As I’ve blogged a number of times about the DIS-United (or Untied) States of America, it’s not at all surprising that Veronika refers to them as such in the last couple of days – and to ALL nations – in this published at His Kingdom Prophecy (SCOTUS = Supreme Court of the United States) Continue reading
As a result of being challenged two years ago by some church folk about my knowledge of President Trump’s personal belief and full-spectrum support of Christians, I began a short series summarising what I’d learned, links to which are in the Footnote.
Whilst in office and subsequently, as you’re doubtless well aware, he was continually maligned by mainstream media and banned from Twitter & Facebook. BUT, note the assiduous work of this exemplar of real, investigative journalism (click here):
Therefore, Trump decided to establish his own platform called Truth Social headed by Devin Nunes and is already on Telegram and Apple, with Android to follow soon.
“I created TRUTH Social and TMTG to stand up to the tyranny of Big Tech…I have a Ministry of Truth…We have a strong Christian influence there” – President Donald J. Trump.
In fact, it’s announced today on t.me/TRUTHSocial_TMTG…
Now to consider the previous post’s closing items I’d caught over the weekend on this channel:
Posted 9th May:
I don’t know whether or not this item was personally approved by Donald Trump but it is no longer on t.me/TRUTHSocialMediaPlatform, perhaps in view of its sensationalist – even scare-mongering – American-style, sales-hype presentation!
Yet it’s content accurately refers to scripture and modern-day events, as we are only too well aware, and may be read by clicking this image and visiting website for video.
Footnote: POTUS Watch explains why I blog about US Presidents since 2009.
Around midday Veronika posted the following on Ignite Ireland Ministry and at His Kingdom Prophecy as below:
UK: THE ROYAL FAMILY AND A CHANGING OF THE GUARD
The United Kingdom and a Political Tug of War that rages over the Union of The Nation — The Royal Family and a Changing of the Guard
While praying over the recent Elections here in Northern Ireland and watching the rising of Sein Finn to greater political power, brought confirmation to a number of Prophetic Words that have been shared, first concerning Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in Northern Ireland (NI).
The recent position the DUP have taken in response to the NI Protocol [RB: with EU over Brexit] and Sein Finn rising to a position of greater political prominence, I believe once again speaks powerfully to how God is strategically using the DUP in the fight for the Sovereignty and Unity of The Nation.
1. First, here is Part of that Prophetic Word/ Interpretation to the Prophetic Riddle:
See Link to the whole HKP Word: “UK Brexit: Intercession Strategy for the UK!“
By Yvonne Coombs
”I believe that the donkeys and cockroaches are speaking at multi-levels. Prophetically I believe it speaks to two specific types of powers and principalities at work in this hour and yet again, I believe it also speaks symbolically at another level.
The donkey is symbolic of the DUP**. The donkey is stubborn and yet it carries great weight! Burden bearer!
The spitting: The DUP will not spit on the sidewalk — they will not compromise what they believe…!
The cockroaches are those who are fighting against democracy. They are being demonically fuelled by lies and corruption, and like cockroaches, they continue to come out of the woodwork, working relentlessly against the will of both the donkey’s DUP and the people/ nation as a whole.
The donkey will not move, yet it is carrying a heavy weight upon its back. It will not lower its standards or compromise its values by spitting on the side walk.
It will maintain its dignity and continue to stand steadfast. Its stubbornness can be its greatest strength and yet the grace given by God to carry its load.
The demonic cockroaches must be destroyed. The cockroaches hate the light and run as soon as they are exposed. The cockroaches are the corrupt remainers who are working to overturn the vote.
Let’s us pray that the donkeys remain strong and steadfast, and that the cockroaches are exposed and destroyed..!
I believe Boris is dealing with donkeys and cockroaches. One is a liar while the other is stubborn/ steadfast and will not move.
There is a spiritual showdown that is underway. The donkeys and cockroaches are going to be difficult for him to deal with.
He has the stubbornness of the donkeys that refuse to budge, and yet he has the lying deceitful cockroaches that coming out the woodwork.
While the donkeys are symbolic of the DUP, I believe they can also represent us as the Church/ Ecclesia.
We feel/ carry the weight of the destiny of our nation on our backs. The spiritual burden is heavy but we must remain steadfast uncompromising and cry out for more grace in this hour.
Let us call out for the light of His Glory to expose every last filthy cockroach that is hiding and breeding under the cover of darkness.
I see: The cockroaches are being fully exposed, the light of his glory will flush them out!
We must be faithful to pray for the donkeys/ DUP/ Ecclesia, that they continue their holy stubbornness and that they will continue remain steadfast and that they will receive more grace and wisdom for the burden that they are carrying in this hour.
As I was praying just now, I saw Jesus riding on a donkey! Jesus chose the donkey for so many symbolic reasons.
The DUP are hand picked by God to deliver breakthrough for this nation. The donkey is God’s choice — humility and burden bearer!
It’s not so much stubbornness, but steadfastness perseverance long suffering.
“Our breakthrough as a nation will come riding on the back of a donkey!”
The nation has been the donkey of the E.U. [European Union]. God has raised up the DUP to be the ones who will not move or spit on the side walk or compromise its values. ”
2. Secondly, I am reminded of the Dream I had concerning NI: “The Eye of Leviathan” in “An Urgent Prophetic Word for the Emerald Isle of Ireland“.
“The Emerald Isle …. North and South!“
Watch and pray… For the eye of the serpent spirit is on the emerald jewel in the crown in this hour, for Satan seeks to destroy the destiny of this land.
Watch and pray over the seven jewels in the crown!”
3. Thirdly, a Changing of the Guard: Nations have now entered Into a Narrow Place. The Royal Family
Today, while Praying for our Nation, I saw and heard that the Queen has given Prince Charles the responsibility to open the State of Parliament, and as I was sitting before The LORD, again I heard the Words, ”A Changing of the Guard!”
I Prophesy, there is ”A Changing of the Guard, coming to The Royal Family”, and this will be, a Sign of the Turning of a New Page in the Books of the Destiny of Nations!
See HKP Word: “A Turning of the Pages of The Books of All Nations“.
Prophetically, we as a Nation, we have certainly entered Into a Narrow Place, like the Eye of a Needle.
See HKP Word: “Mayday! Mayday! This is Not a Fire Drill!“
Watch for the Vultures Are Circling, the Great Eagles Must Now Rise Higher!
I’m sure many of you are feeling a pressing pulling and pressure building, like something is about to break. There’s pain, there’s discomfort; there’s an anticipation and expectation rising.
Some days it feels like an intense tug of war, certainly a wrestling season, a time of Contention and Warring; a Birthing Time.
These are dangerous times, as I see Leviathan circling the Nations.
I keep seeing Vultures circling and Eagles rising. It’s vital we go higher to see from Heaven’s Perspective.
This morning I saw what looks like a Wave in the Spiritual. With great Power and Momentum, it’s building, and it’s about to crash upon the Nations! A wave of destruction.
But even as I see it, The Holy Spirit quickens to me, ”So shall they fear the name of The LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of The LORD shall lift up a standard against him.” (Isaiah 59:19).
When looking at Isaiah 59, we see how it speaks to the enemy ruling over the people, causing them to completely turn from The LORD and go their own way.
“Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.” Isaiah 59:7.
But if we look at Isaiah 59:16 — there is coming One who would bring Salvation… He would be The Standard raised against the enemy!
“And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak.” Isaiah 59:16-17.
Let’s begin to Prophesy: A Standard has been raised over our Nation(s), and the wave of destruction shall not flood our Nation(s), but a Wave of His Glory shall overtake the wave of destruction, and flood the Nation(s) with Revival, Renewal and Restoration.
Blessings to you all.
~ by Veronika West
Further to my previous postings on Revelation 13 and the maSk/MaRk of the Beast…
“Then I saw another beast that rose out of the earth; it had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. It exercises all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and it makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose mortal wound had been healed. It performs great signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in the sight of all; and by the signs that it is allowed to perform on behalf of the beast, it deceives the inhabitants of earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet lived; […continue at…] “so that no one can buy or sell who does not have the mark” — Dover Beach
And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the [e]edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
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I’m grateful to being alerted via my phone by a friend over the Pond (Thanks Mitch) to what Veronika had just posted on Facebook. Note well: unlike most folk I don’t use it online when out of the house but, as I set off for to walk alone, was attempting to play a video. It wouldn’t play BUT that alert arrived and I could follow the link to read what our sister had brought only minutes earlier. THUS it must be priority!!
Here it is from His Kingdom Prophecy :
“Nations have now entered into, A Narrow Place. A Time of Birthing is here — but Watch and Pray, Mayday! Mayday! This is Not a Fire Drill!”
The Spirit of The LORD has had me in times of extended prayer in recent weeks, when at times, I have literally felt the weight of His Glory bearing down hard upon certain Nations.
I have seen and experienced in The Realm of The Spirit, a pushing and a pulling, like strong and powerful birthing contractions, over Nations. As I have been in travail, I have been shown the Destiny of those Nations, now entering into what I can only describe as, ”A Narrow Place.” (I see it unfolding in the deeper realm and dimensions of The Spirit….’NATIONS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE’)
It’s a place where the greatest level of demonic warfare is taking place, the very Birthright and Destiny of that Nation is being violently contended for — a place of intense wrestling for the blessing.
I have never felt such intense demonic rage, where the enemies of God are seeking lay siege and take captive The Kingdom Inheritance of Nations.
The Spirit of The LORD has shown me that Nations are at a divine Tipping Point, and Satan has regrouped and is about to unleash a new level of hell’s fury against the greatest Harvest that the world has ever seen.
In the early hours of this morning, I was suddenly awoken to the sound of a loud Bell ringing in The Realm of The Spirit, and I heard these Words, “Mayday! Mayday! This is Not a Fire Drill!”
As I sat up in bed thinking, I was hearing the ringing in the natural, because it was so real to me! The Spirit of The LORD began to speak to me about the month of May, and I heard these Words,
”Watch and Pray, for the month of May will mark a Divine Turning-Point for Nations caught, in the land in-between.
But Watch! For dark Storm Clouds are now gathering, and the violent Winds are now beginning to blow, change, change, a sudden change — for there is now a Tipping and Turning as the Pendulum swings, and the hands of the Clock, move fast forward.
A Kairos Time, an Appointed Time in The Nations of the Earth. See! For the Page is flipping and the narrative is shifting.
Be alert and stay vigilant! For the vultures are circling and the stench of death is in the air. Yes! The smell of rotting flesh draws in the vultures and the jackals.
Look, and look again! Listen and pay attention! I say, Watch and Pray, for Nations are now crossing over to the other side, and when the floods break forth, and the waters rise, the serpent spirit of Leviathan will emerge from the deep to derail and to devour.
So again I say, Watch and Pray. Mayday! Mayday! This is Not a Fire Drill!”
See also the link to a powerful Word I submitted; “A Turning of the Pages of The Books of All Nations.“
Blessings to you all.
~ by Veronika West
I commented thereupon, “I wonder, maybe in connection with planned launch of DJT’s social media platform Truth Social???” and was pleased to see Veronika’s very prompt response. Here’s her opening ‘salvo’ and read in full in the next post,
“Richard, from what the Lord showed me recently as I was shown into this “Narrow Place”…I saw a battle raging over “AIR SPACE”…in fact it looked something similar to what one would see unfold in Air Combat in the Natural but I saw how the VOICE OF THE ENEMY SEEKS CONTINUOUSLY TO RULE THE AIRWAVES,..
The following word published at His Kingdom Prophecy on 26th January 2022 is being featured for two reasons. First, it was omitted from this blog because of many other items at the time. Secondly, because Veronika has drawn attention to it as relating to what she brought this morning. Note again, the reiteration of my birthday number 22:
I felt a call to just sit before The LORD and wait upon Him. I felt such a wooing of The Spirit to come up higher, as He desired to show something to me.
Now I had not been long in His Presence, when suddenly I was caught up in a powerful Vision and the first thing I saw in this Vision was The Court Room of Heaven.
I have been taken in The Spirit into this most sacred of places now three times, and each time I have encountered this place, I have literally felt as if the weight of The Glory of The LORD would consume me!
I will be honest, this place is not an easy place to be in, because The Spirit of The Fear of The LORD so fills the atmosphere, that it’s almost completely overtakes and overwhelms you.
I believe if it were not for the Power of The Blood of Jesus that literally puts an invisible boundary line around-about me, I believe I would be utterly consumed in, but the twinkling of an eye.
Now as I stood in this place once again for the third time, I was only permitted to see what looked like a very large marble Table, a Table that had no beginning and no end, as it stretched beyond what my eyes could see!
On this Table I saw again hundreds upon hundreds of Books, (these I have been shown before in my very first encounter in The Court Room of Heaven) and I knew immediately that I was seeing ”The Books of The Destiny of The Nations of the Earth.”
But as I looked again at these Books of The Destiny of The Nations, I saw that all the Books of The Nations were now laid wide open on the Table, and as I remained watching, I was taken closer in the Vision to where I could see all the Books of The Nations of the Earth before me, and as I was given greater insight.
Suddenly, I saw what looked like glorious Golden Stairways appearing over each of the of the Books that were laid wide open upon the Table, and as I looked at the Golden Stairways, I saw multitudes of Warring Angels ascending and descending the glorious Golden Stairways which reached high into the very Court Room of Heaven, and yet touched the very boundary lines of The Nations!
Now, as I stayed very still watching in this place, suddenly I saw The Scales of Justice appearing at the very centre of the Table, and two Archangels of The LORD appeared, each one standing either end of The Scales of Justice.
As I looked at them, I knew by revelation that I was being shown the Archangel Micheal who stood on the right side of the Table, and the Archangel Gabriel, who stood on left side of the Table.
As I looked and looked again in the Vision, I saw that the Archangel Micheal held a large Sword in his right hand, and the Archangel Gabriel held a large Golden Scroll in his left hand.
I watched as the Sword in the right hand of Micheal was suddenly lifted high above The Books of The Destiny of The Nations that lay wide open upon the Table, and as the Sword was lifted, I felt a great shaking suddenly begin to take place in the heavens and on the earth, and I saw The Scales of Justice that sat in the midst of the open Books of Nations, begin to move…..
Then I heard these Words, ”Watch! For Nations are now at a Divine Tipping-point, for I will place on His shoulder The Key of The House of David. He shall open, and none shall shut — and He shall shut and none shall open!” (see Isaiah 22:22 below.)
As I heard those Words, I saw an Ancient Door suddenly appear before the Archangel Micheal. and I watched as he put forth the long blade of the Sword that he held in his right hand, and he thrust the blade of the Sword into what looked like a large Keyhole within the Ancient Door.
As the blade of the Sword entered The Keyhole of the Door, I heard the sound of turning, turning, turning in The Realm of The Spirit.
Then suddenly, the Ancient Door flung wide open and I saw a mighty Rainbow Whirlwind appear on the threshold of the open Door.
I watched as the mighty Rainbow Whirlwind began to move through the open Door to where The Books of The Destiny of Nations were laid upon the large marble Table, and I watched as the heavy gold Pages of The Books of The Nations suddenly began to turn over, as the mighty Winds of the Rainbow Whirlwind blew forth upon the large Table.
Then I heard these words, ”Watch! For The Key of The House of David shall open the Ancient Door of Revelation Four (4), for now the manifest power of My Seven Spirits shall go forth upon The Nations, for a Divine Turning, turning, turning is now taking place over Nations that are at a Divine Tipping-point.”
And, as I heard those Words, I saw the Archangel Gabriel step forward as the mighty Winds of the Rainbow Whirlwind moved back and forth across the Table of Books, and with the Golden Scroll in his left hand, he began to unravel the scroll over the newly turned pages of The Books of The Destiny of Nations.
As the Golden Scroll was fully unrolled, I saw what looked like ancient writings deeply engraved within the Golden Scroll, and then I heard these Words, ”Watch! For He shall reveal deep and hidden things, for He knows what lies in darkness and light dwells with Him.”
As I heard those Words echoing loudly in the Realm of The Spirit, I saw The Scales of Justice move once again, and I heard these Words, ”Watch! For in this New Kingdom Era, The Key of The House of David shall open and shut, and the Golden Scroll of Revelation shall be unsealed to bring forth a great revealing of the Hidden Secrets. For the light of My Glory now rises upon The Nations of the Earth!” (See; Daniel 2:22 below.)
As I heard those words, suddenly I saw The Scales of Justice appear for a third time in the midst of the newly turned pages of the Books of The Nations and I heard these Words, ”Watch! For a Divine Tipping-point brings forth the turning of a new Page for The Nations of the Earth, for now The Great Redeemer and Restorer comes in the mighty Whirlwind of Elijah to reconcile The Books of All Nations and to bring supernatural recompense and great reward to Nations that shall take up The Robe of Repentance and return to The Altar of Holy Consecration!”
Suddenly I came out of the Vision…
Now, as I began to pray and deeply meditate on all that I had seen and been shown taking place in The Court Room of Heaven, The Holy Spirit quickened to me my very first encounter in The Court Room of Heaven and I heard The Spirit of Revelation say, ”Listen! The sound of The Gavel of My Justice shall reverberate across the nations of the Earth, for a turning, turning, turning of the Page is now taking place in the heavens and on the earth.
For all The Books of All Nations shall be opened, and that which sits upon The Scales shall be weighed in the balance. For a time of My Justice and Divine Judgement has now begun!”
Scripture references:
“The Key of the house of David I will lay on his shoulder; so he shall open, and no one shall shut; and he shall shut, and no one shall open.” Isaiah 22:22.
“He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with Him.” Daniel 2:22.
Please also see HKP Word below for my first visit to The Court Room of Heaven: “The Sweet Fragrance of the Prayers and Praises“
Blessings to you all.
~ by Veronika West
‘Dear Richard, Many thanks for broadcasting Part 3 and here is Part 4 – probably the most significant and certainly the most challenging to “encapsulate”. It is 3½ pages long, the second 3½ pages is a Glossary of End-Times Terminology, which you may wish to separate. May the Lord continue to guide and encourage you both, Neil’
I’m very grateful to him for his compilation of a very helpful glossary, which is published separately and most fittingly as a celebratory 100th static page of Richard’s Watch, and located in the About Signs hub (all copyright reserved).
WHAT IS THE BOOK OF REVELATION FOR? – Part 4, Chapters 12-18
In this part we will consider the key issues covered in chapters 12 to 18 of the Book of Revelation. As we approach the climax of the battle between good and evil (Jesus and Satan), there is a change of style and emphasis. John sees new visions which are very different from the seven-part series of letters, seals and trumpets, and his reporting style becomes more like a narrative. Continue reading
[First published 2018]
His disciples came to Jesus and said, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” and He replied, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For whoever has, to him (and her) more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. Therefore, I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand…” (Matthew 13:10-13 NKJV)
Definition: ‘Mystery’, Greek musterion (moos-tay-ree-on; Strongs #3466). From mueo, “to initiate into the mysteries”, hence a secret known only to the initiated, something hidden requiring special revelation. In the NT the word denotes something that people could never know by their own understanding and that demands a revelation from God. The secret thoughts, plans and dispensations of God remain hidden from unregenerate mankind, but are revealed to all believers. In non-biblical Greek musterion is knowledge withheld, concealed or silenced. In biblical Greek it is truth revealed (Col 1:26). NT musterion focuses upon Christ’s sinless life, atoning death, powerful resurrection and dynamic ascension.’ [New Spirit-Filled Study Bible]
Prophecy: “2018: I will impart to My Prophets the ability to see clearly My Numbers…” (delivered by Leisa Ebere, read in full here).
The above, ancient meaning of ‘mystery’ is rarely understood and appreciated, even by those solidly grounded in scripture. As told in my testimony, my pre-Christian life got immersed in that esoteric knowledge, and so I’m experienced in this matter and can attest that the difference between that discipline and holy revelations from the Almighty is like the contrast between His Light and the devil’s darkness.
MATHEMATICIANS’ MYSTERIES
Roger Penrose, “The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe”, Knopf (2005)
Therefore, the modern definition of ‘mystery’ as an unsolved puzzle, or something difficult or impossible to explain is comparatively trite!
Even the eminent mathematician-physicist Sir Roger Penrose tends toward a circumscribed perception of reality when using this term, as quoted and discussed in RTU’s Three Worlds, Three Mysteries.
According to its author Joseph, Penrose posits the existence of three “realms” existing around us and “which brings three mysteries” that raise interesting questions on how the world should be viewed. These realms are the physical, mental and Platonic mathematical worlds.
Of course, such hypothetical mysteries cannot equal the much deeper ‘mystery’ of revelatory scripture! Yet in positing that mathematical entities don’t belong in space or time and are eternal and unchanging, Penrose is approaching our understanding of the mathematical aspects of the Bible. His recent thoughts upon consciousness originating at a quantum level may approach ideas I’ve broached in the convergence of science and scripture.
JESUS POINTS TO MATHS Continue reading
[First published 2018]
Not long after Father God brought Jesus the Messiah back from the dead by His Spirit, the One who’s the radiance of His glory went once again in search of His ex-fisherman friends. Of the two sets of brothers who’d been partners in the fishing trade on the Sea of Galilee before deserting their nets to follow a peripatetic teacher, their boss had an exceptionally severe crisis of self-confidence.
GONE FISHING!
So this ‘son of Jonah’, named Simon, decided to return to the simple life of sitting in a boat with buddies and dragging a net in the hope of getting a catch – but it proved to be an exercise in futility!
A few years earlier on that inland sea, the four fishing partners encountered and had been ‘called’ by The One to follow Him. Jesus amazed the crowds there with His teaching and had asked Simon if He could address them from his moored boat. Jesus knew the men had worked hard all night without having caught anything because, when He’d finished speaking, He told Simon to sail into deep water and lower his nets despite the fruitless night – Simon was overwhelmed by the result! They’d got such a large number of fish that another boat was called for – then both began to sink with their massive weight!!
So Simon changed his tune. Upon hearing Jesus’ instruction he’d objected because of the poor night, yet respectfully referred to Him as “Master” – but in amazement at the fresh catch breaking nets and sinking boats, Simon addressed Him with the superior term of “Lord”; thus suggesting he was beginning to understand the status of this astonishing teacher. In the account by one of those partners, John, they’d previously met Jesus immediately after His baptism in the river Jordan and Andrew had brought his brother Simon to see Jesus, who then spoke of his identity and implicit destiny, “You are Simon son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas,” (which is translated ‘A Stone’, Petros/Peter: John 1:42).
After that huge catch of unspecified quantity, Jesus called Simon into his destiny: “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men!” That is, a fisher of men. When they’d landed their boats the four foresook all and followed Him (Luke 5:10-11). Continue reading
First published in the early years of this blog and annually thereafter for blessing new readers:
In preparation for the Holy-days’ weekend Nina creates a tableau for contemplating Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection. She’s inspired about what items to collect and arrange, usually including a rock with a central hole eroded by the sea and which we found on a beach. It serves as both the ‘skull’ and garden tomb of Golgotha. For example, the above display has a scarf as a ‘river of life’ flowing out of the empty cave/tomb below the cross. (In 2012 it gave an insight that I’ll share below.)
Maundy Thursday is celebrated as the night when Jesus and the lead-disciples ate an early Passover Seder, or meal (see video explanation). Following the meal, one disciple betrayed Him by leading Temple guards to capture Him at night for trial by a ‘kangaroo’ court of Jewish leaders. It was a foregone conclusion that they’d demand authorisation of His death from Pontius Pilate, the Roman Prefect, or governor, of Judea.
If you’re unfamiliar with this true story and how it led to Jesus’ gruesome torture, death and burial followed by his amazing bodily resurrection and appearance to His disciples, read doctor Luke’s investigative account and the personal account of Jesus’ closest disciple John. (Later, a Jewish leader violently opposed to them but who encountered Jesus en-route to Damascus would write He was seen simultaneously by over 500 – read 1 Corinthians 15:6)
HEAVEN & HUMAN HISTORIES’ PIVOTAL TIME
Jesus Christ died so that each of us may be forgiven for our sins. As a result of this new status, we can have direct personal access to Almighty God when we believe in Jesus Christ. As the Son of God, Jesus suffered on our behalf as our ‘scapegoat’. That is, Jesus took the place of death that we deserved because of our sinfulness, for the shedding of a sinless one’s blood was the only way our status could be changed for us to gain personal salvation. Apostle Paul put it thus to the Romans:
8But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through Him! 10 For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to Him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life! 11 Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. (Romans 5:8-11, NIV, see whole chapter.)
Now, when I was a new Christian I found that rather hard to understand – but it works! The theological term is ‘atonement’, or ‘substitutionary atonement’. In bringing forgive-ness to the guilty, however, this can cause deep problems for those who’ve been the victim of crimes. After all, why should a killer find forgiveness by God? And what about the victim’s families, or the victim of abuse? They find it very hard if well-nigh impossible to forgive.
In 2012 I heard a Portsmouth prison chaplain address this issue with a concept taken from the criminal justice system: restorative justice. This involves an active dialogue between victim and offender, plus reparation. And it has a sound basis in theology. How?
Jesus was a guiltless victim, directly of those who wanted Him killed, and indirectly of everyone’s ‘fallen state’ of sinfulness, which could only be rectified by His death.
And Almighty God, the Father, is a victim too. How? He’s victim of humanity’s rebellion against Him. For example and especially over the way religious leaders murdered His son – how they seethed with rage when Jesus denounced them! (read Luke 20:9-19). So, every victim can find an identity and affinity in both God and Jesus Christ in their situation. Hence, they can receive God’s own ability to forgive because He will help them choose to forgive those who’ve harmed them. [Lack of forgiveness may be the only thing that hampers God – see Matt 6:14-15]
A TABLEAU IN TIME
During contemplation upon the tableau illustrated above, an insight dropped into mind that the Resurrection created a distinct point in the flow of, or perhaps even a change in, Time itself. That is, the now termed ‘common era’ calendar is the medieval Christian one that counts years from the approximate birth of Christ as ‘anno Domini’. But in fact, a more powerful one would be the point at which things in heaven changed and thus affected our lives on earth and its ultimate role in God’s scheme of creation. This took place at the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, His revival to life from death itself.
That such a concept may be valid can be found in the discoveries about the material of ‘The Shroud of Turin’, the shroud in which Jesus was thought to have been carried and covered during His interment. It is of most astounding significance when examined from the view-point of modern physics.
Apart from the supra-natural or spiritual aspect, that unique, singular event could have naturally happened by means of a ‘singularity’ (a theoretical gravitational effect associated with ‘black holes’, eg. as may have been the starting point of the creation of the universe, or ‘Big Bang’).
Don’t take my word for this but consider that of Dame Isabel Piczek (deceased 2016), famous as a monumental artist and award-winning figurative draughtswoman. Her highly detailed analysis of theories about how the image on the shroud was formed is authoritative, as in the first of several detailed articles here.
Also, as a physicist who may have considered implications from a quantum mechanics standpoint, her conclusions about how the image was formed are most intriguing: it seems that the image of Jesus can only have been created by its hovering equidistantly above and below his reclining bent corpse. Furthermore, this necessitated the body’s levitation – perhaps not an impossible feat during the moment of the Resurrection power-blast? After all, the disciples had witnessed Jesus walking on water and were yet to see His levitating into the clouds!
Dame Isabel succinctly summarises:
We have a piece of cloth and it leads us to a mysterious gate which opens for us, and it lets us see a completely different world, an extraordinary world with extraordinary laws.
Consider these claims by reading those articles and watching this 19 minute of extracts from the DVD The Fabric of Time (with its own lead-in trailer). There’s also a discussion of her scientific opinion at In Case You Missed Isabel Piczek’s Wonderful Paper.
‘Coincidentally”, just after having read the last link and revised the preceding references to science (post published 5 years ago), I’m alerted to theoretical physicist Mehki’s new post on ‘black holes’ and ‘event horizons’ (see Looking to the Horizon). The discussion thread has a valuable contribution from ‘physicalrealityblog’ that’s pertinent to the Shroud site’s discussion of Dame Isabel’s analysis and indirectly reconnects it back into quantum physics!
2017: ‘Coincidentally’ amusing that bloggers ‘hidden’ on opposite sides of the world (Britain and New Zealand) were preparing items on the fabrics that Jesus Christ was buried with – the full-body shroud and the head linen – in Joseph of Arimathea’s private tomb. My post updated on Wed 12 April 2017 was scheduled on Thurs 13th for auto-publication Sun 16 April. On Good Friday 14 April Joanne Rolston published news of the ‘Sudarium’ in AB-solute Proof – The Blood That Speaks.
Read about bizarre anomalies in scientific instruments placed on the slab of stone in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre said to be have been where Jesus’ body lay: Scientists Who Opened Christ’s Tomb Detect Mysterious Readings That Support Shroud Theory.
2019: Am grateful to unknown source of this image:
Tim Shey comments on the crucifixion post, “The First Word in the Bible says Jesus is God and He Will Die on the Cross” and he provides this excellent 10 minutes video:
The video was included when I posted the original of this item, which was based upon Jonathan Hill’s book Unlocking the Sign Miracles of John. I’ll tell more another day, but to continue:
ALPHA-OMEGA HIDDEN WITHIN GENESIS 1:1 (AS ALEPH-TAV)
In Appendix I (pages 202-203) on the meaning of number 37 and its palindromic partner 73, Jonathan says both form the numerical value for the fundamental Hebrew word ‘wisdom’. He tells how this pair play a role in a multiplication, the result being the precise number of the Hebrew for the creation verse of Genesis 1:1. He goes on to relate this to 666 and a diagrammatic representation, which he interprets as meaning:
‘This transformation represents the dispensational truth that at the second coming of Christ, the dominant spiritual hierarchy of the world changes from 666, the number of the ‘beast’, to 12 – the governmental number of Israel. All this information including this powerful intervention of God is elegantly and visually encoded in the first verse of the Bible.’
This claim continues by divulging this astounding mystery: Continue reading
Watch and absord Dr Shadrach Meshach’s Lockridge’s deeply stirring exhortation…
In the next post we’ll consider the true identity of Jesus The Messiah …
First published on this blog in April 2017:
According to Steve Maltz, author of God’s Signature, the only time the sacred, personal Name of God was spoken by the ancient Israelites was during worship in the Temple in Jerusalem, and especially on the Day of Atonement when the High Priest pronounced it ten times.
The Talmud has many warnings about using the most holy Name – it is also regarded as having special powers of healing. Apparently knowledge of its pronunciation was lost after the fall of the Temple in AD70 prophesied by Jesus Christ.
The knock-on effect of that event, together with the Roman Church’s withdrawal in the third Century of financial support for churches in the Holy Land founded by Jesus’ own ‘kith and kin’ (‘desponyni’), was the great loss of a full understanding of the Church’s Hebraic roots. Hence the confusion and doctrinal disagreements over Jesus’ claim, “I am in the Father and the Father is in me” (John 14:10).
Digging deeper we encounter an astonishing revelation of that double-identity!
From translations of Hebrew, the post-Shakespeare English-speaking world referred to God’s Name as ‘Jehovah’ or ‘LORD’ (letter ‘J’ was then starting to replace ‘i’). However, Jews preferred well-known descriptive titles such as ‘Elohim’ – God, in all the fullness of His attributes; ‘El Shaddai’ – Almighty; ‘El Sabaoth’ – Lord of heavenly hosts; or Adonai’ – Lord, and more often than not the reverent term ‘Ha Shem’ (The Name) sufficed.
Scribes, or sopher, needed to take special care in praying before writing the holy name, which must be done without interruption. Were a mistake made, it must not be corrected but the whole page discarded and the page restarted. Numbering had to be carefully handled too because Hebrew characters represented both letters and numbers. So the logical way of writing 15 is to add a yod (ie 10) to a hey (ie 5) and likewise for 16 (a yod to a vav). But this never happened because, as part of the sacred name, they could accidentally be read as this name. The Holy Name is shown below, but read from right to left:
“Yod-Hey-Vav-Hay” first appears in Genesis 2:4 statement ‘The Book of Beginnings’ is the account of, “When the LORD God made the earth and the heavens”. Continue reading
ANNE’S ACE SCRIPTURAL REFLECTION FOR TODAY https://www.annegrahamlotz.org/good-friday-holy-week-scripture-readings/
Now Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples aside on the road and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death, and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again.” (Matthew 20:17-19, NKJV)
Upon reading the above BibleGateway’s Verse of the Day on the first weekend this month, I was struck immediately by two apparently unrelated verses:
And right away came an insight connecting all the verses and which may indicate Jesus was not only predicting His trial, death and resurrection, but also implying the time that would elapse until His, as yet unannounced, return in full glory as King of Kings!
That is, on the first day He’d be tried by the Jewish authorities who’d then hand Him over to the ruling Gentile power for execution. Thereafter, the Jews would regard Him as dead and gone but Romans guard His corpse on and from the second day. In other words, the Jewish people relinquished their connection to Jesus as Messiah but Gentiles had supervision of His body – not only in the natural but also the spiritual body! Also, Jews would lose all connection with Jerusalem and their land of Judea after the holy city is destroyed and the people driven into exile across the Roman empire, and remain so for two ‘Days’.
Thus, their holy capital would be ‘trampled upon’ by non-Jewish peoples until the modern state of Israel was born in 1948 and Jerusalem later captured during war with surrounding nations, and brought into Israel in 1967 Anno Domini – ie. in the 2nd millennium since Christ, or ‘Day 2’
Thus, I perceived an intriguing contrast as possibly alluding to the rise of the Church over ‘2 Days’, as indicating 2,000 actual years of church growth and predominance until the dispersed Jews return to their homeland, become a nation and inhabit and rule in Jerusalem.
Moreover, as 2,000 AD marked the start of the third millennium then we are now at the beginning of ‘Day 3’ – ie figuratively at its ‘dawn’. That was when Mary Magdalene and her friends visited the tomb only to discover Jesus’ corpse was missing – BUT THEN he appeared to her ALIVE and spoke to her! An utterly awesome moment.
So, I was strongly impressed that this numerical equivalence is pointing to the possible repeat of Jesus’ Presence drawing very close to and thus empowering His future Bride in our time, preparing us for His actual return in person, as promised and prophesied.
CONFIRMATION
On Monday 4th April we attended the inaugural meeting of the Hants-Surrey area hub of the New Carmel Prophets, as announced herein and foretold by Veronika West. In his brief introductory speech Revd Yinka Oyekan drew attention to our normal concept of time being very different to God’s and how it functions in the heavenly realms.
Therefore, it was most encouraging to hear this ‘God-incidence’ very soon after having such a peculiar notion drop into my mind about the possibility of Jesus having hinted at the duration of time before His return in all His Holy Glory.
Meanwhile, may you and your dear ones have a thoroughly blessed ‘Good’ Friday, Passover and Resurrection weekend and holiday Monday. I trust the special posts scheduled for publication will be of inspirational interest…
Easter week and the story of two disciples who failed Most years, since I began blogging eight years ago, I have posted an Easter meditation into my blog. I am mindful that some good Christian folk don’t celebrate Easter for good reasons and, while I get Jesus’ life, death and resurrection should be celebrated the whole year round, I have come to value the opportunity to dig deep, at this time, concerning the events of Holy Week. This is my 2022 offering:[…continued at…]
Easter week and the story of two disciples who failed — JRB Publications
As mentioned in the previous, after posting Dream of Donald Trump Being Revealed, Wanda Alger issued this brief, highly poignant alert:
The ‘deal’ accords with and thereby confirms what my wife Nina heard on Monday 4th April inaugural meeting in our area for New Carmel Prophets. Whilst visibly struck by Holy Spirit she heard,
“I’M HAVING MY WAY LIKE I’VE NEVER HAD IT BEFORE – REGARDLESS OF YOU ALL!”
Her personal reaction was to say, “In other words, God’s now in charge!”
This New Carmel Prophets hub was convened by New Frontiers’ Jubilee Church and its leader David led glorious worship in Saint Marks parish church, Bordon, with vicar Ian in support. As in ‘Confirmation’ in the previous post, Revd Yinka Oyekan spoke briefly on prophecy and time. Then Neil Townsend with team from The Gate, Reading, led us in groups of four or five to wait upon the Lord to receive His words for the area and nation and these were shared later.
I received an interesting picture before of a wide river valley with a river meandering along it but with many large fires along its embankments: it’s the Lord’s river of living water and several places where His Spirit has set many on fire. This was confirmed by another group bringing the account of prophet Ezekiel’s vision of a river flowing out of God’s Holy Temple. I was thus reminded of the vision I had 30 years ago at Tilehurst Free Church (Baptist) or TFC, but now I was seeing how that has moved toward fulfillment.
Moreover, afterwards I now understand how that picture hinted at how the Lord has been with me in my journey – what’s more, and this amazed me – He was also confirming it through groups of various attendees that evening!!
First, it was led by folk from the first church the Lord brought me into as a born-again Christian (TFC is now The Gate) AND one of the sisters from there whom I knew from those days knew of the vision I’d had nearly 30 years ago of an imploding spiritual atomic bomb over Reading that fell and rolled down the Thames valley. Also, it confirmed a similar fireball vision seen by TFC’s assistant pastor David.
When I mentioned that memory and the fresh vision to the local worship leader, he reminded me that he too had known David many years ago. Furthermore, we know this second David from having attended the same church in Farnham after we were married twenty years ago.
Moreover, a number of folk here were from Catch The Fire Farnborough and with whom we’re in regular contact – but what’s more it was their pastor who not only gave me the leaflet about this meeting but also had had a similar vision of an exploding atom bomb, all as recounted in Visions of Spiritual Atomic Bomb Confirmed…
And St Mary’s vicar Ian was blown away by how Holy Spirit moved in his church that evening! (The above account is only snippets of what we all heard from the Lord.)
Personally, I was highly encouraged at how the Lord brought together brothers and sisters from three parts of His body who’d been notable parts of my life in Him before and with Nina – and gave her an exceptional word on how He is now moving!!
Postscript to previous:
[Veronika West writes] Please see also this link to the HKP Word dated June 23, 2020, a powerful word I shared recently,
America: President Trump — a Rahab for This Hour!
The Holy Spirit whispered to me, “I have given the nation of America a Rahab in President Trump in this hour!”
In the early hours of this morning my phone pinged and I saw this picture of American President Donald J Trump come up on my news-feed and immediately I heard The Spirit say, “My Truth, Righteousness, Unity, Mercy and Peace will triumph in this nation!”
As those words echoed in my spirit, I saw an Archangel of The LORD walking beside President Trump and a blazing sword of Fire was lifted over his head and I knew by The Spirit that The Spirit of The LORD was upon him.
The red tie around his neck was immediately highlighted to me and then the story of Rahab came up before me.. where Rahab tied a line of scarlet thread in the window through which the spies had been lowered from.
Immediately The Holy Spirit quickened to me the Hebrew word ‘tikva’ which means…”cord, hope, expectation, things hoped for, outcome.”
The scarlet cord represents the “Lamb’s Blood”.
As I began to pray, The LORD then showed me the walls of Jericho and how The LORD gave Jericho into the hands of His righteous remnant.
And it was through the willingness and obedience of Rahab, that when the walls of Jericho came tumbling down… God’s people were saved…!
After publication of the previous with poster I received an interesting reaction from our sister Veronika West as she’s just seen the parallel and saying…”This certainly comes as a confirmation and furthermore a true manifestation of that Word”…”TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY!”
AND as I got a very clear sense of having previously seen myself replying to her in the exact words I used – or was I in a borderline state of tiredness? – I’m sure she’s correct that this activity confirms what the Lord so unexpectedly gave her overnight in Reading, as published in the link below: –
Spiritual showdown, altars being rebuilt and wells reopened across Britain – Veronika West
The LORD said to me in a dream “How long, United Kingdom, are you going to falter between two opinions?”
Elijah went before the people saying, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him. But if he is Baal, follow him.” (1Kings 18:21)
And we know what happened; there was a showdown. Elijah called for an altar to be built and filled its moat with water, and the prophets of Baal built an altar and they called upon their gods…Elijah began to mock them saying, “You’re going to have to call a little louder!”
(1:02mark) Then Elijah does something: He says one word and God sent his fire. And in this dream, I heard the Spirit of God say this (which is also a powerful proclamation):
“Get ready, get ready! For the stage is set, for a Spiritual Showdown is about to take place in this land! Watch! For now I am raising up a remnant that will Roar with a call for the rebuilding and the restoration of the broken-down Altars in this land.
(1:53) Listen! For a sound is beginning to arise from the ground of this prodigal nation. A sound of weeping and wailing will once again be heard, as the call to come to the altar returns to the land. Now, watch and pray and pay close attention, for a remnant mantled with the spirit of Elijah is rising in this land – one who will begin to roar, causing a Prodigal Nation to come back to its senses. A nation that was lost will turn, return and be reformed! Listen! Now is the time to repair and rebuild the torn-down altars in this nation.“ Continue reading
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