RAPTURING FAITH (Part 9)
Introduction:
"If I have told you earthly things, and ye
believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you
of heavenly things? (Jn.3:12). The heavens
declare the glory of God, and the firmament
showeth forth his handywork." (Psa.19:1)
"I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto
you these things in the churches. I am the root
and the offspring of David, and the bright and
morning star." (Rev.22:16).
May your eyes be anointed to see.
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THE HEAVENS
"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 was taken up by the Angel of the Lord in one
of the several space travels to a place. The
name of the place was given. Then I asked the
angel "where is this place located?" Because
from the name it sounds not on the earth. Then
the angel said "huh, huh; then you need to know
the map; follow me!" So I followed the angel
to where he was to show me the map. I was
showed the location as somewhere in the
constellation XXXX (name not necessary here:
quiz below.) When I returned to earth and
searched the books on Astronomy from the
library, the main star in the constellation is
"Sirius". (Now you can go do some homework in
books on astronomy .. when you do, tell me what
is XXXX above).
A little knowledge of the location of places
in the universe will be useful for rapturing
faith. That is what I call the geography of the
universe. When we shall finally arrive, I
believe the Lord will allow us to be instructed
in the layout of the universe in which we are.
"The heavens declare the glory of God and the
firmament showeth forth his handywork. Day unto
day uttereth speech, and night unto night
sheweth knowledge" (Psa.19:1-2).
Lo, it is getting to the close of the
redemption plan of God for the redeemed mankind!
Don't you expect the beloved Saints to be
regularly visited and brought up in the
understanding of the heavens at this time? The
Angels of God are doing their jobs; if you are
not in the line of anointing you may see nothing
and receive nothing. However, you can still
travail in prayer and ask the Lord not to pass
you by. "THEN SHALL WE KNOW IF WE FOLLOW ON TO
KNOW THE LORD".
Consider this: "Now when Jesus was born in
Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the
king, behold, there came wise men from the east
to Jerusalem, saying, where is he that is born
king of the Jews? for we have seen his star in
the east, and are come to worship him." (Mat.2:1-
2).
(verse 9-10) ".. and lo, the star which they saw
in the east, went before them, till it came and
stood over where the young child was. When they
saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding joy."
These men were called magis. Some people
thought they were astrologers, but I believe
they were prophetic scholars, perhaps from the
realms of Babylon, who studied the writings of
prophet Daniel in Babylon. (Mat.2:1-12) They
also knew astronomy, which is the scientific
study of the heavenly bodies. Definitely the
star of Bethlehem which appeared to them outside
Jerusalem to lead them to the house was NOT a
big sun in the gulf of the universe, but it was
a manifestation of an angelic light from God in
our stratosphere below the clouds. If it is in
this generation, some air-force planes would
have gone up to behold the star at a closer
range and yet may not see anything other than a
bright cloud, or perhaps only visible from the
ground. God is Almighty!
The Lord intended for his saints to be given
some knowledge of the heavens. Therefore he
mentioned some of it in the book of Job thus:
"Canst thou bind the sweet influences of
Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst
thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or
canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst
thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?"
(Job 38:31-33).
The geographical map of the universe is beyond
human comprehension. But if we are to travel in
the observable universe, we must comprehend
where we are coming from and where we are going
or where we are at. A little knowledge of this
has to be taught as part of the rapturing faith,
as the Lord has been laying upon my heart.
I was formerly skeptical about the names
which astronomers call some of the stars and
what they usually say they have seen in space
with their telescopes. However looking at the
bible, I have come to accept the scriptures that
says "whatever name Adam called the animals,
that is the name of it". God will deal with man
in that format. Whatever name we call a star on
earth, that is the name which will be used when
dealing with us. (Gen.2:19-20). We must sound a
note of warning to those who go after astrology:
it is utterly FALSE for astrology to link the
movement or position of stars in the sky to the
life of every Jick and Harry in the streets.
Having said that, we must also realize that the
"heavens do rule" in the affairs of men.
(Dan.4:26). By "heavens", in this context, I
mean God's army, and not the stones and
mountains called planets or stars. The
principalities of God use the position of those
planets and stars to determine where and when
they will perform an action, just like we, on
earth, use the rotation of the earth and the
position of our sun (synchronized into our clock
and wristwatches) to decide when we will do
something.
Wise men and Prophets, who are visited by
God's principalities when they are about to
perform an action, may therefore have some
insight into major events in the plan of God on
a global scale. You should now understand who
were those "wise men" that visited the baby
Jesus in Bethlehem. They could have been men
who were disciples of prophet Daniel because
Daniel prophetically indicated when the Messiah
would be born by the number of weeks.
(Dan.9:26). "Surely the Lord God will do
nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his
servants the prophets." (Amos 3:7).
THE KEEPING OF TIME
How do the space travellers keep time? Man
has devised the clock and wristwatch for
measuring time on earth by the rotation of two
spindles around a circle which we call "minutes"
and "hours". If we are away from this earth on
the moon or any other planet, our wristwatch
will no more be the accurate time keeper, at
least because the moon, for example does not
rotate at 24 hours a day. The same goes for the
other planets. Now consider God's universe
which is filled with millions of such planets
and sets of those planets rotating around their
own "sun" and there are millions of such suns.
Our own sun is just one of millions and
trillions of suns in the universe. How then
will time be measured by travellers in order to
do a certain thing at a certain time?
Therefore, what God wrote in the book of Genesis
is true, in that the stars and the sun are for
measuring time: "And God said, Let there be
lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide
the day from the night; and let them be for
signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years"
(Gen.1:14). The movement of the stars and
planets therefore are used by the heavenly
travellers for time and location.
For example, suppose you are temporarily in
the galaxy called Andromeda; you don't have a
calendar but you plan to visit the planet
"earth" by the time the wild goats of the rock
bring forth. (Job 39:1). What chart will tell
you when you are far away from earth on another
galaxy? Then the wisdom of the great designer
has set things up for the space travellers to
use the location of the planets and each star
(our sun is a star) to determine the season.
No wonder the Lord was asking Job: "Canst thou
number the months that they fulfil? or knowest
thou the time when they bring forth?" (Job
39:2). Just think about here and now: If you
plan to visit London during the time of Snow,
you most likely will look up in your calendar,
as much as you know, and figure out the winter
time in London. There is such knowledge of the
universe which we will need to have, to
participate in God-ordained translative travel.
I was in a vision one morning and I told my
family to wait for me in front of a house as I
entered through this door. I must have passed
through an experience of time-warp. I found
myself fundling with some marbles which kept me
busy for what looks like a few hours to me. But
when I finally came out of the house, the little
kids I left behind were already grown up ladies.
The vision simply points to what I am writing
about now: The time difference between earth and
the vast universe. Scientists already know some
of these things. They say if you can get into a
space ship and travel at 98% of the speed of
light (186000 miles/sec) (hope you stay alive)
on your 22nd birthday roundtrip to a nearby star
which is 25 light-years away. Also suppose that
you leave behind a twin brother, a 20-year old
wife, and a one year old son. By the time you
return to earth it will be just in time for your
32nd birthday. But when you step out of the
space ship, you will find out that your twin
brother is now 73-years old, your wife 71-years,
and your baby-son had made you a grandfather
three times over. This effect is greatly
increased the closer one gets to the speed of
light.
There is a time-door which the Lord can open
to an individual, as my vision above showed, and
he will be propelled into the light-travel
described by the scientists. (Rev.4:1). Yea,
Time will stand still or slow down for the
traveller while yet alive! But time goes on
upon earth.
Consider this: our ancestor Enoch went
through such door when God took him and he is
not back yet for almost 5000 years. To him, it
is just a few hours! If he comes back now, he
will still be as young as he left; whereas his
son, Methuselah, whom he left behind was dead
4000 years ago! My own experience above may
also be prophetic of the coming rapture. Does
not the scripture say "one day is with the Lord
as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one
day?" (2 Pet.3:8).
Get knowledge.
All stars, when seen from the earth, do not
rotate laterally from the east to the west as
many of us thought. They spin around a
particular star which does not move, called the
"NORTH star", Polaris. The stars which are
closer to the north star make shorter radii
while those which are far away make longer
radii. The North star therefore symbolizes the
immovability of our everlasting God -- forever
the same! No wonder the scriptures spake about
the rebellion of Lucifer thus:
"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,
son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the
ground, which didst weaken the nations! For
thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend
into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the
stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of
congregation, in the sides of the north: I will
ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will
be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be
brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit."
(Isa.14:12-14).
The devil knew that God dwelleth in the sides
of the north even as the Psalmist alluded to:
"For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor
from the west, nor from the south; But God is
the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up
another." (That means, promotion cometh from
the north.)
The Spiral
In rapturing faith part one, I pointed out that
the Lord Jesus said "And no man has ascended up
to heaven but he that descended, even the son of
man which is in heaven." (Jn.3:13). I asked you
to enquire that "where then was Enoch and
Elijah taken to, who disappeared from this
planet before Christ came? Lo, when you ponder
on this, you will realize that the Lord has made
many worlds and heavens.
The Astronomers have found that stars are
grouped together as galaxies. Some galaxies
have elliptical shape as in the picture below.
Most are disk-shaped with Spiral structures.
Others have irregular shape. There are millions
of these galaxies. The band of stars that we
call the "milky way" is formed by the disk
shaped galaxy to which our sun belongs.
Astronomy also theorize that only certain stars
in these spirals are geographically positioned
at a comfortable distance from the center of
this spiral to be suitable for human existence.
In a way, our sun is located at that comfortable
distance. Astronomers thought that other stars
in our milky way may not be well suited to
support human existence. However, our milky way
is just one finger of the multi-fingered spiral
galaxy. Also since there are millions of such
galaxies astronomers believe there will be other
suns in those galaxies which are located from
their galactic center to support human
existence. Yea, hasn't the scriptures said God
had made the worlds? (Heb.11:2)
The Spiral Galaxy.
Galaxies are grouped together as clusters of
about 200 galaxies and are not evenly scattered
in space. Super clusters have also been
identified. Our God cannot be searched out. He
is still creating more
universes.: Lo, "if heaven above can be
measured, and the foundation of the earth
searched out beneath, then will I also cast off
the seed of Israel for all that they have done,
saith the Lord.". (Jer.31:37).
A Star Cluster
But lo, where are we located in this expanse
of the universe? Is our cluster to the east or
to the west or what? Yea, then shall ye need to
search out from the house of Mazzaroth! (Stay
tuned! ... to be continued..)
More about stars ...
Prophetic Outlook! Gross Darkness increasing!
"My little children, have I not spoken of this
in the past, through the mouth of my servants
that as the age closes spiritual darkness will
prevail in the lands? Now do I remind whosoever
will hear it, that in the secret corner with the
Lord thy God shall be light in a dark world."
Some years ago the Lord showed me this in a
vision of the eyes that the sun was going down;
almost gone on the horizon; and a terrible
darkness was about to cover the land. A thick
cloud passed and like a warning, it screened off
the little light of the sun left; and behold an
utter darkness was experienced and a lamenting
groan came from the dwellers of the earth
temporarily; whereas some minutes later the sun
will be gone. It was a darkness that can be
felt! I heard my Father shouted: "WHO IS STILL
OUTSIDE?" I quickly ran into the house while
the little light of the sun is still showing the
way. Only in the chamber of the Lord will be
light and peace!
"WORK WHILE THERE IS STILL LIGHT; THE NIGHT
COMETH WHEN NO MAN CAN WORK!"
Perhaps you have not realized what utter
darkness really mean? As the age closes,
chaotic times of rioting and bloodshed is
predicted! Economic troubles and famine
worldwide is earmarked! sin and terrible
ungodliness is foretold as more judgement devils
are allowed to be released from hell upon the
world. Violent crimes and iniquities, plus
weird ritual killings foretold (greater in
certain countries than in the other), so that
the end of the world can come quickly. For God
can no longer behold the world but to destroy
them all; He will have to remove the christians
-- the salt of the earth-- from the planet by
translation. And as in the days of Noah, and as
in the days of Lot, those violent sins were
reported in the land. God saved the few
righteous and overthrew the ungodly. It is
coming again!
O child of God, prepare yourself and be
strong, really strong in the Lord. "Lean not
unto thy own understanding", for the mind of
many shall deceive them in these last days.
Those devils from the pit would go crazily to
torment and deceive the minds, even those
lukewarm church-members will fall prey to the
deception!
"YEA SAITH THE LORD, HAST IT NOT BEEN TOLD YOU
EARLIER ON, THAT ALL THE SPIRITS WHICH ONCE HAD
MANIFESTED CERTAIN SPIRITUAL POWER IN THE WORLD
WILL BE ALLOWED TO COME BACK IN THIS HARVESTING
TIME? HAST THOU NOT HEARD THIS, THAT ALL FALSE
RELIGIONS ALSO AND OCCULT GROUPS WILL BE RIPEN
AND COME TO THEIR FULNESS OF WICKEDNESS TOO,
EVEN AS THE LORD FROM HEAVEN ALSO WILL BRING
FORTH THE FULNESS OF THE GENTILES -- THE
MANCHILD, SONS OF GOD, TO MANIFESTATION? YEA IT
SHALL BE THUNDER IN THE AIR WHEN THE GREATEST
POWER OF GOD'S CHILDREN SHALL CONFRONT THE
GREATEST WICKEDNESS OF THE CHILDREN OF CAIN!"
(Read Rev.19).
"And I looked, and behold a white cloud, one
sat like unto the son of man, having on his head
a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
And another angel came out of the temple crying
with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud,
thrust in thy sickle,and reap: for the time is
come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the
earth is ripe." (Rev.14:14-15). "And another
angel came out of the temple which is in
heaven, he also having a sharp sickle; and
another angel came out from the altar, which had
power over fire, and cried with a loud cry to
him that had the sharp sickle, saying, thrust in
thy sharp sickle and gather the cluster of the
vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully
ripe". The grapes were cast into "the great
winepress of the wrath of God." (Rev.14:17-19).
I was in a vision some years ago, and I
looked into the sky and the sky was moving.
Many principality spirits which had come to the
world before were shown to me in the sky,
passing from the east to the west in their
different colors. They all passed once, and I
was told they are coming again! I saw them
appearing again the second time in the sky!
YEA, IT IS HARVEST-TIME! There was only one in
glistering white garment -- and that is the Lord
Jesus Christ.
"VERILY,VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, I AM THE DOOR OF
THE SHEEP: ALL THAT EVER CAME BEFORE ME ARE
THIEVES AND ROBBERS: BUT THE SHEEP DID NOT HEAR
THEM. I AM THE DOOR: BY ME IF ANY MAN ENTER IN,
HE SHALL BE SAVED, AND SHALL GO IN AND OUT AND
FIND PASTURE." (Jn.10:7-9).
All other spirits that had come into the
world, trying to give men power to protect
themselves, or giving men some form of religion
for solving their problems were all thieves and
robbers; robbing men of their peace, their
money, and putting them in bondage; and worst of
all, setting them against God directly or
indirectly, thereby leading them to hell.
"The thief cometh not but for to steal, and to
kill, and to destroy; I AM COME THAT THEY MIGHT
HAVE LIFE, AND THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE IT MORE
ABUNDANTLY." (Jn.10:10).
The harvesting time is here; the evil spirits
are increasing in the world. Thirty years ago,
homosexuals were in the closets; now they are in
the news! The sin of Sodom has returned. In
the days when those evil spirits first made
their pass, there were not so many colleges, but
now in the so called civilized countries of the
world, the devils in their second pass are
introducing their weird ideas in a "civilized"
way also (but you cannot civilize above sin;
sin is still sin!) "WITCHCRAFT" is being taught
now in some universities just like arithmetic or
chemistry; "SPIRITISM", TRANSCEDENTAL
MEDITATION, YOGA, CONTACTING THE DEAD, to name a
few, are publicly taught in the classrooms; even
sexual classes, with photographs of male and
female organs in action are conducted in their
classrooms, polluting their minds. "And even as
they did not like to retain God in their
knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate
mind, to do those things which are not
convenient", "FOR WHICH THINGS SAKE THE WRATH OF
GOD COMETH ON THE CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE".
But thou, O man of God, flee these things,
and be perfect. Yea, let him that thinketh he
standeth take heed lest he fall! Lean not unto
thine own understanding, but let thy ways be
established in the word of God. Judge ye
thyself with the word of God! For many minds
shall deceive them, and many shall be deceived
by what they see a so-called christian also do;
Let God be your standard in these last days!
"Yea, not all that call me lord, lord, shall
enter the kingdom of heaven, but they that do
the will of my father which is in heaven."
As darkness cover the land, not a group nor a
man's suggestions can help you, but "my word"
saith the Lord! It shall be getting tougher for
men to get saved and to get out of the webs that
they ever find themselves in. It shall also be
getting tougher for the lukewarm to keep
themselves saved. For more temptations and
attractions into sin are being intensified in
the world, to keep the saints from reaching
perfection. But learn the precepts of the Lord
which shall keep you hot, (prayer, fasting,
witnessing, holiness ...), and you shall push
back the forces that are against you. Be
careful and let no single attraction trick you
into their trap. A little leaven leaveneth the
whole lump. As you cry unto the Lord for more
power, by travailing prayer and fasting, so
shall his anointing increase upon you; "BUT HE
THAT IS LUKEWARM AND NEITHER COLD NOR HOT, WILL
BE SPUED OUT OF MY MOUTH" saith the Lord! Let
him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he
fall!
Many goats have mingled themselves with the
flock, bringing in their ways; claiming to be
also born-again; they will tell you "this or
that does not matter; God does not say we should
not do this or that ..." They shall resist the
Spirit of holiness and sanctification to draw
you into lukewarmness.
Behold, "TAKE HEED UNTO THYSELF, AND TO THE
DOCTRINE: CONTINUE IN THEM: FOR IN DOING THIS,
THOU SHALT BOTH SAVE THYSELF, AND THEM THAT HEAR
THEE" (1 Tim.4:16).
Stop now and think again! "Is this how you
started following the Lord?" When you started
off zealously, looking forward to the second
coming of the Lord? new ways have entered your
way now and you are cooled off! (Lamentation
3:40) (Also read Eccl. 3:15).
"THUS SAITH THE LORD, STAND YE IN THE WAYS AND
SEE, AND ASK FOR THE OLD PATHS, WHERE IS THE
GOOD WAY, AND WALK THEREIN, AND YE SHALL FIND
REST FOR YOUR SOUL!" (Jer.6:16).
Lo, the dark days are already around!
Shortages worldwide! many villages and small
towns are being deserted; many companies are
closing down for bankcruptcy, leaving many
unemployed. The end is near! Famine and
unemployment in multitudes! Rioting and
bloodshed more ahead! This is the time for
"Israel" to be stronger and stronger! "FOR THEY
THAT KNOW THEIR GOD SHALL DO EXPLOITS."
Therefore you must not allow any wayfaring
spirit to deceive or trick you into sin or
lukewarmness.
A newspaper article in America had an
headline: "A BORN AGAIN NUDIST". The lady said
she is a christian first, and a nudist second!
They will go on the beach wearing nothing and
yet claim to read the bible too. Another
newspaper article recently said "a group of
church-folks were travelling in a vehicle; then
they stopped and all of them, male and female,
removed their dresses and were fully naked in
the vehicle. They were stopped and arrested for
indecent exposure. They claimed a spirit told
them to remove their dresses." Behold the minds
of many shall deceive them in these last days!
For they shall prefer the pleasurable and broad
way and turn away from sound doctrine that usher
men unto holiness, so that the end may come
quickly and swiftly upon the children of
disobedience.
But thou man of God, hold fast the form of
sound doctrine which was delivered by the gospel
of Christ unto you, "FOR YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND
HE THAT SHALL COME WILL COME, AND WILL NOT
TARRY."
I saw a lightning flash from the east to the
west when the Lord was about to make his second
pass in my vision. "AS THE LIGHTNING FLASH FROM
THE EAST UNTO THE WEST, SO SHALL THE COMING OF
THE SON OF MAN BE."
"NOW THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH, BUT IF ANY
MAN DRAWS BACK, MY SOUL SHALL HAVE NO PLEASURE
IN HIM." But we are not of them who draw back
unto perdition; but of them that believe to the
saving of the soul, by pressing toward the mark
for the prize of the high calling of God in
Christ Jesus! Amen!
But choose ye this day whom ye will serve!
Bro. Julius Adewumi, Gospel Distribution,