CHRISTIAN REVIVAL .. THE COMING REVIVAL .. REVIVAL PROPHECY .. APOSTOLIC RESTORATION
NOW AVAILABLE: Living Laodicea - a revelation of the last move [DN Hoets, 1991]
"We are on the eve of the LAST TIDAL WAVE - the greatest worldwide outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the history of the Church." Read more...
MARCH 2010 seems to the beginning of this LAST TIDAL WAVE! See Kim Clement and Benny Hinn on "This is Your Day" Tues 9/3/2010, Wed 10/3/2010. Powerful. This is the beginning of the TIDAL WAVE - REVIVAL and REFORMATION - that we have been waiting patiently to come for many years!
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The rock-solid Classical Christian Foundation - Step by Step (Click on me to view the foundation)
"Without this foundation, we are merely modern-day Pharisees." ... Voice from the Wilderness
"God is most glorified in us when we are most
satisfied in Him." - John Piper
A wish, a word, a sigh, a sign, something will inevitably escape him and thereby betray the fact that he is far from being satisfied. - Jeanne Guyon
Staying constantly in Him should be our chief priority. We remain in Him by turning back to Him every time we are drawn away by own desires. We are drawn more quickly into His Presence when we do not hold tightly to the things of this world and, yes, even spiritual things.
THE LAODICEAN CALL
Most Christians do not feel that they have been called to a deep, inward relationship to their Lord. But we have all been called to the depths of Christ just as surely we have been called to salvation [Guyon]. [cf Revelation 3:20]
A deep inward relationship to Jesus Christ is essentially concerned with simply turning and yielding our hearts to the Lord. Jesus advises us: I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire that you may be rich [Revelation 3:18] There is gold available to you and it is much more easily obtained than you can imagine [Guyon].
Today, we are often too busy with the cares and pleasures of this world and even with doctrine and the work of God - or are too soulish and too occupied with our own reasoning - to spend a moment in quietness before God. Setting aside time to be alone with God daily – a quiet time – is the beginning of experiencing the depths of Jesus Christ.
Racing through the Word of God or praying (and praising) much and with much gusto does not benefit us at all in our quiet time. We need to learn to turn to Him and to be still before Him when He draws near to us by His Presence and to only utter a word – very gently with a deep sense of love and worship - when His Presence lifts. In other words, we move when the cloud moves and we stop when the cloud stops.
When the presence of the Lord really becomes your experience, you will actually discover that you have gradually begun to love this silence and peaceful rest which come with His presence [Guyon].
SEEDS OF TRUTH SPRING FORTH FROM OUR TIME ALONE WITH JESUS
Stay with me as I take you down a road...day by day...precept upon precept. Just as the Book of Genesis is the book of beginnings and introduces us to many things as a seed or germ, so our quiet time with Jesus introduces us to many things such as the taking up of His cross... Hopefully, you will begin to understand that this road is the royal highway which all of us must walk...
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Introducing THE CROSS
We are first introduced to the cross in our quiet times when we have periods of dryness – when the heavens seem like brass and Jesus seems distant to us. We need to learn what it means to take up His cross – to recognise that He is sovereign and in control and to receive these times from His hand in the same way as when He manifests Himself to us. He sometimes hides Himself from us to draw us to Himself.
As we begin to take up His cross, we begin to die little by little – our self-life begins to die. The inner character of Christ begins to form in our lives as we become poor in spirit. We also become pure in heart and child-like little by little as our will surrenders to our Lord’s sovereign cross which He introduces in our lives.
Not only does taking up His cross change us into His image, it also important in staying filled with His Presence and remaining in unbroken fellowship with our Lord. We can as Apostle Paul implied (Be being filled with the Spirit) find that our cup is empty or half-full at times. Taking up His cross is the most important key to remain filled with the Spirit and which unlocks the door to the explosive power of God.
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In our time alone with God, we turn our heart inwardly to our Lord Jesus and keep turning toward Him until our mind is collected and quiet before Him. We should then remain quiet before Him for a while. Often we will experience and enjoy His Presence here and we need to simply remain before Him: do not say or do or think anything as long as His Presence continues. The principle, again, is this: we should not move as long as He is near.
The awareness of our Lord’s presence will lift after a while and this is the time when we need to speak a word, even simply His name - Jesus – and we will find that the sweetness of His Presence returns and settles on us. When His presence returns fully, we need once again to be still before Him.
There is a fire within you and it ebbs and grows. That fire, when it ebbs, must be gently fanned, but only gently. Just as soon as that fire begins to burn, again cease all your efforts. Otherwise, you might put out that flame [Guyon].
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Introducing THE FLESH
In our quiet times, we first begin to understand what is meant by doing things in the flesh. We learn to come to Jesus being sensitive to His Person and Presence. [cf John 14] When we do anything ourselves and in our strength in our approach to Jesus, we immediately violate the foundation that He has been establishing in our quiet times and grieve Him with our irreverence. We learn here to do little and rather to patiently wait for Him to draw near to us once again.
The revelation that our Lord is our Sovereign Lord is essential and axiomatic in our journey...We receive circumstances as from the hand of our Lord – not from the hand of man or from satan. Thus we respond only when prompted by our Lord and His Presence and do not react to situations in the flesh. Many today even use the Word of God as a reaction to a situation and are not responding and being prompted by their Lord.
Eastern meditation – and related bizarre manifestations and practises such as Kundalini, which is a counterfeit of the truth, is rooted in a striving to know God – the flesh. Instead, we need to wait for Him with patience as He draws us into His inner chambers, honouring His cross and avoiding the flesh (doing something ourselves).
Kundalini manifestations: a person may experience intense involuntary, jerking movements of the body, including shaking, vibrations, spasm and contraction; muscle twitches, cramps or spasms; involuntary bodily movements: jerking, tremors, shaking. Spontaneous vocalizations (including laughing and weeping) -- are as unintentional and uncontrollable as hiccups.
Remember, satan counterfeits or mimics the genuine. Counterfeits look similar to the genuine and are only clearly discerned under the close scrutiny of His light. Let us also not dismiss His love, His Presence and His power with the counterfeits. We do need His wisdom to rightly divide and to hold fast that which is of God.
Impatience has no place in the things of God. Visualization - even of our Lord Himself- is another counterfeit and is of the soul (imagination). We fall into these black holes when we are impatient with our Lord and when we do not receive His cross fully in our lives.
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When we come before the Lord, do we come to Him because of the sweetness of His Presence or the word that He speaks to us? A purer motive is to seek nothing from the Lord, except to please Him [2 Corinthians 5:9].
Receive whatever He gives to you. Should your mind wander or the heavens seem as brass, receive that in the same way. Believe in faith that whatever happens is His desire for you at that time.
You learn to treat times of dryness in the same way as times when you experience His precious Presence. You have learnt to love Jesus not because of His gifts, His word, nor even for His sweet Presence.
An important principle has been introduced: we are to receive all things equally from the hand of our Lord. This is important if we are to plumb the depths of knowing our Lord and to grow in the things of God.
Apostle Paul learned this too: I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned to be both full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me [Philippians 4: 12-13].
The way in which we receive the cross is very important. Mere contentment (in the natural) is not what Apostle Paul meant here. He learned how the cross brings us an inward closeness and an abiding unction. Revelation of Him as our sovereign Lord ... personal ... inward ... worship ... these are all elements. More will be said about this later...
Saints, who lived a few hundred years ago, often preferred to be abased and to suffer hardship as they knew that the greatest blessing was in the cross – the cross, if received from Him correctly and inwardly, brings us into experiencing our Lord deeply and His presence is often more tangible during these times. Today, lukewarm Laodicea prevails and material prosperity is all that many seek and desire.
Spurgeon said, "I learn more from the fire, hammer and chisel than to anything else in my Lord's workshop."
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In our quiet time, we have been introduced to a true and simple child-like faith in Jesus. There is much taught about faith today. Little about the purity of faith – a faith like pure gold refined and purified through fire. Is it not rather strange that Jesus said in Luke 18:8: Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?
The faith of Luke 18:8 is an enduring and persistent faith. God’s desire is this. His desire is to give Himself to the soul that really loves Him and to that soul which earnestly seeks Him [Guyon]. This is why taking up the cross – beginning with dry periods - is so important if we really love Him and desire a deep fellowship with our Lord.
Faith, as it is taught today, is often a justification for doing things in the flesh. To do anything in faith or according to the written - logos - Word alone needs to be examined carefully. The Lord desires that we do all things according to the promptings and leading of His Person and Presence and this will conform to the Scriptures. The self-life is much more prevalent today than we realise and it is like a cancer which squeezes the life of Jesus out of us. It even spreads into doctrine and what we believe.
Our faith must always firstly and centrally be our personal relationship with our Lord. It is the abiding in His love and a faith which endures His cross. His rhema word which He imparts to us comes next. However, often this rhema word needs to die and be buried - sometimes for many years - before He brings it to pass in a way that is all of Him and none of self. It is not so much about faith, but about the One in whom we have faith.
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In the beginning of our journey there are distinct seasons – summer and winter – experiencing His precious and enveloping Presence and alternating periods of dryness. There is also a middle and an end to this journey. In the end stage, it is as if all the seasons are put into one and we live in a state of His glory…however, this occurs many years later, if, and only if, we allow Him to take us through the tough middle stage…more of this later… this is a little of the big picture of the journey ahead…
Very few saints progress to the end stage of the journey. Many, whom the church regarded as spiritual giants throughout the history of the church, have not made it through the tough middle stage. Only a handful of saints such as Kathryn Kuhlman have moved into this state of His glory which is truly not of this world.
The essence of the journey is the progressive death of the self life and moving into the fullness of living in His Presence and His love - being moved by His promptings only. This death takes place only through the working of His cross as we learn to take up His cross correctly. Death. Burial. Resurrection. It is Romans 6 - 8 expounded - Classical Christianity.
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A work in progess...please watch for updates...
The Sound from Africa
By DN Hoets
The prophetic word being established is that there is a new sound - a unique sound - coming forth from South Africa. The world has been introduced to the vuvuzela, a new sound to the nations. This is symbolic of the new sound that is to come out of South Africa. Also the stadiums, built for sport, may be part of this prophetic picture bringing the new sound to many both South Africa and the nations.
This is the prophetic picture coming forth in the "Days of Glory" conference held in East London, South Africa. The thread coming through this conference is "we will not stay silent."
Although this is the prophetic word, I believe it is slightly off-center. In other words, much of what is coming forth today emphasizes only the baptism in the Holy Spirit. The Baptism in the Holy Spirit and the power of God is important. Let us never undermine the importance of this in our lives. However, the classical Christian foundation is not coming through at all. This is the problem in the church today and it brings much division. Many of us charismatics have only known what is taught in the circles in which we move. However, the classical foundation is foreign to us.
I know that the true revival and sound which the Lord desires to bring forth from Africa - and South Africa in particular - is very much associated with the restoring and bringing together the classical foundation together with the baptism in the Holy Spirit and the power of God.
This marriage of the two foundations will bring in the final move of the Holy Spirit throughout the earth and it will be received by all in the church. The restoring of the classical foundation will shake up us Charismatics and bring soundness into our doctrine. Some of the things - such as the prosperity gospel - which we hold strongly will go.
When this happens, the sound coming forth will not have the self-life which can come forth in "we will not stay silent" but will change and become "we cannot stay silent" because of the inner classical foundation which has been restored. It is also not something which we do, but which naturally flows from the restoration of the true foundation - a foundation which all the spiritual giants of the past had.[Otherwise it will be mostly in the flesh and we will sound like a vuvuzela] Also this sounding forth can come through the fruit in our lives...words are only one of the ways in which this sound comes forth.
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The Second Greatest Miracle
By DN Hoets
What is the greatest miracle? Without a doubt, the born-again experience. What is the next greatest miracle? It is God changing your foundation. The Coming Reformation.
God has first had to shake all of your structures. All the works of your hands have needed to first be shaken. This has begun globally a few years ago. It is necessary before most will even consider that their foundation is shaky.
Have you ever tried to witness to a Jehovah Witness? Have you tried to change their mind? Show them that they are wrong and to show them the truth? It is not much different in changing a Christian's foundation, especially one who is in ministry! Impossible! Only God can do this ... and reveal their distorted foundation to this Christian, resulting in repentance, putting aside all that they are doing - yes, all that they are doing for the Lord - and to have their tree completely cut down. Once cut down, deep roots need to be established and growth comes slowly. This process will take many years for the Lord to establish you in a new foundation.
This is why the coming reformation leading to the final revival is all of God. None of man. Many will stubbornly cling to their old way and refuse the Lord in this matter. There are many - almost all - foundations that He desires to uproot and change. One example of this is the Word-faith foundation.
My call, by the grace of God, is to be a wise master builder (1 Corinthians 3:10) laying the new foundation - the classical Christian foundation - carefully. Brick by brick. Nothing more. Many will build on this foundation and revival will come on the wings on reform.
Some may scoff at the foundation saying in their hearts that they are "mature and seasoned" believers and that they have it all together...and this is like going back to the ABC's! A humbling experience - even insulting to some. A sword will pierce the hearts of many.
Brick by brick...I lay the foundation. Nothing more. Have you experienced this miracle in your life? It will be the most important experience and change that you will have after being saved (and later baptized in the Holy Spirit). If you have experienced this miracle, it will be the central focus of your life as a believer. This is how significant this change and reformation will be in your life.
"Ah! brother preachers, we love the old saints, missionaries, martyrs, reformers: our Luthers, Bunyans, Wesleys... etc. We will write their biographies, reverence their memories, frame their epitaphs, and build their monuments. We will do anything except imitate them . We cherish the last drop of their blood, but watch carefully the first drop of our own!" - RAVENHILL
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God's Call for Reformation
By DN Hoets
Kathryn Kuhlman saw a day when the Presence of Jesus would be so rich and intense that all present would be healed. Hudson Taylor and others were shown visions of what God desires in the final hour of His church. It is the glory and the light which Isaiah spoke of. God desires the light to shine brightly and this is the main burden of His prophets at this time. Kim Clement has seen it too. A great world-wide reformation with as much impact as that of the Great Reformation in Martin Luther's day.
This reformation brings in the final glory. To the extent that Christians respond to this call, they will see true revival and an outpouring of His glory. [Revival comes on the wings of reform]
To this day, very few have responded to this call. Many are still blind. They evangelise. They continue with works; yet are blind to their own spiritual condition. God's priority today is not evangelism! Rather it is that we reform and change into His image. We need the new foundation and this is not being taught in seminaries! It comes from God Himself. When we are changed, His glory will manifest and the people of this world will come to the light.
What is this new foundation? (I have been walking in this for more than 20 years). It is what some have called the Classical Christian foundation. It is the foundation of Watchman Nee. It is the foundation of Hudson Taylor. It is the foundation of the early Quakers, Fenelon, John Wesley and many others.
The one book which is helpful (and recommended by the almost ALL of the spiritual giants of the past) is "Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ" by Jeanne Guyon. The foundation is clearly expounded here. The truth of this book is different from anything coming from Christian television and seminaries. The truth here is unknown in Charismatic circles and forgotten in mainline denominations.
Her works are the most important and influential Christian books that I have ever read. Even to this day I always have a copy of "Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ", "Union with God", "Spiritual Torrents" and "Final Steps in Christian Maturity" close at hand. I find the Presence of God manifests very strongly every time I look into these works. The Lord is still teaching me from these works - that is twenty years after first looking at them. I am always astounded at how Biblical the truth is.
This classical foundation is central to the reformation that God desires in these last days. Once this truth is restored, the glory of the Lord will begin to rise upon us and it will be said of us as of Apostle Paul and Stephen, that their faces were like that of the face of angels.
Let us occupy ourselves with one thing today. Turning back to this classical foundation and allowing Jesus to do a deep work in us fulfilling Revelation 3:20.This is what the Lord desires. All the other works will fall into place. However, don't look to the works or outreach. Ensure that you have responded to the Laodicean call and have the true foundation in your lives.
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Habakkuk: An introduction to New Testament faith
By DN Hoets
In Habakkuk, we see the germ of true New Testament faith. Let us consider the verse which is the jewel of the Old Testament "the just shall live by faith". In the New Testament, this verse is examined three times: in Romans, Galatians and Hebrews. The emphasis changes in each of these three occurrences in the New Testament. Romans emphasis "JUST". Galatians emphasises "LIVE" (and death to self) and Hebrews emphasises "FAITH". This statement was foundational in the Reformation.
In 2:4, we see faith contrasted with pride. Pride is the mark of the sinner. However, there is a process of death in a believer's life which progressively removes pride and leaves us "poor in spirit" as in the Sermon on the Mount. Remember death is lower than being humble. Paul in Philippians 2 gives us the key. Have the mind of Christ. Take up His cross by receiving all things as from His hand. Not from the hand of man or devils. This stripping of our self from our faith leads to the "Great Death" as explained in Tabernacle Notes. This is the purification of our faith. Pure gold coming through the fiery furnace.
Do you now see how faith and pride are connected?
PS: If we simply study Hebrews 11 - the faith chapter of the New Testament - in isolation, we may be led down the garden path. Romans first. Then Galations second. The truth of Galations need to be established first before moving to Hebrews. Self life needs to die first. See the "Great Death" (Tabernacle Notes). Otherwise the "things" in the definition of faith in Hebrews 11:1 become filled with self! In the broader picture, our needs and wants (even our spiritual and ministry needs) need to die. There is much of self in all of us, even in preachers of the gospel! It is His will be done, and not ours.
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Galatians: the doorway to Ephesians
By DN Hoets
Paul opens up Galatians with "I marvel that you are turning away so soon FROM HIM ... to a different gospel" (1:6). This is the key to the life of a Christian. When our attention is drawn away from Jesus, simply turn inwardly back to Him. Abide in Him and His love. When we do this - turn back to Him and keep our hearts turned toward Him in rest, our desires lose their power. They die as they only have life if we focus on them. This is the secret of overcoming worldliness.
Some believe discipline is the answer. This is simply another gospel as it conforms the outward man only and we become modern day Pharisees. We need rather turn our hearts back to Jesus when we are drawn away from Him.
When we learn to live in His love and His Presence, we understand what the Scriptures mean to be in Christ or in Him. Now the truth of Ephesians becomes real to us as Ephesians deals with what is our portion in the heavenly places in Christ.
PS: There is another way (actually another gospel) which is common today, stating that the doorway to Ephesians is opened by simply meditating and confessing who we are in Christ. This is very deceptive and is different from the way shown above.
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The Coming Reformation
By DN Hoets
Clement: God has revealed to me that beginning in March 2010, and continuing throughout the decade, there will be a massive reformation, as powerful as the time of Martin Luther during the 16th Century. The word reform means, "To amend; abandon what is wrong, corrupt, irrelevant and unsatisfactory." In a reformation, something controlling is always abolished and something relevant always emerges.
Some are speaking today that we are on the threshold of of a Third Great Awakening (Morningstar Ministries and Conference).
The gist of this is correct. Indeed this is what the Lord desires. However, even though a little has been revealed to some of these leaders, I don't believe that they have seen the full picture of the state of the church throughout the world and the substance of the Coming Global Reformation has largely been hidden from them.
There are a few ministers who are seeing a little.
Benny Hinn has touched on what the Lord desires to do.
Kim Clement, the US-based prophet, has correctly seen what the Lord's desire is at this point in time (above).
Andrew Strom speaks much about repentance and the reformation.
Lee Grady has touched on the Classical Christian Foundation and the need for Reformation today.
David Wilkerson is bringing forth truth consistent of the Coming Reformation.
There are others too.
Today, the state of the church globally is rotton. Most people - and five-fold ministers - are blind to this! Some see and are leaving churches.
An example of this state is as follows: The minister shouts that we are Abraham's seed and the blessings of God are ours. Then faith comes in. We need to believe this to receive all the blessings of the covenant. Faith then comes in. Our needs. Our blessings. Are we blind too? Is this the gospel? No, rather the rotton state of the church today - Living Laodicea.
There is hardly a ministry throughout the earth - I still can't find one - that is fully demonstrating the truth of the Coming Reformation.
I know that some here in the Eastern Cape, South Africa have been given the substance of the Coming Global Reformation. The truth of the wilderness. There is a different foundation. This Reformation precedes the Last Revival. Yes, the extent of the Last Revival before the return of the Lord is related to reform. We cannot be revived without discarding the rottonness of today's church.
Keep watching this website as it has the substance of the Coming Reformation and Revival; this is why the website is called Revival Central and is unique.
PS: Often preachers have the barebones gospel. They are correct with the major doctrines but the substance is missing. They don't have the foundation necessary to give the flesh to the bare bones. Others have distorted the gospel.
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I desire Mercy and not Sacrifice
By DN Hoets
Much of what comes forth today from the church is very much on the surface - the outside of the cup. Even the faith message is like this. No depth. Distorted too! Jesus twice told the Pharisees to go and understand what this means "I desire mercy and not sacrifice". One time He said this when the Pharisees falsely judged His disciples for breaking the Sabbath.
We need to understand the two words - mercy and sacrifice.
Firstly, 'sacrifice' refers to following rules (strictly speaking the Law) or even principles. One just has to visit a church today and very quickly one finds that there are many rules - some unspoken - in the assembly. The New Testament can be taken in a legalistic manner if the classical foundation is not central. We are taught to be a doer of the Word. However, there are two ways to do the Word. One is simply to do the Word. This is sacrifice. The other is to focus on our relationship to Jesus Christ and our hearts and souls are changed through the Presence of Jesus enabling us to naturally fulfill the Word of God. Unfortunately, many churches teach it the former way - the way of sacrifice.
For example, the precept 'love your enemy' can be taken at face value (sacrifice) or alternatively, one, recognising the sovereignty of God, rather receives the enemy as from the hand of God and not man and responds to the Presence of God. No reaction of the flesh. The second is the way of the classical Christianity and is the correct way.
To understand 'mercy' we need to go back to the Old Testament - to the book of Hosea. The word mercy can be translated 'to know God deeply and with endurance'. This seems to be more accurate. In chapter 6, we see two things coming from the context.
Deep (not on the surface hiding the sins in the way of sacrifice like that of the Pharisee in the Sermon on the Mount) and 'with endurance' (our love of the Lord is not to be like the morning dew which quickly evaporates as the heat of the day comes). This speaks to knowing the depths of Jesus Christ and the taking up of His cross - the essence of the classical Christian foundation.
So Jesus was saying to the Pharisees and to us today, do not be so concerned with memorising Scriptures, doing the Word and doing all that is expected of you in Christian circles, but rather focus on knowing Me deeply and knowing Me in My suffering too. When you turn your eyes to Me, I will cause you to fulfill My word in My strength.
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As world cup fever grips South Africa, it would do us well to consider the word below...
THE IDOL of SPORTS
-extract by Chuck Baldwin.
Millions and millions of Americans (especially males) are literally intoxicated with sports. Sports are no longer a great American pastime; they are now a great American obsession.
Mind you, this writer has been a sports fan all of his life. I began playing organized basketball in the fifth grade; I was on the high school wrestling team; I played football in high school and college...
I am not talking about sports in general; I am talking about the way many American men have allowed sports to control and dominate their lives. With many, sports are not just a hobby; they are a religion. I cannot count the number of conversations between men that I overhear in restaurants, airplanes, boardrooms, and, yes, even church houses, in which every man in the circle is literally consumed with all sorts of sports facts, information, and opinions.
In many such discussions, these men will talk about nothing else.
To these men, there is absolutely nothing in the world more important than the latest sports score, announcement, or trade.
NOTHING!
And there is also a very real psychological pitfall associated with a man's intoxication with sports. I submit that an obsession with sports gives men a false sense of masculinity and actually serves to steal true manhood from them.
For example, it used to be when men stripped their shirts off and painted their faces, they were heading to the battlefield to kill the tyrant's troops. Now they are headed off to the sports coliseum to watch a football game. A man's ego and machismo was once used to protect his family and freedom; now it's used to tout batting averages and box scores...
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The Shaking Continues
The prophet Haggai speaks by the Holy Spirit saying "I will shake all nations and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations" in Chapter 2 of Haggai in the Old Testament. We saw this shaking begin a few years ago in the natural, economic (Great Recession with emphasis in US) and political spheres. Now the economic shaking has shifted towards Europe. Western countries emphasised. Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy and Spain with emphasised socialist governments are crumbling. This has all happened in the time when the ash cloud has covered much of the UK and Europe. Providence.
The shaking of nations is also tied in with the nations' treatment and pressuring of Israel to divide Jerusalem and other portions of their land in the hope, an empty hope, of securing peace. This has been traced by many of the end-time ministries.
The British Empire crumbled rapidly after dealing badly with the Jewish people after the Balfour Declaration, preventing Jews from returning to Palestine. This resulted in many Jews dying in the concentration camps in Germany.
The US has been following in the footsteps of the British by dividing and pressuring Israel to divide the land of Israel. Since the days of the Oslo Accord and even earlier, the once powerful superpower is in a state of rapid decline.
A likely scenario of how current events tie in with the Scriptures is this: There seems to be two wars coming in the Middle East. The invasion of Russia and Israel occurs during the Tribulation and is some time in the future. The immediate war seems to involve the surrounding nations such as Lebanon and Syria. There are prophecies in Scripture that indicate that Damascus will be completely obliterated. Why would Russia join Iran in the later invasion? Ezekiel 38-39 gives us the clues. Possibly GAS plays an important role here. Energy. Gas and oil. Currently Russia gets much of its income by supplying gas to the whole of Europe. Should Europe change their source for gas and obtain gas from the recent discovered vast gas reserves off the coast of Israel, Russia would be furious. This agreement between Israel and Europe could well involve gas for Europe. This is the 7-year covenant which is the Tribulation. After a while - half-way through the Tribulation - Russia comes with Iran into Israel fulfilling Ezekiel 38-39.
Note: The main thrust of the 7-year treaty will be the "confirming of the covenant" or finalising the borders of Israel. However, the energy (gas and oil) and the reconstruction of the third temple seem also to tie in.
Turkey has now completely alligned itself with the Russian-Iran alliance of Ezekiel 38-39, as foretold in the Scriptures as the West (actually all nations) turns its back on Israel.
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"The Way Ahead" (2010 and the years thereafter)
By DN Hoets
The current picture of the church is clearly portrayed by the foundational doctrines in Hebrews 6. These are 6 basic foundations: repentance from dead works, faith toward God, doctrine of baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection from the dead and eternal judgment. Apostle Paul admonishes us to move on to perfection and not to camp in any of these areas. Historically, some mainline churches have ignored these foundational doctrines and will go in circles making no progress unless they fulfil ALL these basic foundations. Today, many are camping in these foundations. The Word-Faith Movement has camped in the second foundational doctrine 'faith toward God.' The Toronto and Prophetic Movements have camped in the third and forth foundational doctrines which include the baptism in the Holy Spirit and the laying on of hands. Many have gone into error in these camps. Today they preach another gospel. They are regular church folk who have stayed part of the charismatic church. Others have been called out of the church for many years and have entered the wilderness. They have been thoroughly taught a new doctrine and a new song. They have a different faith. A living faith that enters the Presence of Jesus behind the veil.
The wilderness truth is at the forefront of what God is doing today. He will lead these people out of the wilderness bringing forth the last and final outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
This ministry brings forth the truth of the wilderness. There is much hidden in the wilderness. The foundations are different to anything being taught today. Almost all of those ministering on Christian television are of the old order and do not have a deep revelation of the wilderness truth.
God has his chosen vessels hidden in the wilderness who have been trained and nurtured in the wilderness for decades. They do not speak the speak of today's Charismatics. They do not walk the walk of today's Charismatics. They have been truly transformed into vessels able to bear* His Presence and to enter the Promised Land of the Coming Move of God.
* Remember- the priests bore the heavy weight of the ark of the covenant on their shoulders as they went before the children of Israel through the wilderness into the Promised Land. When they grew weary - built a new cart - to climb a hill, they erred and a tragedy followed.
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Looking up into the desert skies...
Today, we see signs in the heavens and on the earth ... the sea roars as earthquakes (Haiti Update) and tsunamis bring fear to many. Luke 21:11,25,26
Hurva Prophecy / Understanding Israel - important video
THE FLYING CROSS - a Sign in the Heavens
Recently a comet looking like a cross was sighted streaming with its tail across the heavens. Let us consider four principles of a robust, true living faith - each principle represented by the points of the cross: post with northern and southern point and the horizontal beam with western and eastern points.
PRINCIPLE 1 (Northern point): True faith is a PERSONAL faith in Jesus, our Lord.
Here the focus is not on the Scriptures, but rather toward Jesus Himself. A personal faith in Jesus is emphasised in all things including doctrine. Needs, blessing, etc. is very much in the shadows. Emphasis is not placed on the "full gospel" but rather on Jesus Himself.
PRINCIPLE 2 (Southern point): Living faith ENTERS THE PRESENCE BEHIND THE VEIL.
Never separate the word of God from the Holy Spirit. In other words, faith is intertwined with the Presence of God. There are times, especially in the early stages of the journey, when His Presence is withdrawn. However, after the Great Death, the resurrection comes with a deep continual abiding Presence of God. Nothing is done 'in faith' based solely on the Word of God and in ones own strength. All things done are done in God and by God.
These two principles alone often result in a SHAKY faith. Often the believer veers toward magnetic north and away from true north. MIXTURE such as hype often enters if we ignore the following two principles as well. They represent the points of the horizontal beam of the cross which brings stability and robustness to the believer's faith.
PRINCIPLE 3 (Western point): True faith is largely a BLIND faith, dependant on the PROVIDENCE OF GOD.
There are prophetic sign posts along the way and He reveals and warns through His continual abiding Presence. However, there is still a blindness as we walk in His Providence receiving all things from His hand; and not from the hand of man or from the hand of Satan.
PRINCIPLE 4 (Eastern point): True faith always has the MARK OF THE CROSS.
Hebrews 11 is stamped with the cross.
Today, most Christians know not the cross at all. They see transformation into the image of Christ as simply conforming their lives to the Word of God. In other words, they ignore the deeper work and transformation. They are on the surface spiritual people, but no deep work has been done in their lives. They are not truly spiritual. They only appear to men to be spiritual.
Remember, I mentioned before that Malachi speaks of the soap and the refining fire as the two methods of purifying His children. Taking up His cross allows the deep work of God to begin taking place. It is a life long transformation beginning when one first begins to yield to the Lord.
The cross is more on the surface - very important, take great delight in - for quite some time in the believer's journey. The desire for the cross can be rather strong. Later it becomes deeper and more hidden. It becomes the almost unconscious principle of your soul. All your hidden thoughts and innermost actions are under the cross's work. Transformation takes place from internal to external.
Taking up His cross implies that he sees God in ALL of his circumstances. In other works, he sees that the cross comes from the hand of the Lord; and not from the hand of man nor circumstances. Each moment - no matter what it holds - is from His hand. The sacrament of the present moment. The realm of eternity. The God who IS.
A Christian who has progressed this far no longer speaks much of visions, prophecies and revelations. This is more the realm of the Prophetic Movement today, always seeking the word of the Lord. The Christian who has known the cross fully and understands what it means that the cross has become Christ* does not speak much of visions, prophecies and revelations.
He has a pure and simple childlike faith. He sees Jesus and Him alone. He also sees everything differently ... as through the eyes of God! He appears ordinary to a casual observer; but under closer inspection he is very different from other mortals. He is just like the shoe-leather exterior of the tent; but has treasures within.
*The cross will work the work of God in you. But now the work of God will bring the cross to you, and the cross will bring the Lord Himself to you [Guyon].
a. Needs \ Petitions
Leaves all these at the cross. No self at all. Only asks for "His desires" and His desires become your desires as one becomes one with Him. His will alone is done. Most of our walk is taking up His cross. NOT using your faith to change your world. NOT using your faith to fulfil His plans. NOT confessing promises daily. His promises will be fulfilled by God in His time. Leave them at the cross. Walk in His Providence. Remember needs and petitions belong to the Outer Court.
b. Prayer: The believer is not free to pray for WHOM he pleases, for WHAT he pleases or even WHEN he pleases. Understand the cross in prayer. No self life in prayer.
All four principles need to be deeply embedded in our faith giving us a true living robust faith.
How do we define self? Guyon defines self as follows: It is the individual's views, his feelings, the things which he remembers and thinks about, his own personal self-interests and self-reflections. We need to move from being absorbed in our self-life to becoming more and more centred in Jesus Himself.
One of the first truths that a believer needs to learn is to be quiet before God and to remain before Him and this coming before Him must be without any request or personal will in any matter. In other words, learning to deal with self is a first principle for a believer to master.
Principle 3 and principle 4 deal with the WILL. This brings us to be PURE. We become pure through a yielded will to His Providence and develop simple, child-like faith.
Most of what is taught today deals with the renewing of the MIND - changing your thinking through the Word of God - (also part of the SOUL). The emphasis seems to be more on the MIND. The emphasis needs to shift more to the WILL. The transformation of the WILL. This transformation into the image of Christ occurs as we become rooted in principle 3 and principle 4.
“All of self and none of Thee!”
Some of self and some of Thee!”
“Less of self, and more of Thee!”
“None of self, and all of Thee!” (Excerpt from Hymn: O the Bitter Shame and Sorrow)
When the Holy Spirit is given freedom to work He begins immediately to attack the self-life, the unbent I. Each point of self-life must be dealt with as it is revealed. This is the endless process by which the Christlife is produced. L. E. Maxwell states it clearly: “The victorious believer will become aware of many forms of self which must yet be dealt with. We shall discover: In our service for Christ; self-confidence and self-esteem; in the slightest suffering, self-saving and self-pity; in the least misunderstanding, self-defense and self-vindication; in our station in life, self-seeking and self-centeredness; in the smallest trials, self-inspection and self-accusation; in the daily routine, self-pleasing and self-choosing; in our relationships, self-assertiveness and self-respect; in our education, self-boosting and self-expression; in our desires, self-indulgence and self-satisfaction; in our successes, self-admiration and self-congratulations; in our failures, self-excusing.and self-justification; in our spiritual attainments, self-righteousness and self-complacency; in our public ministry, self-reflection and self-glory; in life as a whole, self-live and selfishness.”
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IMPORTANT - Three Realms of Christian Experience [DN Hoets]
2010: The general condition and state of the nations and the church:
1. America Experiences a Decade of Decline ...America's New Financial Capital ...England ... Europe's Looming Demise ... Iran/Israel/Turkey
2. Unholy Trinity [John MacArthur] 3. Measuring Oral Robert's Influence [John MacArthur]
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