Old Dog V
Angels, Cities, Deceivers & Sars
Bob Neumann, 5/6/2003
(Moderator’s note: I have edited this personal communication to me from Bob for posting to the WPA. Some text has been removed. Insertions are noted in parentheses. His prior permission has been obtained regarding these modifications.)
Dear Stephen,
I got up this morning without any plans to respond to anything on the WPA. I had thought of pointing out the “coincidence” that the largest outbreak of SARS outside of China and Hong Kong is in the city of TORONTO. Several weeks ago as the WPA started talking about the recent outbreak of “the Toronto blessing” i was being hit from all sides by info on SARS and the Canadian outbreak.
Like i say there are no coincidences in the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. Funny how things go. I remember the first time, maybe two years ago i “ran into” Pastor Hahn and his personal angel “Precious”, (with the) Holy Spirit quoting scripture and doing major instruction. (To my knowledge, no) other saints who have “wake up angels” have told us about it.
Hold your horses Sharon Rose…i do believe in ministering angels…and i do believe in visitations. Yes there are hundred accounts in scripture. Over a period of 6000 years….200 angel visits equals 1 every 30 years. Then take in the 12 month period that starts with Zechariah and the angel in the HOLY PLACE. Add Mary with Gabriel and Joseph….by the time Joseph takes Mary and baby to Egypt we have had angels all over the place.
Anyone notice a week ago CBS showed the 2 part series finale of TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL? As soon as CBS ends an 11 year series Pastor Hahn and Precious return to the forefront.
COINCIDENCE…….i do not think so. But i would like to think that the writer of Hebrews had a handle on things when he warned us…”Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it”. Granted i would like to believe that when someone has reached the bottom of their pit that an angel like Monica would suddenly glow with heavenly light and say…”GOD LOVES YOU….”. The key is that ABBA’S angel had been there all along, helping and just “being there”. Too many times over the years i found myself “being there” at the point of pain and loss, Sister Sharon Rose:
You asked “the men” whether they ever led a soul “to the LORD”. I do not want to answer for anyone else. But i will answer you “yes i have”. But i have found myself being used more to bring back the lost and hurting and frightened. Just being a light in the dark and freighting place no one ever expected to find themselves in.
THE LORD chose to use me in my own field/profession. Amazing how many opportunities THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT can find for an old dog like me to “just be there”….ON DUTY. Now i really wanted to discuss SARS….and Toronto. And by the way…PENSACOLA is where Brownsville Assembly of God is located. People took bus trips to Pensacola and flew to Toronto from Miami to “get some” every week. Depending on the individual the “some” could vary greatly. Some went for HOLY LAUGHTER….some for HOLY GHOST GOOSE BUMPS. What was interesting was that some came back changed, others kept looking for something they could not find no matter where they went.
Both Toronto and Pensacola/Brownsville have one thing in common. GOD stepped in and made HIS PRESENCE known. Lives were changed dramatically. Word got out and people came from all over.
AND SOMETHING CHANGED…..in both Toronto and Brownsville/Pensacola….they were merchandised and sold to all who came for “some” thing. Crowds were huge, Brownsville had multiple daily services and people waited hours in line to get into the sanctuary. People wanted “to spread” what they found in TORONTO AIRPORT ASSEMBLY and BROWNSVILLE ASSEMBLY home and elsewhere.
AND SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE GOD LEFT…and the people tried to keep things going. And going…and going…laughter had given way to animal sounds.…
Sharon Rose, i agree, what occurred in Toronto and Brownsville was of GOD, when both started. But so was the BRAZEN SERPENT (Nehushtan). When Moses led the CHILDREN OF ISRAEL for 40 years GOD MOVED. So did GOD’S PEOPLE. For over 100 years in the United States GOD WOULD MANIFEST and lives changed….AZUSA STREET…Marshal, Texas….Kansas City…Toronto….Pensacola/Brownsville….and many others.
On the MOUNT of TRANSFIGURATION the guys wanted to put up Tabernacles…Tents… they wanted to stay where the GLORY had been. So it is today. That is “BOXING HIM IN”…too.
I have no false understanding of THE WORD OF GOD. I know that one day i will stand before HIM and will be judged. The wood, hay and stubble will be ashes. Yes there is a great deal of work to do. But the CHURCH is filled with dead works. Has been for years.
old dog