Daniel 12
1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.s
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. TODAY!
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9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
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“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
He said we could use His name. His name is JESUS, WORD BECAME FLESH, WAY, TRUTH, LIFE, LIGHT, SAVIOR, CHRIST, MESSIAH, DELIVERER... His WORD to us was to USE HIS WORDS and signs would follow! In JESUS NAME can you say AMEN!
Isaiah 40
11 He will feed His flock like a shepherd; He will gather the lambs with His arm, And carry them in His bosom, And gently lead those who are with young.
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, 31 But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
"The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life."
(John 6:63) -Jesus
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Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. Our words create just like our Father's Words created all that is starting with "LET THERE BE LIGHT" Wisdom was there with Him rejoicing over His new inhabited creation. The preparation of the heart, that belongs to a man, but the answer on the lips is from the Lord. It is not anything that goes into the mouth that defiles a man. It is those things that proceed out of the mouth that defile a man. The heart comes out the mouth and if envy, or lust, or angry cursing live inside, they just project out the mouth. Its not a freudien slip. Its the overflow of the abundance of the heart that makes your words. To hold no evil in the heart will help you speak LIFE and blessing.
James spoke saying that if a man can tame his tongue he is able to bridle the whole body.
5 Now the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that the Lord will take away your master from over you today?”
So he answered, “Yes, I know; keep silent!”
6 Then Elijah said to him, “Stay here, please, for the Lord has sent me on to the Jordan.”
But he said, “ As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you!” So the two of them went on. 7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood facing them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan. 8 Now Elijah took his mantle, rolled it up, and struck the water; and it was divided this way and that, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
9 And so it was, when they had crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask! What may I do for you, before I am taken away from you?”
Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.”
10 So he said, “You have asked a hard thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so. ” 11 Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and separated the two of them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!” So he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces. 13 He also took up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan. 14 Then he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, and said, “Where is the Lord God of Elijah?” And when he also had struck the water, it was divided this way and that; and Elisha crossed over.
15 Now when the sons of the prophets who were from Jericho saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet him, and bowed to the ground before him.
My thoughts:
Elijah was an example of Jesus being taken up ALIVE by heaven's chariots of fire.
Elijah had a wonderful anointing but since Elisha asked and SAW Elijah go up, Elisha got a double portion of the same anointing. He knew this when he slapped the Jordan with the new coat:
"WHERE IS THE GOD OF ELIJAH?"
And the waters parted so he walked over on dry land. EVIDENCE! GOD was WITH HIM! Elisha did some amazing things! His first task was healing bitter water with salt.
God has given me cloud shows since I was small as you can see most recently I have posted a few shots of the sky that God has granted me to take shots of. Its not every day but often there is a story in the clouds that God opens up for me.
Remember Jesus told his disciples
John 14
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.
So it was about 9 years ago that God opened up a picture screen in the sky while I swam in the lake with my friends. They did not see what I did. They did notice the clouds open up in a rectangle but they were not granted to see the SHOW.
Let me tell you what I saw. The clouds cleared out to open up a near square of no clouds that was surrounded by clouds to be perfectly rectangular such as a movie screen.
In the movie screen, to the bottom left was a man of clouds holding a baby in his right arm folded upon His chest as if comforting the baby and keeping this child of His close to His heart. The sun was the light behind this man of clouds and shone brightly as if the very heart of him was LIGHT. The baby, was me, and He held me close as He began to ascend up through the blank picture screen. Some dark clouds had formed to the right side of the picture screen. They stretched out horizontally and literally looked like the humblest form of a worshipper bowing to pay homage to a KING. As Jesus carried me in His arms, He arose on the left side of the screen... Midway through is when the dark clouds changed from their normal shape to the humbled and prostrated position that was clearly two men shaped bodies bowed with hands outstretched and heads pointing down to the ground in respect for our KING, the Christ, Who was rising in front of them. The amazing part was that the light that was His heart shined so brightly and arose perfectly within the screen as His body did. He imprinted it upon me that I was the ONE He was carrying up and out and that just as those dark clouds bowed most humbly to Him, they were bowing also to me because I was so close to His heart.
The dark bodies stayed stretched in worship as Jesus ascended to and through the top of the screen.
The vision ended.
By far, that was the BEST cloud show I ever had. I have had many. Just recently I have snapped photo of a few... to share with you. But this was more than a show...it was a prophecy like unto Elijah and Elisha and Jesus and me... I watched Him go up and DOUBLE PORTION is not just His promise, but it is my heart's desire as well.
So, I saw JESUS ascend!!!
Who cares, eh?
Well, look back to Elisha... He had to see his master, Elijah, ascend and be taken up in order to receive the DOUBLE PORTION...
John 14
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. 13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.
Jesus promised that he who believes in Him shall do the works that He did and greater works even because He ascends to His Father. Its even better...Read the PINK letter edition... Matthew Mark Luke John... Think PINK. Redso! Readso! Red sow!
So, in Acts the apostles were united in the upper room in one accord and a great rushing wind came and tongues as a cloven fire appeared upon their heads and they all spoke with other tongues...
This is the boldness. The promise that Jesus Christ spoke of to make us able to do GREATER works that HE did.
Elisha DID get a double portion of Elijah's spirit.
I saw Jesus ascend. I have asked for a DOUBLE PORTION of Jesus's Spirit.
Greater works than He did, shall I do.
Read the gospels to see just a few of the works that Jesus Christ DID. Multitudes followed Him and He fed 5000 with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish with 12 barrels of leftovers. He blessed the fish and bread He had and thanked God for it. He then broke it and fed 5ooo. There were more left-overs than He originally started with...
Greater works than THESE? He cast out error! He healed the sick! He turned water to wine... He cursed the fruitless fig tree and it withered. He did ALL that He saw the Father doing.
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I saw Him ascend...now I am compelled to say:
WHERE IS THE GOD OF JESUS???
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