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The Prophet-Seer Collection –the
Chronicle
I am not here to set forth a
prolonged teaching about Prophets and Seers. There seems to be a lot of
confusion about the word “Prophetic”. For simplification, prophetic is
an adjective and prophet is a noun. One can receive prophetic insights
and be inclined to hear or see the heart of God without standing in the
office of prophet.
All the pieces are inspired through a Prophetic-Seer gift. Most of my
writing is from my personal experiences and the way they work in my own
life. I must say that all of the pieces came from time in The Secret
Place. Obviously, the Collection by the same name is my life story on
canvas. In 1997, I had a dream in which I was outside the realm of time
talking to the Father about what I saw in His heart and what I was
seeing in various people on earth. It is a perfect example of a
prophetic seer –one who sees into the heart of God and is able to
articulate it and bring clarity to others. For sake of time, I will only
share the part that was preparing me to create the art that is seen in
this collection.
Excerpt of revelation from the dream (the entire dream is on the website
–it is called Rewriting the Book)
The Holy
Spirit revealed that the Lord and I were seeing the people as they were
walking out their destiny IN the realm of TIME. The other story I saw
was in the spiritual realm OUTSIDE of TIME –He had allowed me to see the
story as it was in His heart from before the foundation of the world.
The things
I saw in His heart were
not on paper, but like a video playing a
movie with lots of different story lines, plots, and characters. I was
becoming frustrated with the process of ‘them walking their part of the
story out’. Being a writer, knowing how the story was going to end, and
“waiting, waiting, waiting “to see the final draft was really getting to
me.
The Seer
In this piece the
surroundings are hazy as is our life many times. When we are alone in a
place, where we cannot see clearly, because so much is going on –we must
focus on the word. This reminds me of when I heard Kim Clement say that
at times he cannot see his own stuff as clearly as that of others. When
two prophets meet, you may find them saying, “you are OK, how am I?
Not only do Seers soar, many times, they must come down into places that
are unclear to get a closer look. Without knowing His word intimately
and having spent time in the secret place, we cannot bring clarity to
situations. You can never speak for Lord unless you have been intimate
with and love His word. In Psalms He says that He has magnified His word
above His name.
…For
Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word
above all Your name. In the day when I cried out, You answered me, And
made me bold with strength in my soul. Ps 138:2-3 NKJV
The Intercessor
And I
sought a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the
gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found
none. Ezek 22:30 AMP
You cannot really be a Prophetic Seer
without being an Intercessor. An intercessor stands in the gap for
others. Poised selflessly, the intercessor is focused on what is in the
heart of God. With eyes off “self” and their problems, they literally
lay down their lives for others. This is not an easy task and requires
ultimate trust in God.
Isa
59:16 AMP And He saw that there was no man and wondered that there was
no intercessor [no one to intervene on behalf of truth and right];
therefore His own arm brought Him victory, and His own righteousness
[having the Spirit without measure] sustained Him. [Isa 53:11; Col 2:9;
1 John 2:1, 2.]
1
John 2:1 AMP MY LITTLE children, I write you these things so that you
may not violate God's law and sin.
But if anyone should sin, we have an Advocate (one Who will intercede
for us) with the Father--[it is] Jesus
Christ [the all] righteous [upright, just, Who conforms to the Father's
will in every purpose, thought, and action].
This piece depicts the ultimate Intercessor
the man Jesus as He prayed to the Father in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Jesus was the most selfless man that ever lived –the one who literally
laid His life down for us and ever lives to make intercession for us.
Now that He is no longer here, He has passed the torch to us –may we be
faithful to stand in the gap –that He may not wee and wonder that there
was no intercessor.
The Watchmen
(Hab
2:1-3 KJV) I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and
will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when
I am reproved. And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and
make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the
vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and
not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it
will not tarry..
Of the many watchmen scriptures from which
I could have chosen, Habakkuk seemed the fit. I stand my watch to SEE
what He will say. Many times, I see things from afar …long before I
hear. As the time and distance begin to collapse, I begin to hear the
voice of God speaking through the thing I see. Write the vision, make it
plain, and wait for the appointed time.
At times, we can neither see nor hear clearly, because we need to
hearken to the written word that says, come up here (Rev 4:1) or draw
nigh unto God and He will draw nigh (James 4:8) unto you. At other
times, the gap exists in the sovereignty of God …awaiting the clarity
and timing that He has ordained.
Habakkuk had a burden that was
overwhelming. He was weary of seeing the will of God seemingly postponed
…weary of seeing sin and iniquity abound. It is as though he is saying
why do You let me see all this “stuff”, if You are not going to hasten
your word to perform it? I cry out, and You do nothing about it. This is
a natural example of the prophetic insight in the spiritual realm.
Seeing things contrary to the will and purposes of God should provoke us
to cry out for change continuously, until it manifest in the natural
Whether in the natural or spiritual it is our responsibility to stand
our watch and cry out until righteousness rains down from above.
The lone eagle depicted here is symbolic of
the limited perspective of a single watchman. See the prophet Habakkuk
is “expecting …even open to reproof or correction”. Sometimes prophets
judge what they see and God must bring clarity to their spirit …a course
adjustment or correction.
He must fly higher and closer until He can
see Eye to Eye with the Son, who is omniscient, and omnipresent. God is
not blind to the activities in the natural realm, neither is He moved by
them. He has seen the end from the beginning. He is not constrained by
time pressures or single-perspective views, as are we. He is “all in
all” and sees “all in all”.
Hab 2; 2 Write the vision and make it
plain, that he may run that that reads it. While God gives us
visions/dreams that relate personally, His plan/vision has a broader
scope …one that affects the entire earth.
Gathering Of the
Generals
"You
have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles'
wings and brought you to myself." Ex 19:4
I sense that the eagles are once again
stirring their nests. They have remained aloof… separated unto God,
dwelling upon the Rock and soaring in the High Places. From the high
places they have seen from God’s perspective …from these heights, they
could see the enemy well in advance. They have plunged so close to the
camp they could hear their enemies whispering …they have overheard both
the strategies and weaknesses of those who oppose the Kingdom. During
the journey, the Generals pressed in close to God’s heart to hear His
battle plans.
The prophetic watchman soars to greater
heights; seeing from a different perspective as “seated with Christ in
Heavenly places”. Yet, they see in part and prophesy in part. At this
junction in time, God wants to gather these Generals as a
functioning-focused end time victorious army.
Jointly and severally, generals around the
world have been given end-time strategies. At the appointed time, they
shall mount upon His command. As in the natural, during war or threats
to peace and safety, the generals are summoned. They gather to compare
notes …to bring fresh-different perspectives to “the strategy table. We
find two kinds of generals in God’s military, those who see the plan,
and those who implement it.
In times of war, the generals in the
various branches of the Armed Forces come together to consider data
gathered internationally. They consider “how” the plan, the timing …even
the most insignificant actions will affect the picture globally. How
much more should we employ strategy, and understanding in governing in
the spirit realm?
Timing is the most important element in
times of war. The time/seasons, the weapons, the provision, and the
troops …all the components and essentials must be in place before the
strategy can work. The word says. “The Lord goes before you; He shall
fight for you”. (Duet 1:30) A fire goes before Him, and burns up his
enemies round about. (Psa 97:3) If we wait upon Him the path –the
conditions will be favorable for victory. The troops will never suffer
battle fatigue if all is prepared beforehand. The word also says that
the battle belongs to the Lord. Throughout the word, the Lord chose the
battle. The word also says that the battle is the Lord’s; He is called
the Lord of Hosts and a man of war. (Exo 15:3) He is also known as the
God of Peace. In 1 Chron 12:22, David gathered the Generals –the chiefs
–the sons of Issachar who understood the times. A key point in the next
passage is that they came together in unity and undivided loyalty to the
cause –not of double heart or purpose, but stable and trustworthy.
Isa 54:16- Behold, I have created the smith
that blows the coals in the fire, and that bring forth an instrument for
his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. I have always found
this to be a curious scripture. Matthew Henry’s comments bring
clarification He says, “Military men value themselves on their splendid
titles, but God calls them, “Wasters made to destroy”, for they make
wasting and destruction their business. He created them, therefore he
will serve his own designs by them” To his own He says in verse 17, no
weapon formed against you shall prosper. This holds true if we go
into the battle at His bidding and timing.
In December 1999, a great man said God
revealed to him that the two wings on an eagle represented the
foundational ministries of the 'Apostles and Prophets …providing the two
basic principles of flight, namely Lift, and Thrust. The Prophet
provides the ability to Lift the Church (into Spiritual, or Heavenly
things), and the Apostle (the 'Sent' One) provides the Thrust (or the
Ability to quickly advance the Church forward into the things of God.
For years, great leaders have longed for
the gathering of the generals. Ruth Ward Heflin along with many others
waited in great expectation for a time when they would gather. However,
this generation will see that which the patriarchs were only able to
dream about
Their gathering will be a remarkable sight!
They have learned discipline, the discipline of silence - solitude - and
the seemingly endless waiting, waiting, waiting. The Generals have
endured and observed the massive onslaughts of the enemy …but they have
been restrained until such a time as this. See them gathering for
“summit talks” in a position of humility …at the watering hole of God’s
spirit. In that place the end-time battle plan will be set in motion and
consummated. There will be unity …their hearts will beat as one, their
vision is the freedom, victory, and advancement of the Kingdom |
