LION OF ZION XXVIII
"THE WINDS OF WAR ARE BLOWING"
April 11, 2006
By Rosie Lovejoy
It has been months since I
have experienced a lengthy vision of the LION OF ZION. During that period of
time I had become rebellious and distracted. And my LORD sat quietly by, until
at the most unsuspecting moment, HE forcefully and suddenly, in the
twinkling of an eye, came down with HIS hammer upon the idols I had
erected.
I suspect I experienced in
a small shocking measure what each of us is going to experience when "suddenly"
the only truth we know is how much we are loved by our Creator -- and to
what lengths HE will go to bring HIS prodigal creation back to HIS loving arms
of grace.
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I found myself on a rocky
mountain path. The air was hot and dry, with the smell of scorched vegetation.
The path was similar to many I have hiked in the Olympic Mountains of
Washington State during August, when even the rain forests were crying for
moisture. Beside me stood the LION, taller and more muscular than I had
remembered HIM. HE was looking dusty and hot.
I knew that I was being
asked to board HIS back, and I didn’t want to do so. The heat and the dryness
gave me a clue as to where HE was going to take me. I instinctively felt
certain that I was going to be taken to the same plateau I have stood on many
times with HIM. I suspected I was going to be shown more images of war.
I didn’t want to see them! Not now, not after what I had been through the last
few months.
HE turned HIS piercing eyes
towards me, and motioned for me to get on HIS back. Reluctantly, I complied.
HE began to stride quickly
up the steep mountain path, much faster than I could have hiked it on my own.
Then HE began to speak.
"YOU HAVE BEEN FOOLISH AND GONE YOUR OWN WAY,
AND NOW THERE IS NO TIME TO WASTE."
HE continued striding up
the path so quickly that I had difficulty hanging on to HIM.
HE began to speak.
"YOU CANNOT GET TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN ON YOUR OWN.
YOU CANNOT CLIMB BY YOURSELF. AND MY CHILD, THERE IS
FOR THE WINDS OF WAR ARE BLOWING ACROSS YOUR LAND…
THE RIGHTEOUS AND UNRIGHTEOUS ALIKE WILL STAND IN THE MIDST
OF FIRE,
SOME TO BE CONSUMED,
SOME TO BE PURIFIED AND MADE
GLORIOUS IN MY GLORY.
THERE IS
THERE IS NO VOICE TO LISTEN TO, OTHER THAN MY OWN.
THERE IS NO AUTHORITY TO OBEY, OTHER THAN THE AUTHORITY OF
MY WORD AND MY HOLY SPIRIT.
I AM COMING, RIDING ON THE WIND, SEPTER IN MY HAND.
I AM COMING TO JUDGE AND COMING TO DELIVER.
THE FRUIT IS RIPE.
THE ROD HAS BLOSSOMED. *
ALL HAS COME TO FRUITION.
ALL IS WELL.
BE STILL….
AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD.
I AM MERCIFUL AND KIND.
I AM GREAT AND TERRIBLE.
I AM COMING TO BLESS MY OWN –
TO SET THINGS RIGHT --
TO TREAD THE WINEPRESS—
TO DELIVER AND TO HEAL.
THE DAY THAT HAS BEEN ANTICIPATED HAS COME AMONG YOU.
I HAVE COME AMONG YOU.
THE FRUIT IS RIPE.
THE HARVEST HAS BEGUN.
WOE TO THOSE WHO CHOOSE WRONGLY!
WOE TO THOSE WHO MOCKED MY LITTLE ONES!
WOE TO THOSE WHO MASQUERADED AS MY OWN
BUT
ARE NOT MY OWN!
I AM COMING.
THE TRUMPET HAS SOUNDED.
THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE DAY OF THE LORD IS AT HAND.
COME!
COME HIGHER!
CLING TO ME!
FOR ALL IS WELL FOR THOSE WHO LOVE
ME AND HEED MY VOICE."
The vision ended with me
clinging to HIM, as HE quickly loped up the rocky mountain path.
Exe. 7:10 contains the words "The
rod has blossomed." I suggest you read all of Exe. 7, as it contains the
context for the reference. I was shocked when I read this chapter, and suspect
you will be, too.
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