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February 11, 2007 "Repetitive Vision With Jesus & Chris Walking";
"The Tree and New Jerusalem" (Vision) [SPECIAL NOTE: Christ’s Bride, or Wife, and He are one. I, Chris, am but one member in Christ’s Bride/Wife and in Christ’s one Body, His Church. Those who read God’s visions through me have come to understand that God places me in the visions, sometimes as an individual, in order to teach His people through the visual image.] "A Repetitive Vision With
Jesus & Chris Walking" (Vision) We walked a ways and then He became as a child, so elated at our journey that He ran ahead. It was as if He was so full of Joy He couldn’t stop Himself. Then, all of a sudden, He was back by my side walking with me again. This occurred several times. After watching this happen many times, I jokingly said to Jesus, as He ran ahead, "Jesus I can not keep up with you anymore. I am getting older, too old. I’m a sixty year old woman now." Jesus returned to my side, and the first vision stopped as we walked up the hill together. The second, third... vision were like the first. The fourth vision (?) started the same as before, but as Jesus ran ahead and then back, I could hear Him yelling out "She is coming, She is coming". He was thrilled! You could tell He had waited a long time to proclaim this. This vision was very short, but had great meaning to me. Years ago Jesus had me listen to a tape about the Old Testament Hebrew weddings. The crowds in the streets used to yell "He is coming" when the groom came from his own home to get the bride in her’s. It was then that he brought her to his home to wed. Previous to this, however, both the Groom and his Father would have visited the prospective Bride’s home so that the Groom’s Father could accept or reject the Bride, or Wife to be. {See "The Latter Day Reign"} In this vision Jesus is announcing to all the beings in heaven, and all on earth who will see and hear, that He is bringing His (1)Wife/Bride home. Christ’s Father has accepted us, Christ’s Bride/Wife, while we are still living on earth <See February 4, 2007 "Christ, Our ‘Bread Of Presence’ In Our Father’s Temple" (Vision)>. The Groom has come for us, and Christ and His Bride/Wife {those of us in the Spirit} have already started our ascent into the heavenlies. There were a series of short visions after this. All visions were basically the same, except that in each vision Jesus and I got closer to the top of the hill, which I came to know as "Home". In each vision, the walk seemed less stressful on my body {the physical Church, Christ’s Bride}, and it became easier to keep up with Jesus. In the second or third vision, I believe it was, Jesus pointed out that off to my left was a huge {I thought "oak"} tree. Jesus later told me it is an (2)olive tree. Each time we entered this repetitive vision Jesus would ask what I saw, and consistently we were getting closer to the top of the hill, but I could never see what was on the top. This part of this vision indicates that Christ’s Wife/Bride is literally ascending in the Spirit. February 11, 2007 "Christ, Our ‘Bread Of Presence’ In Our Father’s Temple" (cont from February 4) The Bread: Our Father and I have been taking Communion every morning as "One" in the Spirit since February 4, 2007 {see "Christ, Our ‘Bread Of Presence’ In Our Father’s Temple"}. He taught me at that time, that as He and I ate the bread of Christ together, in honor of Christ Jesus, I was pressing His people into our Father’s Breast for our Father’s feeding and nourishment. However, this morning, before I took the bread into my mouth, I heard God say, "wait, what do you see?" I was one with Him, and was sitting in Him. I saw as our Father saw. I saw through His eyes the following: He was looking down onto earth from His throne in Heaven. He looked upon millions and millions of people world wide. I knew He was gazing at all nations, tongues and peoples in this view. Though He was a huge spiritual figure and Being in comparison to the people, they were at the foot of His throne and very close. I could even see the faces on some. They ALL reached up to Him with their hands raised. I knew that though their hands were raised in worship they were also raised for another reason. These people (4)beseeched, pleaded, with God for something. He then told me to eat the bread of communion with Him. The Blood As I physically drank the juice, I saw Him in the Spirit lift the glass and pour the blood over the men, women and children standing below Him in worship. They were still beseeching and pleading, and I realized that it was Christ’s blood of salvation they were pleading for. At first, I thought I saw Him drizzle the blood across the tops of the waiting people, and it only poured over the heads of some. Our Father corrected me, and showed me the flow of Christ’s communion blood again. As it flowed from our Father’s goblet onto the people it became a flood that covered them; and though it drenched them completely, it never rose above their ankles on the ground. Our Father said that this was the (*)"Red Sea when the water was let go". He was referring to when He had allowed the Red Sea waves to roll back over the Egyptians, after letting Israel pass safely through the Sea. [(*) "Red Sea": "Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ." [1 Cor 10:1-4; NKJV] With regards to the people in this vision, our Father said to me, "They are overwhelmed" and I heard the word "Baptized". When I looked back at the people, expecting them to still be on the ground, they stood in God’s goblet. The glass had become a goblet filled with the "peoples, nations and tongues" I had seen from our Father’s throne. They were inside the goblet with their hands still raised in worship. Jesus caused me to see that a huge tree stood next to the glass, on the glass’ right side. I had seen the same identical tree in all the visions where Jesus and I were walking towards heaven. Each time I entered into this repetitive vision I/We/All were closer to heaven. [NOTE: As I proofread this on March 4, 2007, I noticed for the first time, that in the various repetitive visions, the "tree" was moving from right to left and vise versa. This "tree" is visible as Jesus and I are ascending from the earth into the heavenlies. ] As I saw the tree, I said to Jesus that the vision was not full of bright yellow light, which was the color of the sky etc. in all the other repetitive visions in which the tree had appeared. In this vision everything around the tree, including the sky, dirt etc was gray. Though the tree had been obviously healthy in all the other visions, I wasn’t sure it looked healthy now. A bright white {not yellow, as on the road towards heaven} light shown from the bottom of the goblet, through the people, and up towards the heavens. All else was gray around the goblet. Jesus said, "This is because the earth is gray" {and He says now as I write this} "and dying". He had me look from the tree to the goblet, and the people became less and less in number until only one man stood with His arms raised in worship of our Father. This "one" was Jesus. I understood and knew that all the peoples, tongues and nations had been absorbed into Him who stood alone. [NOTE: Jesus is the "tree" on earth, and Jesus is the "one" on earth absorbing the people of sin. Notice, there is dirt mentioned around the sick tree. This also places the tree and Jesus on earth, though Jesus is not sick. The symbolism indicates that man’s "eternal life" might be sick, or in jeopardy at this point in the visions. However, all who received the communion blood of Christ were absorbed by Him.] I briefly saw Jesus grow larger and larger until He stood taller than the rim of the goblet. As the vision ended He continued to grow upward and bigger. I believed He would soon overwhelm the glass. At the end of the communion (and vision) our Father said He was going to "sanctify me for what He would do through me." {the rest is between God and myself}. Then God had me sit on the sofa again, and asked what I saw. February 11, 2007 "The
Wedding Ring; The Tree
and New Jerusalem" Repetitive Vision beginning on February 4, 2007
cont.) [NOTE: On February 24, 2007, God told me that the huge building, or Temple, I had seen was New Jerusalem. I have updated the balance of these visions to reflect this. This is why the Temple/building was so large in stature. Originally I had trouble seeing any of the details because the light was so bright around it. The object itself was light.] I then saw, perceived, that the golden light and God’s city became one in the shape of a huge golden ring. The golden light and New Jerusalem {Christ’s Bride} became this ring as I stared at the city, and God said "It is the Wedding Ring". The tree, that had previously been to my left {and right} on the path that Jesus and I walked together, appeared in the center of the ring as I stared at the city. The ring was as large as the city had been. Jesus was no longer by my side, and I heard a voice say (5) "Tree of Life. The "tree" that once stood beside the path Jesus and I walked on, now stood in the middle of the "Wedding Ring", New Jerusalem, Christ’s Wife and Bride. God said the "tree" was/is the "Tree of Life", Christ Jesus.The Tree Of Life positioned Himself in the middle of the Wedding Ring, which was originally the city. It was at this point that God told me that the Temple I thought I had seen at first, was actually in the CITY, and the city I saw was New Jerusalem. In essence, God is showing us that Christ Jesus, who is the eternal Tree of Life, has now positioned Himself within the covenant "Wedding Ring", New Jerusalem, His Bride/Wife and is seen as both the Temple, His Body, and the eternal Tree of Life. We see that the temple, Christ's Body membership, is completed, and Christ is present as Himself, the eternal Tree of Life. We are gazing at God's Kingdom. [NOTE: Did you notice, above, that New Jerusalem, Christ’s Bride/Wife/Church has embodied/embraced/encircled Christ, even though Christ "positioned Himself" in the middle of Her, the Wedding Ring"? There is a reason for this. See (6) at the bottom of this study] The completed image was beautiful and very large. I knew this to be the end of this vision (and perhaps the end of earthly time {not the earth, just time}. Because it was physically a cloudy and rainy day outside, I saw only physical darkness the whole time I wrote this vision down. The vision was written down immediately after I had it. In fact, I finally had to get up and turn on the lights to finish writing this. As I finished writing it God said to me, "Now listen carefully. Be still and listen. What do you see and hear? I saw the sun coming through dark rain clouds, and heard masses of all kinds of birds singing and chirping in the physical outside my window. Jesus God then said, "Hallelujah, the day, My day, has come children. Look outside yourselves and the gray that surrounds you. See what Christ, and what your brothers and sisters do, are doing, for you even as we speak. See, God’s goodness is flooding the earth as Me, My Blood, converts even the hearts into salvation. Christ is King, and I do all things, saith He who (7)Prophesies, Amen Amen and again Jesus Christ, Amen" **** (1) Wife/Bride:[Rev 21:9-12; NKJV] "Come, I will show you the bride , the Lamb's wife ." And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal..." [Rev 19:7-10; NKJV] "Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready. And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. Then he said to me, ‘Write: Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’ And he said to me, 'These are the true sayings of God.’ And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, ‘See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren {brothers} who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.’" (2) "olive tree":Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary teaches: (under "Agriculture") "...The ‘fruit’ of the orchard the first three years was considered uncircumcised (unclean) and not to be eaten. All of the fourth year’s yield was consecrated to Jehovah. The first eating by men was to be that of the fifth year (Lev 19:23-25)" Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary teaches: (under "olive tree") "...The olive tree grew slowly and continued to bear fruit after reaching a great age. Before it died, new branches sprouted from it’s roots. The fruit was harvested by beating the boughs of the olive tree with a stick..., or by shaking the tree (Isa 17:6)... The best oil was obtained from the green olive fruit. It was used as... anointing oil... and for the dressing of wounds.... Olive trees were cultivated in groves and orchards... The most famous olive garden mentioned in the Bible is Gethsemane, meaning "oil press" (Matt 26:36)" (3) "consum-mation": (consume; consummation)(a) consume: "To eat or drink up; ... to use up [[Middle English: to take completely]" (American Heritage Dictionary) (b) consummation: "Completion; fulfillment {full-fill}; and ultimate end or goal" (American Heritage Dictionary)
(4) "beseeched":"To address an earnest or urgent request to; implore. 2. To request for earnestly; to beg for. [Middle English: TO SEEK: thoroughly + to seek]" (5) "Tree of Life": As we all remember, the Tree of Life was originally in the garden in Eden <Gen 2:9>. I tried to find a scripture that placed the "Tree of Life" in Heaven. Was I surprised. There are none. However, there are scriptures that place the "Tree of Life" in Paradise.Strong’s Concordance of the Bible defines the Greek word translated as "paradise" saying: "... a park, i.e. (specifically) an Eden (place of future happiness, "paradise")". The word "paradise" is not mentioned in the Old Testament, but of course both "Eden" and "garden" are. Surprisingly, Jesus was the first to mention "Paradise" when He said to the man on the cross next to Him, "... ‘Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.’" [Luke 23:43; NKJV] Heaven is also mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments. I believe this is a reference to a place other than Heaven, because after Jesus’ resurrection He tells Mary, "... ‘Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.'" [John 20:17; NKJV] Obviously, hell and Paradise were, or are, separated because Jesus told the man on the cross that he would enter Paradise that day with Jesus. How did Jesus go to Paradise with this man on the day of His death and not see His Father, if Paradise and Heaven are the same place? We know that when Jesus made this statement to Mary He had just risen from Hell. Actually the man on the cross next to Jesus said, "... Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom." [Luke 23:14; NKJV] Jesus then answers, "... ‘Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.’" I gather from this that Christ was confirming that Paradise is His, Christ’s, Kingdom. Paul said, he "was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter." [2 Cor 12:4; NKJV] This was, of course, after Jesus’ ascension. Paradise and Eden both contain the "Tree of Life" according to the following scriptures. Please remember Jesus Christ is the "Tree of Life". John confirms this in 1 John 5:11-12: "And this is the testimony: God has given us ETERNAL LIFE, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life." NIV In Revelations 2:7, the last book of the Bible, Jesus promises : "He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the (5a)midst of the Paradise of God {His Father}.' [Rev 2:7; KJV] (5a) "midst of the Paradise of God {His Father}": "And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. [Gen 2:9; NKJV] The Bible never tells us that God moves the "Tree of Life" from the garden, or paradise, of Eden. In fact, after the fall of mankind, the LORD God said, "...’Behold, the man has become like one of Us {the trinity; heavenly host}, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever" — therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. [Gen 3:22-24; KJV] SUMMARY: Israel was denied access to our Father as He dwelt in the Holy of Holies. As Jesus Christ, the Tree of Life", places Himself in the middle of New Jerusalem, His Wife/Bride, He has visually shown us that as we enter into New Jerusalem, His Wife, God returns to us both eternal life and the garden, Eden and/or Paradise. The cherubim who once sat on God’s "Mercy Seat" in the Holy of Holies are symbols of the cherubim placed "outside the garden of Eden" denying mankind access to Eternal {Tree of} Life. Now, through Christ’s blood we enter into the Holy of Holies and stand before God our Father who is merciful. He sits on His "mercy" seat and our eternal inheritance is eternal life. (6) " New Jerusalem, Christ’s Bride/Wife/Church has embodied/embraced/encircled Christ, even though Christ "positioned Himself" in the middle of Her, the Wedding Ring":God brought this to my attention as I proofread this on March 5, 2007: the Old Testament word translated "garden" {as in Garden of Eden} is the Hebrew word "gan". Strong’s Concordance of the Bible defines it as: "... from OT:1598; a garden (as fenced)..." This word comes from: OT:1598 ganan (gaw-nan')... to hedge about, i.e. ... protect: KJV - defend. When God made Eve, He was giving Adam a "help meet" according to Genesis 2:20-22: "Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an (4a)help meet for him. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep... took one of his {Adams} ribs... made he a woman {Eve}, and brought her unto the man {Adam}."KJV HELP: "OT:5828 `ezer ... from OT:5826; aid: KJV - help." (FROM:) "OT:5826 `azar... to surround, i.e. protect or aid: KJV - help, succor." AND MEET: "OT:5048 neged ... from OT:5046; a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate ...: KJV - about, (over) against, aloof, far (off), from, over, presence, other side, sight, to view. (FROM:) "OT:5046 nagad... to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite;... to manifest;... to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, PRAISE: KJV - ... certify, declare (-ing), denounce, expound, fully, messenger, ... shew (forth), speak, ...tell, utter." The physical realm is only an example and teacher of God’s Spiritual Life, Realm and Reality. Right from the beginning God our Father taught man who "God’s Wife" was to resemble, in who’s image She is to be. By definition She is: Christ’s help meet and "aid", surrounding Him, "hedging Him about" and protecting Him {all members in Him, in His one Body}. She is His counterpart and mate. Her many members (She is the Church) manifest and announce Christ Jesus and God, always by Word of mouth, to all who will listen as they declare and PRAISE Him. As He "utters" through Her, by His Holy Spirit, He is shown forth. She is the Spirit FILLED "Wife" who "STANDS OUT BOLDLY opposite {beside} Her Husband. [Above definitions are from New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary] (7) Prophesies: "Christ is King, and I do all things, saith He who Prophesies, Amen Amen and again Jesus Christ":In Strong’s Concordance of the Bible, the New Testament Greek word translated as ‘prophesy’ is defined as: "to foretell events, divine, speak under inspiration, exercise the prophetic office". Though this definition informs us that one is prophesying when delivering "prophecy", or God’s Word concerning His future plans, it also teaches us that we prophesy anytime we "speak under {God’s} inspiration". The Old Testament Hebrew word translated as ‘prophesy’ is naba’. It is defined by Strong’s as "to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse {speech or conversation})". Both the Hebrew and Greek definition of ‘prophesy’ agree. When a messenger, child of God, or prophet of God "prophesies" to a body of believers, they speak as the Spirit gives them utterance in a language that the speaker and listeners understand. In this message, Jesus says He "prophesies", and then says "Amen". When Jesus writes "Amen" through me, He is standing in agreement with His own statement. He is finalizing and confirming it. It is a "done deal", in other words. Here, He is saying, and confirming, that God’s Spirit "speak(s) or sing(s) in prediction or simple discourse {speech or conversation}" through Him, as well as us. I find the following verses inspiring. They leave us no excuse for not hearing God in our native tongue. God’s people need training to do so. Praise God He is everything we need! "Then Paul said, 'John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus’. When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues {various languages} AND PROPHESIED [spoke or sung by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse {speech or conversation}) in a language they understood, their native tongue.]." [Acts 19:4-6; NKJV] [NOTE: They spoke in tongues {various languages} and PROPHESIED {to... speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse [speech or conversation]}. "Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy [speak or sing by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse {speech or conversation})]. For he who speaks in a tongue {various languages} does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the Spirit he speaks mysteries. But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men {including yourself}. He who speaks in a tongue {other than your native tongue} edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church {this includes Christ’s Spiritual Church of which you are ONE member}. I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even more that you prophesied; for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification. [1 Cor 14:1-5; NKJV] Paul did not say that one person must speak in tongues, and another person must interpret. Nor did he say that we are to speak in tongues and prophesy ONLY in a physical building we call "church". He did say that interpretations, or that hearing God in your native tongue, edifies Christ’s FULL {spiritual and physical} church, including you. Speaking in tongues {various languages} only edifies the person God is speaking through BECAUSE no one can understand a language foreign to their physical mind. The speaker’s "spirit man" understands the Spirit, and what the Spirit is saying through him. This is why speaking in tongues edifies the Christian speaker as God's Spirit speaks through them. However, if God interprets or translates what He says through the speaker, both the one God is speaking through and the listeners are edified no matter where they are sitting or standing. God is functioning, working and speaking with, and through, you 24/7, and does not restrain Himself to your Saturday or Sunday "church building" hours. Mankind has done this to God, and not vise versa. Ironically, many who misinterpret these scriptures, in order to stop God’s Spirit from speaking through Christ’s children, NEVER allow Christ’s congregation and family to speak in tongues or prophesy {interpretations} when in the building they call church, on the Sabbath. Not only do they teach God’s children to stop allowing God to speak through them at home, but in Christ’s gatherings also. Why do they mislead God’s children? Perhaps it is because they themselves are ignorant of God’s Word regarding this. This explanation is far more acceptable to me than some of the alternative reasons I can think of. Remember, what is a foreign tongue or language to you, is most often another person’s "native tongue". For example, I only speak English; therefore, God speaks through me in English because He wants me to see and hear as He does. If the man sitting next to me is French, God can and will speak to him in French so he can understand. However, God can speak to this man in French, through me, and he will understand, but I won’t.<Acts 2:5-12> God could just as easily speak through the Frenchman, in English, and I will understand, but the Frenchman that God is speaking through won’t. This is of course what happened on the day of Pentecost when God blessed us with His own Spirit, the Holy Spirit. God spoke to the bystanders in the crowd, in each person's "native language", but this language was foreign tot he Apostles that God's Spirit spoke through. God did this in order to convince the crowd that it was God speaking through the Apostles mouths, and not the Apostles own minds speaking. You will want to read the following Visions and Teachings together: February 4, 11, 16, 17, 18 and Updates and Summery.]
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