Old Dog III
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Goshen…
Bob Neumann
Often I refer to a place/ idea called GOSHEN and it seems to be a major stumbling block for some, and a point of contention for others. There are those who have no idea what I am alluding to and that is okay. But then there are those who want to split hairs and get into royal bouts of major semantics. Regretfully there is no time for such games. And quite frankly this dog is too old and tired to try to jump through hoops for anyone.
The reason GOSHEN is important to me is because I ‘caught’ it, not learned it. It came from ABBA’S MOUTH as RHEMA to my spirit. Since then I have studied it in great detail. There are others out there who have ”caught” images of GOSHEN, BOSRAH, PETRA, CITIES OF REFUGE, SELAH. PLACE OF SAFETY, CLEFT OF THE ROCK. What we are receiving at different degrees and levels is basically the same; a place designated for safety in the times ahead.
Now here is the first issue. What are the ”times ahead”? Again everything here is based on RHEMA that aligns itself, every jot and tittle with LOGOS. If you have had no RHEMA, no BREATH OF GOD into your life, all of this has to sound flakey. If you have to rely on the intellect and the emotions, I can only pray your spiritman is open to the leadings of THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT.
GOSHEN first was whispered into my SPIRITMAN over 4 years ago. I was neither ready to listen or mature enough to obey without question, nor smart enough to put together a useful question. But in that time where I have walked from then to now GOD has firmly worked GOSHEN into the fabric of my existence.
THE DAY OF THE LORD gets one day closer as each day goes by. Some argue what it means, let them. Too many have been poured out upon as JOEL foretold. They have had dreams, visions, and spoken prophecies of trial, tribulation, and judgement on America and the world. In fact just too many to ignore, and for too long a time in America. But why the need for all this ”stuff” the scorners say over and over…
Job 33:14-18
14 For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
18 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. (KJV)
We all know GOD does not change; has not changed; will not change. Here in JOB 33 we see how GOD speaks to man…in dreams and visions, not once but twice, sealing them in our spiritman to take away our agendas and plant HIS PURPOSE and KINGDOM in our hearts. Just to remove our pride and to save our ”hides”, in the spiritual. And in the natural. Yet it says man does not catch it, still true today for those spiritually blind and deaf. That is why we were given a two edged sword…SELAH…BIG TIME SELAH.
So I have had dreams and visions of trouble coming, and a place of safety for many. Not for me. So let me show you where it all really begins in the LOGOS, and stop some of the rabbit trails some are running down….
Genesis 15:1-16
1 After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
2 And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
4 And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6 And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Now ABRAM discussed every point with GOD, did not seem to bother GOD at all because Abram did two major things…he believed and he obeyed.
7 And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
8 And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
Again Abram has a vision…. not a nice one…. Many of us have been in that place this past year. Many more may this year.
13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
So Abram knew the famine would come and his seed will have serious problems for 400 years, interesting number, but I have not the time to deal with it now…but see the images of judgement, deliverance, and blessing in seven little words…. Selah…
15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
This last verse is a dilly. And of the DAY OF THE LORD, we need to get into and out of GOSHEN FIRST. Here is where GOSHEN is FIRST MENTIONED, and our key to what lies ahead. Everyone should know the story, now learn the details.
Genesis 45:6-12
6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
There has been a famine in the land 2 years already; America’s famine began 2 ‘generations’ ago….
7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Whether you knew GOD’S PLAN or not makes little impression on GOD, HE HAS HAD a PLAN in MOTION for many years, only now it becomes obvious when the famine, the need, is impossible to ignore. Selah. But look at the promise of ”great deliverance”. ABBA had something reeeeaaallll special called the plagues ready and waiting. Then as HE DOES NOW, and to get it done HIS WAY he had no qualms hardening some hearts…. Selah.
8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
ABBA has positioned HIS SERVANTS where it serves HIM. The reason the church leadership is completely clueless is GOD never placed most of them there.
Ezekiel 33:2 has now been fulfilled before us…
2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
Man appointed watchman, not GOD’S choice! So don’t expect much from religion in the future except persecution from ”the brethren”, and an overwhelming desire to follow and worship THE BEAST. Back to Joseph and GOSHEN….
9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
11 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Still “5” years to go. Joseph had GOD with him wherever he went; pit, Potiphar, prison, and the palace. GOD NEVER CHANGED but little JOEY did! Are we changing?
At the end of Genesis we see Joseph’s last words recorded, yet he lived 110 years. Look where/ how he sees himself…
19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
GOSHEN is literally the place GOD prepared, and sent a servant to prepare and invite the SEED of COVENANT to come to the place of safety. From what you may ask? ”Is it the issue?” Is my answer? If you do not HEAR GOD about any of this, don’t worry, it is not meant for you. Just do what you ”hear” GOD tell you to do.
20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
GOD’S PLAN ALWAYS STARTS WITH SAVING PEOPLE….
Let me repeat SALVATION is only the beginning…. Selah.
21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
FEAR NOT, that is GOD, that is JESUS. Now think on HIS WORDS AS DOUBLE EDGED…
John 14:1-4
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. (KJV)
We know if we’ve been following and listening. ABBA has prepared many a place for this old dog, and each had both a season and a purpose. All I had to do is to discern the time, the best time, of course, is when ABBA says “NOW! ! ! “.
To understand exactly where we sit in the “FUNNEL OF TIME”, you can get a good flavor from Isaiah 26 and 27, especially where the first ends and the second begins.
19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
20 Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
21 For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain
1 In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
3 I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
The only way to make ”peace” with GOD is to grab hold of HIS STRENGTH, and that is of course KING JESUS, the LAMB OF GOD WHO TREADS THE WINEPRESS OF THE WRATH OF GOD… our only SALVATION, go back to the verses from JOB and GENESIS and see this all is full circle. No loose ends if we see HIS HAND and obey HIS VOICE.
GOSHEN is a place in my heart…. and a place at the southern tip of FLORIDA, for my dreams and visions show me hundreds of people, women, children, elderly, infirm in dire need; exactly the people the new agers, planned parenthood, and the rulers of darkness calls ”useless eaters”. Those who will be removed first and are the most lacking and hurting today. The weak and the defenseless, the ones ABBA always cares for and plans for….
When THE BEAST SYSTEM begins to take over, through whatever avenue; ECONOMIC COLLAPSE, CIVIL UNREST, POLITICAL UPHEAVAL, ACTS OF WAR, TERRORISM, OR HUMAN STUPIDITY, NATURAL DISASTERS, Y2K, OR UFO’s<G>. DOES IT REALLY MATTER?
The WORD says it will happen, both the LOGOS, and the RHEMA. Now you choose what to do. I tried to lay it out very clearly; so I place it before you.
old dog…. stationed in Goshen for the duration….