I’m seeing a huge gate. It’s maybe 20ft tall and brilliantly white -  very, very brilliant white. I feel the Lord said that I’m looking at marble. It is fancy – like a wrought iron gate might be. But it’s just reflecting so brilliantly, that I can hardly look at it. Then I see this gate begin to slowly opening away from me. For, indeed, my people, I say that I am opening up a special Gate for My people. Yes, I say this Gate is not one quite like you would see upon the earth because this is a Heavenly Gate. This is a Gate that is specifically made by the finest craftsman. This is a Gate that has been made from the finest materials. This is a Gate that has been made to open on this particular season that you are upon the earth.

I say this is, indeed, a time when My people will press in.  They will, indeed, come up hither. They will come into My Presence, because in My Presence, you will find things will look very, very differently than they do upon the earth.  For I say that the DOOR AND THE GATE is opening for My people to have access to My Realm, to My Heavenly Realm. I say many people will take advantage of this invitation that I am giving to My people to come up and see what a Glorious Place that I have prepared for them.  This is a season where many people will have dreams and visions about My Heavenly Realm.  This is a season where many people will be willing to come into My Gates so they can see and experience the beauty that is Here.  I say this is a season where people will come and go much more frequently than they have in times past. I did have people that came up into My Realm.  Some of them came at what you call when they’ve been on the verge of dying and they have come up and seen what the REAL, REAL Heaven looks like. Sometimes that same people have had a special calling on their life and they have laid down their own life to follow My Life. They have come into My Realm and I say this is a season where more of My saints will be doing that, because there are so many of them that have been laying aside the things of the world and are becoming detached from all things of the world and its system.  And I say oh, yes, they still have jobs to go to, they still have meetings to go to, but they have chosen to lay all that aside and the real thing that has their heartbeat is My Kingdom; My Holy Heavenly Realm. They have come into this Realm and I have used them to go back into these Realms because the anointing that they find up Here is so intense.  When they go back it will emanate to the people that they are around. This is a great season for My people, who have really sought out My Son Jesus. These ones that have really put aside the things of the world have certainly been fulfilling the Scripture where it says that you are to be in the world, but not of the world.  Some of the people that have been serving Me have been coming into that wonderful Realm of knowing that they are of My Kingdom, and yet I use them in the Kingdom upon the earth.

I say this is a dynamic time!!!  I say, this is a time where people have a lot of questions. [I see a lot of question marks.]  This is a time where people have been wondering where is this great and awesome God?  I say unto you, My precious children, that I am about to pour a release upon the earth of THE MIGHTY, AWESOME POWER of the Almighty God. Do you not remember on that awful day when My Son hung on the cross, bowed His wonderful head and said, “It is finished.”?   There was thunder, lighting and a darkness upon the earth.  I say I will bring forth manifestations very similar to that upon the earth that people will recognize that I AM THE ALMIGHTY GOD!!!  No longer will I have people that will make a mockery of My Word!!!   No longer will I have people who will say where is your God?!!!   This is not a season where people will wonder how come that Great and Mighty God is allowing these awful things to happen. I say those awful things that are happening on earth are a result of people not following Me; of people not being obedient to My Word; of people following the wrong kingdom.  I say unto you, My children, that in the season that is already beginning, that you will find awesome things transpiring upon the earth and I say some of the things I will be doing such as lightning, thunder and earthquakes in diverse places.  But I say it isn’t because I desire for the earth to be in such turmoil, but it is because My people have chosen to follow not after Me the way they should be. It’s because they have so many false god’s.  It’s because they are bending their knees to all these other systems.  I say I have a people, and those ones you will see.  Many people will be so frightened that they will want to find a place of refuge.  I say they will want to find a place where the people are not all distraught.  They will want to have a place where people will have a peace, a Shalom about them.  It will be a people that will not be afraid of the things of the earth, but they will say “Our God reigns. Our God reigns”.  This is a season where you will find many people that have been standing with one foot in the world system and one foot in My system.  They’re going to have to make a choice.  I say “Choose this day whom will you serve?” I say to you, My precious saints, those ones that are called by My Name – that this is a season where you will find great peace walking in My Kingdom. You will find great joy walking in My Kingdom.  You will find an abundance in My Kingdom, because I have promised to take care of My people.

I say unto you that these are awesome days to be upon the earth because it’s like a mighty collision between the Kingdom of Heaven and the kingdom of this earth.  I say unto you, My precious children, as you stay in My Kingdom you shall see awesome things transpire because as people come into My Heavenly Realm, they will notice that I will do great and awesome things in them.   People will have not only the safety, the peace and the joy but they also will find that I will do miracles. I will do miracles. I am that Awesome Mighty God Who did miracles upon this earth when My Son walked this earth and I say those same miracles will be transpiring in this particular season. This is a season where I will have many of My people stand up and they will preach the Word directly from Heaven.  It won’t be one of these that they will have to spend hours preparing. Oh, no.  All they have to do is come into My Presence and I will pour through their mouths with a Mighty Awesome Power – with a Mighty Awesome Power.   Those ones will speak forth My Word.  Even the most wicked in the world system will recognize that they have, indeed, heard from the Almighty God.  They will not dispute that. Many of them will choose not to follow Me because they are so rooted in the earthly system.  I shall rise up and people will know those ones that I am calling forth in this particular day.  They will speak forth a mighty Word from the Anointing of the Almighty God. The Anointing will be extremely strong on that Ruoch coming out of their mouth, says the Lord.

I say unto you that these are days of great rejoicing in Heaven.  There are days of great rejoicing in Heaven because they know things are transpiring upon the earth to make a preparation time the same as John went forth to prepare for My Son, Jesus.  So this group of people that I am calling together, they are preparing the way for My Son, Jesus to return. And did I not tell you that He is returning for a Bride without spot or wrinkle. We say Oh, yes!!   This is the Bride that I have chosen for My Son. She shall, indeed, have Her lamp full of the Holy Ghost oil. She shall be prepared and waiting for His return. But while She is waiting, She will be very busy spreading the Good News of My Son, Jesus. She will want all to come to this Wedding Feast.  She will want none to be left out along the highways and the byways. Oh, She will invite them all to come in. Because the more that come to this Wedding Feast the better.  And she knows there’s ample room in this Heavenly Realm. So that all people upon the earth if they would accept My Son, Jesus and if they will be filled with the Power and Anointing of the Holy Ghost and if they would continue to seek His face then I would do a transformation in any life. I would do that. I say unto you this is a day of great rejoicing in Heaven because they know things are transpired to prepare the soon return of My Son Jesus when He shall catch His Bride away and they shall come and have the Marriage Feast – The Wedding Feast of the Lamb.

That pure and spotless Lamb that knew no sin until the sin of the whole world was upon Him.  I say that Resurrection morning, that Resurrection morning He no longer had those grave cloths upon Him. He left those behind as He came back into My Realm of Glory. I say unto you the Realm of Glory is opening.  Slowly those Heavenly Gates are opening that you too can come into the Realm of Glory.  Yes, there will be many coming into My Realm of Glory and then going back.  To prepare!! To prepare the Way for My Son Jesus. I say unto you, My precious children, I put My right hand of blessing upon you. I put My right hand of blessing upon you. I say come unto Me.  Come unto me.  I am your Heavenly Father.  I am the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords. I am that great I Am. The same One that Moses talked to. Come up and talk to Me says the Father. Come up and talk to Me, says the Father.  For I love you. I love you.  I love you, My precious, precious children. Hallelujah.

I seem to be seeing a man off to my right.  He seems to be on a very high hill.  He has a Jewish prayer shawl on.  He has a very long shofar and He’s blowing that.  He is putting it back up to His mouth and  blowing it again, many times.  Hallelujah.

I do say unto My people that I am sending forth My sound,  I am sending forth My sound to cause My people to hear what the Word of the Lord is speaking forth in this time and in this season.  I say unto my children that I am going to be moving in Power and Might. I’m going to move in My children in mightier ways than they have ever known before.

I have been lifting up My sound, My sound and it is coming from My Holy Mountain.  I say unto My people that I will cause them to move in miraculous ways.  I will cause you to move and the Unction will be much, much stronger than any of you have ever experienced because this is the Mighty Day of the Lord. This shofar sounding forth is this season.  Every time I will cause My shofars to be blown they would be blown. One of their reasons for blowing was to bring forth, to usher in, to call together, to have people recognize I distracted them.

I say that this is a season where I will send forth My power, I will send forth My might, and it will be much different than any of you have been thinking that it would be.  It’s going to be much different than any of you have experienced because I, I am going back to the time when I was in the Upper Room and My wind of the Holy One came in so strongly that it even shook the walls. And I say this is the time when I am raising up and it will be to go forth where I send you. Some of you will go forth in just little gatherings. Some of you will go forth from city to city.  Some of you will go from state to state. Some of you will go forth to foreign lands, but I shall take that voice that this is a new season.   That this is a time for us to come and sit at the Lord’s feet.   This is a season and a time where My people will put aside all these other things that have to do and please the Almighty God.  Do I not tell you in the Psalms that My voice even breaks that Cedars of Lebanon?  I say My voice is Powerful.  My voice is Mighty.  My sound is coming forth as a pure sound.  My Psalms are coming forth and it will invade, invade many things.  Its a season where you will recognize that this is the Voice of the Almighty God.

I say unto you that some of you will experience some of the things that My son Moses did.   Where they said to him, “You go up to the mountain of the Lord because I have come down.  Because the mountain smoked and the mountain trembled and My people were concerned about being in the Almighty Presence.  But I say I am sending forth that same sound again. I am sending forth that same Presence again and some of them will stand in awe.  Some of the people shall run the other way. But it will also be a sound of purity and it will be a sound of holiness.  It will go forth and it will cause My people to have that cleansing power of the Blood of My Son doing the complete work for which He was sent to the earth to do. Then He suffered and He died. But oh, oh, oh! He was raised up on that third day and I say that power, that same power, that same resurrection power is going to be visiting My people. Those ones, some of them have had great challenges in the last several years.  But I say those challenges are those that I have used to perfect My saints so that they shall have the Anointing of My Heavenly realm. They shall have the Power and the Might that My Son Jesus walked in.  They shall have the Anointing that will attract much angelic activity. And I say, “Yes this is a season different than any of you have experienced because I have been causing this season that you have lived in to come into the culmination in this particular age on My Divine calendar.  And I say to you My precious saint, this is going to be a season where you will step into My Almighty Presence.  You will step into My Kingdom.  I say once again to you that My Kingdom shall come upon the earth as it is in Heaven. I say,  My people, those precious saints of Mine, those children of Mine that have allowed Me to mold them and shape them, that they will be containers to take the Almighty Presence where they go.  And I say some of you will be lifted up, like in Isaiah when My Train filled the temple, so too your soul shall be full of My Glory Presence.   And I say unto you My precious one, that in that presence, in that presence, people will find that they will be dramatically transformed, that they will be dramatically restored, that they will be dramatically delivered, but most of all they will be dramatically filled by being in the Anointing in the Presence of the Almighty One.  I say unto you My precious one, that this is a season that some of My old time saints have seen. They have seen into My Realm.  And they could see what was to come, but they also knew that they would not be upon the earth when I release this wonderful, powerful, Anointing.  But they will rejoice and be glad because they know that this is the time, this is the season, on My Divine calendar that I have chosen to do those things.  And it will be among those ones that have allowed me to clean their vessels. And I say unto you as gold is refined by fire, many of my choice saints have gone through a lot of fire – but it was for My glory. It was so that they could carry the Manifest Presence of the Almighty God.

I say unto you My children: this is a time and a season like none other that has been upon the earth because this is the season of culmination in this particular age.  This is a time when you will see such awesome things transpire that your little finite minds cannot even  think or imagine what awesome things will be transpiring in your presence.  Through you and in you and coming out of you, says the Lord because this is the season when I will raise up an Almighty people that I call my Ecclesia.  The Almighty remnant of the Almighty God.  And I say you, you shall be like minded.  Many times you will find those ones that have a calling like yours and you will be drawn together.  You will know one another in the Holy Spirit.   And I say this is an awesome season for My children, for My saints.  Because the Heavenly Father is raising up - The Heavenly Father is shouting forth. The Heavenly Father is releasing. The Heavenly Father is sounding – The Heavenly Father is revealing.  The Heavenly Father is calling all these people of Mine who have been stuck in some places where they have not been able to mature but I will do a quick, an awesome and a mighty work in those ones that have had a heart to know more of Me and wanting more of My Presence. Those ones that have been speaking that Jesus walked in healing.  He walked in great miracles, He raised the dead, and those ones that have been pondering,   ”Where is that power?”  I say that their desire shall be fulfilled because I have said in My Word if you would knock I would open and I would allow you to come in.  I say many people will come through that Heavenly door and they shall find the awesomeness and the things that I have for them.  They will go back with a special Anointing that comes from My Realm to your realm.

I say unto you, My precious ones, My precious ones  that I desire the people that have really been seeking Me – the people that have been walking through a lot of difficult times because they will say “It’s all worth it because I have allowed their vessels to become vessels of honor for My glory”.  They have become vessels that I have refined that are ready to go forth and be containers of My  precious Holy……My glory, My glory, My glory!!!  I say unto you, My precious ones that this is a season and this is an hour that you are just beginning to walk in. And it shall escalate.  It shall only increase because this is My desire. This is My desire.  Many of My children have been wondering why they haven’t found fulfillment in the different places that they have been seeking Me.  And some of them have just decided that they would just stay in their own homes and wait on Me.  But I say I have given THOSE ones a great hunger. I have given THOSE ones a great thirst and their hunger and thirst will be fulfilled.  Because this is a time and season where I am going to be moving in Power and Might. It will be a very rapid season. It won’t be a season that you will just sit back and ponder, “What’s going to be happening?”  But you will be moving in the Power and the Mighty Power and the Holy Presence.  As you’re moving in that Power and that Might you will not have the time to sit back and ponder it. But you will rejoice!!!! You will rejoice, because My children rejoice when others come to know My Son Jesus as Savior.  My children rejoice when others get baptized with the Holy Ghost.  My children rejoice when they see sickness fall away from people, when they see the blessings that have been upon them, and when they see bodies straighten up from being bound over, when they see arms and legs and hands begin to move like they had not.  It will be a season when you will see even limbs grow out that they were not there. It’s going to be a dynamic season. I say My children this is going be a whirlwind of a ride, but it will be a glorious ride because I have given you, I have given you.  Those ones of you that have allowed Me to mold you and shape you. To really make your vessels so that you can be containers of My Glory.  My glory will be manifesting itself upon the earth.

I say unto you stay with the ones that I have connected you with. Stay with these people because I will add to, but stay connected to those that you can flow in the Spirit in a mighty awesome way.   And I say unto you, My precious saints, it delights the Father’s heart to see what is beginning upon the earth, even right now.   And I say It blesses My Father heart to watch My children do My bidding.  To watch My children be containers of My very Presence.  To watch My children do what I have called them to do.  And they shall have My Power. They shall have My Might.  Most of all they are containers of LOVE.  Everything you do will be surrounded with LOVE.  My Agape LOVE, because that is how I operate.  My children operate in the same thing because they are My Seed and they are coming forth into a maturity that excites My Father heart. My precious ones, I bless you. I bless you. I bless those called out ones. I bless those I call My Ecclesia.   I bless those ones I call My sons and My daughters. I bless those ones I that I know will do My bidding. They will not respond to another voice because they hear the voice of the Almighty God.   This is the time when I have sounded the Shofar.  It shall go forth with a fresh sound.  It shall send forth with an embarking of My wonderful Presence, says the Lord to you.  I love you and I bless you. Hallelujah.

Hallelujah. I’m seeing my precious Jesus again. I saw Him maybe a month ago. And I called Him the King of Glory, and I’m seeing Him once again. He’s in a brilliant white light and His garments are just completely covered in gold. They are just absolutely stunningly beautiful.  The garments that He has on seem to come over His hands a little bit and it’s just very, very beautiful. He is just Glorious to see. He has no crown on His head. I only see His hair. This gold color is just like eminating, eminating, eminating. It’s almost like on a certain frequency. And the Lord has this Holy Presence and I just know that He is the King of Glory and He wants to reveal Himself as the King of Glory to His people.  I see Him stepping out of that white Light, almost like a white oval that was all around Him. He stepped out of that White Oval still arrayed in the Glorious Golden Garments and He said,” I extend My hand to My people. I extend My hand to My people.” I see Him reaching out with His right hand and I say unto My people that indeed I am the King of Glory. I am the One that you have been longing for. I am the One that you have been hungering and thirsting for. I have many people all over the world that have been longing for My return. They have been longing for My Holy Presence to come once again upon the earth. These people have been waiting as the shepherds. I’m seeing a shepherd standing on a hill and I see angels going to them. And they were waiting for something and they knew not what. And the angel said “Be not afraid for behold, for behold, this is another season, My children, when I say behold, behold, My Son, My Son. My glorious Son.!!  He is, indeed, the King and I say He is ruling and reigning and I say unto My people, it is a season and a time when He will impart to you the very Presence of His Glory.

And you shall see great and awesome things transpire upon the earth as My Ecclesia begin to open up. Open up and I say in my word to open up the heavenly gates and let the King of Glory come in. And that’s what I’m saying unto My people. Open up. open up so that the King of Glory can come in because I desire for My people to be vessels. To take My Divine Holy Presence and the Majesty on High wherever they go. And I say unto you My precious ones. This is a season of great importance in My realm of things that transpire upon the earth. This is an important season because it is the season where you will usher in My Son, Jesus as the King of Glory. And you shall see many things happening because of His Glory, of His Presence. Things that have been the same old same old for a long time. They will be changed because of His Holy Presence. For I say unto you that I walked with My children in the wilderness. I came as a Glory Cloud and so, too, I am sending My Son and He is coming as the Glorious King and He shall impart to those people who have allowed Me to prepare their vessels. He shall impart His very Presence, His very Glory into your vessel.  When you go out you will see awesome things will transpire because this is not a day the same as it was  a short season ago. But this is the day I am fulfilling everything in My Word. Every prophesy will be fulfilled. The only ones that have not been fulfilled at this time is the return of My Son Jesus and I’m about to release Him because His Glory will manifest His Presence in those ones I call the Bride. They have been preparing herself for My Son. That Bride that has been preparing herself for My Son. Who I say I will not give My Glory to just any old one. Oh no.!! My Son’s Glory has been reserved for the ones that will walk in Divine Presence. Those ones that have laid down their lives. They no longer care about the earthly things. Yes, they are in the world, but they are certainly not of the world. And I will use them in mighty powerful ways There will be times where these ones of Mine, that are My Glorious Bride that she will go into these different places and she will take that Glory of the almighty one.

Yes I say this has been a day of trials and tribulations for many of My people. This has been a season of purifying My people. This has been a season where there have been hurdles in their pathways, but I say they are over comers. They are over comers.  I say unto those ones that are over comers that they shall be endowed with power from on high. My very presence, My precious one. My very presence and I say unto you that My bride for my son, she shall be arrayed in the glorious garments. She shall be arrayed in the very glory as my son Adam.  Adam walked in the Garden of Eden when I talked to him in the cool of the day so too these ones are going be messengers of My presence. I’m going to increase the gifts of the Spirit because I have put a fresh anointing upon them and I say they are bursting, bursting forth because I’ve in fact used the gifts.  I desire to use the gifts of the Spirit.  So I can tell the ones that know not about Me – those ones that have been sitting on the fence. They don’t know if they want to serve my friend Jesus 100% or if they want to stay in the world.  But I say these ones that I am sending out, they will go forth and they will have the operations of the gifts of the Spirit in a mighty awesome way.  I have not forgotten about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Oh no. Because I will use them in a mighty powerful way and these ones that speak forth these things that come out of the Spirit of the living God that dwells within their vessels. Those ones will have such a strong anointing upon them that when they speak forth these different things that come out of the gifts of the Holy Spirit people that hear it they will know this is from God. This is not somebody just making up something. And sometimes people have even said when My people have been operating in the gifts of the Spirit that it was judgmental. But now they will know that it is I that is speaking thru these vessels and they will know that the unction that will come forth from these people will have an unction that will touch even the hardest heart. Even the hardest heart.

And I say unto you My precious, precious children, this is a season and a time where I have much excitement because I know what is about to transpire upon the earth. It has already begun. The hour has been ticking. The hours have been ticking by. The minutes have been ticking by. And I say unto you My precious ones, it’s almost time to tell My son to go and get His bride. And I call unto My people, my Ecclesia, to spend time, to humble themselves, to spend time. And I say, I will always meet my people as they open their heart. I will always meet them. I will never reject one. I will never reject one because I love My people. And I will use especially those Ecclesia ones who allow Me to mold and shape them. They will be operating in the power gifts. In the power gifts I say unto you. Yes, the fruit of the Spirit will be abounding and most of all they will LOVE. Most of all, they will LOVE with My Agape LOVE.  I say unto you My precious Ecclesia, and this is the season, this is the hour like none other.  This is the season and this is an hour where the MANIFEST PRESENCE of God shall be revealed. I have used some of My people in little tiny instances here and there to manifest My Holy Presence, but I am going to be using many of My precious ones. Many of My precious ones will be used in a mighty powerful way. And I say that is what will break down, break down the barriers between the sinful ones and the holy ones.  That will break down!!  And I say unto you, I declare not one be lost. I declare not one be left behind . But the hours and the minutes are ticking away. And I say on my timeclock, this is the season where people will find awesome things transpiring. And I say this is the season when I will do things rapidly. What used to take 10-15 years will take 10-15 minutes because I am moving at an accelerated speed. And I say unto you My precious ones that this is the season and this is an hour when I am doing awesome mighty things. This is the season, and an hour when I’m doing those things which some of my saints that have already come up into My holy presence have longed for because they knew there would be a time when there would be people upon the earth that would be so full of My holy presence, of My glory that it would be a transforming for many many people.  I say unto you My precious one, that is why I have designed for you to be upon the earth because this is a time where I am preparing a wonderful, wonderful Bride. Oh my goodness, now off to my right I’m seeing the bride, completely arrayed in the same gold that I saw King Jesus with. This is a season when they will look at My bride and they will know that she is My bride. They will know that she is the called out one. They will know that she is the one that I have prepared for my son Jesus. This is an awesome time for you to be upon the earth, and I say unto you My precious one, that I have called you out from the midst of them as I have said in My word that I would do. This is the season when I am calling My remnant together. And you will rejoice and be glad because you will recognize one another in the Spirit, you will recognize one another and there will be great rejoicing because the Presence of the almighty God shall be upon you, and I say unto you the Glory of My Son, Jesus shall descend upon you and people will know that you almost have a Glow about you. Some will think you have beautiful makeup on. Some will think you’ve just done something in the natural to make yourself look beautiful, but no!!  It is all about Me. It is all about My Presence, and most of all it is all about My Glory.

And I say unto you My precious children, that this is the time and this is the season to rejoice and be glad because you have found favor with your Heavenly Father. And I say unto you that I want you to be of good courage and be of good cheer because things are culminating at this particular age that which you call the church age. This is a full circle of what I began in the Book of Acts and it has multiplied and it has multiplied because there are multitudes of people that have chosen to lay their life down and allow Me to pick it up and use it in a mighty and in a powerful way. Oh, yes remember the King of Glory does come in. Open up your heavenly gates and let the King of Glory come in. And He shall spend time with you. He shall spend time with His one whom He has been wooing and courting. And I say unto you my precious one, rejoice and be glad. I rejoice and am glad because I know what is transpiring upon the earth in this particular season. And I say unto you My Ecclesia, My children, My special Holy one, this is a time to go forth and do My bidding so that those ones I already know will want to come into My kingdom.  [I'm just seeing a golden door open.] I will open the Door and invite them to come in and they shall come in multitudes.  Multitudes, My children, because this is the season and an hour of My pouring forth to gather My sheep. To gather My sheep. To gather My sheep. And I say unto you My precious ones, I put my blessing upon you. I put my blessing upon you. I put My blessing upon you. Hallelujah.

Monthly Prophecy – January 2012 – 2012 the Powerful Year !!

Transcribed by Beverly Clous

I see lots of white birds flying in the blue sky.  They are white doves.  So brilliant-they are reflecting like lights shining brilliantly. I watched them just flying almost in some sort of a majestic dance.  Then they all seem to come forward and into one huge brilliant white Dove.  The wonderful Spirit of Jesus!!  This Dove is touching many people who seem to be looking up expecting.

In the Holy Ghost, they will begin to be saturated with the Presence and the Power of the Almighty God. For I say, this is a season and this is a time when I desire to do great and mighty and awesome exploits. Exploits My children. I have done wonderful things in the past. I have sent healing ministries. I have sent out the call for salvation for millions of people. And I say, this is a season where My Ecclesia, those ones who have desired to serve me with their heart, all their soul, all their mind, and all of their strength, that those ones have become saturated with the Holy Spirit, that My Presence will permeate where they go. My Presence will permeate even touching others. My Presence will even touch the wild life. My Presence will be felt by multitudes and multitudes because this is the season where I desire to pour out. Pour out my spirit as I’ve told you in the Book that you call Joel. I would pour out My Spirit upon all flesh and I say unto you, My precious ones, that you are the containers that I will use to go forth into all the world and be My Disciples. I say unto you that this is a season where you will see TRANSFORMATION POWER happening because the season is short. I do not have a season of another long period of time that I say My people will be touched in a powerful, mighty way.

I will invade the prisons. I will invade the jails, I will invade the hospitals. I will invade those places along the highways and the byways where people have no one to care for them. I say, I will invade those places with My Presence and My Power. And those ones who have nothing, they will suddenly realize they have everything because they will bow and accept My Son, Jesus, as their personal Savior. And as they do that, they will cry out. Cry out. Cry out and as they cry out, I will release the Holy Spirit in them in a powerful, mighty way. Do not look for Me necessarily to pour out, only in what My people call their churches. Do not look for Me to pour out only in whatever their gatherings are because I say, this is a season where I desire to pour out and I know whose heart is ready to accept Me and when My Power touches a person, they will be changed instantly They won’t have time to go through a twelve step program. They won’t have time to go through years of counseling. They won’t have time to do anything except be very excited about the transformation that I will make in these people’s lives. And then, yes, I will need to use my Ecclesia to bring them in so that they know they will need to be lined up with My Word so that they don’t get off in some sort of a drawing from the unholy one.

I say this is a season and a time that power will be manifested in mighty, mighty ways. There will be things happening in the Earth that no body will be able to explain. There will be great sorrow and I’m seeing that Tsunami that happened in Japan. That was a time of great sorrow because many people’s lives were just snuffed out in one short time. And I say, I desire to have a Tsunami of the Holy Spirit where it will just engulf people.  They will be lifted into My Presence in a powerful, mighty way. This is a season where those ones of My people that have been hungering and thirsting after more, they’ve been crying out for more –  I say, I hear their cries, I hear their cries. And I say, I will have many of My Ecclesia that will be going out, going in, going out, going in, going out because this is a season where the walls of the church will no longer keep my Holy Spirit bound up.

It’s a season where no matter what kind of great lessons that you have learned, it’s going to boil down to the Presence, to the Power, to the Holiness, to the Perfection. I say, this is a highway. A Highway of Holiness is up Mt.Zion. And I say, this is a season where some of My precious Ecclesia have allowed Me to mold them and shape them so that they can be those powerful vessels that I will use in this time frame in which you are upon the Earth. Yes, the things of this Earth will be very dark and they’re not going to get a whole lot better. And I say, but I will even invade that darkness because I am that Light. I am that Light. I say unto My people for years, do not put your Light under a bushel and so many put the Light of My Son, Jesus, under some of their transgressions. They put the Light of My Son, Jesus, hidden by sinfulness. The Light of My Son, Jesus, has been taken out by the pursuit of worldliness. My Son, Jesus, has the Light of His Light has been dimmed by people pursuing the world’s money system. But I say, I will provide for My Ecclesia everything that they need because I know what your needs are long before you even know what your needs are.

And I say unto you, My precious, precious children this is a season where you will rejoice and be glad because you will see the Manifest Presence of the Almighty God. This is a season of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost will be manifesting upon the Earth in Power and Might. This is a season where you will see as I told you in My Word you would do the works that My Son, Jesus, did. But even greater works and this is that season My precious ones. This is that season this year. This year that you call 2012 is going to be a year of dynamic manifestations. Of dynamic, powerful exploits that I will do and you will see awesome things begin happening. You will be so concerned and so awed by the awesome things that I am doing. Those things that have troubled you last year will not even take place in your life because you will only be so in tune with My Power and My Might and My Presence. It’s My Presence, it’s not something that people have to labor hard for, all I ask my people to do is to come before Me with clean hands and a pure heart.

All I ask My people to do is to LOVE Me with all their heart, all their mind, all  their soul, and all their strength. The only thing I ask you to do is love one another  [All over -- Just great explosions. Some are just smaller but some are great, big explosions!!!]  Those are what I am doing in the Earth. I am releasing My Power and My Might and it will be explosive. I told you that the dynamos power is where you get the word dynamite from. I will be setting off explosions with My Power and My Might and you will see those things that you have prayed about come to pass!!  Those things that even some of your people that are already resting in Heaven with Me. Some of them have prayed things that have never come to pass. You will see things coming to pass very quickly.

This is the season of not sitting back in your rocking chair. This is the season of much activity and some of you, some of you of My Ecclesia will be coming up here in My Kingdom realm and then you will be going back to the Earthly realm because that is what I desire to do. I have extended Jacob’s ladder to all My people. I have extended it, same as the Highway up Mt. Zion, is a Highway of Holiness. And that, My precious ones, is what you need to do if you stumble, if you do things that you know are displeasing to Me. Repent quickly. Repent quickly and wash it with the Blood of My Son, Jesus. Because I desire to have My people, My temples filled with the Holy Ghost so that they can go to and fro to bear witness, to be a container, to flow, overflow upon other people. I say, this is a season where My Ecclesia will be used in Power and Might and it is a season where I will not allow any of those people that I have brought out of the traditions of man to be used mightily.

This is a season where I have brought people out of some of those structures that the Religious System put upon people. This is a season where you will stand before Me. Hallelujah! You will stand before Me as Adam did in the Garden. You will not need anything except My Word, My Presence, My Holiness, My Purity and I say, you will be in communication with Me as Adam was because that has all been restored by what My Son, Jesus did. You have the Holy Spirit but I say you will hear My Voice, the Voice of the Almighty God. And I say unto you My precious Ecclesia,  those ones that you have paid a price to be called My Ecclesia, but I say, this is a season that you will be so thrilled that you allowed Me to mold you and shape you so that I can use you as vessels fit for the Master’s use. And I will use your vessels in a powerful, mighty way.

Remember, this year, this year is a year of POWER. It is a year when I am releasing My Almighty Power and I say unto you My precious children most of all I want you to know I love you. That’s the most important thing. Know I love you. I loved you even when I was allowing circumstances in your life that were extremely difficult but I loved you. I loved you. I never stopped loving you no matter what. No matter if you’re the most holy saint or the worst sinner. I always loved every person. I always, always love and I want you to know that because I want you to carry My Love where you go.. My Love where you go. And I bless you My precious Ecclesia. I bless you My precious children. I bless you. I bless you. I bless you. Hallelujah!

I have in my hands two boxes,
which God gave me to hold.
He said, “put all your sorrows in the black,
and all your joys in the gold.

I heeded his words, and in the two boxes,
both my joys and sorrows I store.
But though the gold became heavier each day,
the black was as light as before.

With curiosity I opened the black,
I wanted to find out why.
And I saw in the base of the box a hole,
which my sorrows had fallen out by.

I showed the hole to God, and mused aloud,
I wonder where my sorrows could be.
He smiled a gentle smile at me,
my child they’re all here with me.

I asked, “God, why give me the boxes,
why the gold and black with the hole?”
“My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings,
the black is for you to let go.”

I’m seeing pure white fireworks going up, cascading and cascading and cascading.  They are going up from earth toward Heaven.  Lots and lots of what looks like fireworks.  Now all of a sudden it seems to be being poured back down to earth.  Lots and lots of these wonderful pure white, all pure white sparks.  Coming down, coming down, coming down, coming down and I say unto My people that this is a season, yes indeed, where I will come down.  And I say unto My people that this is a season where I desire to come down and have a habitation with My people.  This is a season where I will come down and show you what an Awesome, Powerful, Mighty God I am.  This is a season where I shall Rend the Heavens, Rend the Heavens, Rend the Heavens and I’m seeing like a huge, huge white cloth and the Lord is just wringing it like you would a washcloth or something and out of that is falling all this crystal white, crystal white, crystal white substance.  Hallelujah.

And I say this is a season where the anointing shall be so strong upon My people (even the ones that have been heavily anointed over the years) that they will begin to recognize this is something special, this is a new season.

This is a new manifestation of the Holy Presence of the Almighty God.  This is a season much like when My Son Moses came up the mountain and he sat in My Presence.  That Presence, My children, that very Presence My children.  I’m opening up the Heavens and sending it down.  And you shall see some people will say, Oh your too Holy, some people will say, Oh you think you’re so wonderful, they’ll have negative things to say but just keep on walking, just keep on walking because it is all about My Presence.  My Holy Presence because this is a season where I shall pour out might, and this is a season when you walk in My Power and you walk in My might and that anointing that I’m pouring out in fresh, fresh measure, you’ve never seen it before!  It was in little pockets before the one hundred and twenty in the upper room, it was when the people were at the foot of the cross.  It was when My Son, Jesus was born upon the earth.  Those are pockets, but this is a season where I am choosing to open the Heavens and come down and habitat with My people.  A habitation is when My Presence will stay there, the Manifest Presence of God will stay there.

I have been preparing places where people will have prepared so that the Manifest Presence of God, My Manifest Presence, will not co-mingle with the unholy.  My Presence will not co-mingle with obscenities or even, [I’m seeing a newspaper,] even the filth of a newspaper.   My Presence will not co-mingle with the world and all of its things.  But there are many people who have been preparing.  Some have prepared just a little place in their homes where My Presence can be a habitation.  [I’m seeing somebody sitting, in a burgundy colored recliner chair.  They have off to one side a little end table with a Bible and music in the room.]

But some of My people have prepared one little corner of the room and that is the place of My habitation and they will not defame it by taking other things into that particular place.  Other people have a room in their home, a whole level in their home where they have prepared that place for my habitation to be there.  Few, very few, have prepared a whole building to breathe the habitation of the Almighty God.  And I say unto you my precious children when you have prepared that kind of a place for me you will find when you walk in, that my presence is there, when you walk in, you will find suddenly you will feel the anointing to do the work of the ministry.  So much of ministry, My precious dear children, has been ministry that people have just done.  But this is a season where the Ministry will be done because I am pouring out, because I am the One who is telling you what to do, I am the great I am.  And I say as Moses came up and he was in My Presence and when he came down that Mountain, they told him to cover his face because My Presence was so strong.  That’s what I am doing in this age, My precious ones, that is what I am doing in this age!!!  Yes, some of My people have been learning to come up into My Heavenly realm and that is good!  And I will continue to do that because there is special Anointing in that Realm.  But I also am choosing to come down and habitat with My people.  I say unto you My precious ones this is a mighty, mighty season.  This is a season where I have said the Fullness of the Godhead is manifesting itself.  My precious Son Jesus, the One who you accepted as your personal Savior.  When you did that your life was dramatically changed because it took you out of the kingdom of the world system and placed you into My Kingdom.  I say when you got filled with the Holy Spirit to overflowing [I’m seeing a volcano erupting] my Spirit began to erupt out of your vessel and that was good.  There was much, much that came out of that.  But now My precious ones, I am choosing to come down and you will walk in the Fullness of the Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit.  And I say unto you, My children, these are times when the Supernatural Realm of the Holy Ghost will be more real to you than the natural realm that people have been walking in.

I have told you that this is a season when I say, “COME AWAY. MY BELOVED”.  This is a season when I say, “Come My Beloved and sit among the fragrances, among the fruits, sit in My Garden.”  This is a season when it is a fulfillment of that Season when you will go out of My Garden.  This is that Season where I have, [oh my goodness!], I have been preparing My Bride for My Son.  This is a Season where you shall come out of that Garden arrayed in the splendor, in the splendor, in the beauty of His Manifest Presence.  This is a season where you shall come out flowing with a veil of the Holy Presence of the Almighty God.  And I say this is a Season where My Bride will carry a bouquet that will be abundant with all the fragrances and all the beauty, all the flowers.  Her bouquet will be one of absolute, absolute fragrance.  It will be one that she will be willing to take a flower and give it to the ones that are out there that so desperately needing the Presence of the Lord.  Oh, My Bride is a giving Bride, My Bride is a loving Bride, My Bride is one that will have eyes for none other than her Beloved, My Son, Jesus.  This is a season My precious daughters when you will be transparent.  Anybody can look at you and know that your heart is overflowing with Love.  Everybody will know that you are the one that has prepared your vessel to be that wonderful Bride of Christ, that I talk about in My Word.  I say unto you that I have been sending out the ones to look for that Bridal Company, those ones, the same as I sent them out to look for Rebecca and they found her at the well.  Rebecca had a heart that she not only was willing to draw water for the servants, but she was willing to even draw water for their camels.  And I say that’s the way my precious Bride is, she will only not walk with you one mile, but she will give you her coat, and walk with you two miles.  This is a wonderful season, my precious saints, this is a wonderful season my precious saints and I say unto you this is a time of exultation.  This is a time of Hallelujah!  This is at time of joyous praise.  This is a time and a season where these people that have chosen to follow My Son, Jesus and this is a Season where they have said, My beloved one, I am betrothed unto you.  This is a Season where she will not look to any other.

And I say unto you my precious, precious saints this is a Season like none other.  This is a Season where I rejoice because I know what is transpiring upon the world and I know that the darkness is getting darker but I have told you it would.  But my precious ones, this is also a time and a season where My Kingdom is getting more brilliant.  This is a Season where My Kingdom has people who are willing to walk in it.  And I say unto you, My precious ones, it is not much longer before I shall tell my Precious Son to go and get His Bride.  But you have some work to do yet, you have some things that I have ordained for you to do yet.  And I say unto you My precious ones, well done, well done.  I say unto you,  My precious ones, that have chosen to follow after My Son, Jesus they don’t choose a little bit here and a little bit there.  No they have chosen to be ALL FOR JESUS and I say unto you, My precious saints, this is a glorious time.  This is a hallowed time.  This is a time where My Kingdom shall come upon earth as it is in Heaven.  I say unto you, My precious ones, I love you, I love you.  Let My heart just pour out to you.  I love you My precious ones.

Hallelujah.

Your Heavenly Father

transcribed by: Beverly Clous

I am seeing lots of doors, like bi-fold doors.  Lots of them, every which place.  They are all going in one direction.  White doors, white doors – lots of white doors.  Some are closer to me and some are in the distance.

Oh, yes, My children this indeed is a season where I am opening MY doors.  I am opening MY doors for My people to move through and minister in Power and in Might.  I say unto you, My precious ones – those ones I have been preparing for this tremendous outpouring of My Spirit that  they will walk in; but they will NOT push one door open.

I have been training up My people that they will not move unless they hear that this is the Way God desires you to go and walk in it.  This is a season where I have been training My people up so they will be transformed into the image of My Son, Jesus.  And yes, I say that Image is where you shall have the anointing that My Son has.  When He stood up and said, “The Anointing of the Lord is upon Me”.  I say this is the day where My people that I have been preparing will rise up and others will know that the Anointing of the Lord is upon you. I say this is a season where people will be guided and directed because they will be so in love with My Son Jesus that nothing else will compare to His beauty, to His holiness, to His purity, to His righteousness, to His awesomeness, to His Glory, to His Presence.  I say unto you, My precious children, this is an hour when I am going to perform so many great and awesome things. I say those ones that I have been training up that they will be so one with My Son as I talk about in John 17; that they will be one with Him.  Him in Me and them in My Son Jesus and My Son Jesus in them  by the Power of the Holy Spirit.  They shall move.

I have been in a time when I have been cleaning My people.  I have been removing the debris from My people’s hearts.  I have been removing the thoughts that do not line up with My Word.  I say My people will be a humble people. My people will be a holy people.  My people will walk in holiness and purity.  My people will be a people who will hear the Voice of the Almighty God.  They will be doers of My Word, for I say they shall not be only hearers of My Word but they shall be doers of the Word.  That Word is the Voice of the Almighty God that will come upon these people.  And I say unto you, My precious ones, this is a time when My people – those ones that I have been preparing for this company of people that I have been raising up that they will be so in love.  Yes, they will be in love with My Son.  Yes, they will be in love with one another.  They will be so occupied with loving the people that they shall not be concerned about this or concerned about that because they shall know the Voice of Almighty God is guiding them and directing them.

I say this group of people will stay in tune with My Word.  They will stay in tune with My Message.  They will not defile My Message.  They will not dilute My Message.  They will not pollute My Message.  They will walk in the purity of My Word of the Almighty God.  I say these people will be an awesome company.  These people will be an awesome company and they shall walk in harmony.  These people will BE in one accord.  These people will NOT break rank.  These people will not  mind if they are in the front leading or in the rear bringing that up.  They will walk in their positions where I have placed them.  Sometimes some of these people will be leading and other times someone else will be leading and they will be part of the rear guard.

I say unto you, My people, My precious, precious people these are awesome days.  These are, indeed, the days of the fullness of Almighty God that I have talked about for so long in My precious Word. These are the days when My people will be walking in a remnant company of people. They will be sooooo in love with My Son, Jesus and they will be one with Him.  Yes, you call it the Bride; I call it My Son’s best.  My Son’s best.  My Son, Jesus, did so many awesome, mighty things when He walked upon the earth.  Part of what He did was a preparation so that I could have a Bridal company that will walk with Him and talk with Him, fellowship with Him.

As I told Adam in the Garden it was not good for man to be alone and I took a rib out of his side and created a woman for him.  I say so too, My Son, Jesus is worthy and out of His side flowed that blood and water; out of that I have been preparing a company of people that I can say “this is My Son’s Bride”.  I can say “this is a people who have prepared their vessels to be My Son’s helpmate“.  This is a people that will do His bidding and His bidding alone.  This is a people in this awesome, wonderful hour that I have longed to see.  This is a time and a season that has been set aside for a company of people to be My Son’s Bride and they shall be one with Him, full of love, full of love.  That is all they will do is love.  They won’t criticize one another.  They won’t have hurt feelings from one another.  They will walk in love.

Because perfect love casts out all fear.  I say unto you, My precious children, this is a season of much, much activity in the Spirit realm.  This is a season when I am releasing angelic hosts from Heaven to come down and minister to people on the earth.  They shall stir and they shall stir so that the people on earth to come, to allow the Holy Spirit to draw them into My Kingdom.  I say this will be a fruitful season.  This will be a fruitful season because it is a time where the fruit on the tree of life – the fruit on that tree of life is My Son, Jesus is mature fruit.  It is mature fruit.

I say unto you, My precious, precious children, this is a time of much testing of My mature ones especially.  I have been positioning them; I have been placing them so they can truly walk in the Kingdom of God; in the Kingdom of God.  They will not run into My Kingdom and then run back into the world’s ways. The focus will be Kingdom of the Almighty God.  They won’t have to sit down and pray for hours and hours; they will BE walking in the Kingdom of God.  They will BE walking in My Son, Jesus.  They will BE empowered by the Holy Spirit and guided and directed.  I say ALL the things that this mighty company of My precious ones will be giving ALL the glory to Me.  Will be giving ALL the praise to My Son, Jesus.  They will take none for themselves because they have died to themselves and they are alive in Christ Jesus.

I say unto you, My precious ones, this is a season when I am opening up those doors – opening wide those doors.  You shall see many things transpire upon the earth that people will know this is a people who love the Lord Jesus Christ.  This is a people who love with all of their heart, all of their soul, all of their mind, all of their strength.  They love.  I say this is a people that love the Lord like that.  But I say this IS a people that will love themselves.  I have been working to get all of the messiness of your own self out of the way; to get all of the woundedness out of the way.  Because I desired you to love the way My Son, Jesus loved.  He laid down His life because of love. I say this group of people will also lay down their life and count it of no account they will only do what My Son, Jesus is calling them to do.

As you well know when My Son, Jesus walked upon the earth He did nothing unless I told Him.  He did nothing unless He saw Me do; and so too this company of people will operate like that in the Power of My Spirit, the Power of the Living God.

These are awesome days for you people that are upon the earth because these are the days of culmination of this particular sequence that you call the church age.  I say unto you, My precious ones, PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD.  PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD.  You will prepare it by doing the ministry that I set before you.  Not what someone else thinks you ought to do. Not because someone points a finger and says you need to do this or that.  Because this is a company of people that will flow by the Spirit of the Living God.  Flowing through them.  Flowing out of them touching many, many people.

I say unto you, My precious children, I delight Myself in knowing that there is a company of people upon the earth for this particular season that I have ordained to be upon the earth.  They will do those great and mighty exploits that I have already desired for them to do.  I say unto you  [I see a huge, huge  drawing with little tiny lights that are lit up brilliantly.  These are the saints of God that are called to be the great awesome Bridal company.  Now I see all of those lights from all around the world coming off of this blueprint coming into one huge, huge light that is streaming, streaming straight up to God.]  I say those come up before My nostrils to bless Me, but then I pour it back upon the earth because My desire is – not one be lost.  My desire is that all walk in the fullness of the plan that I have set before them.

I say unto you, My precious children, come unto Me.  Come unto Me, come unto Me and I will give you rest.  I say unto you, My precious ones, that I have been preparing so that I can say to My Son, Jesus; and it will happen very soon, My children; The Bride Has Made Herself Ready.  My Son Go and get Your Bride!  This is a time that I have desired to one day say “My Son – Go and get Your Bride”.  Oh!! This is a time that I have desired to one day say “My Son – Go and get Your Bride.  Oh!! The angels are rejoicing.  The angels are rejoicing because they know that this is the time frame of a great and awesome Heavenly encounter that is about to transpire on the earth.

I bless you, My precious children.  I delight to call you My children.  I delight to call you the Bride that has made herself ready for My precious Son, Jesus.  Oh!! Rejoice and be glad oh Bride of Christ.  Rejoice and be glad oh Bride of Christ.  Rejoice and be glad oh Bride of Christ.  Halleujah!  Halleujah!

The Heavenly Father

In the early morning hours of July 30th in a dream vision, I saw a man step out of the great cloud of witnesses of Hebrews 12:1:

Hebrews 12:1 says we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses – and down here on earth we are surrounded by that great cloud of witnesses and they are watching us. They have a right to observe us because they invested their lives in us while they were upon the earth. We are their investments.

This man that stepped out of the great cloud of witnesses had joy unspeakable and full of glory all over him. In Heaven, the Father had revealed to the Son a thing He was going to do shortly upon the earth. There’s great joy in Heaven now yet Heaven has not revealed this to the earth but it will be revealed very shortly.

Make a Commitment

Heaven is waiting for us to make a commitment to Jesus so the Father can commit things to us. From what I was shown, we’re on the verge of some of the greatest healings of all time. We’re getting ready for joy and gladness to fall upon the dedicated Christians because there’s such an abundance of blessings.

I believe this abundance of blessings will begin before the end of this year. So commit your life fully unto the Lord so this abundance of blessings can come upon you.

The Prophetic Ministry of Bob and Bonnie Jones

A Recent Encounter: Embrace the Awe of Almighty God!

The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy? Amos 3:7-8

A Divine Veil of Light

Recently, I was overwhelmed by a heavenly visitation. Without notice, I received one of the most significant and captivating encounters of my life.

I was enjoying an ordinary day with my family in Texas. I had much to do to prepare for an upcoming ministry trip to Europe, so I excused myself to retreat to my study. As I arranged some papers on my desk, I heard a slight sound behind me. Thinking it was my wife or perhaps one of my grandchildren, I casually turned around to see who was in the room.

Without warning, I found myself in a spiritual realm. There suddenly appeared – just inches in front of my face – a living, incandescent wall of translucent light, suspended within brilliant, blue-green waters. The waters were glowing and luminous – and also alive. A soft swishing sound came from the moving mass of living liquid light, much like the sound of wind through trees.

This glorious wall was a divine veil reflecting the most stunning, alluring rays of brilliant light I had ever seen. They were refreshing beyond words. Astonished, I wanted to absorb everything I could from within that veil. Its purpose seemed to be to enlighten and refresh.

Suddenly, He Roars!

All of my senses were extremely alert as I admired this breathtaking veil and wondered what was about to transpire. I reflected on how peaceful, tranquil and good I felt, when suddenly, without warning, a magnificent LION exploded from the wall of living light. This was an enormous, fearsome creature, a gigantic lion of golden-amber color whose mane radiated a halo of golden light. He was tall enough to look me straight in the eye. In fact, He locked his eyes on mine, gazing into my eyes with such intensity that I knew He was looking into my very soul. As I returned His steadfast gaze, I felt I was peering into eternity.

I wanted to flee from sheer terror, but also wanted to embrace this wonderful being from another realm. This Lion had an extraordinary fierceness, but from within this indescribable strength and power an overwhelming gentleness also radiated. I was amazed at the warmth and love pulsing within Him, and the peace and sense of protection that exuded from His presence.

Our eyes were locked in a gaze for what seemed to be a very long time, when suddenly the Lion opened wide His mouth and began to roar. The roar was unlike any sound I had ever experienced – ear-piercing, overwhelming, and indescribable. Mere words simply cannot convey the force and beauty of that blast of breath from another world. This massive roar lasted for quite some time and released a vibration and reverberation that shook the heavens and earth – and felt as though it could be heard and felt throughout the entire universe.

Standing within that divine current of the Lion’s roar, I felt a divine invincibility. Before I had time to ask, I understand the nature of the roar: Within my spirit, I heard the words, ”The breath of God.”

As suddenly as the Lion’s roar began, it stopped – so swiftly that its absence created a vacuum that sucked the air and sound from the room. Out of that deep, sublime silence a booming voice from Heaven rang out with a holy declaration that shook my entire being. The voice surged with supernatural power and authority:

“Prepare My people to embrace the awe of Almighty God!”

And then the beautiful liquid light disappeared also, as swiftly as it came. I stood trembling in my office, my heart pounding hard and fast, my spirit ablaze with the fire from Heaven’s altar.

At this point, in a quiet, comforting and convincing tone of voice, the Holy Spirit said, ”Yes, prepare the people of God to embrace the Awe of God!”

The Spirit then explained that much revelation would be released concerning the Lion of the Tribe of Judah – a revelation that would produce the holy, wholesome fear of the LORD….

The Fear of God, the Awe of God

Indeed, the Lord spoke a very stern warning to me, saying, “Warn the people that I am not as easy to get along with as some preachers have made Me out to be!”

What does this mean dear brothers and sisters in Christ? We must never forget the truth that “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a living God” (Hebrews 10:31). The writer of Hebrews further admonishes us, entreating us to fear the Lord:

“Wherefore we receiving a Kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear“ (Hebrews 12:28).

This Greek word translated fear is eulabeia, which means reverence, piety and veneration. Veneration and piety are not mere religious formalities. Yes, we can “act” pious and not feel true reverence in our heart – but the Lord will see through our whitewashed gestures.

Although some Christians have feigned reverence through the centuries, we cannot dismiss the authentic and vital experience of holy fear and trembling before the Lord as just “the form of godliness” or man’s empty religion. The fear of the Lord is more than ritual – and has not been replaced by the New Covenant of grace. To be sure, when a revelation of God’s grace grips our soul, the deep reality of our heart will become holy circumspection and discretion before the King of the Universe! We will not approach God casually, nor with a religious spirit, but with “godly fear.”

This same word translated fear, the Greek eulabeia, is only used one other time in the New Testament – to describe the holy reverence, piety and veneration of Jesus Christ Himself for His Father God:

“Who in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto Him that was able to save Him from death, and was heard in that He feared…”

If Christ Himself feared the Father “with strong crying and tears,” how much more shall we offer up holy prayers and supplications in the fear of the Lord? Indeed, we are instructed to not only serve God with fear, but with awe. We’ve all but forgotten this most precious and vital disposition of the heart.

The fear of God and the awe of God are inseparable. If you fear God with a holy fear, you will stand amazed and reverent; if you feel the awe of His majesty and omnipotence, you will most certainly experience a godly fear of His power and sovereignty. In truth, you cannot be in awe of the Lord without a holy fear.

The Greek word translated reverence or awe in the above verse of Hebrews 12:28 is aidos, which suggests not just modesty but actual bashfulness – a healthy shame for one’s own lowly status. This awe is a holy reverence whose essence is a profound, unspeakable wonder, the deepest honor and respect imaginable, reserved for the King of kings. This is an awe that cannot humble itself enough, cannot bow low enough and cannot be thankful and worshipful enough before the One who gave His life for us.

God is Indeed a Consuming Fire

Beloved, we must rekindle a holy awe, reverence, honor and respect for the glorious Lamb of God and Lion of Judah, Creator of the universe! Let’s consider another translation of Hebrews 12:28-29:

Let us therefore, receiving a Kingdom that is firm and stable and cannot be shaken, offer to God pleasing service and acceptable worship, with modesty and pious care and godly fear and awe; for our God [is indeed] a consuming fire.

How do we offer the Lord “pleasing service and acceptable worship”? With nothing less than “modesty and pious care and godly fear and awe.” And why do we offer the Lord this piety, fear and awe? Because God is a consuming fire.

This Greek word translated fire is none other that pyr, from which we derive our English words relating to actual fire, such as pyrotechnics. To be sure, this pyr of God described in Scripture is real – uncontrolled, scorching, dangerous and wild. This pyr isn’t referring to a fancy metaphor or analogy, like a “fiery” personality or a “fire” of passion in the belly. On the contrary, the word pyr occurs 74 times in the New Testament and most often refers to a quite literal substance that burns, scorches, and imparts power: Hell fire; everlasting fire; raining fire (as Lot and his wife experienced); tongues of fire; blood, fire and smoke; the fire of the burning bush; and flames of fire – the eyes of the Lord Himself – and more.

This fire of God is described in a very specific way: God is a consuming fire. This word translated consuming is from a Greek root that means to use up entirely and to destroy. From this Scripture, we learn a most important lesson: God is not a cozy campfire providing warmth and a comfortable circle of fellowship. Neither is He a fire we can control by turning a burner dial. His fire is of an entirely different substance and purpose than any fire on earth. It is not for our personal use and enjoyment. We cannot control it. We can’t understand it. We can’t compare it to anything or anyone we’ve ever encountered – or will encounter.

Just as C. S. Lewis wrote of Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia, “He is not a tame Lion,” we must say of God that He is not a controlled burn. He is not a torch we can carry casually. He is neither a match head we can strike at will, nor a lamplight we can turn on and off.

No, His fire consumes. His fire destroys or gives power and life. His fire is Resurrection. His fire creates universes. In truth, His fire commands our fear and awe.

Are we prepared to become intimate with this consuming fire? The first step is learning how to approach God with fear and awe! And great rewards are in store for those who do. If we truly fear and reverence the Lord, great promises are ours:

“O fear the Lord, you His saints [revere and worship Him]! For there is no want to those who truly revere and worship Him with godly fear” (Psalm 34:9).

But if we learn to abide in the fear and awe of God, the even greater reward is the manifest Presence of Christ Himself!

Intimacy vs. Familiarity

Unfortunately, this godly fear and holy awe have been replaced by a yawn of familiarity in our modern Church. The consuming fire of God has been reduced to a mere candle flame on the pulpit or in our prayer closet, or – at best – a handy “pillar of fire” that guides us along the way.

We wrongly assume that we can approach the Lord casually and blithely according to our own timetable and needs. We use Him like a flashlight when we desire guidance or revelation. We sit beside Him as a warm stove when we are cold. We crank up our reliable and familiar “God fire” to meet the need of the moment.

May it never be! The modern Church must learn the vast difference between mere familiarity and true intimacy. True intimacy speaks of love and affection. With true intimacy, we experience deep, sincere and abiding appreciation. Intimate friends are consistent in their kindness and care for each other. They bond deeply and continue to grow together in honesty, transparency, togetherness, trust and mutual sharing. They know each other’s secrets. They share each other’s burdens. They love spending much time in each other’s company.

Ask yourself: Am I intimate with the Lord or just a casual, familiar acquaintance? We must ask the hard questions. Do we fear the Lord or just “use” Him to fill the lack in our lives? Do we have the vaguest idea of the type of power we so casually invoke?

The condition of the modern Church is, at best, sad and extremely troubling. Many sincere Believers have accepted a distorted concept of the God of the Bible by whittling Him down to a manageable person. They refashion God to fit their own expectations and to serve their own selfish desires.

Beloved, we have exchanged the magnificent glory of the incorruptible God for heathen gods suited to a sin-soaked nation, gods compatible to a self-serving culture. The result? Biblical awe is lost! The holy fear of the Lord is lost! We have reduced our worship to programs and performances. We have heaped praise upon ourselves instead of heaping reverence, piety and unbridled worship upon His Majesty! We have appropriated His anointing and giftings for personal use, building ministries, careers, publishing ventures and reputations instead of His Kingdom.

It is sad but true: visit almost any worship service on Sunday morning and you will likely find a wonderful, well-meaning congregation comfortably relating to a deity who fits nicely within their particular doctrinal positions. We have constructed our own so-called god to back our own plans, visions and social concerns, molded into our comfort zone. This is a “god” that can be explained and controlled by the carnal minds of mere men and women – the minds of Christians with personal agendas, who have not died to themselves and the world.

God’s plan is to make man in His own image; however, Christians are attempting to make God into their image. The seeker-friendly, non-confrontational, Cross-removing church will not prepare the Body of Christ for the days we are facing!

In a church like this, no wonder we find an absence of holy awe and the fear of the Lord! We have dared to approach the Almighty God with our many desires and needs, yet feel no awe, no trembling heart, no bated breath, no sweaty palms, no shaky knees – no reverence. The atmosphere of most churches today – and even the prayer closet of most Believers – is diametrically opposed to what we find in the Scriptures, where the glory of God filled the temple and no one could stand, where worshippers prostrated themselves before the living God.

The Lion Will Roar!

But do not despair, dear Believer. There is mercy, deliverance and hope for His Church! Rest assured that the casual, carnal attitudes of the modern Church are about to abruptly change!

We are about to be introduced to Almighty God as the roaring Lion of Judah. God is restoring holy awe and fear to His people – and as this righteous and wholesome fear of the Lord returns to the people of God, the manifest Presence of the Lord will also return. Expect to see God reveal Himself in such magnitude and glory that the mouths of the people will open wide. Expect no less than jaw-dropping experiences.

Let us ponder the response of John the Beloved, the disciple who was of all men most intimate with Christ Jesus. Notice that when John encounters the risen, ruling Redeemer on the isle of Patmos, he falls to the ground with no breath left within himself. John did not casually or nonchalantly give Jesus a “high five” and go merrily on his way:

“When I saw HIM, I fell at His feet as if dead. But He laid His right hand on me and said, ‘Do not be afraid! I am the First and the Last’” (Revelation 1:17).

How will we learn to rightly fear and reverence the King of kings like John the Beloved? The Holy Spirit is our Teacher!

Come, you children, listen to Me; I will teach you to revere and worshipfully fear the Lord. Psalm 34:11

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, fall on your face and cry out to be changed! Ask the Lord to soften your hard heart and impart a living revelation of God as a consuming fire. With your whole being, implore Him to teach you “to revere and worshipfully fear the Lord.”

Ask, seek and knock until true awe and fear are branded upon your spirit and soul, until you no longer approach the Lord casually but as a trusted, reverential friend. Seek to become an intimate of God – not just an acquaintance who assumes too much.

Beloved, “Draw nigh to God and He will draw nigh to you” (James 4:8). This is His promise – He will draw near to us in turn – but understand that we must only draw near in the holy fear and awe of the Lord. Herein lies the secret of true intimacy with the King of kings!