GOD'S DOROTHY AND
THE CHURCH'S OZ: THE
LONG ROAD TO REALITY
by Chad Taylor
Jun 25, 2009
In the original book
by L. Frank Baum
"The Wonderful
Wizard of Oz"
published in 1900,
the "wizard" appears
to each of the
characters
differently or is at
least perceived
differently. To
Dorothy, the Wizard
is a giant head; the
Scarecrow sees a
beautiful woman; the
Tin Woodman sees a
ravenous beast; the
Cowardly Lion sees a
ball of fire. Each
one sees exactly
what they want to
see but they all
fail to see who the
"wizard" really is -
a fake. He is not
the "Great Oz" at
all, but an old man
that travelled
before them in a hot
air balloon. The
burning desire to
reach their
destination obscured
reality and drove
them to see what
they only wanted to
see. Once reality
came crashing down
they were forced to
continue their
journey without the
mirage of smoke and
mirrors and special
effects. They now
had to accept the
truth that what they
were so desperately
seeking for their
own self-fulfillment
is exactly what they
already had in the
first place. Today,
the current wide
spread movement with
it's promises of
grand spiritual
experiences has
become a "The
Emerald City" or
"City of Emeralds"
found in Baum's
novel. We have
become the Tin Man,
the Scarecrow, the
Cowardly Lion. Our
desire for something
more than what
already is has led
us down a yellow
brick road of false
experiences and
sleight of hand. The
truth however is
just the opposite,
it is a world in
deep need of a
Savior and His
matchless salvation
recorded centuries
ago and bound in
Scripture. It is a
Church that needs to
navigate back to the
shores of reality no
matter how far she
has drifted and
anchor again in the
bedrock of biblical
truth and light.
Gone
it seems is the day
that it was more
popular to be a
suffering Christian
than a satisfied
one. When Hebrews
Chp. 11 was read it
was with awe and
admiration as we saw
firsthand from the
sidelines of history
those that embraced
the ultimate call -
their life for
Christs'. To them it
was a guarantee of a
"better
resurrection" not an
easier one. They
were a rare breed
that garnered the
incredible title of,
"whom the world
was not worthy".
"Destitute,
afflicted, and
tormented" were
not taboo but medals
of honor on
the breastplate of
these historic
Christians. Today,
personalities and
personas are heaped
upon us to such an
extent we have
created icons out
of Branham's and
Allen's who in the
end, were left with
shame and tragedy;
misguided and
disillusioned. Would
you rather don the
mantle of mistakes
or the humble attire
of martyrs and
missionaries?
Surprisingly most
today would chose
the
latter. Dissipating
it seems are the
days when it was
more esteemed to be
a Jim Elliot who
gave his life on the
frontlines of
violent mission
fields or even a
Hudson Taylor who
poured his life
out on the daunting
shores of dark China
with no accolades or
conference
invitations. His
epitaph should have
read, "To live
is Christ and to die
is gain..."
Paul the Apostle's
day the greatest
honor was to suffer.
Power was not handed
out on a "fast
track" or a
conference line, a
catered lunch
buffet, or some
other surreal
spiritual experience
the reality was a
holy invitation to
the gauntlet of
suffering and
persecution which
Paul wore well. The
greatest joy in the
Bible was discovered
in suffering! It
was not a last ditch
option on the ladder
of revelation but
rather the opposite
- it was the first
step into any
genuine experience
with God. Suffering
and self-denial was
the undertow of
everything that
Jesus spoke and did
and it sliced
through the enamored
crowds like butter.
It was the
only precursor to
really following
Jesus and to be His
disciple, "If any man
will come after me,
let him deny
himself, and take up
his cross daily, and
follow me."
(Luke 9:23) It was
not a loudly claimed
"third heaven
experience" or
floating orbs in a
Kodak snapshot that
qualified you to be
His disciple. It
was rather a
self-denying life of
less privilege but
more power to change
the very world you
lived in and salvage
human souls.
"If any
man will come after
Me, let him deny
himself..."
What follows this
self denial?
"...and take up his
cross daily, and
follow me." A
cross is not a life
absent of suffering
or trial but rather
a staggering choice
every Christian must
make to suffer and
meet trials and
tribulation head
on. You cannot "go
after Him" unless
you are completely
willing to "suffer
with Him."
As this paradox
lives itself
out in the
Christian's life
a power and
glory is
released that is
unprecedented.
Today a facade
affronts us at
every turn
alluring us in
it's claims of
angels, gold
dust
and jewels. Finally,
like Hansel and
Gretel the
Church has
become a
candy-coated
house filled
with every
indulgence and
flavor.
Witchcraft has
seduced
multitudes into
a hypnotic false
peace as the
world teeters on
the brink of
utter
destruction.
Just as the
story of Hansel
and Gretel the
witch lures the
children into
the Gingerbread
House with all
of it's candy
and sweets only
to trick them
and ultimately
try to eat them
herself. The devil
comes to kill,
rob and destroy
the true message
of Jesus Christ
replacing it
with "another
gospel". The
preaching of
God's Kingdom in
America is an
endangered
species in a
Jurassic Park of
bloated promises
and
exaggerated experiences
leaving millions
ignorant of the
Suffering Christ
and His message
of true
salvation. It's
hard to be with
the "least of
these" when air
conditioned
cruise ships
with grandiose
promises of His
presence is your
alternative.
Paul the
Apostle's
revelation of
Jesus was
staggering as he
recorded these
words,
"Though he were
a Son, yet
learned he
obedience by the
things which he
suffered..."
(Heb 5:8)
THE DOCTRINE OF
MANTLES: THE "OZ
EFFECT"
Like the
characters in
the "Wizard of
Oz" we too are
seeking
desperately for
"gifts" or
attributes we
perceive our
spirituality to
be unbearable
without. The
veils of
deception appear
"holy" as the
face of false
spiritual
experiences
parade behind
the curtain
claiming to be
something it is
not. Like the
old
man perpetrating
to be "The Great
One" there is
nothing that he
can offer except
what we perceive
he can. He
offers hearts,
brains and
courage but the
reality is it
is moth eaten
dreams in a
closet of man
made mantles.
Modern movements
of our day seem
to have a closet
full of these
for the taking
as they defer to
doctrines of men
and not God.
Paul exhorted
the early Church
to "put on
Christ". "For
as many of you
as have been
baptized into
Christ have put
on Christ."
(Gal 3:27). He
went even
further to
enforce this
when he
confronted this
doctrine in the
city of Corinth,
"Now this I
say, that every
one of you saith,
I am of Paul;
and I of Apollos;
and I of Cephas;
and I of Christ.
Is Christ
divided? was
Paul crucified
for you? or were
ye baptized in
the name of
Paul?" (1
Cor 1:12-13).
Who then is
Branham and who
is Kuhlman and
who is Lake? Who
is Allen and
Dowie? Many of
these modern day
Christian icons
died in complete
deception often
believing they
were "Elijah" or
some other
biblical
character. Many
of these
doctrines have
found there way
into the
Christian
mainstream again
as thousands
follow the
yellow brick
road of false
promises for a
"mantle" or
anointing.
Zion, Illinois
founded by John
Alexander Dowie
was a not a
Christian
institution of
divine
inspiration but
rather a seed
bed of
disillusionment
that became an
Emerald City of
false hope. A
good intentioned
man fell off the
cliff of egotism
and false
doctrine
claiming to be
"Elijah the
Restorer"
founding the
"Christian
Catholic
Church". Have we
changed much
today? Rather
than "put on
Christ" and His
anointing we
offer the
mantles of men
before the
masses and like
"The Wizard of
Oz" we
hide behind
curtains
promising this
and that. In the
stark streets of
the world these
names mean
nothing, their
triumphs and
defeats are mere
echoes to the
One who died and
rose again. In
the Muslim
backdrop of the
Middle East
promises of
mantles and
mysterious
anointing of
Etter,
McPherson, or
Kuhlman will
have no effect;
your only answer
in a maelstrom
of death and
persecution will
be the Name
above all names-
Jesus Christ.
"Neither is
there salvation
in any other:
for there is
none other name
under heaven
given among men,
whereby we must
be saved."
(Acts 4:13). The
doctrine of
mantles is on
shifting sand
and is a mirage
to the true
Glory of God
found only in
Christ Jesus .
The trumpeting
of this message
will soon fall
on deaf ears as
an army of
disciples take
center stage who
have learned to
worship God in
"Spirit and in
Truth". Read
further in the
Gospel of Luke,
"for that
which is highly
esteemed among
men is
abomination in
the sight of
God." (Luke
16:15). The "Oz
Effect" is
dimming and the
necessity of
Jesus Christ
will prevail and
His anointing
and Spirit will
be enough.
A "WONDERLAND"
OR GOD'S
KINGDOM?
The milk of
self-indulgence
and Christian
pleasure has
hypnotized many
into a dream
world of
fixations, fake
visitations and
a slide show of
special effects
that have left
the crowds numb
with false
expectation. The
modern day
minister has
become the "Mad
Hatter" with
endless
innuendos of
glory and power
that is never on
the
radar of altering
the state of the
real world
around them.
Like a gaudy
B-rated movie
that promised a
blockbuster
showing but in
the end is a
cheap seat in a
dark theatre of
men's
imagination.
Jesus is not the
leading role in
this production
rather a million
manifestations
marching to the
beat of a
strange drum
have taken
center stage.
Scripture is so
misconstrued
it's difficult
to discern fact
from fiction as
this science
experiment gone
wrong is
unveiled. A
Frankenstein of
doctrine
is unfurled with
incomprehensible
side effects as
Jesus is left on
the afterburner
of this modern
jet stream
claiming to be
prophetic. Yet
behind the
scenes is
stirring a roar
about to be
heard above the
din
of imaginations
and idolatry;
another company
of "Jesus
Freaks",
martyrs, and
modern day
missionaries. They
will have the
doctrine of
Jesus Christ,
the King of
Kings and Lord
of Lords. They
comprehend as
all the saints
that stood
before them that
He alone is Way,
the Truth and
the Life; there
is no other
conceivable way
into God's
Kingdom but
through Him.
They will refuse
to eat
the candy and
dainties of
present "kings
and kingdoms"
but will be
catapulted past
the
dispensationalist
into a real
genuine Christ
experience.
Rather than
follow the
"white rabbit"
of current
movements that
lead down a
endless hole of
strange
experiences they
will stand
strong on the
foundation of
Jesus Christ.
The vision of
harvest that
Jesus
illustrated will
be their
mainstay as they
crash down on
the shores of
every living
creature and
Preach His
Gospel. They
will be a church
mature and grown
up. They will
desire the bone
and marrow of
His purpose
rather than the
watered down
milk of pleasure
and wantonness.
"For when
for the time ye
ought to be
teachers, ye
have need that
one teach you
again which be
the first
principles of
the oracles of
God; and are
become such as
have need of
milk, and not of
strong meat. For
every one that
useth milk is
unskillful in
the word of
righteousness:
for he is a
babe..."
(Heb 5:12-13).
They will have
the diet of
their Master -
"Jesus
saith unto them,
My meat is to do
the will of him
that sent me,
and to finish
his work..."
What is His
work?! Read the
following
passage, "Say
not ye, There
are yet four
months, and then
cometh harvest?
behold, I say
unto you, Lift
up your eyes,
and look on the
fields; for they
are white
already to
harvest..."
(John 4:35).
This army coming
now to the front
and center will
have one driving
passion and
purpose, TO FINISH
HIS WORK."And this
gospel of the
kingdom shall be
preached in all
the world for a
witness unto all
nations; and
then shall the
end come."
(Matt 24:14).
They will
conclude that
the only way
"home" is to get
past the
vernacular of
their day and
into the Kingdom
of God. To
"seek first His
Kingdom" will be
an all
consuming compulsion
moving them into
the deep waters
of spiritual
transformation.
PASSION FOR
PLEASURE: THE
TRAGIC EXCHANGE
The road to
glory is not
paved with good
intentions and
false promises
but rather a
place of
splendid
suffering where
Christ is
revealed in us,
"the hope of
glory". Let's
pray then that
we are those
"Jesus Freaks",
modern day
martyrs and a
Church that has
matured no
longer
influenced by
the infantile
teaching of our
day. Let's
follow the steps
of Jesus and
the rare
company of missionaries
who gave their
own blood,
families,
desires and
appetites to a
greater cause
and refused to
be a casualty of
dispensation.
Let's heed the
words of another
martyr as we
race against the
clock as our
present age
gallops to the
finish line, "I
no longer depend
on pleasant
impulses to
bring me before
the Lord. I must
rather respond
to principles I
know to be
right, whether I
feel them to be
enjoyable or
not..." (Jim
Elliot 1927 -
1956.) Jesus'
passion is still
the gospel
preached to the
poor, the
captives and
prisoner. What
is ours? Ask
the Lord now to
remove the
shadows of
shifting
pleasure dressed
in a spiritual
affront that has
eclipsed the
real Light and
Truth and His
love will pierce
the darkness.
You will return
"home" to a
gospel according
to Jesus and
reignite your
first love.
Clear the table
of books, c.d.'s
and the mountain
of distraction
and reintroduce
yourself to a
harvest bursting
from the ground
around you. The
gravity of
conferences and
the "wonderland"
of spiritual
experiences will
not intoxicate
your senses any
longer, you will
be on fire with
new purpose and
wisdom.
"And Jesus
answered and
said, Verily I
say unto you,
There is no man
that hath left
house, or
brethren, or
sisters, or
father, or
mother, or wife,
or children, or
lands, for my
sake, and the
gospel's, But he
shall receive an
hundredfold now
in this time,
houses, and
brethren, and
sisters, and
mothers, and
children, and
lands, with
persecutions;
and in the world
to come eternal
life. But many
that are first
shall be last;
and the last
first..." (Mark
10:29-31).
Suggested
Reading: Jesus
Freaks Volume
II: Stories of
Revolutionaries
Who Changed
Their World
Fearing God, Not
Man - From DC
Talk: With over
a half-million
copies sold,
Jesus Freaks has
captured the
attention of
both teen and
adult believers
worldwide. While
continuing the
life-changing
impact of Jesus
Freaks, this
second volume
will move beyond
stories of
martyrs to tell
the dramatic
stories of those
who took a stand
and changed
their world for
God. Volume II
features
testimonies of
revolutionaries
who took a stand
for Christ
against the
culture of their
day, along with
new stories of
martyrs through
the centuries.
dc Talk again
challenges
readers to pray
for the
persecuted
church around
the world and
openly stand for
Jesus.
Chad Taylor
www.consumingfire.com
info@consumingfire.com
THE SWINE FLU
PROPHECY AND PENDING
EVENTS
by Chad Taylor
May 13th, 2009
"And there
was there an
herd of many
swine
feeding on
the
mountain:
and they
besought him
that he
would suffer
them to
enter into
them. And he
suffered
them. Then
went the
devils out
of the man,
and entered
into the
swine: and
the herd ran
violently
down a steep
place into
the lake,
and were
choked..."
(Luke
8:32-33).
During a
prophetic
worship
session on
our recent 5
city tour in
Southern
Oregon and
Northern
California a
very
peculiar
word came
forth during
the extended
worship. I
began to the
hear the
Lord booming
in my Spirit
and I began
to publicly
prophesy as
the music
continued,
"Do you see
this swine
flu as swine
infect human
beings? But
I tell you
tonight it's
the swine
that should
be infected
with our
deliverance!
It's the
swine that
should be
infected
with our
deliverance
and disease!
When Legion
was
delivered
from his
demons it
was the
swine that
carried his
demons over
the cliff
and
perished;
you will see
a sign and a
wonder as a
great wave
of
deliverance
hits the
earth. Even
as the enemy
has used the
swine to
infect
humans so I
say to you
now just the
opposite
will happen
in the
Spirit!"
The
scripture in
Luke became
paramount as
this word
was being
declared,
"Then went
the devils
out of the
man, and
entered into
the swine:
and the herd
ran
violently
down a steep
place into
the lake,
and were
choked..."
It was not
happenchance
in Jewish
culture that
the demons
went into
the swine
and
perished. In
God's Law
swine were
unclean and
were
forbidden to
eat or
touch. (Lev.
11:7). Later
becoming the
vessels of
which
Legion's
demons came
out and
driven off
the ledge to
perish. The
very object
of this
current
global
crisis was a
sign of
deliverance
and freedom
in biblical
proportions.
THE POWER OF
OPPOSITES:
THE JOSEPH
FACTOR
There is
much to
comprehend
in this
short
scripture in
Luke chp. 8.
The demons
begged Jesus
to suffer
them to
enter the
swine -
which He
did. "Then
went out the
devils from
the man..."
The unclean
spirits went
into the
unclean
animals and
both
perished in
the sea. As
these events
unfold
around the
world there
is a
spiritual
dynamic
taking
place. The
Spirit of
the Lord is
being
released
during this
time to
bring
deliverance
to nations
that are in
great
political,
social, and
spiritual
peril.
Mexico has
been gripped
in a deadly
drug war as
the
government
desperately
attempts to
regain some
semblance of
moral
control.
Drug Lords
and their
henchmen are
fighting
ruthlessly
against any
moral and
spiritual
change.
Ultimately
the Spirit
of
Deliverance
is being
poured out
upon Mexico.
In the
spiritual
landscape of
polar
opposites we
see the
origins of
what the
world is
calling the
"swine flu".
In God's
providence
it is a
divine set
up to lead
millions
into
salvation
and
deliverance.
In such a
historic
moment the
Joseph
factor comes
into play.
Prayerfully
and
earnestly
read the
following
scripture
and promise
and apply it
to these
current
events:
"But as for
you, you
thought evil
against me;
but God
meant it
unto good,
to bring to
pass, as it
is this day,
to save much
people
alive." (Gen
50:20).
The end
result in
God's plan
was not to
bring death
and
destruction
but rather
to "save
much people
alive". The
law of
spiritual
opposites
begin to
play out in
the earth.
What the
devil meant
for evil
God's final
intent is to
make it
good. in a
time of
global
famine the
will of God
prevailed
and raised
up a people
to "open all
the
storehouses"
and bring
deliverance
to the
nation. You
see, this
current
crisis is
really the
divine stage
set for the
"Josephs" or
the
deliverers
to take
center stage
and SHINE;
a unparalleled
time to lead
millions to
Jesus Christ
and His
salvation.
The power of
the Cross
and the
Gospel
become
second to
none in
grave times
such as
these. As
what appears
to be evil
sweeps the
globe it
also acts as
a spiritual
siege
crashing in
the doors of
resistance
making way
for the
preaching of
the Gospel,
healing and
deliverance.
"And we know
that all
things work
together for
good to them
that love
God, to them
who are the
called
according to
his
purpose..."
(Rom 8:28)
THE SWINE
ARE ONLY A
SIGN OF
PENDING
REVIVAL
And when he
had spent
all, there
arose a
mighty
famine in
that land;
and he began
to be in
want. And he
went and
joined
himself to a
citizen of
that
country; and
he sent him
into his
fields to
feed swine.
And he would
fain have
filled his
belly with
the husks
that the
swine did
eat: and no
man gave
unto him.
And when he
came to
himself, he
said, How
many hired
servants of
my father's
have bread
enough and
to spare,
and I perish
with hunger!
I will arise
and go to my
father, and
will say
unto him,
Father, I
have sinned
against
heaven, and
before thee,
And am no
more worthy
to be called
thy son:
make me as
one of thy
hired
servants.
And he
arose, and
came to his
father..."
(Luke
15:14-20).
The swine
were the
final
"curtain
call" for
the revival
to follow as
the prodigal
son returned
home. As we
face famine,
pandemic,
floods,
fires and
all other
sort of
peril could
it be any
other
outcome than
what we read
in the
Gospel?
Could it be
a great
coming home
is on the
horizon as
millions
return to
Jesus in the
backdrop of
epic peril?
On the
scriptural
landscape
this was
exactly what
occurred.
"And he
arose, and
came to his
father..."
This
"arising" is
recorded in
other
prophetic
moments in
the bible as
well,
"Arise,
shine; for
thy light is
come, and
the glory of
the LORD is
risen upon
thee. For,
behold, the
darkness
shall cover
the earth,
and gross
darkness the
people: but
the LORD
shall arise
upon thee,
and his
glory shall
be seen upon
thee." (Isa
60:1-2) As
this current
crisis
continues it
will only be
a line of
demarcation
for revival
as nations
such as
Mexico are
prepared for
sweeping
revival.
Where you
see the
swine,
remember it
is SIGN of
revival soon
to follow.
"And when he
was come
into the
ship, he
that had
been
possessed
with the
devil prayed
him that he
might be
with him.
Howbeit
Jesus
suffered him
not, but
saith unto
him, Go home
to thy
friends, and
tell them
how great
things the
Lord hath
done for
thee, and
hath had
compassion
on thee. And
he departed,
and began to
publish in
Decapolis
how great
things Jesus
had done for
him: and all
men did
marvel..."
(Mark
5:18-20).
MOSES IN THE
WILDERNESS
AND THE
PREACHING OF
THE CROSS
And the LORD
said unto
Moses, Make
thee a fiery
serpent, and
set it upon
a pole: and
it shall
come to
pass, that
every one
that is
bitten, when
he looketh
upon it,
shall live.
And Moses
made a
serpent of
brass, and
put it upon
a pole, and
it came to
pass, that
if a serpent
had bitten
any man,
when he
beheld the
serpent of
brass, he
lived." (Num
21:8-9). The
very thing
that was
"meant for
evil" now
became a
symbol of
deliverance
as Moses
lifted up
the bronze
serpent in
the
wilderness.
In the same
way the
preaching of
the Gospel
is now more
crucial than
ever as evil
runs
rampant.
Nations that
have been
resistant
and violent
toward the
message of
Jesus will
now look to
Him as their
only hope.
If there has
ever been a
time to
return to
the
"preaching
of the
cross" it is
right now as
a global
stage is set
to bring
deliverance,
healing and
salvation.
"For the
preaching of
the cross is
to them that
perish
foolishness;
but unto us
which are
saved it is
the power of
God." (1 Cor
1:18).
This will be
a crossroads
for
the world
wide church
as well as
it is faced
with
unprecedented
crisis and
fear and
turn to the
only viable
answer, "The
preaching of
the Cross."
It will
become to us
and the
world around
us "the
Power of
God" like no
other time.
in places
such as
Mexico City
what was
once a place
of deep
opposition
to change
are
transformed
into a
divine stage
of massive
healing and
deliverance
as "the
devils went
out of the
man, and
entered into
the
swine..."
The day of
the
evangelist
has returned
as a Spirit
of
deliverance
and
salvation is
poured out
on all
flesh. In
this crisis
it is our
shining
hour. "And
as Moses
lifted up
the serpent
in the
wilderness,
even so must
the Son of
man be
lifted up:
That
whosoever
believeth in
him should
not perish,
but have
eternal
life." (John
3:14-15).
THE BLOOD
BATH IN
MEXICO WILL
BECOME BLOOD
ON THE DOOR
POSTS
And they
shall take
of the
blood, and
strike it on
the two side
posts and on
the upper
door post of
the
houses..."
(Ex 12:7) In
Egypt many
people
perished and
yet God's
Passover was
instituted
and more
were saved.
In Mexico as
the very
moral fabric
seems to be
tearing
apart a time
of
"Passover"
will occur.
Many cities,
villages and
regions will
become
places of
salvation
and great
deliverance.
Key leaders
even as the
Pharaoh did
in Egypt
shall
relinquish
their
control over
the people
and secede
from
darkness to
the Lord.
Entire
regions will
beseech
ministries
to come and
preach the
gospel as
their only
recourse in
famine, flu
and
violence.
Jesus will
be lifted
up!
Many of
these events
will not be
publicized
as mighty
miracles
raise the
dead at a
rate
incomparable
in modern
history in
areas
plagued by
current
crisis'. In
other cities
it will be
published on
television
channels and
every means
of
communication sounding something
like this
"prayer
and
preaching
will occur
and such and
such
location...city
sanctioned
prayer
meeting
today at
12pm..."
It will
become even
mandatory
that entire
regions
attend these
meetings to
stem the
sickness and
disease.
Virtually
unknown
evangelists
will be
harbingers
of great
hope and
power as the
Cross of
Jesus Christ
is preached.
Great
evangelists
of the past
will be
replicated a
thousand-fold
as entire
cities
become
center-stage
of
grassroots
revival
overflowing
into every
public place
with the
sheer
expectation
of what God
will do
next. Many
ministers
who have
faded from
the public
eye will now
be thrust
back into
the
frontlines
reenlisted
as God makes
a world wide
call to arms
to "fight
the good
fight of
faith.
Remember,
"The Swine
are only a
sign of
pending
revival..."
Chad Taylor
~ May 13th,
2009
PREEMINENT AND PREEMPTIVE PROPHECIES AS
HISTORY UNFOLDS: ALBUQUERQUE AND
BISMARCK ND
by Chad Taylor
ALBUQUERQUE, NM.: GROUND ZERO
At
a prophetic conference in Albuquerque,
NM during a intense moment in worship a
profound insight into the history of the
city and the United States was
revealed. As I began to prophesy it was
like a covert well of critical
information was uncapped. I began to
prophesy, "Something covert, in the
night! Something under cover in secret
was done in this city. It brought a
anti-Semitic spirit and has cursed the
region and even the state of New
Mexico. Something was done in secret
like Judas for his 30 pieces of silver.
In 1944, 1945, 1946 something was done
in this city in secret under the cover
of the night. The Lord is revealing it
now that this curse can be broken. It
brought a anti-Semitic spirit into this
state..." The prophesy continued for
several more minutes as the Lord was
breaking up fallow ground of historic
relevance that we would later learn
was paramount for breakthrough in
Albuquerque and the state. The
following day a native of New Mexico
brought me some profound information she
had researched and printed up. I was
flabbergasted. It was common history to
many or at least it was known history,
but the dates, locations and background
were astounding in light of the previous
nights prophecy.
Julius
Rosenberg was the son of a Polish
garment worker living on New York's
Lower East Side. Julius's success
in the study of Hebrew led many to
believe he would later become a Rabbi.
However, by the age of 16 he was a
committed member of the New York City
College's Young Communist League. Later
marrying Ethel and in the fall of 1940
he took a job as a civilian employee of
the U. S. Army Signal Corps. Late in
1943 Julius Rosenberg began his
espionage against the United State of
America during the World War. Rosenberg
began to contact key individuals that
would be necessary to infiltrate the Los
Alamos base where the nuclear bomb was
being constructed. What is now known
from popular movies and history as the
"Manhattan Project". Rosenberg's
brother-in-law David Greenglass was
assigned to work as a soldier-machinist
in Los Alamos and the dark secrets and
espionage began which would lead to
treason and death. Greenglass prepared
handwritten notes and sketches relating
to a high-explosive lens mold being
developed in a Los Alamos laboratory .
Twice in
1945 a British
physicist named Fuchs met with a Soviet
agent named "Raymond" and provided notes
on the working design for the atomic
bomb. By June 1, authorities knew of a
soldier, stationed at Los Alamos,
married with no children, who Gold or code name "Raymond" paid
$500 to in September of 1945 in
Albuquerque in exchange
for information about the implosion lens
for the atomic bomb. This soldier was
none other than the brother-in-law of
Julius Rosenberg - David Greenglass. In
1997, Alexsandr Feklisov, Rosenberg's
Soviet control came forward to describe
his meetings with Julius in the 1940's.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed
shortly after 8 p.m. in Sing-Sing Prison
on June 19, 1953...
After
this information was revealed during the
Saturday evening session at Glory Bound
Church in Albuquerque we began to
declare a breakthrough and healing from
these climatic historic events. The
Rosenberg's were both Jewish which
consequently resulted in a anti-Semitic
spirit to take root in New
Mexico fostering racism, poverty, and
violence. Prophecy is truly a "two-edge
sword" and can be wielded against
strongholds and curses that the Holy
Spirit reveals as a result of
travesties in the past. Judas Iscariot
also acted in espionage against Jesus
for a mere 30 pieces of silver which
resulted in the purchasing of the
"Potter's Field" after his own death by
the Jewish priests. "And after they
had consulted together, they bought with
them the potter's field, to be a burying
place for strangers. For this the field
was called Haceldama, that is, the field
of blood, even to this day..." (Matt.
27:3-8).
A spirit of rejection and
abandonment is the consequences of a
"Potter's Field" in the earth. It
becomes, "a burying place of
strangers. The field of blood, even to
this day..." Do you have a "Potter's
Field" in your city? Is their secrets
and broken promises just under the
surface of your history? Chances are,
yes. This is why entire regions,
states, and territories are bemoaning
under spiritual stress and curses
resulting in suicides, crime,
injustices, prejudice, hate crimes.
Ultimately religious hierarchies accept
the "pay-offs" and ignore the most
obvious and turn a deaf ear to the poor
and lost in their proximity. Every city
has its "Potter's Field" bought in the
spirit of compromise, indifference and
naivety. In Albuquerque we took one
giant step toward restoration and
revival which will result in a harvest
of salvation from all those that were
lost. I pray the blinders are taken
from all of our eyes and that the Lord
would arm you with a two-edged sword of
revelation to set the captives free and
heal the land. Albuquerque, NM is just
one example of why we are prophetic and
what the outcome of every prophetic
conference of meeting should be -
powerful truth revealed that sets cities
free from captivity! Find your Potter's
Field.
GOD SAID,
"TAKE THE STAGE!" AND TELL THEM I LOVE
THEM!
Last
year (2008) I reported on a
phenomenal moment that transpired on
a public stage in Bismarck, ND. at
the Municipal Park
with approximately
two hundred or more in attendance. I
never told you the rest of the
story... This is was not a
pre-planned Christian event or
anything remotely sponsored by some
Christian organization. It was a
secular annual "Hippie Fest" put on
by various bands and sponsors
drawing a local sub-culture of young
and old alike who found a
familiarity in the genre of music.
It was a nostalgic event that was
advertised in the local newspaper
and attended by many. Someone in
the conference at Solomon's Rest
where I was speaking insisted we go
"check it out". This leading was
easy to follow as the entire
conference and already emptied out
into the streets with banners and
bibles in tow and were marching
through the downtown streets.
A few
of us went the couple blocks to the
park; as we entered the "Hippie
Fest" a myriad of colors exploded
from the stage with its loud
grinding music with smoke machines
billowing a haze of strange
shapes . The smell of incense
wafted through the air as people
talked and mingled. We were met
with welcoming gestures and smiling
faces as we simply began to pray and
worship Jesus in our small group
from the conference. As I stood
there I began to look to the Lord
heart, "What do we do now? How
can we have the greatest impact here
other than simply being a light?"
Suddenly the Lord spoke to me
crystal clear, " TAKE
THE STAGE AND TELL THEM "I LOVE
THEM!". I stood there
stunned. What Lord?! Tell them
what? They don't know me, they are
not affiliated with our conference
or religious event! What will I
say? The Lord's word went through
me like electricity, "TAKE
THE STAGE AND TELL THEM "I LOVE
THEM!"
The reality of it hit
me hard as I prayed how this could
be done? The last band of the night
was playing their set which was
appropriately named, "Gypsy
Foot". I was profoundly aware that
the Lord wanted to let every last
person know that He loved them and
was would reach them right where
they were. I suddenly had a
epiphany -EVERY public
place of gathering in the secular
world was simply predestined stages
set for God's love and salvation to
be proclaimed.
But how often do we pass by them
never aware of our responsibility to
share His love or even worse we
avoid these places all together?
I
went to directly to the sound booth
adjacent to the main stage and told
the sound man my strategy. I told
him, "I travel the nation declaring
love and grace, why not this stage
tonight? Let's make an event a
movement!" He was excited and told
me he would find the main promoter
and tell her right now. A few
minutes passed as we all stood and
prayed intensely for this door of
utterance to not close. Finally the
promoter approached me and asked me
what I wanted to do. I told her.
She asked me again, "What do you
want to do?" I looked at her
in the eyes and over the sound
of the music and flashing neon
lights I said, "I want to
declare God's love on this stage."
She looked at me and simply replied,
"YOU CAN CLOSE THE
SHOW!" Suddenly the
doors of this secular rock concert
was flung open and I was given total
liberty. I was breathless as the
words of Jesus to His disciples
echoed in my heart, "But when they
deliver you up, take no thought how
or what ye shall speak: for it shall
be given you in that same hour what
ye shall speak.For it is not ye that
speak, but the Spirit of your Father
which speaketh in you..." (Matt
10:19-20). It was no longer me up
on that stage it was the Lord
speaking through me and sharing His
intense immeasurable love. I was on
fire.
I
took the stage as the last
instrument wailed and was met with
hugs an admiration from the band.
They had no idea what I was about to
say. I looked at the hungry crowd
and the people locked in on me. I
opened my mouth, "I travel this
nation declaring God's love. And
contrary to popular opinion God is
still a God of Love and Peace. A
hippie two thousand years ago made a
profound statement, "YOU are the
Light of the world!" I pointed
directly and the crowd and repeated,
"YOU are the light of the world!"
The crowd broke out in crazy
applause and shouting. Some even
yelled, "Amen!". God moved. As I
stood on the stage and declared His
Light behind me in the ball field
hundreds of "lights" were released
in these transparent balls with tiny
candles in them. It was part of the
pre-planned event! Lights literally
ascended into the dark sky of
Bismarck, ND. The light is not
confined or even defined by a
"church" or a church building with
all of its trappings. No, its in
the hearts of the people who
populate those cities. They are
under bridges, in local parks,
riding their skateboards and playing
their secular music. They cannot
identify with all of our trends and
popular Christian staples. But they
can identify with Jesus and His
broken love for mankind. Why don't
you find your stage and declare
God's love!
To Be Continued...
THE HEARTH OF THE PROPHETS HEART
- A VISION
Chad Taylor
Dec 24, 2008
And he said, Hear now my words:
If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will
make myself known unto him in a vision, and will
speak unto him in a dream. - Num 12:6
“For the vision is yet for an
appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and
not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it
will surely come, it will not tarry…” (Hab. 2:3)
This vision is still vividly etched
on the canvas of my imagination and it paints a
picture of current times. The undertow of current
movements and past dispensations often muddy the
water of the undiluted message of Jesus. The
prophets of old were not inundated with the
avalanche of contemporary Christian markets that
literally package and mass produce every new trend
or movement in the Church today. Thus their message
was not tainted or in “piecemeal” of what others
were saying, doing or experiencing. The
multi-colored quilt of modern meetings has created a
phenomenon where many are more acquainted with names
and personalities that they are with the living
breathing Jesus. They have conveniently forgotten
that Jesus is still found in the “least of their
brethren” not the most popular. There has been a
polarization between the lost unsaved world and the
Christian one that exists to reach it.
What we need now is a revival of the
“simplicity that is in Christ” as Paul stated in 2nd
Corinthians 11:3. Jesus is framed today in the
ideals of an American culture and conveniently
packaged into whatever fits our lifestyles and
appetites. He’s no longer a “suffering Messiah” in a
perpetual state of intercession for mankind. We have
downgraded the Son of God into a “date” where we
simply court him by our need for pleasure and
fulfillment. The words of Jesus seem to have no
effect on many, “And he said to them all, If any man
will come after me, let him deny himself, and take
up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever
will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will
lose his life for my sake, the same shall save
it. (Luke 9:23-24).
My vision began as I saw an old
man who was stooping down to the ground writing in
the sand. He seemed so intent on what he was
doing. As I looked at this old man I heard the Lord
say, "This is My prophet; the spirit of the prophet
that has been on the earth since the beginning. This
is the same Spirit that was in Moses’ heart and
Jeremiah, Ezekiel and John the Baptist. It is the
same Spirit that dwells on the earth today. But most
have not seen or even heard the Spirit of the
prophet; the Ancient of Days. Men have changed Me
into their own appearances and tried to transform Me
by their doctrines but in Me there is no
variableness neither shadow of turning - I am the
same yesterday, today and forever. What you see in
this old man – My prophet, is what is still visible
today. (James 1:17; Heb. 13:8)
The man was ancient and yet had a
sense of vitality and virtue that seemed to
superimpose itself over his apparent old age. As I
studied his features and behavior he turned his head
up to me and looked at me through eyes that were
like a deep stream of water. They had an evanescent
quality in them and yet even then it seemed like
something was missing, yearning for something that
was once there. Like an old photograph that was
slowly fading. It was surreal.
The Lord said to me again, “The face
of the prophet was obscure and eccentric until John
the Baptist and only then did it become completely
visible and clear. That is why I promised that
Elijah had to come first through the spirit of the
prophet in John. But something has dimmed since
then - something that I am looking for again in the
heart of this generation and their worship to
Me. John carried the fullness of that Spirit as it
was seen in the baptism. He prepared hearts for
salvation and that is the pure spirit of the
prophet. It brings hearts to repentance through
faith in Christ and brings them into My
resurrection. The prophet and the Apostle were
united in the water baptism of John and that is why
the Savior of the world was there. These two hearts
are being reunited again in the water of salvation
and baptism.
Suddenly the scene changed and I saw
the figure of Jesus towering above the stooped over
old man and the hand of the lord reached from the
vast distance above. His hand reached into the old
man's body and I could see it as if his chest was
transparent and the heart of the prophet was like a
giant hearth or oven. There were hot coals burning
various colors from yellow, red, orange, purple and
blue. The coals on the top were glowing hot and
burning - emanating intense heat.
The Lord spoke again, "These coals on
top are the passions that compel my prophets today
but there is something missing that I have come to
find again deep in the heart of man." The Lord's
hand then reached deeper into the inner recesses of
the prophet’s heart as far as His arm could reach.
Slowly He brought out His arm and in the hallow of
His hand a small coal appeared black and cold. The
Lord lifted this tiny rock to His partly open mouth
and blew. The tiny coal burst into a red hot flame
as red as if it were blood.
Jesus took in another breath and
exhaled and said, “This is the all consuming Fire of
the Father! It’s what molds missionaries and compels
people to defy their human limitations and do the
impossible. It’s what makes martyrs and those that
will deny the pleasure of this life for a life to
come. They are those written about by Apostle Paul,
“They were stoned, they were sawn
asunder, were tempted, and were slain with the
sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and
goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
(Of whom the world was not worthy) they wandered in
deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of
the earth. And these all, having obtained a good
report through faith, received not the promise: God
having provided some better thing for us, that they
without us should not be made perfect. (Heb
11:33-40).
This fire is the fire “of whom
the world is not worthy”. What was the
“better thing for you” that they did not
attain? It was the fullness of My Spirit to bring
the hearts of mankind to Me! Peter said it when the
Spirit of this Fire was sent again through the mouth
of the prophets before him, “Then Peter said unto
them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in
the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins,
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For
the promise is unto you, and to your children, and
to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord
our God shall call. (Acts 2:38-39). That was
the promise that could not be fulfilled without you.
“This fire is being stirred again. It
will pull people from their upper rooms and inner
chambers and what has become interpersonal and
private will once again be displayed openly and
publicly. This is the coal of the desire for the
souls of men and their salvation", the Lord said.
"It was the first coal that I used to spark the fire
in their hearts in the day of Isaiah - ‘Then
flew one of the seraphim’s unto me, having a live
coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs
from off the altar: And he laid it upon my mouth,
and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine
iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. Also I
heard the voice of the Lord, saying, whom shall I
send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am
I; send me.” ‘(Isa 6:6-8). The cry from My Fire
is still, “Whom shall We send?”
It is the fire that provides life for
all the other coals and keeps them burning; without
it the flame will slowly dim and die out. For many,
this has already happened and their love for Me has
waxed cold. They sincerely believe loving Me is a
state of private existence in a form of godliness
and worship yet it lacks the power and fire to
save. Like the Pharisees of old they truly believe
that in the outward show of worship and prayer that
it can have a lasting impact. But rather it’s in act
of loving Me in “deed and in truth” dealing their
bread to the hungry, opening their house the
stranger, clothing the naked, feeding the hungry and
in this mystery they have seen Me. The outward
attire of their own desire is being removed and My
heart will be revealed.
I suddenly recalled the scripture in
the gospel account of Luke as the two men walked on
the road to Emmaus and after encountering Jesus they
made this incredible statement, "Did not our
heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the
way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?" (Lk.
24:32) The fire that burned in Jesus' heart now
burned in theirs then and it was this fire
that compelled them into the mouth of lions, Roman
arenas and ultimately to the “uttermost part of the
earth.” They had the Spirit of the prophet burning
in them as it did centuries ago.
The old man slowly stood up his eyes
blazing with new fire! The grizzled prophet cried
out the words of Isaiah, “But now, O LORD, You
are our Father; we are the clay, and You our potter;
And all we are the work of Your hand!” (Isa.
64:8). He lifted up His hand to the Lord and began
to worship. Beside the prophet was an old plough and
worn deep into the handle was inscribed, “HARVEST OF
SOULS”. The old man gripped the handles of the
plough with all of His strength and cried out in
prayer, “I will not look back again my Lord! I am
fit for Your Kingdom my God!” The hearth of the
prophet’s heart burned hot again and the coal from
the altar in Heaven was now reignited and the souls
of men burned in his bones. A gift was restored to
His people in this season and the world was reaped.
“Now also when I am old and gray
headed, O God, forsake me not; until I have showed
Your strength unto this generation, and Your power
to every one that is to come…” (Ps 71:18)
** NOTE FROM CHAD: We are almost to
the finish line for 2008. We have postponed any
prior scheduled dates until Dec. 31st to stay at
home with family and prepare for 2009. Please
don't give up on us now - help us race past the
finish line with no hesitation. We are only
$1300 shy from our end of the year necessities which
include our everyday living expenses for the year.
Many of you have been in our events this year and
have been shot out like a cannon ball into your
calling and gifts - help us now accomplish these end
of the years goals. There are some reading this
right now that could wipe that obstacle right now.
Your commitment to stand with us is immeasurable.
For
those of you who missed my friend Peter’ Hans
call last Thursday on “The Basics of
Investing…According to the Bible,” I have some
great news. You can listen to it for FREE at the
following link:
I’d
encourage all of you to listen as now, more than
ever, I feel that it is important for us to
understand how to steward and invest our
money. 2009 is being predicted by many to be a
tough year financially, but with a little
preparation and a lot of prayer, we can position
ourselves to receive resources that the Lord has
prepared for His people for such a time as this.
If
you are interested in finding out more about
Peter and his company, you can visit Investing
with Insight at
www.investingwithinsight.com.
As
I wrote last time, this is a time when God is
calling those who will fund the building of His
kingdom on earth. I know many of you are called
to be one of these people. Let’s not miss this
opportunity to co-labor with Him in what He is
doing.
Yours for Him. Chad Taylor
THE TIME FOR THE SOUTH
TO RISE IS NOW!
by Misty Taylor
I hear the Lord saying that now is the time for the
South to rise up and become all that he has called
it to be. Are we going to continue sitting around
and waiting on some miracle to happen before we take
action and do the things God has called us to do? He
has given us the ability to do everything he has
called us to do yet there are still so many
unfinished works. God says step up and out and start
doing what I have called you to do. Stop sitting
around watching the future generation kill each
other and do something about it. The enemy is slowly
wiping out the future warriors for God’s kingdom but
what are we doing to STOP it? Just sitting back
praying and fasting for them? Go and pull them out
of the darkness they are in. It is time to step out
of the comfort zone you are in and take action for
God’s property. He is waiting on his people to have
complete faith in him and step out in faith. Don’t
allow another vision to pass you by without doing
something about it.
There may be visions God gave you years ago that you
feel have died and are no longer to be completed.
God says NO the timing is now, trust in me with your
whole heart and do as I have shown you before. If
you don’t do it who will? Believe in me and I will
show you the way. If you fully trust in me there
will be no reason to stop fulfilling my visions I
have given you. The youth needs you more now than
ever. When I say the youth, I don’t mean just the
teens. There are many small children out there
suffering; crying themselves to sleep at night for
someone to show them the right way. They are my
mighty army and I need them to rise up and become
the warriors I created them to be. They need you and
your support to push them into their destiny!
Without your guidance and support they will be
pulled down by the enemy and feel as if they have no
reason to live and no Hope. Step up be that mentor
and make things happen for my future generation.
It’s time to be spiritual parents to these children.
Give them other options. When you rise up and begin
to do the works I have called you to do the
blessings will be poured out over you and my
kingdom.
These dead works must rise again and I’m telling you
the time for them to rise is now. It’s time for the
South to rise again and many riches and abundance
will come from the South. The World will turn to you
wanting to know how they can get what you have. It
is time for you to be a leader and show the world
what God has stored up for them. It’s time to stand
in the gap for past generations and future
generations. The dead is crying out in our behalf
that we see what God has for us. The prayers of
Saints that have gone on before us are coming to
past through you!
It’s time to let go of the hurts that have been
caused the pain we still feel when we see certain
people. God is ready to heal the past and make us a
new people for him. Why should we allow our children
to go through some of the same hurts as we did when
we can do something about it. He is calling us to
rise up and become all that we were created to be.
The time is now will you hear his voice and take
action? This nation is not forgotten! Many leaders
will rise from the South and take a stand for what
is right in God’s eyes. Pray for your leaders and
for their direction.
There are curses that have been spoken over the
South that we need to break. Begin praying over your
city and breaking off all curses spoken over it.
There are roads, buildings, parks, and more that
seem to draw the enemy and his evil doers. Take a
look back and see where the majority of teen deaths
have happened in your city, then take action and
begin to pray against the curses in that area. The
curses must be broken before God can pour out his
entire blessings into your city. Are you going to
answer the call and begin to rise up and do what God
has shown you to do? I see it clearly; God is
holding a HUGE watering can filled with blessings to
be poured out on the South, the prayers of His
people are what help him turn the can upside down
and allow the flood to pour out. His arm in mid-air
but he needs more Faith to help him to pour the
flood of blessings out. I ask you, is the South
really ready to experience all God has for them?
Will they answer his call and do what he tells them?
This is the year for the South to rise! 2009 is the
year for the South! Get involved in you community
and start watching how God blesses your household
and those around you. Hang in there the road might
be bumpy at first, but don’t give up. Continue to
fight the battle and the outcome will be well worth
it.
Misty
Taylor is the wife of Chad Taylor; she is a mother,
model, pageant winner, writer, speaker and advocate
for the homeless and poor. Her life and vision is
electric and contagious. Anyone who meets her is
blessed. To contact Misty please email -
PALESTINE,
LEBANON, EGYPT, IRAN: A CATALYTIC WORD TO PALESTINE AND
THE MIDDLE EAST
Chad Taylor Nov 30, 2008
(Nov. 16th, 2008 - Given live during worship at IOC
church in San Mateo, CA. a Palestinian Church. There
were Lebanese, Palestinian, Jordanian, Egyptian, Iranian
and Iraqis/Assyrians present. By Chad Taylor)
Lebanon,
Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, all of those adjacent
countries and regions. The spotlight of history is
going to turn there again. Progressive events are about
to take place. Not for evil, but for good. Look toward
that place now. Look towards that country. Look towards
that place of your origin. Here we are once again
Lord. We stand again today Lord. We pray the prayer of
David, we sing the song of David.
We pray for Lebanon.
Something is about to change in Lebanon. There is a
changing of the guard. Hear this, there is a changing of
the guard in Lebanon. In the year 2009, people in
leadership shall suddenly change. People in authority shall
suddenly change. The faces you see today are not the faces
you’ll see tomorrow. For I’m changing the governing
authorities in Lebanon. I’m rearranging I’m changing
-hanging of the guard in Lebanon. There is one specific
leader, that the Lord says his season is over. A new day
has begun. I will raise up one after my own heart. I will
raise up the David's. I will raise up the Jonathans. And
the reign of Saul will be over. His supremacy, the
dictatorship of Saul will be over. The time of David will
arrive. Throughout that whole region the spirit of David
will prevail. The spirit of David -- Davidic worship, a
heart after God will prevail in those Eastern countries.
THE HEART OF DAVID IN
PALESTINE GOD SAYS, "DREAM AGAIN!"
Let's welcome David into
Lebanon! Lets welcome the man after God’s own heart! Lets
welcome the Spirit of David the Spirit of the worshipper.
Where are you David? Don’t you know its time? Its time for
the David spirit to reign in those countries. The man or
woman after God’s own heart. Its time for the season of
Saul to be over. Those appointed by man’s authority, by
man’s desire, and man’s design. That time is over. God
says watch and see I will raise up a leader, and I will
raise up leaders not only in the religious systems, but in
the governments and in the parliaments. And the spirit of
David will reign in Palestine. Where are you David? Its
time. Declare that! Its time! The Tabernacle of David will
be seen again! Don’t you know its time? “Here comes
David!”
We are singing David's
song again. Take your harps off the trees it's time to
sing! We’ve been like people who’ve dreamed of a time long
ago. I hear the Lord saying, “Dream again! And those
dreams will come true.” Dream again! Lebanon dream again!
Jordan dream again! Your young men shall prophecy and your
old men shall dream dreams. And upon your children and your
handmaiden shall I pour out my Spirit on all flesh. [Joel
2:28-29] And I will be the hope of your people and the hope
of your land again. For I am grafting the land back in. I
am grafting the territory back in. They will not be an
outsider, they will not be an outcast they will be known as
part of the tree of life, they will be known as part of my
destiny, they will be known as part of my people once
again. Dream again! And you’ll see it even in governments,
even in European governments, even in NATO and different
governments you will see a grafting back in. And Palestine
and these adjacent countries will sit at the table of
governing authorities once again around the world. The
spirit of David will prevail, and like Solomon, kings and
queens and princes will come and say, “Look at the wisdom
here, look at the wealth, look at the prosperity, look at
God’s blessing in these nations again!”
A SHIFT AND CHANGE IN
2009 AND YOUTH WILL SAY, "IS THERE NOT A CAUSE?"
And there will be a
phenomenon in the streets of Palestine, there will be a
phenomenon on the streets of these cities with the young
people. There will be a grassroots underground movement in
their clubs their music scene, the whole culture, the whole
creativity, the whole conscience of the young people. There
will be a revolution, not one of violence and uprising but a
spiritual revolution of conscience, of thinking, of
contemplation. And in the schools, the academic world, in
the places of higher thinking and intellectualism the
conscience of the young people will be altered. There will
be a change of DNA, there will be a change of posture, a
change of position. And the zeal of these people will be
routed. God will route the zeal, and harness the zeal of
these young people. And their heart like David will be
turned to a cause. Even as David faced Goliath, he said,
“Is there not a cause?” [1 Sam. 17:29] Is there not a
purpose?
A new purpose and a new
cause shall be the underlying current in these nations.
They will be a phenomenon. There will be leaders that rise
up from the age of 19-25. These leaders will have a clarion
voice and they will have a cause like David, and they will
route the enemy. And they will bring a government of God in
Lebanon, in Iran, in Jordan, in Egypt, and in all these
nations! The government of God will be upon their
shoulders. And they will bring a spirit of Peace, but not a
false peace, and not a false hope, but a peace that only
comes from the cross Jesus. And in the academic field,
where doctors and lawyers are birthed and conceived, in
those places of intellectualism and prowess will come
prophetic anointing. From the age of 19-25 there will be an
anointing upon these young men and young women in these
countries. And they will bring a voice, and they will bring
a cause! It will change the world from Lebanon! It will
change the world! And the plots and plans and curses of the
enemy will come to nothing.
In 2009 a shift and a
change shall take place that will garner the attention of
world government, it will garner the attention of media.
All eyes will be upon these states. All eyes will be upon
these countries. And they will say, “Look and see! Could it
be true?! Could it be true?! Could it be true?!” And I’ll
dismantle and disrupt and divide the forces of darkness that
have prevailed for centuries. In a generation of young
people of your children, of your descendants, of your
origins of your lineage shall rise up from the fallow ground
of war, and rumors of war, and they will have a mind of
David and a heart of David and they will walk with
intelligence and wisdom in forthright vision and they shall
change the government they shall change ancient laws, and
God will turn the tables, and God will reroute the zeal, and
you will see prophetic anointing. You will see great
playwrights, great moviemakers, great creativity come from
these countries. It’ll garner Emmys and Grammys it’ll
capture the attention of Hollywood, it’ll capture the
attention of a generation. Great minds will emerge from the
battlefields just like David, from the fields, just like
David.
And a prophetic
anointing shall prevail and resonate to your countries, your
nations. And the spirit of Saul—the appointment and
assignments of men will no longer prevail. That which God
anoints shall rise. Has He not said, “Humble thyself under
the mighty hand of God and I will exalt you in due time and
in due season.” [1 Pet. 5:6] Watch and see on the streets,
watch and see in the culture, for a cultural melding pot is
being stirred. Great minds and great hearts great poets,
and songwriters playwrights, shall emerge with the heart of
David, driving out the demons, driving out the division.
And government will follow suit. There will be a great
changing of the guard in 2009. Watch! Faces, recognizable
faces, that are now on signs, and pictures and murals on the
walls will be faded and gone. And new faces of leadership
will arise and emerge upon the scene with the heart of
David. Pray into these things! Dream again!
SMOKE AND MIRRORS IN
DECEMBER DO NOT FEAR!
I hear the Lord saying
in December, some time at the turn of the year as one year
turns to another there will be a rumor, a smoke and mirrors
of the enemy - a danger, there will be a crisis in these
countries. And the Lord says do not believe it for it is
only a rumor. Do not believe it. It will try to persuade
many. It will try to evoke fear, but the Lord says do not
fear this thing that comes at the turn of the year. Do not
fear this thing, it is only a mirage. Its only a smoke and
mirrors, it is not the truth. My intentions and my will,
will prevail. And as quickly as it gathers attention it
will quickly fade. Like a vapor of smoke that appeared for
a little while that vanishes away. Do not believe this
thing that happens, do not believe the rumor that comes from
these places. It is not true and it will not prevail. When
you see these things, just say “Dream again.” Dream again
David. About the month of February the month of March,
The Ides of March, watch and see as these things begin as
this great change, this great succession begins to take
place in these countries. Oh the enemy will try to use
rumors—don’t believe it. Look deeper. Watch and see. The
Bible says we prophecy in part [1 Cor. 13:9]. You know what
that means? There’s a whole lot more that we’re not
saying. It’s the tip of the iceberg. A small fraction of
God’s intentions. His thoughts toward us are more than the
sand of the sea. [Ps. 139:17-18] Its too wonderful for us,
its past finding o! ut [Ps. 139:6], His intentions, his
heart, for you; for your people.
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This has translated into everyone's everyday lives including
our ministry. Yet, despite the lack of finances we are
seeing historic things unfold on every trip! Would you
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American front line. Beforehand, THANK YOU! Chad, Misty,
Savannah and Jesse Taylor
THE LORD SAID, "RED ALERT! RED ALERT! I AM TURNING
THE ORANGE INTO RED"!
I heard these words resound in my spirit
over and over "I AM TURNING THE ORANGE TO RED IN ORANGE
COUNTY!" I knew the Holy Spirit was referring to Orange
County, California where I was to soon minister. I was
reminded of the National security colors as you pass
through the nations airports, "The National Security
Level is Orange today..." This prophetic revelation
would encompass more than 34 significant cities and
their outlying boundaries in Orange County. Then I
heard the Lord say again, "RED ALERT! RED ALERT! I AM
TURNING THE ORANGE TO RED IN ORANGE COUNTY!"
Red is associated with fiery heat and
warmth. It can also mean danger (burning). In China,
red is the color of prosperity and joy. Red is also the
color of blood, and is a strong symbol of life and
vitality. Red also symbolizes action, confidence,
courage, vitality. Red is often the color worn by
brides in the East while it is the color of mourning in
South Africa. Red can also relate to power and
authority, hence the red power tie for business people
and the red carpet for celebrities and VIPs. Red is
hot. It's a strong color that conjures up a range of
seemingly conflicting emotions from passionate love to
violence and warfare. Then the word of the Lord became
clear and vibrant for Southern California specifically
the Orange County area and outlying regions-
I am laying out the red carpet says the
Lord and My presence shall take precedence in every area
of creation and creativity. For I am Lord Sabaoth; the
Lord of the Armies of Heaven and in this hour I am
escalating the urgency in this region. Disparity and
depravity shall give way to hope and truth. It shall be
overshadowed by many signs in the heavens above and the
earth beneath and all will surely say, "The Lord's hand
is in this!" I will give My people courage, confidence,
and vitality to take ACTION and move forward. Now is
the time to occupy and heal the land.
I will unfurl the ancient anointing
revealed in prophecy, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon
me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to
the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to
preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of
sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are
bruised to preach the acceptable year of the Lord."
(Luke 4:18-19). A wave of fresh vision and anointing
for the poor will arrest the attention of My church and
to those that will receive it I will give them a
thirty-fold anointing for the poor and vagabond. And
from this harvest of the "least of these" shall be
reaped a quality of workers second to none. They will
be a "Mary Magdalene" and a "Saul of Tarsus" to them and
many shall be converted and filled with My Spirit and
power.
For in this place called Orange County
will be an immunity and I will prosper them and give
them joy in the aftershock of financial crisis. I will
preserve them and keep them. I will also purge them and
it will be to them as a season of fire as I burn the
dross and bring forth the gold. THE BEACHES WILL BURN
WITH SALVATION AND THE WELL OF BAPTISM WILL BE RE-DUG.
Thousands, thousands on the beaches burning with My
passion and purposes. Now will a paradigm shift take
place and the minds of My people shall no longer be
hinged on the door of a previous experience but will
explode with new expectation and faith. I AM TURNING
THE ORANGE TO RED IN ORANGE COUNTY!
Sep 12, 2008,
GOD SAID, "THE OREGON TERRITORY IS A "EPICENTER" OR PLACE
WHERE THE "EPIC" WILL "ENTER"!
The Territory of Oregon was organized on August 14,
1848, by an act of
Congress. It includes the present-day states of Idaho,
Oregon and Washington, as well as parts of Montana. The
Lord brought to my attention other significant historic
moments in that same year of 1848. The year of 1848 was
also a LEAP YEAR and as I discovered that historic fact
I heard the Lord say,
"THE OREGON TERRITORY IS ABOUT TO LEAP FORWARD INTO
ITS PREDESTINED POSITION FOR HARVEST AND REVIVAL. IT
WILL TAKE ON GLOBAL PROPORTIONS' VERY QUICKLY AS MY PLAN
FOR THEM UNFOLDS."
1848 was also known around the world as the, "Spring
of Nations" or the "Year of Revolution".
It was triggered by a series of political upheavals
throughout Europe that spread around the world like fire
which also ignited the French Revolution which
consequently began also in 1848. I heard the Lord say
that this would be a time of epic revolution
and a time when our nation will SPRING FORWARD
as it did in 1848 - 160 years ago. This is a year that
will be a "Spring of Nations" or a "Year
of Revolution" where current mindsets and
processes will be transformed by springing forward and a
spiritual revolution or radical change of thinking and
believing occurs.
The "Year of Revolution" as it has been titled by
historians was not only a volatile time but a violent
one as well. Many countries and continents came under
great pressure both naturally and spiritually as the
earth "groaned" and there was a spiritual "quantum
leap". This will not only be a time of great spiritual
strides but also a time when the world will come under a
degree of suffering as weather, economy and other
political and natural landscapes suddenly change
positioning entire nations for the will and plan of the
Lord.
Two other significant events transpired around the world
that forever changed these countries and deeply impacted
the United States:
The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) and the Irish
Potato Famine (1845-1849). Both of these events greatly
impacted the United States. I heard the Lord say, "NOW
THERE WILL BE A FULL CIRCLE AS I SEND BOTH BLESSINGS AND
PROVISION TO THESE THREE NATIONS; MEXICO, AMERICA AND
IRELAND. YOU WILL SEE A GREAT REAPING WHERE YOU HAVE
SOWN."
The Oregon Territory is deeply connected to these world
events as the epochs of history occurred and the Oregon
Territory was birthed simultaneously. Oregon, Idaho,
Washington and Montana are a EPI-CENTER or a place where
EPIC is about to ENTER as it once again shapes
world events by its prayers, intercession and outward
acts of faith. I heard the Lord say, "WATCH AND SEE AS
THIS IS CONFIRMED BY WATER, WIND AND FIRE IN THE
NATURAL THROUGHOUT THIS REGION. A SERIES OF
SUDDENLIES WILL MARK THIS REGION FOR MY PURPOSES."
EPIC breakthroughs financially will now ENTER as the
Oregon Territory becomes a epicenter of His anointing
and provision for world impact. The nations will become
acutely a part of your heart as this year ends and 2009
begins. You will be strategically in position both
spiritually and naturally to have optimum impact. Psalm
2:8 will be your springboard that will underwrite what I
do in your heart and mind says the Lord. Favor both in
Mexico and Ireland will streamline My will in you as a
"great door of utterance" opens to you there as well as
many other key nations of the world. EPIC IS ABOUT
TO ENTER!
** Chad will be in the "Oregon Territory" this weekend
of Sept. 12-14th in Lakeview, OR. at "The Gathering
Place" located at, 3 North F Street - Friday 7pm and
Saturday 7pm. Sunday at 10am. Contact # 541-219-1374
February 17, 2008
Chad Taylor Prophecy over
Africa
Given at Victory Christian
Fellowship
Fresno, Ca
Africa
mighty nation of kings and princes the lord says to Africa,
Rachel weep no more your children are coming back to their
borders and every anointing that was forfeited sold and
stolen on every foreign sea shore will return to your
continent a hundred fold in this lifetime, in this lifetime
and the life to come, for I see Esau coming back to Jacob, I
see the army of Esau and all his lambs and sheep. I see the
wealth of Esau coming back to Jacob, I see the Queen of
Sheba coming unto Solomon, I see the wealth of the wicked
returning, returning to the shores of Africa and you will
rebuild the old waste places and the cities that have been
ashes God will raise up before your eyes, even like a new
Jerusalem, God will raise up a city, God will raise up a
continent, and God will raise up a nation even in a day.
ESAU, JACOB
AND THE SPIRIT OF JOSEPH
It will be
a miracle, it will be a phenomena. It will be a paradox to
some, a miracle to others, and a phenomena to not just a
few, what I do through you oh Africa. For the army and the
wealth of Esau, and the birthright that was stolen and sold,
is coming back to Jacob. I see ships, ships, ships full of
your people, full of generations, full of mantels, full of
anointing, full of crowns coming back filling your sea
shores, filling the horizons as far as the eye can see.
From a thousand years ago until now, coming back, coming
back, and coming back. For what the devil meant for evil
God has always intended for your good, and the spirit of
Joseph shall rest upon you, and you will live in no pit and
no prison no more, and the scepter of Pharaoh shall be
extended to your nation and kings shall come to the
brightness of it’s rising and the army of the gentiles shall
come because the glory of the Lord is arising and shining
upon you.
STOREHOUSES
TO THE NATIONS
And though
gross darkness has covered you and darkness the people My
glory shall arise and shine upon you, for that very text of
scripture was written for such a time as this and you will
not fail in the time of testing and you will pour it back
upon the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. Great charity
will break poverty and Africa will become a storehouse to
the nations. Storehouses filled with new manna and new
bread and other countries in the next decade will come to
Africa to fill their bags and fill their ships. I will
completely turn it around for all things work together for
the good for those called according to My purposes and my
purposes are coming into fullness, fullness, fullness and I am re-capturing the minds of your youth, and they will
become doctors and they will become genius’ in their fields;
physicists and doctors and lawyers and they will
defend you and they will stand for you, and I will raise
them up to be the head and not the tail, as prophets and
kings, as priests. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
SIGNS AND
WONDERS OVER AFRICA
It starts
in 2008 the stall and the calves have left the gate in 2008,
and you will see a phenomenon in the sky above, you watch
it, you watch it. Those that are observant and those that
are prophetic and even science shall record the mysteries
and the signs and wonders in the heavens above and the earth
beneath. Blood, fire and pillar of smoke shall be seen over
Africa as a sign and a wonder and as a symbol of God’s
promises and his ability to perform them in this hour.
Strange eclipses of the sun and the moon, strange phenomena
in the heavens, I hear the Lord saying a star is born. And
Kings will come to the brightness of it’s rising to bring
their gifts to bring their wealth, to bring their wisdom.
HOSPITALS,
UNIVERSITIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGHS
I see
medical, medical hospitals and medical colleges rising up
within Africa that will be the envy of the nations and
people will come there to attend those schools and those
universities. Like Oxford was in England, God is raising up
the academic anointing in the nation of Africa and you will
be the envy of England and the envy of America. Great
medical institutions and great academic institutions shall
arise from the ashes of civil war. Where war has marked
those countries, so shall my glory now mark them. I will
remove the pricks that we have kicked against and I will
remove the obstacles and I will make way where there
appeared to be in one day, no way.
Oh my God,
Oh my God and the Lord says I will break up the fountains of
the deep and waters shall be found, and waters shall be
discovered, that will be bottled, that shall become an
industrious witty-invention and will bring wealth to the
people in the Christian communities. Discoveries, hidden
treasures in the darkness, coming to the light to the
faithful few and into the hands of the Joseph anointed. For
I am building an Ark in the continent of Africa and many
nations shall come to find the Glory that resides in you.
THE DAY OF THE WARRIOR HAS COME
I
see the prayers of your forefathers rise before Me like smoke.
The bones of your brothers cry out to Me from the ground and I
declare to you a year of remembrance. Look closely at 2008; a
year of anniversary and remembrance has come before you. I will
reinstate you in places of authority and honor and the
prophecies of your forefather's shall resonate in this nation.
All that has opposed Me shall now be swept away as those in
darkness see a great Light. "The land of Zabulon, and the land
of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of
the Gentiles; The people which sat in darkness saw great light;
and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is
sprung up..." (Matt 4:15-16).
THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY
HORSE
The warrior spirit
is still intact and I will teach your hands to war. You will
tear down ancient strongholds that others have been unwilling
and unable to destroy. You will stand in the gates of
Washington D.C. with a message from Heaven. Those that have
resisted you for 200 years will now declare, "Blessed is he
who comes in the Name of the Lord." The self-fulfilling
prophecy spoken over you years ago, "I will fight no
more forever" will now be reversed and the will to
fight the good fight of faith will be restored. You will take
back coveted land and place it at the feet of your Father. For
I tell you this day I hear the prayers of Crazy Horse, Sitting
Bull and Joseph - apostolic prophetic declarations that were
made that are hanging in the balances of fulfillment. The day of
the warrior has come.
I WILL
RESURRECT YOUR HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE
A resurrection is
coming at the places where the warrior has fallen. These
memorial stones will now be remembered from the highest places
of government in the land. The powers that have incarcerated
your destiny will now be broken releasing the light of a new
beginning in your inherent land. The caricature of history
shall be rewritten and the faces of your Chiefs will be seen in
the light of truth. I will place memorial stones in the house
of your President for those that favor you will be favored by
Me. Many will see it and be glad. For the KNEE is
a place of prayer and devotion - now hear this word of wisdom:
I will restore your place of intercession and prayer and that
which has wounded you and displaced you from your rightful
position of prayer and authority for this nation shall no
longer handicap you any more. The knee that was broken shall
now be repaired says the Lord and you shall stand in the gap
once again.
PROPHECY TO THE WIND
BROTHERS
The wind of the
prophetic that has lifted you above the persecution will now
lift you once again. The Spirit of Prophecy is your inheritance
and you will now find yourself at center stage. The curtains of
bitterness and hate are now being rended revealing a glorious
light of My Word in you. You will stand on the mountains of
this nation and declare a New Day. The highest places are yours
for the possession. As Moses on Mount Sinai you will see a
mighty deliverance as millions escape the valley of death into
the fields of harvest. Your day of reckoning and recognition
has come My brothers. Prophecy to the wind and cry out, "These
dry bones will live! These dry bones will live!"
RESERVED FOR SUCH A
TIME AS THIS
First Nations will
now be the first and not the last as the indictments against
them are no more. A graduation from glory to glory is now in
effect and the fires of an awakening on your reservations is now
kindled. For those in "reservation" understand now it was only
a "dress rehearsal" reserved for an appointed time and like
Esther the scepter of favor and authority will be granted.
Watch and see - even those who say, "Can these things be?",
will now stand in the place as the officer did to Elisha as
these words come to pass, "Behold, you shall see it
with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof..." (2
Kings 7:2). The famine of hearing God's word in your land is
over. Stand in that place now and proclaim and watch and see as
the reaper is overtaken by the sower.
THE BULL IS NO
LONGER SITTING
Those that have sat
in darkness shall now rise in this dawning of a new day.
A Bright and Morning Star shall be seen in 2008 leading them to
the place of their destiny. The tomb of history shall now be
open revealing the exploits that have even to this day remained
hidden. The spirit of exploitation shall be banished from their
borders breaking the cycle of the curse that has found its way
into this present generation. The temptation of wealth will not
spoil the heart of the youth as they reach for higher ground.
As Elijah prayed for rain so shall you stand at the threshold of
drought and dearth and release the heavens. You shall call upon
the Name of Yeshua and the day of famine shall end. For this is
your inheritance and birth right and in this hour you will see
the heart of the father's return to their children says the
Lord. Significant signs shall surely follow as a People embrace
this day that I have declared.
"But this is a
people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes,
and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none
delivers; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. Who
among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for
the time to come? (Isa 42:22-23).
THE PERFECT
STORM: FINDING GOD IN CURRENT CRISIS'S
Recently in a ministry trip
to Ketchikan, Alaska I heard the Lord begin to speak
about a "perfect storm" or a perfect set of
circumstances that appear to be disastrous or tragic but
in reality is a chain reaction that is creating
monumental breakthrough and powerful lateral momentum in
His Kingdom. Like a Tsunami that comes in with such
force and then in its wake massive amounts of land are
pulled out with it. These "perfect storms" are a series
of divine circumstances often seen in our headlines and
front pages almost daily as a blueprint for incredible
breakthrough and Kingdom advancement. What may at first
appear to be unexplainable events will prove to be
tipping points and historic progressive breakthroughs
that alter the course of regions, states and nations.
THE NOAH FACTOR AND MASSIVE GLOBAL BREAKTHROUGH
Look at Noah's circumstances for a minute and what
apparently began as a complete disaster became a
"new world" or a complete change in circumstances
and environment. Recently I was in the Portland
area ministering at a Assembly of God church (I
believe it's worth mentioning the church
denomination), as this historic or "perfect
storm" hit interrupting transportation in mass and
is still currently having an incredible impact on
the environment. I was scheduled to leave on Monday
Dec. 3rd but felt led to leave that night as the
storm approached on Dec. 2nd after ministering at
the PM meeting. I believe the entire trip that
night was to receive God's perspective at a deeper
level as sheets of rain and blasting gusts of wind
descended. These disturbing current events overseas
and in the U.S. are catalytic in nature that will
often "violently" as stated in Mathew 11:12
radically change the landscape removing obstacles of
resistance once and for all. What would take years
and even a life time to change under these adverse
events will happen in seconds, minutes and hours.
PORTLAND PREPARE FOR A DOWNPOUR OF MY SPIRIT!
As I hit Portland's skyline on Interstate 5 I
literally saw clouds of God's presence over
particular buildings downtown. This was not a "fog"
or haze; I literally saw the physical manifestation
of God's presence over the city as recent record
breaking rain and wind converged on the city. As I
drove the length of Portland at 11pm Dec. 2nd the
Lord stated, "Portland PREPARE for a
downpour of My Spirit! Even as the wind and rain
are hitting you even so shall My Spirit hit you -
all of you..." There was such a
prominence or emphasis on this word for exactly
where the rain and wind were impacting: the city:
her streets, building and waterways. It was
a candid picture of a perfect storm of God's Holy
Spirit coming to radically change the moral,
spiritual and social landscape like a flood.
SEATTLE, PORTLAND AND BOISE: A TRIUNE COUNSEL OF
GOD'S HEART
During our 5 month series of meetings in Stockton,
CA. this year I heard the Lord state this
prophetically in one of our Friday night revival
services, "SEATTLE, PORTLAND AND BOISE:
A TRIUNE COUNSEL OF GOD'S HEART." I
see this playing itself out now as historic
headlining moments unfold targeting these 3 key
cities in the Pacific Northwest. A "Foursquare"
balance of God's heart and Will shall emerge from
the Church in these 3 cities that will cause a
divine equilibrium in the Body of Christ nationally
and even globally. From Sunday services,
spontaneous outbreaks of revival to divinely
orchestrated conferences and rallies; the heart of
God for world harvest and strategic occupation shall
form from these 3 places having a profound impact on
the future of the Church and the world it is
reaching.
Watch and see as other situations occur in these
cities and states that some will label, "bizarre,
strange and uncanny" but they will prove as
circumstances progress, to be a "perfect storm" that
creates massive momentum and historic change setting
the plumb line of God's will for decades to come.
Seattle, Portland and Boise will prove to be a
"threefold cord that is not easily broken" as 2008
unfolds. 2008 will be one of the most defining and
definitive years for these 3 cities and states
repositioning the Church as even current doctrine is
transformed like the land is around them during
these historic events. His Plumb Line will be laid
in the Pacific Northwest.
THE REJECTED WILL BE ACCEPTED AND REINSTATED IN 2008
2008 will go down in history as the YEAR OF THE
PRODIGAL as those that have suffered severe
rejection are now accepted and reinstated by the
Hand of the Lord. It will not be an act of man even
as it was not the act of man that reinstated the
prodigal son to his position or Moses, David, or
Jonah to theirs. The grace of God will prove itself
sufficient in 2008 as significant headlining
reconciliation and restorations takes place.
Newspapers, talk shows and other major media events
will become harbingers of God's intentions like no
other time in 2008 as the "uncomely parts" are
bestowed more honor. Those that have been
disgraced, misunderstood and forgotten will be
suddenly thrust back to the forefront as Joseph was
from his pit and prison. The stone covering many
people's "lion's den" shall be rolled away by the
power's-that-be revealing a greater destiny inside.
Those that have "fellowshipped in His suffering"
shall undoubtedly now walk in resurrection power.
2008: THE YEAR OF THE INDIGENOUS
Major political and social events shall occur that
publicly and historically place the Native American
people into a place of restoration. An "every eye
shall see" shall unfold in 2008 taking their cause
from the ranks of last making it first. The
anointing of peacemaker shall take center stage on
many international platforms as the Indigenous
people take the lead in major national events.
Certain seats of national authority have been
reserved for them for such a time as this. Faces
that have been hidden from public view will now
"arise and shine" and the caricature of previous
history will be eclipsed by a new breed of apostles,
prophets, evangelist, pastors and teachers revealing
the original foundation that the Lord has
established. City seats and governmental positions
will now be vacant as these noble people step into
their rightful position of leadership. Church
governments will inevitably and unavoidably have to
reach out to the Native American people if they are
ever going to see the fullness of the Lord's will in
their cities and churches; this will become
perfectly clear as the year unfolds. Media and
movies will continue to lead the charge as the Lord
shines His divine spotlight on a chosen generation
of Native American's. North Dakota, New
Mexico, Arizona and Wyoming will take
on a apostolic role of reconciliation and
restoration as a "voice crying in the wilderness"
begins to be heard in America. The true genuine
Joseph anointing will be seen in its full stature
and true character as these people take up the call
and election of the Lord in 2008 and beyond.
A ASSEMBLY OF GOD'S PRESENCE IS AMASSING
Remember the reference to the Assembly of God
church above? I heard these words as I
ministered in two Assembly of God churches
in the last two months, particularly in the
Portland area as what some are calling "the 40
year" storm because of its intensity and the
first of its kind in 40 years. Not only is the
Lord's presence targeting certain denominations
and churches such as the A.G. but He is
targeting major metropolitan cities in a
terrific historic way. Even as we see
Interstate 5 interrupted between Portland and
Seattle by torrential rain and flooding it is
only a prelude to incredible divine
interruptions as the Lord begins to fill His
temple as He did in Acts chapter 2.
Many mainline denominations that have remained
steadfast in former doctrine and dogma
indifferent to the current move of God will
emerge from the tomb like Lazarus; the grave
clothes of previous experiences no longer
hindering them. Even more contemporary church
movements that have detoured from their divine
course will find new vision and grace to return
to their "first love" and do the "first works".
Like the little boats in Luke chapter 5 the
influx and increase will be so great it will
demand a greater unified front than ever before
in the Body of Christ to ultimately accomplish
His work: "So they signaled to their
partners in the other boat to come and help
them. And they came and filled both the boats,
so that they began to sink..." (Luke 5:7
NKJV). Imagine success in the Lord's Kingdom
that is so great that unless you reach out and
accept assistance from others your ministry will
sink?! That is the kind of divine challenges
the future holds as the "perfect storms" of
God's will converge upon the world.
THE DELTA RIVER REVIVAL AND THE PENDING FUTURE OF CALIFORNIA
I heard these words over and over in the
Spirit today. I heard it stated as if it was a historical
event such as, “The Cain Ridge Revival”, or “The Welsh
Revival.” The only difference was that these were
specific historical events and the DELTA RIVER REVIVAL was an
event yet to happen. I heard it again, “THE DELTA RIVER
REVIVAL”. It was an unusual moment as I heard voices from
the future declaring our present, “THE DELTA RIVER REVIVAL...”
The
Delta is an example of an inverted river delta, one of only a
few worldwide located in Central/Northern California.
Created by a massive convergence of the Sacramento and San
Joaquin rivers, it’s a vast expanse of tributaries and canals
that eventually empty into the Pacific Ocean through San
Francisco and the Golden Gate. Stockton, CA. acts as a
“watchman” of the Delta and is located on the San Joaquin River
on the eastern edge of the delta and is the seat of the San
Joaquin County. The Delta is also a water and energy
source for millions of people and one of the world’s greatest
agricultural resources. It is commonly referred to as the
"fruit basket of the world." Again I heard, “THE DELTA
RIVER REVIVAL…”
THE “DELTA REVIVAL
ZONE”: AN EPI-CENTER OF REVIVAL
Stockton, Sacramento, Fresno, Bakersfield, Tracy, Modesto,
Visalia, Merced, Chico, Redding, Yuba City were spokes on this
“wheel” of revival. Many other cities are connected and
related to the cities mentioned above. This “zone” also impacts
the mountain ranges that “guard” this precious resource; Sierra
Nevada to the East, the Tehachapi Mountains to the south, and
the Coast Ranges and San Francisco Bay to the west. I saw
a large red circle covering an aerial view of the state
highlighting this “revival zone”. God has marked this
region to produce some of the most significant signs of revival
in Christian history.
I HEARD AN ANGEL
DECLARE, “THE YOUTH ARE COMING! THE YOUTH ARE COMING!”
An angelic declaration was
being decreed over this region of California. A major
influx of youth were about to receive the injunction of the Lord
into the Army of God. A great commissioning into this
revival was about to take place. Rather than coexisting as
“2nd Class” in this army they were about to receive a
major spiritual promotion and begin to take the forefront
starting in California and then nation wide. A significant
sign of this is about to take place that will receive widespread
attention. The prison door of their present spiritual
position in the church is about to drastically change.
Like Joseph the pit and prison of present circumstance is
suddenly going to be transformed into city wide authority for
revival.
A STOCKPILE OF MIRACLES,
SIGNS AND WONDERS IN STOCKTON
Stockton, CA. during the
historic Gold Rush that dramatically changed the landscape of
California and the world quickly evolved into the SUPPLY LINE
for the miners. Stockton is also the location of the
largest inland seaport in California. In and around Stockton are
thousands of miles of waterways, canals, and rivers that
comprise the California Delta. I heard the Lord say,
“THE STOREHOUSE AND THE STOCKPILE OF MY PROVISION WILL BE IN
STOCKTON SUPPLYING VITAL PROVISION AND ANOINTING FOR MY MODERN
“MINERS” OR REVIVALISTS. I will have a stockpile
of miracles, signs and wonder in Stockton. Many will come
to receive their destinies, creative miracles and anointing for
revival. The stock and value of Stockton is quickly rising
says the Lord I am even now causing this to happen. You
will see this evident in the natural as well as the spirit. Many
will relocate to this city and receive the catalytic anointing
inherent in It to impact the world with the Gospel. A
great pillar of prayer is rising from this city that will be
seen from the uttermost parts of the earth. Watch and see
as this comes to pass before your very eyes.
THREE SIGNIFICANT SIGNS
IN SAN FRANCISCO
I heard the Lord say, THREE SIGNIFICANT SIGNS IN SAN FRANCISCO WILL BE FOR A WONDER
FOR ALL TO SEE. One will be in the
government or governing body of the city, the second will be a
major shift in the economy and thirdly in the very nature of or
physical substance and environment. One sign shall capture
the attention of the media for 3 days. On the 3rd
day other significant news shall shift the attention of the
nation but it will be for a sign of resurrection and restoration
of My law. One sign will be an alarm that will have a
detouring effect on the economy and passions of the city; it
will impact the moral fabric of the city displacing millions of
dollars in a few short hours of time. Finally the last
sign will be physical in nature and supernatural shifting the
very boundaries of the city restoring the “old paths” signifying
a restoration of the cities destiny and prophetic foundations.
A certain death of a historic or primary figure in San Francisco
will also make headlines and trigger a “changing of the guard”
and a new beginning in the natural and spiritual says the Lord.
CALIFORNIA FIRES ARE
ONLY THE PREREQUISITE FOR SPIRITUAL FIRES
As record breaking fires
have blazed across the state it is only the opening act of a
great spiritual fire to follow. Some of the regions most
impacted by these fires will be “fire zones” of revival and
evangelism. It is also a sign of the burning away of the
old making way for the new. I am restoring the vision that
has been buried and it will be revealed by fire. The wood,
hay and stubble of men’s own efforts will fail but the gold and
silver of revival will prevail in the coming days. The
back draft of My purposes will suddenly hit many and launch
ministries and churches literally overnight. They will
have stellar success as they embrace this new day of My
visitation and let go of the stigma of the past with its rules
and regulations. They will be a tabernacle of My presence
inviting entire cities into My anointing. This will be
highlighted by graphic and poignant miracles that will be so
powerful in nature it will arrest the attention of entire
regions filling open arenas and market places with spontaneous
gatherings lasting for weeks. These occurrences will
spread across the West Coast and the entire nation setting on
fire a course of revival that will defy modern premise and
theology shattering the present wineskin. The days of
Elijah are here!
THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP
IS CALIFORNIA AND WHERE IT SAILS THE NATION WILL SURELY FOLLOW
I saw a picture of a
mariner grasping the wheel of his ship braving the storm that
was lashing out against him. Over the heaving waves and
whipping winds he overcome as I heard the shout from above,
“LAND HO! LAND HO!” The ship of grace had found it harbor.
Like Christopher Columbus that sailed the unknown waters of the
Atlantic so is California and her ramification on the nation.
Where her bow breaks spiritual waters breakthrough is sure to
follow. I heard the Lord say, “WATCH THE ECONOMY!
WHAT I DO IN CALIFORNIA WILL SET THE STANDARD FOR THE NATION.
A groundswell of economic breakthrough is beginning. It
will be highlighted by natural events that will at times go
completely unnoticed and often never connected to these events.
Others will be clear and validating signs that I am opening up
the wells of blessing to equip the army that is consequently
being commissioned. Watch for flooding and other signs
related to water and waterways. It is only one landmark on
the road to revival.
"IT'S CRITICAL MASS CALIFORNIA!: CALIFORNIA IN GOD'S
CROSSHAIRS!"
Lift up your eyes all around, and see: They all gather
together, they come to you; Your sons shall come from afar, And
your daughters shall be nursed at your side. Then you shall see
and become radiant, And your heart shall swell with joy; Because
the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, The wealth of
the Gentiles shall come to you." (Isa 60:4-5).
Our
recent trip to Central California produced the most significant
fruit in 9 years of ministering in this state. We experienced
first hand what I call, REVIVAL PRAYING. When God's people find
a place of intense prayer mixed with tears that inevitably leads
to repentance from dead works. This is usually followed by a
deep resolve to reach the world that surrounds are modern
parishes and churches and narrow the stark margin between the
church and street. I ministered at various cities and churches
including a group at the Delta College Campus one of CA. oldest
colleges. As I illustrated the "missing links" in today's church
that creates a general atmosphere absent of a true revival
spirit the class began to cry out to God spontaneously with
tears and vehement prayers. It reminded me of the small class I
taught several years ago at the University of the Nations YWAM
base in Kona, HI. What started as a small strategic missions
class suddenly captured the hearts of the campus as we converged
on the "GO" center with revival prayers. This resulted in many
going to the streets of Kona with fire and passion. Much of that
continues today as many continue to carry the torch into the
streets.
Light was created to rule over darkness as the Lord declared
eons ago, "And God made two great lights; the greater light to
rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night..." (Gen
1:16). We need to be where it is dark. You see this dynamic
again, "And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of
the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the
stars for ever and ever." (Dan 12:3). A "shining" or "rising"
always has a starting point. As I heard the words, CRITICAL MASS
CALIFORNIA I saw California as the breaking point or tipping
point of a great "Shining" across the land. Like a submarine
streaking upward toward the waters surface the tip of the
submarine hits and breaks the waves; I see California as the tip
or "ice breaker" as it shines with a effectual fervent glory.
THE PACE CAR OF REVIVAL IS NOW TAKING THE TRACK
California is like the pace car at the Indianapolis 500 it will
begin to set the pace for radical reformation in the church
system. California will be the arrow point that pierces the old
wine skin and makes way for a new dynamic of ministry and
church. You will see a first fruits of this in California as a
army begins to stir herself. As California begins to take her
role as a true forerunner and trail blazer hot spots of revival
will begin to burn more brightly all over the nation. As
California gets free so a nation gets free. The pace of current
breakthrough will quicken this summer and landslide into the
fall and winter months. In November you will see significant
signs following as these things take place. The oil of
repentance and penance will open the floodgates of reparation as
I call California's firstborn back to Me.
Many generational legacies will begin to bear fruit as
California stirs herself once again. The Mexican American will
find themselves in new seats of authority governing and ruling
in righteousness as delegates and ambassadors of the Lord. The
royal Spanish and Mexican bloodline will find redemptive
qualities for California's future and these things will become
very evident in the days and months ahead as the very land is
healed from the reparative prayer of the saints. Meekness and
humility will win over the hearts of the proud and divers and
sundry streams of religious expression will come together as one
to shout the walls if indifference and piety down.
CALIFORNIA IS IN GOD'S CROSSHAIRS (THE DEVIL'S TOO)
Like a nuclear reactor California is now at critical mass. The
crosshairs of God's purpose and plan is upon it. Those that
labored in her vineyards for years will now reap the reward of
the diligent which is the first fruits of revival. The broken
walls of her inheritance that religion and division has eroded
will now be repaired as a new strength fills the hearts of her
children. Dark and dangerous plots of the enemy over Southern
California will come to nothing as the Sword of the Lord and
Gideon fight on the side of the Lord. Natural disaster in
Central California will be extremely lessened to encourage the
hearts of the laborers. Northern California will feel the
refreshing winds of the Lord's presence as he strengthens her
borders and removes the mountains before them. Wells that have
remained shut and forgotten will give way to new rivers of
righteousness and power as He heals the wounds of the land.
Reconciliation will resound as you pray releasing the fire of
God. The spirit of Ichabod will find no place to rest in you as
you passionately pursue His heart for the lost and poor. Your
places of worship will now be called, "cities of refuge" for the
downcast and the rejected as a underground harvest begins to
step from the cave into the light. Faces etched with destiny
will shine with His glory despite tattoos and outward signs of
their persecution. As David they will dance in the streets and
war in the hiways and biways for a people yet to see His glory.
RADICAL is written on their hearts as they pursue His plan with
unshakable resolve.
THE CUP OF THE PROPHET IS OVER CALIFORNIA
"He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall
receive a prophet's reward". (Matt 10:41). Because of
California's ability to accommodate the prophet's of the Lord a
prophet's reward is upon her. A prophetic prosperity will fill
her coffers and overflow her bosom as she gives birth to the
prophetic word sown inside her. Current trends in real estate
and land ownership will set a new standard in California and the
nation as God prepares her borders for His arising in His
people. As in the opening pages of Acts "Land and Houses" will
be released at a blurring rate and the finances from this divine
release and blessing will supply the frontlines of revival
around the world. Great missionary endeavors will come from
California unlike any other time in recorded history as the
gates of prosperity are opened. Pray intercessors Pray! The
battle is intensifying over you and the price will not be light
as you stand in the gap for a generation. The timing has come
into maturation and bells of grace our sounding over your heads,
lift them up for the deliverance of the Lord is here!
THE ANGEL SHOUTED, "THE EAGLES HAVE LANDED! THE EAGLES HAVE
LANDED!"
I heard this crystal clear in the spirit as I received this
prophetic word, THE ANGEL SHOUTED, "THE EAGLES HAVE LANDED! THE
EAGLES HAVE LANDED!" California is a great eagles nest that is
preparing to propagate the Word of the Lord in a very unique and
significant way. I also saw the eagle as the symbol of the
United States and its governing body. California would once
again become the "point man" in 2008 as the elections come to a
head. The prophetic company assembled in California's borders
would become a epicenter of historic prayers predetermining the
future of a nation. A divine hiway is coming to a completion in
California; a landing strip receiving prophetic ministries from
around the world into its borders. California will quickly
become a "prophet's upper room" and the blessings of the Lord
will overtake her. Her land will flourish, her banks will
overflow as in times of harvest in Israel's crossing the Jordan.
The distinct sounds of worship will be heard in her cities. San
Francisco will not be just sounding brass or clanging symbols
but rather a distinct call to battle will be sounded out
rallying the army into action. As Elisha was in Dothan as he
prayed, "Open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the
eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was
full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha." "And he
answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they
that be with them." (2 Kings 6:16). For a time of reckoning and
reconciliation is upon you and you will see the Lord in the land
of the living.
THE LORD SAID, "I AM LEAVING MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO
As
the old song pays tribute, "I left my heart in San Francisco", I
heard the Lord say, "I am leaving MY HEART in San Francisco." A
redefining moment is upon you O great city. As you once burned
into the night and ships from afar saw your demise now watch and
see as I arise and shine declaring a new day of liberty. Ships
from afar shall once again see the night sky burning bright but
now it will be the fires of My spirit as a lamp to your feet and
a light to your path. I will now light the torches of My passion
and purpose and like an Olympic runner your streets will see it
and be glad. I say something unique in the months of June, July
and August. For those months shall be as three days to Me says
the Lord and I will open the graves of your destiny and call
Lazarus forth. The stone of judgment shall be rolled away and
you shall stand in victory as the reproach of your youth is
remembered no more. An army of destitute and despised will stand
in My glory with fire in their eyes as the Spirit of the Lord is
poured out without measure. That which has been your greatest
shame shall now become your greatest glory as I testify My grace
in you. Watch and see, even from the Golden Gate my glory will
be seen - many will stop to behold a sign and a wonder and lift
up their eyes to Me for this purpose will it be. I am even now
removing those that oppose and a great turning will transpire as
the seats of authority are occupied by those that pray.
Righteousness will prevail and the gates of hell will not as a
new day is declared in you many will see it and rejoice. I am
leaving My heart in San Francisco says the Lord, I am leaving My
heart in you. What was once stone is now flesh and will be
filled with the knowledge of the Lord.
THE
LIBERTY BELL WILL RING AGAIN AND THE ANGEL OF FREEDOM SAID, "LET
FREEDOM REIGN!"
On Sunday April 15th, 2007 I found myself at a
crucial prophetic crossroads. In light of recent events this
week as the Supreme Court's Decision to Uphold Partial Birth
Abortion Ban my encounter at this important monument to the
Civil Rights movement and American history only cemented this
experience. I was a speaker at a conference in the Birmingham,
AL. area but what unfolded Sunday morning was unscheduled and
divinely orchestrated. Literally the night before my commitment
to speak at another local church was changed and I found
myself awakened by the Lord Sunday morning and then was led to
drive toward downtown Birmingham at approximately 10:00 am. I
was seeking directions to another part of the city and pulled
off a random exit and asked directions from a man who was
exiting the gas station. I had noticed a city marker that
indicated that the "Civil Rights Institute" and museum was
nearby. I inquired about that as well and the African American
man said without hesitation, "Follow me..."
It
was very cold and the rain was whipping by as unusual weather
patterns were also impacting the East Coast at the same time.
The downtown area was nearly empty considering it was an early
Sunday morning in the deep south. After a few blocks
the stranger led me to the doors of large building that was the
Civil Rights Institute. It was closed to the public. I got out
of my vehicle and another African American man was walking
toward me. I suddenly had the realization that Martin Luther
King Jr. had once preached here and other historical landmarks
became clear to me as I looked around at the various markers and
plaques. I asked the man, "Where is the church that Martin
Luther King Jr. preached at?" He pointed behind me, "Right
there!" A few feet from where I parked was 16th Street Baptist
Church which become the epicenter of civil right history and
tragedy when a bomb exploded September 15th, 1963 claiming the
lives of four young girls. This was also the breaking point
which caused international attention to the civil rights stand
and brought about historic change.
As I climbed the old steps to the main ent
rance it was if I had stepped back in time 50 years ago as this
nation struggled deeply for its civil and morale bearings and
seemed to falter. By this time I could hear the sound of the
choir as they, "Marching to Zion" and I was welcomed
warmly by the ushers as they handed me the bulletin - it read,
"TODAY WE CELEBRATE THE 134th YEAR OF THE SIXTEENTH STREET
BAPTIST CHURCH" The very day that the Lord led me to this
historic precipice was its 134th anniversary of its existence.
1873 was also marked by the Stock Market crash which was the
beginning of the "great depression". Sixteenth Street Baptist
Church was also the first African American church organized in
Birmingham, AL. As I sat there transfixed by the events the
Lord spoke into my spirit,
"THE LIBERTY BELL IS RINGING AGAIN!"
I heard this over and over as I sat near the back of the
building in an old wooden pew, "THE
LIBERTY BELL IS RINGING AGAIN!"
I was also suddenly aware a massive angelic presence over this
exact building I knew immediately it was the Angel of Freedom
and it was declaring as the choir sang, "LET FREEDOM REIGN!"
I was still reeling from these events as I rose to
exit. As I went down the steep steps of the church again I
asked a Police Officer that was now parked across the street,
again an African American, where the historic marches had
occurred as the water cannons pummeled the people and the police
dogs were seen on television attacking the marchers, he said it
was on 6th Ave. which was exactly where I was standing on 16th
Street and 6th Ave. I got into my truck because of the cold and
began driving the route of the infamous march my windows down.
What happened next still echoes in my spirit... I heard clearly
from a distance A LARGE BELL RINGING. I turned toward it and
tried to locate it again as it rang but from a different
direction. I looked all around trying to find the origins of
the sound and again it rang clearly but from a different
direction. I suddenly realized I was hearing an audible
supernatural sound as the Lord said again,
"THE LIBERTY BELL IS RINGING AGAIN!"
It was coming from all around me and had no particular rhythm it
just rang; deep and clear.
As
I continued to drive through the city I saw the fires of revival
and revolution that had once burned in this city. It was not
only natural water cannons that pummeled the people that marched
for freedom in Birmingham, Alabama it was also a religious
flood that quenched the fires of revival. As I walked through
the park across from 16th Street Baptist church with its life
size memorial of Martin Luther King Jr. the Lord said, "PROPHECY
TO THE FIRE OF REVIVAL TO SPRING UP ONCE AGAIN!". I saw as it
was coals still burning right under the surface. A plaque in
the park was etched with two words, "RECONCILIATION and
REVOLUTION" I began to prophesy RECONCILIATION, REVOLUTION and
REVIVAL fires to begin to burn brightly over America again
securing liberty and justice for ALL from the streets of
Birmingham, AL on the very same route the masses marched over 40
years ago in the shadow of the 16th Street Baptist Church. THE
LIBERTY BELL IS RINGING OVER AMERICA AGAIN.
Today
I heard that word as if it was audible, "THE COURTS OF GOD'S GRACE ARE NOW IN
SESSION". I saw an unfolding vision of real life
courtroom and the jury was entering filing into their seats. There was
a large crowd in the main audience and I knew right away by the
innumerable television cameras that this was being viewed around the
world.I then saw who I
knew to be Jesus come into the room and He stated, "I am ready to bring evidence and
substance to prove My people's faith..." Another voice who
I knew to be the Father's say, "The court is now Yours to present Your
case." I was immediately drawn to the scripture in Matthew 11 as the
Lord revealed to me the first session of God's court of grace 2000 years
ago, "And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he
sent two of his disciples and said to Him, "Are You the Coming One, or
do we look for another?" Jesus answered and said to them, "Go
and tell John the things which you hear and see: The blind see and the
lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are
raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
(Matt 11:2-6). As the jury of that age was assembled for the first time
Jesus our advocate and propitiation presented His overwhelming evidence
proving that His grace WAS sufficient. Then I heard the voice of the
Lord say again, "Court
is now in session again and I will prove like no other time in history
that My grace is sufficient. I will present evidence and substance that
My peoples faith is not in vain."
SIGNS, WONDERS AND MIRACLES ARE HIS EVIDENCE IN THIS PRESENT COURT OF
GRACE
Signs, wonders, miracles and the great commissioning to preach the
gospel with favor unparalleled in human history is the great evidence in
this Court of Grace. I heard the Lord say to the Jury of unbelievers,
agnostics, Muslims, and every sort of doubter and critic, “Watch and see I will
do a work before you that you would not believe even if it were told
you.”
As this heavenly drama unfolded before me I noticed again the television
cameras and high tech video recorders. I heard the Lord say to me
“My miracles will be seen in High Definition and nobody
will be able to gainsay or rebuke them…”
The Lord was making His work more visible than ever before in recorded
history. It would be emblazoned on every network and television channel
around the world and feature films and secular media would become our
greatest source of visibility as they recorded the great exploits of
God’s people. Like Nebuchadnezzar many of the most visible
personalities in movies and media would openly and publicly confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord. I heard the Lord say, “Watch
Donald Trump for as a child he encountered Me, I am going to remind him
of His greatest legacy in the days to come, he is only one of many that
I will shine the spotlight of My grace on says the Lord.”
THE DAYS OF HEBREWS 11 HAVE OFFICIALLY BEGUN
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen.” (Heb 11:1) The substance and evidence of all that My church
has contended for is beginning to make itself manifest. You will see
the greater works and the exploits that you have read about for
generations. The engine that will move this vehicle of greater works is
GRACE and it will enable you to do in 1 year what otherwise would have
taken 10. The days of leaping and jumping have come again and the great
public display of miracle working power is upon you. It will not only
be in stadiums and set timed events but rather in the “Gate Beautiful”
and other very visible and public places. Many that have strived and
walked faithfully for years in seeming obscurity will suddenly step into
the great spotlight of this grace and find themselves in the maelstrom
of miracles. This what they meant when they said, “nameless and
faceless” but these will suddenly have a name and have a face and will
magnify My name in a way that rivals those in Hebrews 11. It will
captivate millions as they see these things displayed on story high TV
screen in downtown New York City and on monitors in Las Vegas Casinos.
The world will SEE My glory!
2007 THE OPENING BELL FOR THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH
Now is the time to contend and reach for the greater works. Like Paul
you must believe for the greater things and
begin to strive for that upward call like you have never done before.
As the bar is raised I will show Myself strong on My people’s behalf
opening the doors of the Supreme Court and the Whitehouse as never
before. I say watch and see for there are two more seats if you will
believe! I said watch and see – there are TWO more seats if you will
only believe! Grace will tip the scales of justice and she will submit
to My word. A mass exodus from the abortion clinics will occur as you
face the future with My grace. I then saw a vision as it were
boarded up buildings and “CLOSED FOR BUSINESS” signs on
these buildingsin every state and city. I
knew that these were abortion clinics and that the Lord had wielded His
gavel of grace across this land and a new day had dawned.
The Lord then said, “These next seven years starting in 2007 will be
My appointed days of plenty. I will undo the heavy burdens of laws and
legislation that have been put upon you and this will mark the days of
the greater works. I will stall the plans of the enemy in this country
and the liberty to do My work will be plumb line before you. For all
that you have endured America is for the defense of the Gospel. I said
it is for the defense of the Gospel. Awake O righteous church for the
day of you divine deliverance has come. And the court of My grace is
now in session!
"THROW YOUR NETS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
REALITY – YOU’RE ABOUT TO QUANTUM LEAP"
"Look among the
nations and watch — Be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in
your days which you would not believe, though it were told you.
(Habakkuk 1:5)
As I began to
receive this word from the Lord it started with this exhortation
regarding the statement above, “throw your nets on the other side of
reality”, making reference to the disciples in John 21:5-6 when
Jesus
said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you
will find some..." I suddenly realized that it was nothing to do
with the boat or what part of the body of water that they were fishing
in, what Jesus was pinpointing here was their PERCEPTION and
UNDERSTANDING of who He was at that moment in time was incomplete. As
they sat adrift in the boat Jesus to them was powerless and dead –
suddenly in a twinkling of an eye He showed Himself able to do ALL
THINGS for them RIGHT NOW as John the revelator exclaimed, “It is the
Lord!” The greatest breakthroughs that are about to happen is our
perceptions of Jesus and who He is and what He is capable of doing in
us. The lifeless waters of our previous understanding that produced no
fruit and left us with empty nets is suddenly going to be transformed as
our understanding of His heart changes and “we all with open
face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the
same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord…” (2
Cor 3:18)
ALL NATIONS SHALL CALL HIM BLESSED
David declared, “His
name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the
sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him
blessed.” (Ps 72:17).
This will be one of the greatest phenomena’s that we will experience as
a corporate church in this era of history - the unprecedented desire and
ability to reach the world for Jesus. His promise in Matthew 24:14
which has been impossible to accomplish within the confines of any one
generation will be suddenly within reach of all even at one time; “And
this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a
witness to all the nations”.“ALL THE NATIONS” will not
be such an overwhelming task as even the smallest grassroots ministry
without the previously required experience will have within their means
to reach “all the nations” in a moment of time as their understanding of
His promises are revealed. What has been clearly and acceptably
impossible before will literally in a twinkling of an eye be
astonishingly possible and literal. A quantum leap means,
“any sudden
and significant change, advance, or increase”. Sudden and significant
change, advance and increase will define this generation as they come
into the fullness of Christ and His promises.
BACK TO THE FUTURE
AND THE KEYS TO THE PAST AND PRESENT
I saw as it was an
hour glass and instead of it going vertical or up and down, it was
horizontal or to the left and right. Rather than the sand emptying into
the bottom of the glass indicating the end of something instead both
sides were running together as the sand heaped up in the middle pouring
out on all sides. Horizontal also refers to or means “horizon” or the
future. I heard the Lord say, “This is the appointed time that THE
THINGS THAT I HAVE PROMISED IN THE PAST WILL NOW BECOME YOUR FUTURE!
Both are suddenly colliding with one another as that which I have
promised you for generations are now coming to pass. Promises hitherto
will now be your future as your future is defined by the fulfillment of
that which I have already promised. I will take you BACK TO YOUR FUTURE
SAYS THE LORD! These are the keys that I gave to Peter. This is the
rock of revealed truth that My church is built on. Now I will reveal
the bedrock of that Truth to a single generation as they fulfill My
great commission.
THE WAR IN HOLLYWOOD IS ONLY A BATTLE FOR YOUR PERCEPTION
I heard the Lord
say that statement with such clarity, “The war in Hollywood is only a
battle for your perception”. The enemy’s only effective weapon is to
rule our perception and understanding of who Christ is and who we are in
the world for Him. As that changes whether for the good or bad it
changes the world that is around us instantly. As the centurion’s
perception in Matthew 27 and those around him changed and what they saw
Jesus to be was altered it also SUDDENLY AND WITH GREAT FORCE CHANGED
THE WORLD AROUND THEM! “Now when the centurion, and they that
were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that
were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God!”
(Matt 27:54). Both of these events were hinged upon the other; the
world changing suddenly with great force and their perception of who
Jesus was changing with the same intensity. As Jesus changes our
perception of who He is and what He intends to do through us the world
inevitably will radically change around us not only in the spiritual but
the natural as well. Earthquakes of revelation and perception will rend
the veils of limited understanding and those utterly incapable of
reaching the word for Jesus will in a moment of time rise up to move
mountains and nations in Jesus name. No longer will the results be
determined by their own abilities or perceptions but by the awesome
promises of the Lord, “All kings shall fall down before him: all nations
shall serve him…” (Ps 72:11).
NOW IS THE TIME TO FULFILL YOUR DESTINIES AND UNLOCK THE HIDDEN
TREASURES WITHIN
“For God, who
commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts,
to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of
Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the
Excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.” (2 Cor 4:6-7).
I saw the hand of
the Lord as if He was reaching into a honeycomb of some kind and pulling
out handfuls of precious honey. Then I heard Him say, “I am drawing out
the hidden treasures of My glory that I placed in the hearts of My
people before time as you know it in a predestined place of My will.
David saw this when he wrote, “Your eyes did see my substance, yet being
unperfected; and in thy book all my members were written, which in
continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. How
precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of
them!” (Ps 139:16-17). Those that currently see themselves as a
“lesser of the sum” and their destines “without form” will come into a
clarity of their future and what I have called them to be and do. They
will be a Lazarus that rises up from the grave of previous and
even present understanding and come into a world changed by their
perception of Me. Those that now perceive themselves as the lesser will
suddenly see the “sum” of My thoughts toward them and they will do
exploits. Literally the earth will move before them changing,
metamorphosing as my sons and daughters are made manifest. The
invisible power that changes trends and perceptions will now give way to
a greater day as My children cry, “Abba Father”. The darkness of our
own understanding is being shattered by the Light of His glorious
appearing in us now – then we will turn our faces to the world as Moses
did when he came down the mountain and they will see the “light of
the knowledge of the glory of God” in us and the world will be
changed. This truly is the day of visitation and the day that you will
be able to say with all boldness, “IT IS FINISHED!”
"A
WORD TO THE DESPERATE, DERAILED, AND DAUNTED --THIS
IS YOUR YEAR!"
YOUR
CAVE IS BECOMING YOUR CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT!
The
Lord says, "All that you have endured--the
misunderstanding and the discouragement, even at
times to the point of utter despair, will only prove
to be your crowning achievement in My Kingdom. For
those that suffer with Me will inevitably reign with
Me. Your Cave of Adullam is now becoming your cave
of absolution as I compel you forward into every
good work. The stones that have sealed you in will
now pave the way into your future as you ride this
next wave of breakthrough!"
CLEAR AND PRESENT BREAKTHROUGH--IT'S NOT
FICTION, IT'S FACT!
I
heard the words: "CLEAR AND PRESENT
BREAKTHROUGH" exclaimed over 2007. This is
the precedent that the Lord is setting--a benchmark
of breakthrough in 2007 that like Joshua and Israel,
will launch the Body of Christ into an unparalleled
spiritual position to heal and take back the land.
I saw
the "writing on the wall" changing from DELIVERANCE
to POSSESSING as those delivered from every dreadful
thing were now possessing and taking back
the inheritance of their forefathers. Many
who are related to the first pioneers and
missionaries that set foot on American soil, will
now reap the inheritance reserved
for such a time as this. This is not fiction, it's
fact! The absolutes of God's promises are
overtaking us.
2007: THE YEAR OF UNLEAVENED VISION AND
DREAMS
"Therefore purge out the old leaven, that
you may be a new lump, since you truly are
unleavened..." (1 Corinthians 5:7).
The
Lord says, "I am removing the old and the expired
that has clogged the arteries of fresh vision and
dynamic dreams. My people will see a
panoramic setting of their future rather than a
black and white backdrop of previous experiences.
This is the year of unleavened vision unhindered
from the power of our past as the gravity of our
future moves us forward at record breaking speed."
The
Lord says, "Mark the calendar:
March will set a new standard not
only in the spiritual, but the natural.
April will bring new rain as it
sets in motion the birthing of great things.
May will be the starting point as
many begin to launch out in different directions.
June will be a month of Jubilee as
finances are poured out through open windows of
Heaven. All that you have sown will surely begin to
come back to you in June.
July will be a month of fire. You
will see it in the headlines and in the spirit.
Don't be persuaded by natural events; only be
confident that they are a confirmation of things to
come.
August will be a month of testing
to prove the unleavened vision that you have
received; make it through this month, and
September will surely result in great
harvest.
October will bring persecution, but
to those that are tried will receive a crown of
life. Hold fast to that which I have shown you."
THE BENCHWARMERS AND SIDELINERS ARE ABOUT TO
TAKE CENTER STAGE!
The
first will be last as God's promises are performed.
God says, "Those that have received no recognition
or applause will now be exalted in this their due
time. Not to seats of man's admiration, but to the
courts of God's favor. It will set
them before authorities and magistrates and even
judges as they speak My word in this season of
restitution. They will be My Esthers and Daniels
turning back the tide of unrighteousness resulting
in breakthrough where there was inevitable disaster
pending."
"Like
Elijah, they will pray and the Heavens will be
opened or the Heavens will be closed. New doors of
ministry will be revealed to so many as housewives,
factory workers, and retirees will have the unction
for full-time ministry. They will crisscross the
nations with a message of fulfillment and hope
setting back the Day of Judgment for many as they
preach Good News to the poor."
This
is the year of the desperate, derailed, and
daunted--He has not forgotten and will now outdo
your wildest expectations!
"THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS AND THE BILLOWING CLOUDS OF
HIS PRESENCE"
"I
saw the doors of the White House and the Congress opening to certain
prophetic ministries as a precedent of unity between Church and State
begins in 2007." ( As featured on the Elijah List)
The State of Our Union
On January 23rd,
2007, President Bush gave his "State of the Union Address" as required
by the Constitution of the United States, which states: "(The President)
shall from time to time give to Congress information of the State of the
Union and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall
judge necessary and expedient." (Article II, Section 3). George
Washington gave the first address January 8th, 1790 in New York City.
As
I watched this event unfold Tuesday night, I was first struck with the
magnitude of the title: "The State of the Union" and its far reaching
implications that went beyond the hallowed corridors of American
history. God was asking us on this 23rd day, of January 2007, "What is
your State of Union?"
For the first time, I suddenly saw the amplitude of the "State of our
Union or Unity"as His Body and how important it is to God.
What highlighted this was the "State of our Union," as our President
stood before a historic House of Representatives and Congress. This
governing body could not have been more widely divided as this address
was being made, and this cemented division is clearly illustrated in the
general spirit of American's everywhere as our "state of union" is
tested like never before.
I saw the paradox as well. This division and Divine testing of our
"state of union or unity" was not confined to a political paradigm; it
was for the Church as well. God is asking all of us in this hour,
"What is your state of union? Are you working
toward My heart and a common goal, or is it divided and becoming a House
that cannot stand?"
A Vision of Billowing Clouds
At a certain point
in the President's State of the Union address as he began to comment
about Africa and her plight, I was suddenly arrested by the Spirit and a
vision opened up to me.
I
saw BILLOWING CLOUDS OF HIS PRESENCE that were literally stories
high. They filled the scope of my spiritual eyes and were like nothing
that I had ever seen. They appeared to me as clouds moving like giant
waves filling every vacant space with their presence.
As I saw this vision unfold, I heard the voice of the Lord from the
billows, "MY TRAIN FILLS THE TEMPLE!" Then I was clearly aware that
these billows were not clouds, but they were the garments and
presence of the Lord God Almighty Himself.
Then from the billowing train of the Lord, I heard the voice of
President Bush as he declared this and that about Africa, and then I
heard the Voice of the Lord again, as if the two voices were one, "WHOM
SHALL I SEND, AND WHO WILL GO FOR US?" I realized at that very moment,
that this was a great commission to the Church in this hour, and it
required an unshakable State of Union like never before, as the Church
was commissioned by God AND by our President as well. I then heard an
angel declare, "LOOK! THE KING AND HIS Kingdom ARE COMMISSIONED!"
I suddenly saw in the billows of His presence, certain ministries and
their strategic nature to bring about this Divine State of Union. I saw
prophetic ministries and the far-reaching ramifications of their labor.
I saw them as arazor-knife cutting away the grave clothes of
division from the Body that kept it from the State of Union which God
was declaring.
I then heard the President's voice
(in the Spirit) begin to declare his blessings over these prophetic
ministries, as I heard the President speak their names and he nodded in
their direction. I heard many names and ministries at this time that
were divine catalysts of God's State of the Union, as the Church moved
toward this Great Commission. I saw the doors of the White House and
the Congress opening to certain prophetic ministries as a precedent of
unity between Church and State begins in 2007 unlike any other political
or spiritual era before it.
I also observed some other
ministries who had great presidential and governmental favor begin to
fade from the picture. I knew by the Spirit that their time of favor and
prominence had come to an end as this great State of the Union unfolded.
It was critical even beyond my present understanding that these other
ministries make way for the new.
I saw "GOD TV" as a forerunner to this State of the Union as a great
golden gate was opened between our continents, and I heard the Lord say,
"ONCE THERE WAS A REVOLUTION BETWEEN THESE
COUNTRIES, NOW THERE SHALL BE ANOTHER, BUT IT WILL BE FOR THEIR GREATER
GOOD, NOT EVIL!" I knew by the Spirit that the Lord spoke of Great
Britain and The United States. This great billowing train of His
presence began to fill their houses of political and spiritual
representation as well. A great spiritual revolution and revival had
begun...
WATCHMEN--WATCH THE WEST COAST!
I then heard something very unnerving from the Clouds of His presence. I
heard the Lord say,
"BEWARE OF ASSASSINATIONS AND MASS ATTACKS. FOR
THE ENEMY DESIRES TO TAKE THE CITY AS ONE MAN."
I was reminded then of what the Lord had declared to Gideon when he
faced the great army of Midianites, "And the LORD said unto him,
Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one
man..." (Judges 6:16).
I knew though that this was for evil and not for good in the context the
Lord was showing me. The enemy of this State of Union would and is now
concocting elaborate schemes to thwart this Union and that they would
try to take down entire cities. I heard the Lord say at this time in the
vision,
"WATCH THE WEST COAST, WATCHMEN WATCH THE WEST
COAST! WATCHMEN WATCH THE WEST COAST!"
I knew too, that we had to pray IN UNITY as never before to stop
the flood of the enemies attacks. A series of Scriptures leapt to my
heart from the Lord as a first line of defense when the Lord said, "I
WILL RAISE UP A GREATER STANDARD IN THIS HOUR! I WILL RAISE UP A GREATER
STANDARD!"
"When
the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift
up a standard against him" (Isaiah 59:19).
Even in moments
when it seems irrevocable, the Lord will raise up a supernatural
standard. Even in this current political maelstrom, a righteous
standard shall prevail and everyone shall see it at once.
"Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people;
cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard
for the people." (Isaiah 62:10)
"Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard..."
(Jeremiah 50:2). A greater State of Union will prevail for the first
time in 300 years between Great Britain and the United States. Crisis
will solidify this Union like never before.
"In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen,
and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I
will build it as in the days of old..." (Amos 9:11).
I heard the Lord say, "This is your strategic prayer as in Amos 9:11:
CLOSE UP THE BREACHES! CLOSE UP THE BREACHES!'"
Let us together PRAY THIS:
'CLOSE UP THE BREACHES, CLOSE UP THE BREACHES!'"
Chad
Taylor (many of whose words have been posted on the ELIJAH LIST), is
"THE REAL GENUINE ARTICLE." I've been with him on the streets of
Portland, when he would say, "Stop the car" so he could speak words of
kindness to a person. I've been with him in McDonalds when his goal was
more to find someone to share Christ with than eat his own lunch. Chad
is not talk--He's action! Chad is a forerunner and an example to the
entire Body of Christ. Please spread his testimony to all who are
interested in the Harvest--who want to see it become a reality!!
--Steve Shultz, THE ELIJAH LIST
At
a prophetic conference in Albuquerque,
NM during a intense moment in worship a
profound insight into the history of the
city and the United States was
revealed. As I began to prophesy it was
like a covert well of critical
information was uncapped. I began to
prophesy, "Something covert, in the
night! Something under cover in secret
was done in this city. It brought a
anti-Semitic spirit and has cursed the
region and even the state of New
Mexico. Something was done in secret
like Judas for his 30 pieces of silver.
In 1944, 1945, 1946 something was done
in this city in secret under the cover
of the night. The Lord is revealing it
now that this curse can be broken. It
brought a anti-Semitic spirit into this
state..." The prophesy continued for
several more minutes as the Lord was
breaking up fallow ground of historic
relevance that we would later learn
was paramount for breakthrough in
Albuquerque and the state. The
following day a native of New Mexico
brought me some profound information she
had researched and printed up. I was
flabbergasted. It was common history to
many or at least it was known history,
but the dates, locations and background
were astounding in light of the previous
nights prophecy.
Misty
Taylor is the wife of Chad Taylor; she is a mother,
model, pageant winner, writer, speaker and advocate
for the homeless and poor. Her life and vision is
electric and contagious. Anyone who meets her is
blessed. To contact Misty please email -
Lebanon,
Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, all of those adjacent
countries and regions. The spotlight of history is
going to turn there again. Progressive events are about
to take place. Not for evil, but for good. Look toward
that place now. Look towards that country. Look towards
that place of your origin. Here we are once again
Lord. We stand again today Lord. We pray the prayer of
David, we sing the song of David. 
Our
recent trip to Central California produced the most significant
fruit in 9 years of ministering in this state. We experienced
first hand what I call, REVIVAL PRAYING. When God's people find
a place of intense prayer mixed with tears that inevitably leads
to repentance from dead works. This is usually followed by a
deep resolve to reach the world that surrounds are modern
parishes and churches and narrow the stark margin between the
church and street. I ministered at various cities and churches
including a group at the Delta College Campus one of CA. oldest
colleges. As I illustrated the "missing links" in today's church
that creates a general atmosphere absent of a true revival
spirit the class began to cry out to God spontaneously with
tears and vehement prayers. It reminded me of the small class I
taught several years ago at the University of the Nations YWAM
base in Kona, HI. What started as a small strategic missions
class suddenly captured the hearts of the campus as we converged
on the "GO" center with revival prayers. This resulted in many
going to the streets of Kona with fire and passion. Much of that
continues today as many continue to carry the torch into the
streets. 
As
the old song pays tribute, "I left my heart in San Francisco", I
heard the Lord say, "I am leaving MY HEART in San Francisco." A
redefining moment is upon you O great city. As you once burned
into the night and ships from afar saw your demise now watch and
see as I arise and shine declaring a new day of liberty. Ships
from afar shall once again see the night sky burning bright but
now it will be the fires of My spirit as a lamp to your feet and
a light to your path. I will now light the torches of My passion
and purpose and like an Olympic runner your streets will see it
and be glad. I say something unique in the months of June, July
and August. For those months shall be as three days to Me says
the Lord and I will open the graves of your destiny and call
Lazarus forth. The stone of judgment shall be rolled away and
you shall stand in victory as the reproach of your youth is
remembered no more. An army of destitute and despised will stand
in My glory with fire in their eyes as the Spirit of the Lord is
poured out without measure. That which has been your greatest
shame shall now become your greatest glory as I testify My grace
in you. Watch and see, even from the Golden Gate my glory will
be seen - many will stop to behold a sign and a wonder and lift
up their eyes to Me for this purpose will it be. I am even now
removing those that oppose and a great turning will transpire as
the seats of authority are occupied by those that pray.
Righteousness will prevail and the gates of hell will not as a
new day is declared in you many will see it and rejoice. I am
leaving My heart in San Francisco says the Lord, I am leaving My
heart in you. What was once stone is now flesh and will be
filled with the knowledge of the Lord.
On Sunday April 15th, 2007 I found myself at a
crucial prophetic crossroads. In light of recent events this
week as the Supreme Court's Decision to Uphold Partial Birth
Abortion Ban my encounter at this important monument to the
Civil Rights movement and American history only cemented this
experience. I was a speaker at a conference in the Birmingham,
AL. area but what unfolded Sunday morning was unscheduled and
divinely orchestrated. Literally the night before my commitment
to speak at another local church was changed and I found
myself awakened by the Lord Sunday morning and then was led to
drive toward downtown Birmingham at approximately 10:00 am. I
was seeking directions to another part of the city and pulled
off a random exit and asked directions from a man who was
exiting the gas station. I had noticed a city marker that
indicated that the "Civil Rights Institute" and museum was
nearby. I inquired about that as well and the African American
man said without hesitation, "Follow me..." 
It
was very cold and the rain was whipping by as unusual weather
patterns were also impacting the East Coast at the same time.
The downtown area was nearly empty considering it was an early
Sunday morning in the deep south. After a few blocks
the stranger led me to the doors of large building that was the
Civil Rights Institute. It was closed to the public. I got out
of my vehicle and another African American man was walking
toward me. I suddenly had the realization that Martin Luther
King Jr. had once preached here and other historical landmarks
became clear to me as I looked around at the various markers and
plaques. I asked the man, "Where is the church that Martin
Luther King Jr. preached at?" He pointed behind me, "Right
there!" A few feet from where I parked was 16th Street Baptist
Church which become the epicenter of civil right history and
tragedy when a bomb exploded September 15th, 1963 claiming the
lives of four young girls. This was also the breaking point
which caused international attention to the civil rights stand
and brought about historic change. 
As
I continued to drive through the city I saw the fires of revival
and revolution that had once burned in this city. It was not
only natural water cannons that pummeled the people that marched
for freedom in Birmingham, Alabama it was also a religious
flood that quenched the fires of revival. As I walked through
the park across from 16th Street Baptist church with its life
size memorial of Martin Luther King Jr. the Lord said, "PROPHECY
TO THE FIRE OF REVIVAL TO SPRING UP ONCE AGAIN!". I saw as it
was coals still burning right under the surface. A plaque in
the park was etched with two words, "RECONCILIATION and
REVOLUTION" I began to prophesy RECONCILIATION, REVOLUTION and
REVIVAL fires to begin to burn brightly over America again
securing liberty and justice for ALL from the streets of
Birmingham, AL on the very same route the masses marched over 40
years ago in the shadow of the 16th Street Baptist Church. THE
LIBERTY BELL IS RINGING OVER AMERICA AGAIN.
Today
I heard that word as if it was audible,
I saw the hand of
the Lord as if He was reaching into a honeycomb of some kind and pulling
out handfuls of precious honey. Then I heard Him say, “I am drawing out
the hidden treasures of My glory that I placed in the hearts of My
people before time as you know it in a predestined place of My will.
David saw this when he wrote, “Your eyes did see my substance, yet being
unperfected; and in thy book all my members were written, which in
continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. How
precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of
them!” (Ps 139:16-17). Those that currently see themselves as a
“lesser of the sum” and their destines “without form” will come into a
clarity of their future and what I have called them to be and do. They
will be a Lazarus that rises up from the grave of previous and
even present understanding and come into a world changed by their
perception of Me. Those that now perceive themselves as the lesser will
suddenly see the “sum” of My thoughts toward them and they will do
exploits. Literally the earth will move before them changing,
metamorphosing as my sons and daughters are made manifest. The
invisible power that changes trends and perceptions will now give way to
a greater day as My children cry, “Abba Father”. The darkness of our
own understanding is being shattered by the Light of His glorious
appearing in us now – then we will turn our faces to the world as Moses
did when he came down the mountain and they will see the “light of
the knowledge of the glory of God” in us and the world will be
changed. This truly is the day of visitation and the day that you will
be able to say with all boldness, “IT IS FINISHED!”
"Like
Elijah, they will pray and the Heavens will be
opened or the Heavens will be closed. New doors of
ministry will be revealed to so many as housewives,
factory workers, and retirees will have the unction
for full-time ministry. They will crisscross the
nations with a message of fulfillment and hope
setting back the Day of Judgment for many as they
preach Good News to the poor." 
As
I watched this event unfold Tuesday night, I was first struck with the
magnitude of the title: "The State of the Union" and its far reaching
implications that went beyond the hallowed corridors of American
history. God was asking us on this 23rd day, of January 2007, "What is
your State of Union?" 
I
saw BILLOWING CLOUDS OF HIS PRESENCE that were literally stories
high. They filled the scope of my spiritual eyes and were like nothing
that I had ever seen. They appeared to me as clouds moving like giant
waves filling every vacant space with their presence. 
"When
the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift
up a standard against him" (Isaiah 59:19).
Even in moments
when it seems irrevocable, the Lord will raise up a supernatural
standard. Even in this current political maelstrom, a righteous
standard shall prevail and everyone shall see it at once. 
Chad
Taylor (many of whose words have been posted on the ELIJAH LIST), is
"THE REAL GENUINE ARTICLE." I've been with him on the streets of
Portland, when he would say, "Stop the car" so he could speak words of
kindness to a person. I've been with him in McDonalds when his goal was
more to find someone to share Christ with than eat his own lunch. Chad
is not talk--He's action! Chad is a forerunner and an example to the
entire Body of Christ. Please spread his testimony to all who are
interested in the Harvest--who want to see it become a reality!!
--Steve Shultz, THE ELIJAH LIST