As the New Year approaches, I have felt a deep stirring in my spirit from
the Holy Spirit, to present to the Church of God some direction concerning the
year that lies ahead. I have meditated on this and the Lord has given me some
pictures of what is to come. Then as I awoke early this morning to wait on
Him, He gave me a word to send out to the Body Universal.
I submit this humbly for the consideration of the people of God, claiming
no special favor or capability, but honoring only His will in my life, and
speaking forth in obedience what He has given me to speak.
I pray that the words will go forth into the earth in power, and I send
them forth, not simply as a prediction, but as a decree into the earth. And as
they go forth thus, they go forth not as the words of man, but as the very
words of Almighty God. Therefore they shall not return void, but they shall
accomplish that which they were sent for.
Keywords For This Year
As I waited on the Lord he gave me several keywords that will characterize
the year that lies ahead and the future from this time forward. I will share
what He showed me concerning these before I share the prophetic word that came
forth as I wrote them down.
Change
This year will be a time of change in the Church Universal. The Lord
reminded me of a prophetic word that I received a while back, which was
published under the title, "The
Coming Storm."
I have not yet really seen a great manifestation of this word in the earth.
But there will come a shaking of the church universal in the days the lie
ahead. We will see many large ministries beginning to flounder and fail. Many
will fall and many will be deserted by those who have supported them in the
past, for they have become too strong in themselves and too self-reliant.
In some cases these ministries have simply become targets for the enemy
because they are so visible and huge, and because they do not have the
protection of the watchmen of God, whom they have failed to recognize and have
even ostracized. They will therefore find themselves without protection from
the onslaught of the enemy. They will fall, and great will be their
destruction. For the enemy will attack them just as Herod tried to kill the
Christ child by attacking that which he could see, and just as the early
church were martyred by the enemy.
In their place the Lord is going to raise up thousands of small churches
and organizations, which alone will not seem to pose much of a threat to the
enemy, because they are small. But because they are small and will need each
other, they will join together under the direction of those leaders whom the
Lord will raise up to give them direction. They will not rise up as
denominations or single organizations, but they will rise up retaining their
own individuality. They will be led by those whom the Lord will raise up, not
as dictators, but as spiritual fathers and mothers who will send them forth
into the earth.
Travel and Migration
There will arise a new breed of Joshua Apostles who will take the land and
drive out the influences that have prevented the Church from influencing the
world. The Joshua's will go forth proclaiming the Word in great power and
authority and will cause a displacement of worldly thinking from the hearts of
God's people. There will come a new awareness of the presence of God in the
church, and a greater dimension of the anointing of the Holy Spirit, so that
revival will no longer be an isolated experience, but the common and normal
experience of most churches.
The enemy has succeeded in blinding the hearts of those leaders who desire
to lead the Church of God by programming them with the archetypes of their
nations and cultures. Therefore the Lord is going to cause many to leave the
country and nation of their birth to migrate to other lands that they are not
familiar with, in order to carry out the call of God.
In the past this has been relegated to mission societies, whose only aim
was to convert the heathen. But God is sending now his leaders to the larger
established nations who already know the gospel. Even the United States of
America which has always been the hub of what God has done in the earth, will
find itself inundated with many from other lands who will come to set up their
ministries in the country. For each nation has become blinded by the
programming and archetypes of the world, and even those who are truly
committed to the Kingdom of God do not easily break free of this programming.
Therefore God is sending to each nation, those from other nations who will
initiate and bring about the changes that are necessary. And then as each
leader is brought to a place where they can be most effective for the Lord,
they will begin to bring change to the lives of those who live in those
nations, and the Lord will begin to release those who have been waiting to
arise from obscurity.
Do not be surprised when you see God move his leaders unexpectedly. Do not
be surprised if the Lord suddenly plucks you up from where you thought you
would minister and transplants you to another place. But know that you have
been specially selected by God to accomplish great things in the earth.
Growth
There will be unprecedented growth in the Kingdom of God, and this will
begin initially by the return of those who have fallen away having previously
been part of the Church. They will arise in great numbers as though from the
very sands of the earth and suddenly churches will spring up overnight that
did not exist before. Many of these will already have the knowledge and even
previous ministry experience to begin immediately to do the work of the
ministry.
There will arise a new breed of Solomon Apostles who will create a new
structure for the Church and bring together both the old and the new. Those
who have left the system will be brought back into a new system. And those who
have remained in the system will be brought out of it, as God begins to
destroy and demolish the old system.
The time of the mega church under one leader is coming to an end. Instead
the emphasis will be on the building up of the Mighty Warrior. This will be
accomplished by an increased unity amongst believers, not based on
denominational or doctrinal preferences, but on unity of spirit and purpose.
Many shepherds will arise who truly care for the flock, and they will lead
their flocks to where they can be fed, instead of keeping their flocks to
themselves for fear that they will leave them and go to another shepherd.
The shepherds of the future will have no fear of bringing all of their
flocks together for they will be true shepherds who will care for the flock
and all shepherds will share the same purpose. They will still retain their
leadership but will not need to hold on to it, because each will lead by the
power of the Spirit and not by the power of their flesh.
Creativity and Business
There will come a shift in the business world, with ministries taking a
more active part in business, and accumulating the wealth of the wicked to
build God's kingdom in the earth. Believers will begin to control many of the
enterprises that the world uses to program the minds of people, and will begin
to promote the Kingdom of God instead of the kingdom of darkness.
A new breed of believers will arise with the power of creativity that comes
from the Spirit of God, to displace the creators of this world and to produce
inventions, writings and publications, and forms of entertainment that will
promote the kingdom of God. With the increase of financial flow into the
kingdom of God that will come about those in the Body of Christ who have a God
given talent but have never had the resources to use it will be at last given
an opportunity to use their talents for the Lord.
The Word of the Lord to the Church Universal
Behold I have set a demarcation says the Lord, and I have set the
parameters that my church will move in for the days the lie ahead. And indeed
the time has come and is even at the doorstep, when I will begin to unfold my
plan for the times in which you live. For the plan has been in preparation for
many years, and from the beginning of time I have set my will and purpose
concerning what I will accomplish in the earth in these last days.
Therefore rejoice says the Lord, for upon you has fallen the ends of the
earth, and the times of the end that will swiftly be accomplished in the earth
and in the hearts of my people. For I have raised up and prepared in secret
many of my servants, who wait for their release to go forth in my Name and to
do the work that I have called them to. But there is need for a release to
take place, and I am raising up those who will go forth in my Name to bring
about this release says the Lord. I am raising up those who would dare to step
out and bring change in the earth. I am looking for those who are not afraid
to stand against the majority, who are not afraid to speak my Word when there
is opposition.
For there are many resources that I have accumulated for my Church that
will be used for the extension of my kingdom. And there are many souls that I
have reserved unto myself for such a time as this. But they are lying dormant,
awaiting a word of release and the opening of the doors that will enable them
to come out and move into the places that I have destined for them.
Therefore I am granting unto my select apostles the keys of the kingdom,
even as I gave them to my beloved Peter many years ago. They will go forth in
my name and open new doors of opportunity and new avenues of ministry that
have not existed up until now. For my Body has been limited by using only the
resources that they have known and they have been blind to what I have put
before them. It is time that they are led into the way that I have for them,
and this they shall do only when I have set in place the leaders that I have
set apart for this purpose says the Lord.
For I have raised up my leaders throughout the world, and I have trained
them in secret. Many of them do not even realize what a great task they have
been called to, but their hearts burn for change and they yearn to see me move
again upon the earth. And behold there are many upon the earth says the Lord,
and they come from all walks of life, from all peoples tribes and tongues. Yes
even amongst the nations where none would have imagined they would be. Even in
the countries where it would seem impossible for me to work, I have raised up
my leaders for these end times, and prepared them in secret says the Lord.
I have hidden them away, that none may recognize them, and the enemy has
tried again and again to find them, but he has not succeeded, for they are not
amongst those whom the world would expect to find them. They are not to be
found in the places that the world would expect them to be. And like the wise
men of old sought the king of kings in the palace of Herod, not expecting him
to be in a lowly and insignificant place, so my choice leaders are not to be
found in the palaces of this world. They are not to be found in the high
places, and the organizations of renown, but they are to be found hidden away
in the most unlikely of places.
And just as Herod sought to destroy all the children in order to reach the
Christ child, but still did not succeed in finding him, so too the prince of
darkness has struck out in many places where he expected to find my servants,
hoping to destroy them amongst the crowd. But he has not succeeded, for I have
hidden them away says the Lord, and I have concealed them in ways that are
beyond finding out. For just as the enemy has used guile to infiltrate my
Church, so too have I raised up those who will infiltrate his camp and destroy
his works.
Therefore do not look for my servants in the usual places says the Lord,
for you will not find them there. But when the time comes for their
manifestation they will become visibly obvious, and you will know by
revelation and by my anointing upon them that they are those whom I have
chosen to lead my people out of bondage and into victory and abundance. And
when they shall arise, they shall arise everywhere at the same time, so that
the enemy will be caught napping, and will not have the resources to stop
them. For there will be too many fires to put out at the same time, and the
fire will spread quickly, causing devastation to the Kingdom of Darkness.
And as each of my chosen leaders shall arise says the Lord, they will take
the keys that I have placed in their hands, and they will immediately release
many warriors who will rise up as it were out of the sands of the earth for
they shall come forth as the magnitude of the sands. The enemy has not yet
fully comprehended the magnitude of my armies and of my kingdom. He has
thought that he has stilled the life of my church. But a large portion of my
church has remained buried awaiting resurrection. And what is seen of my
church in the visible world is but a small portion of those whom I have set
aside for my work says the Lord. Yes, even as the tip of the iceberg, so is
that which is currently visible, but that which lays below the surface is of
far greater magnitude than what the eye can see.
When my mighty warrior arises, my Bride and Body, then the whole world will
tremble with amazement, and the emissaries of darkness will quake in fear,
when they realize that they are up against a foe that is far greater than
them. For from the midst of my church shall come the fire of my power and my
glory, and it shall spread throughout the earth says the Lord. My body shall
no longer be disjointed and divided, but it shall become truly one in my love
and in my power, and as a mighty warrior it shall arise to overcome the
kingdoms of this world, and to make them mine.
And the enemy, who has prepared for the battle based on what is seen, will
suddenly find himself overwhelmed by far greater odds than he has ever
imagined. And the powers of the world which are under the control of the enemy
will suddenly be dwarfed by the magnitude of the power of my mighty warrior.
And many will fall at his feet in fear and trembling and come with gifts to
appease him. For my church will rise up in power and will no more grovel to
the powers of this world and beg for help from the world. My people shall rise
up as mighty leaders and warriors in the earth, and the powers of this world
will stand in awe of them, and reverence them and bow before them.
This is the heritage of my people says the Lord. And I will expose and
remove those who have used my kingdom for their own profit and exaltation. Yes
indeed I will remove their power and humble them in the sight of those who
have stood firm on my Word and walked in humility before me says the Lord. For
the last shall be first, and the first last, as I vindicate my servants who
have stood in the background and watched as others who lacked their commitment
were recognized and revered by man. The time of their vindication will come
says the Lord. And they will be lifted up to the place that I have reserved
for them, but which they themselves have not aspired to attain.
And then shall come a move of my Spirit such as this world has never seen.
For all manifestations of my power, from the early days of the prophets of the
Old Testament until the revelation of my power in my early apostles, combined
together will not compare with the power that shall be revealed says the Lord.
Yes, all the manifestation of my glory since Pentecost, and during the past
centuries shall not compare with what I am about to do in the earth. For my
glory shall be everywhere, as the waters cover the sea, and I shall come as a
flood upon my people, and upon the earth, and I shall set the enemy to flight
when my people that are called by my Name shall arise in that Name and claim
their inheritance in me.
For since the beginning this has been hidden from the world and also even
from my people says the Lord. Just as the coming of the righteous one and the
manifestation of my mystery in the church was hidden until the time of
manifestation of the church, so also has this mighty move of my power in the
end times been veiled to the world, and also to the church. But just as the
Son of Man came in the fullness of time, so also shall my new church arise in
the fullness of time. And the princes of this world will stand in awe and
wonder, and they shall tremble at the sight, for it shall be awesome and
glorious.
Stand ready therefore my children, for you are to be part of the greatest
event in the history of this world. You are destined to take your place in
history as players in this great move. It is time to take stock, and to make
yourselves ready for battle. It is time to separate yourself from the
influences of this world, and make yourself ready for the unveiling of my End
Times leaders, and the release of my Mighty Warrior, which will be made up of
many such as you. For though each will take a different place in the body,
each will fulfill a vital part, and together you will become a power to be
reckoned with.
As you shall look upon the time that lies ahead, look no more with eyes
that are colored by this world. Seek not worldly ambition and that which only
satisfies the flesh, but seek that which promotes my kingdom. And I will
indeed grant unto you every good thing says the Lord. For I created this earth
and its treasures for you and not for those who are with the enemy. I have
made all things for your pleasure and not for those who control the world. And
I shall cause a transfer to take place as I have promised, so that the wealth
of the wicked shall become the wealth of my people. And so shall my kingdom be
established in the earth, and my people shall take the land for me and enter
into their full inheritance says the Lord.
This word is presented by Les D. Crause, Apostle and Founder of Global
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