My previous post may have perhaps puzzled, or perturbed, some readers? Lately, I’m not writing so much on Biblically relevant news as on the prophetic and more upon the supra-natural, such as subtle linkages, dreams and even visitations.
This culminated in items on three well-known closely connected prophets; Paul Keith Davis, Bobby Conner and the late Bob Jones. Prior to publishing I’d been mulling over the material for several weeks, especially over the dream about Bob.
Let me share a scriptural insight on this more contentious issue for those who prefer to keep to what’s black and white, as printed in the revealed Word of God.
At yesterday’s home group our focus returned to the sublime letter apostle Paul penned to the early Ephesian church. No other epistle unveils his deep personal experience of the ‘mystery’ of the Church as being God’s ‘secret’ intention for mankind and our history. Part of my New Spirit Filled Life Bible’s description of it waxes strongly:
The throbbing message of Ephesians is “to the praise of God’s glory” (1:6, 12, 14). The word “glory” occurs eight times and refers to the exceeding excellence of God’s love, His wisdom and His power. The magnificent goal is in Jesus’ announced commitment to build a glorious, mature and ministering church, not having spot or wrinkle” (5:27).
My inadequate words could never do justice to Paul’s inspiration under the Holy Spirit. Our minister led us in reading, cogitation and discussion of his first chapter, our focus upon being “IN Him (Christ)”. She stressed what Ian Clayton taught us last Summer on ‘in’ meaning precisely that. In other words, ‘IN’ means ‘inside’ and not ‘outside”. So glibly do we say “in Christ” when reading and praying, but without fuller comprehension. We need to press in to be so deeply ‘in’ Jesus’ whole being that we become lost within Him and gain deep revelations of His holy nature.
Alongside verse 9 I’d already pencilled notes in my Bible that “Father’s OWN objective”, which ‘He before-placed-in Him’ according to His ‘well-seeming’ (per Greek), is to reveal His Will to those who are ‘In’ His Son; that is, to each and every Christian! We can, and are entitled to, personally know the depths of His will.
The next verse brought the insight relating to Bobby’s dream encounter with Bob. It continues verse 9 by explaining God’s reason for revealing to believers the ‘mystery’ of His will (per Amplified Bible for ease of clarification):
[He planned] for the maturity of the times and the climax of the ages to unify all things and head them up and consummate them in Christ, [both] things in heaven and things on the earth
The closing phrase means that not only whatever but also whoever is alive in heaven and on earth, will be together and able to communicate to one another. Thus there’s no barrier between them. That is, as Bobby Conner and Bob Jones are both “in Christ” in the proper meaning of the term, then a supra-natural communication between heaven and earth is not outrageously unscriptural – quite the contrary!
And, as in the New King James Version, verse 10 reads “..in the…fullness of the times“. The times are definitely fuller than they were 2,000 years ago – and everything’s coming together as foretold in scripture. And we know the ‘Times of the Gentiles’ have been fulfilled (wherein Jerusalem was under their rule until 1967) – Luke 21:24 refers.
Therefore, such a dream visitation experienced by Bobby Conner is not outside the ‘plumb-line of scripture’. AND in fact, if it were claimed to be invalid and not of God, then so too would my personal encounter with a man who died 2,000 years ago! I know that still vivid, life-changing event was absolutely true. Otherwise, I’d still be unsaved.
For more on this see my tag on Witnesses, and for more on the supra-natural in the early church see Keith Lannon’s Managing the Miraculous: Ephesus is Taken.
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Hi Richard
Very interesting.
A key text – Jesus conversing with Moses and Elijah on the mountain (2 dead prophets); if anyone questions the holiness of Bobby’s experience then Jesus’ experience comes into the same category… and, of course, James, Peter and John were party to it.
Also, wrt the ending of the times of the Gentiles: this may well be staggered, as was its starting over Israel (605 BC) and Jerusalem (586BC). The next key date in history is 539 BC (Cyrus’ declaration – “rebuild the Temple”) and then the building itself (535BC onwards).
Thus, the Gentile rule over Israel/Jerusalem/Temple Mount is 2552 years; the staggered ending of this rule is as so:
605BC to 1948
586BC to 1967
539BC to 2014
535BC to 2018
So, 2014 is a key year of DECLARATION (cf the Gentile historical Cyrus action; also, now, the Heaven’s are declaring something.. red moons etc); I think this is the ‘shifting’ you have written about before. 2018? I’d advise watching events of Temple Mount in Jerusalem…. and prophetic restoration in the true church of Jesus globally, possibly in the context of a shaking of all things and a falling down of the Babylon world system. How enmeshed are we in the world’s financial system? Watch and pray.
God bless
Mark
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Thanks Mark and, in fact, I referred to the ‘key text’ in passing when writing about the cloud of witnesses in Who’s Watching Who? at http://wp.me/p1Y1yB-3U6/
Your dates are interesting and so you may like to see Bill Koenig’s Timeline 2013-19 at http://watch.org/showart.php3?idx=141357&rtn=&showsubj=1&mcat=1 and his report on Fri from the White House refers to Bill Clinton’s fascinating remarks about Middle-East and deep problems over Temple Mount, as revealed in this video > http://www.georgetown.edu/news/bill-clinton-lecture-april-2014.html covering which, Koenig reports:
“Former President Bill Clinton shares interesting details and insight on his efforts in the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks — and how the deal collapsed over 50 feet…Besides Barak agreeing to giving up 96% of Judea and Samaria, it detailed how the Old City would be divided and provided insight on the final breaking point over the Temple Mount. Clinton also begged Arafat not to start the intifada.
“Specific 20 minute clip begins 1:20 hour point into the two-hour video with following time-points:
1:22:06 – Peace strategy and policymaking
1:33 – Old City governance and the Temple Mount — Muslim and Christian governance going to Arafat, Jewish and Armenian to Israel. Disagreement over how to manage the Temple Mount.
1:35:10 – Clinton says he had never seen a problem like the Temple Mount — battle for sovereignty.
1:38 to 1:41:45 – Clinton told Arafat: After eight years, all you owe me is the truth….”
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Hello Richard.
The announcement from the British government that a referendum will be held on 23rd June of this year, regarding EU status, prompted me to search for a book that I first read in the mid 80’s.
‘The Invisible Hand’ by Victor Dunstan.
I recall some of the prophecies that the author translated in simplistic terms from The Good Book and I a now very eager to re-read 30 years later.
What are your thoughts & opinions regarding this publication?
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Hi Paul – pls excuse brevity as have only moment to answer: take a look at About/Welcome on the main menu as a starter…
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Pls accept my apologies for not giving fuller reply before now but maybe you’ve had opportunity to follow up my suggestion, or even searched blog for ‘Dunstan’.
Hopefully, you may have spotted my most recent ’round-up’ on his book at > https://richards-watch.org/2015/12/02/the-invisible-hand-reappears-at-another-anniversary-spooky/ This deals with Dunstan’s mistaken assumption that all would come to a head in 1992, but that it was definitely a significant date.
In view of the increasing interest in Islam replacing the EU as the source of the eventual A/Christ, Dunstan’s spadework (or that of his ghostwriter) in quoting 19th Century sources on Russia as being Gog is most helpful. Modern-day theologians are too easily dismissive of that equivalence despite the reality of current events and Russia’s (NB not soviet union) direct linkage with Iran per Ezek 38.
Enjoy your reading and I hope this may help in some way and thank you for dropping by and asking about that most significant ‘secular’ book.
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