August Newsletter:
I apologize for the length of this newsletter, but there is just so much to say this month.
Father God, Creator of the universe, creator of my soul, my heart, my body and my spirit, Creator of my peace, my joy, my love, my passion, my life…and everything in it.
Father, I pray for us, Your people. Father, restore to us Your heart, Your love, Your passion, Your joy, Your pleasure, Your life. Father, restore in us the love You had when You created us. Father, restore us to that position we had when You bent down and held us in Your arms so tenderly, lovingly, warmly…and breathed Your precious life into our father, Adam's, lungs. Father, restore the embrace You held him with. Father, restore the intense love and passion You felt when You held him in Your arms, for when You held him, You held all of us in Your arms too.
Father, restore us to You. Restore that precious relationship that we have lost so long ago. Restore that passion and love. Restore that life that has been so cruelly ripped from our breast so that we cannot feel a thing.
Father, my heart is bursting from relationship that has overtaken my life. You have sought me, You have sought me for so long…and now, You have overtaken me. Your love has captured me. It courses through my being like a mighty river of passion and I am weak and humbled. Lord, God Almighty, my Master and Father…You are my Father through the act of creating me; You are my Father through the act of purchasing me for adoption; You are my Father through the act of Your Son marrying me.
How can I hold Your love within me…it is too great. I will pour it out on Your people whom You also love…they are my brothers and sisters because we share flesh; they are Your sons and daughters because of the Spirit You have breathed into them, and because You have paid for the adoption, and because they too are saved for the marriage to Your Son.
You are my Father; I am Your child—vulnerable, open, ready to receive.
Lord, I stand now in that position of acceptance and authority and ask You now to restore to us the position of relationship and all that entails.
Restore our sight: the glories we have been created to see—the natural and spiritual realms—restore. I speak restoration. Restore our hearing—the natural and spiritual realms—restore. I speak restoration. Restore our feeling—the natural and spiritual realms—restore. I speak restoration. Restore our taste—the natural and spiritual realms—restore. I speak restoration. Restore our smell—the natural and spiritual realms—restore. I speak restoration, Restoration, RESTORATION of all things stolen and dulled by the enemy. I speak restoration, Restoration, RESTORATION of all things we were created to have. I speak restoration, Restoration, RESTORATION of all things destroyed.
I break the bondage of doubt that has controlled our hearts and frozen our lives. I break the bondage of fear that has crippled our lives and stolen our truth. I break the bondage of bitterness that has hardened our arteries so the blood of Your freedom can not flow. I break their power and cancel their assignment in our lives. Father God, by the Blood of Your precious Son, Jesus, with the power of the Holy Spirit, I speak life to that which has been dead; I speak life and liberty, restoration to all that you would have. Renew Lord. Refresh Lord. Restore Lord.
In Jesus' most precious and holy name, amen.
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Updates: Upcoming Workshop:
This past week I went from Seattle to Spokane and back to Canada . It was, without a doubt, the most incredible experience and revelation I have had for many years.
It was indeed a divine appointment with a group of people that the Lord is raising up into full relationship with Him. Relationship as it was meant to be. They are, AS A GROUP, having their sight, hearing, feeling, tasting and smelling restored. They are seeing into the spiritual world very much like it was in the garden.
The Lord has honoured a long lineage of the Seed of God that has cried out from generation to generation for the revealing of the sons of God, and through the faithfulness of an incredible man and woman of God, He has raised a family of people who are stepping into the spiritual realities of His life.
I was most humbled and honored to not only meet these people and break bread.. much bread… with these precious people, but also I received much more than I poured out. If I had but two words to describe them, I would say they are people who have been given “virgin hearts”, not only crying out for more but open to receiving more.
Lord, God Almighty, I stand upon the mountain of the Lord and cry out—“Bless them, Lord. Fill them with Your glory. Fill them with Your wholeness and complete their walk with you. Father, raise them up to raise up others. Let the world know that the sons of God are being revealed and they are being revealed with Your heart. Pour upon them the multiplication of Your revelation and let them be drenched in reality and truth. In Jesus' name, amen.
Susan and I went, answering a command from the Lord. Thank you, Lord, for that command. The fruit and gifts of that command have changed us forever. Susan has been given her commission with great clarity and explanation, before only suspected and without direction, and has chosen to answer, “Yes!” to what the Lord has requested of her. Her life has been restored and she left with a sense of family never before known. You will be hearing more from her in the future.
I too have received so much—my heart has been changed. I have received such a clarity of sight I never realized existed. Yesterday, as we were driving home, I found myself walking at atmospheric heights. I could see a region at first, several countries were in that region, but over the area was an entity. I could see him so clearly. He was sixth in command to Lucifer himself. As I stepped back, I could see the entire European continent with lines drawn over the continent dividing it into regions…not those drawn by men…but those divided by demons. And over each region was an entity sitting, controlling the affairs of demons who worked the region. I saw a constant flow up and down from these entities as assignments were finished and new ones were given.
I thought I had seen it all in the spiritual realm. But that is what ego does and I suffer as much from ego as the next person. But through the Lord's grace I now see that these higher level entities had hidden from me the higher levels of their workings…the CIA, FBI (so to speak) and even more secret agencies within their government. But this week, I found myself on my face before the Throne with a deeper level of repentance and commitment. Later that evening, the Lord tore that veil that had kept hidden their most secret levels of activity and they have now become visible.
The next thing that has changed is that I no longer seem to be bound by distance. Before, I could see distance as we know it, although I could see through it, as if it was not there. In other words, I would have to travel from one place to the other place I was looking at, in order to see things in perspective. Now, I travel so quickly making the distance seem like nothing.
Now, everything that exists from here to there is as if it is here. God has removed the concept of distance from me. He had already taken time—time only exists to us, not Him—so that past, present and future are the same, but now, He has taken distance—distance only exists to us. It is a difficult thing to explain, but I can now see everything up close and personal even though, to us, it is a million miles away.
This will take some time getting used to I think.
One of the most important changes has been my relationship with Jesus. I have never spent much time with Him. I have spent more time with the Holy Spirit and the Father, but somehow Jesus was always off at a distance. Well, this week, through a most painful encounter …maybe more painful to me than some…because, well, maybe pride is involved. Believe it or not, I am a very private person emotionally and I get so mortified by intimate relationships, especially in public. I will never reveal the softer side of me in public, only in my writing. I went through a process with these people who could all see it with me, of a very slow, intimate and embarrassing meeting with Jesus. In the end, though there was a terrible battle of wills (He is apparently as stubborn as I am), I finally accepted a wedding dress and ring. Afterwards, when everyone left and I could be left alone and drop my façade of toughness, I had a most incredible evening and night when I received one more gift.
The Lord took my hand and we literally flew through His creation back in the time when He was creating it. And as I saw creation happening, suddenly I saw it through His eyes. I saw each thing He created with eyes full of love. With each molecule put in place, I saw the reason for His creation—love. It permeated my heart until I could bear it no more and the more love I felt the more He created. The more He created the more love I felt. I would like to say it was consuming, but the odd thing was, the more love I felt the more I wanted to give out and it was only this pouring out that brought me the peace that comes with that much love. I longed to give out the love I felt and the more I gave out, the more He created and the more love I had….
To say I have been profoundly changed is becoming cliché, but, I am so awed by the recent changes in me…I never thought I would be where I am now. And I want to share this with everyone!
He has given me such an overwhelming love for His people—people I have never seen or met—but now I have such an incredible love that I just want to pour into their lives everything that is available. Father, Restore everything to Your people!
Up until this point it has been a trial for me. As I have shared before, I have never known love…only the momentary love that He puts into my heart once in awhile. It never lasted. But now, it never stops. It is like I have been given a heart of flesh for the heart of stone I previously used.
I had a desire to see God's people freed but now it is a burning passion. I will break the hold of the enemy in every life that allows it.
The gathering I hope to arrange will be a time of restoration. We will take you into the spiritual realm, experiencing and restoring your spiritual senses so that you will see, hear, taste, feel and smell the spiritual realm of angels and the Godhead. This will not be a conference where you passively listen to a series of speakers, but more like a workshop that is designed to involve you in searching out and restoring YOUR lost spiritual senses. It will not be an IMPARTATION. I was corrected this week about impartations; why would one need to impart something you already have, we are to RESTORE it. Your destiny can be re-activated…your inheritance and relationship restored forever.
This is still in the talking stage. I have never organized such an event and have no idea where it will take me at this point. The first thing I want to ask you is how many would be interested in attending something like this. I am thinking it will be 2 days plus perhaps a 3rd day of prayer and some form of ministry.
We will gather the names and hometowns of those expressing interest. And then decide on a location that would best suit the majority. Then we will calculate the expenses to determine what we will need to charge to cover the costs. At that point we will invite commitments and provide information. I do ask for your prayers for the details and the interest to come together as the Lord would have it done.
Our intention is to keep the cost as reasonable as possible and take only 1 offering at the end. If you feel that you have received from the Lord through us, and if the Lord has laid an offering on your heart, you will have that opportunity to give to support our work. We believe He is well able to meet His people by covering the costs and providing income without burdening us.
There will be visions, prayer, restoration, encouragement and sharing… I am so pumped about this. I believe it is the start of the seers club that has been kind of stuck without momentum.
If this is something that interests you, please email me and let me know. Include the possible number of people and your contact information, especially the city and state/province.
This workshop will be over a weekend with the 3 rd day being on a Monday. A long weekend might work well.
Regardless of the size of the group, we will arrange appropriate facilities. What I know for sure is this is the time the Lord is pouring restoration out on His people.
I would like to take the same concept into South Africa , South America , England , the world…and I see this happening. But the logistics of how it will come together is still a mystery to me. Please Pray!
The people I have recently met have the keys to activation (I have seen them in action) that I do not have. We all need what they have. They have been bringing people who aren't seeing into the realm of seeing, hearing, feeling, touching and tasting the spiritual. This is NOT the usual routine of lining up, let me lay hands on you, you fall over, and walk out with nothing because you don't know how to exercise it or keep it.
This is a time of receiving restoration but exercising that which is restored so that you can keep it. Rather like going to the gym I hear. It is an incredible time, an incredible gift. Please pray about it and let me know. They have made some family life altering changes to follow the call of God and His heart for His people and I know He will honor their love, passion and efforts on YOUR behalf.
The father of this group has so grounded these people in the love of God and His living word, I can only say that I am very touched by their love and foundation. They are not babies but spiritually mature men and women of God who are not only walking in His realm, but who have the gift of bringing others into that realm.
My spirit is so excited I can barely keep up with it.
Again, let me know if there is any interest so we can start putting this together. Email me at jessicajones@shaw.ca with restoration in the subject.
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Updates: Seers Club:
I have been praying about how we can actually achieve a successful seers club. I know the Lord told me to start one, but I immediately got boggled in the “how's” of it.
But after visiting these wonderful people, I now know what needs to be done.
I want to put together a webcast program where any number of people can call in via their computer so we are all on the same channel. It will be live and audio.
Now, again, I have no idea how to do this and do it economically. So, if anyone would like to help me with this, PLEASE DO.
I am not sure how expensive this might be, but I am thinking a paid membership would work best. Sorry, But I just don't have the funds to carry something like this alone. But from what I have seen, and if I am right, it will be less than $15/month per person for 2 hours per week seers club plugin. Just preliminary numbers for your consideration.
This will allow us to do on a regular basis what will take place in the workshop. At least that is my sincerest hope.
So, please, if anyone has any expertise in this area, feel free to step forward! Otherwise, I will continue digging for info.
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Updates: Visions:
One of the things I have received this week is a flow. The original promised visions, which I have struggled with because it takes me 20-30 minutes per vision, now flow within minutes from my heart. As fast as I can type they come. Praise the Lord. I will try to speed up the process and have them all out in 3 months.
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Updates: Calendar:
Costa Rica is in October. South Africa is in November. We are hoping to include London en route to or from South Africa so it will be November. Anyone from these regions, please contact me so you can be connected with those in your region and orchestrate everything.
I am hoping to run the workshop in January somewhere warm. But this is just me. I will know better when I see how many people live in the south…. :) please.
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Updates: Books:
I have now finished the book: EXPOSING THE TRUTH—The Keys To Repentance and Restoration. The chapter outline is as follows:
Section 1: The Promised Land
Chapter 1: Back To Free Will
Section 2: The Lord IS Provision
Chapter 2: Lucifer Missed The Mark
Chapter 3: God's Amazing Love
Section 3: Lucifer Steals And Destroys
Chapter 4: Lucifer's Control And Deception
Chapter 5: The Results Of Mind Control
Section 4: The New Reality
Chapter 6: Living In The Cult Of Satan
Chapter 7: Going Round In Circles
Chapter 8: The Elements Of Mind Control
Section 5: Getting Free
Chapter 9: Spirits, Sin, Curses And Diseases
Chapter 10: Repentance And Restoration (This is a prayer)
Because my new Publishing House, Quiddity Press & Productions, is publishing these books, we will be able to offer more bulk discounts, retail discounts, etc. These same discounts will be available for Ask For The Ancient Paths and the future books we publish.
To solve the problems of PayPal, I am getting a merchant account for future book sales. However, it will not be functioning for a few months. So please, be patient. You can, like always, either purchase on paypal through electronic check or credit card, or mail in a check or money order to the addresses on the site. You can pre-order Exposing The Truth: The Keys To Repentance and Restoration at the following link: http://www.thestepstofreedom.com/askfortheancientpaths/order2.htm
“Exposing The Truth: The Keys To Repentance And Restoration” should be available for mail-out in 6-8 weeks.
This book is the first in a series of deliverance that will break the hold of Lucifer in our lives...addictions, intimidation, fear, bitterness, broken heart, soul ties, etc. Each book will deal with a different issue or a group of related issues, giving a thorough, in-depth history and attributes for your full understanding. Once you have a handle on how it works, we can ALL break the power and cancel the assignment of every spirit in our lives. At the end of each book will be a prayer that will remove these things from your lives.
The intention of these books is to break us out of the mould that we were born into so that we can reach that level of intimacy and relationship we were created to share with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It is as much for me as you and I will be going through each of these steps myself. Never think this is just for you because I am so perfect! They are written solely from vision with research to back it up and I write them as the vision comes which means that I expect this is the order the Lord has ordained.
The next book in this series will be SOUL TIES or SPIRIT TIES. Without breaking these, there is no chance of getting free as they keep the spirits in or allow them to return. I believe it is a primary tool in Satan's arsenal.
I hope to have the Table of Nations done by Christmas (It is already half done) as well as Spirit Ties. I have two other books I am working on as well. Maybe if I make the type larger on my screen it will be easier to stare at it. J
The Lord has given me so many books to write I need a couple dozen new hands to get it all done. But along with the other ones He has given me, He has now added: (do you think He wants to keep me out of trouble?)
- The Reluctant Bride (A romance novel about the Bride and Jesus)
- The Davidic Army, the Army of the Last Age
- Nada, The Dragon Slayer (A series of novels revealing the truth about the spiritual world and Nada (Croatian name meaning Hope) who has been dispatched from the throne of God to fight the dragons (demons, Fallen Angel, spiritual entities and enemies of God and His bride). It will be a book of magic and monsters, all of who will be shown in the true light of how God sees them. Look out Harry! They will be destroyed by Nada and her fiery sword with its sardius blade. It will tear down the lies of Lucifer trying to make magic and witchcraft appealing, and will reveal these things as the evil they are and their ultimate end in the kingdom of God . I am quite excited about this series. Again, it is written by vision.
- New Jerusalem (working on the title for this one). It will be an entirely new and fresh vision of life in the age of New Jerusalem when all is said and done. When hell and earth have been thrown into the Lake of Fire . I know it will be long and involved because I will not only see this vision, I will live this vision. So I have just been told to prepare for it.!!!
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Vision:
I must take this time now to repent of touching God's anointed with my words. It does not matter if they have hurt me &/or offended me, but it does matter that I repent for any and all ill feelings I may still harbour and the words I have said. Touch not my anointed, I hear in my spirit. So, Lord, I will be obedient to Your reprimand, and I repent publicly of the words and thoughts I have had about some of Your anointed. I ask You to bless these people who I have injured without their knowledge, and I ask that You bring to them life where I have spoken ill. In Jesus' name, I apply the blood of His forgiveness to my sin and stand before You, humbled. Amen.
The Lord is raising an army. This army is made up of people of all ages, not just the young. They are a people who are wearied of the injustice of the kings towards their people. He is wearied of the power-corrupted leaders that have fallen out of grace, their pride and fear of man overpowering their heart for the Lord.
Firstly, these kings were anointed to kingship because the people demanded to be like everyone else—they demanded a king they could see and touch instead of just the King of creation as their head.
1 Samuel 8:7 And the LORD said to Samuel, "Heed the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them. (NKJ)
The people chose leaders to go to God for them.
Saul was head and shoulders above every man, but he was small in his own eyes. He did not act like a king until he finally rose to the challenge of the Lord's command in 1 Samuel 15:3, his first kingly act. He was ordered to go out and utterly destroy the Amalekites. The Amalekites were a people who hated the Jews and made it their goal to wipe the Jews off the face of the earth.
Winning the war against the Amalekites, Saul spared Agag's, their leader. He kept the best of all the sheep, oxen, fatlings, lambs and all that was good. But everything that was despised and worthless, they destroyed.
It is the second time in the Bible that the Lord says He regretted doing something. The first time was when He regretted making mankind, the second was when He regretted establishing Saul as king, for he had turned his back, not following Him and had not performed His commandments.
But in Saul's mind, he had performed the commandments given him. When Samuel pointed out his error, Saul defended himself and accused God's people. When Samuel told Saul that he was rejected of the Lord for rejecting His word, instead of truly repenting from his heart, Saul said, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and return with me, that I may worship the LORD."
Why did God want the Amalekites destroyed? Amalek is the ultimate enemy of the Jewish people (the people of God) in history. This is the people that symbolize evil, and there is a commandment in the Bible to wipe them off the face of the earth, because their pathological hatred for Jews is so great. It is their ultimate goal, to this day, to wipe the Jews off the face of the earth.
Amalek's major ambition is to rid the world of the Jews and their moral influence and return the planet to idolatry, paganism, and barbarism. Since this is a cosmic war between good and evil which cannot be settled with treaties, God commands the Jews to destroy Amalek—the entire nation right down to the last cow.
To this day, history continues to struggle with the consequences of Saul's mistake. The Amalekite nation survives and Agag lives long enough to father a child before he is killed by the Prophet Samuel.
Today, we have no way of identifying the descendants of Amalek—his descendents are mixed in amongst the nations, but we do know that the Amalekite ideology lives on. There has been more than one occasion when people have arisen bent on exterminating the Jews. The Bible itself mentions that the battle with Amalek represents the ultimate struggle in history between good and evil with total victory achieved only at the End of Days.
...I [God] shall surely erase the memory of Amalek from under the heavens...God maintains a war against Amalek from generation to generation." (Exodus 17:14-16)
One such example was Haman, the Persian minister who tried to annihilate the Jews in the time of Queen Esther (355 BCE). And Hitler certainly espoused Amalekite ideology:
Yes, we are barbarians! We want to be barbarians. It is an honorable title to us ... Providence has ordained that I should be the greatest liberator of humanity. I free man from ... the degrading self-mortification of a false vision called conscience and morality ... Conscience is a Jewish invention. ( Hitler Speaks , pp. 87, 220-222.)
And looking at Hitler and the Holocaust we can understand that such intense hatred as the Bible ascribes to Amalek can exist in the world. The Nazis wanted to kill every Jew. A Jew might have been assimilated, intermarried with Christians for three generations but that didn't matter; the Nazis were intent on killing anyone with the slightest bit of Jewish heritage—they were bent on wiping out any trace of the Jewish people and Jewish influence.
With this critical mistake, Saul is finished. He doesn't get a second chance. God doesn't mess around when it comes to the King of Israel. If this seems harsh, we must keep in mind the guiding principles of the relationship between God and the Jewish people.
• According to your level of knowledge is your level of responsibility.
• According to your level of responsibility is your level of accountability.
As we saw previously with Moses hitting the rock- even the smallest mistakes of great Jewish leaders were severely punished.
Although Saul is finished, this doesn't mean he gets deposed on the spot, but it means that his line will not carry on the monarchy. Following this declaration to Saul, Samuel goes looking for another king to anoint and he finds him in the most unlikely place.
He finds the least in the kingdom of Israel . David, the youngest of eight sons (1 Samuel 16:10-11) (one son died making him the youngest of seven sons (1 Chronicles 2: 13-15) ) who is tending sheep back in the hills. While Saul still reigns as King, David is anointed King.
While Saul is still king, David, a mere boy defeats Israel 's biggest enemy, Goliath. While Saul is still king, he grew jealous of David's popularity. Women danced in the street singing, “Saul has killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars. (2 Chronicles 16:9 NKJV)
The Davidic army is the army of the last age. They are the ones whose heart is loyal to the Lord. They are the ones who seek the Lord in all things and do not make a treaty with other kings like Ben-Hadad of Syria .
The name Ben-Hadad means son of the false god, Hadad. Hadad was the storm-god and was often called Ba'l Hd ‘lyn: Lord Storm-god most strong. He was the god who was the protector of life, the one who rained on the crops of the land.
The name Syria means exalted .
The Lord is searching the land to find those who will not bow their knee to Baal. Asa, king of Judah took the silver and the gold from the treasures of the house of the Lord to gain favour with Ben-Hadad of Syria so they would help save him and his kingdom. But because Asa did this foolish thing instead of turning to the Lord, he would continually face wars throughout his entire life.
The Davidic army is one that fights their enemies while still hidden in the fields tending their father's sheep. They learn trust in the Lord by fighting their lions, bears and wolves. In the secret place amongst the hills, they learn repentance and the heart of God. It is a matter of heart and this is the army that are men and women after God's own heart, who will do ALL His will.
And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.' From this man's seed, according to the promise, God raised up for Israel a Savior—Jesus….” (Acts 13:22-23 NKJV)
We are part of that army if we hear the voice of God and follow Him wherever He leads. We are part of that army that is hunted down by the former anointed king.
In the vision I saw men and women flocking to join David's army because they were wearied of Saul's reign. Like David's army, they are men and women who are being hunted down by the enemy of God's people as well as the people of their own church. They are people who hide in caves, the wilderness and foreign lands to flee the king's unreasonable and demented hounding. And yet, through all that, they did not touch the Lord's anointed.
I was surprised to learn that Saul only reigned for two years before he committed suicide by falling on his own sword. Saul brought himself down, as will all those who have been anointed to be leaders but who have failed to obey the word of the Lord because of their pride, their self-exaltation, and their fear of the people.
We are in perilous times when the religious system that was and the leaders that are chief amongst the peoples now, will be brought down. It is a very scary place to be in and one must stay true to the relationship between themselves and the Lord and not listen to what other men are saying.
1 Chronicles 12 names the men who were with David. I'm not going to go into the complete study of this yet, but in short, let's look at just the names of the men. There are 45 names listed, not counting their tribes or fathers. 45 is the number of preservation . Because I want this to be a newsletter, not a novel, I will leave out the individual meanings of their names. I get much more excited by the numbers and their groupings.
7 names declare that My God is the God Most High: 7 means perfection and completeness.
3 names declare that God is their help: 3 means Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
3 names declare that God has appointed them: 3 means Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
3 names declare that God has endowed them: 3 means Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
3 names declare that God has lent them (to the world): 3 means Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
2 names declare that God has graced them: 2 means witness and separation.
2 names declare that God knows them: 2 means witness and separation.
There are 22 (2 (witness/separation) x 11 (incomplete)) singles names. Put together they tell a story. They bring us back to the Song of Solomon 1:6, 15: they are dark and burdensome, but they are His pleasure. But He may avail and His people will return. The Lord has possessed them, and they are a blessing. They are the Assembly of God and deliverance is with them; they are strong unto death. He has made them a treasure in the earth for He has judged them and made them righteous. As in 2 Chronicles 16:9, He will hear their hearts and find that He is their master. They have a bond with the Lord for they have his heart and he is their strength. Today they are a rumor, but they will become favorable for they are the servants of God and shall live on the fatness of the land. They are beheld of the Lord and he keeps them.
He names 11 captains from the tribe of Gad. Interestingly, Gad means troop, and they were great leaders who led troops of 1,000 each, the least leading a troop of 100. 100 means 2 (witness) x 50 (liberty, freedom) and 1,000 means 10 (restoration) x 10 (restoration) x 10 (restoration). This is a troop that brings freedom and restoration to the earth.
I struggled with this because 11 is the number of incompleteness. I don't want to be part of something incomplete. I want to be part of something complete and perfect. So I struggled with this for hours and argued until the early morning hours. But I could not refute what I saw and no matter how much I would like to make the Bible line up to my theology, I can't. So, as I struggled to find out what this meant, searching in all the wrong places, the Lord finally put me out of my misery and said, “David's army was incomplete because he had not yet taken up his rightful position. He could not do this until Saul was removed. The disciples were not complete and could not move forth until they were twelve. The eleventh foundation is not complete until it has the twelfth. The Davidic army is not complete as it stands until they walk into their rightful place of authority.”
The total number of men in David's army is 339,000 with 1,200 captains. 339,000 means 11 (incomplete) x 32,000 (the number of Gideon's army when he first started out). Sadly, this tells me that not all who start out will finish. We all have the opportunity. We all have the desire. But we need the courage and determination to run the good race to the end.
12,000 is the length, width and height of the city of New Jerusalem. 12,000 are also sealed from the 12 tribes of Israel .
But they are the Davidic army, Beloved of God. And we may be incomplete now, but we will walk into immortality and incorruptibility, into kingship here on earth. This is the army of God who are appointed to not see death, for they will be changed.
We are living in a very special time. Our years of trials and tribulations, not fitting anywhere because our hearts cried out for more of God in a time when we were told our cry was wrong.
It is in our time that the temple of God will once again be built in the earth for we are the living temple of God and we will know the fullness of the Lord God Almighty.
Father God, I thank You that You have called me and You have placed in my heart a need for more of You, always more of You. I want that relationship of love. I want that relationship that Enoch and Jesus (when He walked the earth) had with You. Father, come and possess me. Jesus, come and possess me. Holy Spirit, come and possess me. Fill me up with Your heart so that I will never stray from desiring the things You desire. Fill me up with such a longing and love for You that my desire is only to do your will and obey Your word. I kneel now before You and repent of every sin I have committed against You, others and myself, every sin unconfessed. Forgive me, Lord, for fearing man and not trusting You in all things. Forgive me, Lord, for not loving You in every circumstance and seeking You out first and foremost. Forgive me, Lord, for any short comings that have caused a breach between us, blocking that relationship with You and me. Lord, I dedicate my life anew to Jesus, the precious Son of God. Lord, I dedicate my life anew to the Father and His will. Lord, I dedicate my life anew to Holy Spirit and His teachings and guidance. Lord, I dedicate my life anew to You—Lord, I believe, help my unbelief; Lord, I obey, help my disobedience; Lord, I love You, help my lack of love. Fill me with revelation of Your heart, Your love, Your way, Your life, Your desire. Fill me up with You in every facet of my life. In Jesus precious name, amen.
God bless you all
Jessica
