a house of prayer for the nations

Now large crowds were going along with Him; and He turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. “Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. “For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? “Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ “Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand? “Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. “So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions. “Therefore, salt is good; but if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned? “It is useless either for the soil or for the manure pile; it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” (Luke 14:25-35)

I believe this is one of the most convicting passages of scripture out there. It was delivered to “large crowds” who “were going along with Him”, obviously they were interested in Him, there was a ‘buzz’ around Him and they wanted to know what it was all about. Jesus cut to the chase. Nothing and no one can come before Him in our affections if we want to be His disciples. The Greek word for disciple is μαθητής (transliteration: mathétés; phonetic spelling: math-ay-tes’; usage: a learner, disciple, pupil). In Greek math- is the “mental effort needed to think something through”.

Here’s how I interpret this passage personally for myself. Jesus is requiring my loyalty to be 100% for Him, i.e. I can’t have any loyalty for anyone else which exceeds the loyalty which I have for Him. If there’s a decision and He says one thing and anyone else (including myself) says another then for me to continue to be His disciple (i.e. to continue to learn from Him) then I need to obey Him and do what He is saying (against anyone else and against myself). That is the path of Peace and Progress for me in getting to know my Teacher, my Master (I chose Him as this at Salvation whether I fully realized it or not – that’s what I believe – I chose Him to be my Lord at Salvation when I gave myself to Him and He forgave me from all my sin via Jesus’ Blood shed on the cross).

In fact, going further, the only loyalty I can have to anyone else (other than the Father, Jesus & the Holy Spirit) is to their new self (their new heart, new spirit & righteous soul), i.e. to fellow believers in Jesus. I can’t have any loyalty to anyone’s ‘sin which dwells in me’ (even for my fellow believers in Jesus), including my own. So even within myself, I can only have loyalty towards my new self, not towards ‘sin which dwells in me’ (Romans 7:17). So that’s people.

In same way, I can’t have any loyalty towards any other created being, say, for example, hypothetically, a pet talking parrot (were I to ever have one, I have toyed with the idea in my head at times, I think it would be cool, smiling, maybe one day?) higher than my loyalty to the Father, Jesus & the Holy Spirit.

Finally, I can’t have any loyalty towards any possession, whether that be my career, my job, my money, my glasses, my clothes, my accommodation, my food, my drink, my sleep, my comfort, my pleasure, my secrets, my reputation or my air which exceeds that of which the Lord is asking from me, i.e. if the Lord wants me to do something which will ‘upset that apple cart’ then the apple cart needs to be upset for me to remain being His disciple, His learner, His pupil, His follower or devotee (And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.’ – Matthew 6:13a).

When I consider, personally, that list above, I realize that He, the Lord, Jesus (Yeshua), is asking the ultimate sacrifice from me. If I want to continue to be His learner, then I have to be willing to continue to sacrifice everything ‘when and where’ He tells me to.

Am I up for this? So the Lord isn’t trying to guilt trip me into being up for this. He’s not rushing me for an answer as to whether I’m up for this. He’s saying instead that I should sit down and calculate, in an inner calculation, whether I’m up for this. Basically, playing out various scenarios in my mind to see, ‘If this were to happen, how would I feel about it?’ ‘Would I still want to be Christ’s disciple if this, this and that happened?’ ‘What about this other thing?’ ‘What if I could never do this thing again which I really enjoy doing?’ ‘What if He asked me to lay down this other pursuit or interest?’ And so, I begin to go through those mental ‘chess moves’ with God, so to speak, in conversations with Him (most of which, to be honest, so far, have been initiated by Him). All this is going on, on the inside of me. No one would even know that these computations and permutations are going on inside my mind, inside my heart.

As I have been making these computations there is one very big realization which has, so far, come to my heart. Jesus made these computations Himself and remained Faithful to the Father right through His Life on earth. Even when the Father forsook Him on the cross. He remained Faithful. Through the Power of the Eternal Spirit He offered Himself without blemish or spot to God.

So, the realization of one very important fact has been dawning on me. The Holy Spirit within me, as a believer in Jesus, is able to obey the Father and Jesus, every time They tell me to do something which tests my loyalty to Them.

So, if I let the Holy Spirit live through my new spirit, my new heart and my righteous soul, then He will be Loyal through me to Jesus & the Father and I can remain being Jesus’ disciple (happy day).

Basically, there’s no other way I can do it (that I can see). I’ve tried. I’ve failed. I’ve seen that I don’t have it. I’m not loyal to Jesus in ‘sin which dwells in me’, I’m just not. My new self can desire things, good things, but it cannot carry them out. As Jesus said, “Apart from Me you can do nothing.”

So, as I make my calculations, I begin to realize that the only path of success or happiness for me in this, to feel no guilt and to feel no shame, is to give myself (my new self) to the Holy Spirit and give Him permission, “to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow” ‘sin which dwells in me’ and “to build and to plant” (Jeremiah 1:10) His Life in my new heart, new spirit and righteous soul.

As I make these computations, how should I handle or factor in the possibility of failure or temporary setbacks? How should I factor in condemnation? Depression? Exhaustion? Disappointment? Loneliness? Interesting questions.

I am realizing that because I died (my old self), I am no longer under condemnation. My new self doesn’t sin. It can’t. ‘Sin which dwells in me’ sins but it’s not me.

So, anything which the Holy Spirit does in me, is better than the nothing which I could do without Him.

If it so eventuates that it’s actually ‘sin which dwells in me’ in pride (or in some other wrong motive) which is trying to do ‘God’s will’ now, then the Holy Spirit Loves me enough to reveal this to me at the right time so He can ‘take over’.

Yes, this would mean that those around me would see some ‘stinky behaviour’ coming out of me and might ‘write me off’ as a ‘loser’ or a ‘hypocrite’ along the way, but one of the things I’ll need to face along the way is whether I put anyone else’s opinion about me above God’s opinion about me. If I do this then my loyalty is to that person and not to God.

That would be a problem for me in continuing to be Christ’s disciple. Do I want to live under someone else’s opinion about me? Or God’s (who has already told me He’s once and for all forgiven me and accepted me and will never leave me or forsake me).

I need to make that choice. Do I care about what others think about me?

Ultimately that choice reaches to the level of, ‘Do I care if people literally kill me for being unwilling to care about what they think of me or being unwilling to do what they demand of me or being unwilling to bow to their demands over my life which are contrary to the Lord’s?’

I guess the answer to that question comes down to whether I believe God that once I leave this earth, I will be forever with Him, the Father, Jesus & still with the Holy Spirit.

If I believe that I’ll actually be happier to be with the Father, Jesus & the Holy Spirit where He is (wherever that may be, either in heaven or upon His return to earth, from Jerusalem for a thousand years or finally from the New Jerusalem which comes out of heaven from God), then being killed here on earth because I’m unwilling to put my loyalty for anyone or anything else above my loyalty to the Lord, is actually a blessing in disguise (thinking about it logically, not that I’m asking for hardship or persecution or to be led into temptation, because I’m not).

Again, in this calculation, only the Holy Spirit within me is able to actually make that decision from my heart. To enable me to be willing to let Him make that decision when and where and if that moment should ever come.

From my experience to date, that moment comes in little ways every day (or every so often). That’s what I believe Paul meant when he said he “died daily”. That’s what I believe Jesus meant when He said that we needed to “take up our cross daily and follow Him”.

Everyone who believes in Jesus will end up with me in Eternity. So, I’m not losing any of my brothers and sisters forever in dying.

Once I die in this world, ‘sin which dwells in me’ is over. It ceases to exist. It doesn’t get past the fire which tests the quality of my work before I (in holiness) see the Lord. That’s a blessing. No more heart ache over that one.

So I need to do my calculations, think through the ‘what if’s’ of the ones closest to me who may reject me for continuing to be loyal to the Lord and doing what I believe He’s telling me to do rather than what they may want me to do. Think of the misunderstandings and judgements I’ll potentially encounter. Think of the anger I’ll potentially encounter. Think of the ostracism which I’ll potentially encounter.

Then, ultimately decide whether learning more about Jesus through having the Holy Spirit living through me, day by day, and following Jesus as He leads me with His easy yoke, day by day, is worth it all, in this life on earth. Or not.

That’s a conscious choice which ultimately faces me. A decision which I need to make once all my calculations are completed. Once I’ve amassed all the facts and thought through all the possibilities. Not based on a whim. Not based on an emotion. Not based on a guilt trip. But based on a genuine desire, believing that following Jesus is the best thing for me or not. Believing that following Jesus, being obedient to Jesus as He leads me, will make me happy or not. Believing that following Jesus is the right thing to do or not. Believing that following Jesus is the best use of my time on earth or not. Believing that following Jesus is the best quality of life that I can experience on earth (persecutions, hardships & sufferings included) or not. Believing that a close, intimate relationship with Jesus is the best relationship that I can ever experience on earth or not. Believing that a friendship with Jesus, through His Holy Spirit living through me, is the best friendship and the best experience that I could ever have on earth or not. Believing that relating to the people who God chooses for me to relate to on earth is better than relating to any other people who I could ever choose to relate to or not.

These are the ultimate choices before me. Once all this is ‘out there on the table’ and thought through and discussed with the Lord and given to the Lord, then I am ready as empowered by the Lord and led by the Lord and enabled by the Lord, the Holy Spirit living through me, to give myself unreservedly to the Lord.

What this means is that I say to Him, ‘I am Yours.’ He gets to do with me whatever He likes and I don’t get to say a final, ‘No!’ to anything He ever asks me to do (He has my permission to change my mind about any temporary ‘no!’ which I might utter).

He’s in control then. I’m not going to be instantaneously perfect or anything at that point, but it gives Him the reins or the drivers seat, ‘Jesus take the wheel’, for Him to do what He likes in my life from then on out.

Day, by day, by day, by day, by day. He will then protect that choice and every day bring the ability to surrender again (without weariness or trying or exhaustion) to continue the walk together with Him.

It really is a walk along an unknown path where all I know is that He is leading and beckoning me to join Him as He walks ahead of me. To walk alongside Him and enjoy the journey. That is what I am being offered. That is what I believe discipleship means.

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Father, in Jesus Name, we give You Facebook, Google, Instagram, LinkedIn, Odnoklassniki, Pinterest, Reddit, Snapchat, Twitter, VK, Weibo, YouTube & all the other social media platforms that are presently in existence anywhere in our world (even any and all military grade ones which we may not know about), wherever human beings are in our universe. We give them all to You. You are the Ruler of the kings of the earth (Revelation 1:5).

[And “the kings of the earth” are those with the most money, those who have the most ‘debt slaves’. Those who ‘own’ others because of the money they have loaned them. “The kings of the earth” aren’t necessarily the earthly kings and queens and princes and potentates that we are familiar with. I believe these are often, if not always, just figureheads. I believe, “the kings of the earth” here referred to in scripture, are those with the most money. The most assets. The most land. The most gold, silver & precious stones. That’s what I believe.]

Father, in Jesus Name, we declare, irrespective of any earthly treaties or agreements which have been made before men and between men which were exclusive of Yourself and of Your Blessing, that the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof (Psalm 24:1; 1 Corinthians 10:26). We also declare that You gave the earth to men (Psalm 115:16). We also declare that You said that the meek would inherit the earth (Psalm 37:11; Matthew 5:5). We also declare that You said that You store up the wealth of the wicked for the righteous (Proverbs 13:22). You also said that Your Seed (Jesus – and thus we who believe in Jesus, in Jesus) would possess the gates of our enemies (Genesis 24:60). You also said that you give authority, kingly authority, on earth to the lowliest of men (Daniel 4:17).

We declare on earth, that all agreements, made between the wealthy (the “kings of the earth” referred to Revelation 1:5) and any earthly king, military dictator, prince, potentate or political leader – which have excluded You and have occurred without Your blessing – are null and void. We, your Royal Priesthood (1 Peter 2:9), do not recognize them on the earth. They are anathema. And they will fall. They are not blessed. They are made against You and thus against us, Your Children on the earth. We claim Your Promise to Abraham where You said,

“And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.” (Genesis 12:3)

So we claim Father, covered in the Blood of Jesus (Yeshua Hamashiach), Your Messiah, that all that the wicked have built on the earth against Your Name will be destroyed. It will all come to nothing. As Your Word says (Psalm 2),

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One: “Let us break Their chains and cast away Their cords.” The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them. Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury: “I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.” I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father. Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession. You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.” Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.

We declare on earth that we, the righteous, will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of our Father (Matthew 13:43). We declare that right now, we, the righteous, will arise, shine, for our Light has come and the Glory of the Lord has risen upon us (Isaiah 60:1-3). We declare, that we, the righteous, will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ (Yeshua Hamashiach) (Romans 5:17). That He is the Name above all names and that He will be worshipped by all at a moment in time on the earth (Philippians 2:9-11).

So we give all of the earthly princes, kings, potentates, military dictators and political leaders to You Lord. Your will be done with them all. We forgive them. We bless them. We do not ourselves curse them. If, however, they curse us, who know You Lord, as children of Abraham, who is the father of us all who believe (Romans 4:16), then we ask that You fulfil Your Word to curse them (1 Corinthians 16:22). You specifically tell us not to take revenge but to leave room for Your Wrath (Romans 12:19), to bless and do not curse (Romans 12:14) and to forgive our debtors (Matthew 6:12). We are coming to You today leaving room for Your Wrath. We give them all to you. We, likewise, give to You all “the kings of the earth” as I have defined them above. We give them all to You Lord. Your will be done with them also. We forgive them. We bless them. We do not curse them. If, however, they curse us, if they seek evil for us, as believers in Your Son, then Father, we beseech You to curse them and fulfil the prophetic declaration made to Jeremiah,

See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.” (Jeremiah 1:10)

Uproot, tear down, destroy and overthrow all “the kings of the earth” who do not bow to You Jesus (Yeshua) and confess You as Lord. We decree it on the earth. Replace them all with leaders in the civic square who will uphold Your Character & Nature on the earth,

First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time. For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying) as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. (1 Timothy 2:1-7)

enabling us, who know You on earth, to lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity as we fulfil the commission which You have given us before You departed for Your Father’s Right Hand in heaven on the earth.

And having come to them, Jesus spoke to them, saying, Has been given to Me all authority in heaven and on the earth. Having gone therefore, disciple all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things, whatever I commanded you. And behold I with you am all the days, until the completion of the age. (Matthew 28:18-20 Interlinear)

“I will do this. I will do all things which You have asked in My Name. You have asked in My Name and I will fulfil all things which you have asked for. In My Name, I will do it. Not in any other name. Not in your name Andrew. Not in any other name. This is all about Me. This is all about My Glory. This is all about My Goodness being seen by all who will turn to Me for Salvation on the earth. There is no future for the wicked on the earth at this season in My Sovereignty,” declares the Lord. “No future. They will have their time at the time of the very end but not now,” declares the Lord Your God. “This is your time and you will soon see it springing forth on the earth,” declares the Lord your God. “Wait for it. Wait for it patiently. Even as I provided at the Red Sea, I will provide for you now, My People, as you wait for Me. Watch now and see. Watch now and see. Watch now and see. You have never come this way before. This requires faith. Watch now and see. Let My Spirit lift you up in areas of faith in your hearts which you did not know even existed. Watch now and see. Watch now and see. Watch now and see,” declares the Lord your God, “for I will deliver you. I will deliver you all. All will be kept safe and My Kingdom will come in your hearts,” declares the Lord your God who loves you, “and declares to you this day that you will be safe in My Presence, and in My Presence alone,” declares the Lord your God. “Trust Me and live. Trust Me and live. Trust Me and live,” declares the Lord your God. “And prosper in all your ways upon the earth. My blessing is upon you. Prosper in all your ways upon the earth,” declares the Lord your God, “and live, for I am with you,” declares the Lord, “and live, for I am with you,” declares the Lord, “and live, for I am with you,” declares the Lord your God.

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“The American Constitution is valid and it will stand,” declares the Lord.

“The American Constitution is valid and it will stand,” declares the Lord.

“The American Constitution is valid and it will stand,” declares the Lord.

“I have placed it in the hands of Donald J Trump and he will enact it completely,” declares the Lord your God.

“Be at peace. Trust Me. I have this situation under control. I will be vindicated on the earth. And My Words will be found to be true,” declares the Lord your God.

“Trust no one but Me. Trust no one but Me. Trust no one but Me and those to whom I give you peace to trust,” declares the Lord your God.

“Nothing will happen without My permission. Nothing will happen without My permission. Nothing will happen without My permission,” declares the Lord your God, “and I am in control of everything.”

“Watch and see what I will do. Watch and see what I will do. Watch and see what I will do.”

“I have ensconced one in the White House who will do all My Good Pleasure,” declares the Lord your God. “Trust Me in this. Trust Me in this. Trust Me in this. He will not fail to do all My Good Pleasure and to complete all that I have set before him. I will uphold him with My Own Righteous Right Hand and he will fulfil all that I have set before him. He will complete all that was planned for him and appointed for him before the foundation of the earth. Nothing will be left out. Nothing. He will complete it all for My Hand is upon him and I am guiding him directly,” declares the Lord your God.

“Nothing else will be given you other than that for which I have already spoken. No change in plan. The plan is set. I have accomplished everything in advance. Everything has already been accomplished. I will be great on the earth. No one will doubt My existence. No one will doubt My Sovereignty. I will be great on the earth and I will save the earth – all the inhabitants of the earth – for My Glory and for My Glory alone,” declares the Lord your God.

“For this is where this – what you see playing out before you at present – is all going,” declares the Lord your God, “to drain the swamp so that righteous protection can be given to the righteous to fulfil My will on the earth. Nothing else Andrew, there is nothing else. It is all as you have seen. Nothing has changed. Everything is as I have shown it to you. The salvation of the world is at hand. It is hastening towards its objective and I will receive worship from every living human being on the face of the planet, in space and under the earth, at a point in time,” declares the Lord your God. “Nothing will hinder or thwart My will. Nothing. Go in peace and believe,” declares the Lord your God.

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As I mentioned in a previous post, From Here Until The End…, I believe the Lord has now set in motion His Judgement on the spirit of Jezebel Worldwide…

This initial phase, what I’m calling ‘the Rev 2:22 phase’ is a Grace Period for those so controlled by the spirit of Witchcraft & Control to repent from Jezebel’s works…

Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds. (Rev 2:22)

There are both those who know the Lord and those who do not know the Lord who have been controlled by this spirit…

This Grace Period is for both those who know the Lord and those who don’t know the Lord to repent of Jezebel’s deeds through them…

I believe Jezebel’s deeds (to use an octopus analogy) include the following, namely control, manipulation, insubordination, witchcraft, accusation, condemnation, lust & intimidation (with Jezebel being the head of the octopus and the eight tentacles being those spirits under her)…

To repent from her deeds we need to admit to the Lord that we have been controlled by her deeds. That through us her deeds have been practiced. That we have not been able to help ourselves and that we have not been able to stop. We have been controlled by her. We need to come to this place humbly of recognizing her deeds practiced through us and giving them all up to God for Him to forgive us, cover us with His Blood and start the process – and it is a process – of practically ‘washing away’ her deeds in our lives. The process takes time. It’s not the process which needs to be complete by the end of the Grace Period but the repentance itself, the giving over of these sins to the Lord and admitting that we are incapable of helping ourselves to improve or remove them from ourselves. A handing over of the deeds of Jezebel through us completely to the Lord for Him to do what only He can do in us. That is the point of death for the deeds of Jezebel through us. That handing over. We’re letting go and letting the Lord take over. Release.

I believe that by the end of August 2020 this Grace Period will have been completed and the next phase, what I’m calling ‘the Rev 2:23 phase’ will have commenced…

I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works. (Rev 2:23)

Those who have not been willing to release the deeds of Jezebel practiced through them to the Lord (whether they know the Lord or whether they don’t know the Lord) will experience God’s Supernatural Judgement…

I have seen the Lord’s Angelic Army marshaling in the atmosphere awaiting the Command from the Throne to Act on earth…

I have felt the Holy Spirit’s sorrow and weeping through me in prayer as I’ve seen prophetically the Execution of this Judgement by the Angelic Host…

It will be like nothing the earth has ever experienced before…

You, even You, are to be feared; And who may stand in Your presence when once You are angry? You caused judgment to be heard from heaven; The earth feared and was still When God arose to judgment, To save all the humble of the earth. (Ps 76:7-9)

There was a time centuries ago when things looked exceptionally bleak for the People of God on earth (as it is again today). It was in the days of King Hezekiah of Judah. Jerusalem was surrounded, as the last bastion of God’s Presence on earth, by an evil foreign king named Sennacherib, who taunted and threatened the People of God to try and break their spirit of faith and bring them into submission with his plan of death for their lives. Hezekiah raised his threats to the Lord in prayer. He gave the enemies’ threats to the Lord.

“Now, O LORD our God, deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, LORD, are God.”

After he prayed and released his burden to the Lord, the Lord sent word to His Prophet Isaiah (Is 37:21-35)…

This resulted in the following outcome…

Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, all of these were dead. So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at Nineveh. It came about as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons killed him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place. (Is 37:36-38)

The Angelic Host is assembled and disseminated throughout the world presently awaiting instruction from the Lord as to when He is ready to proceed on the ‘Rev 2:23 phase’…

Once this ‘Rev 2:23 phase’ is completed the Church (as we know it right now) will no longer be the same. It will never go back. It will never go back to control. It will never go back to being in charge and stifling the work of the Holy Spirit. True Authority will be given place in the Church. False authority will be removed. The same will take place in the civic square. In government (at both local and national levels). False authority will be removed. Worldwide. True Authority will be established. The same will take place in business, false authority will be removed and True Authority will be established. A freedom and liberty will come to His Body on earth and this will flow out to the world. Judgement begins in the House of God.

For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? (1 Pet 4:17)

I feel free to share now the immediate background to From Here Until The End… – it is as follows. On Twitter, back on 27 Apr 20, I posted the below…

I then went into prayer and received the following word (27 Apr 20) – between the asterisks below – from the Lord which I then ‘sat on’ (i.e. didn’t share with anyone) until a brother on Facebook Messenger asked me a direct question about eschatological timing which prompted the writing of From Here Until The End… (07 May 20)…

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AJH: 22 Feb 20 is when Rev 2:22 started. The Lord just told me this period will be for 6 months worldwide. That’s until 21 Aug 20. Straight after that it will be Rev 2:23.

“I will give you the interpretation. The period of time which I have enunciated to you will surely come to pass. 6 months from 22 Feb 20 until we are through the Rev 2:22 phase. The Rev 2:23 phase will start directly after and go for a period of 9 months worldwide. The Rev 2:22 phase will also be a worldwide occurrence. My People will begin to become strong during this period. The 15 month overall period. This will be the transition for My People. I will be working in My Church during this time to prepare My Bride for the End Time Harvest. Those who are not willing to work with Me in this End Time Harvest will be removed from the earth. I will take them Myself. Their spirits and souls will be removed from their bodies and taken up to heaven to be with Me. I will see them there. They will know Me. There is nothing to fear for them. This will be happening simultaneously to My purging of the earth of the children of Jezebel. All who do not repent from her works. Her deeds will be removed from the earth. My remaining Saints will not practice her works any longer. They, her works, will be entirely removed from them. During this period My Body will become consecrated to Me for the purpose of the Call. The Call to save the world. Those left, of My Body, will go through progressive transformation into My Image, they will not become perfect overnight but the works of Jezebel, namely control, manipulation, insubordination, witchcraft, accusation, condemnation, lust & intimidation, will be broken off My People. These things will not pass through this phase. At the end of the Rev 2:23 phase My People left on earth will be free from these elements of the spirit of Jezebel. The spirit of Jezebel will be removed and My People will be free to start their work. My Body will rise. From the dust it will rise. It will stand up and declare My Name. Those who have been great will be removed. Those who have been high who remain will be low. They will stay low. All My People who remain will stay low. You will stay low. The place of safety is the place of kneeling before Me. I am showing mercy to My Remnant Church who will remain. This Remnant Church will grow like the mustard seed into a Huge Tree which covers the Entire World. All the earth will be covered by its shade and the birds of the air will make their home in its branches. It will be whole and wholesome”, declares the Lord, “and there will be nothing which it can’t accomplish in My Name,” declares the Lord, “as I am the One who is nourishing it and cleansing it, pruning it to make it even more fruitful”, declares the Lord. “The battles ahead are different battles. After this period at the end of the Rev 2:23 phase there will be no more Jezebel. This will open up the Body to be One. No more competition in My Body as all realize that the Blood is Your Bastion of Hope. All are equal under the Blood. This will subsequently remove pride. My Church will be One. Every member supporting all the other members in Unity. This is what the world will see. This is what the world will be saved for. To enter into that Unity. My Unity will cover the entire world. I am not going to tell you how long this process will take. It will take at least 50 years. That is all that I can tell you. From the end of those 15 months it will take 50 years until the entire world is saved. After that there will be at least 30 years before the Anti-Christ is released on the earth. Again, I am not telling you specifically when that will be but it will be at least 30 years. Watch for the 30 years after the whole world is saved. Watch for this. I will reveal more to you later. At the time of the end you will return to Christchurch, New Zealand. You will live here for the final days until I return to reign from Jerusalem. I have told you enough. Go now and I will be with you.”

AJH: As I got the word, which was strange, there was a ‘disconnect’ or ‘long pause’ when I got to the “…works of Jezebel, namely…” stage where I got some words which didn’t make sense and I had a shot of fear. I’ve learned when I get a shot of fear not to take those words seriously. I stopped, prayed in tongues and waited. I was reminded of and saw again a picture I’d seen previously of an octopus and felt the Lord was saying that the Jezebel spirit was like the head of the octopus and that it had 8 legs or tentacles under it. This was strange but the eight words I got were some straight from the Lord and some (lust and intimidation) I actually had to think of from what I’d experienced from that spirit. This has never happened to me in a word before. I’ve never had to think. I just usually get a constant flow of words with no effort. I give this word back to You Lord. Cleanse it with Your Blood. Show me what is true and of You. Whatever isn’t please remove. I am Yours Lord. Show me Your Truth. That’s all I want.

“I have revealed these things to you. You are accurate in your word regarding the Jezebel spirit. I will honour this. These things, these spirits will be removed from the earth under the Jezebel spirit. The Jezebel spirit will also itself be removed from the earth. As you have requested these demonic presences will be removed from your universe. You will be at peace.”

AJH: Thank You Lord. Yes, I can see that peace and I ask for more with all the other demonic spirits which remain after Jezebel and this bunch are removed to be removed also.

“All will be removed as you have asked. None will remain in your universe until the entire world has been saved. This you have from My Hand. My assurance to you. All demons will be removed. You will experience this as you advance on the earth. All will be done in My Time. There is no rush. All will be done in My Time. There is nothing to fear. When you are afraid wait. Wait for Me to come through. I will always come through for you. Don’t box on. Wait. Hold. Wait. I will always come through. Wait. Learn to rest in Me. I will always be enough for you. Nothing else is needed Andrew. You are free. Wait now and I will unveil more in My time.”

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Which brings us to today (18 Jun 20). Before sitting down to write this I was praying about certain Councils here in New Zealand, Auckland Council mainly but a few others came out also. I then felt that the Lord wanted me to write a post about His Judgement of Jezebel specific to New Zealand. The above was all necessary background. Now we’re here.

AJH: Speak Lord, for your servant is listening (as Samuel said).

“I will speak to you. Nothing will remain of what is presently Crown owned and governed in this nation. The Crown will be completely removed from this nation. I have told you this before. I am telling you again. I am giving the people of the earth a witness that I spoke this before it came to pass. I will remove the Crown from this nation and not only from this nation but from all nations which it presently controls. Behind the Crown stands the Rothschild Dynasty. I will remove this Dynasty from the earth and give all their wealth to you, to you to distribute to My Body on earth. You will be a conduit of their wealth to the nations. The nations will be saved through the use of their wealth, given freely to you, in My Name by those of the family who survive and give themselves to Me. You have seen this. You know this. I have told you this before, but it will surely come to pass. I will make you great Andrew, not to make you proud, but to exalt Myself. My Meekness will be seen through you. You will inherit My Meekness and in this position you will inherit the earth as I come in Salvation amongst the nations of the earth. No one will resist Me. No one will resist Me through you. As you surrender yourself to Me and allow Me to live through you, no one will be able to resist you on earth for you are acting on My behalf and in My Authority. Nothing will be too difficult for you. Nothing. My Body will be One. Together you will take this world for My Glory. The money you will be given will flow out to the nations of the earth to support those who are working for Me in this cause. Evangelism will flourish on the earth. All the gifts will flourish but Evangelism in particular will flourish on the earth. You will support a band – a merry band – of Evangelists as they complete their work on the earth. The money I give you via the Rothschild Remnant will facilitate their work – the Evangelists – until the entire world has been saved. This is My will – to save the entire world at a moment of time. You know this. After this you will be kept secure in the Pacific Ring of Fire and Great Southland of the Holy Spirit nations until the end. All you need will be provided through the remainder of the Rothschild Remnant money which you shall receive. Nothing will be missing. Nothing will be missing. Nothing will be missing. My protection is on you. My purpose is over you. My Angels are guarding you. Nothing can touch you. Watch what I shall do. Watch what I shall do. Watch what I shall do. This is the day, this period of human history, which I have waited for. I have waited for this time and now, here it is. I am excited for this time in history. I have waited for it with great expectation. I am aroused in My Passion towards My Church. My Passion, the full extent of My Passion, will be fulfilled on My Church and I will save all whom I have been given by the Father and they will know Me in Fullness,” declares the Lord, declares the Lord who has mercy upon you, “And tells you this day in advance things which will certainly come to pass. There is more to tell you. Wait for it.”

“Which brings us to New Zealand. As you know I am presently standing in Kingly Authority on the nation of New Zealand. I have heard your prayers. The prayers of My People here. All the prayers uttered under My Holy Spirit’s inspiration have been granted and will be answered. You will see them all coming to pass on the earth in this nation. This land has been given to Me. I am the Lord of this land. I have given it to My Maori People – that is the Maori people who know Me in this land. They will control the destiny of this nation. They will control the future of this nation. They will decide what happens in this nation. The Maori Council of Elders which I appoint will decide the direction and future of this nation. ‘Do not fear little flock for I have gladly chosen to give you the kingdom’. I speak this word today to My Council of Maori Elders – ‘Do not fear or be afraid, you will know what you should do and you will know who you are. You will know that you have been appointed by Me and you will fulfill your destiny on this land.'”

AJH: As the Lord was speaking this word, I heard Him whisper in my spirit that it is the Maori Council of Elders who will decide what happens to the institutions (which have been Crown controlled) in our nation of New Zealand. Whether these can be retained outside of Crown control and revamped or whether the corruption runs too deep and they need to be entirely disbanded and a new vehicle or mechanism set up to promote civil liberties for all in this nation. The Maori are a forgiving people. I see this also. They are not, those who know the Lord and survive through beyond the completion of the ‘Rev 2:23 phase’, greedy and will share New Zealand with all who the Lord brings here. What I see clearly though is that prophetic insight of the specifics will not be given to me, or anyone else, but to these Maori Elders and that in Council together they will share these prophetic insights for the governance of New Zealand and enact them as the Lord gives them Authority. Then, those of us who know the Lord and are prophetically gifted will get an ‘Amen’ to the Glory of God for the decisions they are making. We will get a peace and an ‘Amen’ and as requested by the Maori Council of Elders share this peace and ‘Amen’ accordingly. I see peace and prosperity for New Zealand. I’m speaking generically. The future for our nation is one of peace and prosperity. The curse is broken. The Crown is removed. The institutions based on the Crown which are corrupted will be removed and given to the Lord for His answer on what to do with them or some other semblance of them moving forwards.

“The Council of Maori Elders will know and they will execute My will on the earth,” declares the Lord. “I have more to speak to you on this but I will do it at a later time. For now, trust Me. Believe Me and share openly with all who will listen. Do not cast your pearls before swine. Be discerning on who you speak with intimately on these topics. I love you,” Jesus.

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“This day I am setting you over New Zealand, both in the spiritual and in the natural.  You will reign until you have returned power and ownership to the people. To the Maori people of New Zealand.”

“The land belongs to Me.  I have given the land to My Maori people.  To the Maori people who bow the knee to Me.  They shall reign in this land.  You will submit to their authority in this land.  You will serve Me at their pleasure in New Zealand.  They own the land not you.  Serve them well.  Restore the land to My Maori people.  Restore authority to My Maori people.  Set up the Council of Maori Elders.  Appoint and delegate to them authority to lead in this nation.  The party you will lead will be a transition party.  They will take over in a lasting agreement.  One which will never be broken until I come again.  They will rule until I come.  No one will stop them and they will permit you full access to operate for My Glory in this land.  They will own the land and they will give you use of it.  You will reimburse them as I show you.  There will be unity.  There will be oneness.  There will be forgiveness.  There will be love.  No one will go without.  My blessing will fill this land.  I have chosen and appointed you for this purpose to be a go-between between My Maori people and all the other nations represented here in New Zealand.  Be My go-between.  Be My counsellor.  Be My negotiator.  Be My servant to put the needs of others before yourself.  You will be provided for – serve My People to come into their destiny in this land.  To establish the Maori Council of Elders.  To divest power to them to lead New Zealand.  Step back.  Let them lead.  And walk away.  Go to Jerusalem.  Worship and Proclaim for Me there.  Prophesy in My Name.  Speak My word.  Jerusalem will be saved.  Israel will be saved.  Africa will be saved.  Nigeria will be saved.  Russia will be saved.  America will be saved.  Europe will be saved.  India will be saved.  China will be saved.  Asia will be saved.  Australia will be saved and New Zealand will be saved.  You will be involved in all this as I lead you.  Much ahead for you.  Trust Me and I will deliver you.  Nothing here which you can do without Me.  Everything here which you can do with Me.  I am your Very Great Reward.  My Presence will give you rest.  You will be successful in Me.  People will love you.  Do not worship them.  Worship Me alone.  I will protect you.  Do not worship your wife.  Only worship Me.  Love your wife and give her everything I give you to give to her.  From your heart love her and I will bless you.  Watch Me Andrew, I will make you great.  Watch Me Andrew, I will make you great.  Watch Me, Andrew, I will make you great.  Endure and overcome.  I will be with you and I will show you My Glory”, declares the Lord who has mercy upon you and who shows you now at this point in time the depths of My Love for you and your family under you.

“No one in your family under you will be left behind.  No one”, declares the Lord.

(Wed 01 Apr 20)

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I’ve been communicating with a brother (who I respect) on Facebook Messenger about what happens from here until the end when Jesus returns to reign on earth from Jerusalem… 🙂

I received a post from him this evening and took it before the Lord…

The Lord said, “Tell him”…

So, in obedience to the Lord, I’m going to publicly release, so everyone can see (and take before the Lord if they so choose), what I believe the Lord has told me about this topic (I believe it is between every individual believer before the Lord as to what they believe before Him on this topic, the following is what I believe before Him)…

First, I feel to share my testimony to date (it won’t be a full testimony, just whatever I feel led to share), if you want to skip the ‘Testimony’ segment just head down to where it says, ‘From Here Until The End’… 🙂

Testimony

I was born in Christchurch, New Zealand on 05 Sep 1971, my parents knew the Lord and my grandparents on my mother’s side knew the Lord (at that stage neither of my father’s parents knew the Lord but I believe they did come to know the Lord at the very later stages of their individual lives – I’ll know that for sure when I meet the Lord)…

My first awareness of the Lord was when I was around 3 years old (I guess 1974/75) when I remember saying to my older sister (she’s two years older than me), ‘Let’s pray for the missionaries’ (I felt the Lord in that experience and as I remember it now, I know that the Lord had given me a new heart and a new spirit at that stage)…

When I was 5 (I guess 1976/77), one night over in Adelaide, Australia (my sister and I shared a bedroom at that rental), I remember I had an experience with the Lord where He showed me that I was a sinner and that if I died that night I would go to hell. I knew in this experience that Jesus had done something for me on the cross so that I wouldn’t need to go to hell. I accepted what Jesus had done and then the Lord showed me that what that meant would be that He would remove all sin from me. I felt a real opposition to this inside me but I nodded my head on the inside and agreed with the Lord. That was my salvation experience. After it was over, I looked over at my sister’s bed (as if to say, ‘what just happened there?’) and she was sleeping (I didn’t wake her up or tell my parents). That was my first real encounter with or experience of God…

When I was 11 (it was towards the end of 1982) I was walking down our school driveway and I heard a voice which said to me, “If you’re a Christian then you need to behave like one” (it really took me aback). I had been joining in on things at school which weren’t right so I took that as a rebuke. Unfortunately, I didn’t really understand how to interpret what the voice had spoken to me (I now know I should have asked, ‘How do I do this?’) so this really began my legalistic phase where I tried really hard to be good. This legalistic phase continued on until 1995 (as below)…

At the age of 15 (in 1986) I felt strongly that I wanted to be baptized in water. This occurred at my then local open brethren church here in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was a beautiful experience and I truly felt clean afterwards on the inside…

During 1992 (roughly age 21), I read the book, ‘Revival’ by Dr Martyn Lloyd Jones. This book truly changed my life. As I read it I felt a fire burning in me to see Revival in my generation. It was the ‘real deal’. It made an impact on me…

In early 1994 (from memory), I read, ‘Rees Howells Intercessor’ by Norman Grubb. This book gripped me and I remember kneeling in my parent’s front garden giving myself to the Lord for Him to use me as He had used Rees Howells (still to this day remembering that book and that moment moves me deep inside, there’s a stirring)…

The following year (from early May to early September 1995) I had a major depression experience (where I thought I’d lost my salvation) where the Lord took me very deep in terms of seeing who I was without Him (i.e. what I was before He intervened in my life)…

He taught me a number of important lessons (I’m probably not aware of them all and won’t remember them all below) which I hope, by His Grace, will stay with me until He returns…

(1) He showed me that I was Adam (i.e. that I was ‘the sinner’), (2) He showed me that I couldn’t do anything for His Glory, (3) He showed me (via the way the depression experience ended) that He was waiting for me to give up so He could believe through me, (4) He showed me that you don’t know that there’s rock at the bottom until you hit rock bottom & (5) He showed me that He has a timetable for removing all the sin in my life and accepts me as I am right now at the stage I’m at in Him…

After this, back in late 1995, I was on a run one day with my walkman (yes, that amazing battery powered technology which allowed you to play cassette tapes while you were running 🙂 ), listening to a worship album I’d be lent by Randy Rothwell…

I speak of what happened here…

This experience had a huge impact on my life. Looking back on this as I write this testimony now I’m only just now starting to see how huge an impact that experience had on me. It has shaped the rest of my life until this day (it really has, so much)…

During 1997 I started to thirst for the Holy Spirit, I attended an outdoor worship event each Friday evening called, ‘Worship Without Walls’ led in the Square here in Christchurch at the time by Rick Stokes…

My thirst for the Holy Spirit grew and I started attending a charismatic baptist church here in Christchurch in 1998 and went forward to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, nothing happened at that time…

In November 1999 I attended an ‘Intercessors for New Zealand’ conference at Woodend where again I requested prayer to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, I was prayed for by Pastor Warren Lyons (whom I have greatly respected for his input into my life) and again nothing happened immediately (that night) but the next morning I woke up praying in tongues…

Sometime (probably second quarter) in 2010 one day as I walked back to my apartment in Manila from work (I was working over there at the time) I started getting these words coming out of me and couldn’t stop them, ‘Fill me with Your Holy Fire’. I got into the apartment and fell asleep on the couch. I woke up in the middle of the night hearing generators going and went to my bed. As I was lying on my bed meditating about Jesus’ appearance described as being like fire (Ezek 1:27), I had an experience of God. I felt that God came into my studio apartment and His Presence was so strong and so weighty that I couldn’t stay on the bed, I had to lie face down on the floor (I can remember the smell of the dust on my floor). I couldn’t look up or open my eyes and could hardly breathe (I was crying so hard but no tears were coming out). I saw myself as so dirty (where before this event I had thought I was quite clean really), I was like a dirty sheep (that’s what came to mind) and I asked Him to kill me (sounds extreme but that was the depth of the Fire which was on me, I wanted Him to kill me so that evil could be removed). I have no idea how long that experience lasted but when I woke up the next morning I realized that Manila had been hit with a typhoon and that all the power had gone out…

Back in Christchurch in 2011, around May I believe, and the desire was strong in me again to be baptized with His Holy Fire, I remember going for a walk and the desire was so strong I felt like there was nothing else worth living for, I wanted His Fire so badly and that’s all I wanted…

This year, 2020, the Lord has told me that it is time, that His Move is “Now”. I was sitting at the piano worshiping Him earlier this year and suddenly He started proclaiming in song over me, “All Authority in heaven and on earth has been given to you, All Authority in heaven and on earth has been given to you, Go, In My Name, And I will go with you, Go, In My Name, and I will go with you”…

He was commissioning me, the time of the Call is “Now”…

From Here Until The End

I believe the Lord has shown me that we are presently in a time which I’ll call (because He hasn’t given me a name for it) ‘the Rev 2:22 phase’. I believe this phase, from what He’s told me will be of 6 months duration worldwide, having begun on 22 Feb 2020. During this 6 month phase is an opportunity for the Church and the world to choose to repent from the deeds of the Jezebel spirit (a.k.a. control/witchcraft)…

This is a sifting phase, what it requires from us as a Body is to individually renounce control and striving (all the deeds of witchcraft) and choose to rest in Him (Ps 46:10), surrendered to Him as our only source of Life and Goodness (sheltering under Christ Our Passover, Righteous Under His Blood Alone). Our only Power (basically to be comfortable that, “apart from Me you can do nothing” as Jesus said in John 15:5b) and that anything Good expressed through us (from here on out) will be Him Living through us (by the Power of His Holy Spirit) as He works it in us (in Peace, Rest and Unity), taking on His Easy Yoke (Matt 11:30)…

In terms of the world, those who have been practicing witchcraft/Satanism are being given this six month period to repent…

This phase will be followed by what I’ll call ‘the Rev 2:23 phase’ which I believe from what the Lord has told me will follow immediately after the ‘Rev 2:22 phase’ and be for a period of 9 months worldwide. This is a time of judgement against the children of Jezebel worldwide. Those either in the Body or in the world who have not repented from her works will be removed from the earth (this is incredibly sobering but has been written for many generations, by Jesus Himself, and will certainly come to pass)…

Those in the Body will be protected by His Peace but taken home by the Lord, He will remove their soul and their spirit from their bodies and they will go to be with Him (in glory, where they will know Him perfectly), their bodies remaining dead on earth…

Those in the world, who do not want to repent from the works of Jezebel, who directly worship Satan, will die and go to Hades to await final judgement (not all non-believers on earth will die during these 9 months, only those who directly worship and serve Satan under the Jezebel spirit)…

As Rev 2:23 states, all the Churches will see this happen. It will be worldwide. It will send a message from the Lord to the Churches worldwide (about our position of ‘nothingness’ before Him, only His Power through us, only Him living through us is our Life)…

After this time, the Lord will begin moving in worldwide Salvation…

I believe what He has told me is that it will be “at least 50 years” until the entire world is saved from the end of the ‘Rev 2:23 phase’ and worshiping Him together from our individual places at a single point in time…

Following this event, the worldwide worship of Jesus – which is the climax of His Accomplishments on earth (the Joy of His Heart) – I believe He has told me that there will be a period of “at least 30 years” further between this time and when the Anti-Christ is revealed on earth (the beginning of the last 7 years before Jesus comes to reign on earth from Jerusalem)…

During this time, I believe He has shown me that those living in the ‘Pacific Ring of Fire Region’ – which includes Australia as the ‘Great Southland of the Holy Spirit’ and every nation (including the USA) whose coast ‘touches’ the ‘Pacific Ring of Fire Region’ – will remain 100% saved…

Nations outside of this region will not remain 100% saved, there will be a ‘falling away’ (i.e. a ‘not coming to salvation’) among those new babies being born after the time when the whole world worshiped at a single moment in time…

During the time when the Anti-Christ is revealed on earth, there is safety within the ‘Pacific Ring of Fire Region’ from the Anti-Christ. I believe this is the woman hidden in the wilderness from Rev 12:6 (I also believe many Israeli by blood believers will flee to the ‘Pacific Ring of Fire Region’ during this time). Those within this region will pray against the Anti-Christ and for the protection of our fellow brothers and sisters ‘until death’, for those who believe they should remain in their nations outside this region during this time…

Those who know the Lord outside the ‘Pacific Ring of Fire Region’ during the final 3.5 years of the Anti-Christ’s time on earth will experience martyrdom for Jesus (the Lord hasn’t told me if every single one will be martyred but I do know there will be martyrdom experienced, both from what the Lord has shown me and via scripture, Rev 20:4)…

The Lord will give each of us, as members of His Body alive at that time, wisdom to know where we should be (geographically on earth) during that time (that final 3.5 years, which occurs directly after the initial 3.5 years). He will show us, I know this. There will be Peace to know where we should each be. Each will be where we should be. No one will be lost. No one will turn against the Lord who knows Him. No one will lose their faith…

At the end of this period I believe Jesus will return to the air, pick up the dead in Christ (from all time), pick up those alive at His coming and transform us all (dead and alive) into our new incorruptible glorified bodies and then we will ride down to earth with Him (and the armies of heaven) and be with Him when His Feet stand on the Mount of Olives and He takes up His throne in Jerusalem for a thousand years (“And so we will be with the Lord forever.” 1 Thess 4:17b)… 🙂

I was cooking my dinner, late dinner, before and contemplating what the Church thought of the vote with respect to abortion which past in parliament today…

I heard the Lord say, “Watch what I do now.  I will separate the wheat from the chaff in My Church.”

There are those in the Body of Christ in this nation who look to the government and are disappointed in the government for this ruling…

What this ruling shows is that the entire parliamentary system in New Zealand is corrupt, it is a system of false authority, a system of witchcraft, a system which God has judged…

Why do I say this?

Those same ‘good people’ who have prayed for God to intervene in this ‘abortion on demand’ bill can’t understand why He hasn’t, why He hasn’t heard and answered their prayers…

Like when Joshua and the children of Israel attacked Ai after there was sin in the camp and they couldn’t understand why they were defeated…

They were defeated because there were stolen items in the camp of the children of Israel…

What are the stolen items in the camp of the Church?

The land was stolen from the Maori and given to the Crown by deceit in the sight of God in the form of a covenant, a covenant made before God…

Rightful authority over this land was stolen from the Maori, their God-given authority usurped, and the Crown set up their false authority system, our present parliamentary system in its place…

After that there can be no blessing in this nation and whoever controls the Crown, controls New Zealand…

In the Spirit however, we have given back New Zealand to a Council of Maori Elders, who all know the Lord, and they now have authority over New Zealand’s future…

We have seen Jesus, in the Spirit, standing with His Scepter embedded into the ground of New Zealand and we have seen the black and shadowy tree of the knowledge of good and evil completely destroyed from the lava of His Fire which flows from His volcano…

We have seen the entire nation of New Zealand turn white and we have seen Jesus raise His scepter to heaven and God the Father’s blue and white light fall like blue and white electricity and go right through Jesus – symbolizing His Power coming to His Body in this land…

Jesus is Lord of New Zealand…

Jesus owns New Zealand…

The sins of the past are forgiven…

Witchcraft is destroyed in New Zealand…

It can not stand…

It has no where to stand…

It is abolished…

Nothing remains in this nation but Jesus Christ Himself and those who will bow the knee to Him…

His angels are now rushing through the cities and running on the walls as a great army who are carrying out His word…

The Lord utters His Voice, before His army…

The Lord utters His Voice, before His army…

As the song says…

Blow the trumpet in Zion, Zion, Sound the alarm on My Holy Mountain, Blow the trumpet in Zion, Zion, Sound the alarm…

The Lord will raise up Maori Evangelists who will go throughout this nation and bring this nation to the Lord…

The Lord will raise up Maori Elders who will govern justly…

The Lord will raise up Maori Church Leaders who will have the authority in the Body of Christ in this nation…

All the rest of us, who have been permitted by the Maori to live with them in their nation, who submit to the Lord’s authority through them, will be blessed in our endeavours for the Lord in this place…

What has been usurped has been returned…

There’s a new sheriff in town and His Name is Jesus and His deputies are the Maori Counsel of Elders who He will appoint…

To find our place we must submit to His order, to His authority…

There is no blessing without it…

All evil has been removed from New Zealand in the Spirit, we have seen it, removed by the lava of His volcano…

There is no wiggle room here…

This is the shifting, the separating of the wheat from the chaff…

Will we relinquish our positions to Him?

Will we relinquish our possessions to Him?

He owns this nation and He has given it to the Maori…

They have authority over this land…

And they will uphold it before the Lord until He comes again…

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“I would speak to you”…

“This virus – this CoronaVirus – will not stand”…

“I will remove it”, declares the Lord…

“It is man-made and I will remove it – it will not stand”…

“I know who has created it and they – the creators of this virus – will not stand”…

“Their time – their time as ‘dictators of the fates of humanity’ – is over”…

“I have judged them and I am presently judging them – their entire evil system”, declares the Lord, “they will not stand against Me, nothing they have created – with respect to this evil virus – will remain”…

“I have heard the cry of My People and now My Fire will purge this world of the effects of this virus”…

“COVID-19 is over in the spiritual realm – it does not stand – I am decreeing My vengeance against it and against its creators who have used it for evil”, declares the Lord…

“Neither the virus itself nor its creators will stand and neither will remain – none who do not repent of their ways”…

“My Fire is going to and fro throughout the earth seeking out this virus and burning it up with spheres of fire (I, Andrew, see sphere-like balls of fire), targeting the virus and destroying it”…

“Nothing will stand against Me, I am not the originator of this CoronaVirus and I do not approve of it – this is not from Me”, declares the Lord…

“Stand firm in My word, speak My truth over your lives My People – I am your very great reward, I will rid this world of this virus and I will burn in the hearts of all people on the face of this earth and those who repent and give themselves to Me will be saved – eternally saved – and share eternity with Me”, declares the Lord…

“There is already a cure to this virus, those who created it already have this cure”…

“I speak now to the creators of this virus and I say, ‘Release the cure – under pain of death, release the cure!’ (in Jesus Name, I, Andrew, agree)”…

“I am standing against you, those who have created this virus, and I am saying, ‘Release the cure, freely and without payment, release the cure and give yourselves to Me'”, declares the Lord…

“Judgement is coming, upon all the gods of the earth it is coming, I will starve the gods of the earth – as My word says – all around the world, I will starve the gods of the earth, they will have nothing in My world”, declares the Lord, “and I will take this world for My Glory”, declares the Lord, “and no-one will stand in the way between Me and those whom I have come to save”, declares the Lord, “and no-one will separate from Me those whom I have come to save”, declares the Lord, “on the day which I come to save them”, declares the Lord, “I will be a protection to them and nothing will harm them, even in death they will be with Me”, declares the Lord…

“Darkness is coming but greater light follows, darkness will not overcome My light and My people will shine brightly and the tide will turn”, declares the Lord who has mercy…

“It will turn for My Glory and for the good of all who remain on the earth”…

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“I want you to prophesy My son”…

“Speak to the evil world order which has controlled humanity over the last centuries – over the last two hundred and fifty years”…

“I have a bone to pick with the family who have controlled the world and have made it their purpose to control the world – starting two hundred and fifty years ago”…

“They will not stand”…

“I will remove them”…

“I have waited and seen what they have purposed in this world”…

“I have allowed them to amass vast amounts of money and property”…

“They have accumulated vast amounts of wealth for themselves in the day of slaughter”…

“They have risen as others have fallen”…

“They have ‘fallen’ as others have ‘risen’ – to their own destruction – so that the family can go on”…

“Their ways – their ‘hiding’ – is known to Me”, declares the Lord, “and I have ordained their downfall”…

“Nothing can stop what I am about to do – I have heard the prayers of My people and I have now acted on My own behalf to put a stop to their plans – their purposes will come to naught”, declares the Lord…

“All that they have accumulated will be given to My Church – for one purpose only – and that purpose is for the furtherance of My gospel, in evangelism, to the nations”…

“I will have My gospel preached, in power and with miracles following, to every soul in every nation on earth before I come again”…

“Their money, their wealth, their position, their prominence will all be given freely to My Church”…

“I will do this and any who resist Me in their family – their combined ‘family’ – will perish”…

“They are not their own, they are not the masters of the universe, they are not the elite – I AM their Master”, declares the Lord, “and I have brought them to this position and to this point in time for a specific purpose”…

“To show them that I AM God and that there is none other”…

“They will be brought low and they will either humble themselves – as Nebuchadnezzar did – or they will be removed from this earth”…

“Everything they have laboured for will be brought to nothing – I will do this Myself – and all that they have garnered for their own evil purpose will be given to Me – to the lowliest of all – on behalf of My Church for the furtherance of My kingdom in evangelism”, declares the Lord…

“Nothing will stop Me – I have taken possession of what is Mine – all the cattle on a thousand hills are Mine – all souls are Mine – I have the life-breath of every soul in My Hand”, declares the Lord, “and none will live who will not live for Me”…

“This family has come up for attention before My throne – as Sodom and Gomorrah came up for attention before My throne – and I have now set in motion a set of circumstances which will bring this family to its knees – there is no escape – they will either surrender to Me or be removed from this earth”…

“My fire has been kindled against this family – My fire will either consume them or consecrate them (those who remain) to Myself – My fire is on them and there is no escape”…

“All who set themselves against Me have to answer to Me – their day has come – this is their day of reckoning before Me – I am arraying Myself against this entire family – this entire family who has set themselves against Me to do evil and I am bringing judgement on this family and all associated with them – I am bringing judgement on this family – the synagogue of Satan who worship Jezebel and I will fulfill My word against this family that I will kill her children with death – all who will not repent from her ways”, declares the Lord…

“This is the phase we are in – judgement is on the house called Rothschild”…

“Repent or be swept away”, declares the Lord…

“My Blood was shed for you”…

“I, Jesus, am reaching out to you – repent and believe in Me to be saved”…

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“When you enter the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations. “There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. “For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the LORD your God will drive them out before you. “You shall be blameless before the LORD your God. “For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice witchcraft and to diviners, but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so. (Deuteronomy 18:9-14 NASB)

‘Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds. (Revelation 2:22 NASB)

‘Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and make them know that I have loved you. (Revelation 3:9 NASB)

Worshiping Satan is the antithesis of what the Lord desires for humanity and the Rothschild Empire have been worshiping Satan… 😦

They have now come up for judgement before the Lord and those of them who do not want to repent will be removed by the Lord… 😦

Those who are willing to repent will give themselves to the Lord and their wealth to His Body, The Church, for the Lord to use in The Harvest… 🙂

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“I am coming and I am coming quickly”…

“I am coming to turn the tide towards Myself”…

“I am the focus of human history – no one but Me deserves the Glory which the Father has reserved for Me alone”…

“I have been silent, I have been quiet, I have been still but now I am ready to Roar”, declares the Lord…

“I will be the Protector of those who have no protector, of those who have chosen not to protect themselves but to trust Me to protect them”…

“I will Roar on their behalf and all who oppress them will flee”, declares the Lord…

“Where corruption exists in government I will remove it”, declares the Lord, “where there are those in positions of authority who love and practice lying, I will remove them”, declares the Lord…

“Where there are those who have made a pact with the devil against Me and who are unwilling to relinquish that pact but would prefer to go until death to aid and abet their pact with the devil – I will remove them from their positions of authority in government”, declares the Lord…

“The reason I came to earth was to destroy the works of the devil and to set free all those who wanted to walk in freedom in accordance with My Truth”, declares the Lord, “who choose to walk in both faith and forgiveness towards their fellowman”…

“Where someone does not believe in Me and does not forgive both themselves and others they are not able to achieve My Purpose for them on earth”, declares the Lord, “I am coming and I am Roaring against all who do not believe and against all who do not forgive”…

“Those who hear my Roars and repent and turn to Me in belief (trusting in My forgiveness) and then turn to their fellowman in forgiveness (trusting in My forgiveness) – these will I welcome close to Me in relationship on earth”, declares the Lord…

“To those who refuse to believe in My Name and refuse to forgive themselves and their fellowman as I have forgiven them, they are of no use to Me on earth and I will take them to their respective places”…

“To those who refuse to believe in Me on earth, they will experience the result of their unbelief in the next life”…

“To those who refuse to forgive themselves and their fellowman – who choose instead to live in self-condemnation and also in condemnation of their fellow man – they will be taken home where they will know Me fully and be freed from their unforgiveness”…

“There is no pleasure in the next life for those who refuse to believe in Me in this life”, declares the Lord, “there is only punishment, pain and remorse”…

“There is no pleasure in the lake of fire and brimstone, only eternal torment”…

“My heart bleeds with compassion for those who choose to ignore Me for their entire lives while I continue to give them the very air that they breathe in the hope that they will turn towards Me and find forgiveness from their sin”…

“I have set a time and that time is now, where I will start to sweep across the earth to bring salvation to the entire earth – My Voice will be heard, My Presence will be felt, My Anointing will release the bondages which have enslaved My People throughout time”…

“I have come and I will not leave until My Mission is fulfilled and My Mission is to take this world for My Own Possession”…

“To release the hearts of all who dwell on the earth to receive My Salvation, to control the affections of all who dwell on the earth – that of their own freed will they will choose to submit themselves to Me and My will for their lives”…

“When I came and lived on earth in the Person of Jesus, I, the Holy Spirit, was powerful to achieve all things for which the Father sent Me”…

“Jesus was and is still God and yet He submitted Himself to Me to live through Him and achieve all that the Father called Him to do”…

“I will now do this – I, the Holy Spirit, will now do this – for all of those who belong to Me who will remain on earth until the time of the end”…

“I accomplished through Jesus – through His Perfect Submission – all that the Father planned for His Life – He demonstrated perfectly the Father’s Heart, the Father’s Character and the Father’s will – He was perfect in all His Ways – both internally and externally – He was perfect inside and out”…

“I have come and I am able to do this for all who surrender themselves entirely to Me”…

“I am calling for all who believe on My Name to surrender themselves to Me – for the Glory of Jesus – to be surrendered to Me – the Holy Spirit – to fill them and restore them into the likeness and image of Jesus – who is your example on earth – His life is your example – the example for all who believe in His Name”…

“I have come to fill the earth with His Glory – His Glory will be seen through all who surrender themselves fully to Me”…

“I will fill all those who want Me to overflowing and without measure, with My Presence”, declares the Lord, “and no one will stop Me from achieving My Purpose in this world before I come again”…

“My Spirit will fill the world, He will prevail over every heart and all those who remain on the face of the earth will be saved at a point in time”, declares the Lord, “before the time of the end when the power of the Holy Ones is broken as I spoke in Daniel, before that time I will prevail at a point in time over every heart and will receive the Glory which My Father reserved for Me before time began”…

“At the Name of Jesus every knee will bow on earth, under the earth and above the earth and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the Glory of God the Father”…

“Nothing will stop Me”…

“I love all but I will not force any to submit themselves to Me and My way of living which I demonstrated through My Son Jesus”…

“I will support those fully who surrender themselves to Me – who desire to do My will and to know Me above all else”…

“Nothing will be withheld from them”…

“I will usher all others into eternity for this is the time when the meek shall inherit the earth – as a precursor to My eventual reign from Jerusalem – this is the time where the meek shall inherit the earth and they will do so in quietness and humility with My angels fighting their battles and providing My protection to them – nothing will touch them, not even death, nothing will sway them from the love and devotion which they have towards Me”, declares the Lord, “and their lives and their testimonies – whether these be in life or in death – will speak to all about their love for Me”, declares the Lord, “just as My Son testified of His Love towards Me where He kept entrusting Himself to Me even as He hung dying in agony on the cross”…

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I’ve been thinking about the way we receive information and what we choose to believe as being true…

There’s a very important principle in this (i.e. how we know who to trust and who not to trust) and it has a lot to do with discernment…

So what is discernment?

An important foundation, or ground-rule, of discernment, is the realization that none of us has to believe anything that anyone else tells us to be true…

Whether that person is our parent or grandparent, our aunt or uncle, our school teacher, our sports teams’ coach, our line manager, our mentor, our spiritual leader or even our doctor…

When we are young sometimes the cards are stacked against us comprehending the truth of what I’ve just shared above…

There is an art, which we learn as we grow older, to not agree with what we’re being told and thus not submit to it in our hearts by those in positions of authority over us…

The way I’ve personally learnt it is that when someone who genuinely is in authority over me requires me to do something that I don’t believe in, let’s say the involuntary and compulsive paying of taxes to the government for an example, that I do this (i.e. pay the taxes) but I don’t submit on the inside to this being right (or the way things should be) and it doesn’t stop me from praying to the Lord to change the system of government in my country…

Thus it’s possible for us to respect someone’s position of authority in terms of doing what they tell us (eg. paying taxes) but not believe what they are trying to force us (or grind us down) to ‘give in’ to as being right (or to stop fighting and ‘lay down and die’ so to speak) and to inwardly submit to (or become complicit to, to the point that we ‘receive’ the slavery this brings)…

If we learn this principle of not submitting on the inside to authority figures that we disagree with then our spirits won’t be broken through whatever ‘force’ or ‘control’ or ‘manipulation’ or ‘thumb screws’ that these authority figures try to impose upon us…

All these techniques are techniques to chain our minds (so that we cannot think freely for ourselves)…

The next level of freedom to clear the foundation to begin to build the house of discernment in our lives is to be able to realize that even the opinions of those who we choose to be our friends or wives and husbands don’t define who we are or how we have to think, even about ourselves…

Everyone, even those we choose to bring in close to us, have their own opinions and this is a good thing…

At times those opinions will hurt us personally when they appear to be (or are) pointed directly against us and what we cherish deeply in our hearts…

The lesson to learn here about those we choose to be close to us is that even they don’t define us…

We can still choose (if that’s what we choose to do) to be close to them based on their opinions about us even if we don’t believe these to be true, but over time if these opinions persist and we still don’t believe those opinions are true, those relationships will naturally grow distant as there is no agreement (or compatibility) in our thinking…

This is a hard lesson but if we stay true to what we believe, even in the face of opposition from those we’ve chosen to be close to, we will protect our ability to exercise discernment in the decisions we face in life…

As soon as someone else (even someone we’ve chosen to bring close to us) is given control by us over what we think is true we become their slave, we have lost our freedom of thought and thus lost our discernment…

So assuming we come to a point where no one (whether they be authority figures or friends or loved ones) has any mental hold over us, from that ‘platform’ we’ll now be in a good position to begin to endeavour to relate to the outside world in terms of all the messages we are bombarded with on a daily basis…

What is someone’s motivation?  This is the first question we should ask ourselves in the outside world when we come across a voice which is trying to persuade us to entertain their idea or their product or their cause or to become a part of their movement…

What’s in it for them?  Who’s paying them?  Who’s paying whoever is paying them?  And on and on and on up until we reach the ultimate payer and then we would ask ourselves what is the motivation of that ultimate payer?

What is the end game?  Everything we’re encouraged to get involved in or participate in has an end game and in discovering (through a process of why questions) what the end game is at the highest level we can find out a lot about whether we want to invest our thoughts, time, energy, money and lives in that end game…

What do we really believe in?  As we ‘fact find’ with respect to the above questions we’ll find out what those around us believe in and are passionate about (which doesn’t make them right by the way) but it’s important for us to know and establish what we believe in and are passionate about so we can tell whether we want to invest the opportunity cost of ‘going down their rabbit hole’ or not in terms of our finite life span on earth…

By knowing what we really believe in it eliminates a lot of inefficiency in terms of being dragged in all directions in terms of our attention, attachment and devotion to various pursuits, beliefs and causes…

Having gotten this far, how though, when we come across information which so many are stating as being true on issues which we’ve decided we are interested in, do we know whether they are telling us the truth?  They tell us they care about the thing which we’ve discovered we care about but how do we know they’re genuine?

Again, my personal experience has been that often I have a ‘gut feeling’ about people and their motivations just by being around them or watching them talking on television or observing them in person or through how they relate to others or myself, it’s like an ‘intuition’ which isn’t based on fact but based on getting ‘a sense’ of the person and what they’re about…

It’s this ‘gut feeling’ or ‘ring of truth’ (like tapping a glass with a fork and hearing that distinctive ‘ding’ sound) or ‘intuitive feeling’ which helps me to establish over time (sometimes almost instantly) who I can trust and who I can not, who I will co-labour with and who I will not and even who I will entrust my heart to and who I will not…

I believe we come to understand over time (through meeting different types of people in our lives) that not everyone’s ‘gut feeling’ mechanism is the same or as sensitive as everyone else’s hence if we feel that we’re not as ‘intuitive’ as we’d like to be on being able to make these ‘instinctive decisions’ (if we’re in our own opinion maybe too ‘gullible’ or ‘naive’) then it’s wise for us to team up with a friend who we believe has a strong ‘intuitive antenna’ for who is genuine and who is not…

From there we could choose to spend time investigating those who this ‘intuitive’ friend or person feels are ‘the real deal’ and ‘check out’ the ‘intuitive’ person’s intuition by delving into facts about these ‘real deal’ people to consolidate or validate whether we can trust the ‘intuitive’ person…

I believe this is a good approach…

Where there is no guidance the people fall, But in abundance of counselors there is victory. (Proverbs 11:14 NASB)

Finally, speaking personally, I have come to believe that I can only absolutely trust One Person and that One Person is God (the Father, Jesus & the Holy Spirit)…

Everyone else (at times) lies and (at times) has false information (even if that’s just in their motivation for why they share true facts and true information)…

Some people (who know God better than others) lie less and share more true information from a pure motive…

My desire is to listen to these people (the ones who know God better), to engage with these people…

After all the above, the objective truth which God has written down has been written down in the scripture (i.e. what is commonly known today as the 66 books of the Old and New Testament of the Holy Bible)…

I desire that (the scripture) to always be my final standard – I take everything in, i.e. I take everything I perceive and hear and see from others ‘under advisement’, then I talk to God about it personally, God talks back to me in physically inaudible conversations which I hear in the spirit of my mind and then I take what He tells me to His word, the scripture, to test whether or not what I am hearing is true…

This last point (when I follow this process), built on top of all the other points, then gives me my final ‘seal’ on discernment…

I desire to always yield whatever I believe to be true to the Lord and let Him make the final decision on what I believe to be true as ultimately only He knows what is true, only He knows the hearts of every human being on the planet and all the ‘intuition’ which He gives us comes from Him…

But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men, and because He had no need that anyone should testify concerning man, for He Himself knew what was in man. (John 2:24-25 NASB)

As enabled by the Lord, I have been growing in this understanding, this decision-making process and even though the desired outcome is that I always willingly hand over these ‘final decisions’ to the Lord, I still involve myself in the preceding process (as described earlier in the post) so that when these decisions are finally made (situation by situation, issue by issue, or topic by topic) I can then ‘own’ them as my own and live with them ‘come what may’…

My prayer for us all is that we will all find increasing freedom in discernment as the Lord leads us – that He will fill us with His discernment so that we all may know the truth and be set free by the truth – In Jesus Name… 🙂

Ps. There is a spiritual gift of “…discerning of spirits…” (1 Corinthians 12:10 KJV) but that isn’t what I’m talking about in this post.  I believe that would be a separate topic. 🙂

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Over the last few days, I’ve been delving into the topic of personality and want to discuss how personality fits in with all the ‘rest of us’ in terms of our make-up as people…

This is just a discussion of what I’m learning and also a download of what I’ve observed throughout my experience of life to date…

I strongly believe that every person has a unique personality given to them by God…

Recently my oldest son and I were studying human meiosis as part of his Biology exam preparation…

Homologous pairs and crossing over were two key topics and we watched some YouTube videos to endeavour to get some understanding of what might be going on there…

I believe that our personalities come from that process – what we receive from our parents – and that God is highly involved in that process and what we end up inheriting by way of personality from our parents…

Personality is amoral (i.e. neither moral nor immoral)…

There is nothing sinful about personality…

When we sinned in the Garden of Eden our personalities didn’t become sinful…

Personality is neither right nor wrong…

There are no wrong personalities…

Personality is how we view the world and behave on the inside without any outside influence or conditioning…

It is our style or our way of expressing ourselves or ordering our thoughts or responding to situations…

What we do with our personalities, i.e. whether we are true to them, or express them, or hide them, or mask them, or deny them or try to change them, suppress them, be someone else, those things can either be right or wrong, i.e. sinful if we repress or suppress our personalities and try to be something we’re not, as that is not being transparent…

In terms of personality, we are not all the same…

We are not ‘cookie-cutter’ clones…

Even as those of us who know the Lord and have received the Holy Spirit, Jesus and the Father who live in us, even we, are not ‘cookie-cutter’ clone Christians…

When we receive the Holy Spirit, Jesus and the Father we don’t lose our personality…

That would be like God giving each person a uniqueness (an amoral uniqueness) and then taking it away from them when they came to know Him…

This would be counterproductive for God…

Every snowflake is unique (this is a scientific fact)…

Every person is also unique (we are fearfully and wonderfully made)…

Psychologists have studied people’s behaviour and mental processes and come up with various ways of categorizing personality traits and personality types…

Just recently I came across one personality type from one of the categorizations on YouTube called the ‘INFJ’ and watched a video on it and was quite taken by how similar to myself the description seemed to be…

Since then I’ve watched quite a few more videos on this personality type to delve further into it…

This particular way of categorizing personalities seems to talk about ‘preferences’ of how different people view the world…

I don’t really have an opinion on that presently – it’s been an interesting study but that’s about all I can say about that – I seem to be very similar to the ‘INFJ’ characteristics which other people who view themselves as being ‘INFJ’ are identifying but I don’t feel that a label of ‘INFJ’ can describe me…

There are parts of my personality which don’t perfectly fit within what I’ve heard that description to be to date although that description does appear to fit me better than any of the other 15 descriptions in that particular model (or categorization system) for working out personality types…

So, I believe we’re each given our personalities by our parents (it’s very possible that some of the characteristics of our personalities were recessive genes in our parents which didn’t get expressed in their personalities but which are now being expressed in ours) but somewhere along the line Adam and Eve were given all the personality traits by the Lord in the Garden of Eden when He created them and these have been spread throughout the rest of us over time and thus each and every one of us has a unique personality given to us by the Lord…

Why does the Lord give us unique personalities?

The Lord has a unique call on each of our lives…

Along with personalities, the Lord gives us giftings…

Giftings are different from personalities…

You could have the same gifting as someone else but express that same gifting through your different personalities and although the result is technically the same, perhaps you will reach those who resonate with your personality or expression and someone else will reach those who resonate with theirs (or even vice versa as sometimes we can receive things from those who are the exact opposite to us as when we hear it from them it strikes us as being true)…

Giftings might be (i) physical (to do with the body), (ii) mental, emotional & volitional (to do with the soul) or (iii) spiritual (to do with the spirit)…

God gives us all these gifts but these gifts do not define our personalities…

(i) Maybe you’re insanely good looking (think Zoolander)…

(ii) Maybe you have an incredible IQ or EQ or are incredibility self-motivated or self-disciplined…

(iii) Maybe you have the ability to heal people or raise them from the dead…

If, for example, you’re insanely good looking then that’s a physical gifting – praise God for that… 🙂

If, for example, you have an amazing IQ then that’s a gift you have in your soul – praise God for that… 🙂

If, for example, you have “gifts of healing” (1 Corinthians 12:9) or “the effecting of miracles” (1 Corinthians 12:10) – praise God for that… 🙂

There may be times when we’re operating in a spiritual gifting where the Holy Spirit temporarily ‘suspends’ or ‘puts on hold’ the way in which we would normally operate through our personalities to ‘get done’ what He needs to get done…

I have experienced this – certain times where I know it’s Him and He basically expresses Himself through me in a way that I would never express myself and it leaves me kind of shocked and taken aback but I know that it’s Him and that it’s OK, then that kind of subsides and I’m back with myself…

Now, I believe that the Lord lives through me – more and more and more – in a natural way every day…

I believe this because I experience His peace and His wisdom and His calm in certain situations which left to myself would stress me out…

I also find that I don’t get angry (about not getting what I want) anywhere near as much as I used to which is another sign that the Lord is living through me but all this is natural – just through my personality…

So what I’m saying is, and I first heard this through a friend many years ago when we were walking around town, that the Lord will use us but its totally natural, we don’t have to change the way we naturally function, i.e. our way of doing things, to have the Lord living through us…

In saying this again, I stress that I’m not talking about sin, I’m talking about our own unique way of expressing ourselves, the little quirks which make up who we are compared with who someone else is…

In some ways, it’s easiest for us to know that we’re operating out of our own personality when others comment on how they like it that we’re “comfortable in our own skin” or words to that effect, or when we observe others delighting in our particular expression of a thought as being authentic or unique or even cute through us…

I believe people are cute (no matter how old or young they are) when they are operating naturally through their God-given personality…

They’re not putting on a show, they’re not faking it, they’re not ‘in their head’ about how to come across to try and manipulate someone’s emotions or impressions of them – they’re just authentic…

For me, I find beauty in all people, through their personalities, no matter how sinful they may be…

I believe God does too…

He made all of our personalities, He made us all unique (like the snowflakes I mentioned earlier) and I believe He gets pleasure in seeing us enjoying expressing ourselves through our personalities without being ‘boxed in’ or encumbered by ‘social norms’ or ‘social expectations’ of what is ‘right’ and ‘proper’ in terms of personality…

Personality isn’t right or wrong, it’s unique…

The joy of living is getting to know the myriad personalities which the Lord has created and in knowing that each one is just a slice of who the Lord is Himself, as He is all those personalities rolled in One… 🙂

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Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people. (Proverbs 14:34 NASB)

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance. (Psalm 32:12 NASB)

Father, in Jesus Name, we pray that many nations would become righteous nations through faith in Jesus Christ, the righteousness of faith in Jesus, which is the only way which any of us can become righteous in Your sight…

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” She said to Him, “Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, even He who comes into the world.” (John 11:25-27 NASB)

Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? (1 John 5:5 NASB)

We pray that many nations would become blessed by the Lord through faith in Jesus Christ…

We ask for the salvation of many nations, to all nations which turn in faith to Jesus Christ, we ask for Your covering of, “Love covers a multitude of sins” to be over all nations which turn in faith to Jesus Christ, that all those nations whose citizens are saved would be covered by His Banner over them which is Love…

Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. (1 Peter 4:8 NASB)

“He has brought me to his banquet hall, And his banner over me is love. (Song of Solomon 2:4 NASB)

We pray that there would be no condemnation on these nations which turn to Jesus Christ in faith for salvation and that Your Protection, Your Shield, would be over these nations to protect them from anything, any weapon formed against them, any accusation made against them, from the enemy…

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, How blessed is the man who trusts in You! (Psalm 84:11-12 NASB)

“In righteousness you will be established; You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear; And from terror, for it will not come near you. If anyone fiercely assails you it will not be from Me. Whoever assails you will fall because of you. Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows the fire of coals And brings out a weapon for its work; And I have created the destroyer to ruin. No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their vindication is from Me,” declares the Lord. (Isaiah 54:14-17 NASB)

Let Your Protection be over all these nations and let them grow and flourish in peace under Your Protection…

Let the Knowledge of God multiply in all these nations who have been chosen by God for salvation through faith in Jesus Christ…

Let the Knowledge of God fill the entire earth as the waters cover the sea and let every nation praise You, let every single person in every single nation praise You and worship You from their place – let Your Salvation, Your Holy Spirit fill the hearts of every single person in the whole world – let them all praise You, let them all come to know You as Saviour and Lord – let them all be filled with Your Holy Spirit and let them all be saved and grow more and more and more to greater and greater and greater maturity in You – let the Holy Spirit live “without measure” (John 3:34 NASB) through every single person alive on this planet in Jesus Name I pray and let those chosen for salvation stand strong in ever-increasing measure until You come again to earth to reign Lord after the time of the end where the power of the Saints is broken as Your word states, in Jesus Name…

“For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea. (Habakkuk 2:14 NASB)

Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You. Let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For You will judge the peoples with uprightness And guide the nations on the earth. Selah. Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You. (Psalm 67:3-5 NASB)

The LORD will be terrifying to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down to Him, everyone from his own place. (Zephaniah 2:11 NASB)

“It will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions. Even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. (Joel 2:28-29 NASB)

I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, as he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time; and as soon as they finish shattering the power of the holy people, all these events will be completed. (Daniel 12:7 NASB)

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this: ‘I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name. Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and make them know that I have loved you. Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your crown. He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ (Revelation 3:7-13 NASB)

So let it be, Amen and Amen…

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