AWAKE, ARISE, AND TRIUMPH
Saturday – July 4, 2020, Tamuz 12, 5780
THE PLACE OF SAFETY – PART SEVEN
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! Today is the memorial of Independence Day for our nation. At that time, we obtained freedom, liberty, from the oppression of Great Britain. However, in Christ Jesus we have a far greater freedom and liberty from the oppression of the kingdom of darkness. Greetings to the dear and precious saints who follow this blog and welcome back to this series titled “The Place of Safety”. First let us say thank you to the friends of this Ministry for consistently giving us a thumbs up or heart (Facebook) and sharing with your friends. We are also thankful and grateful to our partners who do these things plus partner (invest in the Kingdom of God) with us financially. The financial support enables us to extend the hand of God to more people through the Teaching and Prophetic arm, the Sabbatical Moments Arm, and the Conference Arm. Now, let’s direct our attention back to our Bible Study.
Today I will pick up with two ideas, lines of teaching, from last Saturday. One is the appropriating of the fullness of salvation, with the exception of an immortal body, into this life and the second is the Word the Lord gave me concerning the vortex. First the vortex. On the morning of May 20, 2020 as I was preparing for the day and was thinking upon this Pandemic, the state of the Church, and the Pastors in particular the Lord brought the word ‘vortex’ into my thinking. This is what the Lord said; “my pastors are caught up in the devils’ vortex”. As I meditated upon this, I looked up the definition of ‘vortex’ in the Noah Webster 1828 Dictionary and found it can be a whirling or circular motion of water (whirlpool) or air (whirlwind) and it draws in from the surroundings. A whirlpool is what you see when the water is draining rapidly from a sink or bathtub. The word ‘vortex’ is not found in the KJV of the Bible but whirlwind is found. A whirlwind phenomena generally starts slow at first, this is how the devils work, and now is much more intense. The traditional Church is being set aside and is going down the drain as the remnant is arising. This is astounding, so sad, and so unnecessary (all pride). The Lord led me to two passages and last week I presented Hosea 8:5-7 telling us we were worshiping a calf built with human hands and that calf is the Church. Now, let’s read out loud and meditate on the following passage.
Proverbs 1:24-33 (KJV)
24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
I for one and many others have called to the Church, to the Church leadership, over many years and they have refused, not answered, and even despised His reproof now the whirlwind is come and they are being turned aside. The remnant is arising!
Now, let’s turn our attention to how we walk in all that is made available at salvation. You will remember that the word ‘saved’ is the Greek transliterated as ‘sōzō’ meaning to be safe, delivered, protected, healed, preserved, save, to do well, and be (make) whole according to Strong’s Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary. We are saved by confessing with our mouth and believing in our heart and so are all the other aspects of salvation. Let’s talk a little about the following Scripture.
Mark 11:22-25 (KJV)
22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
We must have faith; real faith is when the Word of God is the only possible option for us. See in verse twenty-three that we must say what we want, we must not doubt in our thoughts, and believe (know) the thing is on the way. As we go into verse twenty-four, we need to believe, know, and that we have received the desired thing. We are not going by what we see, hear, or feel but are calling those things that be not as though they already are just like our Father Abraham, and our Father God. Lord willing, I will pick up with this ongoing series “The Place of Safety” next week with a focus on faith.
2 Chronicles 20:20b (KJV)
20 … Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
Until our next publication, as a Bible Teacher and Prophetic Voice I speak this blessing over each and every one of you, receive it, believe it, and speak over yourself and your family by faith in Jesus name! Quit asking God to bless you, you are already blessed, you have the Blessing, give Him something to do by the words of your mouth. Once you know the will of God, decree the thing (Job 22:28, Isaiah 45:11, Mark 11:23). (The Blessing is the Holy Spirit) We have left God way to long with nothing to do in our lives.
Numbers 6:24-26 (AMP)
24 The Lord bless you and watch, guard, and keep you;
25 The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious (kind, merciful, and giving favor) to you;
26 The Lord lift up His [approving] countenance upon you and give you peace (tranquility of heart and life continually).
By: Dr. David Wood, Author, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
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