility that comes with allowing the prophetic: you gotta sift out the untrue...unBiblical … stuff! Having a website and a name does not make you a reliable and true prophet. Bearing the fruit of righteousness and saying the same things as Jesus does.
I Thessalonians 5:16-22 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies. Test all things; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.
The true end time protection will come from abiding on God's holy "mountains.". All over the earth right now, God is establishing end time refuges by building Holy Mountains of worship and intercession. Jesus, and just about every Old Testament prophet, said this would happen in the final hour:
John 4:19-24 The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.” Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
David prophesied that these numerous mountains and "hills"...this reality is a choice a community of believers will choose in "mountain" measure, and some will only choose it in "hill" measure... would bring end time protection in advance of Jesus' return by manifesting the fear of the Lord in the mountains and on the surrounding communities:
Psalms 72:3-5 The mountains will bring peace to the people, And the little hills, by righteousness. He will bring justice to the poor of the people; He will save the children of the needy, And will break in pieces the oppressor. They shall fear You As long as the sun and moon endure, Throughout all generations.
This is fear of the Lord that protects believer in dangerous times. This is what happened in Acts 5. Living the Sermon on the Mount by the early Church produced an “internal government” in the church that manifested the glory of God in provision (they shared resources), safety, and direction, produced the great commission (salvation), and manifested the power of God (signs, wonders, and miracles). All this protected the Church in Jerusalem, the most dangerous city to be a Christian at that time:
Acts 5:12-16 And through the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon’s Porch. Yet none of the rest dared join them, but the people esteemed them highly. And believers were increasingly added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women, so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them. Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.
What those first disciples did was simply obey Jesus’ simple instructions. They didn't store heirloom seeds. They didn't do emergency response training, they didn't go to conferences to hear Peter tell them what to do...they all, with one accord, prayed night and day in the upper room till real, unmistakable, power fell from on high, then they used that tangible demonstration of power as an opportunity to tell people the Gospel. Thousands got saved, rinse, repeat...
There is no new plan. Those guys all wrote in one way or another "this is the last hour"...and this WAS their plan. They literally knew Jesus. They walked with Him and ate with Him...if this was their end time plan, what would lead you to believe you need a new one that isn't in the Bible? They had to deal with strange new teaching, too...and they put it out of their congregations. They were loyal to what Jesus taught:
I John 2:18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.
The safe locations in the end times are the mountains and hills. Jesus climbed a mountain in Matthew 5 as a physical expression of what He was about to teach. The 8 beatitudes are 8 steps to climbing God's holy mountain! 8 keys to unlocking the mountain reality where you live. It is all about desiring to live with clean hands and a pure heart:
Psalms 24:3-6 Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord ? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive blessing from the Lord , And righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face. Selah
Jacob wrestled through the dark night... with God...to get the blessing and see heaven open. That is the point of the Sermon on the Mount. In Chapter 7 of Matthew, Jesus revealed the Sermon on the Mount is end time teaching. If you "do" the Sermon on the Mount as your plan for end time safety, God builds the mountains and hills right below your feet! this is what David's Tabernacle is all about!
Psalms 27:1-8 The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell. Though an army may encamp against me, My heart shall not fear; Though war may rise against me, In this I will be confident. One thing I have desired of the Lord , That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the Lord , And to inquire in His temple. For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock. And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord . Hear, O Lord , when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord , I will seek.”
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