"Verily, verily I say unto you, THE SERVANT IS
NOT GREATER THAN HIS LORD; NEITHER HE THAT IS
SENT GREATER THAN HE THAT SENT HIM" (Jn.13:16).
"TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THINE HEART; AND
LEAN NOT UNTO THINE OWN UNDERSTANDING. IN ALL
THY WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE SHALL DIRECT
THY PATHS. BE NOT WISE IN THINE OWN EYES: FEAR
THE LORD, AND DEPART FROM EVIL". (Prov.3:5-7).
The above verses may look fundamental, but what
a great rapturing faith the Lord wants to reveal
to you from these verses in this literature!
I pray that your eyes of understanding will
be opened to catch the mystery as you read this
rapturing faith part 5.
GOSPEL DISTRIBUTION MINISTRY
"Things which are seen were not made of things
which do appear" (Heb.11:3b)
The Lord stated when he was ministering in
Galilee that "The son can do nothing of himself
but what he seeth the father do; for what things
soever he doeth, these also doeth the son
likewise. For the father loveth the son and
sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and
he will shew him greater works than these, that
ye may marvel." (Jn.5:19-20)
When you study the miracles performed by the
Lord Jesus when he was on earth especially to
the deaf, the blind, or the dumb you will notice
that he did not act the same way in every case.
I will like to narrate few cases of opening the
blind eyes:
"And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which
was blind from his birth. And his disciples
asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this
man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned,
nor his parents: but that the works of God
should be made manifest in him."
"When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground,
and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed
the eyes of the blind man with the clay, And
said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam,
(which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his
way therefore, and washed, and came seeing."
(Jn.9:1-3;6-7).
Someone might think making clay of spittle to
anoint a blind eye is the key; but here is
another case:
"AND THEY CAME TO JERICHO: AND AS HE WENT OUT OF
JERICHO WITH HIS DISCIPLES AND A GREAT NUMBER OF
PEOPLE, BLIND BARTIMEUS, THE SON OF TIMAEUS, SAT
BY THE HIGHWAY SIDE BEGGING. AND WHEN HE HEARD
THAT IT WAS JESUS OF NAZARETH, HE BEGAN TO CRY
OUT AND SAY, JESUS, THOU SON OF DAVID, HAVE
MERCY ON ME.
AND MANY CHARGED HIM THAT HE SHOULD HOLD HIS
PEACE; BUT HE CRIED THE MORE A GREAT DEAL, THOU
SON OF DAVID, HAVE MERCY ON ME.
AND JESUS STOOD STILL, AND COMMANDED HIM TO BE
CALLED. AND THEY CALL THE BLIND MAN, SAYING UNTO
HIM, BE OF GOOD COMFORT, RISE; HE CALLETH THEE.
AND HE, CASTING AWAY HIS GARMENT, ROSE, AND CAME
TO JESUS.
AND JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, WHAT WILT
THOU THAT I SHOULD DO UNTO THEE? THE BLIND MAN
SAID UNTO HIM, LORD, THAT I MIGHT RECEIVE MY
SIGHT.
AND JESUS SAID UNTO HIM, GO THY WAY, THY FAITH
HAS MADE THEE WHOLE. AND IMMEDIATELY HE RECEIVED
HIS SIGHT AND FOLLOWED JESUS IN THE WAY."
(Mk.10:46-52).
Here is another one: "AND HE COMETH TO
BETHSAIDA; AND THEY BRING A BLIND MAN UNTO HIM,
AND BESOUGHT HIM TO TOUCH HIM. AND HE TOOK THE
BLIND MAN BY THE HAND, AND LED HIM OUT OF THE
TOWN; AND WHEN HE HAD SPIT ON HIS EYES, AND PUT
HIS HANDS UPON HIM, HE ASKED HIM IF HE SAW
OUGHT.
AND HE LOOKED UP, AND SAID, I SEE MEN AS TREES,
WALKING.
AFTER THAT HE PUT HIS HANDS AGAIN UPON HIS EYES,
AND MADE HIM LOOK UP: AND HE WAS RESTORED, AND
SAW EVERY MAN CLEARLY." (MK. 8:22-25).
Listen to this case where the Lord healed a deaf
man:
"AND THEY BRING UNTO HIM ONE THAT WAS DEAF,
AND HAD AN IMPEDIMENT IN HIS SPEECH; AND THEY
BESEECH HIM TO PUT HIS HAND UPON HIM.
AND HE TOOK HIM ASIDE FROM THE MULTITUDE, AND
PUT HIS FINGERS INTO HIS EARS, AND HE SPIT, AND
TOUCHED HIS TONGUE.
AND LOOKING UP TO HEAVEN, HE SIGHED, AND SAITH
UNTO HIM, EPHPHATHA, THAT IS, BE OPENED.
AND STRAIGHTWAY HIS EARS WERE OPENED, AND THE
STRING OF HIS TONGUE WAS LOOSED, AND HE SPAKE
PLAIN." (Mk.7:32-35).
The Lord's actions were different in each of
these cases. How many times have we seen
ministers just lay hands on the head of a
patient to pray for him, not being led by the
Spirit of God? These examples from the Lord
showed that with the several cases of blind men
that were healed, the Lord did something
different in each case. It shows we must be led
by the Spirit of God for each action as the Lord
has said: "WHAT THINGS SOEVER HE SEETH THE
FATHER DO THAT ALSO DOETH THE SON LIKEWISE".
The Lord appeared to me in a vision one morning
and said to me: "follow me, and do as I do."
Then he ran ahead and avoided certain obstacles
one way. When I reached those obstacles, I
tried to avoid the obstacles my own way. The
vision stopped. Then the Lord gave me this
topic as you will read further.
Yea, "lean not unto thine own understanding".
This is very important in rapturing faith!
Those who have read the earlier series of
"rapturing faith" will remember I mentioned that
through prophetic dreams and visions the Lord
will be "conditioning" his elect for the home-
going translation. You must realize that
"rapture" or the translation, which we are
talking about, means we will be taken out of
this planet into somewhere in space, visible
universe or invisible universe. When the Lord
said "follow me", it literarily means we must
follow in his footsteps -- NOT SKIPPING A STEP!
It must boil down to "what things soever he
seeth the father do, that also doeth the son
likewise", if he is our father. The Lord gave me
series of experiences on this issue to help me
in exhorting his elect on this topic. This is
why I admonish you to study this literature
prayerfully.
Graphically, suppose there are five
classrooms in a circle as shown in the picture
below (Figure 1). Suppose you and the master
come into the circle in-between classroom
numbers 1 & 5. While you stand and watch, the
master ran around to classroom 2, then 3 and
finally 5 and stopped. He then told you to
come. Realizing that classroom 5 is just next
to classroom 1 by which you are standing, the
first thought that comes to you is to "simply
cross over to the master from 1 to 5. Right?"
"WRONG! You are expected to follow in his
footsteps!"
Yea, LEAN NOT TO THINE OWN UNDERSTANDING!
The human nature will try to outsmart the master
who seeth all things which you cannot see! The
fact is "IF THE MASTER WAS GOING TO CLASSROOM 5,
DO YOU THINK HE WAS SO STUPID THAT HE WENT ON A
RENDEZVOUS TO CLASSROOMS 2 AND 3 BEFORE COMING
TO 5?
Remember when the Hebrews left Egypt to go to
the promised land, God led them via the longer
route for one reason: He seeth a problem which
could overwhelm the people's faith if they had
gone through the land of the Philistines.
"AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN PHARAOH HAD LET THE
PEOPLE GO, THAT GOD LED THEM NOT THROUGH THE WAY
OF THE LAND OF THE PHILISTINES, ALTHOUGH THAT
WAS NEAR; FOR GOD SAID, LEST PERADVENTURE THE
PEOPLE REPENT WHEN THEY SEE WAR, AND THEY RETURN
TO EGYPT." (Ex.13:17).
Also in another example, the Holy Ghost forbade
Paul to preach in Asia (Acts. 16:6). But have
you noticed that when Paul later went into Asia,
though he had great evangelistic success, he
confronted his biggest persecutors. (Acts.19:22-
28,33). In fact Alexander the coppersmith
mentioned by Paul in the second letter to
Timothy was met in Asia, who must have
personally gone to Rome to testify against Paul.
The Jews who arraigned Paul in Jerusalem were
from Asia (Acts.21:27, 24:18). (2Tim.14:15).
Yea, "take fast hold of instruction, let her not
go; keep her, for she is thy life."
Watch! Consider the picture below (figure
2): There can be things perhaps invisible to you
which are obstacles whereby the only path to
classroom 5 is the way the master took! Or,
there can be invisible doors in the way which
will only be opened as you touch base at
classrooms 2 and 3! When you therefore
sensually try to cut across from classroom 1 to
5 you will not be able because something
invisible may push you back.
Yea "the secret things belong to the Lord our
God, but those things which are revealed belong
unto us and to our children for ever, that we
may do all the words of this law". (Deut.29:29).
Remember I said earlier that the saints will
be as angels in the new world as declared by the
Lord Jesus. (Mk.12:25). It implies, we will be
able to travel in the universe, visible universe
and the invisible universe, riding in God-
ordained chariots. Then you should realize that
we will not follow our eyes and intellect when
we see one galaxy which looks closer to us.
THERE CAN BE DANGEROUS, UNSEEN GULF OF BLACKHOLE
WHICH SEPARATES THE TWO LOCATIONS.
Remember the story told by the Lord of what
Abraham said to the rich man: "BETWEEN US AND
YOU THERE IS A GULF FIXED, SO THAT THEY WHICH
WOULD PASS FROM HENCE TO YOU CANNOT; NEITHER CAN
THEY PASS TO US, THAT WOULD COME FROM
THENCE.".(Lk.16:26). Yet the gulf is invisible
to the rich man.
"I was caught up into space one morning by the
Angel of the Lord, and I had the opportunity of
riding with a host of angelic beings in a train-
like whirlpool taking us from one galaxy to
another. I could see all the "people" in this
train-like transportation system, travelling at
a terrific speed, yet exiting at different
spots. The Lord specifically made me to notice
that this vehicle has no tangible body or
casing. Then I perceive it is a beam-like
conveyor system."
This is an example of the type of an
invisible obstacle that can be in the path when
trying to cross from classroom 1 to 5 in the
picture above.
There are many dimensional platforms in the
invisible world. You may be in the spirit, and
yet there will be angelic beings still invisible
to you, while to those angelic beings there will
still be other dimensions invisible. God is in
the innermost dimension and yet everywhere. The
following testimony will reveal what I mean:
I was caught up one morning to a beautiful
city. The streets of this city were straight
and long so that a car on the street at a
distance looks like a cap. One can almost see
10 miles ahead if not more. There were few
people in the city. In fact, it looks like a
city still under construction and not yet
populated except for some visitors or tourists.
But rows of beautiful housing complexes,
already completed, lined the streets. As I
appeared at one end of a street of this city, I
thought I had been raptured; I saw some folks
crossing the street at about 50 yards from me
and they were entering a house. I wanted to run
and meet them to enter the same house but I
couldn't move. Something invisible was holding
me back! At a distance a car was coming
towards me. I had seen this car afar off and it
looked like someone threw his cap (or crown)
across the street, but as it moved closer, I saw
it was actually an open vehicle with two persons
inside. The painting at the base of the
vehicle was black and white "V" shapes that made
the vehicle look like a crown at a distance.
When the vehicle came close to where I stood,
then the angel who carried me to the city
manifested to the visibility with his arms
around my waist, which was the previously
invisible thing that held me back. The angel
spoke to the gentlemen in the vehicle in a
language I did not understand, and they spoke
back to him, and moved on. Then when I
attempted to go forward the second time, the
angel released his arms and I went into the
house where the other visitors had entered."
(etc.).
I believe that the city I saw may be one of the
several places the Lord is preparing for his
people up yonder.
"In my father's house are many mansions; if it
were not so I would have told you. I go to
prepare a place for you" (Jn. 14:2).
I relate the above testimony so that you may
understand that there are several invisible
dimensions; just as I was in the spirit in that
vision yet I did not see the angel that was
holding me back until he manifested to me.
Therefore in the spirit realm, if an angel says
to you "follow me" and he goes round a loop, you
ought to be closely behind him and go round the
same loop instead of shortcutting your own trip.
It may sound simple to you, or you may ask
why is this such an important point to be called
part of rapturing faith? The reason is that you
must realize there are decision-making systems
which have been naturally programmed in our
spirit due to our logical human experiences on
the earth. (Remember rapturing faith part 3:
what we are "used to" must be neutralized.).
This automatically makes our spirit choose the
shortest route to its destination, following the
commonly used input sensor from "the eyes".
It is necessary therefore for us to get the
"understanding" that there may be more to "time
and space" than what our eyes can see. This is
why I call understanding the "inner sense". By
this inner sense, we are admonished to follow
instructions closely.
"Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put
forth her voice?"
" unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to
the sons of man.
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools,
be ye of an understanding heart." (Prov.8:1,4-
5).
For example, King Saul lost the throne of
Israel because he did not closely follow the
instruction given to him by the Lord through the
prophet Samuel, and he mistakenly followed his
emotions and the people's suggestion.
"THEN SAMUEL SAID UNTO SAUL, STAY, AND I WILL
TELL THEE WHAT THE LORD HATH SAID TO ME THIS
NIGHT. AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, SAY ON.
AND SAMUEL SAID, WHEN THOU WAST LITTLE IN THINE
OWN SIGHT, WAST THOU NOT MADE THE HEAD OF THE
TRIBES OF ISRAEL, AND THE LORD ANOINTED THEE
KING OVER ISRAEL?
AND THE LORD SEND THEE ON A JOURNEY, AND SAID,
GO AND UTTERLY DESTROY THE SINNERS THE
AMALEKITES, AND FIGHT AGAINST THEM UNTIL THEY BE
CONSUMED.
WHEREFORE THEN DIDST THOU NOT OBEY THE VOICE OF
THE LORD, BUT DID FLY UPON THE SPOIL, AND DID
EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD?"
AND SAUL SAID UNTO SAMUEL, YEA, I HAVE OBEYED
THE VOICE OF THE LORD, AND HAVE GONE THE WAY
WHICH THE LORD SENT ME, AND HAVE BROUGHT AGAG
THE KING OF AMALEK, AND HAVE UTTERLY DESTROYED
THE AMALEKITES.
BUT THE PEOPLE TOOK OF THE SPOIL, SHEEP AND
OXEN, THE CHIEF OF THE THINGS WHICH SHOULD HAVE
BEEN UTTERLY DESTROYED, TO SACRIFICE UNTO THE
LORD THY GOD IN GILGAL.
AND SAMUEL SAID, HATH THE LORD AS GREAT DELIGHT
IN BURNT OFFERINGS AND SACRIFICES, AS IN OBEYING
THE VOICE OF THE LORD? BEHOLD, TO OBEY IS
BETTER THAN SACRIFICE, AND TO HEARKEN THAN THE
FAT OF RAMS.
FOR REBELLION IS AS THE SIN OF WITCHCRAFT, AND
STUBBORNESS IS AS INIQUITY AND IDOLATRY.
BECAUSE THOU HAST REJECTED THE WORD OF THE LORD,
HE HATH ALSO REJECTED THEE FROM BEING KING.
AND SAUL SAID UNTO SAMUEL, I HAVE SINNED: FOR I
HAVE TRANSGRESSED THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD,
AND THY WORDS: BECAUSE I FEARED THE PEOPLE, AND
OBEYED THEIR VOICE.
(1 Sam.15:16-29). Yea, "understanding" would
have instructed King Saul and he would have
resisted the wish of the people and would have
obeyed God.
Another example: Moses was refused entry
into the promised land because he did not
follow the instruction given to him by the Lord
concerning "speaking to the rock" to give water
to the people. Instead, he smote the rock.
(Num.20:3-12).
As we move closer and closer to the HOLY ONE, we
will notice that the degree of tolerance of our
disobedience will be reduced. Just like when
your child is still a baby on your lap, he may
"stool" on your garment without any spanking.
But if he is now 10 years old and he does such a
thing, when he could have run to the toilet by
himself, he certainly will be punished.
"WISDOM IS THE PRINCIPAL THING; THEREFORE GET
WISDOM: AND WITH ALL THY GETTING GET
UNDERSTANDING" (Prov.4:7)
"THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF
KNOWLEDGE: BUT FOOLS DESPISE WISDOM AND
INSTRUCTION". (Prov.1:7).
Remember, "take fast hold of instruction, let
her not go; keep her, for she is thy life."
(Prov.4:13).
(Are you getting substance out of these
rapturing faith series? If so, let me know. If
not, feel free to write and ask questions: "for
precept must be upon precept, precept upon
precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a
little and there a little".) (Isa.28:10).
There is an aspect of "trust" we must get into
for rapturing faith! Picture this: Bullets
flying all around! Random shooting in the
streets! You believe the word of God that "a
thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten
thousand at thy right hand but it shall not come
nigh thee!" Yet you are still scared as you
walk in the street? There is an aspect of
"trusting God" which we must get into.
Yes you believe it; but some times you wonder
whether your mistake, yesterday, will make God
to disappoint you today? He is more faithful
than that! "Trust your God" to fulfill his
word! He walks with you, not because you are
now perfect; you are only accepted in the
Beloved -- through the shed blood of Jesus: "I
will set him on high because he has known my
name" (Psa.91:14). (The verse does not say -- I
will set him on high because he is now perfect
and makes no mistakes anymore). "I will set him
on high because he has known my name": The name
of God has been declared to the believer in "the
Lord Jesus Christ", in which we trust.
(Jn.17:26; 16:26).
The angel who carried me into the whirlpool of
galactic transportation told me that he does not
need to carry me up. He said I can ride in
these transportation systems without his help: I
must "trust my God" to carry me.
Yea, there is an aspect of "trusting our God" we
must get into for translative faith!
You see a wall ahead of you which you must
walk through to continue? Your spirit must
"trust God" to filter you through that wall! It
is a trust in the faithfulness of the Almighty
God.
The following testimony will explain what I am
saying:
I was in a vision one morning. I saw that I
was on top of a tall mountain. There was a
little village on the other mountain overthere
where I wanted to go, but a very deep valley
separated the two mountains. Looking down, the
depth of the valley seemed like one mile or two,
but the village was only about a hundred meters
away. I said to myself: "if I can only walk
across like on a bridge, (which there wasn't
any), it will be faster than to go down this
deep valley and climb up on the other side".
Then the voice of the Lord spoke to me from
above to go ahead and just walk across in the
air. I believed and stepped out and the Lord
carried me across, walking in the air.
Yea, "thine ears shall hear a word behind
thee saying, this is the way, walk ye in it".
(Isa.30:21).
Will you confidently do what the voice says?
When you hear the voice, there must be an aspect
of "trusting your God" which you must have, to
step out and do as He instructs!
In physical life, we get into an elevator and
press a button, or into an airplane; we are
trusting the engineering system, which is prone
to failures, to carry us up. God's system never
fails!
But, "HE THAT IS FAITHFUL IN THAT WHICH IS
LEAST, IS FAITHFUL ALSO IN MUCH". (Lk.16:10).
This message is not for everybody! If you
don't have the faith to trust God for your
healing, you cannot begin to talk about trusting
God for translation. Therefore you must learn
to trust God for your finances and your
physical needs first, before you can have enough
strength to trust God for galactic
transportation, or for walking through walls,
which you have never seen anybody demonstrate
except the record about the Lord Jesus walking
upon the sea, or when he walked through walls
after his ressurrection.
He is the same God who will perform it for
us! Therefore, "Walk before him and be ye
perfect".
(to be continued..)
NOTE: If you are edified by these literatures,
please write and let us hear from you. As the
Lord said "AND UNTO YOU THAT HEAR SHALL MORE BE
GIVEN" (Mk.4:24b).
Bro.Julius Adewumi, Gospel Distribution,
USA.
I believe the messages in these "rapturing
faith" literatures are unique! If you know of
any other ministry instructing on this level,
please send their literatures to me: I'll love
to learn more from such! Or, if these messages
do not mean much to you, you are, perhaps, NOT
tuned to the same frequency in the spiritual
things of God for "DEEP CALLETH UNTO DEEP"
(Psa.42:7). But you can seek the Lord and
search the scriptures to see if these things
were so. He that seeketh, findeth! Amen!