Monday, March 30, 2009

New Doors Open, Old Doors Close

Keith Miller:
"God is Opening Up Heavenly Access Points! New Doors Open, Old Doors Close"

Keith MillerGod is opening your future! He is setting you up for a promotion! You will see the effectual working of His power as He deals with the adversaries in your life, and shuts the enemy's access points, for good. The Captain of Hosts will give you courage and strength as you move forward into the expansive, spacious fields He has prepared for you. To the faithful, He hands keys of access to the doors that He opens for you to see the impossible happen.

Understanding Authority to a Greater Degree

Any time the Lord begins to bring breakthrough, one of the first things He does is to bring forth revelation (a key) concerning it, which is permission. He gives you the exact key for the exact door. When the Lord reveals something to you, the Lord is giving you permission to have access to it and authority in it.

I sense the Lord releasing this understanding of our authority to access the doors He is opening for us. What good does it do just to know that God is opening a door? Revelation helps us recognize the door. He does not want you to play a guessing game wondering what the door is. Nor does He want you out door-knocking or pushing on doors. Your key fits your door and authorizes your access to it.

Throne Room Ministry

Another vital key I feel He is releasing now is the open door of Revelation (see Revelation 4:1)—Throne Room ministry. Many of you reading this article are heading for a supernatural promotion this year, the blessing of understanding the operation of the Kingdom. What does that look like? Examine the Apostle Peter's breakthrough in Acts, Chapter 2, the day of Pentecost. Recall that previously he had denied Christ, but there we see the sudden filling of the Holy Ghost. Afterward, he preached the Gospel and 3,000 people were saved. He walked up to a lame man and said, (paraphrased) "Give me your right hand; as I have received, I freely give," ministering out of the gift.

But head over to Acts, Chapter 5, with me where Peter had a bigger breakthrough—a spacious door opened whereby wherever he walked the sick were healed in his shadow. He had a promotion in glory! Whoa. How would you like to have that kind of promotion? Some open Heaven ministry!

Guess what? That door has already opened to us through Jesus' finished work but, for the most part, we have groveled in an earthly mentality. The Church is awakening now into the fullness of who we are in Christ and the unlimited Throne Room access that we have. God is releasing to the Body the revelation of a deeper understanding of our permission to access the Throne.

Gift of Faith

Here's another key—the gift of faith. The gift of faith brings with it a season of breakthrough. The world looks a mess right now, but this is the time for breakthroughs that defy all odds in the natural—like the supernatural opening of prison doors, a time of prison-to-praise opportunities. Long-closed doors and doors that have kept people in bondage—imagine them opening up in instant breakthrough!

How many Josephs are about to be birthed? You may be bound in a prison, but in reality, you have just been kept safe until it was time for your door to open, a time of transition from prison to palace. This type of favor, this type of faith for breakthrough is being released right now.

Other Keys

There are many other keys of the Kingdom mentioned in the Bible. Revelation 1:18 references keys for the unseen realm, the keys Christ has of Hades and death. Matthew 16:17 reveals to us, through Christ talking to Simon Peter, that our Father who is in Heaven reveals things to us. This would be a key of knowledge: "...for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in Heaven."

What a key! I want to know what the Father is saying and doing. That is some promotion! We are all frustrated and dissatisfied in the Church—so desiring to see the things we have not seen...we are ready to see them! The Lord is causing our frustration; He is ready now to break you out of your prison and promote you to the palace! This is a kingly anointing and commissioning of God.

Further on in Jesus' reply to Simon Peter, He said, "I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in Heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in Heaven" (Matthew 16:19). You will know what is bound! Do you know what this authority looks like? You can decree a thing because you have seen it with your spiritual eyes.

As Believers, we already have liberty and freedom because we can "see" the victory that Jesus has already secured at Calvary. We are coming to fully awaken to our inheritance and we will point to the power of the Cross as we walk everyday life under its victory. We will say, "No! That is already won!" God will cut off and shut once and for all those constant besetting doors in your life as you realign for your greater opportunities. The grace for it is here right now.

Favor for Evangelism

I know that in my own life I can see examples of God's promotion after periods of being faithful to the calling that He has placed on my life. For several years, I worked as a youth pastor, then as a senior pastor. I was faithful in those things and then the Lord led me into a traveling ministry. It did not start big. I would preach to small home groups and on street corners near schools to reach out to the youth. To get their attention, we would make a lot of noise, a real scene.

One time we visited the second poorest county in Texas. Everyone told us, "Don't even try—it's hopeless." We bought a thousand hotdogs, a thousand buns, two huge big coolers of Kool-Aid, and transported it all to a gang-infested area. We set everything up inside of a tennis court and shouted, "Free hot dogs, free Kool-Aid!" When they converged, they tried to intimidate us, and I have to say, my legs shook a little.

So the main guy, the "big kahuna," the gang leader for the region shows up outside the courts—and he is ferocious looking. But I knew I had the favor of the Lord. As he grabbed a cup from my hand, his hand trembled and I thought, "He's just as scared as I am." Bolder now, I fed his crew and started to preach. The gang leader was the first to come forward to give His life to Jesus. Listen, he didn't walk up, he ran! Five of his pals followed suit. That's favor! We just heard a few months ago that the fellow is preaching his heart out! Praise God!

Favor for Restoration of Desolate Heritages

These are the words of God the Father to His Son: "In an acceptable time I have heard You, and in the day of salvation I have helped You; I will preserve You and give You as a covenant to the people, to restore the earth, to cause them to inherit the desolate heritages" (Isaiah 49:8).

An acceptable time means favor. In a favorable time, God has heard you. In a favorable time, He will cause you to inherit the desolate heritages. Why? "(So) that you may say to the prisoners, 'Go forth,' to those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.'" (verse 9). The New International Version (NIV) reads (paraphrased), "...those who are hidden in darkness will see a breakthrough..."

It is the acceptable time, the favorable time to see a restoration of the things that have lain desolate for years; true works of the Lord. Doors about to re-open, double doors, wells that will flow again to see salvation go forth, to see the Covenant of Christ go forth, and to see people come out of darkness.

"Those from among you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In."—Isaiah 58:12

"And they shall rebuild the old ruins, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations."—Isaiah 61:4

Not only does the Lord desire to put favor upon you for new fields of opportunity, but I know that I know, as I stated in Part One, that if there were ever a time when we've seen trickles of the old wells, the time is now for them to burst forth. We have seen little breakthroughs, little trickles from some old wells, but the Lord is about to break open the earth—wells will flow again.

"Rain down, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together. I, the LORD, have created it."—Isaiah 45:8

The earth will open up and bring forth salvation. The Lord doesn't want us just to look back to say, "1948." That was the year of healing revival in the land. Thousands of people all over the country descended on revival tents to see the healing power of the Lord Jesus Christ. He doesn't want us to just look back to what used to be. He desires those things to flow even greater than they did before. That takes favor!

Only God can favor us that way. When He favors a group of people or a generation to receive the restoration of dormant desolate heritages, the flows will be tremendous, the breaches will be repaired, and places to dwell in will be restored. You can be a part of that. He wants to favor us. I am convinced that many things we have endured over the course of the last few years have been preparation for when the wells begin to flow again. Moreover, we will not just look to the old wells but also the fullness of everything that He promised.

Favor for Wells

I have had visions of the old tent revivals. In those visions, I stood in the back to watch the proceedings and mostly I saw hungry, desperate people. It is time for cities to be hungry and desperate for God again, for people like that young gang leader to run desperate to the altar of God to be born again. Won't it be great when the news of the city isn't the football game win but what is going on down the street at the great tent revival?

When people cannot understand why they want Jesus and it is because the earth has opened up and the rivers are flowing again! These are great and spacious old and new opportunities for us! Yes, we need the old, but we need to see the new as well—the greater flow!

Expect the restoration of old mantles, too—similar anointings to those of Jonathan Edwards, Charles Finney, Aimee McPherson, Kathryn Kuhlman, Smith Wigglesworth, William Branham, and others. But they're all just little tokens of the Well, the Holy Ghost! When the favor of God was upon them, masses came to know Jesus, many were healed, and many celebrated and lifted high the banner of Jesus. These old wells can flow again, but they can be greater.

New wells can be dug for transformation of entire cities. A city transformed in a day, how about it? God might use you to affect that! Are you ready to see canopies of glory so on a city that anyone who enters its gates is set free by the glory of the Lord? How about masses of humanity crying out for a loving God?

A Job 29:6 Walk

"When my steps were bathed with cream, and the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!" You have said, "I've longed for that." You have said, "Yes, Lord," time and again, but let me tell you, a time is coming when He says, "It's now!" When His favor is over you as part of a favored generation who will witness the earth break open, the wells of salvation pour out, and righteous rain pours down, with thousands coming to Christ.

I pray He saturates you with His favor, that the next two years of your life are the most blessed ones you have ever had in the Lord. I pray so much favor upon you that multiple doors open for you. I pray a Job 29:6 walk of favor on your life! I pray favor on your children and your children's children. New opportunities are coming!

Favor for Freedom and Confidence

God will give you the ability to recognize your new opportunities in the Lord. You will see yourself in a fresh, new way and emerge out of a prison mentality and into a palace mind-set. Our stinking thinking can really rip us off! But guess what? Isaiah 22:22 will happen for you.

"The key of the house of David I will lay on his shoulder; so he shall open, and no one shall shut; and he shall shut, and no one shall open."

Old ways will shut down and old sources won't be able to feed you any longer. "If He breaks a thing down, it cannot be rebuilt" (Job 12:14a). "...He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens" (Revelation 3:7).

No more lies, no more deception, no more oppression, no more depression. You will see yourself as who you really are in Christ Jesus. You will walk with a new step. You will walk with Holy Ghost boldness. You will walk in the confidence of Christ in you, the hope of glory. You will walk in a place where the giants in the land will not overwhelm you. This is a place of saying, "We are well able!" You will walk as Paul says in Ephesians 6:10, STRONG in the power and the might of the Lord.

God promised me this. I have no doubt! I can't wait to see you this time next year. Listen, your decree will be, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!" Your decree won't be lip service. YOUR LIFE WILL BE THE DECREE. You will be a living epistle. It will not be what you say but what you live. It is what your life will display.

Spontaneous Combustion

Do you know what it is like when the Lion of Judah roars? I call it "spontaneous combustion." It transforms the atmosphere. When you walk into heavy prison-like atmospheres, roar, "No!" and the heaviness will lift.

Ears to Hear and Know

"Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound..." (Psalm 89), that is, who recognize the sound. "...they walk, O LORD, in the light of Your countenance."

Sometimes in my meetings where the atmosphere was heavy with doubt, unbelief, oppression, or depression, I have felt like just giving up and leaving. But the Lord wouldn't let me. Something would rise within me, and I would hear the sound, decree it, and breakthrough would come. Hearing the sound is to hear the unseen. As you decree the unseen, the unseen invades the seen and the breakthrough comes.

Take it NOW!

Do you want to see the favor of the Lord and desolate heritages restored? Why not now? Why not this very moment? Agree with me, and ask the Lord right now:

Lord, break open the double doors. Let the whole earth open up. Let salvation pour out. Let the old wells flow again and new ones bubble up. Let the lame walk, the blind see, the deaf hear. Let thousands upon thousands come to Christ. Let cities become places people flock to from the country because of the glory of the Lord. Amen!

God promises to bless the generations through our yeses: "(They'll) raise up the foundations of many generations" (Isaiah 58:12). Right now, pray,

Favor me, O Lord. I want favor for new doors. I want favor for the blessing of the Lord. I want favor to behold and grab hold of my inheritance. But O Lord, if you would so grant me favor to see the wells of salvation flow again, for my children and my children's children to get that anointing.

I am telling you, the atmosphere is heavy for that now. It is called the ache, the groaning and moaning of cities. I have never felt it as strong as I do right now, as I travel the nation and the world. Cities are crying out because everything they have put their hope into is falling apart. But you and I, each of us can ask the Lord for favor to see the wells of salvation pour out again in the city. That is a great anointing of favor!

Closing Prayers:
New Doors Open, Old Doors Close

Believe for those great and effective doors of opportunity to be opened to you. Ask for the keys that bring you fresh access to His Throne. Remember, access brings authority and gives you permission to enter doors and gates. Revelation opens up deeper depths in Him for your life. Any areas of your life, whether in the natural or in the spirit, that have been prison-like, any kind of bondage or hindrance, ask the Lord to release a key for you to be set free, and for Him to deal with every adversary, that you would go from prison to palace, ruling and reigning in Christ.

It is your time to come out of the place of groveling, for the valleys to be lifted up such that you are living out of the realm of being seated with Christ in heavenly places! It is my tag line: Live life as an overcomer, not as one who is overcome!

Also ask God for the favor to see the wells of salvation, spoken of in Isaiah 12:2-3, that they would erupt out of the earth again for thousands to drink from and "therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation." You can be an integral part of the massive harvest that will see thousands of people born again. It will happen, and it will be different from before.

If you have gates that are access points for the adversary that you know need closing, seek to shut them right now! I want you to say to the Lord:

Thank You for favor to shut those doors. Just shut, just shut them. Done! They're done! They're closed! Slam it shut, O Lord. Shut the doors that no man can open back up. Shut the doors, that when they're shut, they're shut forever, and not even I will open them back up, O Lord. Those gates have no access anymore. They were once open and had access, but I say right now by the power of the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, by the sealed power of the Blood of Christ right now, those doors are shut right now. The old is gone. The old is gone. The old is gone!

Listen now for the voice that says, "You are well able in the Lord." God is dealing with the adversary, for access doors in your life that others before you have opened—He will deal with those past permissions, too.

An anointing is here right now to those reading this. There's a battle going on in your mind, that God can't or won't use you in the future because of past mistakes or bad decisions. You are still trying to pay for your mistakes with your own penitence. The Lord does not want you to do that anymore. He wants you to know the freedom that He has already given you in Christ Jesus. He wants to shut the door for good. Stop running from the shadows that have chased you. You don't need to hear the footsteps of the shadow of your past any longer. You just need to hear the knocking sound of the Lord saying, "Breakthrough!"

I decree breakthrough and a closing of those doors in Jesus' name. And I decree that every adversary has been dealt with by the Blood of Jesus Christ! And I decree the new, spacious, great, effective door is opening for you, and you will walk through into your promotion as the Lord deals with the enemy who would try to hinder you from passing through. It is all done through the power of the Holy Spirit, in Jesus' name, Amen!

Keith Miller
Stand Firm World Ministries
Email: info@sfwm.org
Website:
www.sfwm.org





Friday, March 27, 2009

Does Zodiac Signs point to the Gospel?

The Testimony of the Heavens


Long before there were any written Scriptures of which we are aware, men still needed to know about God and man's relationship to Him, and in particular, about His plans for their salvation.


There were no written Scriptures, so far as is known, that predate the Flood,
but there were prediluvian prophets; (Abel, Lamech, Enoch) and there were post-diluvian prophets of God prior to Moses; (Melchizidek, Abraham, Joseph).

So it is clear that God revealed Himself to men in various ways long before Moses wrote the Pentateuch. There are prophecies that predate the Flood; Genesis 3:15 contains the prophecy of a Redeemer Who would be the "seed of a woman."

There are prediluvian prophecies still awaiting fulfillment to this present time, as well: "Enoch, seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints."

It is interesting to observe that most ancient religions also have some similar promise of a Redeemer and an eventual Divine judgment, just as there are variations of both the story of Creation and the Flood.

They vary from one belief system to another, but share the same basic elements. Skeptics are fond of pointing to these as evidence the Bible is really based in ancient mythology.

Let's try on a more logical explanation: They share the same basic characteristics because they're based in primeval Divine revelation that was shared to some degree by all ancient people, at least up to the time of the Tower of Babel.

The Babel story is all about man's effort to circumvent God's will -- God was no stranger to them.

So it is altogether possible -- and perhaps even likely -- that there were other revelations and prophecies that were not written down and preserved for us, but were important to those who lived in ancient times.

The various divisions within the Book of Genesis suggest it could well be the product of earlier, Patriarchal records edited into one Book by Moses.

After all, what ABOUT God's interaction with men before the introduction of the Scriptures? We know that God DID interact with men prior to the delivery of the Scripture; just a partial list includes Adam, Lamech, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Joseph, and, of course, Moses.

It is not logical to assume that God STARTED loving the world at some point after the Flood, or about the time of The Prophets, or at some other time.

"For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed." (Malachi 3:6) If God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, and if He loves me now, then He loved those who lived in the time of Enoch, Noah, Abraham and Joseph just as much.

One of the most fascinating aspects of the ancients is their fascination with the stars. Historians still scratch their heads at the mysteries of ancient structures like Stonehenge, the Pyramid of Giza and the various Mayan temples.

The Bible speaks of men like Joseph, Moses and Daniel as being highly educated men. Joseph and Moses were educated by the Egyptians, who used their knowledge of astrology to construct the pyramids with such precision that we probably couldn't replicate such a feat even today.

The Prophet Daniel was numbered among the Babylonian Magi and astrologers:

"And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm." (Daniel 1:20)

The Jewish historian Josephus reports of an ancient Jewish tradition that says that Seth and Enoch took it upon themselves to "inscribe revelation in the heavens" using the movement of star groupings in the heavens as a sort of hieroglyphics.

It is equally possible (and I believe, probable) that God Himself was the Author of this ancient form of revelation. According to Genesis 1:14, one of the purposes for the stars and the heavenly bodies was to indicate "signs and seasons".

Both the Psalmist and the Prophet Isaiah say that God named each star individually. The Scriptures actually make reference to some of the constellations by name.

Job, (the oldest Book of Scripture chronologically) mentions the constellation "Arturus with his sons" (38:32) the "sweet influences of Pleiades (38:11) the "bands of Orion" (38:31) and so on.

The most interesting reference to astrology comes during Job's reference to the constellation Arturus: "Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?"

In context, God is answering Job's question, "Why me?" with a blistering comparison between the omnipotence of God and Job's helpless estate, reminding Job which one of them is God.

God is the One Who can bring forth 'Mazzaroth in his season' and 'guides Arcturus with his sons.' Not Job.

That is the lesson, but there is a sub-lesson here as well.

The "Mazzaroth" refers to the twelve signs of the Zodiac and their associated constellations.

I said the Book of Job is chronologically the oldest book in the Bible. It is also probably the oldest book in the world, dating from around the time of the Flood.

Yet the constellations were already not only well-known to Job, they already bore the names by which we now know them.

Job sat around with his three friends, commiserating his fate, which his friends ascribed to a Divine judgment for sin. God was no stranger to Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite.

"And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job."

Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite didn't say, "What? You want us to do what? Who did You say you were, again?" Nope.

Instead, "Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them." (Job 42:7-9)

Job, (whom I remind you, predates pretty much everybody else) knew of God's plan for his eventual redemption -- in detail: "For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth."

Job not only knows of his Redeemer, Job speaks of Him 'living' -- in the present tense -- and yet Job says that He will 'stand at the latter day upon the earth.' These details predate Genesis 3:15 by hundreds of years.

Moreover; "And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me." (Job 19:25-27)

Not only does Job know about the plan of Redemption, he also makes reference to his 'resurrection in the latter days' -- concepts that aren't identified (chronologically) by Scripture for another thousand years.

Job is firm in his conviction that he will again be in his own flesh when he sees God, that he will see Him through his own eyes, and not through someone else -- these are all advanced theological positions yet to even be developed in Scripture.

I would go with 'God told him' -- but that doesn't explain the fact that Job's friends were evidently from other countries, didn't need to have God explained to them, or that, when God spoke through Job, they unquestioningly went scurrying to find a herd of sheep and a herd of bullocks to sacrifice.

So it is no stretch to believe the various star groupings and their movements across the sky were originally used, and perhaps even so designed by God, for the purposes of conveying a continuing message to all peoples of all times, of God's plan for mankind and His promise of eventual redemption.

Make no mistake: astrology and the signs of the Zodiac have been corrupted over the ages; the Scriptures prohibit astrology as worship of the host of heaven. I know only enough to know I don't know enough to fool with it.

Modern astrology is profoundly pagan in its interpretation, and we have the Scriptures to guide us. My intent isn't to introduce astrology as a worship system.

My intent is to point out that it contains the entire plan of God for the redemption of mankind as a form of evidence, not an additional form of worship. Don't let the enemy side-track you from the point.

All the ancients, (the Chinese, Greeks, Indians, Egyptians, etc.), used the Zodiac, and all used the same twelve signs; Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer and Leo. Each of the twelve signs is represented by a more or less universal symbol and interpretation.

Virgo: Virgo is the symbol associated with virginity. It corresponds with Genesis 3:15's "seed of a woman."

Libra: Libra is associated with the scales of justice. It corresponds with the Genesis story of the fall of man and his need for redemption.

Scorpio: The scorpion is symbolic of evil bringing death. It corresponds with the Genesis story of sin being responsible for death.

Saggitarius The symbol is the archer and corresponds with the Genesis story of Nimrod, King of the Nephilim, whom Genesis refers to as the 'hunter of men's souls'.

Capricorn: is symbolized by the goat-fish and tells the story of the corruption of the earth.

Aquarius: The symbol is the water-pourer and tells the story of the Flood.

Aries: Aries is depicted as a ram and is symbolic of sacrifice. It tells the story of the Crucifixion.

Taurus: Taurus is depicted as a bull, a universal symbol of power and life, and it tells the story of the Resurrection.

Gemini: The symbol for Gemini is 'the twins' and it symbolizes the dual nature of Christ as truly God and truly man.

Cancer: Cancer is symbolized by the crab and it tells the story of the Rapture, or the gathering of the Redeemed.

Leo: Leo is depicted as a lion and is symbolic of a king. It tells the story of Christ's triumphant return at His Second Coming as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

So, to summarize, the entire plan of God, from the Promise of a Redeemer to His triumphant Second Advent -- covering every single major point of Christian doctrine, I might add -- is written in the stars.

The zodiac predates Moses, it predates Abraham, and as far as we know historically, it predates the written word. It tells the entire Gospel story, from the Genesis promise of a Redeemer to His Triumphant Return at the end of days.

Job 19:25-27 relates the Gospel message in almost exactly the same terms expressed by the Zodiac.

And since the symbols aren't Jewish or Christian and they predate the written word, only a dedicated unbeliever could argue that they were co-opted later and made to fit the Gospel message.

The Gospel message, as it unfolded, corresponded the signs of the Zodiac, not the other way around.

You don't need to take my word for it. You can take His:

"The heavens declare the Glory of God; and the firmament sheweth His handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard." (Psalms 19:1-3)

This isn't simply beautiful poetry dedicated to the worship of God -- although it certainly is that as well. It categorically states that God's plan is written in the firmament (the stars).

It states that the Gospel message is there, day after day, night after night, and that "there is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard."

It is a declarative statement of fact, one well-supported by historical, natural and logical evidence.

And as such, a powerful reason to believe.





Website: www.omegaletter.com





Thursday, March 26, 2009

Oil for this Hour

Bill Yount and Andy Sanders:
"I Have Reserved Hidden Oil for this Hour!"


Andy Sanders and
Bill Yount


"I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden wealth of secret places, so that you may know that it is I, the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name."Isaiah 45:3

"For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, 'The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.'"1 Kings 17:14

A Vision of Oil with the Aroma of Jesus

I saw an extremely damaged oil vase come up from the dirt of the earth. In my mind, it was way too damaged to ever be used again. I wasn't sure if it could even hold oil. As it came up through the earth, I thought that I would never see the oil that might have possibly been hidden deep within that badly damaged vase. However, in a moment's time, the cap came off and the entire area was filled with an aroma like no other. It was the smell of Jesus.

The oil vase began to tip, and the oil started pouring out. Once it touched a part of my body, my entire body felt its potent healing agents. The oil never stopped, it just continued to flow out upon the earth, moving from city to city, nation to nation. Then the Lord spoke to me and said, "I don't throw away, I salvage. I am opening the vase of salvaged oil (restoration) over My people in this hour. I am the God of restoration." I sense that, for this very moment, the Lord has reserved His most precious and hidden oil.

The Lord says, "The dirt the enemy has used to store up against My People will not be used for the enemy's plans. That very dirt has been used as fertilizer for My plans!"

"You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good..."—Genesis 50:20

As the oil flowed out, the dirt from around my life started being pushed back by the living oil of God. Not only was the oil pushing dirt from around me away from the area, but the oil was also cleansing hidden areas of dirt from inside of me. Issues I did not realize I had, were exposed and cleansed right then and there.

God removes the dirt in our lives to uncover the nutrients that are found in the hidden oil. I believe that there is a new season coming on His children and this earth that will be releasing an intense oil of restoration and reconciliation. It is an oil that says, "We will not throw them away; instead, we will salvage every one of them and restore them to their original purpose and destiny."

This oil is extremely strong in nutrients. It is potent to the enemy because it will give enough life to whatever it touches to raise back up the dead areas of our lives and bring a total renovation. When God puts his hands of restoration on a life, He completes it fully. Something restored often increases in value and beauty.

"No More Relying on 'Foreign' Oil...This Priceless Heavenly Oil Will Be Discovered in Every Nation!

"...the earth will yield its increase, and they will be secure on their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and have delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them."Ezekiel 34:27

The word foreign means "located away from one's native country."

I sense that the Lord is beginning to wean His people from "foreign" oil, both "spiritual" and "physical." No more will you have to travel to another place from where you live to strike the richest spiritual oil deposit on earth! No longer will this oil you need to live by have to be shipped in! For this priceless oil will begin to be discovered in every nation, and man will not be able to contain it or put it into barrels to sell! No man or nation will have a monopoly on this spiritual oil that is now beginning to surface throughout the earth!

This oil will begin to flow uncontrollably, touching the elite in governments and filling the gutters of the streets of the world! This Heavenly oil will be so potent that it will activate physical oil deposits beneath the earth to surface in order to be found as the earth yields her increase into the Kingdom. Some reading this word now may be sitting on an oil deposit right on your property that was not there yesterday!

Watch for Physical Oil to Begin to Surface in Various Places in the Earth

Years ago I sensed in my spirit, with all of the shaking going on in Heaven and in the earth, that earthquakes may very well be shifting oil deposits towards the surface of the earth in various places. I read recently where the coast of California is the most active area for earthquakes and, interestingly enough, that's also where most of the oil seeps are located. There are some good things being shaken into God's Kingdom this hour, as well as bad things being shaken out!

"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves."2 Corinthians 4:7

I then saw on the inside of that vase. The Lord showed me that this oil was rich and purified with many nutrients because it had been hidden for such a long time, and it is now being released on His children once again. His oil restores because it was once damaged. This oil can mend because it was once torn apart. And best of all, this oil can reveal because it has been hidden.

Do you feel destroyed? Has this season of your life been torn apart? When others were being recognized, were you the one who remained hidden? This oil is for you.

"This hidden oil is for you," says the Lord. "Do not be afraid to allow this oil to touch every area of your life. I am going to heal and restore you to get you positioned and ready for the next moment I have ordained for your life. For there is a new season coming; a season of the revelation of my oil," says the Lord. "I am going to stop up some of the enemy's paths. I am going to confuse the enemy both coming and going. I will also humiliate the oppressor and accuser that has risen up against My children."

May the Lord restore, mend, and reveal much grace and power over your lives this coming season!

Bill Yount
Blowing the Shofar Ministries

Email: theshofarhasblown@juno.com
Website:
www.billyount.com

Andy Sanders
Andy and Cathy Sanders Ministries

Email: andycathy7@yahoo.com
Website:
www.andycathysanders.com

About Andy and Cathy Sanders: Andy and Cathy were in ministry as Senior Pastors and in staff positions for nine years in churches that ranged from extremely small ministries all the way to mega churches. In their ninth year of full-time ministry, the Lord spoke to the Sanders in 2006, saying, "Sell everything today and come follow Me, and I will show you a whole new life." This He truly has! Their entire family travels on the road full-time, forsaking all to come follow Him. Andy holds a Doctorate of Christian Education (summa cum laude) Freedom Seminary, Rogers, Arkansas.