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Veronika West: 2017’s supernatural season continued (2)

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YES AGAIN! I’m still talking about the Season of Supernatural Suddenlies, Sharp Turns, Divine Shakings and Great and Unexpected Shiftings that is COMING TO THE EARTH in 2017 (previous posts refer – RB).

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I PROPHESY A NEW KINGDOM REALITY IS NOW BEING BIRTHED IN THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH, WATCH! A NEW THING IS NOW SPRINGING FORTH, DO YOU SEE….??!!!!

THIS IS THE WORD GOD gave me a week ago as I sat praying and listening to what was on His heart for the year ahead 2017. While talking with the Father I SAW HIS SPIRIT MOVING QUICKLY, SUDDENLY, UNEXPECTEDLY AND WITHOUT WARNING UPON THE LAND, THE SEAS, THE AIR AND THE PEOPLE OF THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH.

I saw many being SUDDENLY caught up by the Spirit of God and finding themselves STRATEGICALLY SHIFTED, REPOSITIONED AND REDIRECTED. I SAW DOORS BEING SHUT AND NEW DOORS SUDDENLY BEING OPENED, NEW DOORS THAT WILL LEAD MANY BY A NEW WAY INTO A NEW DAY, AND MANY WILL SAY IN 2017, “GOD’S MERCY MADE A WAY WHERE THERE SEEMED NO WAY, TRULY, SURELY A NEW KINGDOM REALITY HAS NOW BROKEN FORTH UPON MY NATION”….!

NOW TODAY WHILE IN WORSHIP I SAW GOD STAND UP FROM HIS THRONE AND HE TOOK TWO STEPS FORWARD. I PROPHESY 2017 WILL BE A YEAR OF UNPRECEDENTED VISITATIONS, UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTERS AND POWERFUL MANIFESTATIONS, I SEE THE AUTHORITY AND POWER OF HEAVEN BEGIN TO MOVE UPON THE EARTH WITH EVEN GREATER ACCELERATION AND MOMENTUM, THERE IS A DIVINE QUICKENING THAT IS TAKING PLACE IN THE MIDST OF THE NATIONS.

THEN I HEARD THESE WORDS,

“WATCH! FOR A GLORY INVASION, A LOVE REVOLUTION AND MIRACULOUS MANIFESTATION OF GOD’S QUICKENING GRACE AND MERCY IS NOW TAKING PLACE UPON THE EARTH”!

AS I HEARD THESE WORDS I SAW IN THE SPIRIT REALM THE ATMOSPHERE OF HEAVEN INVADING THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE EARTH, AND AS THE TWO SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS CAME TOGETHER SUDDENLY THE EARTHLY REALM OF DARKNESS SHIFTED AND LIFTED AND A DIVINE EXCHANGE TOOK PLACE. I SAW A GREAT LIGHT BREAKING FORTH UPON THE NATIONS DISPELLING ALL DARKNESS AND A GLORIOUS ILLUMINATION OF A RAINBOW COVERED THE WHOLE EARTH, THEN I WATCHED AS THE HEART OF THE NATIONS WERE IGNITED WITH THE FIRES OF HEAVEN AND A GREAT AWAKENING CAME UPON THE BODY OF CHRIST.

Today I prophesy we are seeing, hearing and experiencing a supernatural shaking and divine Shifting in the Heavens and in the Earth. The Spirit of Might and Power is Now shaking, shaking and shifting the inhabitants of the Earth. The reforming and Transforming Power of God’s Word is going forth to realign and rearrange the boundaries of the Earth with a New Kingdom reality!!

LOOK! SEE there is a mighty Army that is Now MOVING and advancing upon the earth, there is a divine deployment in the camp of the Lord, THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD ARE NOW TAKING NEW GROUND AND OCCUPYING NEW TERRITORY.

The Season of Great Change and Divine Transition is NOW upon us.

“LISTEN! Do you HEAR The Sound OF many trumpets and THE deep sound of the Shofar”? ITS TIME TO BREAK CAMP AND MOVE FROM THIS PLACE OF BONDAGE AND STALE BREAD, the Land OF PROMISE, PURPOSE AND MANIFEST POWER IS BEFORE US.

I hear the Spirit say,

“WARRIORS RISE UP AND TAKE YOUR PLACE ON THE FRONT-LINE OF BATTLE, FEAR NOT FOR THE GIANTS STAND POWERLESS IN THE PRESENCE OF THE KING, SEE, I HAVE PUT VICTORY IN YOUR MOUTH, NOW open your mouths and I will fill it, speak forth My Word and it will go forth to pierce and penetrate the heart of darkness in the land. WATCH! As the AUTHORITY and the transforming Power of My Word goes forth to move and make way, for the Rivers of My Glory will now Break forth upon the Nations. My BELOVED COME UP HIGHER, YES! Let us Go up together to the high places where the fragrance of the Prayers and the Praises of My PEOPLE fill My nostrils, Have I not said, “The Books that have been sealed will now be opened”? WATCH! As My Transforming Glory will Come, WATCH! As My Justice and Vindication will Come, YES! WATCH! As My Compensation will come, For I will NOW pour out My Healing and Restoration Power upon the people of the land. Now Listen! Beloved You must Eat My Word, Speak My Word and NOW Run with the Roar of My Resurrection and Redemptive Power”, says God.

Friends, I see the Spirit of Revelation and Wisdom manifesting mightily and powerfully in the hearts and minds of Gods people in this Season, many will Arise in greater power as they go forth to declare their righteousness by His blood. Strongholds and strangleholds of the enemy are being dismantled and broken, I See an Army of Warriors begin to conquer and overcome those things that seemed impossible in the past, the weak are being made STRONG. I hear the sound of a war cry of Victory over the people of God, satan is defeated, the hand of God has overturned and overthrown every situation that has seemed insurmountable and impossible for many.

Listen! the ground is fertile and the seeds that you have sown in the last season will NOW SUDDENLY AND QUICKLY COME FORTH, THE SEASON OF Abundant Harvest is upon us. The HAND of God is now moving with greater Acceleration and Momentum UPON THE EARTH, I SEE AS THAT SUPERNATURAL SHIFT takes place in the heavenlies it will begin to manifest in the midst of you.

WATCH AND EXPECT A DIVINE MOVE OF RESTORATION, TIMELY REVERSALS AND UNEXPECTED RECOMPENSE in 2017 in every area in your life where the devourer came to rob, kill and destroy.

WATCH! As Every hindrance that has drained and stifled your momentum will be uprooted and removed, SEE AND PAY ATTENTION For there is a clear pathway forming in front of you, A pathway that leads to fruitfulness and Increase. The Spirit of God is equipping and empowering you in this hour to Stand and be Strong in the midst of confusion, chaos and heated conflict, even now there is a battle that rages in the heavenlies on your behalf, BUT FEAR NOT, BE CONFIDENT AND BE ASSURED of the Power His Blood that has overcome every demonic assignment and onslaught on your behalf.

LOOK UP AND USE WHAT IS IN YOUR HAND, He has given you weapons to war and to win, Now Take hold of His Peace and His Salvation, take Hold of His Righteousness and His Faith, Let His Spirit and His Truth guide and direct you, I Prophesy you are Standing in His Victory in this hour.
Hope is rising, Faith is rising, VICTORY is yours. I Prophecy it’s a New Day and a New Dawn for the faithful and fearless Warriors of God.

Now I see the finger of God begin to Stretch you beyond your comfort zone, taking you beyond the borders of the familiarity and safety, manmade moulds are breaking, YOU are being TRANSFORMED, REFORMED AND REFASHIONED in this season, He is enlarging you, expanding you, increasing you and preparing you for THIS appointed time and season, you are being reset and recalibrated for these are indeed set times, times of watching and waiting, Heaven is about to move, SHIFT and shake, FOR HE IS MAKING WAY FOR A NEW DAY, WATCH! there is a release of the greater power of His presence, I Prophesy His promises are NOW BEING made manifest upon the earth. Are you ready? for the Suddenlies and great Shiftings of God have begun to sweep across the nations like Wild Fires as the cries of repentance go forth, Be Expectant! for there shall be a display of God’s Glory that has never been seen on earth before NOW!!!!!

Veronika West (Ignite Ireland Ministry) 13th December 2016

#2 – ‘EXPLODING BIBLE’ promise to be fulfilled next year?

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wheat-and-taresMuch more mightily than the metaphorical ‘lightbulb’ going off was the explosion of ‘light’ in my mind upon opening my Bible!

Only occasionally have I blogged about how that startling event thrust me into writing regularly on End-time events. On the 7th Anniversary of Watching  last February I wrote about what had been happening back in 2009 and noted current coincidental indicators of 2016.

So to continue from previous post #0, I emailed a few friends, some of whom were in church leadership, under the header ‘The Endgame is Now in Play’ and told about the extraordinary kick-start to my mission:

‘Last year, I encountered two conflicting claims about Jesus’ explanation of the parable on the end-time harvest of wheat and tares (Matt13:36). So I went to check scripture but upon opening my Bible a deep excitement exploded within as I heard, “This is ALL about to be fulfilled” – WOW!!

‘Hence, my previous remarks about a sifting of the Church – in preparation for a rapid ‘sHifting’? Jesus urged His disciples to look out for and observe signs of the times. Regarding their questions about His return at the end of this Age, the earliest Gospel account has Jesus stressing 7 times, “Watch…be alert…on your guard“ (Mark 13). Matthew 24 reports Jesus saying 4 times, “Watch…and when you see…” followed by the parables of the burglar and of the virgins:> “Don’t be caught napping!” [Is the Church still asleep?] Luke’s account has, “Be always on the watch…” (ch21:36) and chpt 12 (NIV) has sections on watchfulness and interpreting the times. In each Gospel Jesus commands, “Learn the lesson of the fig tree…”. Also, the Apostles went on to give more indicators (Acts 3:20-1, Hebrews 12:26-7, 2 Peter 3, 2 Timothy 3 and the first and second letters to the Thessalonians).’

“This is ALL about to be fulfilled!”

Therefore, I’ve been watching and blogging about biblical prophecies that have been or may soon be met as current events unfold, as well as reading and logging contemporary prophetic words and noting which ones are being fulfilled.

However, what about that specific parable itself? Could it, or any of it, soon be fulfilled?

It was one of several Jesus told a crowd listening to him teaching from a moored boat – AND when his close disciples asked him why He teaches the people in parables Jesus stressed their especial importance to them personally, saying:

“It has been given to you to know the Mysteries of the kingdom of heaven but to them it has not been given” [Matthew 13:11 NKJV. Holy Spirit-Filled Study Bible  note ‘mystery’ = secret or hidden truths.]

Let’s look at this specific parable of the wheat and the tares, or darnel, which isn’t just any weed but grows looking like wheat until flowering, when the difference is obvious. Jesus said:

“The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But when the grain had sprouted and produced a crop, then the tares also appeared.

“So the servants of the owner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not grow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’ He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this’. The servants replied, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’

“But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, ‘First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to urn them, but gather the wheat into my barn’.” [Matt 13:24-30 NKJV]

When alone with Him, His disciples asked Jesus to explain the kingdom reality of that story and He told them the sower is Himself (‘the Son of Man’) and “The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom” and the ‘enemy’ is the devil. The tares are ‘sons of the wicked one’ and ‘the reapers’ are angels.

“Therefore, as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age. The Son of Man will send out his angels and they will gather out of the kingdom all things that offend and those who practice lawlessness and cast them into the furnace of fire, where there will be wailing and gnashing  of teeth. Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear let him hear!” [Matt 13:37-43 NKJV -emphases added]

Many theologians and prophecy students have speculated upon possible future dates for all the End-time events. You may note, however, this scripture precludes ‘the rapture’ and refers to evil being extracted from its association with the ‘sons of the kingdom’, ie. those believers who have taken up that signal privilege promised in John 1:12 ‘as many as received Him (Jesus) to them He gave the right [authority] to become children of God, to those who believe in his name…’ (NKJV).

I humbly suggest noting my emphases in Jesus’ explanation because the next post covers a prophetic word for 2017 promising the parable’s soon fulfillment…

Overcoming Correctness Programming: The Church Realm (2)

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In this follow-up RJ Dawson refers to the kind of clerical control that I reacted against when young but have noticed since the Toronto Outpouring an increasing number of ‘PCs’ who are walking in the Holy Spirit, a couple of whom are our local Anglican leaders!

An example of God’s GPS (Global Prophecy Signals) in action: GPS#1

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In case you missed last Monday’s ‘news of God-incidents’, or signals on opposite sides of our planet received within 24 hours of each other and indicative of the Lord’s intentions, read on….

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A few hours after an American pastor (John Kilpatrick) close by the Gulf of Mexico spoke under prophetic unction as his congregation ardently interceded for President-elect Trump to be like Jehu overthrowing queen Jezebel, an Australian prophet not far from the Great Barrier Reef awoke and by the end of her afternoon had published details of a vision the Lord had recently given her in that connection!

And only hours later (our early afternoon), another seer living in ‘The Emerald Isle’ then reported similarly for all born-again believers!!  AND only hours later (early evening) my cyber-friend ‘Tucson Tony’ in the Sonora Desert in Arizona (morning there) reported about the dream he’d had on a similar theme that night!!!

I blogged about the first three ‘God-incidents’ in Bridge o’Pond Goes Global for President-elect Trump and ‘Snakes’! BUT without knowing Tony’s information as he was just about to publish it!!!!

(By “Bridge over the Pond” I mean an imaginary supra-natural bridge linking Britain with North America that’s used by Holy Spirit to deliver identical or similar teaching, messages or prophetic words on opposite sides of the North Atlantic ocean on the same, or next, day – certainly by ‘the third day’.)

So I thank the Lord I was in the middle of and picking up on what was happening and thus able to join the ‘prophetic dots’. As Tony says,

“Looks like God is alerting His watchman who in turn are alerting the Body of Christ.”

As hinted previously under the topics of ‘invisible jigsaw’ and ‘God-incidents’ it appears, therefore, that the good Lord is using His own GPS with His prophetically gifted sons and daughters.

Doubtless there’s many, many more so keeping watching out…

Veronika West: prophetic word of radical revival in Britain

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Thank you to UK Prophetic Words for this Word for the United Kingdom from Veronika West dated 4th December (I’m reminded of what was seen during Trooping the Colour and the subsequent prophetic declaration “The Redcoats Are Coming!”):

“LOOK! THE CHILDREN ARE COMING CARRYING THE FIRES OF REVIVAL, A TIME OF SIFTING IS TURNING TO A TIME OF RADICAL SHIFTING”!

Two days ago I was in a time of prayer for Theresa May when I heard in the spirit the sound of a beating drum but it seemed a way off in the distance, as I continued to press into the sound, suddenly I saw an army of children marching on the horizon, I saw them dressed in garments of pure white light, they moved and advanced to the sound of a beating drum, immediately I heard the Father say,

“MY DAUGHTER BEHOLD I AM DOING A NEW THING IN THIS HOUR AND IN THIS NATION, TELL MY PEOPLE TO FORGET THE FORMER THINGS AND NOT TO EVEN CONSIDER THE THINGS OF OLD, NOW IT SHALL SPRING FORTH; YOU SHALL KNOW IT? WATCH! FOR MY LAMBS ARE ARISING AND ADVANCING IN THIS HOUR, CLOTHED IN THE FIERY GARMENTS OF REVIVAL, AND ANOINTED WITH KINGDOM POWER, AUTHORITY AND REVELATION, THESE ARE THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF PEACE AND PURITY WHO WILL LEAD THE SHEEP BY A NEW WAY, A WAY THAT LEADS TO A NEW LAND OF PROMISE AND VICTORY, FOR I AM RESHAPING, READJUSTING, REFASHIONING AND REBUILDING THIS NATION, IT’S TIME FOR MY PEOPLE TO MOVE AND SHIFT, MOVE AND SHIFT, EYES HAVE NOT SEEN, EARS HAVE NOT HEARD AND MINDS HAVE NOT CONCEIVED WHAT I AM ABOUT TO DO IN THIS NATION”, says God.

As I heard the Father speak these powerful words, I saw His hand write across the skyline the words,

“PARADIGM SHIFT, IT’S TIME TO MOVE”!

Now after hearing Him speak, I began to praise Him for the NEW THING that He is doing in the midst of our Nation, when the Holy Spirit impressed upon me a picture of a ‘Drummer Boy’ who would march on the battlefield ahead of the Army playing his drum.

The picture was so clear and so powerful that I immediately looked up some details on the duties of a Drummer Boy, and this is what I found; Now among the many tasks of a drummer boy one was to beat the cadence for the soldiers that were marching. But one of his main jobs was to be the communicator for his unit. The drummer boy established communications and kept order among the units in the field. The drummer boy would use one of many drum calls for everything from assembling the troops to march, to gathering the officers for strategy meetings, and also to sound the call to advance or retreat while under enemy fire.

Drummers always remained near a high-ranking officers to play the drum calls that would relay the officer’s orders. The drummer boys were often awakened at all hours of the night to drum the call. Frequently, he would not be able to go back to sleep, because once the men were assembled and deployed, the drummers would lay down their drums and act as runners between outposts, carry stretchers or do whatever was necessary to help the unit.

I found this information incredibly exciting, enlightening, and powerfully prophetic of what God is doing and about to do with the younger generation in our Nation at the critical time!!

ABOUT VERONIKA WEST

In view of my re-posting the words Veronika brings and recognising the anointing upon her I’m pleased to read an IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT dated 2nd December issued with ‘Much Love and Blessings’ on Facebook. This is especially so because I’ve known Revd Dr Sharon and Greg Stone since 2005 and often attend CIE meetings. Veronika writes:

veronika-west‘I would not usually make announcements like this, however I believe it is necessary in light of so many many emails from folk asking me who I am in the Ministry. I understand perfectly why people ask these important questions and I strongly believe it is good and right to ask!

‘Here is an overview of my bio in a nutshell;
Veronika West is Anointed and Appointed by God as a prophetic voice. Veronika has a heart to see the Body of Christ Activated and fulfilling Kingdom Destiny. Being born and raised in Africa she has a passion for Deliverance Ministry and seeing the captives set free. She enjoys teaching the Word of God through practical application and supernatural impartation. Veronika West has been ordained by Christian International Europe Ministries as a Prophet, to those of you who are not familiar with CIE it is an International Ministry founded by Dr Bill Hammon. Veronika West is both accountable and endorsed by Apostle and Prophets Dr Sharon Stone and Greg Black of CIE Ministries in the UK. Now living in Ireland she is in the process of building a ministry called ‘Ignite Ireland Ministry’. Veronika has a strong spiritual connection to the land and works and ministers along side other Leaders who have a call to rebuild and restore the Body of Christ throughout the UK and abroad. Veronika is married to Andrew West, together they have two children, a son called Caleb and a daughter called Zoe, her husband Andrew is a business owner and has a strong call to Market Place Ministry.’

Veronika adds that anyone wanting to ask questions is not to hesitate in asking, and that she’s more than happy to provide email addresses for CIE to verify her submission.

Pray for President-Elect Trump

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A highly appropriate scripture and details of pre-election vision ‘God Raises Up A Standard’ from my cyber-friend in dear ol’ Tucson, Arizona.

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As the opposition to Donald Trump has grown after his amazing victory that is nothing short of a miracle , Psalm 2 has been in my spirit. I will quote a portion of it below.

Psa 2:1 — Psa 2:5

Why do the nations rage,

And the people plot a vain thing? 

The kings of the earth set themselves,

And the rulers take counsel together,

Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, 

“Let us break Their bonds in pieces

And cast away Their cords from us.” 

He who sits in the heavens shall laugh;

The Lord shall hold them in derision. 

Then He shall speak to them in His wrath,

And distress them in His deep displeasure:

Anointed here is from the Hebrew word,

H4899. מָשִׁיחַ māšiyaḥ: A masculine noun meaning anointed one. Although this word is a noun, it can function both as a substantive (1 Sam…

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The reasonable ineffectiveness of Mathematics in the Biological Sciences

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Professor Seymour Garte’s post makes a very interesting contribution to our thread on maths, science and scripture, especially bearing in mind the Book of Genesis.

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(With apologies to Wigner)

The fact that biology is not rich in theory is well known. Of the theories that do exist (such as Darwin’s theory of evolution), many have never been formulated into mathematical laws. Physics envy is a well-known propensity of those biologists who desire to be working on a more general understanding of whole fields (like cellular biophysics or regulation of gene expression) rather than on uncovering details of particular subsystems.

I used to be certain that the lack of mathematical rigor in biology was the fault of biologists, who generally are unable to grasp the fundamentals of even simple math. But that canard may be less true than it used to be (if it ever really was). With the explosion of systems biology and the development of algorithms for data mining, there are plenty of biologists around who are perfectly familiar with the manipulation of equations…

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Battle for the UK: heaven’s breaking news – The Worm Has Turned!

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This important, powerful prophetic word comes from Emma Stark, co-director of Glasgow Prophetic Centre / Christian International Scotland, as well as national director of Healing Rooms Scotland, with husband David.

Emma calls it “Heaven’s breaking news” and shares about hearing the Lord say,

“The worm has turned, the worm has turned, the worm has turned away.”

She immediately knew this means satan and its hordes, and the Lord explains,

“The enemy has just changed direction and he has just changed strategy.”

Listen carefully as Emma brings the full details of what she received and then prays for listeners at the close:

This video posted on Sunday 20 November is highly encouraging for faithful intercessors and brings correction and instruction on how to pray in this situation.

It’s interesting to note concurrent events in the political world:

On the previous day I read about injudicious comments by Lady Hale, a justice in Britain’s Supreme Court. Most readers are aware the Court is to rule next month on the procedure for the government’s application of Article 50 for leaving the EU.

However, as Charles Moore explains in Saturday’s broadsheet op-ed ‘Time to say Hale and farewell to judges who hand down opinions on Europe’, Lady Hale delivered a lecture overseas in which she presumptuously declared that she and her fellow judges “have definitely become the guardians of the UK Constitution” (read earlier on-line version here).

Furthermore, the wife of the Court’s President Lord Neuberger had made dozens of tweets against the Referendum result, as well as broadcasting extreme opinion on it far and wide. Baroness Neuberger’s actions are not in contempt of court as such, but contrary to the Supreme Court’s own Guide to Judicial Conduct, which advises judges to show caution and restraint whenever publicly commenting upon their case decisions.  Therefore, calls have been made for her husband to recuse himself from inclusion in the 11 judges sitting to hear the government’s case for Article 50.

On Monday it was reported Lord Neuberger has announced his early retirement next year. Furthermore, the leading political commentator Melanie Phillips has called for Lady Hale as the only female Supreme Court justice not to take his place as President (article refers).

Some readers found the newspaper’s previous editor’s opinion rather too polite, as in this sample of letters!

Prophetic intercession

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A useful overview of the subject and I note that Les Lawrence uses a photo from an event Reuters censored by cutting its video feed. (See video at close of Urgent Word for USA.)

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trump-prayer-shawl Donald Trump receiving Jewish prayer shawl (tallit) from Apostle Wayne T. Jackson

This is from the blog Elisha Vision:

Praying for President-elect Trump is an opportunity for me to explain a wider concept of intercessory prayer. Have you heard of prophetic intercession? It is a completely different approach to prayer. A friend and brother recently asked for my thoughts on the subject; and it seems worthy of sharing more widely. Contrast prophetic intercession with what I call “pathetic” intercession. Please don’t whine when you talk to God. Prayer is conversation with God; so be adult about it. He has made certain promises which He expects us to remind Him about, and hold Him to them. Pray with a basis for expecting Him to do what we ask because He said He would.

Praying for the new President and “leader of the free world” is a sobering assignment and is not for…

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Update on Nina’s progress

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A hearty thank you to the Lord and to everyone who prayed for Nina after her major hand operation. There’s been one achievement at least: she’s managed to learn to write again! This time with her right hand 🙂  It was so amusing when she first attempted doing a crossword.

We’ve had a busy morning shopping locally and later in Liphook after going to the Royal Surrey Hospital. There, the registrar who’d stitched her thumb and forearm in two places checked progress again after she’d worn a wrap-brace with thumb-splint. Three weeks ago when the plaster cast was removed he was astonished at how well the wounds were looking and healing. So Nina told him about prayer power as people had been praying for her and the whole medical team during the op’ and afterwards.

Today, he said it’s “Brill – marvelous!” and sent her to start physiotherapy. That therapist was amazed Nina’s had so little pain as most patients complain of post-operative pains, and Nina had been warned it may happen. But praise the Lord no, and the whole is healing exceptionally well. The course of physio will now continue at the small unit 1/2 mile away and adjacent to our GP surgery, with next check-up in in mid-Feb, hopefully for sign-off.

yumAND the weekend had got off to a very good start with a bowl of dates, sultanas, raisins and glace-cherries that had lain soaking for 3 days in a secret spirit being incarcerated within a stiff mix of flour and goodies only to then be incinerated – well not quite.

If only we smell its warm yumminess! Am so pleased Nina encouraged me to bake and ice our Christmas cakes.

yum-2ALSO, the whole house oozed with the combined scent of the cake and my freshly baked granary loaf.

Now herein lies a story of prophecy!

When we attended our first workshop on moving in prophetic gifting with Dr Sharon Stone 11 years ago one of the many activations involved a chubby chap with a one-tooth grin. He said he saw loaves on a conveyor belt – that certainly befuddled me! Although my name’s Barker I’m definitely no baker and my cooking abilities are very limited. Of course, we try putting a scriptural interpretation on these things but most often they are exactly what they are.

A few years later a good friend asked if we may be able to put her bread-maker to use as she didn’t have time to devote to its regular use. Nina gave it a try and suggested I may like to give a go – and have been doing so ever since! So that prophecy’s long fulfilled.

Yum, yum, yum…yum, yum, yum – yum yum all the way.. almost every third day!

What intercessors ‘heard’ during UK Referendum & US Election

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This ‘review’ of intercession for the Referendum and Election by Dave Chapman is offered not only for edification but also as a good example of listening to hear the Lord’s will for our world. Dave contributed a couple of informative papers very early in my blogging on the Referendum for staying in or leaving the EU and I’m honoured to publish his latest, to which underscoring is mine for emphasis.:

ON PATHS OF RESTORATION

Well, what a year it has been thus far!  So much going on, and so many changes both here and abroad.

We began it with preparations for our trip to Kabale, Uganda, again. All sorts of things to do, and to take. Loads of clothes, and gifts we had been given, mostly monetary, for the work out there. We too were blessed there on so many fronts, not least the privilege of seeing God at work in miracles and healings through them before our very eyes.

Referendum Time

We were back home less than two weeks before David Cameron announced a June date for the Referendum.  Prayer for this began in earnest.  We focused primarily on “Your kingdom come, Lord, Your will be done….here”.

Though we sensed we needed to leave the EU, we did not pray from that standpoint.  But, as we prayed, we ‘heard’ so many different scriptures coming, both to us and to others we were praying with, sometimes here and some other prayer times, all within a 20 mile radius of us.  “Let my people go”, the words of Moses to Pharoah was an early one. Then there was the story of David and Goliath.  Yes, the ‘Goliath’ is stunned, but not dead yet!  There is quite a lot of wriggling going on!  Continue reading →

Turning the world upside down

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RJ Dawson is as forthright as usual about the American church in these thoughts on Christian voting in the US election. Very well said brother! (MSM=mainstream media)

A Biblical Basis for Brexit

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A possible identity of the British Isles in the Bible is something I was aware of long before becoming a Christian. Thank you Jonathan Ely at Why Leave the EU? for your link to this article, and for the kind permission of The Emmaus Group, which presents a lucid case for Britain being the ancient land of Tarshish.: 

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Grateful thanks to the unknown creator of this splendid illustration

WHY BRITAIN HAS TO LEAVE THE EU – IT’S  GOD’S WILL FOR US!

It is written that God establishes the boundaries of nations and for those who understand the times we are in, you realise we’re getting close to the end of days. So in light of the Referendum outcome, we decided to publish this article as we believe Britain could be the ancient nation of Tarshish, as referred to in Old Testament biblical prophecy. Tarshish is listed as one of the nations that challenges the Gog- Magog confederacy that sets itself up against Israel. Tarshish is also one of the first nations to bring offerings (tribute) to the God of Israel therefore could not be part the Gog-Magog confederacy.

The Emmaus Group believes our deliverance from Europe was God’s will for this nation, for His word does not return void but will perform what He purposes, in the thing for which He sent it (Isaiah 55:11). So be encouraged, but also understand such revelation highlights the times we’re in. Time is now very short and Britain will soon be humbled. What we are witnessing before our very eyes reflects both prophecy and the list of nations in Ezekiel 38. Continue reading →

A vision of unity, freedom, glory and redemption coming to the UK & USA

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A mightily inspiring word to Veronika West that also confirms earlier words through others on the spiritual link across ‘the Pond’ (click title for link to her facebook).:

A WORD FOR AMERICA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM; TWO SHALL BECOME ONE!

“A MIGHTY RIVER OF GOLD AND SILVER; THE POWER OF GLORY AND REDEMPTION IS SHIFTING AND RESHAPING THE NATIONS IN THIS HOUR “!

‘Today (11 Nov) while praying for the Nations, suddenly a very powerful vision opened up before me where I saw a large gold hand coming out of the Nation of America, I watched closely as the gold hand reached up high into the heavens.

‘Then suddenly I saw a large silver hand coming out of the United Kingdom and it too reached up high into the heavens, I watched intently as the silver hand of the United Kingdom and the gold hand of America came together and began to shake hands and as the two hands shook, I felt the earth tremble and the ground beneath my feet began to move and shift.

‘Then suddenly out of heavens came a third large hand, but it was a hand of blazing fire, I watched as the hand of fire came to rest upon the shaking hands of silver and gold, Suddenly the blazing hand of fire intensified in heat causing the hand of silver and the hand of gold to melt, I watched closely as the two precious metals melted into one another forming one mighty river of molten gold and silver.

‘And then I heard these words, “UNITY AND FREEDOM, GLORY AND REDEMPTION”

‘Then I watched as the river moved with great force and in great power, I watched as the river of gold and silver suddenly turned and broke forth upon the Nations of the earth and wherever the river of gold and silver flowed the mighty waters rose causing the landscape to be changed and transformed, then I watched closely as great fires broke out upon these Nations, the blazing fires of purification and revival, fires that will not be quenched but will only burn brighter and brighter.

‘Then suddenly out of the heavens I heard these words,

“WATCH! FOR THE NATION OF AMERICA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM SHALL SHAKE HANDS AND THE TWO SHALL FORM A STRONG ALLIANCE AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE IN PURPOSE, ONE IN VISION AND ONE IN GREAT VICTORY.

“WATCH! FOR THE RIVER OF MY GLORY AND REDEMPTION SHALL NOW FLOW FORTH UPON THE NATIONS CAUSING A TIDAL WAVE OF TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE, FOR EVEN IN THIS HOUR BELOVED THE POWER OF MY GLORY AND REDEMPTION IS SHIFTING AND RESHAPING THE LANDSCAPE OF THESE GREAT NATIONS AND THE FIRES OF PURIFICATION AND REVIVAL SHALL BURN, BURN, BURN”, says God.’

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What is the world for? Creation, purpose, and hope in difficult times

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A very interesting and informative viewpoint that helps my reading about cosmology, relativity and quantum physics.

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Why should we explore the world? According to Jonathan Moo, a Biblical scholar who is currently based at the Faraday Institute, creation is not just valuable for what we get from it. In today’s podcast (transcript below) he explains why he believes the living world is valuable in itself. He also shares why he does not lose hope in the face of environmental problems – including yesterday’s US election result.

Today I am at the Faraday Institute with one of our visiting scholars, Jonathan Moo. You’ve been here before when you were a Research Associate when you were doing your PhD?

That’s correct, yes. At the end of my PhD, and then for several years afterwards, I worked with Bob White and Hilary Marlow.

We’re glad you’re here again! What brought you back?

I have a sabbatical year from where I teach in Spokane, Washington, and my wife is working…

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Battle Stations: urgent calls to intercession for Donald Trump

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“This is a season of great peril...Thursday through this coming Tuesday (election day) is going to be very, very critical – and 25 days after Tuesday is going to be critical.”

The above warning from the Lord was heard by John Kilpatrick when told to spend time alone with Him instead of leading church, as blogged here.

This morning I learned two prophetic voices on opposites sides of the world have called for protective intercession for President-elect Donald Trump.:

1. Veronika West posted this yesterday on Ignite Ireland Ministry Facebook.: 

“AMERICA WATCH FOR I SEE A MIGHTY BACKLASH FROM THE SEVEN-HEADED SERPENT SPIRIT”!

Verinoka West Fbk‘Listen AMERICA, without wanting to dampen this awesome time of REJOICING in a GREAT VICTORY WON, the Holy Spirit has strongly and urgently cautioned me during my worship time this morning…!

‘I heard in the realms of the Spirit a loud sound like the cracking of a whip, now the sound was powerful and deeply penetrating, then I heard these words, “SONS AND DAUGHTERS KEEP YOUR SHIELDS LIFTED, STAY ALERT, STAY VIGILANT AND REMAIN STEADFAST, FOR A MIGHTY BACKLASH FROM THE SERPENT SPIRIT COMES TO WREAK HAVOC AND WAGE WAR AGAINST YOUR PEACE, PROSPERITY AND VICTORY IN THIS HOUR”, at that moment a vision opened up before me where I saw a very large 7-headed Serpent writhing and thrashing on the ground, now in the vision suddenly my nostrils were filled with a foul and putrid stench that seemed to emanate from this 7-headed Dragon like creature, now as I looked upon it, I saw that it was gravely wounded and it looked as if it was in great pain, but I could see that this SERPENT spirit with its many heads while badly wounded was not yet dead, in fact I could see and feel in the spirit realm that this mighty SERPENT spirit seemed to be regaining its power and strength. Then suddenly I watched as the 7 heads of the SERPENT spirit began to rear up high into the air, READY and positioned to strike down hard again upon its prey.

‘In the vision the anointing came upon me and I began to Prophesy with a loud voice, “BEHOLD, THE BATTLE FOR THE BIRTHRIGHT AND KINGDOM DESTINY OF THIS GREAT NATION HAS BEEN FOUGHT AND WON, NOW I DECLARE VICTORY, VICTORY, VICTORY OVER THE POWERS OF SATAN AND HIS COHORTS IN THIS HOUR, YES I DECLARE VICTORY OVER EVERY DEMONIC DEVICE THAT HAS WAGED WAR AGAINST THE SOULS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, I NOW PRONOUNCE VICTORY OVER EVERY WEAPON OF THE ENEMY THAT HAS COME TO DEFILE, DISTURB, DISRUPT AND DESTROY, I PROPHESY THAT EVERY ATTEMPT BY THE HAND OF THE WICKED ONE TO KEEP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FROM THE PEACE, PROSPERITY AND VICTORY OF HEAVEN SHALL NOT PREVAIL. I DECLARE IN THIS HOUR THE GOD OF PEACE WILL CRUSH SATAN SPEEDILY UNDER FOOT”!

‘Saints, I believe God is cautioning the Body of Christ in this hour to KEEP THEIR SHIELDS LIFTED, TO STAY ALERT, VIGILANT AND STEADFAST, I submit THERE IS A WAR STILL WAGING over the OCCUPATION of the White House.

‘I prophesy the power of the 7-Headed Serpent Spirit will not prevail over this Nation but will be crushed under the feet of the Bride of Christ…!’

In her latest posted just before 1pm (and 2 more subsequently), Veronika writes,

‘In worship this morning I clearly heard the Spirit say, “Daughter PRAY FOR THE HEART OF THE NATION”, as I began to pray AGAIN He quickened this Word to me that I shared 2 months back. PLEASE READ IT AND PRAY THAT THE FIRES OF HIS GLORY BEGIN TO FALL UPON THE NATION > “THE HAEMORRHAGING HEART OF AMERICA”  (continue here).

In a later update she says, ‘When the Father gave me the word yesterday concerning the 7-headed SERPENT rising again, at first I did not understand the significance of what I was seeing with the 7 heads, as I began to pray late last night that’s when the Spirit showed to me a powerful correlation between the 7 mountains of influence and the 7-Headed Dragon that I saw in the vision. I heard the Spirit say, “A BATTLE RAGES IN THIS HOUR FOR KINGDOM OCCUPATION UPON THE SEVEN MOUNTAINS OF INFLUENCE”, I believe there is a powerful and strategic assignment of the enemy that is contending over the 7 mountains of influence in this season. We need to stay PRESSING in for divine break through and divine intervention over the 7 mountains of influence in this hour and season’

2. Lana Vawser in Australia quickly followed her publication today of previously withheld details of her encounter with Jesus on Donald Trump’s Presidential Season with this important message:

A Call to the Body of Christ to Increase Intercession for the Protection of Donald Trump

LanaVawser‘This afternoon I had a vision which I felt that the Lord wanted me to release to call people to specific prayer. I know I released a word today regarding Donald Trump, but after this vision, I felt that the Lord wanted me to release it for a specific targeted direction to pray.

‘A little while before the election I had a vision where I was taken into what looked like a ‘commissioning room’ and I saw the enemy gathering hordes of demonic figures and he unraveled scrolls that had strategies on them. This particular strategy was to release blindfolds to the body of Christ and bring deception. To hinder people from seeing what God was saying and doing leading up to the election and in the nation of the USA.

‘This afternoon I saw the same ‘commissioning room’ and I saw the enemy and the hordes of demons and he unraveled a new set of scrolls. These were new plans and new strategies. As I looked closely on these scrolls I saw the word “ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS”. I knew instantly that these were plans to attempt to assassinate Donald Trump.

‘Straight away I felt the Lord say “My people, you need to increase your intercession over Donald Trump. Pray for increased angelic protection over him and around him. Pray for angels of ascension to be stationed around him.”

‘Instantly I saw a HUGE WORD in RED appear OVER the words “ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS” and it said “ASCENT”.

‘ASCENT DEFINITION: An instance of rising or moving up through the air; to rise up; upward movement; take off, lift off, blast off, launch, soar, climb. (Google.com)

‘I then felt the Lord speak again “As My people pray and pray for Donald Trump’s protection, as they call on the angels of ASCENT, Donald Trump will be lifted high above these assassination attempts and NOT be touched or harmed. He will be lifted up by My Spirit to a place where he will SOAR above the enemy’s attempts and roar.”

‘As the vision ended I had such a strong sense from the Lord that the people of God whether you agree with Trump or not, we need to unite together and pray for his protection. He is now in office and a place of authority, and the Bible commands us to pray for our leaders in 1 Timothy 2:1-2 and he needs our covering right now. There is a war happening in the spirit and I felt an urgency to pray for his protection.

‘We need to be speaking LIFE over him and assignments of the enemy cancelled as angels of ascension come ministering to him with the Spirit of God to lift him high above the storm and assignments of the evil one.

‘Let’s stand together Church!’

AMEN and AMEN

Cranmer: God’s choice of 45th President of the USA

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Britain’s leading religio-political blogger Adrian Hilton has set his quill back in its inkstand after penning his thoughts under the pseudonym ‘Archbishop Cranmer’. So perhaps he may be excused for going native with some ‘Americanese’ (after all, they continue using some archaic Elizabethan words; eg. ‘gotten’) – click title for original with comments.: 

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God Has Chosen Donald Trump to be 45th President of the United States

God has chosen the 45th President of the United States, and God chose bigly. It really is a great result, just the best, really. It really is. God is going to make America great again. He really is. Bigly.

Donald Trump will be a great president. Without being braggadocious, he said so. He has the best policies – the greatest policies – for making America great again, which, with a great God – the greatest God – he will do. He really will. Because, it’s quite amazing just how great God is, and that’s a fact – not just faith. Not that there’s anything wrong with faith. Faith is great, amazing. It really is. But God, well, God is really quite amazing, more amazing than anyone, in fact.

Donald Trump is a Christian. He said so. “I think Donald Trump has changed,” says celebrated Evangelical pastor Franklin Graham. “I think God is working on his heart and in his life. But people have to make up their own mind,” he said. And they did. People prayed for him. Lots of people actually. Because they all thought what he said was amazing. Very amazing. More amazing than anything, in fact. A lot of people prayed against him, too. But they’re just haters and losers and deplorables.

Donald Trump has a lot of appeal. He really does. He is what he is. If you can’t see it, you’re losers and whatever. He will do what he said – drown the swamp and stuff – and what are you going to do? It’s not like you have a choice, you know, it’s what it is. The people have elected and God has chosen. You can shake your head. The bishops are shaking their heads. They really are. They prayed hard and had faith, amazing faith, but it wasn’t the amazingest. It really wasn’t. Donald Trump has the best faith.

If you aren’t happy with this amazing result, you aren’t happy with God – the greatest God – because the Bible says in Daniel 2:21: ‘he removeth kings, and setteth up kings‘; and in Roman 13:1: ‘For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.’ These are great verses, the best verses. God has the best verses and they’re in the greatest book. The Bible is an amazing book. It’s the best. You would really, if you had a better book, be better than God. And no-one is better than God. No, not anyone.

The same great God who spoke to Moses and Abraham and Jesus has chosen Donald Trump to be President of the United States. That’s the best kind of God. There are all kinds, but some of them are the worst kinds of gods. They really are. But the greatest God does the greatest work. He’s not there to lie or cheat or steal. He’s there to make America great again. You can expect that. He honours his promises. There are other gods who say they’ll honour their promises, but they lie and cheat and steal and ruin peoples lives. Donald Trump will make everything better. God has chosen him. He could have chosen Hillary, but instead he punched her in the face and fired all the pappy-fluffy media, celebrities, pollsters and political elites. God has shut them up. All of them.

So take a look and see what’s going on.

When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas (Mt 16:2).

Donald Trump is a sign. He will stand up for the right thing. That’s what he does because that’s what he has always done. Ask his wife. It’s what makes him a great president. He said so at a rally in Florida. And there were a lot of people praying at the rally, and they were praying the best prayers because they were the best Christians. They had the most amazing faith and the best Bibles. Bibles that will make America great again. Make no mistake. America is the best country with the best Bibles and the most faith in the greatest God. This is great. God bless America.

Fulfilled prophecy #10 cont’d – eruption of corruption

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On the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed. (Deuteronomy 19:15 NASB)

At the beginning of last week I recalled having mused five months ago in view of the scandals arising in the UK, USA and EU, Is the Lord Exposing Rotten Politics? So was that passing thought ‘prophetically guessing the Lord’s wanting to sort out deep corruption in governments. That’s now come to head at such an appropriate time with next week’s American elections up in the air over Hillary Clinton’s extremely suspicious activities‘?

Hand Holding Puzzzle PieceI didn’t, however, know that over that preceding, just-finished weekend – the last in October – the Lord had told a pastor not to attend that Sunday’s service!

We’d noted unusually severe corruption of that service’s online streaming. The only thing viewers could see was a continuous green-field screen with jagged edges along the top. As noted by chat-room, the technical crew were aware of the issue but unable to resolve the problem within the first 1/2 hour. So we went to the archive for something we’d not seen. Going live later we saw they were all deep in prayer, presumably in connection with the election.

So during yesterday’s service at Church of His Presence my ears pricked up when pastor John Kilpatrick solemnly announced (at 1:11:20 mark of this video).:

JohnK 214_logo“Many of you know last week the Lord spoke to me about 5 o’clock last Saturday evening and said  “I want you to be with me tomorrow instead”…I was looking forward to being at the Fall Festival so I could get to know many more of you…

“I wanted everybody here today because…I’ve changed my mind on what I was going to do…play a David Wilkerson tape for you because it’s so powerful and up-to-date…[John was there when it was recorded about 1974]” 

(1:14:25) “While I was in prayer last week I had three things that the Lord spoke to me. Number one, the first thing the Lord said Saturday afternoon was,

“I want you to spend this next few days with me. I want you to be in isolation.”

“He then said, 

“This is a season of great peril.”

“Usually when God speaks to me it’s just a few words not a sentence or a paragraph and He said, “great peril”.  The next morning the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said,

“There’s going to be an eruption of corruption. There’s going to be an eruption of corruption”. (He said) “The nation will see it”.

“…I thought it probably wasn’t going to manifest or something we wouldn’t actually see but would be important; but the third thing He told me was,

“Thursday through this coming Tuesday (last week to tomorrow) is going to be very, very critical – and 25 days after Tuesday, the election day, is going to be critical.”

“So I told people and I didn’t know anything was going to happen on Thursday or would be evident but I know that something’s going on behind the scenes – I know that it is – and so He said ‘Thursday through to this Tuesday is critical…’. So we’re going to spend some time in prayer…”

John then preached on ‘An Eruption of Corruption’ based upon the Israelites’ escape from bondage in Egypt, seeing what the Lord did for them and what Moses learned of the Lord’s plans up on Mount Sinai, only to find the people had corrupted themselves in his absence with pagan idolatry. They had become impatient with delays and turned away from God to their own ways in imitating other nation’s practices instead of being a holy people.

John also confessed that his own impatience after two years of praying for revival had made him seek leadership of another church far across country. Had that happened then he would have missed the outbreak of the Brownsville Revival in 1995!!  So that was what the Lord had been preparing for, but John’s own thoughts almost corrupted his faith and could have led to his missing the best that God had for him.

Later, therefore, the congregation spent a long time in intercessory prayer.

So in view of that from the Lord about what’s happening in the USA it was interesting to note this headline of yesterday from Fox News: Clinton Foundation Admits It Didn’t Notify State Dept of $1M Quatar Gift.

There far more going on below the surface than the public is aware – but the Living Lord God knows.

For a succinct summary similar to and reinforcing pastor John’s recommendation and message see Nelson Walter’s Vote Theology Not Politicians.

Finally, this morning’s informative analysis from Debkafile in The US votes amid split FBI and dented National Security.:

‘At this point, two things are becoming clear:

  1. The federal investigation into Clinton’s past in relation to her emails and her improprieties with regard to the Clinton foundation will not end on Nov. 8.
  2. The FBI is driven by bitter internal wars; some, but not all, are related to the Clinton case. This was strongly implicit in Comey’s three public appearances in the past five months.’

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Biblical Wikileaks (3): God warns of corruption at the highest levels (listen up, all who rule)

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Published last Thursday this third ‘leak’ drives the nail into the overarching theme of this week’s US election. Thank you for an excellent mini-series RJ

Astonishing mathematics within Genesis 1:1 and John 1:1 – the conjunction of Creation, Gospel and Science?

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In mid-September a mathematician was writing about his favourite formula whilst I was reading about the very same thing buried deep in holy writ!

A multitude of times I’ve noticed crazy coincidences cropping up to give confirmation and more instruction upon certain topics, as though the Lord’s got His hammer and hitting me between the eyes to get my attention!  This ‘God-incident‘ is the most extraordinary so far coming almost ‘simultaneously’ from both a secular, scientific standpoint and two fundamental scriptures.

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An anniversary-cum-birthday holiday brought me opportunity to read a book at long last after a non-stop busy Summer.  So I grabbed a couple from my pile, one of which, Unlocking the Sign Miracles of John by Jonathan R Hill, seemed on the lines of what I’d heard John Kilpatrick saying about the ‘sign miracles’ in the Gospel of John.

Flicking through it I noticed many references to the ‘Consummation of the Age’ (including chapter on its ‘mathematical foundation’), the ‘end-time’ prophetical significance of those miracles, as well as typologies, numerical aspects of Hebrew and Greek alphabets and calculations of time periods. Now, I take the last with a pinch of salt as they need careful checking, but am willing to consider and weigh new, even radical, concepts that don’t contradict scripture.

jr-hill-unlocking_39-2The book is based upon the work of Arthur Ware in The Restored Vision and quotes from Dr Grattan Guinness’ Light For The Last Days (an author used in The Invisible Hand, so influential upon me, as in my “Welcome”). I’m aware of the ancient practice of substituting letters of original Hebrew and Greek alphabets with their ordinal (sequential) value and standard designated values known as gematria, which Hill uses. His book is annotated with cross-references throughout.

Without further ado, here are some introductory points and copies of a few specific pages to read carefully (enlarge for ease of reading):

‘But God does not stop with types, as each letter of the two original languages of the Bible, Hebrew for the Old Testament and Greek for the New Testament, encapsulates a numerical value. Words and collections of sequential words have a mathematical identity which,  therefore, extends the surface narrative. Any agreement between this underlying numerical pattern and the surface meaning or doctrine, affixes considerable authenticity to the text…Only a personable supernatural God could inject such intrinsic connectivity within a book written in two languages with different alphabets, by multiple authors and across two millennia‘ (emphasis mine).

‘The only reference in the (NT) to individual letters is actually in John’s Gospel – ‘And the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never studied?” John 7:15 NKJV (page 20).

‘The existence of a relationship between the surface meaning of the text, the type and the underlying mathematical value has long been known in Jewish Rabbinic tradition’ – see Wiki Pardes (Jewish Exegesis) (page 160).

Page 38: ‘…Before returning to the details of the progression of seven days, one more scientific digression is to be considered. A simple ratio of letters to words in Genesis 1:1 and John 1:1 yields the following fundamental mathematical constants seen in figure 4’ – continues below (NB: especially note first footnote):

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Mathematician Joseph’s Jaw-dropping Email

Upon returning home on the closing days of September and opening the accumulation of email, I soon read a notification of new post sent the preceding weekend from Joseph at Rationalising the Universe, the early part of which reads:

‘Today I write a short post about something close to my own heart; and to so many others in the field of mathematics which is the notion of mathematical beauty. That is, deriving aesthetic satisfaction from mathematical work (which in my opinion is on a level far above any painting, sculpture or photograph can ever achieve). There is no one defined notion of mathematical beauty; as with the more regular notion of of human beauty there often is a general consensus but it is down to personal taste. Here I summarise some areas in which mathematics in my eyes is at its most beautiful.

‘In this area I take a commonly cited example of Euler’s formula, which was showered with praise by the late great Richard Feynman, who used to refer to the formula as “our jewel”. Let me first present the general version of the formula…’

(He explains formula linking trigonometrical with the exponential form and when ‘x’ takes the value of ‘pi’ it becomes the Euler’s identity, as in Hill’s book above):

‘That is incredibly powerful mathematics summarised in a short, elegant looking formula which revels so much. To me this is incredibly beautiful…’

I was left utterly ‘God-smacked’!  My next post reveals what I found when opening the full post from Joseph.

More of this book has yet to be checked but I offer this account for your information and to the credit of Jonathan Hill and his sources for their immense labour, for which I am indeed grateful.

Notes:
  1. The theorem uses the five most important constants of mathematics: zero (0), unity (1), ‘e’, the exponential number describing growth and decay ‘e’, ‘pi’ the ratio of a circle’s diameter to its circumference, ‘i’ the basic imaginary number which, if it did exist, equals the square root of -1.
  2. Euler’s identity won a reader’s contest in Mathematical Intelligencer magazine in 2004 by a considerable margin for “the most beautiful theorem in mathematics”.
  3. Items 1 & 2: Mathematics – an Illustrated History of Numbers, ed Tom Jackson.
  4. For more about this special formula see Wikipedia Euler’s Identity.