Old Dog III
Vision With Song
Bob Neumann
Well, you should have been there. I was just being still and enjoying “THE PRESENCE”. Now don’t that sound all spiritual and uplifting. basically I was lying on the sofa thinking about GOD ….Then I wasn’t. I was standing on a bleak place, dark and dreary. to my immediate right stood THE KING in traveling robe with hood drawn over HIS HEAD. I could see there were a group of others around me. All standing and waiting and watching. Now what took place came without WORDS. I had no set ”written instructions” except what has now been burned in my heart. So I will now share what I saw and let you play with it…..and then I will play.
We stood on this place…why on I did not understand at first but it is correct. There are
36 figures standing quietly all grouped around the KING. It was dark and still. And without warning THE KING walked a brief distance and stopped. HE was looking out, out into nothing as far as I could see. And suddenly the robe was gone and HE WAS TRANSFIGURED. HE STOOD GLORIOUS AND FULL. And I dropped to my knees at
HIS SIDE. as I watched HIS GLORY ESCALATED/ INCREASED and I became aware of THE ECHAD….THE ONENESS….and there was THE THRONE and MY ABBA unlike I had ever seen HIM. All I could do was weep as I gazed and I understood. This is who Daniel saw….THE ANCIENT OF DAYS….
On one side of THE THRONE stood THE SPIRIT. THE BREATH of THE LIVING GOD. And on the other side was MY CAPTAIN unlike I had ever seen HIM. HIS FACE was cold and severe. THE FIRE AND THUNDER were still there….but focused and concentrated. but I was neither afraid or bothered. in fact I wanted to shout. because THIS IS MY KING….nothing held back….
And as we waited it seemed the whole universe slowly lit up and filled with HIS GLORY. For some reason I had the feeling we were looking ”down” upon the earth. And I slowly realized I was hearing a familiar sound. the slow, controlled, gleeful, sound of laughter. And I watched THE KING step onto ‘air’ a few feet in front of THE THRONE. In my spirit I heard the sweet and gentle VOICE begin to sing.
BEHOLD THE CHILD THAT WAS BORN
IS THE SON WHO WAS GIVEN
HE WAS THE SERVANT THAT SUFFERED
HE WAS THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN
HE WAS THE BURNING BUSH IN THE DESERT
HE WAS THE PILLAR OF CLOUD BY DAY
HE WAS THE PILLAR OF FIRE BY NIGHT
HE WAS THE ROCK THAT GAVE WATER TO THE THIRSTY
HE WAS THE DAILY BREAD GIVEN IN THE WILDERNESS
NOW BEHOLD THE LION OF JUDAH
THE KING OVER ALL THE EARTH
THE ALL CONSUMING FIRE
THE ALEPH AND THE TAV
WHO WAS WHO IS WHO WILL ALWAYS BE
THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE GOD
THE LAMB WHO ALONE IS WORTHY
THE LAMB WHO TREADS THE WINEPRESS OF THE WRATH OF A HOLY GOD.
NOW BEHOLD THE LAMB, THE SON, THE KING
THE DESTROYER OF KINGDOMS AND PRINCES
THE DREADFULL AND AWEFULL WHIRLEWIND
THE SHAKER AND THE WINNOWER THE RIGHT
ARM OF THE FATHER.
And I knelt there with tears running down my face. Each word of the song burned in me. And I just waited. It seemed like forever, and it was just a moment. Suddenly I felt a gentle HAND on my shoulder and I turned to look into ABBA’S FACE. HE SMILED AND WIPED AWAY SOME TEARS. and said something very interesting.
“YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU CHOSE TO SERVE. YOU GOT HERE BECAUSE YOU
FOLLOWED AND LISTENED AND OBEYED. YOU ARE MY PRECIOUS AND MY
SPECIAL TREASURES. NOW I GIVE YOU TO MY SON IN WHOM I AM WELL
PLEASED. YOU ARE THE FATHER’S GIFT. NOW I RELEASE YOU TO FOLLOW AND SERVE YOUR BELOVED. TO RUN DOWN HIS ENEMIES AND TO EXALT HIM OVER ALL THE EARTH”.
With that HE clasped something around my neck and gently closed the visor to the ARMOR OF GOD. Once again I was encased in the ARMOR and I stood and stepped onto the air with the others all in LIVING ARMOR OF LIGHT. THE KING stood there and nodded to each one of us. As we all stood and received HIS NOD I began to hear the roaring sound of THUNDER AND WIND. SLOWLY HE CLOSED HIS VISOR AND THE DARKNESS RETURNED. As one we dropped to the earth below and I suddenly understood exactly what frightened those who would not repent. Isaiah 2 and Rev 6 speak of it, but who took it seriously?
Being Sober.