In the last sessions of my prophetic history, I have shared significant parts of my prophetic story- in otherwords, the positive things that God has dynamically spoken that have shaped my walk with Jesus. So we need to ask a broader question: What's the point of all this? (Is it just for me to have a little bit of excitement?)
Over the last several years, God has clearly connected my heart to the nation of Israel, particularly the Messianic Jewish people. Hebraic worship music had a large part in bringing me to Jesus Christ at the first Bible camp I attended. I picked Israel in doing a year-long news watch in 9th grade.
I now understand that revival in the nation of Israel and the rising up of an apostolic Messianic Jewish Church is the key to unlocking to the release of widespread signs and wonders, the transfer of wealth into the hands of the righteous,the shifting of national political governments, the final global harvest of more than 1 Billion souls ablaze for Jesus (particularly in Muslim nations), and the 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ! In order to win the Jewish people to Yeshua in large numbers, God is going to raise up an apostolic witness in power to the all the Gentile nations to make Israel desire Yeshua once again. On IHOP Prophetic History CD #7; When Mike had the chariot experience where his clock said 2:15; it was more than Joel 2:15. Let's look at some scriptures first and then I'll tell two stories.
Romans 11:14-15 Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I make much of my ministry in hope that I may arouse my own (Jewish) people to jealousy and save some of them. For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
Ephesians 2:15 His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of two (Jew and Gentile), thus making peace and in this one body to reconcile both of them to god through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.
STORY: Oratorio Terezin.
In February-March 2004, I went on a significant fast over Israel mandate and the revival going on in New Zealand at the time with YWAM and Impact World Tour.God opened my understanding to His purpose for Israel. In the midst of the fast, I got connected to Pamela and Ruth Fazal at the innaugural Israel mandate conference.
Ruth shared about how God touched her heart for the Jewish people when someone handed her a book of poems called "I never saw another butterfly" from children who were imprisoned (and later, most were killed) in Terezin. The LORD challenged Ruth to weave the poetry together with orchestral music into an Oratorio to comfort the Jewish people...that the nation could reconsider the goodness of God.
I felt I was being given a deep invitation by God to be part of this project-and His larger purposes for Israel. I was aware that Hitler had used Martin Luther's writings to justify the holocaust. As someone with a Lutheran heritage, I felt that perhaps God would use another Lutheran to be part of the healing process. I also knew that I had suffered serious brokeness emotionally and I knew that God often used weaknesses to show His power.
In June 2004, I was formally invited into this when in the midst of worship, I was caught up in an open vision. Jesus appeared to me wearing a Jewish prayer shawl and he handed me a piece of Jewelry shaped like a musical note. However, in place of the "note" indicating what pitch it was, there was a heart. Jesus asked me, "Will you take this to Jerusalem for Me?" I took it saying, "I can't...unless you take me by my right hand..." and I realized I was directly quoting Isaiah 45:1-3!
With an opportunity to love Jesus radically like that, this was the time for me to go "All in" (using Texas Hold'm terminology). The resulting season in April-May 2005 was one of highest-level prayer assignments that I had ever had- and one of the most thrilling ever as well.
One New Man 2007
It was early February 2007 and I knew that 2007 was going to be a very important year in the grace of God. I had been on another significant fast. I was in the prayer room as Bill Johnson was speaking at the signs and wonders conference and there was no room for anyone at the conference. The prayer meeting was focused on ending the evil of human trafficking.
I was caught up in a vision and I was seeing the Revelation 4-5 throne of God and His strategy to end this evil. I also became acutely aware that I was part of the problem, not the solution because of some subtle compromise with lust. I was brokenhearted over this reality as I knew flesh could only give birth to flesh. I then took communion.
Jesus then came to me and showed me a greeting card and said, "Will you carry this for me?" He then showed me a greeting card and opened it. On the inside was a picture of His broken heart. I knew his heart was broken over the state of “the One New Man”…the reality talked about in Ephesians 2:11-22. I also knew that the “One New Man reality” would release the final End-Time harvest of more than 1 Billion souls.
Overwhelmed, I then asked Jesus about the harvest in Taiwan because I had promised to pray for Jaeson Ma. He looked at me but I could sense he said, "You don't realize how much more I want to bring in this harvest." How can I say 'No'?"
The whole prophetic visitation was later confirmed in a number of significant ways. The most significant was on the last night, I found out that God used Jaeson in an astounding miracle in Taiwan that was shown all over the island of 5 million people on television.
Monday, June 23, 2008
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