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Friday, May 31, 2024

Levels Of Prophetic Revelations

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LEVELS OF PROPHETIC REVELATIONS

There are many levels of prophetic revelation.

The beginning levels include prophetic "impressions." These are genuine revelations. They can be extraordinarily specific and accurate when interpreted by those who are experienced and sensitive to them. However, it is on this level that our "revelations" can be affected by our own feelings, prejudices, and doctrines. I have therefore resolved not to use such expressions as "thus saith the Lord" with any revelations that come on this level.

Visions can come on the impression level, also. They are gentle and must be seen with "the eyes of our heart." These, too, can be very specific and accurate, especially when received and/or interpreted by those who are experienced. The more the "eyes of our hearts" are opened, as Paul prayed in Ephesians 1:18, the more powerful and useful these can be.

The next level of revelation is a conscious sense of the presence of the Lord, or the anointing of the Holy Spirit, which gives special illumination to our minds. This often comes when I am writing, or speaking, and it gives me much greater confidence in the importance or accuracy of what I am saying. I believe that this was probably experienced by the apostles as they wrote the New Testament epistles. This will give us great confidence, but it is still a level where we can still be influenced by our prejudices, doctrines,etc. This is why I believe, in certain matters, Paul would say that he was giving his opinion, but that he thought he had [the agreement of l the Spirit of the Lord. In general, there is much more of a need for humility than dogmatism when we deal with the prophetic.

"Open visions" occur on a higher level than impressions; they tend to give us more clarity then we may have even when we feel the conscious presence of the Lord, or the anointing. Open visions are external, and are viewed with the clarity of a movie screen. Because they cannot be controlled by us I believe that there is far less possibility of mixture in revelations that come this way.

Another higher level prophetic experience is a trance, such as Peter had when he was first instructed to go to the house of Cornelius and preach the gospel to the Gentiles for the first time, and such as Paul had when he prayed in the temple in Acts 22. Trances were a common experience of the biblical prophets. Trances are like dreaming when you are awake. Instead of just seeing a "screen" like in an open vision, you feel like you are in the movie, that you are actually there in a strange way. Trances can range from those that are rather mild, so that you are still conscience of your physical surroundings, and can even still interact with them, to those where you feel like you are literally in the place of your vision. This seems to be what Ezekiel experienced rather frequently, and what John probably experienced when he had the visions recorded in the book of Revelation.

- The Final Quest, by Rick Joyner

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

Jesus In The Storm

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Here is an article from an unknown author that I wanted to share.

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This photograph is believed to be a picture of Jesus. A lady took the picture from an airplane window during an intense electrical storm. The plane started shaking violently and people started screaming, thinking the plane might go down. The lady and her friend decided to pray, saying “Jesus, you calmed a storm 2000 years ago, do it again for us today.” Within 2 minutes, the plane leveled off, and the Holy Spirit told her to press her camera against the window of the plane and take a picture. She was unprepared for what she would see next.

She took the film to get developed, but when her pictures were ready, the man who developed the film said, “Where did you get this photograph?” She said that she took it from her airplane window during an electrical storm. He showed her the picture and there was a man in a white robe standing in the middle of the photograph, in the middle of the storm. She was in shock. The man who developed the picture and his whole family decided to give their lives to Jesus Christ that afternoon, after seeing what they believed was solid evidence that Jesus Christ was real.

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Jesus IS real, and he is with you in the middle of any storm you might be facing right now. He’s with you. He loves you. He has a good plan and purpose for your life! The best decision you can ever make is when you invite Jesus to come into your life. If you’ve never invited Jesus into your life, pray with me… Dear Jesus, come into my life. Forgive me of my sins. Fill me with your Holy Spirit and your love. I believe you died for my sins and rose again so I could be in Heaven with you someday. Thank you for making me a part of your family. In Jesus’ name I pray… Amen.

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Flying Things!

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Things Flying

E. Taylor is a conductor on the sleeping cars on the Southern Pacific Railway in California… He says, While on the train between Mojave and Barstow, on the night of October 4^th, about 11 p.m., the moon shining very brightly and no cloud in sight, and no wind, I was sitting by the car window looking out, when my eye fell on the moon which was as clear as I ever saw it.

Right across the face of the moon was a large cross, as plain as my hand before me. I rubbed my eyes and looked again, and saw it as before. I then raised both windows, put my head out and saw not only the cross but a man on the cross with his arms extended, and the lower part of the cross dripping with fresh blood, very red. I then called for the porter… and asked him to look at the moon and tell me what he saw.

He replied, describing the cross with a man on it and the blood dripping from it and asked, “What are the things flying about with wings?”

Mr. Taylor looked out again, and the air between him and the moon was filled with moving objects in the distance, like the multitude of butterflies. The porter inquired, “What does this mean?” and opened a window for a lady from Chicago, who gazed in astonishment and described the same objects. Then they heard singing surpassing anything they had ever heard on earth, which could be distinctly heard above the rumbling of the train.

This scene lasted for nearly an hour, these people watching and describing what they saw and heard. Mr. Taylor says he broke out in a profuse perspiration, until his clothing was wet. He became so filled with joy that he wanted to shout aloud, but refrained as the car was filled with sleeping passengers.

In the course of nearly an hour, the scene gradually faded away. The lower part of the cross was the last of the scene, but the singing continued for some time longer.[1]