Tuesday, February 25, 2014

In the 7th Year - Now Think On This by Steve Martin

In the 7^th Year

by Steve Martin

“This charge, son Timothy, I put to you, in keeping with the prophecies already made about you, so that by these prophecies you may fight the good fight, armed with trust and a good conscience.” 1 Tim, 1:18-19 Complete Jewish Bible)

I am a firm believer in the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Since my own Baptism in the Holy Spirit in my senior year of high school (Roman Catholic - Columbus High School in Waterloo, IA in 1973), I have received, and practiced, several gifts given by the Ruach HaKodesh (Hebrew). First I had received the gift of speaking in tongues, then words of knowledge, along with the gift of prophecy and the interpretation of prophecy. Sharing and growing in the practice of these spiritual gifts, with several others over these years since then, has been a joy.

Seeing the gifts in operation has been both a faith builder personally and a testimony of the goodness and faithfulness of the Lord Yeshua (Jesus). Healings, deliverance from evil spirits, words of wisdom and knowledge, and the gifts of administration have been practiced by many leaders I have served with in my Christian walk. I do not doubt that these are as real and needed in our time as they were in the first century by the first believers in Yeshua.

On Saturday, Feb. 9, 2007, a few of us had gathered in a friend’s house in Charlotte, NC. Robbie Phillips, from the Columbia, SC area, had driven the hour and a half north to minister to us. He had a widely known prophetic ministry. After first meeting him about five years earlier, and seeing him minister often since, I had a high level of trust in what he spoke to people using his spiritual gift. On several occasion I myself was encouraged from a spoken word of prophecy to me directly.

That night my wife Laurie and I led the group in worship, followed by a word from the Word from Robbie. I don’t remember what he shared during that time, but when the ministry in prophecy began, the tape recorder was ready, and the record button was pushed for every word given to those receiving this ministry. The tape was then given to them to take home, listen too, pray over, and trust the Lord for His timing in its understanding and fulfillment.

I was genuinely hoping to receive a word from the Lord myself. I was at that time in the position of Director of the Vision For Israel USA ministry office (founded by Barry and Batya Segal from Israel). Even those in leadership need to hear a directive from the Lord. Again, I truly appreciate the prophetic gift, and was about to get one from the Lord’s servant that night.

The word I received seven years ago (as of this writing on Feb. 25, 2014) I am now seeing it come to pass. I can share it verbatim now because, as a practice, I have always had recorded and transcribed words I received, or taken extensive notes while the words were given These are stored in several three-ring binders, from 1987 through today. I re-read them often, even as Timothy was reminded by Paul to do, as in the verses at the beginning of this writing.

Robbie Phillips

Here is what Robbie Phillips spoke to me:

“We call for the blessings of God. Everything he puts his hands to, bless. Everything he puts his hands to, bless, in Jesus’ name.

It seems to me in your work – talk about plowing – brother it seems to me that you have been plowing and plowing and plowing and plowing and plowing and plowing. And there is a verse in Haggai. In Haggai it is in the negative sense but in your case it is in the positive sense, where the word of the prophet was that you have sown much but have harvested little.

And it seems to me that in the ministry that you have been in the last few years, that you have sown far more than what you have seen coming back. But it’s almost like as I see you are going down, like you have one of the old time plows and you have an oxen or a mule or something ahead of you, and here you are, just getting it done day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year.

And it’s like I see this tremendously long row, and there is this man standing there, and he has a linen garment on, he’s right out of Ezekiel, and you recognize that this is an angelic visitor, and you stop, and he says, “Steve, look behind you. And you look back and you thought you had been plowing, but in the distance, where you had plowed a long time ago, whole forests have sprung up, and they are seeding new forests, and right behind you there has been an acceleration of what God is doing in your ministry, so that it’s not just a place where you just plowed, but there are already small trees that have sprung up even a few feet behind you.

Feb. 9, 2007 - Robbie Phillips

sharing his prophetic gift

And I see about you, I think it is just trickling in now, but I see the blessings of God beginning to come now, to the point where they are going to overtake you. It talks about when you are faithful to the Lord, and in the 7^th year when the land has the Sabbath, that you don’t need to worry about plowing and harvesting in that 7th year, because what you sowed three years before, and the next year and the following year, will all seem to come in on top of you at one time, and you will have more than enough, in fact you will have so much coming in, that you will have to move out some of the old to bring the new in.

And I see the blessing of the Lord and it’s like you have been looking and trusting God for His faithfulness and you are going to see a demonstration of the faithfulness of God and not just in spiritual things but in financial ways and material ways.

I see you, brother, you riding the high places of the earth with the Lord. I see you at 50,000 feet in jet liners just about all the time, flying all over the world. I see you a connector in the hand of the Lord. I see you being behind the scenes man, much of the time, major conferences and things like that, but the people that really know, the people that are the shakers and the movers in the Kingdom, the people that are well known, they’ll say that if you really want to meet a shaker and a mover, then you go and meet Steve Martin. He’s the guy behind the scenes, and he’s the guy that really gets things done.

And I see you being able to go to Scandinavian countries, European countries, the countries of the Far East, South America, all over the world, and I see you having contacts all over the world, and I see you being able to be used of the Lord to connect this person on one end of the world to a person over here and to bring things together in just the right timing of the Lord.

I see a tremendous amount of influence in your life, and I see that teaching anointing of your life. I see situation, particularly with leadership, it seems to me the Lord, just like with Elijah, suddenly “Boom!” out of nowhere Elijah appears, he wasn’t there one day and suddenly he’s the talk of the nation and I see the Lord just suddenly revealing you, revealing a teaching anointing, particularly for leadership and with leaders.

A lot of it having to do with the holiness of God, and your own personal, their own personal walk with God, the things that are near and dear to your heart, about right relationships with your wife and your family. How your relationships with that, how those dynamics work, things that really matter. The nitty gritty stuff that drive the kingdom. These things being those that are really near to your heart.

Being able to be a real impact to people who are key leaders. But I see that in a teaching format, even more so than your own personal encouragement and strengthening. I see the Lord giving you teachings to begin to bring to leadership, in due season.”

Several of these words have come to pass already since then. I have been to Israel five times since 2007. Many of these words have especially been coming into being this seventh year after that word came. I am trusting that many more of those words will also come into be, as I continue to give myself to the Lord’s Word, in faith and obedience.

Many of you reading this have received prophetic words. You have written them down, or had them recorded. Maybe you just have a few notes scribbled on a piece of paper tucked in your Bible. Almost forgotten, but still there.

I would encourage you to locate those words, written or recorded, and read/listen to them again. I would think you would be surprised at what was spoken to you.

There are many good teachers who have written books on the gift of prophecy. To name a few that I know or have known personally – Rick Joyner, Derek Prince, James W. Goll, Mahesh and Bonnie Chavda, Bob Mumford, and Larry Randolph have excellent books for your to read.

So I would encourage you to think on this,

Steve Martin

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Ahava Love Letter #124 “In the 7^th Year” Steve Martin

Date: In the year of our Lord 2014 (02.25.14) Tuesday at 8:45 pm in Charlotte, NC).

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Robbie Phillips and Michael Blade

Robbie Phillips

Bob Jones Prophecy from 2006 Still Stirs Many

2006 Bob Jones Prophecy Still Stirs Many

And all of a sudden, I wasn't in pain anymore. This Man, the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, stood by my side, and we started walking. And as we walked, I saw a Man who was white light. All white light was around Him, but He was the whitest of all white lights. He had His hands out. As I came into that white light, there came a feeling over me like I had never known before. I asked the Man beside me, "What is that?"

The Man (Holy Spirit) said, "It is the love of God." I said, "It's just so wonderful. It's so glorious." And He said, "That's what it is—it's the glory of God." I said, "How can it be both?" It's in John 17—the love I had with the Father, the glory I had with the Father.

So that was the greatest experience I have ever had. Just enveloped in His glorious love. That's possible down here. The glory of God is coming, and it is going to be in His glorious love.

I noticed another group of people on my left side, and they had what looked like a conveyor belt underneath them. They were wrapped up in all different kinds of things. I looked at them and I asked this Man, "Why are they wrapped up that way?" And He said, "They are wrapped up in the earth with their gods." It's the gods they worshipped on the earth that followed them into death. They were on their way to hell with their gods. I saw a man wrapped up in dollar bills. I saw a man wrapped up in his sod or grass; his yard was his god. I saw a man that had no body; he was just one big head. He was an atheist, and he worshipped himself; he was his own god and going to hell with it.

I saw many things people worshipped on the earth that they are going to spend eternity with. Well, I worshipped the Lord, and I am going to spend eternity with Him. But these others who don't are going to spend eternity in total darkness with their god. And their gods will be their tormentors, not for 100,000 years, but for eternity.

So I looked at that line. It was so horrible. Everyone in the line recognized Him. Their eyes got big. Everyone who is going to hell has had a witness in one way or another tell them that there is a God. And every one of them willingly denied Him. For each two in the line that I was in, there were 98 in the other line.

I watched the Lord speak to people who were coming there. He asked them only one question: "Did you learn to love?" He's not going to ask you what you did. If you learn to love, you are going to do what is right. Did you learn to love? He asked them that question and they said, "Yes, Lord," and He kissed them right on the lips and embraced them, and the double doors of His heart opened and they went right in.

Some had a lot of angels with them and they would go on in [to heaven]. The angels went too because they had testimonies; they helped people do things on the earth. Angels have no testimony until they help you do something. We are the ones who will judge angels by their rewards for what they helped us do. They are more willing to help you do something than you are willing to submit and let them help you do it.

As I came close to the Lord, I was thinking, I learned to love. I'm OK. I'm going home. As I did, He held His hand up to me and said, "No, I want you to go back." I told Him, "It was too hard to get here. I don't want to [go back] because I wasn't doing any good there." He said, "You are a liar, because you spoke My words, and My words will always bring it to pass." I said, "Well, nobody was believing it, and it was painful." He said, "Yes, and you have a cowardly nature too. Up there, it's about the truth. But you love. You had a heart for souls. I want you to go back. If you look at that line over there and then tell me you want to come in, I will bring you in."

I looked at that line and looked at their faces and said I would go back for one. I would go back and spend a day on a cross for one. He said, "I'm not sending you back for that. I'm sending you back to wake up the church because I am going to bring a billion youth to Myself in one of the greatest waves of all times. I'm going to honor Myself beyond anything that man can imagine. I want you to go back and touch the church and speak to the church of what I am going to do in these last days." So I told Him I would go back.

I came back. I thought that when I came back into my body, I would be healed. As I came back, I saw two of the biggest angels I have ever seen. I know who they are. They are the resurrection angels. And I saw the death spirit as he left when I came back in.

When I went back into the body, I wasn't healed. The pain was there, and I couldn't understand why. I was gone from my body probably for about three hours. The pain was there, and I said, "What's going on, Lord?" And then I heard a phone ring. And I saw people answering the phone and they were saying, "Bob Jones needs prayer."

They started praying, and I felt better. It was Friday. People kept praying; the prayers kept increasing and increasing. And then people came over and prayed for me that night until the pain was hardly there.

On Saturday at 3 a.m., the last person stopped praying for me. I could see who was praying for me. The pain was coming back and I thought, Boy, it's going to be a long time.

And then I saw an old sister who wasn't highly thought of in the church because she didn't take very many baths. She always sat in the last seat in back of the church. She got up early in the morning and cleaned offices for a living. Her phone rang, and she answered it. She got up at 3 a.m. and started praying for me, and I went to sleep.

She had to go to work at 5 a.m., and others began to pray for me, so Saturday was pretty good. People came over Saturday and I thought, Well, I know He sent me back down here to live. Prayer and intercession sure made the difference.

That night the pain was there until about 3 a.m., and all the other prayers ended except hers. She got up and prayed for me again; she didn't have to work on Sundays. She prayed for me until about 7 a.m. [When she stopped praying], it was the worst time because there was no prayer. People were going to church.

And it was really bad until about 10:05 a.m. At 10, Viola asked me, "How are you doing?" I told her I was worse than I had ever been. I was swelling and couldn't even get out of bed. At 10:05, I became totally normal, totally delivered. I got up and we went to church, and I testified of it.

I found out the value of prayer. And I found out the value of not having an opinion about saints. I found out the value of ministry, that one saint was able to void all of it so I could sleep.

These words were spoken by Bob Jones at a 2006 conference in Albany, Ore. Jones went home to be with the Lord on Feb. 14 after more than four decades of prophetic ministry. To read more of his prophetic words, go to bobjones.org.

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Kent Simpson: There is a Purging Coming: Why You Should Embrace the Roaring Rapids In His River of Love

There is a Purging Coming:

Why You Should Embrace

the Roaring Rapids

In His River of Love

- Kent Simpson

The Elijah List

This Is Your Time of Love

Many of us have become very comfortable soaking in prayer along the river's banks. However, I believe a few can hear in the distance an alarming roar within this spiritual river. Even God's generals who have been wading in the full depth of God's anointed river sense that something is about to change. This celestial current is beginning to pull everyone in; even those who have been standing around its banks waiting for something to happen now feel its enticing force pulling them in.

And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. Revelation 22:1

The comfort zone for all of God's people is rapidly narrowing as every ounce of their love for God is coming under a great test. Many have already been stripped of their nest egg, and their prideful life has been thrashed. These are the very vessels of God who will find themselves in the forefront, for they have already passed a big test. They sold out their souls, giving it all to Christ, and committed to serve Him to their death and beyond.

"When I passed by you again and looked upon you, indeed your time was the time of love; so I spread My wing over you and covered your nakedness. Yes, I swore an oath to you and entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine," says the Lord God. Ezekiel 16:8

His Prophetic Word and Message:

The Great Purge of Love Prepares You For What's Ahead

"There is a purging coming, and if you are standing in the river, be prepared.

For as it comes flowing from Heaven to earth, it will be a torrential raining of the Lord that will turn into a monsoon, bringing forth a mighty rushing river of Jesus' love. This will stir your still brooks and cause your river to turn upside down, sending you through a rage of rapids, bruising and pruning you, preparing you for what is yet ahead.

"Even though you feel you have taken a great fall as you come over the edge, the water shall take you down so that you may see what is below. You will eventually find yourself surfacing to the top again to tell others what you have seen and where you have been.

They will know that you have stood in a difficult place, for the purging of the Holy Spirit will have prepared you as one whom He will use to shake Heaven and earth.

"Everything that is not of God shall surely fall, but for all that is of the Lord shall deservedly stand, for it will be built upon the rocks where the water falls. You will find that our Lord is going to use you mightily, but you must first come through the rapids. They are a place of cleansing, a place with radical and mysterious ways of stripping the flesh, removing every ounce of self far from you. All that will be left is I who dwells within you," saith the Lord.

"When the unbeliever sees you – they will have seen Me; causing their demons to manifest.

Their words of hate will make your skin thick as the hide of a rhinoceros, but your heart shall remain gentle as a dove.

For you will continually love them no matter what they do to you. For even if they were to split your back open with a cat of nine tails, you will continue to sing praises to Me, asking that I forgive them, proclaiming they know not what they do.

"You will soon see things are about to change. You have asked for the gifts and the power, and you shall have them – although, not until first you have gone through the mighty cleansing waters that will take you over the edge, lowering you to the abyss, and bring you back up again.

"From this cup you shall drink, and from this cup you shall receive that which I give unto you. But you must first go through this process before you will ever receive the promise. My promise unto the people is this:

Once you have the power, I will trust you with what you have to do for those who come against you.

Those who have stalked My people and were viciously driven to harm My people will be touched with My love through your hands. There shall be others like you that will call down this consuming fire from Heaven. This fire is not a fire of destruction but rather overwhelming warmth of My love, releasing an incense of hope. You shall take charge and loose its saving grace upon all who are not of Me, sparking a fire that will take over the earth.

"There are many who are false in the lands that come as disbelievers, warriors of satan, fueled with his hate, but they will not touch you.

For you will know that God our Father has given unto you a great and mighty eye to see around the corner of tomorrow, knowing what is being planned.

As they hide in their secret chambers, standing in awe before the prince of darkness, they will make their plans. However, the transcending, ministering Spirit sent from Heaven will take you into their den of deceit to bear witness to all they plan. Then you will know what to tell My people so they can thwart the enemies' plans, so be it. Amen!"

Is This Prophetic Word Biblical?

I am providing you with a thread of verses from the Holy Bible that give balance and consistency for this prophetic word.

"Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this we will do if God permits." Hebrews 6:1-3

"They said to Him, 'We are able.' So Jesus said to them, 'You will indeed drink the cup that I drink, and with the baptism I am baptized with you will be baptized;'" Mark 10:39

"John answered, saying to all, 'I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather the wheat into His barn; but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire.'" Luke 3:16-17

"...who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire and like launderers' soap. He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness..." Malachi 3:2-3

"And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory." Luke 21:25-27

"You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord's table and of the table of demons." 1 Corinthians 10:21

"And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15

Kent Simpson, Prophetic Pastor
Prophetic Ministries Today

Email: PMT@propheticministries.org
Website: propheticministries.org

Kent Simpson is a prophetic pastor and is the founder and senior pastor of Prophetic Ministries Tabernacle – a gathering place for the prophetic people of God to unite for the sole purpose of being used as vessels for the Holy Spirit to speak through. Prophetic Ministries Today is devoted to the truth that Jesus is not dead but alive and He speaks if you have an ear to hear the Spirit.

His website is filled with prophetic teachings which will help you understand the process of "hearing" God for yourself as well as others. The Lord wants you to pray, hear, and obey Him because the Holy Spirit is the only One who can truthfully lead you into the abundant life Jesus promised us.

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February 25, 2014

Kent Simpson:

There is a Purging Coming: Why You Should Embrace the Roaring Rapids In His River of Love

From the desk of Steve Shultz:

In this short introduction, let me mainly include a personal note Kent Simpson sent to me along with his submitting of this word...

Steve,
This word came to me so fast I had to pull out my iPhone and record it before I could take another step. This is something we have already been seeing but the increase of this purging is a much stronger wave of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.

Greater than it was during the days of Demos Shakarian—visionary of Full Gospel Business Men Meetings and Women's Aglow. -Kent Simpson

This is a strong but very encouraging word through my friend, Kent Simpson. Be blessed as you read it.

Steve Shultz

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7 Things You Didn't Know About the Western Wall (The Kotel)

Seven Things You Didn't Know

About the Western Wall (The Kotel)

1. THE LARGEST STONE IN THE KOTEL IS 44 FEET LONG AND WEIGHS 570 TONS. IN COMPARISON, THE LARGEST STONE IN THE GREAT PYRAMID WEIGHS 11 TONS.

(The Western Wall tunnels)

2. THE WESTERN WALL IS NOT THE HOLIEST PLACE IN THE WORLD FOR THE JEWISH NATION. THE FOUNDATION STONE, WHICH IS BENEATH THE DOME OF THE ROCK AND WHERE THE HOLIEST PART OF THE TEMPLE WAS, IS STILL THE HOLIEST PLACE IN THE WORLD FOR THE JEWISH NATION.

3. THE ORIGINAL HEIGHT OF THE WESTERN WALL WAS ABOUT 60 METERS OR 200 FEET. TODAY WE SEE IN THE PLAZA ONLY 19 METERS OR ABOUT 60 FEET WHICH IS ONLY A THIRD OF IT'S ORIGINAL HEIGHT!

4. IF YOU DECIDE TO WALK INTO THE KOTEL, STRIP NAKED, AND LAY DOWN IN THE MEN'S SECTION MUTTERING TO YOURSELF, YOU WILL IMMEDIATELY BE SENT TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL (YES. THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN 2007.)

5. FROM THE MID-19TH CENTURY ONWARDS, ATTEMPTS TO PURCHASE RIGHTS TO THE WALL AND ITS IMMEDIATE AREA WERE MADE BY VARIOUS JEWS, BUT NONE WERE SUCCESSFUL.

(Taken in 1891, from the book "A Month in Palestine and Syria." )

6. AFTER THE 1948 WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, THE WALL CAME UNDER JORDANIAN CONTROL AND JEWS WERE BARRED FROM THE SITE FOR 19 YEARS UNTIL ISRAEL "CAPTURED" THE OLD CITY IN 1967.

(This famous photo from June 1967, capturing the IDF soldiers first look at the Wall was taken by David Rubinger. Read the incredible story behind this photo here.)
7. ALTHOUGH JEWS GOVERN JERUSALEM ITSELF, MUSLIMS CONTROL THE TEMPLE MOUNT AND THE STATE OF ISRAEL HAS NO AUTHORITY OVER IT, EITHER SECULAR OR SACRED.

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Israeli Jets Attack in Lebanon

Report: Israeli Jets Attack in Lebanon

Tuesday, February 25, 2014 | Israel Today Staff

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Israeli warplanes twice bombed a Hezbollah base along the Lebanon-Syria border late Monday night, according to Arab media.

The target of the strikes was believed to be a fresh shipment of ballistic missiles from Syria to its Hezbollah allies. Israel has attacked weapons convoys en route to Hezbollah several times in recent years.

Lebanese and other Arab media reported that a number of Hezbollah operatives were killed in the strikes.

The Israeli army declined to either confirm or deny the Jewish state’s involvement in the attack, but one officer told Reuters that “we have known for some time that there are efforts to move serious weaponry from Syria to Lebanon.”

Israel has carefully avoided being drawn into the ongoing Syrian civil war, in which Hezbollah is playing a very active role. But Jerusalem has repeatedly warned that it will not allow the conflict to be used as cover to provide Hezbollah with even more advanced and deadly weapons with which to threaten the Jewish state.

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