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PRISCILLA VAN SUTPHIN
Upstream Ministries
California
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This morning on awaking, I had a vision of a bowling ball hitting the back of the head of a person. That was pretty shocking and could kill a person. So I waited and much later in the evening while contemplating it I heard “ Heads will roll”.

Then while I was outside having to deal with trimming way back the bougainvillea on my patio, which had usurped so much of the patio, that it had fallen over a bit, top heavy. So I don’t have an electric trimmer or saw, and was branch by branch cutting and trimming it back then cutting in small pieces to put in the garbage bin so I could take it to the dumpster and carefully as it is full of thorns. As I was trimming, there was a lot of old dead wood branches. And I heard the Lord say to me, “I’m removing the old dead wood”

Then I had this impression as I thought on this that the government wanting to get rid of the older people, which is implied in the health bill, was reflective of something that goes on in the church, with the older not allowing the younger to come forth in their callings and giftings. I thought of how the old dead branches can keep the plant from growing in a healthy way, sapping too much of the energy needed by the new branches.

“….Remember that pruning is the removal or reduction of certain plant parts that are not required, that are no longer effective, or that are of no use to the plant. It is done to supply additional energy for the development of flowers, fruits, and limbs that remain on the plant. Pruning, which has several definitions, essentially involves removing plant parts to improve the health, landscape effect, or value of the plant.”
From: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/publications/landscape/pruning/pruning.html

Still small voice:

“I am looking for a people who will respond to Me in WORSHIP, like you saw in Haiti ! Notice how even when enduring terrible hardship, instead of blaming Me, some came out from under the rubble worshipping Me. Worship is a great key to freedom. Praise ME in all situations, good or bad, because I am in control. I know what you need before you ask Me.

There are stagnant waters in the midst of My garden of reknown. There are polluted waters that do not give forth life, but rather bring forth death. There are living waters even who have become polluted out of fear, that only trust in themselves, and who do not know how to give away the Kingdom, or how to be poured out. I am bringing My whirlwind to purge the filthy waters, and to cleanse My temple. I am cutting off old dead wood on My trees, and I will remove those in authority who have held back the waters of revival and who cause division in the camp by their skepticism, doubt, and witchcraft control. And I will remove also those who have taken what I’ve given and used it as a means of gain, rather than sharing freely what I’ve given.

I will purify My bride. That is not your job. It is Mine. I will use some of the prophets I’ve trusted with My words, to bring about change, but mostly, sovereignly, I will move upon leaders who are out of touch with the reality of these times, and who are resistant to My Holy Spirit, and all those who have NOT been preparing My Bride for the end times harvest. Do not weep for the wicked cut down in their prime, though they were foolish, they serve as banners of injustice, and be reassured that I will avenge the enemy of your souls. I will raise up the standard against Him through you and I will increase authority in you that will bring My vengeance on his head.

I will remove the old dead wood in the church, in the world, and you being part of the church, are having it removed now to make way for My glory. Do the same with your own homes. Get rid of what is unnecessary, or hindering to your walk with Me. Live simply and cling to ME in this hour.

Yes there are those that don’t want to call My judgments, “judgments” but I am judging. I am judging the wicked hordes of hell in the earth, the sea and the heavens. And I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh. It is not your lot to be like JONAH who wanted to see my vengeance on people. He acted sorrowfully when they were warned, & they repented, because He wanted to see vengeance on them. He didn’t want them to repent and be saved.

How much more compassionate should you be towards your brothers and sisters in the Lord. YES I WILL JUDGE, but do not be found laughing and scoffing and acting in pride superior to them when it happens. For I will judge you as you have judged. Mercy triumphs over judgment.”

Re the wicked:
Job 18:16-21 NKJV His roots are dried out below, and his branch withers above. 17 The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name among the renowned. 18 He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. 19 He has neither son nor posterity among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. 20 Those in the west are astonished at his day, as those in the east are frightened. 21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him who does not know God."

Isa 9:14-16 NKJV   Therefore the Lord will cut off head and tail from Israel, Palm branch and bulrush in one day. 15 The elder and honorable, he is the head; The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail. 16 For the leaders of this people cause them to err, and those who are led by them are destroyed.

Ps 80:15-19 NKJV    And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted, and the branch that You made strong for Yourself. 16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance. 17 Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself. 18 Then we will not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your name. 19 Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine, and we shall be saved!

Isa 4:2-5 NKJV       The Renewal of Zion
2 In that day the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious;
And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing for those of Israel who have escaped. 3 And it shall come to pass that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy — everyone who is recorded among the living in Jerusalem. 4 When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and purged the blood of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning,

Isa 17:9-10 NKJV   In that day his strong cities will be as a forsaken bough
and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel; and there will be desolation. 10 Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not been mindful of the Rock of your stronghold,

Isa 60:21-22 NKJV Also your people shall all be righteous; They shall inherit the land forever, The branch of My planting, The work of My hands, That I may be glorified. 22 A little one shall become a thousand, And a small one a strong nation. I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time."

Ezek 19:13-14 NKJV And now she is planted in the wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land. 14 Fire has come out from a rod of her branches and devoured her fruit, So that she has no strong branch — a scepter for ruling.'"
This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation.

Mal 4:1-3 NKJV "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; and you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves. 3 You shall trample the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this," says the Lord of hosts.

John 15:2-4 NKJV Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.

John 15:6-8 NKJV If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples

Purim Word

Feb 28th, 2010

I was watching the Olympics, and the mens bobsled runs, and hearing the words, “ We’re going to get it done” when I heard the still small voice say…

“ I’m going to turn everything upside down! The pride of man will be brought low, low, low. No man will be able to glory in what he can do. I AM able to humble and abase all who are proud and arrogant in their hearts.”

[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.]

“Nothing can compare to the power of the Living God Who gave His only Son for the sake of the whole world. Nothing man can do will compare to what My beloveds will do in My name.

The reasoning of man will lead only to confusion due to pride in his own heart. Only reliance on My wisdom will cause clarity to come forth that will sustain you in these times. For I will shake EVERYTHING. I will shake everything off My beloveds that has hindered them. And the Hamans of this world will be silenced in their pride. I will SHAKE every kingdom of men, every tribe, every nation to it’s knees.”

[Hag 2:6-9 NKJV "For thus says the Lord of hosts:'Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; 7 and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,' says the Lord of hosts. 8 'The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,' says the Lord of hosts. 9 'The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,' says the Lord of hosts. 'And in this place I will give peace,' says the Lord of hosts." ]
Hag 2:7 KJV And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.
“There is only ONE GOD, and the whole earth will know My name and yet so many will yet despise Me, and not turn. In not turning they will fall and in their falling , no god of their own making will be able to save them.”

[ Isa 2:17-21 KJV   And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish. 19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. 20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.]

“Look towards the east, and see the RISING. For I have made Jerusalem, and Israel a sign to all nations. Watch and see, for I AM ARISING. I WILL BE LIFTED UP in all the earth. Now I will arise. Now I will make My name known. Now will the nations see that I ALONE AM GOD. Heaven is My throne and earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will make for Me? MY WORD ALONE STANDS. Desire TRUTH beloveds, for great deception comes. And only if you have HE Who is Truth in your heart, will you be able to stand. You can stand only by MY POWER, MY GRACE. Ask and you will receive all you need to stand in this hour.”

Isa 33:10-16 NKJV        Impending Judgment on Zion
10 "Now I will rise," says the Lord; "Now I will be exalted, Now I will lift Myself up. 11 You shall conceive chaff, You shall bring forth stubble; Your breath, as fire, shall devour you. 12 And the people shall be like the burnings of lime; Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire. 13 Hear, you who are afar off, what I have done; And you who are near, acknowledge My might."
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites: "Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?" 15 He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, He who despises the gain of oppressions, Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, And shuts his eyes from seeing evil: 16 He will dwell on high; His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; Bread will be given him, His water will be sure.

Isa 45:6-7 NKJV   That they may know from the rising of the sun to its setting that there is none besides Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other;
7 I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity;
I, the Lord, do all these things.'

Isa 59:19 NKJV   19 So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west,
And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him.

Isa 60:2-3 NKJV For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you. 3 The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.

Mal 4:1-3 NKJV "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; And you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves. 3 You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this, "Says the Lord of hosts.

“ My people will shine like the stars in the heavens. Look up, for your redemption draws near. Keep your eyes fixed on ME beloveds. Keep your heart fixed on ME. Keep your mind stayed on ME. Drink in My presence.
Worship at My feet. Know that I see all and I am with you and in you and around you. Find your trust fully in ME.”

Feb 7th, 2010

Congruent :   Two line segments are congruent if they have the same length. But they need not lie at the same angle or position on the plane.

Line of demarcation
Military: A line defining the boundary of a buffer zone or area of limitation. A line of demarcation may also be used to define the forward limits of disputing or belligerent forces after each phase of disengagement or withdrawal has been completed. See also area of limitation; buffer zone; disengagement; peace operations.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005

Medical: A zone of inflammatory reaction separating gangrenous from healthy tissue.

Legal & Wikipedia:
The Line of Demarcation was a longitude, moved slightly from the line drawn by Pope Alexander VI to divide new lands claimed by Portugal from those of Spain. This line was drawn in 1493 after Christopher Columbus returned from his maiden voyage to the Americas. Territorial disputes between the two seafaring nations led the Pope to adjudicate in the hope that this would lead to peace between the two powers. It allocated territory as between Spain and Portugal, excepting only those areas already ruled by a Christian monarch or power; the interests of the people then inhabiting the affected lands were not otherwise taken into account.
As such, the Pope's arbitaration could be considered as laying the legal and political foundation for countless other international documents drawn over the next four and a half centuries, based on the implicit or explicit assumption that European powers had the right to divide the rest of the world among themselves without regard to the wishes and aspirations of the peoples living there - an assumption still taken for granted in the Nineteenth Century (for example, in the partition of Africa between colonial powers in the Congress of Berlin) and only gradually coming into question during the Twentieth Century. Thus, Alexander VI can be considered to have laid an important cornerstone in the legal foundation of Colonialism.
I heard the Lord say “ congruent lines of demarcation” and looked up the above, and listened for what He might say…

Those in secret circles of influence have drawn congruent lines of demarcation between governmental powers in the world and in the church in order to rationalize and implement Draconian measures to assure the annhilation of all opposition to their plans. But I tell you their plans though some may succeed for a time, will be annihilated by My plans.

I want you beloveds to read Psalm 149 slowly and deliberately and see that I have ordained you to speak – to prophesy to nations and rulers within the scope of MY KINGDOM. You are to execute My vengeance on the nations and punishment on the heathen. You are to destroy strongholds of the enemy over areas, over land and peoples. YOU are called to prophesy the WORD to the demon rulers, and to pray MY WILL upon the systems of this world. I have seated you in heavenly places with ME. You can only do this, if you ABIDE in ME.

You will only have authority over what I give you authority over. I AM the KING of Kings and the LORD of Lords ! It is I Whose throne is in the heavens and whose footstool is the earth. It is I Who alone knows the time and the seasons for war and for peace. I AM GOD, and there is no others.
I have not made you gods in the same sense that others use that term. But I have made you AS gods to the false rulers and authorities of this earth, the demonic hordes that try to make you think their power is greater than Mine.

High praise is praise that is in conjunction with heavenly praise at this moment in time. It is orchestrated by the Holy Spirit. The two edged sword is the sword of My WORD. It divides between bone and marrow, between good and bad, between believer and unbeliever, between heart and mind, between will and conscience. I AM is a great Divider. The SWORD brings division. The Word will drive people to Me, or drive people away from Me.
Sometimes people walk away as if they didn’t want to hear it, but inside their mind, I’m working on their conscience, that you had no idea that I pricked when you spoke My Word.

PSALM 149 NKJV    Praise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord a new song, And His praise in the assembly of saints.
2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. 3 Let them praise His name with the dance; Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp. 4 For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation.
5 Let the saints be joyful in glory; Let them sing aloud on their beds.
6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand,
7 To execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples;
8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
9 To execute on them the written judgment — This honor have all His saints. Praise the Lord! Let All Things Praise the Lord

My WORD never returns void. My WORD is a sword that will extinguish the false fires of the enemy, and light the true fire of My love and power. Men will tremble at My Word. They tremble not now, unless they have My Spirit, but the days are upon you when you will see great power manifest when you speak My Word. I will set your tongues aflame with My WORD, and as you speak, it will BECOME ! This is why YOU MUST TAME YOUR TONGUES.
For if you use this authority to mame your brother or sister, it will fall on you in same manner.

A two edged sword can cut either direction. It can cut to bring good, it can cut to destroy bad, it will DIVIDE. IT WILL make you able to distinguish the true heart of a man or woman, boy or girl when you speak it. Their reaction will illuminate your understanding. But it is not meant to destroy anything but wickedness, and if you become wicked in your use of it, it will swing back in your direction to remove the wickedness in you.
You might not like the resulting pain and suffering if you willfully inflict it on others by defaming, slandering and defiling another.

When an unbeliever hears the Words of righteousness, and considers it in his heart and mind, he responds in agreement or disagreement. In the days ahead you are going to be surprised at the ones who will agree when you thought they were beyond salvation. You may think their hearts are too far gone and cold right now. But I am the one Who knows what is in the heart of a man. So you must come to ME to ask. Come to me and get MY OPINION.
For I am a JUST GOD, and I am FULL of righteousness, but you are not yet
Full of My righteousness except by MY blood by positioning yourself IN ME.

I have promised you more and I am coming with MORE of My presence in your life. I will ILLUMINATE your soul, and sanctify My temple with MY GLORY once again. Will you RECEIVE what I have to give to you ? Will you open your heart to receive, or will you resist My HOLY SPIRIT ?   If it’s not how YOU think you should experience it, will you reject it as evil ? Will you rebuke the LORD OF GLORY or receive what I have to give to you ? I am not a man that I should lie, nor a son of man that I should change My mind.
I have declared My glory is coming and it WILL cleanse My threshing floor.

I will break every chain that has encumbered you. You only have to receive the truth that I will impart to you. Scoffers abound. But scoffers should not be in the church of JESUS CHRIST ! Remember what I said to Corazin?
Remember what I said about such cities, and how I rebuked them, for if I had gone to Tyre and Sidon, and done the miracles I did, they would have repented. And so it shall be in this hour in many places. For the hearts of many have grown cold and faithless. But once again, I am pouring out from on high, that all those who will come can receive the fullness of what I have to give in order to reap the coming Harvest of souls, and to endure the time
to come.

I AM LIFE. I AM the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE. All that is life comes from ME. EVERY GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT comes down from the Father of Lights. EVERY GOOD and perfect gift comes from ME. Anything that is not good, is not perfect, is not healing to your soul, does not come from ME.
Like a good father, I encourage My sons and daughters. Like a good earthly Father, I give GOOD gifts to My children. But the gift that is perverted, that is twisted into something to exalt man or the ENEMY, that is not from Me.
James 1:17-18 NKJV Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

I did not come to exalt man. I came to free him from self exultation. I came to set an example of humility, of kindness, of peace, of love and joy. I AM the LIGHT of the World, and NO MAN comes to the Father, except through ME. So take in the TRUTH of My WORD, and do not be deceived by the lies and perversions of truth that are in the world and in the church that has gone a whoring after other gods. CLING TO ME. ABIDE IN ME and I will abide in you. Flee from corruption and liars, and all false authorities, who make themselves to be something they are not.

Gal 6:3-5 AMP   For if any person thinks himself to be somebody [too important to condescend to shoulder another's load] when he is nobody [of superiority except in his own estimation], he deceives and deludes and cheats himself.
4 But let every person carefully scrutinize and examine and test his own conduct and his own work. He can then have the personal satisfaction and joy of doing something commendable [in itself alone] without [resorting to] boastful comparison with his neighbor.
5 For every person will have to bear ( be equal to understanding and calmly receive) his own [little] load[of oppressive faults].

For I tell you the truth, that they will drag you into courts of their church like the inquisition and they will tear and gnaw at you with their accusations and they will think they are doing ME a favor by doing so. But I will give you what to say. In NO WAY be terrified of them, for it will be perdition to them. I am doing a new thing in this hour. I assure you that those confident in their flesh will reap a just reward. For all who make you a prey, I WILL MAKE them a prey ! Remember the boys who laughed and mocked Isaiah ?
And those who think they have the perfect torture or end for my beloveds will be surprised at the protection of My Holy ones, whom I will empower as I did John the beloved.

I tell you, DO NOT FEAR man. Fear HIM who has the power to destroy both soul and body in hell. Do not make the things of this earth your treasure. MAKE ME your treasure as I treasure you. Return to your FIRST LOVE. Turn back to the things you once did beloveds. For these will be days of wine and roses – wine of the lees, and the sweet fragrance of the Holy One in your midst.

Zech 2:10-11 NKJV "Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst," says the Lord. 11 "Many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and they shall become My people. And I will dwell in your midst. Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.

Today I was asked, “When are all these things spoken going to happen ?” and the implication was, for years people have been prophesying, when is GOD finally going to do something ? All of us have doubted at times, but there is a warning of the times we are in, because Satan is loosing demons from the pit to destroy FAITH on earth.

The Lord said to me on Jan 20th, 2010
“UNBELIEF as a spirit has grown and grown, and is a terror and intimidator in these times.”

The other night, a young friend came who is not consistent or really grounded in her walk as she doesn’t come regularly, and doesn’t read the Word like she needs to. She has had ADD. And she is sometimes easily influenced by those around her, and what they think. She said to me, that she doesn’t know whether she believes in Jesus anymore but still believes in God. Of course I was upset because this girl has had some powerful impartation from the Lord, seen the glory cloud which I’ve never seen…and gotten a lot of deliverance when she comes, but she is inconsistent. I read from the Bible a few passages and spoke with her.

We talked and she finally asked me to pray with her, hands on, to help her repent, then afterwards left. My mind then went back to a time when I watched the Zeitgeist movie that was going around the Internet a long while ago. I remembered that the first part at that time was about 9-11 and the lies told us, then it went on to have a communist sort of agenda undermining ANY belief system and especially in Jesus.

I remember the evil spirit of unbelief that came in the room at that time. The Lord allowed me to feel what we would be up against and it was very strong but it finally left. When it was there, I had strong feelings of unbelief and questions of doubt come up in my mind, strong FEELINGS that tried to make me doubt what I believe is true. The argument made by the movie is very convincing but twists the truth, like the serpent of old who is the father of lies, trying to say that all religion is bogus, and making one thing proceed from another as to produce doubt, when actually the facts were reversed and twisted to make a convincing argument, like a lot of men's philosophies.

The thing is that religious spirits ARE terrible and vicious for sure. They are the ones who killed our LORD Jesus. But this is meant to wipe out any belief in any kind of faith in GOD. If people are not fully grounded in understanding the truth, and carnal in their actions, they will be toast in these days. God is shaking all that can be shaken.

[ Zeitgeist the Movie has now become a “movement” with a date of March 13, 2010 on the official site.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pgRUpDDrb0&annotation_id=annotation_994351&feature=iv ]

DOUBT, SKEPTICISM & UNBELIEF

Luke 18:6-8 NKJV Then the Lord said, "Hear what the unjust judge said. 7 And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? 8 I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"

The Word says about Unbelief:

Heb 3:12-19 KJV Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

[ so it is sin and compromise that hardens our hearts toward believing as well as an unhealed soul that still shelters hidden pockets of unbelief in our hearts and minds ]

Heb 3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end; 15 While it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. 16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. 17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? Was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

Hebrews 4:1   Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

The Word says FAITH comes by hearing and hearing by the WORD OF GOD.
Thus getting the Word in our heart, not just our head, is vital to preserving faith. WE MUST EAT THE SCROLL. We MUST eat the word daily, communing with GOD in this hour to strengthen our faith. The WORD builds truth, and faith, and hope and is our “compass” for righteous living. In Joshua 1 it says…

Josh 1:7-9 NKJV   Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."

The priests used to bind to their foreheads a sampling of the word in a little box-like object called teffilin to symbolize the WORD of GOD on their minds. You see an example in the movie “ The Gospel of John” in the clothing
worn by the character of Nathaniel the disciple Philip brought to Jesus.

http://www.religionfacts.com/judaism/things/tefillin.htm
The leather boxes of the tefillin contain scrolls of Torah passages, specifically Exodus 13:1-10, 11-16 and Deuteronomy 6:4-9, 11:13-21. These passages command Jews to bind the word of God on their bodies.
"And you shall bind them as a sign on your arm, and they shall be as frontlets on your head between your eyes." (Deuteronomy 6:8)
Certain Jewish groups, including probably the Sadducees, and definitely the medieval Karaites, understood the command to be figurative: that one should always be preoccupied with words of Torah, as if they were in front of one's eyes. The Pharisees, however, took the text literally: the words of the Torah are to be inscribed on a scroll and placed directly between one's eyes and on one's arm. Today, observant Jews wear tefillin both in literal obedience to these Torah verses and to remind the wearer of God's commandments.

Skepticism from Websters:
1 : an attitude of doubt or a disposition to incredulity either in general or toward a particular object
2 a : the doctrine that true knowledge or knowledge in a particular area is uncertain b : the method of suspended judgment, systematic doubt, or criticism characteristic of skeptics
3 : doubt concerning basic religious principles (as immortality, providence, and revelation)       synonyms see uncertainty
Doubt   v. doubt·ed, doubt·ing, doubts
v.tr.
1. To be undecided or skeptical about: began to doubt some accepted doctrines.
2. To tend to disbelieve; distrust: doubts politicians when they make sweeping statements.
3. To regard as unlikely: I doubt that we'll arrive on time.
4. Archaic To suspect; fear.
v.intr.
To be undecided or skeptical.
n.
1. A lack of certainty that often leads to irresolution. See Synonyms at uncertainty.
2. A lack of trust.

Unbelief - Lack of belief or faith, especially in religious matters.

Matt 21:21-22 NKJV So Jesus answered and said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' it will be done. 22 And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."

How will be able to do any miracles without faith and expectation in our hearts ? Hopelessness and unbelief kill miracles. Note that when Jesus wanted to raise the dead girl, He only brought Peter James and John into the room with Him, along with the mom & dad who had invited Him to come.
The thing is the mother and father were surrounded by mockers. They mocked and laughed when Jesus said she was only sleeping.

Luke 8:51-52 NKJV   When He came into the house, He permitted no one to go in except Peter, James, and John, and the father and mother of the girl.

The story of the woman healed of the issue of blood also shows us the necessary faith it takes for some healings. Now in the story of Lazarus, Lazarus had NO FAITH. He was dead, and Mary and Martha were doubting,
Yet GOD still raised him from the dead and once again amazed everyone instilling more faith in His disciples and Lazarus’ family that He truly was who He said He was.

But back to the dear woman who was weak from bleeding and had been to many doctors, not only did she not get healed, but she spent all her money/livelihood on the doctors, yet remained unhealed.
This again shows us not all things can be healed by doctors. And what she had to do required GREAT faith, because NO WOMAN was to touch a rabbi.
ESPECIALLY someone bleeding as she was considered UNCLEAN. So here
She was thinking, if only I can touch the hem of his garment…just the ends of the tzitzit [hem of His garmet] then I could be healed…so she went for it as we Americans would say. And the Lord JESUS said, Matt 9:22 KJV But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

The word for HEM there in the greek is
NT:2899 kra/spedon kraspedon (kras'-ped-on); of uncertain derivation; a margin, i.e. (specifically) a fringe or tassel: KJV - border, hem.
Fringe or tassel means it was the tzitzit she touched…the hem of his tallit. Why is this significant you may say…
        The Torah states in Numbers 15:38: "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, that they shall make themselves fringes on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and they shall put on the corner fringe a blue (tekhelet) thread."   Wearing the tzitzit (plural: tzitzyot) is also commanded in Deuteronomy 22:12, which says: "You shall make yourself twisted threads, on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself
Kraspedon is the Greek word that was used to translate the Hebrew word tzitzit in the Septuagint Version of the Hebrew Scriptures.
In John D. Garr’s book, The Hem of His Garment, he says,
     “ The fringes that God that God required His people to attach to their garments reminded them not only of His commandments but also that they were NOT to live their lives after their own ways. Theirs were to be lives not only of obedience but also of TRUST, not only of submission but also of LIVING FAITH.
       In the wrappings, twistings and knottings of the tzitzit is found the mystery of this principle. In Psalm 25:1-3, King David declared, ‘O my God, I tust in thee…let none that wait on thee be ashamed…’ In Isaiah 40:31, the prophet declares that those who ‘wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength..’ The word translated “WAIT” in these passages is qavah, which literally means “ to twist, to bind as rope.” It is also the normal verb
“to hope”, the root of which is seen in the Israeli National Anthem, HaTikvah [ The Hope].
      Those who want to be successful in their relationship with GOD, mounting up with wings as eagles, will find themselves making a spiritual tzitzit daily by twisting , tying, and binding their LIVES together with the life of the Lord, thereby gaining strength that is needed for victorious living. The Holy Spirit, indeed , is the shamash, the longest, helper strand of the tzitzit that binds the believers’ lives together with the life of God. And those who have wisdom will see that they are tightly wrapped in relationship with the GOD of the universe.” [ p. 38 – The Hem of His Garment] end quote.

Is that not beautiful?

Dr. Garr goes on to say on p. 39:
“ Some have suggested that the knots were originally designed to indicate the binding of evil spirits as the leitmotif of tying and loosing knots was seen to parallel binding and loosing of demons.”
That to me is interesting because Jesus used the WORD to fend of Satan in the wilderness. The WORD IS LIFE TO US.
Ps 119:50 NKJV   This is my comfort in my affliction, For Your word has given me life.

As the Word of God is life to us, the words of doubt are death to our faith.
If we entertain doubt, skepticism and unbelief which are fruits of witchcraft/rebellion, we can succomb to this spirit now invading our lands.

Ps 46:1-7 NKJV 6 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; 3 Though its waters roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah
4 There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. 5 God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God shall help her, just at the break of dawn. 6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted. 7 The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

Remember the words of Habakkuk:
Hab 3:2-18 NKJV
2 O Lord, I have heard Your speech and was afraid; O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy. 3 God came from Teman, The Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah
His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of His praise.
4 His brightness was like the light; He had rays flashing from His hand,
And there His power was hidden. 5 Before Him went pestilence,
And fever followed at His feet. 6 He stood and measured the earth;
He looked and startled the nations. And the everlasting mountains were scattered, The perpetual hills bowed. His ways are everlasting.

7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian trembled. 8 O Lord, were You displeased with the rivers, was Your anger against the rivers, was Your wrath against the sea, that You rode on Your horses, Your chariots of salvation? 9 Your bow was made quite ready; Oaths were sworn over Your arrows. Selah   You divided the earth with rivers.
[ Rev 6:2 2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. NKJV]

Hab 3: 10 The mountains saw You and trembled; the overflowing of the water passed by. The deep uttered its voice, and lifted its hands on high. 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation; At the light of Your arrows they went, at the shining of Your glittering spear. 12 You marched through the land in indignation; You trampled the nations in anger. 13 You went forth for the salvation of Your people, For salvation with Your anointed. You struck the head from the house of the wicked, by laying bare from foundation to neck. Selah

Hab 3:13-16 NKJV   You thrust through with his own arrows the head of his villages. They came out like a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was like feasting on the poor in secret. 15 You walked through the sea with Your horses, through the heap of great waters.   16 When I heard, my body trembled; My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entered my bones;
And I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble.
When he comes up to the people, He will invade them with his troops.
A Hymn of Faith
17 Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls — 18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. [ WORSHIP IS KEY ]

Hab 3:19 AMPLIFIED [ I put this in amplified as it’s so awesome]
19 The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds' feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]!

Now I want to go to Revelation to look at the evidence of great unbelief in end times…

Rev 9:20-21 NKJV But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk. 21 And they did not repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.

Rev 16:8-11 NKJV Fourth Bowl: Men Are Scorched
8 Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. 9 And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.

Fifth Bowl: Darkness and Pain
10 Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain. 11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.

Now even with the judgments, there is great unbelief, and stubbornness in hearts that makes people shake their fist at God still unbelieving, still unrepentant. How sad this state of man. How horrible their punishment.
Thus our hearts should weep at the condition of those around us.

Now let’s look at the POWER OF WORSHIP

In Revelation are many instances of worship going on in heaven. Now if they are doing 24 hour worship there, and responding all the time to events on earth in worship, should we not also ? A LONG time ago the Lord showed me through a book written by a YWAM teacher on spiritual warfare, that worship is the key to breaking the power of idolatry and witchcraft over lands, nations, people.

Rev 7:9-12 NKJV After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!" 11 All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying: "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, Thanksgiving and honor and power and might, Be to our God forever and ever. Amen."

Yeah and AMEN ! This also is our strength in maintaining intimacy with the Lord. There is no way getting around daily disciplines. I don’t care if you don’t FEEL like worshipping. The WORD says, to offer a SACRIFICE OF PRAISE. So no matter our condition, if healthy or if sick on our back in pain, if rich or if poor, if alone or having family to do it with us, WORSHIP is a great key to intimacy and entering His presence and when Holy Spirit is around, the devil can’t mess with you much, unless it’s an affliction ordered of the Lord, for your intecession or growth in humility.

Rev 11:15-19    Seventh Trumpet: The Kingdom Proclaimed
15 Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!" 16 And the twenty-four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying:
      "We give You thanks, O Lord God Almighty, The One who is and who was and who is to come, because You have taken Your great power and reigned.
18 The nations were angry, and Your wrath has come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that You should reward Your servants the prophets and the saints, and those who fear Your name, small and great, and should destroy those who destroy the earth." 19 Then the temple of God was opened in heaven, and the ark of His covenant was seen in His temple. And there were lightnings, noises, thunderings, an earthquake, and great hail.

What if the ark can’t really be found here, what if it’s translated to the heavenlies because He who is responsible for rending the veil of the temple has already died and made the way into that temple through His blood ?
I’m not saying it is - just a thought. Why should animals be killed anymore when He Who was so humiliated, and murdered for our sakes has already paid the price. To offer that sacrifice is like spitting in the face of God is it not ?   What if THAT is why the antichrist stops the sacrifices ?
What if Satan does that in response to God’s orders because HE allowed the temple to be torn down because WE have become His temple ? We know nothing is done here that is not allowed or ordered by God. - even the rise of the antichrist. Just somethings to think about. It says in Revelation that the BEAST hates the harlot, and that it is to FULFILL GOD’s purposes !

Rev 14:1-5 NKJV   Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father's name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing their harps. 3 They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.

4 These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb. 5 And in their mouth was found no deceit, for they are without fault before the throne of God.

You realize it is the BLOOD alone that has made us without fault before His throne? Does it not say that we can come before His throne with boldness now ? Heb 4:16 NKJV Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Rev 15:2-4 NKJV    And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God. 3 They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying:
"Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints!   4 Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You, For Your judgments have been manifested."

If you are tempted to feel doubtful in these times, come to these scriptures and speak them aloud, and remind the enemy of HIS END !
THE KING TRIUMPHANT

Rev 19:11-21 NKJV   Christ on a White Horse
11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. 12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns. He had a name written that no one knew except Himself. 13 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, followed Him on white horses. 15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

Rev 19:17-20:3 NKJV    The Beast and His Armies Defeated
17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, "Come and gather together for the supper of the great God,   18 that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, both small and great."

19 And I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. 20 Then the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone. 21 And the rest were killed with the sword which proceeded from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse. And all the birds were filled with their flesh.

Satan Bound 1000 Years
20 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; 3 and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.

Remember whose you are when fear tries to grip you. Remember the promises He has given about His glory. Many, Many have seen it come, long before this generation. WAIT on the LORD. He is arising…

Isa 33:9-16 NKJV
9 The earth mourns and languishes, Lebanon is shamed and shriveled; Sharon is like a wilderness, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
Impending Judgment on Zion
10 "Now I will rise," says the Lord; "Now I will be exalted, Now I will lift Myself up.
11 You shall conceive chaff, You shall bring forth stubble; Your breath, as fire, shall devour you. 12 And the people shall be like the burnings of lime; Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire. 13 Hear, you who are afar off, what I have done; And you who are near, acknowledge My might."
14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites: "Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?"

15 He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil: 16 He will dwell on high; His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks; Bread will be given him, His water will be sure.

Father, grant to us Your supernatural FAITH. Faith that is a gift from You, that we may endure the coming days and walk in the light as You are in the light. Increase our faith that we may do all YOU want us to do, as You promised that we will do great exploits in this hour. In the name and blood of JESUS we ask Abba !
AMEN !