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The Thunder, The Trumpet and The…….
Bob Neumann
THE THUNDER
I have been trying to run from this for well over a week. Every week I look to see if anyone else has done what I have not. Whether anyone else has seen and heard and then shared what I have not shared. Is this a ”word” or a jumble of images that can have no meaning to anyone else. Too long I have tried to use that excuse to put aside this last job. That is the only way to evaluate this. Maybe not the best way in the long run, but right now the only one available to me.
It all came to a head on Tuesday Night 9/ 7/ 99. We had been enjoying and receiving ministry from Evangelist Nick White who came to us with one message and a few scripture verses. But it was a timely WORD from ABBA. He placed a question and a challenge. “WHICH IS EASIER?” It was based on JESUS’ WORDS to the scribes and Pharisees in Mark 2:9-12 :
9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion. (KJV)
This account also appears in Luke but has a hard twist to it…..
Luke 5:16-26
16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
19 And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.
20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
24 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.
So which is easier? To man the impossible things are easy when left in HIS HANDS. Yet we were all called one way or another to make it easy on and for ourselves.
Matthew 11:25-30.
25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (KJV)
I never looked at how this prayer to ABBA suddenly turned into a plea to me and anyone else to lay our burdens and agendas, our failures and our vanities, our fears and our wrong thinking upon HIM. Then we could learn from HIM HIS WAYS….which truly are easy and light and HE WOULD GIVE US REST.
Isaiah 30:15-22
15 For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.
16 But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
18 And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
22 Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
And for ten days I have been hearing THUNDER in the realms both spiritual and natural. On that Tuesday night I ”heard” volleys of THUNDER and saw ”flashes” of LIGHTNING throughout the evening service no one else heard. No one else saw. It was to the east and the south. Three days later we were told that a “STORM” was east and south of us called Floyd. Yesterday the THUNDER came from the NORTH and the EAST. Once again the sky was clear but now the sun shone brightly for it was day not night. Another ”STORM” is coming. It will come from the “NORTH” and the “EAST” in my plane of reference. It will be greater than FLOYD in damage. It will come from a place we do not expect. Solid image that sends chills through my spirit man which I can not see any clearer than I now state.
THE TRUMPETS
For the last year I have been ”blessed” with many images and visions. But so have many others. Everyday we find people sharing the dreams, visions, words, revelations, rhemas, teachings, instructions, (whatever you might call it) that they have ”received” or that were forwarded to them. So much, by so many, yet in my spirit so little of it all touches me. If it all was from ABBA I should be rejoicing and not grieving. Yet so much sound produces so little instruction. Many say things that appear to be spiritual and proper, yet there is no witness to much that comes forth. Worse is the strange dichotomy between the continuous ”words of warning and judgement” and the everpresent ”calls to intimacy”. For a season each had it’s place, but who now discerns season or purpose.
Teshuvah came and there were few ”calls to repentance”. So when Rosh Ha’ Shannah came and passed into the DAYS of AWE where were the calls to turn again to THE LORD? Where was the warning of Yom HaDin, the Day of Judgement? Are the Servants prepared to place HIS TALENTS at HIS FEET on HIS RETURN? Does anyone remember the idea of their name written in THE BOOK OF LIFE?
It is said the NAMES are written on ROSH HA’SHANNAH….and the BOOK IS SEALED ON YOM KIPPUR.
Have you heard the trumpet calling us to move the camp? Did the princes gather to hear the instruction YHVH has given? Or is the TRUMPET TO SOUND only for worship and battle? If so then why would the TRUMPET be sounded on the coming of THE BRIDEGROOM? Certainly YOM TERUAH need not apply if we throw out all the scriptures it applies to that say the DEAD shall AWAKEN and both the earth and the sea will no longer hold them.
I hear THE CALL to Battle and THE CALL to Worship daily. Many do. But does the nation change? Do the nations change?
Amos 3:1-15
1 Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
10 For they know not to do right, saith the Lord, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
11 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
12 Thus saith the Lord; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hosts,
14 That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord. (KJV)
The TRUMPET sounds, the SHOFAR is blown. Yet none hear. Warning upon warning has been given. But who understands that the “HORNS OF THE ALTER” are ”’cut off”’?
In Beth-EL? THE HOUSE OF GOD? The blood of many flowed this week in HIS HOUSE. Will the guardians of the sheep boast that all that was saved from the teeth of the “adversary” is but a piece of an ear and some legs?
Great tumults are still to come, but violence and robbery are throughout a land lawless and has no FEAR OF GOD. YOM KIPPUR has come and there will be no scapegoat. For THE LAMB WAS SLAIN. Yet THE LAMB WAS SLAIN TO PROVIDE a NEW COVENANT. Yet the BOOK of LIFE must still be sealed.
THE SEAL
There is a remnant who Fears THE LORD, who serve THE HOLY ONE ALONE. They are the ones whom THE LAMB has removed the CURSE. The ones who chose THE NEW COVENANT over the covenant of death.
Isaiah 28:14-22.
14 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
21 For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth. (KJV)
The overflowing scourge has begun….the TIME of INDIGNATION is upon us….just as it was written. Just as we were warned. So many still speak of the ”coming shaking” and the ”coming sifting”. Why did they not notice it over the last 20 years? So many are ”vexed”, troubled, and even angered even attempting to understand that THE LORD has spoken already. What more need HE do to warn a rebellious people?
The NICOLAITANS have cut deals with the enemy. Made covenant with the princes of this world to maintain their place, position, and power. Many are instructed to pray for blessings and favor for these wicked servants, ruthless shepherds with deep sincerity believing that it is GOD’S WILL to bless when HE actually is cursing. For that reason the “HORNS of the ALTER” are ”cut off” and all prayer directed through deception and manipulation will be stopped.
Revelation 7:1-17
1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. (KJV)
So we have a choice. We can chose to be sealed and separated unto our GOD in COVENANT.
Ezekiel 9:4-11
4 And the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
7 And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city.
8 And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord God! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem?
9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.
10 And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
11 And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me.
It has begun.
selah
HINEH HU BA
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