Israel in Their Hearts: The Jewish State's Honorary Consuls

Monday, November 24, 2014 |  Yossi Aloni  ISRAEL TODAY

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They are the long arm of Israeli diplomacy, and they aren't even Israeli citizens. They help foster strong relations, and open doors that would otherwise be shut. They are motivated by love for Israel, and, no, they receive no monetary compensation. In fact, they invest much of their own time and money to fulfill their important diplomat mission.

Introducing the honorary consuls of the State of Israel, a total of 77 specifically accredited persons, many of them non-Israeli Jews, but also including a large number of Bible-believing Christians.

Earlier this month, Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs held its second Honorary Consuls of Israel conference, which was attended by 48 of the honorary consuls, representing 36 nations, 13 of which don't even have official diplomatic representation in Israel.

One of the honorary consuls in attendance was Roberto Nelkenbau of Bolivia, which severed all diplomatic ties to Israel in 2009. As the only representative of Israel in the South American country, Nelkenbau is often called upon to provide consular services to Israelis visiting Bolivia, which remains a popular destination for backpackers from the Jewish state.

Following the summer's Gaza war, the Bolivian government decided to punish Israel by canceling a 1972 agreement that exempted Israeli visitors from obtaining a visa before arriving. Nelkenbau quietly negotiated with his government on Israel's behalf, ultimately securing an understanding whereby Israelis could continue to travel to Bolivia and pay at the border for a temporary visa.

The backpacking and hiking adventures in which these Israelis partake are often dangerous, and Nelkenbau regularly plays a key role in dealing with accidents involving Israelis in Bolivia.

And while he is known to Israelis visiting the country, Nelkenbau is even more recognizable among his own countrymen. Like most of the other honorary consuls, Nelkenbau is a known public figure in his country. He is a former professional race car driver who today owns a chain of popular cinemas.

Also like Nelkenbau, many of the honorary consuls are from nations in which Israel has no embassy or official diplomatic representation. These consuls, in effect, serve as Israel's ambassador. They raise the Israeli flag with pride at their residences, the addresses of which are often used by the Israeli government for all matters pertaining to government or local media.

One of the longest-serving honorary consuls is Benny Gilbert of Barbados. Despite Barbados' small size, Gilbert has been able to play an important role in Israel's global diplomacy. Any time there is an important vote regarding Israel at the UN, the Jewish state scrambles to find nations willing to vote on its side. In such situations, the Israeli Foreign Ministry calls up Gilbert and guides him in how to approach the government of Barbados and what message to convey. More than once, Gilbert's intervention has resulted in Barbados abstaining from votes on important anti-Israel resolutions.   "My greatest success was convincing Barbados to abstain from a vote on accepting the [State of] Palestine at the UN, [a motion] the government had planned to support," said Gilbert.

 Fredrik Ekholm is one of the newer honorary consuls. He represents Israel in the city of Vasa, Finland. As a devout Christian, Ekholm is constantly on the lookout for anti-Israel boycotts, which he and a group of like-minded Christians immediately seek to counter by promoting the boycotted Israeli goods.

"I explain to people that they must not be foolish. Even if they have criticism of Israel, it is no reason to boycott Israeli products, which are the best available," said Ekholm. "I believe that doing business with Israel is a blessing."

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Ekholm owns a company that imports Israeli wines and Dead Sea products to Finland. He also regularly organizes pro-Israel conference and rallies, and never tires of directly intervening when he comes across biased anti-Israel news reports.

"Whenever I read or see reports negative of Israel, I immediately pick up the phone and contact the reporter in question to correct him," said Ekholm, who has become something of a one-man PR army.

"The problem is that the media in Europe constantly reports false information," he explained. "We have to find a way to deliver the right information, and one way is through videos. In Finland, we have published numerous videos, for instance showing Hamas hiding rockets in residential areas or calling for Israel's destruction. Those who see the videos often change their tune."

Jewish businessman Philip Kaye has been serving as Israel's honorary consul to Wales since 2010. In this capacity, Kaye works closely with the Israeli Embassy in London, in addition to also operating as a one-man PR war room. Not a scrap of anti-Israel propaganda in the local media escapes Kaye, who immediately responds either personally or by mobilizing a network of pro-Israel voices.

"People are affected by the information they receive. This is not a lost cause, and we must not give up," said Kaye.   During the last Gaza war, Kaye hosted the former mayor the rocket-battered southern Israel town of Sderot, David Buskila. "We introduced [Mayor Buskila] in churches, where he explained life under the threat of missiles," said Kaye. "Unfortunately, we were unable to arrange any media interviews."

Presently, Kaye is working to bring Israeli musicians for a first of its kind music festival in Wales. "I try to advance Israeli interests not only in politics, but also in culture and economy," he said.

But doing this work often comes with a price.

Kaye has received threats in the past, but said local police are on the case and he is not frightened. Much more harrowing is the situation for Israel's honorary consul in Cordoba, Argentina, Mr. Alejandro Orchansky. The Jewish businessman's private home has been the scene of four demonstrations by pro-Palestinian activists, and he has received a number of death threats necessitating regular police protection.

Orchansky related that the situation is so bad that most are scared to actually speak up for Israel, or to even be neutral on the subject.

"I fight constantly with a local media that is completely against Israel," he said. "I spoke to journalists and asked, 'Why don't you allow anyone to write in favor of Israel, or at least to be neutral?' The answer shocked me: 'What do you want, we would be the only ones!'"

Orchansky lamented that the media in Argentina are "like cattle. I found the best way is to avoid politics and instead show the beauty of Israel. I show Israel's achievements in medicine, education and culture. I also take governors and other trainees on tours of Israel. They all return to Argentina as ambassadors for Israel."

During the recent conference, attending honorary consuls met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, who provided an overview of the current situation in the region. They also received briefings from senior Foreign Ministry officials and toured local "hot spots" like the Gaza border.

Concluding the visit, Israel's Foreign Ministry called the honorary consuls "an important part of Israel's diplomatic 'Iron Dome,'" referencing the anti-missile system that saved so many lives during the Gaza war. 

PHOTO: Israel's honorary consuls meet with President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem. (Chaim Tzach)

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"Supernatural Doors - An Invitation to Heavenly Realms" by Kathie Walters

"Supernatural Doors - An Invitation to Heavenly Realms"

Kathie Walters, Macon, GA

The Elijah List

Supernatural Doors At the Airport

The first supernatural door was at the airport in Sydney, Australia. And the second one, well, I want to show you a picture of a door where something supernatural happened just recently.

Two years ago, I arrived at Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport. I fly in and out of Sydney quite often, so I know the airport well – like I know Atlanta. I had three large cases, two of them with books and CDs for my conference. When you bring books and CDs into another country, it sometimes takes 20 minutes (after standing in the line for 40 minutes) to explain what the books are for and that you are not part of a weird cult.

As I had flown all the way from Atlanta, I felt tired and didn't feel like getting in the long line or trying to give an explanation to the customs guy.

I was at the baggage claim area, and I had just gotten my three cases onto my cart, and I grumbled a bit to God, "Can't You get me out of here without all the lines?" A security lady then walked up to me. "Let me see your customs declaration," she said. I handed her the white customs form and she looked it over. She made a huge red line right across it, and I thought she was mad. "Go through the door in the corner over there," she pointed to the right hand corner of the baggage claim area. (Photo via Flickr)

As I said, I know the airport well, and I had never noticed a door there before. I thought, "They are waiting for me, and they are going to give me a hard time because I have three cases." I walked with my cart over to the corner and through the door expecting to see some stern-faced man waiting there. 

To my surprise, I was suddenly in the main terminal. I totally bypassed all the security! "Thank You, Lord!" I said. I was so happy!

Again... Another Airport Door Appears

I had meetings that week and the following week; I went to New Zealand as I always do. I had a great time in New Zealand, and returned to Sydney a couple of weeks later. I flew into the same international terminal and baggage claim. I was feeling happy, because although I had three cases (someone in New Zealand makes CDs for me), I knew which door to head for. Easy.

I went through the initial customs where they check your passport and then went to the baggage claim and gathered my three cases.

I wheeled my cart toward the corner to go through the door I had been through two weeks before. When I got to the corner, to my dismay, there was NO DOOR THERE at all.

I had no choice but to go and get at the end of a very long line of people going through the security, but I was not a happy camper at all. I complained to the Lord about it. "I don't know about that, making doors and then taking them away again. Now I have to get in this big, long line."

I stood there because I didn't have a choice. After about five minutes, a security man walked up to me; "You and you (he pointed to the lady next to me whom I didn't know), go through that door there." He pointed to a door straight ahead of us. We looked at each other and both walked through this door. We found ourselves in the main terminal. (Photo via Pixabay)

Afterwards I said to the Lord, "Why did You take away the first door and then make another door?" He didn't give me any great theological answer, "I am the door, I can do what I like," is all He said. 

But I thought about it afterwards: He can do what He likes and what He desires – He is the door, He is the key, He is the beginning and the end...He can make a way where there is no way, and make a door where there is no door! Simple really. Just need a bit of faith, which we have already been given. "To every man [is given] the measure of [God's] faith" (Romans 12:3).

It's a Heavenly Door and Invitation

I had just returned from Wales and England. We had a great time. I take a group to Ireland and Scotland every April, and Wales and England every October.

So, I just returned from the October tour. While we were visiting Bedford area, we went to the church where John Newton (author of the famous hymn "Amazing Grace") preached and is now buried – Olney Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul. John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress, was imprisoned in Bedford for preaching without being "ordained." The famous politician and slave trade abolitionist, William Wilberforce, went to rest often at Moggerhanger estate in Bedford, too. Quite a grace history in Bedford.

While we were at the Olney Church, we had sung "Amazing Grace" around John Newton's grave. I walked back to the front gate, and I passed a side door into the church. The door was a muddy brown color and surrounded by the grey stone arch design around the door. I stopped and took a picture of the door because I noticed a pattern on the door, but the door was not very attractive really. We got back on the little bus and went on with Michele Grandfield to the next place. Michele has a great ministry in Bedford called "His Fragrance Ministries."

On the bus I opened the picture app on my phone to check my pictures. 

I was totally amazed when I saw the brown painted door. It was an amazing blue color (right), and the grey stone around it was now pretty hues. 

I did not do anything to the picture in the way of color or anything like that. None of the other pictures I took had color apart from the actual color they were at the time. It was a cloudy day, so none of the pictures were bright. It's a heavenly door, and I believe it's an invitation to the heavenly realms – and a reminder that Jesus is supernatural, and the supernatural realm of the Holy Spirit is our inheritance. (Photo by Kathie Walters)

Come on in through the Heavenly Door (Jesus), and remember that He can make a door where there seems to be no door to go through, and He is the Way and the Truth and Life, nothing is too hard for Him. He loves you.

Kathie Walters
Good News Ministries

Email: kathiewalters@mindspring.com
Website: kathiewaltersministry.com

Kathie Walters is an international speaker who brings freedom to those who feel they have to "qualify." She also ministers in the supernatural and believes that the supernatural realm is for everyone.

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Kathie Walters: Following The Wild Goose: Prophetic Words For Canada, The USA, Wales, And Whoever Wants To Follow The Wild Goose

Canadian Goose

Kathie Walters:

Following The Wild Goose: 

Prophetic Words For Canada, The USA, Wales, 

And Whoever Wants To Follow The Wild Goose

What About The Wild Goose?

I recently was part of a seers conference hosted by The Oasis Church in Kinburn, Ontario, with Steve Shultz, Darren Canning, Pastor Mark Redner, and myself. We had a great time with lots of lively, hungry Canadians. There is a kind of fierceness about Canadians...I would say, "Don't mess with them!" Ha ha.

During the conference several times, and once in the night, I saw wild geese flying, and I could hear in my spirit that honking sound they make. My friend Bob Jones used to say the geese "honked in the heavens." He said they were better watch dogs than watch dogs when it comes to guarding their property and territory. Many intercessors are like them (the geese).

It was said that the early Celtic Christians referred to the Holy Spirit as the "Wild Goose," or "An Geadh-Glas." In Gaelic that means "the goose-grey." It really can't be proved, but certainly in the 20th century the Holy Spirit was called the "Wild Goose" by Celtic groups. (The Celtic nations are Ireland, Scotland, Wales, West of England, part of France, Brittany, and Isle of Man. The Celts originally came from Galatia and settled in those lands.)

The dove was considered a tame bird – but Andy Raine, a friend of mine who belongs to the Northumbrian community on Lindisfarne (Holy Island), explained why the wild goose was adopted by the Celtic Christians, who had such a boldness anointing among them:

"Historically, if it meant anything to the Celtic peoples, it would have been a symbol of war-likeness. But the Wild Goose sermon of George MacLeod caught people's imagination, and the image stuck. Most 'Celtic' Christians today have adopted the wild goose as their emblem – and the Synod of Whitby where Roman versus Celtic was to be debated could be symbolized by dove versus wild goose, which equals order and control versus freedom."

Andy Raine continues, "The other characteristic of wild geese in flight is that they fly in an arrow formation. When the lead bird is tiring, it falls back into the ranks and another takes its place as the pace-setter. If any are tired or sick, and should need to rest, the others wait, and even if they do set off again, they will not leave the straggler behind on its own, but one or more will stay to fly with it when it's able to follow."

So the geese are, in many ways, like a small army. And the boldness and wildness that can't be contained is very present.

A Strong "Wild Goose" Anointing Will Flow Between Canada, the USA, Wales, And The Rest Of The UK

I saw the anointing like the wild goose flow over Canada and down into the USA. 

Now, there are many wonderful ministries in Canada that are unknown, and relatively few ministries from there become well-known. There are people like Patricia King, and Todd Bentley, Stacey and Wesley Campbell, Charlie Robinson, Samuel Robinson, and others, but there are many more that are hidden inside Canada, and we don't hear about them.

But God is going to draw back the curtain and those ministries will be seen and they will follow the Wild Goose all over the world. They will carry the wild goose anointing. It will flow down into the USA, across the Niagara, and from Quebec and Vancouver. A strong Wild Goose anointing will flow between Canada and USA and Wales and the rest of the UK.

A Wild Goose Does Not Represent Rebellion But Being Open To The Leading Of The Holy Spirit

A lot of Christians abandon their boldness because they are afraid of being called rebellious, and certainly that has been used to tame people – and keep them caged – in some places. "Don't rattle the cage," "Don't rock the boat," and "Everyone is in place to support my ministry," has been the thinking of many ministers. 

(Photo via freeimages.com)

But if you are Spirit-led, then you will be unpredictable; that does not mean unreliable and stupid, but that you are open to being led by the Holy Spirit, The Wild Goose.

A good friend of mine has spent his life being led by the Wild Goose. Arthur Burt, who lives in Wales – and is 102 right now, is expecting to see the Heavens be opened and the power of God to descend on the saved and unsaved alike before he dies.

Again, Arthur lives in Wales, and one time his wife sent him to get some potatoes from the store in town; but at the same time, the Holy Spirit told him to go to Ethiopia. He dropped the potatoes back at the house like a good husband should, but then he took off to Heathrow Airport and got the next flight to Addis Ababa. It's a wonderful story; I don't think he was there for more than three days. Arthur ended up giving a powerful and life-saving word of the Lord to a missionary family there – then he left and returned to the UK.

Allowing And Trusting God To Steer The Ship

Someone emailed me the other day. The lady said they had a wonderful move of the Spirit in her church last Sunday evening. God showed up, He took over, and she said it was marvelous. Afterwards the pastor said, "Well, we can't have too much of this, just occasionally is OK."

Another friend of mine who pastored a great church in Ohio would have moves of the Spirit, but then he would say, "This is great, but we must return to normal." What a shame. I think God's going to be wanting His Church back soon.

There is something in you that wants to fly and to soar and have adventures. I often say, "We only have one life to live down here, you may as well have some fun and adventures." 

The Bible says, "The people that know their God shall be strong, and do exploits."Well, no one is going to do any exploits or anything else if every time they start to move out someone stops them and puts them back in the cage. 

(Photo via freeimages.com)

My husband, David, has a powerful revival anointing. We've helped raise up churches, and pastored churches, but you know, you have to KNOW the Wild Goose very well to allow Him to do what He wants to do. 

Our job as leaders is to teach people to hear from God for themselves, not try and be God for the people.

Sometimes – well, a lot of times, you don't understand everything that is happening, but it's OK when you know the Wild Goose is in control and He is steering the ship. It's not your ship anyway – it's His ship. If it becomes your ship, I can promise you one thing – trouble.

The Wild Goose Cannot Be Chained – It Fights

I was not going to write like this, but the anointing is very strong – you will feel it, I am sure; I smell an aroma like the ocean, like the sea. To me that means journeys. The Peregrini (Peregrini means traveller or pilgrim), in the 5th and 6th century in Ireland, would come from the monasteries and get into a small boat off the shores of Ireland. They had no oars and they had no rudder; they released their faith and BELIEVED God to send the winds to take them where they were supposed to go. 

Brendan the Navigator, and others, had amazing adventures with God (see my book Celtic Flames).

Jackie Pullinger was just a lass when she left home and took off – she didn't even know where she was going, but she ended up in Hong Kong, and God did amazing and wonderful and miraculous things through a young women who wasn't afraid to follow the Wild Goose.

Darren Canning, and others like him, have a great anointing, and Darren is strongly bringing that Canadian Wild Goose anointing into the USA and beyond. Each country has something to offer – because God does not put all His eggs in one basket, but disperses them so that we all need each other and we learn to be as these geese I previously spoke about.

If we all are in the place God has placed us, we only make the flight easier. If one gets weary, then others will go take them some encouragement and wait with them; no one has to fly alone.

I wonder how many churches there are that prevent people from being risk-takers? If you start to move out in faith, then you automatically move out of your comfort zone. If you begin to follow the Wild Goose, you will be out of your natural comfort zone. But inside you know there is something that cannot be contained. You long for flight and freedom. You get on fire, but there are fire trucks all around to put out the fire as quickly as possible. Maybe that's what's in Canada that is about to be released – a rising up to follow the Wild Goose.

You Have Things To Do And Places To Go

Aren't we just supposed to get a cat or parrot and sit at home and pat the grandkids on the head when someone you love goes on to Heaven? No, you still have things to do and places to go – follow the Holy Spirit and have supernatural adventures. 

(Photo via freeimages.com)

"What if I make a mistake?" you may ask. "Well, have another go. I don't know anyone whose never made a mistake, do you?"

This song is by the band Iona, 

Here I Stand:

Here I stand, looking out to sea
Where a thousand souls have prayed
And a thousand lives were laid on the sand
Were laid on the sand

Years have passed, since they have died
But the Word shall last
And the Wild Goose shall fly
Shall fly

Here I stand, looking out to sea
And I say a prayer
That the Wild Goose will come to me
That the Wild Goose will come to me

Kathie Walters
Good News Ministries

Email: kathiewalters@mindspring.com
Website: kathiewaltersministry.com

Kathie Walters is an international speaker who brings freedom to those who feel they have to "qualify." She also ministers in the supernatural and believes that the supernatural realm is for everyone.

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Prophetic Word for the UK: God's Glory Will Be On Display This Spring - Charles Shamp

Charles Shamp:

Prophetic Word for the UK: 

God's Glory Will Be 

On Display This Spring

Church History in the UK

When we study out the history of revival in the earth over the past several centuries, we can almost single handily point to the United Kingdom as a major hot spot and catalyst for what the Holy Spirit was doing at that time. Almost every major shift of reformation or revival started on these Island nations.

Whether we are discussing the First and Second Great Awakenings, or go further back and discuss the mystics and catholic miracle workers that walked the shores of England, Ireland, Scotland, or Wales – God has always seemed to release the fresh movement of the Holy Spirit on these Islands that has gone on to affect the entire earth.

My love for Church history and the moves of the Spirit caused me to recognize that what took place within these nations directly affected America and the move of the Spirit in my nation.

Although we are an ocean away, we are connected in the realm of the Spirit, and as the song of Heaven would arise over the UK, it would carry all the way to the shores of America and revival would begin to come forth in these United States.

Over the past several years as I have been traveling into the UK to minister, my greatest hope and prayer has been that God would once again ignite these Islands with the wild fire of Heaven. 

From the moment that I first stepped into a meeting in the nation of Wales back in 2010, I could feel something fresh was being birthed in the Spirit, something organic, something that would turn the world upside down!

Intercession and Weeping

Several weeks ago as I was ministering in a series of meetings in England, with my good friend Munday Martin, God began to show up in the most powerful way, both within the nightly meetings as well as during the street outreach in the afternoon time.

There were nights where during our preaching, young people would come in off of the streets and walk to the front asking, "What must we do to be saved?" With no alter call or invitation for people to accept Jesus, they were coming to the alter to be born again. The harvest was just that ripe!

On Friday, February 21, as the team gathered for a time of fellowship, the Spirit of intercession came unexpectedly into our friend's home. This was just hours before we were to travel into Lowestoft, the place of the English revival that took place in 1921. It was a revival that went for eighteen months that saw many people come to Christ. A Spirit of intercession came on the team and we all began to pray with fervency.

During that time I found myself on the floor weeping with such a heavy burden from the Lord for the UK. Just as spontaneous as the intercession, so too was a word of the Lord over England. What I have discovered is that what is often released as a mystery in the form of intercession and tongues (if we are faithful to wait upon the Lord), will be revealed as "revelation in prophecy" to show us the future plan of God in a nation so that we will be ready when it comes.

God's Glory Will Be On Display This Spring

This was the word that came forth:

"The wilderness and winter season in England is coming to an end and the people would sing with great joy as it comes. 

This barren land will once again celebrate and flowers will burst forth in spring, bursting into blossom like a symphony of song and color. God's glory will be on display this spring.

"Those who have been weary will be strengthened in their knees. Those who were lame will leap with joy. Those who have been fearful will revive with courage. This is a season and time to take heart. 

God is coming in a fresh way.

"The people will say, 'God is here, right here, on His way to put things right in our nation. Yes He has come! He will save us!' The blind eyes will be opened, deaf ears will hear once again. Those who felt they had no voice will break into a song that Heaven has come!"

The Lord spoke to me that a major shift in the Spirit would come in the spring and wells that were capped over would be opened once again. I felt The Lord speak to me that there are springs of water that will burst out in the spring time and fresh streams will flow.

It will spring up in the spring! Watch for it! They will find natural springs in the spring and this will be a sign of what God is doing in the Spirit. People are going to drink of natural springs and it will be a sign of a new prophetic movement in the nation.

God is changing the waters from bitter to drinkable. New prophetic voices will come forth this year that will cause the axe head to float. There will be signs and wonders and prophets that will move with the government of God. They will decree a thing and it will be established!

"But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it." 2 Kings 6:5-7

Overall, I believe that this word is for all of the United Kingdom and God will use England as a catalyst for revival that will spring into Scotland, Ireland, and Wales and eventually will touch the world. What was left unfulfilled in previous generations will be fulfilled in this one.

There will be voices that will come from the wilderness. Men and woman, that up until this point no one had even known their names, will come with the word of the Lord and an axe will be in their hand to lay at the root of the religious tree. They will cut off the old system. The old religious roots that made the waters so bitter will go and there will be new trees planted in their stead.

These will be trees of righteousness. These will be trees for the healing of the nations. These will be trees for an awakening that will touch the nations!

I am greatly encouraged by what the Lord has shown me and I know we are on the verge of a fresh great awakening that will begin in England and the United Kingdom. Remember friends to take heart in this spring season. Heaven is at hand!

Charles Shamp, President and Founder
Destiny Encounters 

Email: charles@destinyencounters.com
destinyencounters.com

Charles and Brynn Shamp are the founders of DESTINY ENCOUNTERS. They have a true passion for revival and the glory of God. They boldly declare the Gospel of Christ; ministering freedom, joy, and supernatural healing everywhere they go. They have ministered both nationally and internationally (with such ministers as Jeff Jansen, Munday Martin, Joshua Mills, Mahesh Chavda, Bob and Bonnie Jones) with radical demonstrations of faith seeing lives transformed through the power of the Holy Spirit. 

Compelled by the heart of the Father to seek and save the lost, they are releasing God's love to the world seeing the captives delivered, the sick healed, and lives changed. Charles and Brynn believe that through outreach, missions, and crusade evangelism one life changed can impact a nation and transform a generation. Charles and Brynn have answered the call to lead a generation in the movement of both the Word and the Spirit. With the power of an encounter they are truly unlocking a generation's destiny one heart at a time.

Source: The Elijah List

Kathie Walters: Heavenly Ladders and Tables

Kathie Walters

From the desk of Steve Shultz:

Within days of each other, both Jeff Jansen and Kathie Walters received similar types of revelations about open doors, heavenly ladders, and tables. God is at work, all over the earth, at SEEMINGLY an accelerated pace to provide these same things...open doors and "tables prepared for you".

Just as we are witnessing a confirmation of the Open Doors and Ladders from both Jeff and Kathie at almost the same time, you too can have confirmation that these articles today will bring to you. 

I know many of you are getting this same type of revelation and these words will serve as a confirmation to you from the Lord.

Read and be encouraged as Kathie lays before you a number of angelic visitations and God encounters, both in history and in the present time! Understand the vision on the earth today from the Lord...and then run with it!

Enjoy,

Steve Shultz

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Kathie Walters:

Heavenly Ladders and Tables

Oct. 23, 2013 

I just returned from a trip to Wales, England, and Scotland – three conferences and a group tour of Wales. It was wonderful, as any God adventure is. 

While I was traveling, every day I kept having dreams of "ladders and tables". They were painted lovely colors - purple, red, blue, green, lilac, etc.

While doing a conference in Bedford, England with "His Fragrance Ministry", I again saw a ladder (over Bedford). I was still wondering what was going in the spirit and what God was saying with the ladders and tables. 

On Friday night at the end of the meeting, I was talking to someone, and out of the corner of my eye I saw a huge angel standing to the side of the room.

I mentioned it to a few women standing nearby and one of them who was with our tour group, Carol, went over to that place at the side. Next thing I saw was Carol totally taken up in the spirit and she was "gone" from us.

We eventually helped carry her back to the bus. Later she told us that she had an encounter with an angel from William Wilberforce's ministry. Someone else, separately, had a vision of slaves in the hold of a ship. I was still seeing the ladder with angels going up and down it over Bedford, England.

Spirit of Liberty

William Wilberforce was a great abolitionist born in 1759. For years he fought for freedom from slavery in Britain. He was also discipled by John Newton – writer of the famous Hymn, "Amazing Grace". 

It was in Bedford also that John Bunyan wrote "The Pilgrim's Progress" and many other books when he was in prison there. (Photo: William Wilberforce)

So then, after that conference in Bedford, I saw many ladders and tables being put in place. What does that mean? 

Well, William Wilberforce, John Newton and John Bunyan were all proponents of grace – they all disengaged from organized religion where people were controlled by a hierarchy. Bunyan was put in prison twice for preaching that ordinary people could read the Bible for themselves.

Galatians 5:1 "It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery."

There is a mighty move being stirred – many great callings being released. 

But God is sending a great spirit of LIBERTY because we have to hear God for ourselves. It's a wake up call for people who already think they are awake. 

It's a new calling for many people who think they have nothing much to offer. God wants to break that box you have put yourself in or you have allowed others to put you in.

Ladders in Different Places

I know Jesus is THE ladder – in that He is the One that connects us to God, our heavenly Father. 

But there are ladders and places where people have been praying and getting rid of the enemy in the gates and opening up many heavenly portals. 

That's part of the churches ministry – to take the enemy from the gates in the Name of Jesus.

When I was in New Zealand last year, we discovered an ancient spirit guarding the coastline near Ohope. When the pastor and Margaret Knight and I kicked it out, a huge angel came into NZ to call the intercessors to pray for certain things. 

Just like Daniel, the angels of God do get held up sometimes. That's why we have to live in the spirit realm.

By the way, there is nothing hard in that – every one of us can live in the spirit realm. It's our inheritance in Christ. You don't have to qualify – Jesus died and rose again and qualified you forever and He lives and is always making intercession for YOU. 

Maybe you are one of the groups who have been praying, allowing God's ladders to be set up where the angels of God can bring the things God has prepared for you and others.

In these places I've discovered what I call "Table-layers". These are people who lay a table and provide food for others to come and eat. In different areas there are those who make available the tables of God. 

They invite the various ministries to come and then they open the table for others to come and eat. These are going to be tables and ladders to bring great freedom to the Body of Christ. 

That is why angels like the one in Bedford, who helped Wilberforce bring the freedom to the slaves, are involved in this move of liberty. We must be free from our concepts and boxes and listen to what He is saying in this time.

I know there are many surprises for all of us and open doors. 

Do you remember the angel from New Zealand who came to my house a few years ago and sang me the whole song from Aladdin, "A Whole new world"? It starts off with an invitation. Remember, the prince says to Jasmine, "Do you trust me?" and she replies, "Yes," and the she takes his hand and he takes her on a wonderful ride where she sees things from a whole new perspective.

We seem to think sometimes that for God to bring a move to our place (house or church or meeting place) we sometimes have to do something to "qualify". Well yes, you do – you have to just believe. He is a covenant keeper and He will do as He says.

Hebrides Revival

In the Hebrides Revival (see my book "Bright and Shining Revival") the pastor on the Isle of Lewis (Hebrides Islands) and six men from his church got together in a barn and called out to God for a visitation. Guess what? God heard them because He said, "When you call I will answer." 

When He said, "If you call on Me, if you seek Me... I will heal the land." They did what He said (seek Him) and then started to declare what He said. They believed Him and told people, "God is coming, He is healing the land." They didn't keep praying because they got the answer when He said it the first time.

Then the power of God came and whole towns were saved. The Spirit of God chased people in the bars and dance halls. They ran out to the church or the police station. 

I spoke to people myself who told me that when the presence of God came down they packed up and left the Islands and went to live on the mainland until it was over. They told me, "If we stayed, God would get us." 

They didn't qualify for a spiritual ladder – they just prayed and believed. God sent a ladder, an open Heaven, and they laid a table for people to comer and dine.

Liberty = Freedom

Maybe you are praying and believing – maybe you are a table-layer. You don't have to qualify for that either. You have to step out in faith as you are led by the Spirit to do what He tells you to do, go where He tells you to go, and say what He tells you to say. 

Come on, let's run after Him. Jesus died and rose again to purchase your freedom, not your religious mindsets.

Don't be in the hold of the ship when the captain is inviting you to His table. The seating is in the heavenly places already prepared for you.

Don't miss the beautiful setting that has your name on it already. There's not another you – you're it. 

God didn't make a spare one of you in case you don't work out.

This is a note from Carol Bengele, who had the initial encounter with the angel from William Wilberforce's ministry:

"I am not sure what the total significance of that encounter is but I know it was monumental. Keys are being given to those who have been crying out to see the religious slavery broken off of God's children. Keys to set the captives free, both saved and unsaved. 

The new Abolitionists are arising who will do whatever is necessary to loose the bound and oppressed

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"As for Moggerhanger (the meeting place in Bedford where the conference was held) I believe it will become a place where freedom will be ministered at every level and to every level of society. 

People will come to breathe in the atmosphere and receive a key to influence the lives of those in their own nations. It will be known as "The Freedom Center". Cast off the shackles that keep you bound to anything but Christ. Freely you have received now freely give."

God is sending "cows" (a continual means of provision) – small businesses, to help you to prosper. 

We all have things to do and places to go. I just returned from a wonderful trip to the U.K. Now I am headed for Australia and New Zealand next week. I would love to see you.

Kathie Walters
Good News Ministries

Email: kathiewalters@mindspring.com

Website: kathiewaltersministry.com

Kathie Walters is an international speaker who brings freedom to those who feel they have to "qualify." She also ministers in the supernatural and believes that the supernatural realm is for everyone.