The Age To Come

Why am I giving these warnings? Is it to frighten, to bring fear and paralysis? No! The only fear I seek to bring is the type that is the beginning of wisdom.

Never forget this.

Tsunami
19th March 2005

Is 51 v1-6
Ps 37
Lk 6 v46-49

I saw a wave in the distance. It looks benign, insignificant right now.

I was made aware that the old house – the house of God as it is currently – cannot withstand what is coming.

What is coming? A tsunami, a storm.

What storm? A storm both of persecution and of revival. And we are ready for neither.

We have to be ready, for it is coming. The old structure will not stand. We cannot run for we are called to stand, but we are called to build the house anew. A stronger, deeper house, built on the Rock of Ages.

This word was given to me in May 2003:
“If you build it, they will come”

Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord.

I hope the word below speaks to you. If there is an intended audience, I suppose it would be those Christians who have allowed the thorns and weeds of life to grow and choke them; those who have let their lamps go out amidst the false securities and driving pressures of this world.

Lord, have mercy.

The heart of winter
October 2004 (written 1st January 2005)

Grey clouds scurry across a twilight sky.
A cool wind blows from the North.
The last of the leaves are blown from the trees.
Dead leaves make patterns in the swirl of the wind.

Will you not come home to Me, my children? Will you still tarry outside?

Winter will be upon you soon, and the heart of winter, winter’s heart, will fall upon you.

I have all things prepared.
The lights are on, the fire stoked, the feast is laid.
Will you not come home?
I am here, to welcome you.
How long will you tarry?

Will you wait until it is too late?
Until the heart of winter is upon you?
Until the snow is thick upon the ground, until a shroud of ice is upon everything?
Until winter’s heart claws at your own heart?
Until there is no life, no love, no peace and no purpose?
Until the heart of winter will claim you as its own?

There is still time.
Come home to me – there is still time.
Before the heart of winter grips you forever.
Before it is too late.
Come home to Me.

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This is a word I must bring to you, a word for 2007.  Indeed, this is something I have alluded to a number of times before, but the hour grows short, and the word more urgent.

Friends, a storm is coming.

The nature of this storm is not immediately important, although I could make some educated guesses.  As a summer storm comes upon you, the air grows sultry, clouds gather, thunder is heard in the distance and lightening can be seen – so it is now. 

I see this gathering storm, gathering to break upon us.  Many go to and fro, and the old gods, now resurfaced in all their malice and ugliness, dominate our culture.  The Lord is not mocked though, and His hand is at the ready.

What is judgment is also blessing, though we will need eyes to see it.  As the security of the world is revealed as a false crutch, so will peoples’ eyes be open to their true need.  And that, friends, will be our opportunity.  For, at present, there are many who have no ‘need’ of God, secure as they are in the wealth of the world.  Until, that is, the whole pack of cards comes crashing down.  Then the paths of despair or hope will open up before them.

And not just them, but us also.  For we are just as entwined in the world.  The cathartic action will be painful for us too, more or less, dependant on where we are with the Lord.  This then is the counsel for the times: Trust not in what can be seen, but in what is unseen.  Put your root down into the Rock of Ages.  Then, when the topsoil is stripped away, you will not fall.  Rather, you will have the opportunity to be a beacon, a lighthouse in perilous times.

 Many will come to Him, if His Church is ready.  That is what He is calling us to now.  Be ready.  Purchase oil that your lamps will not run out.  See, the bridegroom is at the threshold even now!  Therefore, put away your toys, your vanities, and gird yourself for the times to come.  Then your light will indeed shine.  Hear the Spirit of the Lord, He is crying amongst the churches!  Wake up, wake up! A new day is dawning and you must be ready.