6/29/11 Rhema
SAW and HEARD: "Nineveh"
I started reading in Nahum concerning the city of Nineveh...Wow, what a city of cruelty! The Lord calls it the City of Blood...
Nahum 3
Woe to Nineveh
1 Woe to the city of blood,
full of lies,
full of plunder,
never without victims!
2 The crack of whips,
the clatter of wheels,
galloping horses
and jolting chariots!
3 Charging cavalry,
flashing swords
and glittering spears!
Many casualties,
piles of dead,
bodies without number,
people stumbling over the corpses—
4 all because of the wanton lust of a prostitute,
alluring, the mistress of sorceries,
who enslaved nations by her prostitution
and peoples by her witchcraft.
What a harsh place... As I read, I thought, wow, Lord what on earth...where are you going with this... I spent so much of today coming back to this word and just pondering...Then this afternoon, I read in Jonah about concerning Nineveh and got a totally different view...
Jonah 3
Jonah Goes to Nineveh
" 1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”
3 Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it. 4 Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” 5 The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.
6 When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust. 7 This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh:
“By the decree of the king and his nobles:
Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink. 8 But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. 9 Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.”
10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened."
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On 6/27 and 6/28
Quickened Verse: 2 Peter 3:9, "9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."
confirmation:
Then I logged onto QW and the verse of the day on 6/28 was 2 Peter 3:9
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I received this email today (6/29) from Generals International: "Call2Fall"
http://wpc.14cb.edgecastcdn.net/0014CB/frc/AdamsDuche2011-2min.mp4
Click the link above...it's just a minute long...
The scene in this short promotional video reminded me of what I had read in Jonah 3... A nation on there faces before God... and God heard their cries...
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Quicken Rhema: "Re-Birth"
[vision] 6/22/11
This morning in a staff meeting my nurse manager started discussing the upcoming holiday....As soon as she stated, "Holiday" I had this vision:
HEARD: "Christmas"
SAW: A manger scene (it was only for a split second)
The holiday she was discussing is July 4th, which is the celebration of the birth of our nation... Christmas is the celebration of the birth of our Savior....
I wonder if July 4, 2011 will be a significant "re-birthing' of our nation...?
22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
John 3: 3
3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
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Quickened Dream 5/29/11
The Arm of God....
{Dream} 5/29/11
I saw white everywhere. There were white star shaped cloud like cushioned pedestals surrounding Jesus. There were babies on these pedestals. These babies started crawling towards this great strong arm that reached out across a divide. Jesus was guiding/ensuring that the babies were going in the right direction. I got a sense it was the arm of God. Three-fourths of this arm was bare but the upper part of the arm was clothed in white.
Isaiah 52:10
" The Lord will lay bare his holy arm in the sight of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God. "
Isaiah 51: 5
"My righteousness draws near speedily, my salvation is on the way, and my arm will bring justice to the nations."
Isaiah 46:13
" I am bringing my righteousness near, it is not far away; and my salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion, my spender to Israel."
Isaiah 11:11
" In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious. In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the sea. "
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"Jonah, Can You Hear Me?"
Recently while on a ministry trip, I heard the Lord say that there has never been repentance made for the sin of Jonah! Immediately I checked the last chapter of Jonah and understood what God was saying. Jonah was exceedingly displeased and very angry because he knew that God was gracious and merciful and slow to anger. When the Ninevites repented, God revoked the sentence of evil against them and did not destroy them or their land.
Jonah's Sin Against God
God gave Jonah time to repent for his anger against Him, however he chose to sulk and wished in himself to die.
Jonah 4:9 And God said to Jonah, "Do you do well to be angry for the loss of the gourd?" And he said, "I do well to be angry, angry enough to die!" (Amplified)
As a Body of Believers we stood in agreement that we needed to make repentance for the sin of Jonah's anger against God. Jonah's pride prevented him from rejoicing at the victory of the message he delivered to Nineveh. He was probably the greatest evangelist that has ever lived. Over 120,000 people repented, turning that great city to righteousness.
A prophet's responsibility is obedience to God in delivering the word or message, but he is not allowed to judge it. Jonah should have had a heart of thanksgiving knowing that God's heart of love redeemed Nineveh for a greater purpose.
A few days after we made repentance, the Lord awoke me in a profound way as I heard Him say, "Jonah, can you hear Me?" Then He gave me this awesome and heartfelt message about the Prophet Jonah. A message I believe all of us need to take to heart.
Jonah, My Prophet
"Jonah's tale is true. I abide yet this day in the hearts of My people because of Jonah's word.
"He was a strong man with a dreadful fear of Me, however he was overwhelmed by My word and mandate. Fear of man overtook him and he fled to Tarshish. I did not punish him," says God; "I loved him very much and therefore spared his life so he would complete his mandate in Me.
"He did; he walked a crooked mile in fear and trembling. Awestruck were the people of Nineveh at the sight of Jonah's perplexity. They readily repented and were full of My fear. However Jonah was disappointed in himself and My love for My people.
"Yes, repentance carries great rewards, and so I did not destroy Nineveh that day. She was very close to My heart for many years to follow.
"However, Jonah was still disappointed. I sent him away for a time and a season. His disappointment with Me was greater than his love for Me and My people. He became useless for My Kingdom and lived in self-pity the remainder of his years.
"Did he obey Me? Yes, he did. Did he rebel? Yes, he did. Did he honor Me? Yes, he did until he became prideful and would not repent for his sin against Me.
"I cannot tolerate a haughty spirit," says God; "full of pride and self justification. I am merciful and triumph over sin repeatedly.
"Now I say to you this day, pick up Jonah's mantle and go to Nineveh. This time repentance on your part will be demanded first. My people will know My heart of love for them as you cry out mercy for them through repentance. My mercy triumphs over judgment.
"Where there has been little or no hope, faith will abound. Faith brings hope and hope deliverance and deliverance brings new freedom in the spirit and the natural."
Jonah's Mantle
We are living in a time like that of Jonah's prophecy. The world is corrupted by sin and we are called to go into the world and bring it to repentance. We are all called to pick up Jonah's mantle and go to the nations of this earth. In all things we say and do we are supposed to shed God's light and love.
Jonah's name means dove, and dove means love. Our message to the world is repentance from sin through our expression of love. It's time for the Jonahs to arise and go into the world with a message of God's heart of love toward them. Love is the basis of all Christianity, for God is Love.
Repentance is the Key!
We are called to be obedient to God. When He speaks, we listen and then obey His voice. Unlike Jonah, we cannot turn and go the other way. We must speak His word in Spirit and Truth through the love of Jesus.
Repentance is the key that turns the heart of God. The Prophet Amos cried out to God twice not to destroy Jacob. Amos knew that God was merciful and His mercy triumphs over judgment. He stood in the gap for Israel when she could not stand for herself. God's heart was eased and comforted.
Amos 7:6 The Lord relented and revoked this sentence: "This also shall not be," said the Lord [and He was eased and comforted concerning it].
• Faith brings hope (confident expectation).
• Hope brings deliverance (repentance of sin).
• Deliverance brings new freedom (Holy Spirit liberty).
Bob and Bonnie Jones
The Prophetic Ministry of Bob and Bonnie Jones
The Prophetic Ministry of Bob and Bonnie Jones
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Prayer~
Father, I pray your message from this word is a message of relenting... Father, I pray our prayers as a nation have come up before you... and you have decided to renew and not destroy...Father, I pray that this is a word of encouragement and not a warning... Father, remember your righteous...Hear our cries...hear our repentance... In Jesus Mighty name, Father restore unto us our first love...help us to remember on this July 4th the foundation of our nation...and return to that vigor and zeal for your leadership as one nation under God! May we be re-birthed in Jesus name!
