Old Dog IV
Untitled May 19, 2001
May 19, 2001:
I heard THE SONG OF MOSES being sung coming from both around me and from within me. All around me were billows of smoke/ incense and I sank to my knees and waited, letting THE SONG wash me and fill me. AS THE GLORY OF THE LORD FLOWED AROUND ME AND THE SONG CAME TO AN END, I HEARD THAT SWEET GENTLE VOICE WHISPER TO ME “BEHOLD THE LION OF JUDAH”.
Once again stood my KING, DRESSED IN THE GOLDEN ARMOR SO MANY HAVE SEEN, and once again THE SONG OF MOSES began and I stayed on my knees. As I listened to the HOSTS OF HEAVEN, THE SONG CHANGED and I HEARD THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT SINGING. ”BEHOLD THE LION WHO COMES WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS. BEHOLD THE BREAD OF HEAVEN BROKEN SO THAT THE CHILDREN MAY EAT. BEHOLD THE LIVING WATER POURED OUT FOR ALL THE NATIONS TO DRINK. BEHOLD THE PRINCE OF PEACE WHO MADE THE SABBATH FOR MAN. BEHOLD THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS”.
I looked up into HIS EYES and saw that GLINT OF HOLY MIRTH and watched HIM SMILE down at me as I continued to listen to THE SONG. I was told not to write down anymore of that SONG. No one should hear it second hand….trust me on this as I trust HIM. But, it went on and on, and with each line the LIGHT AND GLORY moved in shimmering waves.
Somewhere along the line it came to an end, or so it seemed to me, so I knelt before HIM, waiting and just enjoying HIS SMILE, and all HE SAID was “HEH, DOG.”
And I answered “Heh, BOSS”….even thinking back it seems weird, as it always does, especially when I am expecting some great something or other…..and all HE SAYS is “HEH”.
Then HE SAID, “WELL DOG, YOU FINALLY GOT HERE”. AND HE LAUGHED. All I had was this sense of “deja vu, again”.
Once again I HEARD “THE SONG” and I began to sing again THE SONG OF THE LAMB with THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT.
“BEHOLD THE LAMB WHO TREADS THE WINEPRESS OF THE WRATH OF A
JEALOUS GOD”. Once again THE SONG washed me and filled me, but this time I felt one with the SONG. I was part of it and IT was me. Slowly THE LIGHT AND GLORY CHANGED….and NOW THE LAMB STOOD BEFORE ME IN THE ARMOR OF WRATH. I had never seen this before….glimpses maybe….but not in this magnitude, and I felt a shudder go through me as HOLY DREAD dripped off me. I felt my throat go dry as my gut tightened, and suddenly I felt FEAR rise up all around me as I realized the HOSTS OF HEAVEN were silent and as sure as I was of all that was occurring around me, I heard that VOICE from long ago say, “I SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT SON.” Right then, as now as I type this, tears ran down my face as I HEARD/ HEAR ABBA SAY “IT’S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT”…..because IT IS.
As I looked up into THE FACE OF THE LAMB AND INTO HIS EYES I HEARD ABBA SAY, “THE LION, SON, IS ALSO THE LAMB. MY SWORD HAS TWO EDGES. FEW DESIRE TO SEE BOTH, SON. THOSE THAT DO WISH TO SEE, ONLY LOOK TO SEE WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE. BECAUSE THEY REFUSE TO SEE ALL THAT IS BEFORE THEM I HAVE SENT MY SERVANTS TO SPEAK MY WORDS TO THEM.† SO MANY
CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO OTHER VOICES THAT THEY CAN NOT DISTINGUISH MINE FROM ALL THE OTHERS. IN THEIR DEAFNESS THEY ARE UNABLE TO HEAR MY WARNINGS. IN THEIR BLINDNESS THEY ARE UNABLE TO SEE THE DANGER AROUND THEM. SO THEY NOW WALK WITHOUT DIRECTION AND WITHOUT BALANCE. FOR THIS REASON MANY SHALL FALL AND FALL BADLY IN THEIR PERSONAL DARKNESS”.
Again THE SILENCE OF HEAVEN was all around me and I heard that STILL SWEET VOICE ASK OF ME, “AND WHOM WILL YOU SERVE, THE LION OR THE LAMB?” Inside me I realized “they” have separated the two who ARE ONE. and anger rose up in me, and I understood and said, “MY LORD AND MY GOD”. WITH THAT THE LAMB OF GOD NODDED AT ME, AND EXTENDED HIS HAND TO ME. I STOOD BEFORE HIM. HANDS JOINED, AWARE THAT EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED.
Suddenly I was HOLDING the HAND of THE BRIDEGROOM and HIS SMILE and LAUGHTER HE EMBRACED me AND KISSED ME ON THE CHEEK. and HE WHISPERED in my EAR, “ABBA SAYS IT IS TIME”….and I asked, “Really?” “YES…REALLY!”….HE SHOUTED HOLDING ME AT ARMS LENGTH. and we both laughed as HE RENEWED THE BEAR HUG and rubbed my head, and suddenly HE stood quietly and I looked HIM in HIS EYES and HE SAID. “ABBA HAS SOME THINGS FOR YOU TO DO, OLD DOG. HAVE SOME FUN, OLD DOG.” AND HE SWATTED ME PLAYFULLY IN THE EAR.
AND, SUDDENLY I WAS IN THAT PLACE DANIEL HAD SEEN, AND ISAIAH HAD WRITTEN ABOUT. BEFORE ME WAS THE ANCIENT OF DAYS AND HIS GLORY FILLED HIS TEMPLE.
I KNELT AT HIS FEET AND HE SMILED AT ME. ALL HE SAID WAS….”GET IT DONE SON.”