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Mark 8:36-38 NKJV
36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? 37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 38 For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels."

The trouble with a pharisaical spirit is it doesn't allow the person to believe in the full grace of God, nor the fullness of His love. It's too unbelievable to them.
So they try in their own strength, which is futile, to keep the law, and strive to please Me. The person who lives in GRACE and knows that I have redeemed them, and doesn't strive understands that I am the guide for their life, and that all they have to do is LEAN on ME. And because they can FEEL MY LOVE FOR THEM, and EXPERIENCE IT, they love Me so much they don't WANT to sin, even though they may fail over and over. They know that like a good Father, I am willing to take them in, because their HEART wants to love Me, and walk IN ME.

Once you walk away from GRACE, you are walking in WITCHCRAFT.
That leads to walking as YOU try and trying to meet some code of law you have set up in your mind to obey. It may be man's rules, your rules & my rules, but it is tainted with lack of understanding of what I did at the cross. You are walking in YOUR ABILITY instead of MY ABILITY to keep you. You are trusting in YOU instead of in ME. That is what makes it witchcraft.

And that leads to not being able to do anything fully right because you are trusting in yourself. Then that person feels condemned and guilty all the time. Life is SO serious and weighty. The enemy is able to attack you more because you've opened your soul up to deception, and delusion is the next step. So it is KEY to walk in GRACE, knowing that apart from ME, you can do NO THING, NOTHING, NOTHING ! As a leader walks in this, they are led further and further down a path of striving to succeed, and trying out MAN's WAYS of doing things to attain a goal of SUCCESS which is worldly, and not MY WAYS of success. Success in My Kingdom is walking in MY WILL for your life. Period !

Not everyone called to MY KINGDOM is going to be successful in the world's perception of "success". Today in the U.S. And Europe,& many, many places in the world, there is a perception of ME that is SO distorted and thinking that success in this world has to do with NUMBERS of people saved, or largeness of your ministry or church. SUCCESS in MY KINGDOM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT! Not everyone is called to BUILD a huge edifice, or building. This is not a measurement of KINGDOM SUCCESS, though men have said that, to build their OWN KINGDOMS !

TO KNOW ME is the greatest success. TO LOVE ME with all of your heart, all of your soul, all of your mind, emotions and strength is success. To learn what LOVING ME is all about, & to learn how much I LOVE YOU, and to love others with that love is what life is all about. I told you the commandments were contained in these two…

Mark 12:29-33 NKJV
29 Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments is: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment. 31 And the second, like it, is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."
32 So the scribe said to Him, "Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He. 33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

If you love your neighbor, you won't steal from them. You won't gossip about them. You won't murder them. You won't entice their wife to adultery with you. You won't try to cheat them, nor will you dishonor them. You wont' do anything that you wouldn't want done to you ! If you love them, you won't cheat the people in your congregation to get money for a bigger home or car for yourself. If you LOVE you won't take advantage of the weak, the humble and the merciful, nor trample on My prophets to make money for yourself. If you love ME, you will trust ME to provide all you need without stealing from others. If you love ME, you will live simply and humbly as I did. You won't give in to SELF INDULGENCE at the expense of others. If you love others, you won't be selfish with this worlds' goods when others are in need.

My grace is sufficient for you. That means in ANY situation that you need ME, I am there for you with all that I AM. So if you are being tempted, CALL ON MY GRACE. ASK and it will be given you. When you go YOUR OWN WAY, and ignore ME, then you are going to struggle. If you get prideful and judge other's walks with ME, then I will withdraw MY GRACE, and let you see how it is to do things APART FROM ME and MY POWER TO HELP YOU. Then you will LEARN that apart from Me, YOU can do NOTHING.

Sometimes I allow FAILURE for the same reason. When you get too prideful and thinking you are better than someone else who is TRYING to walk with ME, then you will find yourself struggling because you have denied MY GRACE is what has kept you. You can't ACHIEVE ANYTHING APART FROM ME. I gave you that job. I gave you that wife, or husband if you relied on ME. I gave you the brains to get through college or grad school. I gave you the physical stamina to make it through hard things. I gave you the emotional stamina to survive abuse. I gave you the grace to confront lies with love, and to forgive those who've mistreated you. Do you really think you could have done all you've done without MY HAND on your life ? THAT IS PRIDE. Leviathan is alive and well in the Western church. But I HAVE COME TO ANNIHILATE IT. I HAVE COME TO BRING DOWN THE PRIDE OF THE HAUGHTY.

Isa 10:33 NKJV Behold, the Lord, The Lord of hosts, Will lop off the bough with terror; Those of high stature will be hewn down, And the haughty will be humbled.

Dan 4:37 AMP Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, Whose works are all faithful and right and Whose ways are just. And those who walk in pride He is able to abase and humble.

Money schemes to get more were never a part of MY PLAN for religious leaders. Giving in to taking money from ungodly sources, was never MY PLAN. Living selfishly & extravagantly when others are starving was never MY PLAN. The early church helped each other, and never went without helping one another in every kind of difficult situation. Building large empires, or palatial mansions was not MY WILL. Walking with one foot in MY Kingdom, and one foot in Satan's kingdom was never MY PLAN FOR YOU. I will tell you what My will is. My will is that all men get to hear the plan of salvation. My plan is that they all also get FREEDOM from oppression. I am more concerned with their souls than your comforts. I am more concerned with feeding the hungry and housing the homeless, than with conferences to make more money. I am more concerned with PEOPLE than with THINGS.

Let me ask you sons and daughters, WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE UP THAT OTHERS MIGHT HAVE THEIR NEEDS MET ???? JUDAS was one who thought more about his own gain, than the needs of others. That is why he continued to fall into perdition. Look around you and see, how many there are now who think more of themselves than the common men and women they are supposed to SERVE and ask yourself, are you any different ? And HAVE YOU CONFRONTED their selfishness with your own kindness and demonstration of the gospel ? A laid down life will urge others to follow in your footsteps. Others will want to know how you do it. Even the sinners know when church is commercialized. So they avoid such hideous demonstrations and refuse what is presented because they see the selfishness. It is only a laid down life that will attract the REAL hungry and thirsty. Demonstrations of MY KINDNESS is what is needed. THAT is why I have come with HEALING in MY WINGS."

Mal 4:2-5 AMP But unto you who revere and worshipfully fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings and His beams, and you shall go forth and gambol like calves [released] from the stall and leap for joy. 3 And you shall tread down the lawless and wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, says the Lord of hosts. 4 [Earnestly] remember the law of Moses, My servant, the statutes and the ordinances which I commanded him on [Mount] Horeb [to give] to all Israel. 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. [Matt 11:14; 17:10-13.]

“ I told you a long time ago what would take place in this hour. I told you that men would be lovers of themselves, and wicked in every possible way. Wicked not only in the world, but in the church that is called by My name. They will deliver you up thinking they are doing me a favor. Do not be surprised at all the things you are learning or that are being revealed.

But I want you to keep your eyes upon ME, to keep YOUR HEARTS free from the love of the world and the pride of your flesh ! If you focus on ME, then your hearts will be fed with the Bread of Life. If you hold ME away from you and do not CLING to ME, then you will find yourself feeling very alone and afraid. But the one who KNOWS MY LOVE, knows that I am very near, even when I seem afar. That one knows that no matter what happens to them, they will be in the palm of MY HAND.

You cannot believe many of you, the things that have been uncovered. Nor will it be easy to believe all that is YET TO BE uncovered ! Yet you must cling to ME, to know what is truth, and what is a lie. For this is the hour when the enemy has arisen and He is the FATHER of LIES. You cannot HEAR what I say unless you stop talking and quiet yourself before ME. So many are running around and scurrying here and there, busy, busy, busy, but not sitting at My feet for very long to get the impressions and words from ABOVE.

The enemy has much information but NO REVELATION. His techniques don’t change.
He also is the same, over and over. He moves by doubt, unbelief, planting all kinds of discouragement and lies. But YOU are about to be changed by MY GLORY forever.
YOU will find yourself experiencing a taste of heaven on this earth while it yet remains for a time.

Do not underestimate MY POWER !!!
Do not underestimate MY LOVE for mankind and MY CHURCH !!!!
Do not underestimate MY KINDNESS.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE MY WRATH AT WICKEDNESS !!!
I AM HOLY. And I told you to be holy as I AM holy !
What does that mean to you ?

I said foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head ! I said that what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and LOSE HIS SOUL ! You are not discerning truth from a lie, because you are not reading and digesting the TRUTH.
You go to church, and that is good. You are honoring My command to gather together. But you are not discerning what you are listening to at times. You are not discerning FRUIT of the lives you honor. Some of you honor the life of pastors and prophets above ME ! You have fallen to idolatry to man. I tell you the truth, there is no LIFE in any man that does not come from ME.

I AM DISTURBED by all the criticism and accusations among My own.
I am disturbed at all the warring within My church.
I AM disturbed by all the grasping for fame and glory.
I AM disturbed also at all the sin and defilement in the church leaders and body.
THAT IS WHY I HAVE COME.
THAT IS WHAT I WILL FIX.
THAT IS WHAT I WILL DEAL WITH MYSELF THROUGH THE POWER OF MY GLORIOUS RUACH ELOHIM.
I’M NOT JUST COMING IN ONE WAVE, OR THE “THIRD WAVE’.
I AM COMING IN WAVE AFTER WAVE AFTER WAVE.
EACH WAVE PREPARING YOU FOR THE NEXT ONE.
EACH WAVE DESTROYING THE YOKE OF THE ENEMY ON YOUR LIVES.
I WILL HAVE A GLORIOUS BRIDE !!!
Am I not the WISE ONE ? Am I NOT the GLORIOUS ONE ?
Is anything too difficult for ME ? Are you GOD oh man, that you can judge ?
Have you found perfection in yourself ? Have you removed all the motes from your eyes ?   Do you think ME too small to do anything to correct those who
Abuse My sheep and mislead them ?
Where in My WORD do you see witches healing anyone ?
Where in MY WORD do you see demons healing anyone ?
Where in My WORD do you see people asking for MY HOLY SPIRIT TO COME, and I send them demons ? Am I not the Father Who said, “If you ask for bread will I give you a stone ?”

If you want to know the truth about lying signs and wonders, read again about Moses.
Look at who the perpetrators were ! They were warlocks – priests of Egyptian gods.
The great deception is yet to come. It will come with great UNBELIEF in anything to do with MY SON. There will be NO MENTION of MY SON. It will blaspheme the name of My Son and deny His existence. It will come with lying signs and wonders, but they will not be miraculous healings. They will be healing through trickery of demons. Wearing of bracelets that heal you. Selling amulets that heal you. Rings that you can wear that are cursed, and when you put them on, they will bring healing from pain, but bondage to Satan. You have to BUY THEM to get healing. You have to pay to get healing !

There is much greed in My church, and I am coming to DRIVE OUT THE MONEYCHANGERS ! They have forgotten their first love. There is also much compromise through witchcraft & divination that I WILL EXPOSE. Not all is as it seems beloveds. You have been so duped by a system that reeks of idolatry and is putrid with sin. It is a stench in My nostrils, and I WILL PURGE MY THRESHING FLOOR ! I WILL DO IT. MY GLORY WILL FILL MY HOUSE. The latter glory is greater than the former. So am I NOT BIG ENOUGH TO HANDLE ALL THE PERVERSION THAT IS IN MY HOUSE ? AM I not great enough to handle all the FREEMASONRY in MY CHURCH ? Who of your leaders has spoken against it ?
Who of your leaders have taught you how to avoid witchcraft & divination ?
PRAY FOR ALL THAT IS UNHOLY TO BE UNCOVERED !

Those who are REAL will be elevated and then you will see MORE STARTLING signs and wonders ! There will be CONVICTION OF HEARTS, and repentance that works righteousness, peace and JOY in the Spirit. But do not discount what I am pouring out through weaker vessels. Wait and see that the LORD IS GOOD. I am giving many a chance to change and repent in this WAVE of MY LOVE. But greater and greater waves are coming. GREATER GLORY IS COMING ! I told you I would not leave you nor forsake you…that I would be with you until the end of all time ! These waves will turn into a TSUNAMI that floods the land with My GLORY ! ”

Mark 13:7-13 NKJV   But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled; for such things must happen, but the end is not yet. 8 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. These are the beginnings of sorrows.   9 "But watch out for yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be beaten in the synagogues. You will be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony to them.

10 And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations. 11 But when they arrest you and deliver you up, do not worry beforehand, or premeditate what you will speak. But whatever is given you in that hour, speak that; for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit. 12 Now brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. 13 And you will be hated by all for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

Rev 4 AFTER THIS I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice which I had heard addressing me like [the calling of] a war trumpet said, Come up here, and I will show you what must take place in the future. 2 At once I came under the [Holy] Spirit's power, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with One seated on the throne! [Ezek 1:26.]   3 And He Who sat there appeared like [the crystalline brightness of] jasper and [the fiery] sardius, and encircling the throne there was a halo that looked like [a rainbow of] emerald. [Ezek 1:28.]

4 Twenty-four other thrones surrounded the throne, and seated on these thrones were twenty-four elders ( the members of the heavenly Sanhedrin), arrayed in white clothing, with crowns of gold upon their heads. 5 Out from the throne came flashes of lightning and rumblings and peals of thunder, and in front of the throne seven blazing torches burned, which are the seven Spirits of God [the sevenfold Holy Spirit]; 6 And in front of the throne there was also what looked like a transparent glassy sea, as if of crystal. And around the throne, in the center at each side of the throne, were four living creatures (beings) who were full of eyes in front and behind [with intelligence as to what is before and at the rear of them]. [Ezek 1:5,18.]

7 The first living creature (being) was like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature had the face of a man, and the fourth living creature [was] like a flying eagle. [Ezek 1:10.]   8 And the four living creatures, individually having six wings, were full of eyes all over and within [underneath their wings]; and day and night they never stop saying, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty (Omnipotent), Who was and Who is and Who is to come. [Isa 6:1-3.]

9 And whenever the living creatures offer glory and honor and thanksgiving to Him Who sits on the throne, Who lives forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities), [Ps 47:8.]   10 The twenty-four elders ( the members of the heavenly Sanhedrin) fall prostrate before Him Who is sitting on the throne, and they worship Him Who lives forever and ever; and they throw down their crowns before the throne, crying out,   11 Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and dominion, for You created all things; by Your will they were [brought into being] and were created. [Ps 19:1.]

April 30, 2008

OT:4397 Ea*l=m^ mal'ak (mal-awk'); from an unused root meaning to dispatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, I.e. An angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher):KJV - ambassador, angel, king, messenger.

In the Old Testament you may have noticed depending on which bible you use, that sometimes angel of the Lord is spelled with a capitol A - Angel of the Lord.
When this occurs it is because there is a differentiation to illuminate that Who is being spoken about is Jesus in His pre-incarnate state. I found the Amplified bible is more accurate than my NKJV in delineating which is Angel of the Lord vs angel.
When it is Angel the Word is as above Mal'ak Yahweh, but when it is angel it is uwmalak or et malak Yahweh it seems.

This is the first in a series I felt led to do concerning angels as there is a dangerous practice of worshipping angels that is shown wrong in the book of Hebrews because they are ministering spirits to help us,& created beings. The Creator is alone worthy of all worship & praise.

Heb 1:4-8 AMP
4 [Taking a place and rank by which] He Himself became as much superior to angels as the glorious Name (title) which He has inherited is different from and more excellent than theirs. 5 For to which of the angels did [God] ever say, You are My Son, today I have begotten You [established You in an official Son-ship relation, with kingly dignity]? And again, I will be to Him a Father, and He will be to Me a Son? [2 Sam 7:14; Ps 2:7.] 6 Moreover, when He brings the firstborn Son again into the habitable world, He says, Let all the angels of God worship Him. 7 Referring to the angels He says, [God] Who makes His angels winds and His ministering servants flames of fire; [Ps 104:4.] 8 But as to the Son, He says to Him, Your throne, O God, is forever and ever (to the ages of the ages), and the scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of absolute righteousness (of justice and straightforwardness).

Heb 1:13-14 AMP
13 Besides, to which of the angels has He ever said, Sit at My right hand [associated with Me in My royal dignity] till I make your enemies a stool for your feet? [Ps 110:1.] 14 Are not the angels all ministering spirits (servants) sent out in the service [of God for the assistance] of those who are to inherit salvation?

It seems that some had given themselves over to getting too focused on angels in that time, and just as then, there is much of that now. I do believe that we are seeing more in the spirit in this hour - orbs, demonic angels as well as heavenly angels, and signs because the battle of all time is at hand, and heaven is invading earth before the great and terrible Day of the LORD. So I know there is an escalation of angelic activity in the earth, just as at the time of Jesus' birth right now. And we need to know what is right and wrong in assessing experiences that people are having. Even saying this sounds foolish, because certainly, not all is contained in the bible about heavenly things, and there is much we don't understand. But one thing we must avoid is IDOLATRY in any form to angels or any other "beings". God did not say He sends BEINGS to help us, but angels.

So lets look at the Angel of the Lord experiences in the bible FIRST to see what we can learn. Recently I heard a teacher say that we don't or shouldn't even talk to angels, but that isn't right because as I reread passages of scripture, many talked to angels back and forth. And if we are to test their loyalty [test the spirits] then we must talk to them, to get an answer for if they believe Jesus came in the flesh at the very least.
We also know that the scriptures say that Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light. This was seen by a young friend of mine when we were praying for someone who was supposedly an ex Satanist, and while praying she was looking up at something, and I thought maybe it was the Lord, & it looked like Jesus Tim [ a young man helping] said, except then he noticed hooves under the garment. We cannot ASSUME every vision, dream or encounter is from the GOD of all gods. The greatest deception of all is to think we cannot be deceived as Jack Deere once said.

The first encounter in the Bible is in Genesis 16, the story of Hagar's encounter
With the Angel of the Lord while fleeing Sarai.

Gen 16:5-14 NKJV
5 Then Sarai said to Abram, "My wrong be upon you! I gave my maid into your embrace; and when she saw that she had conceived, I became despised in her eyes. The Lord judge between you and me." 6 So Abram said to Sarai, "Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please." And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence. 7 Now the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. 8 And He said, "Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from, and where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai."

9 The Angel of the Lord said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand." 10 Then the Angel of the Lord said to her, "I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be counted for multitude." 11 And the Angel of the Lord said to her: "Behold, you are with child, And you shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, Because the Lord has heard your affliction. 12 He shall be a wild man; His hand shall be against every man, And every man's hand against him. And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren." 13 Then she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, You-Are-the-God-Who-Sees; for she said, "Have I also here seen Him who sees me?"

Now Ishmael means God Who hears, and the Angel gives her a promise that I WILL multiply your descendents exceedingly, to a multitude of people, and he also tells her
He will be a wild man, his hand against every man. Well that certainly happened didn't it ? But we see Him saying I WILL MULTIPLY your descendents. And She refers to Him thereafter as the El Roi - the God Who sees. I'm sure that despite this it was difficult for Hagar to return to a mistress who was set against her. But then she had been proud, and despised Sarai after agreeing to have the child for her. Yet God is merciful to her in this situation. He saw her problem, even one she is likely to have caused with her attitude. How loving God is even to us when we are not walking in truth ! [ Note it says NOTHING about how he looked, where he stood, or anything that could identify Him.]

Then again in Genesis is the encounter Abraham had, when he obeyed God and was going to slay Isaac, on the altar…

Gen 22:10-18 AMP
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand and took hold of the knife to slay his son. [Heb 11:17-19.] 11 But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham! He answered, Here I am. 12 And He said, Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear and revere God, since you have not held back from Me or begrudged giving Me your son, your only son.

13 Then Abraham looked up and glanced around, and behold, behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering and an ascending sacrifice instead of his son! 14 So Abraham called the name of that place The Lord Will Provide. And it is said to this day, On the mount of the Lord it will be provided. 15 The Angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time
16 And said, I have sworn by Myself, says the Lord, that since you have done this and have not withheld [from Me] or begrudged [giving Me] your son, your only son,
17 In blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore. And your Seed (Heir) will possess the gate of His enemies, [Heb 6:13,14; 11:12.]   18 And in your Seed [Christ] shall all the nations of the earth be blessed and [by Him] bless themselves, because you have heard and obeyed My voice. [Gen 12:2-3; 13:16; 22:18; 26:4; 28:14; Acts 3:25,26; Gal 3:16.]

Now this time the Angel SPEAKS FROM HEAVEN !!! So again we have no description and it is only by the Words He speaks that we know Who it must be. Because He says, because he obeyed HIM and didn't withhold his son. Angels don't demand sacrifices to themselves unless they are demons.

The next encounter is when Jacob wrestled :

Gen 32:24-32 AMP
24 And Jacob was left alone, and a Man wrestled with him until daybreak.
25 And when [the Man] saw that He did not prevail against [Jacob], He touched the hollow of his thigh; and Jacob's thigh was put out of joint as he wrestled with Him.
26 Then He said, Let Me go, for day is breaking. But [Jacob] said, I will not let You go unless You declare a blessing upon me. 27 [The Man] asked him, What is your name? And [in shock of realization, whispering] he said, Jacob [supplanter, schemer, trickster, swindler]! 28 And He said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob [supplanter], but Israel [contender with God]; for you have contended and have power with God and with men and have prevailed. [Hos 12:3-4.] 29 Then Jacob asked Him, Tell me, I pray You, what [in contrast] is Your name? But He said, Why is it that you ask My name? And [the Angel of God declared] a blessing on [Jacob] there. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel [the face of God], saying, For I have seen God face to face, and my life is spared and not snatched away. 31 And as he passed Penuel [Peniel], the sun rose upon him, and he was limping because of his thigh.

Here the Angel of the Lord appears as a MAN. So He had form, though he is not really described. He TOUCHED his thigh it says. It doesn't say he STRUCK his thigh.
And Jacob limped from then on. That's why Jews would not eat the muscle of the hip of the lamb, to remember Jacob's struggle.
Also when Jacob asks His name, HE says, WHY do you ask My name. In other passages about angels, they sometimes reveal their names. But here, HE TOUCHED his hip and it shrunk the muscle so he limped forever after that. Then we see that
After that, Jacob calls that place Peniel which means FACE OF GOD. And he is relieved realizing what he did that he was not killed !
Any ANGEL or Yeshua could have easily won that battle. So there is much more to the story than meets the eye. But right now we're focusing on Angel appearances.

This just actually repeats, confirms what is spoken in Genesis about Jacob.
Hos 12:3-4 AMP
3 He took his brother by the heel in [their mother's] womb, and in the strength [of his manhood] he contended and had power with God. [Gen 25:26; 27:36.] 4 Yes, he had power over the Angel [of the Lord] and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor. He met Him in Bethel, and there [God] spoke with [him and through him with] us - [Gen 28:12-19; 32:28; 35:1-15.]

Ex 14:15-22 GENEVA Version
15 And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore cryest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: 16 And lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the Sea and divide it, and let the children of Israel go on dry ground through the midst of the Sea. 17 And I, behold, I will harden the heart of the Egyptians, that they may follow them, and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
18 Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 19 (And the Angel of God, which went before the host of Israel, removed, and went behind them: also the pillar of the cloud went from before them, and stood behind them, 20 And came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel: it was both a cloud and darkness, yet gave it light by night, so that all the night long the one came not at the other.)
21 And Moses stretched forth his hand upon the Sea, and the Lord caused the Sea to run back by a strong East wind all the night, and made the Sea dry land: for the waters were divided. 22 Then the children of Israel went through the midst of the Sea upon the dry ground, and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left hand.

When we see this scripture it should make us very aware of the Lord's presence with us when we go through hardships and trials. Here the LORD HIMSELF was with them. But again there is no description save that He was Himself in the form perhaps of the pillar of fire, and the cloud by day ?

NOW we come to Numbers:

Num 22:21-35 NIV
21 Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab. 22 But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the Lord stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him. 23 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the road into a field. Balaam beat her to get her back on the road. 24 Then the angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path between two vineyards, with walls on both sides. 25 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she pressed close to the wall, crushing Balaam's foot against it. So he beat her again.
26 Then the angel of the Lord moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left. 27 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she lay down under Balaam, and he was angry and beat her with his staff. 28 Then the Lord opened the donkey's mouth, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?" 29 Balaam answered the donkey, "You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now." 30 The donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your own donkey, which you have always ridden, to this day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?" "No," he said.

31 Then the Lord opened Balaam's eyes, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low and fell facedown. 32 The angel of the Lord asked him, "Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come here to oppose you because your path is a reckless one before me.   33 The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, I would certainly have killed you by now, but I would have spared her." 34 Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, "I have sinned. I did not realize you were standing in the road to oppose me. Now if you are displeased, I will go back." 35 The angel of the Lord said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but speak only what I tell you." So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

In the NKJV the above Angel of the LORD is capitalized. The LORD HIMSELF was appearing to Balaam, and look how merciful the Lord was to him ! He has a sword with which He was going to kill him, but HE relented after the donkey maneuvered away from HIM. Balak was very blessed to keep his life, and the Lord admonishes him to ONLY SPEAK WHAT HE TELLS HIM.

Now there is an encounter for Joshua…

Josh 5:13-15 KJV
13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? 14 And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? 15 And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.

Now here we get a bit more. The Lord again has a sword, but declares Himself as CAPTAIN of the HOST of heaven. There is ONE Who holds that role. Yeshua. And Joshua's response tells us much. He fell on his face to WORSHIP. The Lord tells him what He said to Moses from the burning bush - to take off his shoes…he was on HOLY GROUND. For the LORD IS HOLY. And where HE is, the ground is HOLY.

Judg 2:1-6 NKJV    Israel's Disobedience
2 Then the Angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said: "I led you up from Egypt and brought you to the land of which I swore to your fathers; and I said, 'I will never break My covenant with you. 2 And you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall tear down their altars.' But you have not obeyed My voice. Why have you done this? 3 Therefore I also said, 'I will not drive them out before you; but they shall be thorns in your side, and their gods shall be a snare to you.'" 4 So it was, when the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices and wept. 5 Then they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there to the Lord. 6 And when Joshua had dismissed the people, the children of Israel went each to his own inheritance to possess the land.

Bochim means "weepers". Here again we see Yeshua in His precarnate state coming to Israel to convict them of not carrying out His instructions. Again no description, just dialogue.

Forward a few more chapters and again the Angel of the Lord appears to Gideon:

Judg 6:11-24 NKJV
Gideon
11 Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites. 12 And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, "The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!"
13 Gideon said to Him, "O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, 'Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?' But now the Lord has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites." 14 Then the Lord turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?" 15 So he said to Him, "O my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house." 16 And the Lord said to him, "Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man."

17 Gideon said to Him, If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You Who talks with me. 18 Do not leave here, I pray You, until I return to You and bring my offering and set it before You. And He said, I will wait until you return. 19 Then Gideon went in and prepared a kid and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket and the broth in a pot, and brought them to Him under the oak and presented them. 20 And the Angel of God said to him, Take the meat and unleavened cakes and lay them on this rock and pour the broth over them. And he did so. 21 Then the Angel of the Lord reached out the tip of the staff that was in His hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes, and there flared up fire from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. Then the Angel of the Lord vanished from his sight. 22 And when Gideon perceived that He was the Angel of the Lord, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God! For now I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face! 23 The Lord said to him, Peace be to you, do not fear; you shall not die.
24 Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it, The Lord is Peace. To this day it still stands in Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites.

When the Lord appears to Gideon, Gideon does not see him but as an ordinary man in appearance, it would seem…though it had to be supernatural for Him to just show up where he was hiding. So He must have appeared as a man. But when HE touched the unleavened cakes and meat with his staff and FIRE consumed them and HE disappeared, then Gideon gets the picture so to speak. He built an altar and called it Jehovah SHALOM. So in this you don't see fear, except when he realizes he's been talking to God. Then he was afraid of dying. And God tells him PEACE TO YOU, you shall not die ! Hallelujah. I'm sure that was such a relief to Gideon.

In this story of Samson, we see Him again…
Judges 13:1-24 NKJV
The Birth of Samson
1 Again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years. 2 Now there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children. 3 And the Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, "Indeed now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. 4 Now therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean. 5 For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines."
6 So the woman came and told her husband, saying, "A Man of God came to me, and His countenance was like the countenance of the Angel of God, very awesome; but I did not ask Him where He was from, and He did not tell me His name. 7 And He said to me, 'Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. Now drink no wine or similar drink, nor eat anything unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.'"

Well in this one, we get that HE looked like a man, but his countenance was not like an ordinary man, but she describes him as VERY AWESOME..like an ANGEL of GOD.

8 Then Manoah prayed to the Lord, and said, "O my Lord, please let the Man of God whom You sent come to us again and teach us what we shall do for the child who will be born." 9 And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the Angel of God came to the woman again as she was sitting in the field; but Manoah her husband was not with her. 10 Then the woman ran in haste and told her husband, and said to him, "Look, the Man who came to me the other day has just now appeared to me!" 11 So Manoah arose and followed his wife. When he came to the Man, he said to Him, "Are You the Man who spoke to this woman?" And He said, "I am."

12 Manoah said, "Now let Your words come to pass! What will be the boy's rule of life, and his work?" 13 So the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, "Of all that I said to the woman let her be careful. 14 She may not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor may she drink wine or similar drink, nor eat anything unclean. All that I commanded her let her observe." 15 Then Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, "Please let us detain You, and we will prepare a young goat for You." 16 And the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, "Though you detain Me, I will not eat your food. But if you offer a burnt offering, you must offer it to the Lord." (For Manoah did not know He was the Angel of the Lord.)

17 Then Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, "What is Your name, that when Your words come to pass we may honor You?" 18 And the Angel of the Lord said to him,"Why do you ask My name, seeing it is wonderful?" 19 So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering, and offered it upon the rock to the Lord. And He did a wondrous thing while Manoah and his wife looked on - 20 it happened as the flame went up toward heaven from the altar - the Angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar! When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell on their faces to the ground. 21 When the Angel of the Lord appeared no more to Manoah and his wife, then Manoah knew that He was the Angel of the Lord. 22 And Manoah said to his wife, "We shall surely die, because we have seen God!"   23 But his wife said to him, "If the Lord had desired to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things, nor would He have told us such things as these at this time."   24 So the woman bore a son and called his name Samson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.

So surrounding the birth of Samson are these visits from the Lord Himself to Samson's mother & father. And we see that He was awesome in countenance, and like Gideon, He did the disappearing in the FIRE sign as they offered sacrifice. This seems to be one major sign that it's not just an angel, but THE ANGEL of the LORD.

Now He again appears in relationship to ELIJAH…

1 Kings 19:1-13 AMP
1 AHAB TOLD Jezebel all that Elijah had done and how he had slain all the prophets [of Baal] with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow. 3 Then he was afraid and arose and went for his life and came to Beersheba of Judah [over eighty miles, and out of Jezebel's realm] and left his servant there. 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a lone broom or juniper tree and asked that he might die. He said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am no better than my fathers.

5 As he lay asleep under the broom or juniper tree, behold, an angel touched him and said to him, Arise and eat. 6 He looked, and behold, there was a cake baked on the coals, and a bottle of water at his head. And he ate and drank and lay down again.
7 The angel of the Lord came the second time and touched him and said, Arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you. 8 So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and nights to Horeb, the mount of God.
WHEN YOU CAN GO 40 DAYS AND NIGHTS ON THE STRENGTH OF ONE MEAL,
YOU KNOW THAT IS SUPERNATURAL ! The Word of God says that the Lord God of Israel gives STRENGTH & POWER to His people. Personally, I need that king of TOUCH !   [ Psalm 68:35 ]

9 There he came to a cave and lodged in it; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah? 10 He replied, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I, I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 11 And He said, Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake;
12 And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire [a sound of gentle stillness and] a still, small voice. 13 When Elijah heard the voice, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, What are you doing here, Elijah?

OK, This time it says Malak Yahweh, but none of the versions say it is Jesus, yet it has the same Hebrew notation as when Jesus appeared to others. So I'm not sure it was Jesus in His preincarnate state. But we see the LORD's provision and strengthening and intervention in Elijah's life that is such a famous verse of scripture
To us all, and we can see the tenderness of the LORD in all of this to His prophets.

2 Kings 1:12-17a AMP
12 And Elijah answered, If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty. 13 Ahaziah sent again a captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up and fell on his knees before Elijah and besought him and said to him, O man of God, I pray you, let my life and the lives of these fifty, your servants, be precious in your sight. 14 Behold, fire came down from heaven and burned up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties. Therefore let my life now be precious in your sight.

15 The angel of the Lord said to Elijah, Go down with him; do not be afraid of him. So he arose and went with him to the king. 16 Elijah said to [King] Ahaziah, Thus says the Lord: Since you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel of Whom to inquire His word? Therefore you shall not leave the bed on which you lie, but shall surely die. 17 So Ahaziah died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken.

In the Geneva Bible Version angel of the Lord is capitalized signifying it is Jesus in His preincarnate state speaking to Elijah. And He has given him power to bring down fire from heaven and to curse Ahaziah, a satan worshipper. This is no small thing. And again we see Elijah visited by the Lord Himself to strengthen him. Facing the enemy had become a way of life for Elijah and for us it is the same. We need the confidence that the Lord will FIGHT FOR US in such situations. He told me once after watching a movie, where there was fighting with evil, that HE would fight side by side with His bride in this last war of the ages.

Now to a sobering text of scripture where David encounters the Lord of Hosts:

1 Chron 21:16-20 GENEVA
16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the Angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, with his sword drawn in his hand and stretched out toward Jerusalem. Then David and the Elders of Israel which were clothed in sack, fell upon their faces.
17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded to number the people? It is even I that have sinned and have committed evil, but these sheep, what have they done? O Lord my God, I beseech thee, let thine hand be on me and on my father's house, and not on thy people for their destruction.
18 Then the Angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19 So David went up according to the saying of Gad, which he had spoken in the Name of the Lord. 20 And Ornan turned about and saw the Angel, and his four sons that were with him, hid themselves, and Ornan threshed wheat…

28 At that time when David saw that the Lord had heard him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. 29 (But the Tabernacle of the Lord which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that season in the high place at Gibeon. 30 And David could not go before it to ask counsel at God: for he was afraid of the sword of the Angel of the Lord.)

Here we see that the Angel of the Lord appearing to David and Ornan and his sons is so fearsome that his sons hid, and DAVID who would go inside the Holy of Holies, would not even go to ask counsel of God because he was AFRAID of the sword of the ANGEL of the Lord. So indeed he was very fearsome to behold. This was not Him appearing as a man, but in glory perhaps.

THIS IS A POWERFUL SCRIPTURE FOR US:
Ps 34:7 The Angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him [who revere and worship Him with awe] and each of them He delivers. [Ps 18:1; 145:20.] AMP

THIS SCRIPTURE MAKES IT OBVIOUS THAT THE LORD HIMSELF IS ALSO INVOLVED IN JUDGEMENTS.
Ps 35:5-7 AMP
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, with the Angel of the Lord driving them on!
6 Let their way be through dark and slippery places, with the Angel of the Lord pursuing and afflicting them. 7 For without cause they hid for me their net; a pit of destruction without cause they dug for my life.

AGAIN, THIS SCRIPTURE SHOWS YESHUA INVOLVED IN JUDGMENT. SO THOSE WHO SAY GOD DOESN'T JUDGE ARE IN GREAT ERROR.

Isa 37:35-36 AMP
35 For I will defend this city to save it, for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David. 36 And the Angel of the Lord went forth, and slew 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when [the living] arose early in the morning, behold, all these were dead bodies. [2 Kings 19:35.]

AND JUST AS HE BRINGS JUDGMENT, HE ALSO IS THE AUTHOR OF SALVATION AND DELIVERANCE FROM EVIL.

Isa 63:9-10 AMP
9 In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the Angel of His presence saved them; in His love and in His pity He redeemed them; and He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old. [Ex 23:20-23; 33:14-15; Deut 1:31; 32:10-12.] 10 But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit; therefore He turned to become their enemy and Himself fought against them.
Same scripture in Geneva Bible
Isa 63:9-10 GENEVA
9 In all their troubles he was troubled, and the Angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his mercy he redeemed them, and he bare them and carried them always continually. 10 But they rebelled and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore was he turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.

JESUS HIMSELF WILL FIGHT AGAINST US IF WE TURN FROM HIM !

NOW WE LOOK AT THE LAST BOOK OF THE OLD TESTAMENT:

Zech 1:8-15 AMP
8 I saw in the night [vision] and behold, a Man riding upon a red horse, and He stood among the myrtle trees that were in a low valley or bottom, and behind Him there were horses, red, bay or flame-colored, and white. 9 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel who talked with me said, I will show you what these are.
10 And the Man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the Lord has sent to walk to and fro through the earth and patrol it. 11 And the men on the horses answered the Angel of the Lord Who stood among the myrtle trees and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth [patrolling it] and behold, all the earth sits at rest [in peaceful security].
12 Then the Angel of the Lord said, O Lord of hosts, how long will You not have mercy and lovingkindness for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which You have had indignation these seventy years [of the Babylonian captivity]? 13 And the Lord answered the angel who talked with me with gracious and comforting words. 14 So the angel who talked with me said to me, Cry out, Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. 15 And I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for while I was but a little displeased, they helped forward the affliction and disaster.

HERE WE HAVE ANGELS AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD - YESHUA. NOTE IT CAPITALIZES Man IN THE TREES WHICH IS HE. AND THE OTHER ANGELS ARE WITH HIM TO BATTLE. The scriptures themselves say the MAN in the myrtle trees is the ANGEL of the LORD. This must have been quite an experience for Zechariah !
But HE speaks to Zechariah with comforting words, as is His nature, but also to CRY OUT, and guides him in what to pray !

NOW IN ZECHARIAH 3 WE SEE SOMETHING AMAZING:

Zech 3:1-9 AMP
1 THEN [the guiding angel] showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at Joshua's right hand to be his adversary and to accuse him. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! Even the Lord, Who [now and habitually] chooses Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this [returned captive Joshua] a brand plucked out of the fire? [Jude.] 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and was standing before the Angel [of the Lord]. 4 And He spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And He said to [Joshua], Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich apparel.
5 And I [Zechariah] said, Let them put a clean turban on his head. So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with [rich] garments. And the Angel of the Lord stood by. 6 And the Angel of the Lord [solemnly and earnestly] protested and affirmed to Joshua, saying, 7 Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in My ways and keep My charge, then also you shall rule My house and have charge of My courts, and I will give you access [to My presence] and places to walk among these who stand here.

8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your colleagues who [usually] sit before you - for they are men who are a sign or omen [types of what is to come] - for behold, I will bring forth My servant the Branch. [Isa 4:2; Jer 23:5; 33:15; Zech 6:12.]   9 For behold, upon the stone which I have set before Joshua, upon that one stone are seven eyes or facets [the all-embracing providence of God and the sevenfold radiations of the Spirit of God]. Behold, I will carve upon it its inscription, says the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity and guilt of this land in a single day. [2 Chron 16:9; Jer 50:20; Zech 4:10.]

WOW, WOW, WOW ! SO THIS IS VERY SYMBOLIC, AND RELATES TO THE TIMES WE ARE IN. THE HIGH PRIEST [ WE ARE ALL CALLED TO BE PRIESTS OF THE LORD - A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD AS IT SAYS IN PETER ] AND THE ENEMY, SATAN IS STANDING AGAINST HIM ACCUSING. BUT THE LORD SAYS TO PUT CLEAN GARMENTS ON HIM. HE SEES HIS CLOTHES ARE FILTHY - THIS IS THE CHURCH TODAY. BUT THE LORD COMMANDS ANGELS TO CLOTHE HIM IN FINE LINEN. THEN TELLS HIM:
"If you will walk in My ways and keep My charge, then also you shall rule My house and have charge of My courts, and I will give you access [to My presence] and places to walk among these who stand here."
THEN HE SAYS HE'LL BRING MY SERVANT THE BRANCH WHO IS YESHUA HIMSELF, AND THEN UPON THE ROCK HE'S SET BEFORE JOSHUA…ALSO A TYPE OF CHRIST WHO IS OUR ROCK OF SALVATION WILL HE POUR OUT THE 7 FOLD SPIRIT OF GOD
[the sevenfold radiations of the Spirit of God]
AND THEN HE SAYS, I WILL REMOVE YOUR INIQUITY IN A DAY SPEAKING TO ISRAEL !!! NOW THAT IS AWAKENING IN THE HEARTS OF MAN.

NOW IN THIS LAST PASSAGE FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT WE SEE THE PROMISE OF THE ANGEL OF THE LORD BEING IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. IT IS A PROMISE TO ISRAEL & JERUSALEM THAT THE ANGEL OF THE LORD WILL NOT ONLY APPEAR TO THEM, BUT FIGHT FOR THEM.
AND HE PROMISES GREAT GRACE & COMPASSION TO BE POURED OUT.
THAT THEY WILL SEE HIM & MOURN.

Zech 12:8-10 GENEVA
8 In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and he that is feeble among them, in that day shall be as David: and the house of David shall be as God's house, and as the Angel of the Lord before them. 9 And in that day will I seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
10 And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of compassion, and they shall look upon me, whom they have pierced, and they shall lament for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and be sorry for him as one is sorry for his firstborn.

WE CAN SEE THAT IN THE OUTPOURING NOW, GREAT GRACE AND COMPASSION OF THE LORD HEALING PEOPLE WITH RODS IN THEIR BACK OR OTHERS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH TERRIBLE SUFFERING AND AFFLICTION.
DO NOT LIMIT GOD AND REMEMBER ALL THESE PROMISES !

Mark 13:8 NKJV For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. These are the beginnings of sorrows.

Nation:
NT:1484 e&qno$ ethnos (eth'-nos); probably from NT:1486; a race (as of the same habit), I.e. A tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually by implication, pagan): KJV - Gentile, heathen, nation, people.

Ethnos is the word we get ETHNIC from so tribe against tribe, as in what happened recently in Kenya; it was mostly tribal rivalries.

“ Old ethnic rivalries are not dead, and in many nations there are still unhealed old warring tribes who have not forgiven nor who know the LORD of Hosts.

So you will see much fighting between ethnicities. But you will also see hostilities where those who have been oppressed will rise up due to long oppression and take back from those who conquered them, what they see as their rights.

If you want to see more peace, there must be more repentance for hatreds, and fear, pride and malice that has been carried out in the name of religion or “rights”. In this nation, there will be antagonism unless you make RESTITUTION where it is due. This is only possible by the power of My Spirit ! So ask what your part is, what YOU can do to bring more LOVE to bear. Avoid defensiveness, when people express their anger and frustration, and acknowledge their right to be upset, but also show love & kindness so they will embrace forgiveness. Repent for those who have hurt them.

Unless you lay down your sword against your brother, with the sword you will be consumed !

So on this “National Day of Prayer” I urge you to set your heart right for any wrong done to you, to repent for anger, bitterness, hatred and malice towards others. I assure you it will not be a waste of time, but will work towards MORE FIRE being released upon your nation to heal old wounds. Let the enemy find NOTHING when he tests your heart towards your brethren. Forgive any animosity shown you. Lay down your RIGHTS. I bought and paid for you with the blood of MY PRECIOUS SON.

I urge you also to pray for the children and YOUTH, and young adults of America for many of them, seeing all that is available to them feel HOPELESS about this nation. They see all the hypocrisy and greed, avarice, and perversion as normal. It has left many feeling useless to believe the lies they have been taught through humanism. BRING DOWN THAT STRONGHOLD ! FIGHT ON YOUR KNEES.

GLORY is on it’s way if you will continue to repent for this nation, and not hold on to your PRIDE. Repent for your leaders in the government and in the church ! Do not continue to see yourself as the only source to the nations, for there is but ONE Source, and that is the Most HIGH. ASK FOR GLORY. PRAY FOR MORE GLORY. PRAY FOR AN EXPLOSION OF GLORY!
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The Lord began then to remind me of a show I’d seen on PBS about the race riots in Tulsa in 1921
www.itsabouttimebpp.com/Events_In_Our_Time/pdf/Tulsa_Oklahoma_Race_Riot_1921.pdf

You can go here to read about it. Or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_Race_Riot

Then another article I read about Native Americans
http://www.iwchildren.org/calif.htm

“People are taught to stereotype other people. Stereotyping is a learned form of classifying and labeling others based on inaccurate information or assumption rather than on factual knowledge.” From an article on racism…

It is not absent in the church of Jesus Christ. Otherwise why would we have “black churches” and “White churches”? Fear is often behind such things and PRIDE.

There are other kinds of prejudice, i.e. Rich against poor which is prevalent.
Healthy against the sick, thin who hate the fat. Let's learn NOT to assume.
We must learn to love people with GOD’s LOVE, and love whom He loves. Hate what He hates, and not value our opinions which are assumptions not always based on facts.

Besieged
Apr 25th, 2008

Besieged 1: to surround with armed forces
2 a: to press with requests : IMPORTUNE
B: to cause worry or distress to : BESET <doubts besieged him>

Ps 31:21 AMP Blessed be the Lord! For He has shown me His marvelous loving favor when I was beset as in a besieged city.

Isa 1:8 AMP And the Daughter of Zion [Jerusalem] is left like a [deserted] booth in a vineyard, like a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, like a besieged city [spared, but in the midst of desolation].

Ezek 21:22 AMP In his right hand is the lot marked for Jerusalem: to set battering rams, to open the mouth calling for slaughter, to lift up the voice with a war cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up siege mounds, and to build siege towers.

Zech 12:1-4 NKJV "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples, when they lay siege against Judah and Jerusalem. 3 And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it. 4 In that day," says the Lord, "I will strike every horse with confusion, and its rider with madness; I will open My eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.
[ If Jerusalem and Israel are for a sign for us, then consider what the Lord will do for us who believe in HIM ]

"Zion is MY hill, and the earth is My footstool. Where is the problem that is too big for Me to solve ? Is there no balm in Gilead ? Is there no recognition of the KING Who is in your midst ? Can you not see ? Can you not hear the sound of the cadence of drums ? There are forces amassing themselves against you. But I am with you and I will lead you in the way everlasting. I will fight along side of My beloveds in this last battle. I am NOT a God Who is afar off.

Men have thought that I would do nothing, that I would stand by and have become complacent and apathetic towards ME. But they will soon see that I am not absent, nor have I been blind to all that has been going on. I have only been patient. I have waited to give many a chance to repent of their wickedness. Instead of repenting, many have grown more and more deluded, and deceived in their ways. A backslider will be filled with his own ways.

I told you I would pour out GREAT GRACE, and that grace is at the door. You have only to ask. There will be great grace for anyone who truly repents. All who call on the name of the Lord will be saved ! I warned you NOT to judge by the exterior looks and not to judge the past in a person, because I am bringing warlocks and witches, new agers, and Hindus, Muslims and Buddhists into the camp, and you MUST NOT THINK YOURSELVES BETTER THAN THEY ARE ! Do not be like the workers who griped because they got the same reward as those who came later in the day.

At least these will go out into the streets and SHARE THE GOSPEL. They will not be pew sitters, who boast in themselves, and ignore the poor. They will be ACTIVISTS FOR ME. They will take what they get with GRATITUDE and sow into the harvest ! Watch that you don't UNDERESTIMATE what I can do or how fast I can do it !
Put on the garment of HUMILITY and you will be used mightily ! But if you do not humble yourself under My hand, you will find yourself eating grass like Nebuchadnezzar.

Do not underestimate how I can CHANGE a heart. Pray, pray, pray, for the days of SUSTAINED GLORY ARE AT HAND, and life will NEVER be the same, and the ways of doing things will change. The church will change. How church is done will change drastically. For I will revolutionize the body of CHRIST in this hour, and I will take the RADICAL ones, and those who don't mind HOW I DO THINGS, and I will use them over the religious hypocrites and those with critical spirits who have underestimated My beloved prophets.

I will take those with mental illness and deliver them in a MOMENT ! Then catapult them into seer anointings, and deliverance & healing anointings and use them to set others free, and to bring LIFE to My body ! WALK IN FAITH BELOVEDS AND ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE ! STOP limiting ME. I AM THE MIGHTY ONE OF ISRAEL, that there is NOTHING impossible with ME. RISE TO FAITH. RISE UP and touch the lost with CONFIDENCE in who you are in ME. ARISE AND SHINE for YOUR LIGHT HAS COME !

There is also a besieging by the enemy of MY true children. It will come many times from those in the church who think they are doing Me a favor, pointing their finger at brothers and sisters and identifying them as being false when in fact they will be crucifying the innocent. Watch that you are not on the side of the Accuser. READ THE WORD, and stay IN ME. Do not be given to saying anything of OPINION, but
Wait on MY WORDS. AM I TOO SMALL TO HANDLE DECEPTION ?"

Strident Calls
April 22nd, 2008

Strident
: characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound <a strident voice>; also
: commanding attention by a loud or obtrusive quality <strident slogans>
Synonyms see LOUD, VOCIFEROUS

" I hear many of My children calling out loudly for the Kingdom to come, for healing, for justice. I tell you, that I will not ignore such desperation ! I know all the details of the very intricacies of your life. I am not a harsh taskmaster. The one who is the harsh taskmaster is the one trying to steal destinies. I AM going to RESTORE many destinies and advance many who have been held back. Many of you have been in a "holding pattern" as an airplane in the sky, waiting on My orders.

I tell you that I am releasing you soon. Destiny is at the door. FIRES are being ignited across the earth ! Glory is soon coming, and the fire is preparing you for My glory. Look up for your Redeemer draws nigh ! I am a God close at hand ! Draw NEARER beloveds, and open your hearts wide, for I am filling them ! Worship ME in the beauty of holiness, and know that your day to SHINE is at hand. Listen for My direction. OIL is being poured out, and NEW WINE.

Though when the enemy sees what I am doing there will be MORE warfare, KEEP YOUR EYES ON ME. Though he hisses and snarls, he is a crushed foe ! I will give you such a fire that every yoke, and every chain will be broken. I've told you it was coming. Now it will pour forth in abundance upon the land. For I have heard My intercessors in America ! I have heard their sincere pleas and collected their tears in bottles. I know that there is a remnant who truly love ME, and I will not allow their prayers to fall to the ground. Many need more healing, and I am ARISING WITH HEALING IN MY WINGS to subdue the enemy's strongholds and and remove the curse off the land.

Those who oppose Me will find themselves overtaken by ME. The OIL of JOY will so flood this nation, that people who have been so heavy laden and burdened with sin will see such marvelous deliverances, they will gladly pour blessings on you. Where there has been greed and avarice in pulpits, there will be a new company of leaders that will demonstrate the opposite spirit, and give and give and give ! There will be no more merchandizing in My temples !

TRUTH and LOVE will prevail. Justice will have it's satisfaction. SHAKINGS will be extraordinary, but so will RESTORATIONS. Witches & warlocks will repent, and turn and see that the LORD is indeed GOOD ! As I touch you, I will release more boldness, for it is your TESTIMONY that will alter the course of events. As you speak it forth and testify to My goodness and the truth of My WORD, I will do signs and wonders and release those imprisoned by the enemy.

CRY out for your loved ones. BE BOLD and COURAGEOUS ! BE STRONG in the power of MY MIGHT ! Speak with CONFIDENCE about Your LORD. I am releasing the treasury of heaven upon the earth in this hour. You will be kept by MY SPIRIT until I catch you up. Come beloveds, away with ME, let me heal those last vestiges of darkness in your hearts and minds, and quiet yourself to hear My voice. There is so much busyness. You must rest in me and be quiet to hear.

Isa 30:15 NKJV For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:
"In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall
Be your strength." But you would not,

“ Do you really want to be guilty of speaking untruths beloveds ? There are so many lies being taunted now, that it is hard to discern for most people what is really truth. This is making many skeptical of anything said. So that truth lies in the streets dead. Be sure that when you bring information to light, that what you are speaking is the ABSOLUTE TRUTH, and not rumors or lies.

It is rampant now to go sleuthing for information on people in authority, and you are so willing to believe what you do not know for sure without coming to ME, and asking ME, “is that true Abba ?” I tell you that you are participating in SLANDER in many cases as the world has gone mad with witchcraft and suspicion. Bitterness fills many hearts and makes people suspect anyone and everyone of some malevolent deed.

Keep YOUR MINDS STAYED ON ME. I know why you are trying to play detective, but you can get any information you need from ME. I know everything going on, and you won’t have to rely on movies, and news, and articles.   If you come to Me, I can tell you what I WANT YOU TO KNOW even before things happen. I AM the ALL – KNOWING ONE. I AM the ALMIGHTY.

So where is your proof for those things you believe ? Do you know what is in the heart of a man ? Have you walked in his or her shoes ? Do you see their weeping and crying over things they’ve done and been through ? I tell you that I see all. I see those whose hearts are black and wicked, and I see those with good intentions, but poor actions. I see those with pure hearts, and those with immature hearts. I ALONE KNOW THE CONDITION of each heart ! So before you go slandering and gossiping about other of My children, I ask YOU to come to ME. And when you share that information - if I let you, then you are obligated to PRAY for that situation or other person if I so lead.

I will NOT have you pray for the wicked who will NOT turn. And I alone know who will or won’t turn to ME. I don’t want you to waste time on the truly malevolent, but to aim your prayers like arrows for those things I PUT ON YOUR HEART, and those persons I PUT ON YOUR HEART. I give to each person different ones to pray for. Just focus on YOUR part beloveds. Stay in the realm I’ve ordained you for.

So do not become the sleuth except for those things I WANT YOU TO. Do not become the gossip-monger or slanderer. Do not give in to watching all that is on TV and radio that is nothing but gossip and slander, from angry and unimaginative busy-bodies.

There are enough people out there to WITNESS to. I want you to become more concerned with SOULS. I want you to GO outside the four walls and reach out to those who are broken and LOST. Set your sights on HARVEST ! ASK ME and I will give you the nations, I said. ASK ME, and I will give you your neighborhoods, your work places, your schools, and families. Spend yourselves better in focusing your attentions on ME, and asking ME, WHO can I witness to today. WHOSE life can I CHANGE today by showing Your love !

Beloveds, I have been so generous with you. I have forgiven you SO much. You know there are some things you have had trouble giving up – little foxes that spoil the vine. So please think first to ask ME about anyone else in your path before saying anything.
Be quick to listen and slow to speak.

There are some who still have loose tongues of PREJUDICE towards those of other races and ethnicities. You have done it so long you don’t even hear yourself as I HEAR YOU. Your hearts are darkened with hatred and judgments, and criticism from personal experiences, and from things taught to you as children that were judgmental and untrue. If you don’t lay down the AXE and cleanse your heart of these murderous and hateful attitudes, you will also be judged unmercifully ! For to those who show no mercy, no mercy will be given.

Ask ME if that attitude or opinion you feel so strong about is RIGHT !
For I will NOT hold you guiltless of murder when you are hating your brothers and sisters. LOVE is KIND. My love never fails towards you, so what gives you the right to judge any other man or woman, boy or girl ? Stop despising the rebellious, and pray AS I SHOW YOU. Pray in the Spirit. Pray YOU may be kept from the wrath to come. Pray for Me to cleanse you from all unrighteousness, so that as My glory comes you will still be able to stand.”

1 John 3:2-3 AMP   Beloved, we are [even here and] now God's children; it is not yet disclosed (made clear) what we shall be [hereafter], but we know that when He comes and is manifested, we shall [as God's children] resemble and be like Him, for we shall see Him just as He [really] is. 3 And everyone who has this hope [resting] on Him cleanses (purifies) himself just as He is pure (chaste, undefiled, guiltless).

1 John 3:11-12 AMP For this is the message (the announcement) which you have heard from the first, that we should love one another, 12 [And] not be like Cain who [took his nature and got his motivation] from the evil one and slew his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his deeds (activities, works) were wicked and malicious and his brother's were righteous (virtuous).

1 John 3:14-22 AMP   We know that we have passed over out of death into Life by the fact that we love the brethren (our fellow Christians). He who does not love abides (remains, is held and kept continually) in [spiritual] death. 15 Anyone who hates (abominates, detests) his brother [in Christ] is [at heart] a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding ( persevering) within him. 16 By this we come to know (progressively to recognize, to perceive, to understand) the [essential] love: that He laid down His [own] life for us; and we ought to lay [our] lives down for [those who are our] brothers [in Him].
17 But if anyone has this world's goods (resources for sustaining life) and sees his brother and fellow believer in need, yet closes his heart of compassion against him, how can the love of God live and remain in him? 18 Little children, let us not love [merely] in theory or in speech but in deed and in truth (in practice and in sincerity).
19 By this we shall come to know (perceive, recognize, and understand) that we are of the Truth, and can reassure (quiet, conciliate, and pacify) our hearts in His presence,

20 Whenever our hearts in [tormenting] self-accusation make us feel guilty and condemn us. [For we are in God's hands.] For He is above and greater than our consciences (our hearts), and He knows (perceives and understands) everything [nothing is hidden from Him]. 21 And, beloved, if our consciences (our hearts) do not accuse us [if they do not make us feel guilty and condemn us], we have confidence (complete assurance and boldness) before God, 22 And we receive from Him whatever we ask, because we [watchfully] obey His orders [observe His suggestions and injunctions, follow His plan for us] and [habitually] practice what is pleasing to Him.

Ezek 47:11-12 NKJV Along the bank of the river, on this side and that, will grow all kinds of trees used for food; their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. They will bear fruit every month, because their water flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for medicine."

Flattery Will Get You Nowhere
April 12th, 2008

Ezek 12:24-25 AMP For there shall be no more any false, empty, and fruitless vision or flattering divination in the house of Israel. 25 For I am the Lord; I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall be performed (come to pass); it shall be no more delayed or prolonged, for in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and will perform it, says the Lord God.

Job 32:21-22 AMP I will not [I warn you] be influenced by respect for any man's person and show partiality, neither will I flatter any man. 22 For I know not how to flatter, [wasting my time in mere formalities, for then] my Maker would soon take me away.

Rom 16:18-19 AMP For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites and base desires, and by ingratiating and flattering speech, they beguile the hearts of the unsuspecting and simpleminded [people]. 19 For while your loyalty and obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, I would have you well versed and wise as to what is good and innocent and guileless as to what is evil.

“ I am going to cut off all the flattering words leading to destruction. I will no longer permit the silver tongued flatterers to connive their way into the hearts of the innocent. There has been so much deceit, that it has reached putrid levels of perversion. People are calling good evil, and saying that evil is good. It should not be so in the House of the LORD ! People have been so vulnerable to this for too long. I am going to OPEN THE EYES and open the ears to the truth that so easily evades those under the spell of such charlatans in My house that is called by My name.

People have twisted the word to their advantage for way too long, and the outcry has come up to my ears for too long now. NOW you will see Me ARISE and NOW you will see ME speak through My prophets with consequence. I will increase authority for those who have not given themselves over to bitterness , judging or criticism, but those who have clung to humility and wish to move in LOVE. You who want to move in love, and know the balance of My judgments, will now be given commissions to reach into certain places and to speak what I tell you to speak. I will give you the Spirit of Might, and as you obey me to go, I will bring confirming signs and wonders. People who were closed and prideful will be reduced to repentance. Those who choose to cling to their OWN KINGDOMS will find themselves walking on sandy ground.

Those who choose the narrow road will find GRACE and MERCY in their time of need, if they will OBEY MY leading about making restitution for their sins.

I am not going to allow PLAYING with the hearts of My people, and delusion to continue. Pray for the eyes of the blind to OPEN, and for the ears of the DEAF to hear. And know that if they don’t open and don’t respond, that it is because they CHOOSE DEATH over life and it is because of their OWN WILL.

I am raising the bar and only the humble, only those who are willing to BOW to My WILL in their lives will be able to cross into the land of promise. THOSE who choose their life over MY LIFE, will not enter into the REST I have for them. There will be no safety from fear. There will be no safety from what is coming. There will only be desert like Nebuchadnezzar until their wills yield to ME. The one who HUMBLES themselves under My mighty hand will save themselves. Those who wish to continue in deluding others will be filled with their own ways and worse.

Life is precious, yet many have been so ignorant of the damage they have done to others, and will find themselves in turmoil from the consequences of their own decisions. Watch beloveds that you only help those I TELL YOU TO HELP. BE discerning. I do not say be suspicious. I say be DISCERNING. COME to ME and ask ME about that person and ask Me what you need to know. I will show you. Trust that when you ask for bread I will not give you a stone. THAT is NOT My way to punish you when you humble yourself. I am forgiveness. I AM LOVE. I AM PATIENCE. I AM FORBEARANCE. But there is a limit with those who refuse to humble themselves. To those who adamantly refuse My counsel I will withdraw grace so they will see that apart from ME, they can do NOTHING. Trust the discernment I have given you. But be sure your heart has no bitterness blocking true discernment. Listen not to flattering lips !

Suspicion is a fruit of witchcraft control, not love. Love is kind. Love is PATIENT. Love is willing to YIELD. Love prevails over darkness and brings a light that cannot be snuffed out !
It is the most powerful weapon in your arsenal. WORSHIP is another that will quench all the firey darts of the enemy. Be abundant in thankfulness and gratefulness, and realize the blessings you have been afforded in this land. USE THEM NOW TO BLESS OTHERS. Do not hoard them any longer and store up treasures that you don’t need, or that will be destroyed in coming judgments. Live frugally and BUILD UP ONE ANOTHER. Love one another as I have loved you and forgive others as I have forgiven you much ! “

Ps 5:8-9 AMP Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way level (straight and right) before my face. 9 For there is nothing trustworthy or steadfast or truthful in their talk; their heart is destruction [or a destructive chasm, a yawning gulf]; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter and make smooth with their tongue. [Rom 3:13.]

Ps 12:2-4 AMP To his neighbor each one speaks words without use or worth or truth; with flattering lips and double heart [deceitfully] they speak. 3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips and the tongues that speak proud boasting, 4 Those who say, With our tongues we prevail; our lips are our own [to command at our will] — who is lord and master over us?

Prov 26:28 AMP A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Jude 16-18 AMP These are inveterate murmurers (grumblers) who complain [of their lot in life], going after their own desires [controlled by their passions]; their talk is boastful and arrogant, [and they claim to] admire men's persons and pay people flattering compliments to gain advantage. 17 But you must remember, beloved, the predictions which were made by the apostles (the special messengers) of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). 18 They told you beforehand, In the last days (in the end time) there will be scoffers [who seek to gratify their own unholy desires], following after their own ungodly passions.

Isa 60:21-22 AMP Your people also shall all be [uncompromisingly and consistently] righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, that I may be glorified. The least one shall become a thousand [a clan], and the small one a strong nation. I, the Lord, will hasten it in its [appointed] time.

Isa 31:6-7 AMP Return, O children of Israel, to Him against Whom you have so deeply plunged into revolt. 7 For in that day every man of you will cast away [in contempt and disgust] his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your own hands have sinfully made for you.

Isa 30:32-33, Is 31:1 NKJV
32 And in every place where the staff of punishment passes, which the Lord lays on him, It will be with tambourines and harps; and in battles of brandishing He will fight with it. 33 For Tophet was established of old, Yes, for the king it is prepared.
He has made it deep and large; Its pyre is fire with much wood; The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, Kindles it. Isa 31:1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, Who trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the Lord!

“I am sending more of My angels to stoke the fires, to turn up the heat - to accelerate the purifying fires that bring forth GOLD in My beloveds. You will find yourself in a place of purifying, and the emotions will be difficult to go through, but the end result will be increase in My glory. The mercury is rising, the temperature of My FIRE is being turned UP so that what comes forth will not cause any self destruction. So that YOU will walk in the Spirit , that you will be holy as I AM HOLY !
I AM in what seems like “attacks” from the enemy, but are actually ME, allowing you to go through a season of intense purification of your heart. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

I want what comes FORTH FROM YOUR MOUTH TO BE HOLY ! I want you to reflect MY HEART, and My character. For the time is coming, burning like an oven, when all the chaff will be burned up.

Mal 4:1-2 NKJV - The Great Day of God
4 "For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, and all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up, "Says the Lord of hosts, "That will leave them neither root nor branch. 2 But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings;

I am accelerating this work for the time is NOW. You have asked Me for MY HEART. You have said that you want union with ME. Well, then you must share in My suffering, and share in what is on MY heart. You must have eyes to see, and ears to hear all that is going on. So few REALLY want to know what is going on. Most people, are just concerned for themselves. I tell you that I am annihilating all SELFISHNESS and SELF CENTEREDNESS in your heart, that you would have MY HEART for the broken, MY HEART for the lonely, MY HEART for those on the outside looking in who need to KNOW MY LOVE.

How can you know MY LOVE, if you still cannot even forgive, if you still resent all your hurts and losses ? You need to practice THANKFULNESS instead of pride, and appreciation instead of RESENTMENT ! Some of you are still like those in the wilderness, complaining and complaining, and complaining about every little thing that goes wrong. You do not know endurance nor persistence ! But you will LEARN ! Some things have to be instilled in your heart, not just your mind. It takes longer for the heart to apprehend, all that it needs to learn when it has been so BROKEN.

Do NOT give in to condemning yourself. DO NOT give in to seeking relief without seeking ME. I AM THE FIRST AND THE LAST, the BEGINNING and the END. I AM your Resource for all that you need. So instead of complaining and spending time in negative resentment and frustration. KNOW that I DIED, that you would have all that you NEED. With these things you should be content, and not resent that you have been brought through some very difficult times.

The one who learns to appreciate rather than depreciate their past will arise in VICTORY ! The one who PROCLAIMS instead of COMPLAINS will find new resources in their holding. I am looking for PRAISE, even in the midst of adversity, the soul that can praise ME will soar to new heights of joy and peace, love and mercy with ME. YOU MUST LEARN TO OVERCOME. What does overcoming mean to you ? What does it mean to you to be an over-comer ? You must OVERCOME Satan’s lies and strongholds in your life.

Rev 12:11 AMP And they have overcome (conquered) him by means of the blood of the Lamb and by the utterance of their testimony, for they did not love and cling to life even when faced with death [holding their lives cheap till they had to die for their witnessing].
Some of you still don’t understand spiritual warfare. You think it’s all about rebuking demons and fighting principalities in prayer. But the KINGDOM comes not by hearing, but by MY PRESENCE. If you want the devil to flee, then you must CLING TO ME !
If you want demons to flee, then call on ME. Ask ME to come down, and watch what happens when you WORSHIP instead of complain and focus on the enemy.
Try focusing on ME. Try focusing on being in MY PRESENCE, on worshipping ME, then I WILL COME, for I inhabit the praises of My people, not the complaining of My people !

The devil knows this so he tries to WEAR YOU DOWN so that you will have no energy to seek ME, no time to seek ME, or the wrong heart for seeking ME. So I urge you beloveds to COME AWAY WITH ME. ENTER IN to the secret place with ME, and there you will find REST for your soul from all his torments. The secret is being QUIET with me. In quietness & rest you will be RESTORED ! It is NOT IN STRIVING. Just come to me beloveds. For MY BURDEN IS EASY, My yoke is LIGHT. Believe that I LOVE YOU and want you to know how much you are loved !”

Isa 30:15-16 NKJV For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:
"In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall be your strength. "But you would not, 16 And you said, "No, for we will flee on horses" —

A Rain of Mercy
April 5th, 2008

I was listening to music in the background and the instrumental was “jour de pluie” by Luc Gringas [ http://www.lucgingras.com/article.asp?noid=1&categ=1&langue=e it’s on the album Selah ] The notes sound like RAIN, and it is very comforting soaking music.

Ps 68:9 AMP You, O God, did send a plentiful rain; You did restore and confirm Your heritage when it languished and was weary.

I heard the still small voice say:
“To the merciful I will show Myself merciful ! To those who are concerned for justice, will I show MY justice ! To those whose hearts cry out for the lost and broken will I pour out anointing to break the heavy yokes, so that My people will go free. Who can dwell with consuming FIRE ? For I tell you that MY FIERY PRESENCE is at hand, and I will consume all that cannot withstand the test !

Jer 23:29 Is not My word like fire [that consumes all that cannot endure the test]? Says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks in pieces the rock [of most stubborn resistance]? AMP

I am accelerating the fire of My presence among you, beloveds, and you will notice a sharp increase in conviction, in deliverance, in healing among you, for I AM COMING TO MY CHURCH and I will TRANSFORM her into what I WANT. For many wolves have crept in, many enemies of the Kingdom, and spoiled My pastures, but as birds hovering will I surround you and deliver you.

Isa 31:5 Like birds hovering, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; He will protect and deliver it, He will pass over and spare and preserve it. AMP

I will cause MY RAIN to fall, MY REIGN OF MERCY, the latter rains have only been a dribble compared to what I bring now. GET READY TO HARVEST BELOVEDS for THIS RAIN is for a purpose. It is not only to dance and revel in, it is for bringing GREAT HARVEST. I am reigning and I AM RAINING DOWN RIGHTEOUSNESS and HOLINESS, and CONVICTION WILL BE STRONG. HEARTS will be broken and REVIVED to MY PURPOSES over those of man. HEARTS will be healed of all the ravages of the enemy.

Don’t grow weary in well doing, for if you persevere, you will REAP a great blessing ! For this RAIN OF MERCY will transform the most desperate SOUL. GREATER GRACE has come to you. The DOUBLE PORTION of MY MERCY is about to set upon you with a vengeance ! A vengeance against ALL that opposes MY WILL, MY PURPOSES, and MY KINGDOM ! I WILL FIGHT ALONG SIDE MY BRIDE, and she will KNOW that I have loved her ! THE WORLD WILL KNOW that there is a GOD in heaven who is ABOVE ALL OTHER GODS !

Watch now as I uncover the skirts of the wicked, and transform all warfare ! Who ever heard of such a thing, as a nation that is changed in a day ? I tell you if I make pregnant, will I not bring to fruition ? Will I NOT BIRTH THE KINGDOM WITHIN YOU ? FALL ON THE ROCK OH PEOPLE or the ROCK will fall on you ! CLING to ME and I will cling to you. LAY DOWN all your ideas of what I can and can’t do that have been taught to you by mere men. NOTHING WILL EVER BE THE SAME ! PRAY for the RAIN OF FIRE – MY MERCY RAIN TO FALL !”

Mal 4:1-6 AMP
1 FOR BEHOLD, the day comes that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud and arrogant, yes, and all that do wickedly and are lawless, shall be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. [Isa 5:21-25; Matt 3:12.] 2 But unto you who revere and worshipfully fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings and His beams, and you shall go forth and gambol like calves [released] from the stall and leap for joy. 3 And you shall tread down the lawless and wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, says the Lord of hosts.
4 [Earnestly] remember the law of Moses, My servant, the statutes and the ordinances which I commanded him on [Mount] Horeb [to give] to all Israel. 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. [Matt 11:14; 17:10-13.] 6 And he shall turn and reconcile the hearts of the [estranged] fathers to the [ungodly] children, and the hearts of the [rebellious] children to [the piety of] their fathers [a reconciliation produced by repentance of the ungodly], lest I come and smite the land with a curse and a ban of utter destruction. [Luke 1:17.]

Job 5:8-11 AMP As for me, I would seek God and inquire of and require Him, and to God would I commit my cause — 9 Who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number, 10 Who gives rain upon the earth and sends waters upon the fields, 11 So that He sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn He lifts to safety.

Isa 60:10-11 AMP
10 Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in My wrath I smote you, but in My favor, pleasure, and goodwill I have had mercy, love, and pity for you. 11 And your gates shall be open continually, they shall not be shut day or night, that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations — and their kings led in procession [your voluntary captives]. [Rev 21:24-27.]

Hos 2:19 And I will betroth you to Me forever; yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and justice, in steadfast love, and in mercy. AMP

Hos 10:12 Sow for yourselves according to righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God); reap according to mercy and loving-kindness. Break up your uncultivated ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, to inquire for and of Him, and to require His favor, till He comes and teaches you righteousness and rains His righteous gift of salvation upon you. [2 Cor 9:10.] AMP