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DREAMS AND
VISIONS “Why do you contend with Him [God]? For
He does not give an account of any of His matters. For
God speaks once, yea twice, yet man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a
vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while slumbering on their beds,
then He opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction, that He may withdraw
man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. He keeps back His soul from
the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.” [Job 33:13-18] In Scripture, we see that the Lord Jesus
Christ in His earthly ministry, when He chose the twelve, He took them to
Himself, and began teaching them. They did not look to the Pharisees, the
teachers of the Law, or none of the religious leaders in the nation of Israel.
Jesus told them that there were “many
things to tell them, but they would not be able to bear them then, but He
spoke of the time when the Holy Spirit would come and guide them into all
truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that
shall He speak and He will show you things to come. He shall glorify Me for
He shall show it unto you. All things that the Father hath are Mine:
therefore said I, that He shall take of Mine, and shall show it unto you”.[John 16:
12-15]. Saul of Tarsus, when he was on the road to Damascus, was apprehended
by the Glorified Lord, in his letter to the Galatians, boldly declared the “gospel preached by him did not have its
origin in man, did not receive it from man, nor was it taught it by man, but by the revelation of Jesus
Christ. That when it pleased God, who separated him from his mother’s womb,
and called him by His grace, to reveal His Son in him, that he might preach
Him among the Gentiles, he did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,
neither did he go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before him, but
went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus. THEN after three years he
went to Jerusalem to see Peter, and remained with him fifteen days…”
[Galatians 1:11 – 2:2] and that was to get to know Peter, to make
acquaintance, and not to seek approval, or instruction, nor for Peter to
anoint him in the apostolic office. It is clear that the same amount of time
which the Lord spent with the disciples before His sacrificial death is about
the same amount of time spent with Saul in Arabia. There is always the
separation of those whom God has chosen in Christ to be of the effectual
ministry gifts of the Glorified Lord, separating them to Himself for the sole
purpose of teaching and preparing them for the ministry for which they have
been chosen. As I stated in the link, Ministry Gifting, The Holy Spirit separated me from the leaders of
the Holiness Church, and placed me in a hotel, with my wife Rosa, for the
sole purpose of preparing me for the prophetic office to be THE effective
witness unto the Glorified Lord, during these “last days of the Laodiceans Church
period of the things which are.” [Revelations 1:19; 3:14, 22] But the
work itself which God had purposed for me in Christ, was given to me through
dreams and visions, first during a specific period of my pre-salvation years,
and after conversion and the call to ministry. These dreams and visions from
the Holy Spirit was God’s way of sealing me with HIS instruction, what HE had
purposed for me in Christ as the prophetic gift before the foundation of the
world. And having been sealed with GOD’s instruction for ministry, I never
had to look to man for directions, as a matter of truth, I aggressively
resisted church leaders each time they made the attempt to instruct me in the
call to ministry, and I had no problem with that, because I knew that they
did not choose me for salvation, and they did not call me, so it was not in
their to power and control to teach, guide, lead and empower me for ministry
of their choosing. These dreams and visions which came from God in Christ by
the Holy Spirit had within themselves the specific seasons, times, places,
and the length of time at each appointed place of ministry; when I should go,
where I should go, how long I will stay there, and the exact divine purpose
of God in ministry there. I never had to be concerned, never had to figure it
out, never had to create a ministry, because it had already be predetermined
by God in His eternal counsel before the foundation of the world. Therefore
this prophetic ministry has its origin, beginning and purpose in the Eternal
God. “The testimony of Jesus is the
Spirit of prophecy,” [Revelations 19:10] upon which this calling stand
and rest, having no additions, no subtractions, no human assistance, but the
pure prophetic word speaking to the mind of God, HIS divine counsel, will and
design before the foundation of the world, which HE purposed in Christ: “THE MYSTERY OF GOD’S WILL-WHAT THIS IS
REALLY ALL ABOUT!” [Ephesians
1:9-10] Two dreams and visions which were God’s
instruction for me with which I was sealed, cutting me off, preventing me
from going my own way, came to me during a specific time of the eighties, a
time when I was regrouping and redirecting my life, after having to begin
again; not realizing that God was active in my life at that time, for I was
determined that I was going to re-establish myself, and eventually open up a
health spa and athletic training facility. I knew that I had the ability to
be successful in that venture. So after Rosa and I were finally married,
after years of dating off and on, the time came for me to fulfill that dream
and aspiration, but the problem with that was that I was not aware that those
two dreams and visions were roadblocks which would prevent me from fulfilling
the vision of the health spa and athletic facility. Rosa and I, with a close
friend had it all planned. We knew that we had the abilities to become
millionaires, so we dreamed of having our own new home, Rosa would purchase a
Jaguar, and I would purchase a Porsche, and finance my all female summer
track and field team. Again, the predestinated life which God had
predetermined for us before He laid the foundation of the world had not yet
been revealed and made known to either of us; because it was still yet two
years away. The first dream and vision which came to me before salvation,
continued in parts after the call to ministry. That dream and vision has been
fulfilled, but the second one has yet to be fulfilled, which seem to be the
last one to be fulfilled. Also after salvation, there were five other dreams
and visions which came to me by the Holy Spirit, with four of them having
been fulfilled, and the fifth one is actively in the process of coming into
full fruition and completion here is Sparta, Hancock County Georgia. See the
Link: THE ULTIMATE BLASPHEMOUS
HYPOCRISY soon to be completed after the Link : Discipleship Journey All in all, the Holy Spirit equipping,
guiding, leading, teaching and preparing me for ministry, is consistent with
the way that God in Christ has purposed to prepare those whom HE has chosen
in Christ, and called to ministry in the specific season and time for His
purpose for them as the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of
God. It is also clear that the elect ministry gift is endued at conversion,
at the time of true salvation and the new birth, not some years down the
road, such as having been a deacon for so many years, and then comes the call
to ministry, and the trial sermon. Such things are not consistent with
Scripture and the ministry gifts of Christ to His Body the true spiritual
church. But I had a day vision once while speaking to a young man attending
seminary, that as I was speaking with him, I saw in this dark ground, which
was the soil of his soul, that there came a time when he had purposed to
attend the seminary, there arose up out of the soil of his soul this “ seminary man,” [2 Corinthians
11:14-15] who began walking toward the ladder of his soul, and began climbing
the steps, but he froze at the first step, which occurred when he dropped out
of the seminary for lack of funds. That seminary man remained there frozen at
that first step until the time came when he became financially able to return
to seminary and complete his training. The seminary man in his soul continued
climbing up the steps of his soul, until he made his exit into the world,
after having completed his religious studies and received his degree in
theology. Then there he stood, in human form, a minister of the gospel, a
seminary graduate for the church to see, acknowledge, accept, and welcome him
into their world as church leaders of the visible church. NOW this vision of
the “seminary man” lying dormant in the soil of certain men and women’s soul,
does not infer that all attend seminary, but that there exist this type being
lying resident in their souls, of which they are not aware, until the time comes
for it to be manifested. So I would put it this way, That just as the
ministry gift is endued to the true elect in the season and time of God’s
effectual call to salvation, it is clear that when the false call to the
visible church’s traditional salvation comes to such men and women, they are
falsely endued with the false gift to ministry. This vision therefore
revealed to me that there is both the true call of THE Eternal God, and there
is the call which comes not from God, and I don’t think that anyone needs a
master’s degree to conclude the origin of the OTHER CALL! [2 Corinthians
11:13-15] But that is not my main focus here, it is
only to confirm the effectual call of God as THE prophetic ministry gift of
the Glorified Lord during ‘the last
days of the Laodicean Church period of the things
which are.” [Revelations 1:19; 3:14, 22]
But in the divine order of God, the Holy Spirit will bring me back to
each one of these in HIS time purposed by God in Christ. Follow this progression in
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