VISION: TERROR

I had a brief vision of a terrified woman in pink yesterday morning. She was stricken with terror- pulling her mouth open wide with both hands. The look on her face was horrible as she was in great distress.Then in the evening there was the horrible news of the terrorist attack in France, and now today the three other terrorist attacks in three other nations. God warned of terrorist attacks that were coming to the world, and still is, because He is faithful in Shepherding His people.

I also believe the vision shows the part of the modern Church that is completely taken up with things to do with the senses and flesh (pink dress the woman had on), will experience great terror in the days ahead when the incredibly hard things that are coming take place (as they will not be spiritually minded but fleshly minded and their love will be for fleshy things rather than the things of God). It may also be showing that those that are sexually immoral will also experience this terror. As always, our safety lies in abiding in Christ (by grace) and following after the Spirit, as that is the path in which we follow the Lord- and if we are following Him, He will look after us by leading us.

Psalm 27v1:
The Lord is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life—
of whom shall I be afraid?
2When the wicked advance against me
to devoura me,
it is my enemies and my foes
who will stumble and fall.
3Though an army besiege me,
my heart will not fear;
though war break out against me,
even then I will be confident.
4One thing I ask from the Lord,
this only do I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to gaze on the beauty of the Lord
and to seek him in his temple.
5For in the day of trouble
he will keep me safe in his dwelling;
he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent
and set me high upon a rock.
6Then my head will be exalted
above the enemies who surround me;
at his sacred tent I will sacrifice with shouts of joy;
I will sing and make music to the Lord.

WHAT THE SPIRIT IS SAYING

By the Spirit I feel to say that the time is nearly here where people will no longer be able to be mere spectators of the prophetic, but actual participants. There is a double meaning to this as well.
Firstly, the Spirit would say that those that feel as though prophecy never has any impact on their lives will soon see that change. They will actually see the prophetic things that have reached their ears impact their lives in a practical way. At certain times in human history the Lord has made use of the gifts He's given in specific and more prominent ways, as has been needed and beneficial for His people for the time that they live in, in order to live for and serve Him, and be kept in His will. Many times the prophetic has been backgrounded, but in the days ahead the Lord is going to use prophecy in accelerated, specific and practical and prominent ways. As this starts to happen, His people will realise how useful, beneficial and important the prophetic gift is, and how important prophetic revelations are to their lives they are living and the decisions they will need to make.

Secondly, the prophetic will become very important for His people in the days ahead, in a way that, up until this point, it hasn't been for many people who have heard prophecies. The Lord is going to use prophecy to make His people more serious and focused in the days ahead. Prophecy is going to make us evaluate how useful we are being to the Kingdom of God, and it is going to propel us into doing things for Him that previously we haven't done, or only done to a small degree or at certain points in our lives. He is going to use the prophetic to encourage us for the days ahead, but also to direct us in those days themselves. It will be extremely important that we heed what the Lord says to us prophetically, whether by His Word, prophetic utterance and messages through others, hearing His voice (whether by the Spirit or audibly), through dreams and visions, and even through angels if the Lord chooses to use them.

Prophecy is designed to encourage us, strengthen our faith and keep us on the right path. It is also used to focus us in a way in which our eyes are kept on Jesus. The revelations in the book of Revelation to the Churches, including the prophecies, were designed to cement people in their faith in Christ and to make them as useful as possible in it. Prophecy is meant to spur us on to make sure that the houses of our spiritual life and the foundations of our faith are as strong as they can be, especially for what is going to come. A great storm is coming in the future, so we need to heed what the Spirit is saying about prophecy, so that not only will we make sure our spiritual houses are strong and our lives focused for Him now, but also so that we'll be strengthened and encouraged to continue to do that in the future. By the Spirit I say that the Lord is wanting us to hear His voice via prophecy at this time, and that in the future He will feed us through the words He gives both now and then. In Acts 2v...16, the Apostle Peter once said, '...this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel…' When prophecies and the prophetic start impacting people practically, then His people will say, "This is that which was spoken about", and be greatly comforted that He is in control, and encouraged to continue following and serving Him, no matter the trouble and hardships that come. There is also a great work of His Spirit that is coming, and the Lord will use the prophetic to move His people to where they should be, both in terms of their service and in their spiritual lives. The Lord is going to bring great order and great unity to the body of Christ through the prophetic, in order for us to be as effective as possible for Him, as the body of Christ, and not simply as parts doing our own thing.

IDOLISING DOCTRINE

It is very important for us as Christians to not idolise our own doctrine. Even if we are very confident in it, and the revelations given to us, our views may still prove to be wrong or at least have errors in them (which is likely since we are human and only see in part according to 1 Cor 13v12). Our confidence and trust must be in Christ alone, for He has 20/20 vision in all things and He is the keeper of all truth. Christ alone is our rock, not doctrine by itself.

If we idolise our view of doctrine, then if we are proved wrong or at least partially wrong in the future, we are in danger of becoming offended at Christ or maybe offended by our brothers in Christ who have taught us what we believe. Both ourselves and or the enemy can use this to tempt us to leave Christ, as we may believe that Jesus doesn't know what He's talking about or that at some point what is in His Word isn't the truth. If our view of truth and the revelation of Christ and all things He's revealed is 'in part' (1 Cor 13v9) and our understanding is like that of a child (1 Cor 12v11), then we should exercise humility in the confidence we have in what we know, and think we know, about things which even an Apostle admitted were hard to understand:

2 Peter 3v16: His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

Jesus always wants our confidence to be placed in Him. Yes, He wants us to know His Word, for His Word is life- but not so that we'll be confident because of our knowledge, but because of knowing Him and His ways. Allow yourself to be open to being persuaded and changing your views if the Word convinces you to do just that. Allow yourself to change your perspective on things if proved wrong or if the evidence compels you to. Allow yourself to be humbled if that is what the Lord wants, for the Lord is not ultimately concerned with how much we know about everything truth related or our confidence in what we know about disputable things, but He is ultimately concerned with how what we know makes us live, treat others, and serve and love Him.


1 Cor 13v9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

DREAM: WHAT'S COMING TO THE COAST

The following dream reveals what could literally or metaphorically/symbolically is coming to part of the East Coast of Australia. I wouldn't be surprised if what it shows will literally take place, but I don't know for sure. I dreamt I was on the Gold Coast somewhere near where I live (in Palm Beach), and was looking down towards Tweed Heads; specifically at it's beaches. All of a sudden I was shocked to see what looked to be sand tornados that started forming. At first, just one thin but powerful one formed, then other larger ones sprang up. One massive one also formed. They would quickly form then dissipate in different places, seemingly at random. They increased in intensity as the dream went on, and in the dream I was really shocked and startled to witness what was happening. The sand tornados started throwing people around all over the place and formed in areas that were right in the centre of large crowds on the beaches and seemed to explode people in all directions where they formed (for some reason there were many people all along the stretch of Coast that I was looking at, particularly in groups). At first the tornados just seemed like a spectacle to the people who were watching them, but then people started being thrown all over the place by them and people became shocked and terrified by what was happening. There were, however, also those that saw this as a reason to party and those same people started hooting and hollering at what was going. This really shocked and disturbed me, as those people started filming what was going on with their phones as well. The sand tornados started up near where I live, and then I could see them occurring all the way along the beaches down towards Tweed Heads, and even in Tweed Heads itself. I also saw a massive sand tornado that threw a large crowd of people all over the beach.

In the Word, whirlwinds are a symbol of judgment from the Lord (take a look at this link which gives scriptures for whirlwinds in the Bible:

http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Whirlwinds) on the wicked (the unsaved). So whether the sand tornados will be real or symbolic of judgment, it is clear that these show that the Lord's anger will come against the unsaved from Burleigh/Palm Beach to Tweed Heads in the future. However, the places in the dream (just mentioned) could be symbolic of Australia as a whole or at least the East Coast of Australia.  Whirlwinds in the Bible can also be symbolic of the people of God who have turned away from God and who are living like that, reaping what they sow:

Hosea 8v7:

“They have planted the wind
 and will harvest the whirlwind.
 The stalks of grain wither
 and produce nothing to eat.
 And even if there is any grain, foreigners will eat it.

Christians who continually live turned away from God, will reap the whirlwind of the consequences of their sin, and will also face other discipline from the Lord- a discipline which can be quite intense and in fact in Israel’s case in the Old Testament, because it was so severe, resulted in Christians losing their lives (New Testament- think Ananias and Sapphira).

So it seems as though this nation is going to reap what it has sown because of the wicked (unsaved), and perhaps even because of Christians who have lived in a continual state of turning away from God. A few years ago now, the Lord gave me a dream where I saw all kinds of tornados along the Coast (Gold Coast area), and some were incredibly powerful (again could be representing the Gold Coast area, the East Coast of Australia, Australia itself or the countries/coastlines of the earth). Romans 1 shows us that God’s wrath is always being revealed from Heaven, whether we perceive it to be or not. Yes He is gracious and merciful, but He is also Just and wise, and He is sovereign over all these things. No matter what is coming, the Lord will be with His people. These dreams are a good encouragement for us to continue to follow Him so that we’ll not be swept up in the judgment of the earth that is coming for the wicked, as discipline for living our lives in a rejection and of Him and His ways. It is also obviously an encouragement to pray for the unsaved, that they might know Him and be saved from any judgment that is coming.

Nahum 1:3

The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, And the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished In whirlwind and storm is His way, And clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

Jeremiah 23:19

"Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone forth in wrath, Even a whirling tempest; It will swirl down on the head of the wicked.

Jeremiah 30:23

Behold, the tempest of the LORD! Wrath has gone forth, A sweeping tempest; It will burst on the head of the wicked.

Romans 1v18:

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people,…

DREAM: THE SAFE PLACES MADE DANGEROUS?

Before I share a dream I had a few weeks ago, I feel I need to be clear about something. I think we've all had times where we felt somewhat uncertain about whether we've definitely heard from the Lord or whether we've simply heard something coming from ourselves. So while I'm pretty sure the following dream I'm about to share is from Him, there is still a part of me that is unsure, and for that reason I ask everyone out there that reads what follows to take these dreams to the Lord and as the Word says, 'test all things'. We should test all things anyway though, so we should obviously test what follows too.

I dreamt I was on the Sunshine Coast and in the foyer of a movie theatre there. In order to get into the movie however, I had to go through a process similar to what someone has to go through in order to get onto a plane, in that I had to put the possessions I had on me through a baggage check (to scan the contents of what I had on me) and go through a metal detector (to do the same). In my opinion, I believe this could mean that in the future in Australia, places that we once thought of as completely safe and free from danger, won't be anymore. This may be to do with terrorism or simply places becoming a lot more violent and prone to crime (like places in America where schools have to have metal detectors etc.) because of the way our society is going at the moment. The Sunshine Coast is a place my family and I always went to on family holidays, and is a place I always thought of as completely safe. I also loved to go the movie theatre there. In my opinion, I believe this dream is saying that in the future, places like the Sunshine Coast (and maybe even the Sunshine Coast itself) in Australia won’t be as safe as they once were, and in fact will be quite violent and dangerous. This should not shock us nowadays, as we are already seeing violence increase in Australia, even rapidly, and terrorism and its threat is now being felt in this country as well.

As always, God is sovereign over these things, so this should not be any reason for Christians to be afraid, but to simply be prepared, and to continue to rest in Him if and when this comes our way.

2 DREAMS

2 DREAMS (during the first week of May, 2015):

Before I share two dreams I had a few weeks ago, I feel I need to be clear about something. I think we've all had times where we felt somewhat uncertain about whether we've definitely heard from the Lord or whether we've simply heard something coming from ourselves. So while I'm pretty sure the dreams I'm about to share are from Him, there is still a part of me that is unsure, and for that reason I ask everyone out there that reads what follows to take these dreams to the Lord and as the Word says, 'test all things'. We should test all things anyway though, so whether I believe what I've been given is from the Lord or not, everyone should be testing what I share anyway.

The first dream I had was a short but clear one. I dreamt I was on the Sunshine Coast and in the foyer of a movie theatre there. In order to get into the movie however, I had to go through a process similar to what someone has to go through in order to get onto a plane, in that I had to put what I had on me through baggage check (to scan the contents of what I had on me) and go through a metal detector (to do the same). In my opinion, I believe this could mean that in the future in Australia, places that we once thought of as completely safe and free from danger, won't be anymore. This may be to do with terrorism or simply places becoming a lot more violent and prone to crime (like places in America where schools have to have metal detectors etc.) because of the way our society is going at the moment. The Sunshine Coast is a place my family and I always went to on family holidays, and is a place I always thought of as completely safe. I also loved to go the movie theatre there. In my opinion, I believe this dream is saying that in the future, places like the Sunshine Coast in Australia won’t be as safe as they once were, and in fact will be quite violent and dangerous. This should not shock us nowadays, as we are already seeing violence increase in Australia, even rapidly, and terrorism and its threat is now being felt in this country as well.

The second dream was highly unusual and I believe it could be either speaking about something literal that will take place or it could be metaphorical. I wouldn't be surprised if what it shows literally took place, but I don't know for sure. I dreamt I was on the Gold Coast somewhere near where I live (in Palm Beach), and was looking down towards Tweed Heads; specifically at it's beaches. All of a sudden I was shocked to see what looked to be sand tornados start forming. At first just one thin but powerful one formed, then other larger ones. One massive one also formed. They would quickly form then dissipate in different places, seemingly at random. They increased in intensity as the dream went on, and I was really shocked and startled to witness what was happening. The sand tornados started throwing people around all over the place and formed in areas that were right in the centre of large crowds on the beaches and seemed to explode people in all directions where they formed. At first the tornados just seemed like a spectacle, but then people started being thrown all over the place by them and people became shocked and terrified by what was happening. There were, however, also those that saw this as a reason to party and those same people started hooting and hollering at what was going. This really shocked and disturbed me, as those people started filming what was going on with their phones as well (this seems to show that some will find the judgments of God to be a spectacle and and entertainment and thus something to be filmed, which also seems to suggest that the judgments that are coming will be literal as well as spiritual in nature) . The sand tornados started up near where I live, and then I could see them occurring all the way along the beaches down towards Tweed Heads, and even in Tweed Heads itself. I also saw a massive sand tornado that threw a large crowd of people all over the beach.

In the Word, whirlwinds are a symbol of judgment from the Lord (take a look at this link which gives scriptures for whirlwinds in the Bible:

http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Whirlwinds) on the wicked (the unsaved). So whether the sand tornados will be real or symbolic of judgment, if the dream above is from the Lord, it is clear that He is saying that His anger will come against the unsaved from Burleigh/Palm Beach to Tweed Heads in the future. However, the places in the dream (just mentioned) could be symbolic of Australia as a whole or at least the East Coast of Australia.  Whirlwinds in the Bible can also be symbolic of the people of God who have turned away from God and who are living like that, reaping what they sow:

Hosea 8v7:

“They have planted the wind
 and will harvest the whirlwind.
 The stalks of grain wither
 and produce nothing to eat.
 And even if there is any grain, foreigners will eat it.

Christians who continually live turned away from God, will reap the whirlwind of the consequences of their sin, and will also face other discipline from the Lord- a discipline which can be quite intense and in fact in Israel’s case in the Old Testament, because it was so severe, resulted in Christians losing their lives (New Testament- think Ananias and Sapphira).

So it seems as though this nation is going to reap what it has sown because of the wicked (unsaved), and perhaps even because of Christians who have lived in a continual state of turning away from God. A few years ago now, the Lord gave me a dream where I saw all kinds of tornados along the Coast (Gold Coast area), and some were incredibly powerful (again could be representing the Gold Coast area, the East Coast of Australia, Australia itself or the countries/coastlines of the earth). Romans 1 shows us that God’s wrath is always being revealed from Heaven, whether we perceive it to be or not. Yes He is gracious and merciful, but He is also Just and wise, and He is sovereign over all these things. No matter what is coming, the Lord will be with His people. These dreams are a good encouragement for us to continue to follow Him so that we’ll not be swept up in the judgment of the earth that is coming for the wicked, as discipline for living our lives in a rejection and of Him and His ways. It is also obviously an encouragement to pray for the unsaved, that they might know Him and be saved from any judgment that is coming.

Nahum 1:3

The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, And the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished In whirlwind and storm is His way, And clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

Jeremiah 23:19

"Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone forth in wrath, Even a whirling tempest; It will swirl down on the head of the wicked.

Jeremiah 30:23

Behold, the tempest of the LORD! Wrath has gone forth, A sweeping tempest; It will burst on the head of the wicked.

Romans 1v18:

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people,…

HIM, NOT US

Even when speaking of the 3rd Heaven experience God had given him, Paul was very quick to make every effort to hide himself, and point all the attention on God:

2 Cor 12v1I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. 2I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. 3And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— 4was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell. 5I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses. 6Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say,…

He says, 'I know a man in Christ…' as if to say, 'Although I am forced to reveal what Christ gave me, I am loathe to reveal anything that may make people believe that I am something when really I am nothing.' He goes on to say, 'I know that this man…' and 'I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself.' Paul was greatly concerned that people would begin to focus on him, rather than on Christ, 'But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say,…' Even in sharing what God had given him for both his and others' good, Paul was very reluctant to share what he had been given because he knew men's weakness to glorify men instead of Christ. When we are given something by the Lord, even when it is for others' good, we should make every effort to share it with others in a manner which stresses our frailty and humanity, in order to help and encourage others to focus on Christ alone, and not on ourselves (and also to ensure that no division occurs because of jealousy and competition):

2 Cor 12v...9: Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

Jesus gave Paul a thorn for a reason, which was to remind him of his weakness (we must remind ourselves how easily we become corrupted by an overestimation of ourselves when Christ blesses us), and to remind others of Paul's humanity, so that Christ would remain the focal point of attention.

Christ's power will only remain upon us as long as we are humbling ourselves in the sight of others and humbling ourselves under His hand (2 Cor 12v9), otherwise there is the chance that men will be glorified instead of Jesus, and the Father does not want that. We must make every effort to humble ourselves in the sight of others, and especially do so when it comes to sharing things which the Lord has blessed us with and desires to bless others with as well. We should also be as quick or quicker to boast about what God has done to bless and speak to others as much as speak about what He has done in and through us: 'I know a man in Christ' (2 Cor 12v2). God uses others just as much or more than us, and this should be a great joy of ours to share with others, for God uses this mightily to build the whole body of Christ up.

Let us make every effort to point all attention on Christ, every effort to point attention away from ourselves, and also to ensure that our brothers and sisters in Christ are honoured for His sake as well. In this way, whatever we share for His sake, will do the good that He intended for it to do, in the way that He intended for it to do it (for the method is just as important as the message, as He is the way and the truth).