Old Dog IV
For Keeps
October 22, 2000
Bob Neumann
It has been quiet a long, long time. THE MOST HIGH has been silent, yet the world is in turmoil. The ‘prophetic’ voices are all over the spectrum and very few seem to fit together. In THE WORD we are warned about ‘the trumpet’ whose call is unclear, maybe too many people ”tooting their own horns”, to turn a phrase……..
1 Corinthians 14:8
8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? (KJV)
So when I ‘hear’, any way, any time, any place: a clear VOICE I stop and listen. Today I heard again the VOICE of THE LORD OF HOSTS. As usual it bothered me and I was more than willing to sit and wait. For a long time I have been ”preparing” for battle. Something few of my brothers and sisters see coming as I do. But it is not their fault. If they were ”called” and ”commissioned” to STAND in the DAY OF BATTLE, that would have been their only focus, their only goal. For them THE DAY OF THE LORD will be a time to flee….to run.
For THE LORD OF HOSTS made it clear to me in a very short statement that brings very intense images.
”THE SEASON HAS CHANGED AND PERILOUS TIMES HAVE JUST BEGUN. TOO MANY ARE STILL CLINGING TO PERSONAL ISSUES AND USELESS AGENDAS. THEY DO NOT KNOW THAT THE HARDER THEY CLING TO THE THINGS THAT OFFEND ME THE TIGHTER THEY SEAL THEIR OWN DESTRUCTION. I OFFERED GRACE AND MERCY AND THEY STILL DEMAND POSITION AND AFFIRMATION FROM MEN. POWER AND WEALTH ARE THEIR HEART’S DESIRE, NOT MY KINGDOM”.
”I TOLD YOU ONCE BEFORE THAT THE ONLY PLACES I HAVE IN MY HOUSE ARE FOR SERVANTS AND STEWARDS. I SAID I WILL EXALT MYSELF AS ALL WHO FEAR ME KEEP STILL AND THEY WILL KNOW I AM GOD. FOR EVEN THE HEATHEN SHALL SEE AND BE IN TERROR BEFORE ME FOR I NOW ARISE TO MAKE WAR”.
”WHO IS LIKE UNTO ME, SOLDIER! I AM THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE KING OVER ALL THE EARTH. I AM THE MASTER OF ALL WARFARE, EL GAHBOR, WHO WEARS ZEAL AS A CLOAK OVER GARMENTS OF VENGEANCE. I TOLD MY PRECIOUS ONES THAT MY NAME IS JEALOUS. I TAUGHT MY SERVANTS THAT I WILL TREAD THE WINEPRESS YET WHO HAS LEARNED?”
”THE ‘CHILDREN’ HAVE NOT BEEN FED SOLID FOOD. THEY HAVE NOT LEARNED OF ME. THEY HAVE NOT TAKEN UP THEIR CROSSES AND FOLLOWED ME. THEY CONTINUE TO SPEAK AS CHILDREN, ACT AS CHILDREN. THEY LOOK AT THE APPROACHING STORM AND THINK IT IS BUT ANOTHER DAY. ANOTHER ‘EVENT’ THAT WILL PASS AND THEY CAN RETURN TO THEIR CHILDISH WAYS. SO WARN THEM FOR ME THAT I DO NOT ”PLAY” BY THEIR RULES, FOR THEIR AMUSEMENT. THAT THE GREAT AND DREADFUL DAY OF MY WAR AND MY WRATH IS UNLIKE THEIR GAMES. TELL THEM FOR ME THIS IS ”FOR KEEPS”….”FOR ALL THE MARBLES”….”FOR ETERNITY”.
It seems whenever someone gets a ‘word’ or ‘vision’ we have to have a title. I hope you understand why I used ”FOR KEEPS”….it jumps out. Since this came I have had many ”images” and ”scriptures” come to mind. of the sum and total two scripture passages seem to jump out….first is from Isaiah…….
13 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
For years I have listened to people talking about “repentance” from the WHITE HOUSE, and amerika ”returning” to GOD like Ninevah in the book of JONAH. So many today are calling for prayer for all kinds of purposes and agendas. All are nice….I only wished it was ABBA’S call because I ”know” what happened to Nineveh……..
Nahum 1:1-9
1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
2 God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
3 The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
7 The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
8 But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
9 What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. (KJV)
hine hu ba
bob