Saturday, July 23, 2011

The Spirit of Prophecy: The testimony OF Jesus Christ

Dear Beloved reader,

Rev 19:6-10, "And he said to me, Write, Blessed are those that are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true words of God. And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said to me, Do not do that, I am a fellow servant of yours and your brethren who hold the TESTIMONY OF JESUS, worship God, For the TESTIMONY OF JESUS is the SPIRIT OF PROPHECY.

It is very important for the Bride to understand that as over-comers, sons, a Bride, and a Man Child, we are about to experience a divine intervention of the Lord as on the day of Pentecost. This is what the miracle of Cana testifies of,  and other verses about the finishing work of the Lord on the 3rd day. Hosea 6:1-3, and  Luke 13:32,  And He said to them, “Go, tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.’ 33 Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.

I write much about this in the book called “The Anointing of the Moment.” There is coming an end time miracle, event to those who are being prepared by the Lord to be His bride. The whole Body of Christ won’t experience it. In John chapter 2 Jesus performs a miracle of changing water to wine, because at the end of the wedding, the wine was all gone. He says to the servants, "Draw some out and bring it to the master of the feast, As they did, on the way the water that had been drawn out was changed into wine.”  For those answering the call to be His Bride, we are about to be lifted up to a "higher realm" with the Lord to begin to bring forth the Lord's end time plan in the Spirit of Prophecy and the Seven Spirits of God.

This Bride who has made herself ready, the 5 wise virgins that get to enter the supper of the Lord, will have a new place of power and authority not seen ever since the days of Jesus. Rev. Chapter 12 speaks of a woman being chased to the desert to give birth to a man-child. The woman is the “whole church,” the man-child speaks of the over-comers, Bride, Sons being caught up before the throne of God.

 The accuser of the brethren, (the devil) is cast down. This is a change of spiritual positions in the heavenly realm. The Bride, over-comers take a new place of power and authority that once Satan and his demons had, and satan and the demons are cast down to the earthly realm. This is what is going to happen as we enter the “come up here” of Revelation Chapter 4.

This new place of authority the Bride is going to experience before the return of the Lord is going to take her past the "gift realm" which we are operating in the "church age” to be equipped by the Lord with a higher and new level of spiritual authority and power. The Bible says, "we know in part, we prophesy part, but when the perfect come, "the mature ones” come there will be a greater enabling that these gifts given during the church age. Those gifts will begin to fade away in the Bride by a deeper enabling of the Lord in the Spirit of Prophecy.

The Bride will begin to operate as a “Son” in the real power as she answers the call to "come up here," found in Rev 4:1. She will now minister to and from before the throne of God Himself. It is here the Bride will begin to operate under the control of the 7 spirits of God including the Spirit of Prophecy." Here, she will have a new and completed identity as the Lord’s wife. She will be coming out of the desert leaning upon her beloved. This leaning is “cleaving.” That is total dependence upon the Lord Himself, His ability, His power, His grace, His everything!

This Bride company, over-comers, sons, man child, will have the same working of God in them as John the Baptist did. They will become a "voice crying in the wilderness" to prepare a way for the Lord's return.  The word of God says in Luke 3: 1-3, “Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 2 while Annas and Caiaphas were high priests,[a] the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

The Word of the Lord didn't come to the religious leaders of their day, Annas and Caiaphas. They were the high priest and leaders of the religious establishment. They should have been able to recognize the will of God to come and hear His voice, but they couldn’t because of their “religious system” of ruling God’s people.
When God chose to reveal His coming Kingdom and sending His Son, He chose John the Baptist a man called to live a separated life from the religious ones in the desert. He chose a man who ate locust and honey and a camel coat. He chose someone separated unto God solely for HIS PURPOSE! John “became” a message and the messenger, he answers, "I am a voice crying in the wilderness." This voice was as the Spirit of Prophecy and the  Testimony OF Jesus Christ.

John's testimony was he was a "voice of another." Today, in the present church system there are many "voices." These voices are bringing many teachings, but many have not become a "voice of another" in their life's experience. They may be able to preach a revelation given, but John the Baptist was a revelation of God as a forerunner to announce the coming of the Messiah.

In essence John's message was this, "I am a voice of another, Jesus, the words I am speaking are not my words, but the words on "ONE" crying in the wilderness of that day. This relates to our present need in the church and the world today as well. His Bride also must come to a place of separation and complete dependence on the Lord, in the spiritual wilderness of our day and time to become a “present voice crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord.” John with his life being lived in the wilderness became the voice of another. He was the forerunner of Jesus first coming. His Bride is the to be the voice of His second coming.

Jesus was also a voice of another, His Father. When the disciples asked Jesus to show them the Father, Jesus replied, "have I been with you this long and you don't see the Father, Phillip, if you have seen me you have seen the Father." How could Jesus say that if they saw him they saw the Father?  Because He said in John chapter 5:19-20, “So Jesus answered them by saying, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the Son is able to do nothing of Himself (of His own accord); but He is able to do only what He sees the Father doing, for whatever the Father does is what the Son does in the same way [in His turn].” The Father dearly loves the Son and discloses to (shows) Him everything that He Himself does. And He will disclose to Him (let Him see) greater things yet than these, so that you may marvel and be full of wonder and astonishment.

The true testimony of Jesus is not, "Lord have we not cast out devils in your name, or prophesied in your name, or preached Sunday morning in your name, or did crusade meetings in your name." Jesus said, many will say to him in that day, Lord, Lord have we not done..." Jesus says to them, "Depart from me you workers of iniquity I never knew you.” These people testified of "what they did for Jesus." That is not the testimony of Jesus. Neither is the testimony of JESUS the things he has done for you. That is the testimony of the "works of Jesus."

The Spirit of Prophecy is the Testimony OF Jesus Christ. This Spirit of prophecy ministers from the 7 spirits of God before the throne. So it cannot be just bringing a word or using the gifts of the spirit alone. It can't be just the simple gift of prophecy. It has to be a "deeper realm" of relationship with God as John the Baptist had with God as a forerunner. When they asked him who he was, "He replied, I am John the Baptist ministry. I preach on TBN. I come from " The first assembly of the second county of Believer's church. I am an Apostle of the most high  God, here is my card.” I don’t think so!

No beloved, He had become a "testimony OF Jesus Christ." He became empowered by the Spirit of Prophecy that was so powerful, the people came out of the cities to the desert to hear him preach. He had no advertising, no websites, no crusade meetings, no conferences or seminars. He just "BECAME" a testimony OF Jesus Christ. He didn't go out and do witnessing or try to win his city for Christ. He "became" a living testimony of Jesus and one who became a forerunner of this spirit of prophecy.

John's prophetic call was so strong that he was able to see the Spirit of God come down out of heaven and sit upon Jesus like a dove. He was able to hear the Father's voice say, "this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased." His eyesight and hearing were such of a different level than any prophet before him. Jesus said, 'there was no greater prophet than John the Baptist."

The Testimony OF Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy. Jesus demonstrated this same spirit of prophecy by "becoming a voice of another." Paul the Apostle, became a "voice of another." H declared he was crucified with Christ, nevertheless, I live, but NOT I, but Christ lives in me, and the life I know live I live by faith.....
John, Jesus and the Apostle Paul all operated by the spirit of prophecy. Remember Jesus came as "man." He gave up the right of His "Godness" to become like us. He did all He did on this earth not as God, but as the Son of man through the power of the Holy Spirit that came from the Father. This is important to understand if we want to understand that which the "bride" is about to experience.

In His first coming, Jesus stated, He neither spoke nor did anything of Himself. "Then Jesus said to them, When you have lifted up the Son of Man, than shall you know that I am He, and that I DO NOTHING OF MYSELF, BUT AS THE FATHER TAUGHT ME, I SPEAK THESE THINGS."

Beloved, "The testimony OF Jesus" is not the same as the "the testimony about Jesus." One speaks of His works (about him), the other speaks of His life of complete obedience to the will of His Father, (not my will, but thy will be done.)
Much of what we have done and experienced in the “church age’ (first 2000 years) has been testifying about him with signs following, but we are about to go much deeper than what we ever experienced in our relationship with Jesus. That is what Revelation chapter 1-5 open up to those who will hear His voice and overcome.

The "testimony OF Jesus is that HE DOES NOTHING OF HIMSELF. Rather, He only SPEAKS and MOVES in total dependence on His Father, which is the "spirit of prophecy." Yes, every order, every divine instruction, that Jesus received came from the "spirit of prophecy." The spirit of prophecy had the fullest reign in his life because he was 100 percent obedient to the"voice" of the Father through the Holy Spirit. Listen to the “testimony the Spirit of Prophecy is produced in His life.

John 5: 30-32 says, “I am able to do nothing from Myself [independently, of My own accord--but only as I am taught by God and as I get His orders]. Even as I hear, I judge [I decide as I am bidden to decide. As the voice comes to Me, so I give a decision], and My judgment is right (just, righteous), because I do not seek or consult My own will [I have no desire to do what is pleasing to Myself, My own aim, My own purpose] but only the will and pleasure of the Father Who sent Me if I alone testify in My behalf, My testimony is not valid and cannot be worth anything.There is Another Who testifies concerning Me, and I know and am certain that His evidence on My behalf is true and valid.

To all those called to be His Bride and our hearing His voice, and surrendering the totality of their being to be under His governmental rule (not my will by thy will be done) the result will become a "voice on One who is yet still crying in the wilderness of this present day.” This voice won't be heard in the "religious halls," but in the desert place of separation on the Lord. This voice is an alluring voice as found in Hosea chapter 2 :14 coming from the wilderness, ready to speak tenderly to the heart that will hear and come out from the "religious" bondage of our day.

Just as John was called apart to be "made ready" to become this voice, so also, during this present time many are being called to become part of this "corporate voice that is being formed." Rev. 19:6-10: And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, “Alleluia! For the[d] Lord God Omnipotent reigns! 7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” 8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.” 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

We are living in the time in the final hour of preparation, during which we are to become a prophetic people. Our being prophetic goes much further than operating in the revelatory gifts of the Holy Spirit as we have known. Our becoming a prophetic people goes beyond our ability to prophesy, or any prophetic office, or gifting we have ever seen.

Our becoming prophetic is not just "bringing a word" which is what we see today in the church at the close of the church age, but to our "becoming a prophetic people”. The Lord spoke to me about this in these terms. He said, "Henry I have not given you a ministry." If I had you could take it up and put it down as you please. Henry, I AM MAKING YOU A MINISTRY. This requires your life to become ONE with the very message you bring.  The message and the messenger must be one!

When that outworking of the Holy Spirit becomes our experience we will be prepared to be "lifted" (come up here Rev. 4:1) into the "spirit of prophecy" so that Jesus can move and speak through our lives as if we were Him. "Another words, we would be able to say to those who ask us on what authority do we speak these words? We would say, "If you have seen us you have seen Jesus."

We will never be Deity! Don’t even thing it! EVER! But, we can become one with Him as a Bride with her bridegroom. Like the moon can reflect the Glory of the sun by it's light, we too can be a "witness, a testimony OF the Lord Jesus Christ, with our life completely submerged and surrendered to His Will." We will be able to say, “The words I speak they are not mine, but they are of another, Jesus." These works you see, they are not my works, but the works of Jesus Christ who does these things through me."

Beloved this is the Glory Jesus came to give us as found in John chapter 17:22-23."And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me."

Today, we function in the gift realm as the Holy Spirit quickens to us a "word" a "vision, etc. Our becoming a "voice of the Lord" through the Spirit of Prophecy" will be brought about by our having entered into a higher realm of RELATIONSHIP with the Lord.

Rev. 3:20-22, Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. 21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. 22 “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

This is a deeper intimacy and relationship with our Lord that requires us to come out of "religious life, worldly life, or life as we have known it." Jesus said it is conditional.  “If anyone hears my voice... to open the door of our own heart for the Lord to come. When we open the door of our heart in the more deeper way for the Lord to fellowship with us,  we "prepare a way for the Lord to come." His fellowship with us will be as a refining fire through the Baptism of Fire that the Lord is now bringing.

This “supping with the Lord” is a deeper intimacy with Him. It requires the deepest work of the Holy Spirit’s Fire to consume everything in us that is not like Him. It will be bring an ending of our "self-life, selfish, self serving life" as we have known it, to be married to our Lord and to have His life flowing in us and through us.

This is where the Spirit of Prophecy will flow and work in us in power like we have never seen to rule and reign with Him as Kings and Priests. Rev 5:9-10, “And [now] they sing a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the scroll and to break the seals that are on it, for You were slain (sacrificed), and with Your blood You purchased men unto God from every tribe and language and people and nation. 10And You have made them a kingdom (royal race) and priests to our God, and they shall reign [as kings] over the earth!

 The Bride's says this overcoming testimony in the Song of Solomon as She becomes one with Him and His plans and purposes. Her testimony is, [She proudly said] I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me! (SOS 7:10) Here life is a now a “TESTIMONY of His life in her.  She is no longer seeking the Lord to meet her needs, but she is now living only to please Him and for His needs.

This is the "testimony OF Jesus Christ" which is where the SPIRIT OF PROPHECY can dwell and work with them in perfect harmony with the Lord as a “wheel within a wheel.” All those who will allow the Lord to "make them become a voice crying" will lose their identity as they have known it to gain His identity. “ I have been crucified with Christ, nevertheless, I live, but not I, but Christ now lives in me.”
They will have no interest in making themselves a church, a ministry or a monument for the Lord to boast of their success, but will become one with the Lord for His end time and eternal purposes. They will like Christ, lay their lives down for the sheep. They will work in an end-time anointing that will shake the nations.

Today, the church is being laughed at and not much respected, but when the Bride, Sons, Over-Comers are “lifted” up into this new spiritual place with the Lord, they will laugh no more. Here is a prophetic picture of the anointing and power these over-comers will have at the close of the church age and beginning of the 1000 year reign of Christ.

Psalm 149: 4-9, “4 The Lord takes pleasure in his people; he honors the humble with victory. Let God's people rejoice in their triumph and sing joyfully all night long. Let them shout aloud as they praise God, with their sharp swords in their hands to defeat the nations and to punish the peoples; to bind their kings in chains, their leaders in chains of iron; to punish the nations as God has commanded. This is the victory of God's people! AMEN AND AMEN!

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