Hi John,I am an Aussie living in Jakarta and start my work day with two websites, one of which is five doves. I am very blessed by the messages.
John, I believe I have been receiving visions and scripture which appear to line up with what Steve has been shown. But I have a few questions. Do I need to do this via the five doves site, or would he be happy to email directly? I will be very grateful for whatever you decide, thanks.
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Thanks for sharing, David!
John
Here is my first question:
Steve,
I have been reading your articles and am very grateful for the depth in explanations and interpretation of scripture. I have personally been receiving visions and scripture which appear to line up almost exactly with what you have been shown. One question I have is about the Woman in Rev 12 and how she is rescued for 1,260 days. There are at least two possible interpretations I know of; a) “First resurrection” saints deemed worthy to be rescued to a place “in the desert” where they are taken care of during the last 3.5 years of the tribulation. In the last part of Rev 12 we are given very sobering information, that the rest of her offspring, “those who obey God’s commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus”, are left behind and not as protected from the “dragon” b) They are Israelites who are protected for 1,260 days when the going gets rough (some try to explain this as Petra), and the rest of the offspring are those remaining of the Church not caught up in a “pre-trib rapture”.
Recently I was given a dream that I was on a flight which resulted in a somewhat bizarre outcome. The seating was rearranged so that I would be accommodated on the flight, seemingly at the last moment before departure. During the flight, everything went quiet, and I noticed the right engine stopped, and knew that we were going to descend very quickly. Initially it looked to me like we were going to have a forced landing. However, we landed perfectly safely in a totally impossible place which was not a runway, an extremely short field landing. We all got out safely, calmly and peacefully. As I checked out the area in which we had landed, and the amazing flight path (I used to be a pilot), I “knew” that we had been taken away from the main “runways” of the world, by an incredibly skilful Pilot had planned this maneuver all along. Further, I “knew” that we had been taken to this place in order to not land at the big runways of the world, because there was some kind of danger related to them, which had been deliberately organized by the governments of the world. After waking up from the dream, I had a strong sense that the Pilot was Jesus and the “flight” represented some kind of rescue which would be achieved with “impossible” precision.
As I prayed about this over several days, Rev 12 kept coming to mind. On letting it “soak in”, I started to relate the “given the two great wings of a great eagle”, to the “flight” in the dream. Then I was reminded that a friend of mine who has been serving as a missionary in Indonesia for a long time, had been shown something very similar about Rev 12 by an angel, way back in the 1960’s. He had been studying Rev 12 in a Bible study, the night before he was hitch-hiking in Australia. He was picked up by a fellow and there was a book on his dash board on the passenger’s side. After a little while, the driver said to my friend, “how about you open that book and take a look at what’s inside…” Curious, he did so, and was stunned to see a picture of the woman clothed with the sun and the moon at her feet of Rev 12, inside the front cover. The angel asked him what the image meant. The angel never told him directly which explanation was the correct one (maybe they are not allowed to?), but the result of the conversation which followed, was that he was left with a very strong realization that answer a) is the correct one, that a select group will be rescued in what could best be described as a “sideways” rapture just before the 1,260 day period of the Anti-Christ. The angel also outlined for him many world events in the future, some of which has already taken place, giving a lot of credibility to the Rev 12 explanation. I find it more than “interesting” that the angel started the journey with this issue. Perhaps this indicates the importance of this event and its interpretation.
I have been praying a lot about the “flight” dream given to me. The other day I was shown something else unrelated, and as I asked for a scripture confirmation, I was immediately given “Psalm 18:16”. At first I thought I was mishearing, because the scripture didn’t make sense to me in the context of the other matter. But later I realized the parallel of Ps 18 v16-20 with Rev 12, in the context of a powerful earth shaking/refining which I have also been shown, together with an amazing double confirmation of Amos 9. That in itself is quite another story. I now believe in my heart that the entire Psalm 18 is yet another “hidden” representation of the tribulation and how He will rescue those who are truly Ready beforehand like the five wise virgins. I have also this year come to the same conclusion as you, Steve, that the “First Resurrection” includes more than one group of people, and that many people who believe they are ready but are not, will go through the worst 3.5 years the world has ever experienced. And that those who overcome, and give their lives 100% in exchange ie.. death, will join the former group(s) as a special priesthood for the millenium. I have avoided “rapture-it is” to date, but I believe that He has confronted me with the reality and importance of it this year.
However, I m a little puzzled at how this could all fit with the pre-7 year tribulation explanation. If the above is genuinely from Him, then there is a “mid-trib” rescue. Or is the correct name for the last 3.5 years “Tribulation”, because Tri means 3.. ie 3 years. I am not being categoric about all this. The sobering thought of millions of Christians being left behind, so shaken by missing out on the escape, has really stirred me in recent days. So whether it is “mid-trib” or “pre-trib”, or both, or whether we have somehow misnamed or misdefined “tribulation”, doesn’t matter that much… “Be Ready” is a consistent message that our small prayer group has heard over the last year… and now it all starts to make such sharp sense, I am staggered. We all (certainly me) thought that “Be Ready” was about being ready spiritually to be used by Him in the coming revival. I have suddenly come to realize that we should not be focusing on the “do do” (because that could land you in do-do… if you get what I mean), but that it is ALL about our relationship with Him that He desires ie. not our sacrifices. I thought I already knew this, but it turns out that I didn’t know it properly in my heart… Perhaps this is why I was shown my “at the last minute” inclusion in the “flight” in the dream.. He has shown me some things in my life that I need to address and I had better do it quickly..
But I would so much appreciate your thoughts on my question. I want to spread this very important message about “Be Ready”, and it would be good to understand this all a bit better before attempting to explain to others…
One more thing… I was alone in my living room early one morning, and I heard “Third Day”, very clearly. I realized that there is a Christian band by that name, but in my heart I sensed He was saying that He is coming soon, because as 1,000 of our years is like one day to Him, He was “dead”, but rose again on the third day ie. the third 1,000 years, the millennium, is nearly upon us.. I have noticed that some other contributors to the web site have seen visions of Jesus dead, but with the clear message of the resurrection and Him coming back soon..
Thanks so much. God bless you mightily.
Your brother in Christ,
David