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Date:
Thu, 31 Dec 1998 05:26:26 -0800
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Mark Wattenford
Happy Birthday from a PlanetAll friend
Vision of Revival
In the vision I dreamt I was fishing, then God said, "bait not the hook,
but throw it into the water". I did, and I caught what was the largest
fish I could have imagined. It was a silver fish, very beautiful and
very large. The vision was very intense and not at all a dream... I
have waited, and waited... and it was the day before yesterday I was
thinking of this vision again and I was asking, when Lord, when will
this "big fish" be. And with that vision I was standing by the banks of
a river seemingly in waters others did not want to be in, others meaning
people in the church. They were making comments about the waters being
polluted and they would not go into it. But I merely reached into the
first foot or two by the bank and was feeling around under the soil
beneath the waters and I felt what seemed to be stones... as I raised
them from the waters and found I had retrieved a very precious jewel,
then
another, then another... every time I dipped into the waters another
jewel I would bring up and every one I brought up the Lord said "these
are counted unto you". I told the Lord, these cannot be mine. And
again the Lord said, "these are counted unto you". Then I heard a voice
from The Lord from across the river and He called to me and said, these
are the waters I send my Josephs to, in these waters are placed the
jewels of Heaven. The Pharisees and the Sadducees would not touch these
waters because they would not reach into these waters to gather what was
precious within them. Then I looked up and saw that those, even some I
knew became jealous that I had taken out treasure from these waters, but
instead of joining me they murmured and complained and some spoke of
killing me. And I looked and I now saw many taking these jewels from
the waters, even children, small children... were reaching into these
waters and were bringing up these most precious of jewels... it seemed
there was no limit to the treasure that was in the waters... it was not
a hard chore, it was not digging, and scooping... it was simply reaching
into the waters just off the shore beneath just a little soil near the
surface and everyone was finding jewels and gems and were filling up
their arms,... men, women, boys and girls... and the church would not
touch these waters... but the children of God continued to gather as
religious leaders continued to grow more hardened and it was as if they
were blind to the treasure that was being taken from the waters and were
insistent that no one should be reaching into the waters at all because
they said it was polluted. They wanted to make laws to keep any from
gathering any more gems. They stood before God accusing all who were
doing this, and they thought they had God's ear in this matter, but I
looked and God stood as though He did not hear
any words they spoke... God looked as though He were totally deaf as
these spoke to them.
I had not intended to be so detailed about this former vision but as I
wrote it I was again impressed to explain it more. This is again, as
you must know by now... a vision of the harvest. We shall gather gems
from the waters the church has said... is too polluted to even reach
into. And again the Great Fish that was caught was the biggest Fish (
biggest revival ) and was caught without baiting the hook,... this is
for God to say... "No man cometh unto me, but first the Father draw
them" and it is to say, that without the bait then no man will boast of
the catch saying, "this is the way I have caught a catch for the Lord,
this way is a way I have done and God has blessed - "My Way"... no... it
shall be the catch of the Lord and it shall be by the drawing of His
spirit and none of us shall boast... we will not be able to look to our
own actions and declare that it was anything we did to bring this catch
in. We shall say, we were just feeling around in waters we were told
were too polluted to go near when we shall "feel something in the
waters" and when we shall bring out of those waters what we have felt in
them we shall find the most precious of gems.
My soul waits and is impatient... yet for such a prize I should be
willing to wait as long as it takes. And the voice of the Lord came
again and said, "I have said I have prepared many that hear my voice,
many I have raised up and have taught myself, many that have not been
taught by men, the doctrines of men, but many I have taught the words of
my lips and the will of my heart. These I have brought up from the womb
of their mothers... and there are many. These are the ones I am calling
out of obscurity into the light and it is these that the Pharisees will
again be Jealous of. I will turn none away that shall seek my face in
this time. I have risen up and I walk the earth gathering these that I
have appointed for this time. I am opening their eyes to know this time
and to understand what I have called them to. They are my chosen
vessels and they did not know it... and those arrogant that have called
themselves chosen I will cast aside, these have offended me and I shall
not use them, unless they repent. They are liars that say my hand shall
not be restored. My hand shall be restored and the power and the
strength of my arm shall go throughout the earth. I am closing the time
of the Gentiles with a gathering and with a gathering am I opening again
the door to Jerusalem. Blessed are these that I have raised and were not
taught of men. These shall bring forth the jewels of the Kingdom of
Heaven... these shall be rich... everyone who reaches into these waters
no matter their age. Despise not these waters as the Pharisees for in
them lie the jewels of the Kingdom. I say of them as I said of those
who prayed in public and made a show of their righteousness... truly
they already have their reward for they have surrounded themselves with
riches and have taken to themselves the praises of men... this is their
reward, that they have lived in the love of the world and surrounded
themselves with riches and have made themselves fat from the table of
those who give them praise... all the while my children stood outside
begging and they heard not the cry and gave them not a crumb to eat...
hear me, I have heard the cry of them that have hungered and I shall
answer their cry and I shall feed them with a feast and the shepherds
that have grown fat on the praises of men, shall the fat within them
turn to a hunger.
And as I saw these things again I fall before the Lord now and cry out,
"When oh Lord, When will these things be?" And the Lord said again,
"Gather yourselves unto me in prayer and seek my face, my people must
come unto me and be one in spirit and in love" "Eyes have not seen and
ears have not heard the glories I will do on the earth in this hour".
"In this hour shall I finish the time of the Gentiles and again turn my
eyes to Jerusalem"... "It is not by power nor by strength of any man,
but it is by my spirit, lest any man should boast".
Vision of the Betrothed
I saw what were two women standing before the Lord. These were both
"betrothed" to the Lord. One had been betrothed to Him for many years.
The other seemingly not even yet. As I watched I saw the Lord speaking
to the one He had known for many years and was begging, pleading with
her to come to Him and receive of Him. I saw she was well cared for,
had a house and land and many things... but I saw as she said she has so
much to do and was at times angry with the Lord for not seeming to do
more for her... yet... at the same time... would not allow Him to do
anything for her as when He would try... she would get upset and more
angry with Him because she did not like His actions. The Lord kept
begging. This one He had known... became as I saw... not very
attractive, but the Lord still had the same love. But she kept getting
worse and worse and kept treating the Lord with more disdain and
mistrust all the while "running everything" and not allowing Jesus to
put his hand on anything to help. I cannot convey the amount of patience
and pleading I saw Him give... but the more He would the more she
resisted and became worse... I could see He used to kiss her... now when
He tried... she either saw it coming and would hurry to involve herself
in a "project" to dodge the kiss or if He was able to kiss her... she
did not return it... just cold limped lips. Just let Him kiss what were
like dead lips and when He backed off, she went on about the usual...
seemingly even hating him for each attempt to kiss her. Then I saw the
Lord lean back as if sad. The second one had nothing, no home, no land
and to me was very beautiful... though seemingly all smudged and
dirty... but extremely beautiful. She just stood there as if she was
uncomfortable standing before the King of Kings looking as she did...
Then I saw Him offer this Same Love to the second... the second
struggled saying I am not worthy of this, I am all dirty, but what I saw
was a heart of the second that wanted that Love so bad she would do
anything to get it. The Lord responded and said... I need one to receive
my love... I am not talking about your "smudges"... there are enough
servants and cleansing waters and perfumes in my house to make you clean
and beautiful... what I am asking is will you take my Love"... the
second... young and beautiful, but smudged said, "Dear sweet Lord, of
anything I would, I would receive your precious Love"... through some
coxing The Lord finally got her to see that He needed to give her His
Love. And really, she needed it more than anything ever. Then she
finally opened and began to receive it. Then I saw what I have no words
to describe... the glory of the Lord came forth upon her with love that
caused me to fall to my knees. And the second received His Love and the
first did not even see it happening. I saw what I have no words to
explain... the intensity and the glory and the care and the power. The
Lord said to the second... "Unto thee then shall I pour out my Love
because you will receive it, unto thee will I poor out all of my
blessing because you receive me, unto thee will I abide because when I
kissed thee ye have kissed me in return,... unto thee will I come and
provide, not in a little... for I am a rich man and I come and shall
provide for thee with riches and honor and my name" I shall give unto
thee the riches of my house and the full love that is in my heart". I
heard the Lord speaking Love phrases you would find in the Song of
Songs... they were all the words He had in His heart for a Bride... and
the words He would have covered the first with, but they were all given
to the second... because the first did not want them and had become sour
in her heart and thought that she did not have one who cared; that in
fact she was the one who cared and not Him at all, but she did not care
as she thought. Her care was in fact done out of anger toward the Lord,
as if to say... "See I do things that show that I care... you do
nothing... you have been nothing for me, but only a little". I was so
shocked at what I was seeing and hearing on both sides. Then I saw the
Lord's heart almost as He seemed to be poured out before the Father as
with tears for the first pleading before the Father ( remember He stands
ever interceding for us ) but was doing this on behalf of the first...
then it was as though I heard the Father say... "Only shall you provide
her with her basic needs, you shall do this... she has refused your love
and has enmity even in her heart towards you... therefore you shall
provide her only with which to survive, because she is still your
betrothed she will not be left without to die, but she shall not receive
from your hand the riches". "The light of your Glory shall not rest upon
her nor shall she receive the knowledge of your love. Let her be. The
Lord did not have a choice... he just let her be and was given, or had
made arrangements so that her basic needs were met... but all the time I
saw her struggle and struggle always insisting and grumbling she had to
do everything for herself and take care of herself. Then the Lord
turned to the second and an order was given and it was as if all heaven
heard the voice from the Lord. He proclaimed His love and His joy toward
the second and commanded that nothing be withheld from her... that she
was to be taken in and her "smudges cleaned" and then I saw riches
beyond belief as the Lord then said... "You shall not toil at all, you
shall not put your hand to work as the former... you shall take in my
Love and my Life and I shall bestow upon you my Light and my Glory and
you shall know the riches I have for thee... but know this... you shall
never toil again... you shall not work... you shall but be with me, by
my side... as I shall perform it all. It is in my hand to do and to
perform and it is my joy to take care of my betrothed and you need not
care, for I shall care... and I saw riches beyond belief given her, but
more than anything I saw the Love of God upon her which was all her
care. Her care was not for the riches but she was purely raptured up in
the Love of Christ upon her and stayed in that content... as He rose up
and ordered all the work to be done for He was a rich man and had a
multitude of servants to take care of everything... she had no need of
anything to do but to receive His love and all He wanted was to receive
it back. Then I heard a small voice say to me... "What is this to you
that you see". And I said... "The former is the church... those that
have said they know the Lord, yet will not receive in this time the Love
that He is trying to give her." And the voice said... "And what of the
second?" and I said "This is also one who has known the Lord but has
become smudged by the world, without house and land and truly is of a
broken heart from hurt and from feeling "smudged" before the Lord. She
is hurt and without and only cries out for Love... this is also of ones
not yet betrothed but who shall hear the offer of this Love in this time
and shall receive it and the glory upon her and the riches of the
house". And the voice said, "Thou hast seen truly and right". As I
said, I could only see the Love from Christ that was opening up and the
glory that would rest upon the second and no words can I find to
describe it or even the magnitude of what I saw the Lord stand up and
purpose in His heart to do for the second, all the things the first had
refused because of her blindness and her anger toward the Lord... He had
not been what she had wanted Him to be..., but she would not take the
time to find out what He really was. To the second will be given all
that the Lord pleaded to give to the first... and the first shall be
looked after, but only in a sense of minimal care as she resisted
anything really beyond that... and even thought that the care she did
receive was because of the work of her own hands and not that it was
from him at all... so she stayed bitter but "maintained". The second
received the fullness of the Lord and the Glory of Him rested upon her
and she was not made to toil at all. This is a picture, a scene of what
is happening this very moment. The Lord is pleading with the former...
she is resisting in bitterness and the Lord is turning His eyes to the
one who receives His love and is returning His kisses to Him when He
kisses her. I can only plead and feel the same pleading in my own heart
for the church to get hold of this and stop and look, because this is a
very, very serious thing to miss what is being held out to us by the
Lord. He will not go any longer without one to receive His love... He
will not go any longer to be without one who will Love Him in return.
Eventually the former will see this Love being given to another and will
react in all kinds of ways... from repentance to change as into one like
the second to one of a murderous spirit. I ask any and all to take this
to heart; what has been written here and I would wish to hear responses
to this message from as many as I can. I want to know how this has hit
you. How this is effecting you and if you are praying with me for both
of these.
Mark Wattenford
ilbcnu@writeme.com
ilbcnu@hotmail.com
My home page http://www.jps.net/ilbcnu/ilbcnu.htm
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