Sign of the Son of Man

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1st Sunday of Advent (click for more)

The Time of Jesus’ Return is so very close. Prayerfully consider Tony’s vision. Those verses had made such a deep impact upon me they were within a vivid encounter in a life-changing dream.  Especially noteworthy here is the vision of THE sign – the Cross – for Tony remarks, “What was truly amazing is the fact that where one would normally expect to see the sun there was instead a cross” (see Comments).

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Mat 24:30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

I’ve had this vision stuck in my head for several days. In the vision I saw a cross in the sky. The cross was bright and very large. In fact, I do not remember seeing the sun. So the cross could have in fact have been brighter than the sun which is why I didn’t see it. I then saw 2 groups of people. There were those who were doubled over as if in pain and anguish kneeling on the ground. Then there were those with hands raised and were welcoming the sign in the sky.

The next verse, Matthew 24:31, says:

Mat 24:31 And He will…

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Invitation to visit the revamped Library of Prophecies

After updating this blog’s Library I realised it’s not easy to scan through and read with so much material. So I considered splitting it into several pages, but there’s already a number of sub-pages with more material. Also against splitting is the fact it would hamper an appreciation of the prophetic flow across the years, especially since the Millennium.

Moreover, the nature of prophetical material available from the blog’s menu. (ie other than that which appears on the sequential posts) necessitated the separation of chronological items from reference items under different hubs on the main menu, as though on two floors of a two-storied building.

You are, therefore, warmly invited to visit this blog’s re-arranged

Note the latest addition is a compilation of fulfilled prophecies published on this blog.

Could this re-development be the realisation of a dream?

Some years ago I dreamed of returning to the streets surrounding my primary school and adjacent public park in Edgeley, Stockport.  I found myself taking a flight from the park to the nearby football stadium, from there to the high street taking that main road to head towards my childhood home half a mile away. En-route was the frontage of the park with its small but well-built popular public library, which I loved to explore after school.

The amusing part of the dream was my flying about 20 foot above ground looking right at upstairs windows on houses!  Rather like visiting remotely by Google Maps but closer to earth. So I was above people and traffic…but then I was horrified on spotting what should have been Edgeley Library.

There was an immense, deep rectangular hole in the ground!  And it extends well beyond the building’s boundaries. Yet it’s fascinating because it’s been demolished and excavated out with a fresh concrete raft laid for foundations. What’s more, I see many trucks and a team of builders erecting a brand new and much larger library!

I did wonder what that dream may mean. The original library still exists but my dream is obviously personal and not so much expressing a psychological and spiritual dimension, but foretelling the creation of a cyber-library where anyone can visit without touching the ground, as though flying invisibly via internet!

So why not fly in and visit my Library Hub?

A Thoroughly Blessed and Merry Christmas to You

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MAY EVERY READER, CONTRIBUTOR and VISITOR to Richard’s Watch HAVE A ‘MEGA-MERRY’ CHRISTMAS,

 that is, a thoroughly blessed holy-day season – as may be inferred from the OT Hebrew word ashar (Strong’s #833, as in Proverbs 31:28 on the virtuous wife), meaning

‘happy, blessed, prosperous, successful, from original root ‘be straight, upright’.’

Better still is New Testament Greek’s makarios (Strong’s #3107), which means

‘from root mak, indicating large, or of long durationhappy, supremely blessed, a condition in which congratulations are in order. It is a grace word that expresses the special joys and satisfaction granted the person who experiences salvation.’

This ‘Blessed’ is used in The Beatitudes, or the Sermon on the Mount, as recorded in Matthew 5. (From NKJV New Spirit-Filled Life Bible, Exec ed. Dr Jack Hayford)

May it be an especially blessed night of spiritual silence and insight for everyone.

The Austrian carol Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht by the Vienna Boys’ Choir is one of my old favourites. First played on this day in 1818 near Salzburg (and in Austria reserved for today only), my father heard it during his long stay in Stalag IIIA. (He so much liked the landscape of Austria, seen whilst conveyed en-route as a captive from the Battle for Crete in 1941, that we took holidays in Salzburgerland and the Tyrol in 1950-60s.)

This Celtic version with superb voice and violin is sublime…

As we celebrate our Lord and Saviour’s birthday let’s look not only back in nostalgia two thousand years but also, and just as importantly, look forward fervently to His very much sooner return in glory as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Library of Prophecies update

At long last this blog’s Library has been updated and relocated on the menu with a brand-new header Prophecy Library (1909-2017) separate from the Prophecies & Visions hub.

It trust it will continue to bless many readers and visitors…

The Kingdom Age

Puzzle by Jannoon028, courtesy Freedigitalphotos.net

Puzzle by Jannoon028, courtesy Freedigitalphotos.net

This 4th ‘jigsaw piece’ to the previous post is an example of a ‘God-incident’ along the lines of 2 Chron 16:9 (the Lord’s eyes ranging across the earth to strengthen the redeemed). After drafting it I realised it needed to be in two parts with the intro’ becoming a post-script review. Mulling it over with the Lord I wished for a suitable piece on the Kingdom as follow-on and, ‘Lo and Behold!’, one was on hand first thing that morning. It was in a link on an email alert of a fellow blogger’s comment upon my post of Holy Spirit falling in Congress! Wow!! Thank you Lord.

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How to Live in the Kingdom Age

There is much more to life! I’ve been listening to things and reading things recently. I have been very encouraged because there is one thing that seems to be coming up and that is that we are stepping into a NEW ERA. We are on a new timeline. We need to be ready for the changes that are coming in the near future on this earth. We have been living too long in a world where all we live by is what we see. We are now in a new spiritual age! I am excited! This age is called the kingdom age!!! Here are some common themes to help you step into this era…because it will happen whether or not we want it to because God has a plan.

  1. Let go of your life and give it to God

God has a plan. He has…

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“They’re setting up The Kingdom!” – prophetic dream reviewed

What is The Kingdom of God?

In brief, it’s the realm in and from which The Almighty Lord God reigns and rules and into which redeemed believers in Jesus Christ have right of entry through Jesus’ death on the cross. Through His holy blood our are sins are forgiven and we are no longer slaves to satan and can be filled with and led by His Holy Spirit.  Churches are not, therefore, the Kingdom for theologians refer to the paradox it being ‘now but not yet’, primarily because it manifests through believers lives until Jesus returns to rule and reign on earth.

Puzzle in sky - Idea goThe dream recounted in the previous post plus a powerful scripture on what the Kingdom will be like, as mentioned in ‘Exploding Bible’, have now fallen into place just like pieces of an invisible jigsaw.  They’ve stirred a few fresh insights; for example:

1st ‘Jigsaw Piece’

I’d been reminded of it upon reading Veronika West’s account of a declaration during her dream encounter in a heavenly courtroom (see my #1 – Next Phase of ‘Setting up The Kingdom’ Is Now Upon Us), and which closely correlates with one made in my dream, as well as with a meeting room being furnished.

2nd ‘Jigsaw Piece’.

Upon further reflection, there’s also a similarity of ‘location’ genre between her dream and mine because the place from which I observed Kingdom-related activity ressembled an airport control tower. That is, I was in an observatory, or equivalent of a ‘situation’ room, whereas Veronika was in a council chamber, or courtroom of heaven, as herein.

3rd ‘Jigsaw Piece’.

A novel numerical synchronicity is now apparent!  Veronika account is dated 2 December; my original blogged version is 20 December. Add them together and we get the day of my birthday, 22nd, which is also emphasised in the third confirmation of the Second Advent dream that turned my life around, as recently recounted here. So, in UK-notation the two dates are 20-12-2011 and 02-12-2016.

Paul Revere’s Ride

The reference to Paul Revere’s renowned action in the Nov 2010 Inception Report for the next year’s Revival Alliance Gathering is echoed – or even resonated by – the prophetic word brought in July by Lydia Stanley-Marrow The Redcoats Are Coming!. A fuller post on this connection may be read in Special September 2 – A Kingdom 5th Anniversary Today.

2011 pivotal prophecy: “They’re setting up The Kingdom!”

FIVE years ago today, Tuesday 20 December 2011, I posted a copy of a private email as follow-up to this blog’s first posts as its contents had gone into the public domain. It tells of the unforgettable dream for which I was searching last week, as stated in the earliest version of #0-Pivotal Prophecies Coming Into Play. (Unable to find a copy of my account I resorted to quoting cross-references within this blog’s Library.)

I hope you will be able to take time reading this account, originally posted as ‘Father Let Your Kingdom Come’ and allow your imagination to follow it. Also, I’d draw attention to the remarks about a historic event as it has again resurfaced prophetically this year.:

A DREAM OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD BEING SET UP

‘An email of Monday 19 September 2011 submitted details of the dream, which I’d outlined to senior leaders of Winchester Vineyard Church before sending to the organiser of the 2011 Revival Alliance Gathering, Christen Forster.

‘The dream coincided with the Gathering’s second night and I later found it relates not only to foundational scriptures for the prophecies given over a year before (November 2010) but also to activities in the heavenlies at the time of the Gathering. They could also indicate what may happen fairly soon in the UK.

‘Christen agreed to the dream being posted upon the Revival Alliance Gathering website as Feedback under Prophecies & Testimonials.  [2016 update: links no longer available but extensive details may be read in David Pike’s Daibach-Welldigger blogspot.]

‘The email reads as follows:

Email to Christen Forster,  Monday, September 19, 2011                                          Subject: Revival Alliance Gathering, Westminster, London 1-3 Sept 2011

YOUR KINGDOM COME

Nina and I had booked early for the Gathering but were unable to attend. Yet I’m grateful the Lord gave the following on Saturday before the day’s meetings started:

Sat 3 Sept:                                                                                                                     

Am in an open-plan, modern office environment overlooking a town centre. Upon glancing out of one side’s extensive windows I’m amazed to see a large white cube flying very low over nearby buildings! (It’s about the size of a Hercules transport plane.) Watching, I see a few more similar cubes follow and fan out in different directions.

Then I look from a different quarter’s aspect to see where they’re coming from and notice this view is from a much higher floor and over a different location! Then, a couple of cubes hover and discharge some cargo, which floats down to settle on the ground – rather as furniture vans deposit items outside a house.

However, I’m seeing into a room being set up, as though the building itself is invisible! A large wooden table and its several chairs are already there as white porcelain bathroom furnishings descend, but remain hanging in space!

In a flash I understand what’s happening and, without thinking, hear myself comment aloud, “They’re setting up The Kingdom!”

Someone else watching disparagingly quips, “Oh, that’s your perspective”.

Again I’m surprised by my immediate, unconscious retort, “I studied perception at Uni!” (ie. in physics and in psychology, and am thus making a well-informed comment.)

A sudden urgency comes upon me to dash home with this news. Jumping into a car I find my normal route out of the building diverted and a huge vehicle tries to collide with me. Dodging that I drive up a slip road onto a choked road but find this very basic car becomes seriously underpowered.

So I get out to walk yet find all hard paving has turned into lush green grass of wide-open meadows. The congested road’s gone and I’m sliding down a well-worn grass slide to then run, or move, much faster than I can really run across an extensive area. I head a few dozen feet above the land, as though in a glider, and some very large object or person rushes from the left to block my path. Totally unfazed, I deliberately collide into it and it smashes into oblivion without halting or affecting my movement.

On the nearby horizon an unusual low building looms into view but, as I approach this destination, the alarm clock goes off!!

An initial interpretation came with great excitement in view of several revival meetings this month. I believe the Lord gave the above heading for my note of this lucid dream.

All this needed weighing BUT I didn’t expect confirmation and more insights not only in connection with the Gathering itself but also with the prophetic word reported at the Gathering’s Inception Meeting in Nov 2010!

Sun 4 Sept:

At Winchester Vineyard Church’s briefing on Sunday evening one of the attendees described the repentance of leaders at the Gathering. My spirit leapt in knowing this connected into that dream’s bathroom furnishing! (It’s symbolic of cleansing through repentance and forgiveness.)

In the dream, the bathroom appeared after table and chairs were already in place, which may mean a meeting place with purpose and authority. Then came a personal insight spoken as though from Holy Spirit, indicating only those open to Him can perceive and understand the Kingdom. Also, whatever is being set up is not within an obvious structure but fully exposed to those with ‘eyes to see’. (Perhaps, church ‘outside the walls’?)

Only later did I realise why the dream is directly connected to the Gathering. That’s because the setting was in two offices in separate locations (Reading and Croydon) where I’d worked and which came under the authority of central Dept of Environment, then located in Marsham St, as is Emmanuel Church!  [The venue for the Gathering.]

Thus, I believe the dream’s meaning is relevant to the Emmanuel Church Revival Alliance event and its proceeding out into the wider Church.

Incidentally, having noted the dream under the header ‘Your Kingdom Come’, I later learned that’s the same title of the following week’s healing service in Winchester led by the Gathering’s member absent in the Ukraine – Randy Clark!

Mon 5 Sept:                                                                                                        

Happened to ‘google’ Revival Alliance and discovered website about the Gathering and read its Inception Meeting’s Report and the associated prophetic word.  I was struck especially by the latter’s,

‘It is time to build a house for me to dwell in, God who even the heavens cannot contain, will dwell in a house whose walls are the Holy Spirit’.

That’s a near description of what was in the dream, for I could see as though through invisible walls into rooms. Even so, there was a definite sense of some kind of structure without my being able to ascertain its nature. Could this indicate the invisible power and work of Holy Spirit?

However, upon checking the quoted reference to Ezekiel 42:15-19 (details of the prophet’s vision of the temple) the translations to hand imply that the walls will be material, not immaterial. YET, the dream truly fits the scripture because, as Christen Forster explained to me: “ … in those verses you will see the word “side” (as in the King James), but the word is actually “ruach”, which is wind, spirit or breath. As the winds traditionally had four directions it has been made into “sides” in English. But more literally it says, “he measured the east wind” … hence Spirit.” [It is Strong’s number 7307, which cannot be construed as ‘wall’.]

A second item from the Report is suggestive of the dream’s closing half. It’s Tim Eldridge’s reference to Paul Revere’s preparation to alert an alliance and, hence, the urgency of spreading the news at top speed – his renowned Ride into American history

Thurs 8 Sept:                                                                                                              

Then came an intriguing connection to the 14 years break in revival activities in UK, and when re-starting work on the Temple in Jerusalem, as referred to in the Report and at the Gathering.

The Lord prompted me to dig into my library for a book, The Heart of The Temple.  Quickly, I spotted in the Foreword’s first page (by Jennifer Rees Larcombe):

“How did this passion for the Temple begin for you?”

“The seed was planted in my heart fourteen years ago”, she replied!!

‘PS: where else have we read about fourteen years? It was the period Apostle Paul spent in preparation before his missionary trips to the Gentiles (see Gal 1:11-2:2).’

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

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…

#0 – Pivotal prophecies now coming into play

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It dawned upon me upon waking that three personal prophecies/scriptures have suddenly been plugged together. Sometimes I can be slow, but an excitement has been building up within my spirit this past week. I’m catching sight of what subscriber Dave Hood recently remarked upon: aspects of previous prophetic information received years ago are being reiterated but far more strongly and significantly.

1960’s Jigsaw Piece

The first piece of the ‘invisible jigsaw‘ was a reminder last Monday evening from the Lord of his promise that John 14:12 “will happen”, ie. anyone who believes in Him will do even greater things because He’s gone to the Father. The lack of evidence of that happening within churches in 1950-60’s spurred me into seeking the Truth elsewhere, and in wrong places!  On Monday Nina and I met our Spirit-led vicar for a brief chat as we’re relatively new to his congregation and happily found we have much in common.

2009 Jigsaw Piece

The second piece is the stunning insight that happened when I went to check Matthew 13 on the parable of the wheat and tares in 2009.  Consequently, I started writing about End-times and letting a few folk know by email. More will be revealed in post #2 of this mini-series.

2011 Jigsaw Piece

The third piece is an unforgettable dream in early September 2011 that I soon discovered linked into what had happened at a Revival Alliance Gathering in Westminster. We couldn’t attend but were invited to a de-briefing meeting at Winchester Vineyard Church led by Revd Hugh and Ginny Cryer.

I was astounded to learn Bill Johnson had said that weekend may come to be seen as “the day things changed in the UK” because details of my dream related directly not only to the gathering’s location, but also to its purpose and outcome. This is summarised in the following details from this blog’s Library under ‘2011’:

‘Sep – RB dream: “They’re setting up the Kingdom!” and urgent release of its news, as recounted in ‘Your Kingdom Come’ at foot of Prophecies & Testimonies feedback here. (See also Acceleration in Kingdom Activity.) A similar powerful dream of how mantles of anointing are becoming available from the Kingdom came to Revd Bob Mazeroski of New Life Church, Weirton, W Virginia, as reported here.  RB’s dream was confirmed in theme, location and timing as follows:

Bill J Credit Bethel‘Sep – Bill Johnson: at Revival Alliance Gathering in Westminster declared ,“We would look back at 1st Sept 2011 as the day things changed in the UK.” A Welsh delegate noted Bill went to say it might take time for the impact of this day to be seen and felt across the nation, but gradually it would come. Another noted him as saying, “There’s something about September 1st. I believe you can write it down…‘Everything changed September 1st 2011’….understand that a Kingdom perspective sees the oak tree as an acorn…I feel like it’s a prophetic word over this country: September 1st everything’s different.”

‘Sep – Christen Forster: a Gathering organiser later reported Che Ahn had told him that, in all the time working with him, he’s rarely heard Bill make an apostolic pronouncement of such a kind. Christen wrote, ‘Bill’s prophetic word in September was a declaration of the start of the new day, the new wave, the new season. The wells don’t need unblocking any more, the water is flowing, we just need to carry their life and refreshment into the dry places. And every week I hear stories that confirm that word.’

That opening remark of mine on the Kingdom being set up was a reaction to what I saw coming down from heaven as preparatory foundations for establishing the Kingdom of Heaven here in UK. Unfortunately, most of the above links are no longer active because Christen’s website has since changed. (A report of the meeting appears on Welldigger.)

Nevertheless, I blogged about the details of the dream on 20th December 2011 at Father, Let Your Kingdom Come, which is directly relevant to a recent dream/vision experienced by Veronika West,as recounted by her this 2nd December 2016.  [This is also appropriate in view of our mutual connection to Revd Dr Sharon Stone, whom I first met in connection with my trying to find a prophet’s opinion of a vision of Britain that had thrust itself before my eyes in 2004, as recounted here.]

That exhilarating dream in 2011 motivated me to reach a wider audience by launching this blog a couple of months later.

Next – in #1 – we’ll read Veronika’s fascinating dream/encounter about the Kingdom being established…

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

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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Digital Globe by Cooldesign, courtesy of Freedigitalphotos.net

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…

A personal reflection on the First Sundays in Advent

Tomorrow, 27th November, is the First Sunday of Advent 2016.

Within a few weeks of launching this blog in November 2011 I posted the following, which conveys why the First Sunday of Advent is always highly nostalgic because of A Life-Changing Dream. It brought a totally unexpected encounter with Jesus Christ. As an unbeliever I’d dismissed a young evangelist and discontinued his visits. So I certainly didn’t anticipate – let alone wish for – such a startling event. This post is about subsequent information that validated that event:

Part 3 of ‘Death or Destiny?’ – A Triple Validation

A little time was needed to gain a fuller understanding of that awesome visitation in the early hours of Thursday 14th September 1989 – the absolute holiness of the Lord Jesus Christ in contrast to my personal sinful nature. No wonder I expected to die and was convicted of my sin!

That encounter used two very personal aspects of my life to grab my attention, thereby validating the experience as real, not an imaginary one. Even more amazingly, both validations are directly related to the 1st and 2nd Advents!  Thus, they couldn’t fail to enhance my interest in End-Times and which had been launched a few years earlier by The Invisible Hand (see herein).

The First Advent was the time when Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem of Judea about two thousand years ago. Hence, the four weeks leading into Christmas are designated within the church calendar as Advent, and which start the church year.

The Second Advent is coming soon and is expected to begin in Jerusalem.

First Validation

I inwardly ‘knew’ the heavenly visitor was indeed Jesus, and that the impressive action was a foretaste of his promised return, when He will come in all His power and glory.

The event reminded me of my favourite picture in mother’s Missal, or service book of the Roman Mass.  This gave the content of every Sunday service throughout the year with a diagram symbolising the theme for each service.  As a boy keen on astronomy I’d been fascinated by the picture for First Sunday of Advent. This depicted Jesus standing on the clouds over a burning earth in the midst of sun, moon and falling stars, indicative of events before his Second Advent!

The confirmation referred to above came almost as unusually. On a healing retreat years later, a minister told me God would show me something after lunch. Indeed, after lunch a stranger who’d been seated at my table confided that the Lord told her to show me something she greatly treasured.

christinclouds-lrgIt was a photo taken, it was claimed, from an aircraft over a thunderstorm. When developed, the photo bore an image of Jesus Christ, as though standing within clouds. However, the facial features were hazy, not defined. It was exactly like Jesus in my dream for I had  not seen His face.  (I recall dark, hazy clouds at the foot of the image. This one is published by Bible Probe.)

Upon seeing this photo my legs gave way – I couldn’t stand but fell into a nearby chair! My companion said I went so white she thought I was going to faint or fall.

Yet, just how did a stranger know to show me this photo?  I’d not divulged such a personal dream – she simply said, “It’s the Lord’s doing”.

Second Validation

I was puzzled over the closing element of the dream-event, that is:  upon my reaching towards Jesus’ feet to grasp his robe, it turned into the branch of a Christmas tree!  So, when I tugged, a Christmas tree toppled over and its fairy fell off and onto the floor.

Weird?  Not really, because that spot by the window was where the family Christmas tree used to be erected. It was a corner closely associated with Christmas.

As a devout Catholic, my mother had told me about Jesus from an early age. When I painted pictures I would put a blue stripe at the top of outdoor scenes to represent heaven, as children did. But I’d also draw a Christmas tree in heaven as being Jesus.

Why? Not only had I associated all the wonder of Christmas with his birthday but I also heard an actor  on TV mention his name whilst looking at a small fir tree. So in my childish way I took the actor at his word and would draw Jesus as a Christmas tree.  Hence, the dream changed him to match that image.

At its close, therefore, the dream-event signified the time had come to put away not only childish misconceptions but also all false teachings and replace them with absolute truth – the one who is the Truth in person.

Truly, the most fantastic Christmas present ever – one that’s daily an ever-present encouragement and help in every time of need, no matter how dire. Thank you Lord.

These events started in 1989 and culminated in 1995 with its prime confirmation. Yet more was to come!  Sixteen years later upon revisiting this story for the purposes of this blog, I was surprised by a couple more insights that dropped unbidden into mind. One was tantalising: could the street number of my childhood home (212) possibly be significant in pointing toward the coming year? That is, to 2012!  

Could that notion be true?  Such musing would be confirmed in a fascinating numerical manner at 2012’s first Christian conference we were to attend (with Dr Sharon Stone and Patricia King). Upon our arrival at the venue in Torquay I was curious about the distance driven from home. The car’s odometer reading was ‘212’ miles!

Third Validation (updated Dec 2013)

Once again, timing proves crucial in presenting another objective confirmation!  Again, had I not been writing about the visitation I would have missed the crucial linkage!

Whilst writing instalments of My Journey Into Freedom I inserted a report on something pertinent that happened at that time in the USA. This came as a ‘new revelatory word’ from the Lord to Revd John Kilpatrick and began at 2:22am. This too, is very interesting on two counts. Numerically, because my birthday falls on a 22nd. Orally, because that word is directly relevant to my dream visitation in referring to the angelic host as well as in closing with Luke 21:28, namely:

But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, lift up your heads, because your redemption is at hand.

My mother’s Missal for the First Sunday of Advent is shown below and notice how the scripture on page 69 links into my personal visitation and what pastor John brought.

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It’s amusing that the number of hits on this blog passed the 212,000 mark within days of the 4th anniversary of its launch on 21st November 2015.

So a huge thank you goes to every subscriber and regular reader, as well as all visitors – Richard

[Read Rescued from Satan by the Lord of Hosts for what happened afterwards.]

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Update on Nina’s progress

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!

Timing of listening to ‘Time’

G’day readers.

How did your day start as you got under way?  Do you notice time seems to have different speeds when you’re getting up? Sometimes I have to get a move on to beat the clock and be ready at a specific time. One day ‘hare’ minute-hand scoots along as tho’ haring around the ‘milestone’ circle – but another day it may saunter as though half awake, and ‘tortoise’ hour-hand lies huddled in its shell.:

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My childhood intro to time and different speeds!

Soon after starting my search for ‘truth’ when a young man, I read that time’s related to consciousness. So I noticed its measure may depend upon alertness.

Decades later and living at a more leisurely pace I notice this puzzles me. For example, in the bathroom I’m usually wide awake when swiping a razor around my face – rarely am I drowsy and, if needing to be on the move, I keep an eye on my watch as it sneakily heads for a deadline.

I’ve noticed differences on some days between how much I can get done in that early half-hour. Maybe my wrist-watch speeds up or down, or maybe it’s simply all down to my body-clock. Even so I’d agree with Justin Abrahams’ claim that, of its own nature, time does go at different speeds – maybe I get my own ‘time bubble’ in the bathroom!  But I’d much prefer to learn the practicalities of his claim to having done a two-hour wash, wax and polish of his car in half an hour!!

After posting the first announcement about Justin’s podcast on engaging Time in February I found the timing of my listening to it was intriguing!

podomatic-justin-abraham-time2My first attempt at listening on my phone failed to work. Not having done this on my phone before I found out later that the talk did download but I needed a better ‘ap’. Anyway, it was much better this way because it grabbed my attention when I was able to give it. Had it worked it would have distracted me from a personally relevant event at the conference I was going to.

At least a couple of aspects of what Justin teaches on that podcast were relevant to that event as well as to other recent things. First, I’m amused I’d been thinking of something from dim, distant days – “He who grieves most, grieves for wasted time”. It was one of many such quotations that had been used to prompt me to search seriously for the truth and meaning of life just before the famous Beatles turned into hippies and then got into transcendental mediation.

A Few Thoughts on ‘Time’

I hope anyone who followed my suggestion to listen to Justin’s podcast (here) didn’t find his excited assertions too daunting. Perhaps his approach is too ‘off-the-wall’ for some, yet his experiences and insights are worthy of due consideration and reflection.

Those of ‘glued-on’ adherence to the literal Bible text and fixed interpretation, according to whichever adopted translation is cleaved to, may have difficulty with his challenging but Biblically-based concepts. I very much like his familiarity with scientific concepts, from which most Christians shy away. It’s something I’d urge my brethren to get to grips with in order to marvel even more at Father’s handiwork.

Without being in any way dismissive, however, it would be interesting to see evidence for Justin’s claims regarding postage dates.  Also, as above, I’m ambitious to clean, wax and polish the car in such an unexpected short time-span as he experienced for two! 🙂

I recalled what Charles Shamp taught on the prophet Daniel travelling in time and seeing the stars at Jesus’ birth, thus leaving instructions on what the Magi should look for in the sky and why (Supermoon Monday’s ‘blood moon’ and The Age to Come refers).

Bobby Conner – Time Disappeared

Bobby_Carolyn_Conner_500pxAlso, I was reminded of what Bobby Conner said in Bath city about ten years ago. After returning from a trip, he phoned his wife Carolyn from the airport to let her know when to expect him home. It’s usually well over an hour’s journey, so his thoughts turned to the Lord whilst driving. Only twenty minutes later Bobby came to the junction for the road leading to their house – total time: under half hour!  Huh?

Miraculous, or a tall story? And is it Biblical??  My overview Eternity and Prophecy refer to three examples in scripture of time having been distorted and broken. And remember…

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no-one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end…

I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken from it, God does it, that man should fear before Him.

That which is has already been, and what is to be has already been; and God seeks an account of what is pursued [so that history repeats itself – Amplified Bible]. (Ecclesiastes 3:11 Amp; 14-15 NKJV)

[Drafted early March 2016]

ALERT: replacement link to prophetic word on Time

Please accept my apologies if you encountered a ‘PAGE NOT FOUND’ message when you tried opening Monday’s prophetic word from its email notification. If so and you were unable to find it from the Home Page, I’d recommend reading as soon as conveniently possible because it starts the topic under current consideration.

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An example of heavenly time-management

RJBThat conjunction of ‘coincidences’ wherein the Lord urges us to align our time-management with His, made me review what’s in my mind’s ‘neural pipeline’. (See A prophetic word from God about time – and on time!)

Directly connected with it is the exciting fact that the spiritual operations behind true prophecy, and the latest scientific theories are converging.

So look out for a meeting of minds over revelation and the prophetic on the Christian net and maths, relativity, quantum mechanics and information theory on the scientific side…

I came off holiday wanting to blog right away about another fascinating ‘coincidence’.: my reading about the mathematical basis of the opening verses of Genesis and of the Gospel according to John – and what I met upon returning home on a scientific blog! This was to be followed by re-blogs of excellent articles on maths, quantum physics and time.

These will be from Rationalising The Universe, which has a growing readership and well-informed discussions. It was started by mathematician Joseph, who’s recently been joined by theoretical physicist Mekhi, whose special interests are relativity and time. Their blog also has the distinction of inclusion in WordPress’ selection of best blogs (Discover) and is succinctly described here. Learn more from their bios via the preceding links.

Those re-blogs, however, must first await re-publication of a couple of my past items on time, and re-posting remark mentioned at item 3 of post on ‘heavenly time-management’. (My comments in that point were upon Mekhi’s post, Does The Present Really Exist?)

By the way, I was honoured last month with this kind accolade from Glasgow Prophetic Centre: “We are so blessed by the amazing gift you have at ‘joining the prophetic dots’!”

Lastly, for another example of applying Father’s heavenly time-manager, see American Tim Shey’s contribution at the foot of A word from God about time – and on time!

A prophetic word from God about time – and on time!

Lion-Bites-logo-2012Upon returning home last Wednesday, as Nina rested after surgery, I caught up with email. That day’s from Glasgow Prophetic Centre was extraordinary! It’s not the first time they’re on target personally but the precision this time is breathtaking on several counts, as in my appended notes. First, the prophetic words.:

LION BITES: HEAVENLY TIME-MANAGEMENT

I hear the Spirit of the Lord say:

“I rule time and it is not to rule you!”

The Lord is breaking off a rulership that time – and lack of – have had over your life. And He is bringing a heavenly alignment into timekeeping, diaries, schedules, cycles and sleeping patterns.

No longer will your time be swallowed up by unfruitful activity, as God begins to align your life to heaven’s calendar! This will create time for you to begin to wholeheartedly pursue the call of God on your life – and with plenty of time to do so!

He says to you,

“Bring your time before me and let me show what I actually want you to do and what I don’t want you to do. Let Me tell you who I really want you to meet and who I really don’t want you to meet. Time will no longer be your enemy but instead it will now empower you to fulfil My purposes for your life on the earth.”

So, bring your calendars, your diaries, your phones and your schedules before God and let Him do some work with you today. Time is not to be your enemy but it is to be used by you and you will have the space to flourish.

Colossians 4:5  Behave wisely towards outsiders, making the best use of your time.

Now the topic of time has cropped up again it’s well to look at a literal rather than ‘dynamic’ translation of a couple of well-known verses. This will be important in the next few posts. The New King James Version and my study bible note reads:

Col 4:5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time (‘kairos – opportune time, set time, appointed time, due time, definitive time, seasonable time, proper time for action. Kairos describes kind or quality of time, whereas chronos denotes extent or quantity of time’.)

Eph 5:16-17  See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but wise, redeeming the time because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what he will of the Lord is. (‘Redeeming the time is capitalizing upon every opportunity’ – but one teacher offers an insight based upon the meaning of ‘redeemed’ as ‘Ga’al, the ancient custom of buying back something lost through helplessness, poverty or violence’: eg. Isaiah 52:9 where the Lord redeems Jerusalem.)

Also, Lindell Cooley’s Saturday morning message at CHP’s Autumn Glory Day’s on how to be led by the Holy Spirit – plus abiding in the Lord – gave more scriptural background to this Lion Bite.

Notes:

Puzzle - Jannoon028I was stunned by not only the content but also the timing of this word on aligning our activities with the Lord’s calendar because that very day’s events confirm it IN ADVANCE, as follows.:

  1. Our usual daily routine had been changed to fit into the surgeon’s schedule plus the Lord’s help and comfort.
  2. Our church had scheduled a full day’s prayer cover in half-hour slots by various brethren.
  3. In view of my recent comments on time in a scientific blog I took the opportunity, whilst waiting for Nina’s return from surgery, to listen to Justin Abraham’s cutting-edge teaching On Engaging Time [2-part blog: Introduction & In 1st 15 Minutes].
  4. The heart of that deep instruction is succinctly summarised by this Lion Bite email.

An amazing God-incidence! I doubt it may have made such a deep impact had I checked email by phone whilst in the hospital’s cafe. So the Lord well-knew our day and lined it up with His dairy – praise Jesus that You are the Lord of Time.

[Puzzle by Jannoon028, courtsey of Freedigitalphotos.net]

Thank you from and update on Nina

A deep thank you from Nina and me to those who kindly prayed for the trapeziumectomy. She was home from the Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford, for a decent mid-morning coffee and needing to rest after the usual noisy night in any medical unit.

Yesterday, she was out of recovery by 11:30 am, three hours after going to theatre.  Just before I went for lunch the surgeon’s registrar came to say they were very pleased with the operation. So now it’s time for rest and recuperation: left arm in soft bandage kept as high as high as comfortably possible. (Presently is dozing in armchair with kitty snoozing on tall cushion behind her but her head resting on top of Nina’s 🙂 )

In three weeks her progress will be assessed and decision made on the next three week’s form of support before Nina can start regaining the use of her dominant hand.

A couple of people on different prayer networks remarked upon surgeon Mr Magnusson’s brilliant reputation. When we first met to discuss the work I commented it’s like what we’ve seen on TV’s Supervet, featuring the university’s prof Noel Fitzpatrick whose practice is in nearby Godalming.  He laughed heartily when I quipped that he’d best not think he’s a vet in view of my surname!

We remain amazed at the very efficient and effective hospital-watch at the Liphook church we started attending only six months ago – thank you Lord for such brotherly support from there, Acorn and elsewhere.

Promoted to home head chef!

“Richard, my hubbie, will be my sous-chef…” , Nina told the church’s hospital-watch prayer coordinator.

“Not at all, he’ll be head chef whilst you’re indisposed!” came the gentle correction in Stevie’s Scottish lilt.

To our great surprise we’d arrived home from holiday to find her letter with listing of today’s dawn-to-dusk prayer cover for Nina’s hand operation. She’s first to the surgeon this morning for repairing a thumb joint, possibly being discharged first thing tomorrow. For several weeks, however, her left arm and dominant hand will be out of action in a sling.

So I’ll be her 24/7 nurse for a while. Being a good organiser my dear wife prepared most things for her temporary manual infirmity. But most of all she’ll miss cooking and so we’d thought the washer-up guy could act under her guidance. (I do super steaks, omelettes and spicey full-veg and beef chilli. And soon time to bake a yummy Christmas cake!)

So, writing full blogs will not be as frequent as usual, but I want to pop a few brief links up whenever I can and re-post a couple of past items. These would prepare for a re-blog that connects with fascinating facts about mathematics and the Bible – and on Time.

A huge thank you and blessing from both of us to the medical team and everyone who’s praying for us.

Startling confirmations of my encounter with Jesus

RJBA little time was needed to gain a fuller understanding of my life-changing encounter with Jesus, especially in view of His absolute holiness in contrast to my personal sinful nature. No wonder I was convicted of my sin and expected to die right away!

That encounter used two very personal aspects of my life to grab my attention, thus validating the experience as real, not an imaginary one. Even more amazingly, both are directly related to the 1st and 2nd Advents!  So they couldn’t fail to enhance my interest in End-Times that had been kick-started a few years years earlier (mid-1980s) by reading The Invisible Hand and watching tv! (as in About).

The First Advent is when Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem of Judea about 2,000 years ago. Hence, the four weeks leading into Christmas are designated in the western church calendar as Advent, and which start the church’s liturgical year.

The Second Advent is coming soon and is expected to commence in Jerusalem – it will be the bodily return of Jesus to rule and reign as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

My personal encounter featured an element of that, as explained below, and over the next couple of decades I received intriguingly strong confirmations of the encounters reality. I regard them as a ‘triple-validation’; the first of which was as startling as the actual night-vision of 1989.

First Confirmation/validation

I inwardly ‘knew’ the heavenly visitor was indeed Jesus, and that the impressive action was a foretaste of his promised return, when He will come in all His power and glory.

The event reminded me of my favourite picture in mother’s Missal, or service book of the Roman Mass. (This gave the content of every Sunday service throughout the year with a diagram symbolising the theme for each service.)  As a boy keen on astronomy I’d been fascinated by the picture for First Sunday in Advent. This depicted Jesus standing on the clouds over a burning earth in the midst of sun, moon and falling stars, indicative of events before his Second Advent!

The confirmation of my encounter came almost as unusually. On a healing retreat years later, a minister told me God would show me something after lunch. Indeed, after lunch a stranger who’d been seated at my table confided that the Lord told her to show me something she greatly treasured.

christinclouds-lrgIt was a photo taken, it was claimed, from an aircraft over a thunderstorm. When developed, the photo bore an image of Jesus Christ, as though standing within clouds. However, the facial features were hazy, not defined. It was exactly like Jesus in my dream for I had  not seen His face.  (I recall dark, hazy clouds at the foot of the image. This one is published by Bible Probe.)

Upon seeing this photo my legs gave way – I couldn’t stand but fell into a nearby chair! My companion said I went so white she thought I was going to faint or fall.

Yet, just how did a stranger know to show me this photo?  I’d not divulged such a personal dream – she simply said, “It’s the Lord’s doing”.

Second Confirmation/validation

I was puzzled over the closing element of the dream-event, that is:  upon my reaching towards Jesus’ feet to grasp his robe, it turned into the branch of a Christmas tree!  So, when I tugged, a Christmas tree toppled over and its fairy fell off and onto the floor.

Weird?  Not really, because that spot by the window was where the family Christmas tree used to be erected. So this corner was closely associated with Christmas, and was also where my father’s armchair was located.

As a devout Catholic, my mother had told me about Jesus from an early age. When I painted pictures I would put a blue stripe at the top of outdoor scenes to represent heaven, as children did. But I’d also draw a Christmas tree in heaven as being Jesus.

Why? Not only had I associated all the wonder of Christmas with his birthday but I also heard an actor  on TV mention his name whilst looking at a small fir tree. So in my childish way I took the actor at his word and would draw Jesus as a Christmas tree.  Hence, the dream changed him to match that image.

At its close, therefore, the dream-event signified the time had come to put away not only childish misconceptions but also all false teachings and replace them with the truth for which I’d been seeking for decades – the one who is the Truth in person.

Truly, the most fantastic Christmas present ever – and a constant encouragement and help in every time of need, no matter how dire. Thank you Lord.

These events started in 1989 and culminated in 1995 with its prime confirmation. Yet more was to come!  Sixteen years later upon revisiting this story for the purposes of this blog, I was surprised by a couple more insights that dropped unbidden into mind. One was tantalising: could the street number of my childhood home (212) possibly be significant in pointing toward the coming year? That is, to 2012!  

Could that notion be true?  Such musing would be confirmed in a fascinating numerical manner at 2012’s first Christian conference we were to attend…Upon our arrival at the venue I was curious about distance driven from home. The car’s odometer read ‘212’ miles!

Third Confirmation/validation 

Once again, timing proves crucial in presenting another objective confirmation!  Again, had I not been writing once more about the visitation I would have missed the crucial linkage!

When writing the instalments of My Journey Into Freedom in 2013 I inserted a report on something pertinent that happened concurrently in the United States. This came as a ‘new revelatory word’ from the Lord to Revd John Kilpatrick and began at 2:22am. This too, is interesting on two counts. Numerically, because my birthday falls on a 22nd and, verbally, because that word is directly relevant to my dream visitation in referring to the angelic host as well as in closing with Luke 21:28, namely:

But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, lift up your heads, because your redemption is at hand.

My mother’s Missal for the First Sunday of Advent is shown below and notice how the scripture on page 69 links into my personal visitation and what pastor John brought.

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It’s amusing the number of hits on this blog passed the 212,000 mark within days of 21st November 2015, the 4th anniversary of when it was launched.

So a huge thank you goes to every subscriber and regular reader, as well as to all visitors

Richard

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September’s totally life-changing encounter with Jesus Christ

To the Glory of God alone is this personal story told:

For He has rescued me from the dominion of darkness and brought me into the kingdom of the Son He loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. (Colossians 1:14 NIV)

RJBTwenty-seven years ago this morning, 14th September 1989, I awoke from a night-vision that is still vividly etched into my soul and spirit. A truly awesome life-changing night.

The tragic deaths of fellow teenagers in 1960’s birthed an ambition to learn what happens at and after death. I had many questions: is there a post-mortem existence? – why’s any discussion of the topic taboo? – because it’s so deeply emotional? – why no definitive, global comprehension of an inescapable, regular event that’s common to every living creature that’s ever existed on this planet? – why haven’t scientists discovered a satisfactory answer?

My search actually led me astray and put me in a personally perilous place. But I believed my journey was an eminently sensible situation – I never guessed how wrong I was! 

Decades later, I was unexpectedly confronted by the consequences of that decision upon my own post-mortem existence – a terrifying insight, and retold for the sake of all visitors to this blog.

Last night was the anniversary of my life-changing encounter with the Son of God, Jesus Christ. Continue reading