Old Dog IV
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July 10, 2001:
On FRIDAY NIGHT/ SATURDAY MORNING I had a very intense dream/ night vision. The “end” of it was actually the beginning of intense spiritual warfare on a level I have neither experienced or witnessed from others. The fact that there were specific “spiritual” images such as a “storm” and a “whirlwind” there were natural aspects that would be. Case in point, the plane I saw crash was an RAF Tornado. (Thanks to a word search on google…I saw it) It is used by NATO. The particulars about the cruise missile(?) and strafing aircraft I can not give you because I did not take the time to study them as they were apparently trying to blow me to bits.
That does take a whole lot of “cuteness” out of dreams† and visions when the issue of present reality forces you into survival mode.† So after this event I called several intercessors to see what is happening “around”….anything “new”….as this most certainly was. Yet it was not that new because it seems everything has been leading up to this sense of now.
Personally I am a coward and have little faith. So I prayed and prayed hard….for a while. And out of nowhere I got this “weird” feeling. It was not “PEACE” or “STILLNESS” like I have had in the past when my “spiritman” was running in panic. I do not know even how to describe it. Just a “mellowness” that blew in.
Saturday evening I was exhausted and was trying to just relax. Something that has been hard to do lately. When once again I was in the “SECOND HEAVEN” walking in a pretty meadow looking at tufts of wild flowers and scattered trees. I felt like I hadn’t a care in the world, which should be a fact if I just let GOD take care of things. Simple isn’t it?
And I just stood there watching the clouds role by and smelling all those nice smells you associated with an unpolluted reality. I felt the GENTLE BREEZE and just felt nice all over.
And I heard that warm tender VOICE I heard so long ago and when I turned there STOOD my ABBA, THE ETERNAL, EVERLASTING FATHER. HE JUST SMILED at me and walked over. It was then I noticed I was wearing the same “fatigues” I had worn when leaving the REDOUGHT. Here was a change from my past experiences, but it didn’t matter because I was with ABBA.
“YOU KNOW, MY SON, WE TOLD YOU EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT THE FIRST TIME YOU ACTUALLY HEARD US. IT HAS TAKEN YOU ALONG TIME TO JUST TRUST WHAT WE TELL YOU.” I mumbled an apology, one thing I guess I have done a lot of; never seems to matter with ABBA.
“THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO DEAL WITH THE LIE AND THE DARKNESS, SON. YOU MUST STAND IN OUR TRUTH AND BE OUR LIGHT. YOU HAVE BEEN SHAPED AND PREPARED TO DO WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR YOU. †WE ARE† PROUD THAT YOUR CHOICE WAS TO SUBMIT AND ACCEPT OUR WILL. TO SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM AND TO HUNGER FOR THE SAKE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. IT IS SO UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO, SHEMUEL, YET THERE IS NOTHING REALLY EASIER.” I laughed at the paradox of HIS STATEMENT of seen from natural eyes and explored with fleshly wisdom. IT IS WRITTEN….NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE with GOD….and how many times had I heard LET GO AND LET GOD.
“YES SON….IN ORDER TO LIVE YOU MUST DIE, TO BE FIRST YOU MUST BE LAST, AND WHEN YOU DESIRE AND ACCEPT THE POSITION OF THE LEAST IN TRUE JOY I WILL EXALT YOU.” With that ABBA was quiet and I picked up the change. Up to then all the personal pronouns were “PLURAL”….here HE SAID “I”. Stayed quiet and watched HIS SMILE GROW. HE NODDED AT ME AND TOOK MY ARM and WE BEGAN TO WALK.
“SON, THERE ARE SOME PERKS THAT I HAVE RESERVED FOR MYSELF, BUT WE ARE ECHAD. WE ARE ONE. TODAY I CHOSE TO SPEAK FIRST AS ELOHENU BUT NOW I AM ABBA.† I HAVE RESERVED THIS MOMENT WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU WILL NEED THIS MEMORY IN THE TIMES AHEAD.” I could not help shuddering because the information I just received was intense and made the “basement” revelation come into sharp focus. “BUT YOU KNOW ALL THIS AND HAVE PREPARED FOR IT. BUT LIKE SO MUCH BEFORE, ONLY WHEN YOU REALLY NEED IT WILL IT ALL COME TOGETHER.”
“DO YOU REMEMBER TREY MENTIONING TO YOU THAT THE ONLY THING LEFT IS “THE TRUTH”? “Yes, ABBA”, I replied, remembering that night very well….the night THE LAMB gave me a torch and said “BURN THE BONES!”. “SO YOU NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH AND CHALLENGE THE LIE.”†
Just then I heard some familiar sound slowly approaching.† ABBA KISSED ME AND SMILED as I turned to watch what was coming over a small rise in the meadow.
Like I said it was familiar. I have heard sheep so many times in the SECOND HEAVEN, but I had rarely “SEEN” MY MASTER from this altitude. I guess that was why HE WAS LAUGHING when we embraced. It was quick and we kept walking with the biggest bunch of sheep I have ever seen, and all around the perimeter where numerous sheep dogs of all kinds of different breeds. “NOW DON’T GET ALL NOSTALGIC ON ME NOW”,†HE began with MIRTH….”IT TOOK ME LONG ENOUGH TO GET YOU OUT OF THE FOUR-FOOTED COMFORT ZONE.” I really had to laugh….as did†HE. “I NEED TO THROW SOME HEAVY THINGS AT YOU, DOG, AND YOU HAVE WAITED A LONG TIME FOR IT.”
With that I spied an outcropping of rocks as the pleasant meadow turned into a gentle rolling bunch of hills. Out in front of us was a slow flowing river….as in “still waters”. I was sitting for just a moment when I thought I heard music.†Now this is new I thought until I realized I knew what†I was hearing….Parkenin playing guitar….something from that Bach guy about sheep grazing happily. I just shook my head at HIS WIDE SMILE AND LAUGHTER…. “COOL SOUND SYSTEM, DOG!….DESIGNED IT MYSELF….”
I think I muttered “OY” as we both laughed. “For some reason, BOSS,” I began, “I sense that YOU plan to get real, real serious about something.”
With that HE TURNED TO ME AND SMILED….”ABBA TOLD YOU AWHILE AGO IT IS TIME. EVERYONE IS EXPECTING AND ANTICIPATING “SOMETHING”. MOST HAVE BEEN FOR A LONG TIME. TOO BAD THEY HAVE SPENT SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT DOING THAT†”WHAT IS RIGHT IN THEIR OWN EYES STUFF”.
I nodded and mumbled†in agreement….and HE†PULLED A U-TURN ON ME.
“YOU KNOW I AM GOING TO HAVE YOU WRITE THIS DOWN AND SEND IT OUT….SO I WILL LAY IT OUT STRAIGHT FOR YOU. WHEN I FIRST WALKED AND TALKED WITH YOU I LEFT OUT MOST OF THE “THEE’S” AND “THOU’S” MOST EXPECT TO SEE IN THEIR USUAL “RELIGIOUS STUFF”. DO YOU KNOW WHY DOG?”
“Because it sounds phony, LORD.”, I replied.
“WELL MOST OF WHAT IS OUT THERE IS…WE BOTH KNOW IT….BUT BECAUSE IT SOUNDS “RELIGIOUS” THEY BUY IT ALL THE TIME. IF THEY ONLY FOLLOWED ME, LISTENED TO ME, THEY WOULD KNOW MY VOICE AND THEY WOULD NOT BE DECEIVED BY EVERYTHING AROUND THEM. DO YOU KNOW THE WORST PART OF THE AMERICAN GOSPEL AND THE KING JAMES ONLY DEBATE THAT PEOPLE KEEP THROWING BACK AND FORTH?”
“It leaves out most of the world, LORD. They argue you have to read the KJV….if you don’t you are reading something not “OF GOD”. What it says is we are the real church…and “they” ain’t.”
“HOW MUCH OF THE WORLD IS FUNCTIONALLY LITERATE IN ENGLISH DOG?”, HE ASKED WITH A LAUGH. “DON’T TRY TO GUESS, DOG. HALF YOUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES THIS YEAR WILL NEVER PICK UP POOR OLD KING JAMES FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THEY COULD NOT READ IT IF THEY TRIED. THAT IS THE REAL SHAME OF YOUR COUNTRY, DOG. THEY ARE SO INTENT AT TAKING
CARE OF THE WORLD’S WOES THAT THEIR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES ARE RAMPANT BATTLE GROUNDS WHERE DARKNESS IS WINNING MOSTLY UNCONTESTED.”
All humor was gone as the FIRE IN HIS EYES INTENSIFIED….”I SAID FIRST IN JERUSALEM, DOG. THEY DID NOT TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN HOUSEHOLDS BEFORE MESSING WITH OTHERS. THEY DID NOT WITNESS TO THEIR NEIGHBORS BEFORE STARTING GLOBAL OUTREACHES.” “WE ASKED YOU WHAT WAS THE†TRUE CHURCH?”
“Yes, LORD,” I began slowly “it is another “hot” topic for many. It is another diversion for the masses to argue about and to help divide themselves into smaller and smaller cliques.”
“YOU DON’T LIKE THE TERM “CHURCH”, DO YOU DOG?.”, HE ASKED. “You know I don’t, LORD. Not when it causes division and strife everywhere you turn”.
“HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHY THE NICOLAOTINS CHOSE TO USE THE TERM “CHURCH” AS A CATCH ALL FOR THE SAINTS?”….I shook my head because I really was not sure where HE WAS TAKING IT. “OUTSIDE OF WHEN I SPOKE OF THE FOUNDATION OF REVELATION THAT THE GATES OF HELL COULD NOT CONQUER, I DID NOT USE IT TO GREAT DETAIL. PAUL USED THE IMAGES OF CHURCH AND BODY. I GAVE YOU IMAGES OF A SHEPHERD AND MY WORD SPEAKS OF A TIME WHEN THERE WOULD BE ONE SHEPHERD AND ONE FLOCK. INSTEAD OF A GLOBAL “CHURCH” YOU COULD HAVE BEEN USING†A GLOBAL “FLOCK”. “
“I ALSO TAUGHT THAT I WAS THE TRUE VINE….YET A WORLDWIDE†GRAPE VINE IS NOT A POPULAR METAPHOR.”†† “EVER WONDER WHY?” For awhile I thought of other images that are there, and I was stumped. HE KNEW IT….
“JUST CONSIDER THIS, DOG. THE CHURCH HAS TO HAVE PRIESTS, MINISTERS, STRUCTURE. A “BODY” DOES, BUT FEW PEOPLE CAN SEE THEMSELVES AS FUNCTIONAL BODY PARTS. THE CHURCH†HAS A SLEW OF TITLES AND POSITIONS EVERYONE CAN GET A HANDLE FOR. LOOK AT MY FLOCK…IF YOU ARE A SHEEP OR IF YOU ARE NOT, NO OTHER CHOICES. SEEING THERE IS ONLY ONE SHEPHERD, ME, THERE IS NO ROOM FOR BEAUROCRACY. BABYLON NEEDS
BEAUROCRACY. ALL I SAID IS “IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME”. IS THAT TOO SIMPLE DOG?”
“THE TRUE CHURCH IS NOT “OF” THIS WORLD. IT IS NOT “INTO” THE STUFF THE WORLD PANDERS. THE CHURCH AS AMERICA PERCEIVES IT NEEDS RELIGION AS AMERICA HAS CREATED THEM. WHICH IS BASICALLY THE COMPILATION OF DOCTRINES OF MEN AND DEMONS TIED UP WITH A BOW. HOW MUCH BLOOD, SWEAT, TOIL AND TEARS HAS BEEN SPENT IN AMERICA TO SEPARATE, ISOLATE, FRACTIONALIZE, MINIMALIST, DEMORALIZE MY FLOCK?”.
“I HAVE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY FROM THE LIPS OF SELF-SERVING HYPOCRITES THAT DO NOTHING FOR ANYONE BUT THEMSELVES AND THOSE THEY ARE TIED TO. I DON’T CARE IF YOU CALL THEM CULTS, SECTS, MOVEMENTS, OR DENOMINATIONS. THEY ARE NOT OF ME. AND IF THEY ARE NOT OF ME, GATHERING WITH AND FOR ME. ALL THEY DO IS SCATTER MY SEED, MY FRUIT, MY SHEEP, MY CHILDREN. AND MANY OF THEM SAY I WILL NEITHER JUDGE OR PUNISH.”
“SO, OLD DOG, WHAT IS†THE TRUE CHURCH?”
“Those who obey YOU.” was my answer. “GOOD ENOUGH, DOG. WHAT RELIGION DO THEY PARTICIPATE IN? I KNOW, YOU EXPECTED ME TO SAY PRACTICE. I’M TIRED OF PEOPLE “PRACTICING” RELIGION. IT’S TIME THEY DO IT FOR REAL….ON THE WORLD STAGE…IN THE BIG GAME…. NO MORE TIME FOR PRACTICE….NO MORE DRESS REHEARSALS….IF THEY AIN’T GOT IT NOW IT IS TOO LATE”.
“ISAIAH SPEAKS OF THE “TRUE” FAST….JAMES TAUGHT ABOUT “REAL” RELIGION. EVEN I ASKED THE GOATS ABOUT WHAT THEY DID UNTO ME. IT HAS NEVER BEEN HIDDEN FROM THE SHEEP. THE NICOLAOTINS TWISTED IT MANY WAYS, BUT MY TRUTH WAS ALWAYS THERE AND MY SPIRIT HAS NEVER BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM THOSE WHO FOLLOWED ME WITH ALL THEIR HEART.”
“AND THAT DOG, IS MY REAL CHURCH….MY SAINTS….MY LILY….. “YOU STILL HAVE A LETTER TO DELIVER OLD FRIEND….AN INVITATION…. “I WONDER HOW MANY REMEMBER”.
I remembered, as does one brother who asks every now and then. I’ve been carrying it a long time it seems. HE sat quietly for awhile and I waited. This was not what I had expected after that night vision the night before.
Finally HE TURNED TO ME AND SMILED….again I waited…..
“REMEMBER THE SOVIET FIELD MARSHAL’S RESPONSE OF “ALWAYS BUSINESS BEFORE PLEASURE”?. With that I watched THE GOOD SHEPHERD stand and stretch. HE turned and looked away to where the sheep safely grazed. AS HE TURNED BACK TO ME THE HEAVENLIES SWIRLED AND BEFORE ME WAS THE LAMB….THE GREAT AND DREADFUL KING. LIKE DANIEL AND JOHN I SAW HIM AND WAS SHAKEN ONCE AGAIN. I NOW STOOD ALONG SIDE HIM LOOKING DOWN UPON THE LITTLE BLUE MARBLE CALLED EARTH. HE STOOD AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE ANCIENT OF DAYS. ONCE AGAIN I COULD HEAR THE SONG OF MOSES. AS THE CHOIRS BEGAN TO SING THE SONG OF THE LAMB HE STEPPED TOWARD ME AND I FELT THAT LAUGHTER BEGIN INSIDE OF ME ONCE AGAIN.
“WHEN IT COMES TO MY BRIDE DOG, IT IS STRICTLY BUSINESS. AND†OUR BUSINESS COMES FIRST AND FOREMOST. AFTER THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS STRICTLY PLEASURE.” WITH THAT THE LAMB, THE BRIDEGROOM, LAUGHED AND SWATTED MY SHOULDER. “WHEREVER YOU GO I WILL BE YOUR REARGUARD. HAVE SOME FUN AND LEAVE A FEW CALLING CARDS BEHIND.”
Suddenly I remembered that night on the mountain and some poles…I could hear HIS LAUGHTER as I closed visor and looked down just before jumping,nand I was back in bed wondering how I was going to write this down.†† so I guess I got my answers…… yup.
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