Roadkill

Bob Neumann

There are images that I get that can be called many things. This is not one of them. On a day where the open attacks by the Seed of the Serpent are one after another, it makes the unwanted Visions that THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT speaks through greatly welcome.

Last night at @7:10 PM I was given two dramatic Visions one upon the other while driving home from the hospital where I work. Somehow, somewhere my schedule had been messed up and I went into work only to be sent home. The 45-minute drive both ways not withstanding; I could have used the income.

On the road home I was heading straight north when I saw a shadow on the road and veered around a broken form on the road. Without any warning I was suddenly watching a “short subject” in the Valley of Vision.

I was just walking down this ‘road’ in the sudden change from dusk to darkness. And as all light finally vanished it seemed all too familiar to as many other visions I have had. But this time I got to a point where I was on a much broader road than I have usually walked. At the same time I ‘felt’ something coming down the road toward me. It was when I saw the “shadow shape” of the oncoming truck I realized I was not alone on the road.

Even now I got a chill as I remembered the thud in my ears and the faint whimpering away from me. At first I thought it was only stunned when I got to it, but the slowly spreading bloodstain on the ground confirmed my fear. As I bent down to help, it raked my face with a set of dull claws. And suddenly the realization that I was in the middle of sets of crosshairs with “shadow shape trucks” coming from all directions hit me.

As they bore down on me I gave a quick prayer to THE LORD, “what do I do?” And got a very familiar answer. “STAND”. I did and not one truck missed me.

Suddenly I was standing and looking at the “roadkill” that was once ‘me’. And beside me stood two figures from a past VISION. In full armor was THE KING OF GLORY, and to my other side was THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT.

The first to speak was THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT....

“YOU HAVE TRAPS PREPARED FOR YOU, SERVANT, ON ALL SIDES. THE ENEMY WILL HOLD NONE OF HIS WEAPONS BACK AT STOPPING THE SERVANTS WHO HEAR MY INSTRUCTIONS AND SET THEIR HEARTS TO SERVE ME. YOU WILL FIND THEM BAITED WITH EVERYTHING IMAGINABLE. ONLY NOW THE BAIT WILL NO LONGER CALL TO THE AREAS OF FLESH THAT HAVE FINALLY DIED, BUT TO YOUR DESIRE TO HELP THOSE YOU PERCEIVE AS ‘LOST’ OR ‘HURTING’.

And suddenly I remembered the pain in my cheek, as it even now continues to throb. “BECAUSE YOU STRIVE TO SERVE AND YOUR HEART IS ONE OF PURE COMPASSION YOU REACHED OUT TO HELP AND WERE CAUGHT.”

At this point I felt a familiar HAND ON MY SHOULDER and a whisper in my ear.... “IT HAS TO BE THIS WAY, OLD DOG, YOU CANNOT SAVE ALL THE LOST SHEEP AND GOATS. YOUR DYING FOR THEM WILL NOT HELP THEM. I ALREADY HAVE AND THEY HAVE CHOSEN THE LIE OVER ME. MANY NOW ARE ENCAMPED AT BANNERS THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY TO DO BATTLE AGAINST MY SERVANTS IN MY OWN NAME. UNKNOWN TO THEM THERE ARE AS MANY IN THE CAMPS OF THE ENEMY WAITING TO DESTROY BOTH SIDES FOR THEIR MASTER THE FALLEN ONE.”

“BUT WHAT THE ENEMY PLANS FOR EVIL I WILL DO GOOD FOR YOU. MANY WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO FOLLOW ME, MANY WHO STRUGGLE TO SERVE ME WILL BE PLACED AS YOU HAVE JUST DONE. THEY WILL BE PLACED IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF THE ENEMY WITH NO ESCAPE BUT OBEDIENCE TO ME.”

And as simply as that THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT spoke again: “NO LIVING FLESH CAN ENTER THE KINGDOM...SO ALL FLESH MUST DIE. FEW HAVE DIED TO THEIR OLD WAYS, THEIR OLD THINKING, AND SOUGHT MY WISDOM IN THE LIGHT OF THE DAY. NOW THE ENEMY COMES IN THE DARKNESS YET I WILL TURN THE ATTACKS INTO THE CRUCIBLE OF PURIFICATION. MANY WILL RUN FROM ME AS THEY FLEE THE ENEMY IN “BLIND TERROR” AND “NO UNDERSTANDING”.

WHEN THE HIRELINGS FLEE AND THE FALSE SHEPHERDS TAKE OFF THEIR SHEEP-ROBES MANY SHEEP WILL BE CONFUSED. (Here THE KING OF GLORY joins into the CONVERSATION) “AND WHEN I STRIKE DOWN THE FALSE SHEPHERDS AND CRASH THE ROOF OF THE TEMPLE THE CONFUSION WILL END AND ALL MY SHEEP WILL KNOW QUITE CLEARLY THAT MY ANGER HAS BEEN POURED OUT. AND I AM SCATTERING MY SHEEP”.

(MOST HOLY SPIRIT) THEN SHEMUEL YOU AND ALL MY SERVANTS WILL GATHER THE FLOCK IN BITS AND PIECES, AS I BRING THEM TO YOU. THESE YOU WILL HELP...AND THESE YOU WILL DIE FOR. BUT I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU”.

(my CAPTAIN) “I ONCE ASKED IF YOU WOULD PAY THE PRICE, AND YOU SAID YOU WOULD. THERE ARE MANY OUT THERE WHO WILL READ THIS WHO HAVE CLOSED THEIR EARS TO ME BECAUSE THEY REBUKED MY WORDS. SOME WILL READ AND RETURN, BUT MOST WILL NOT AS THEIR HEARTS ARE HARDENED AGAINST ME, AND AGAINST YOU FOR YOU BEAR MY MARK”.

(MOST HOLY SPIRIT) “EVEN KNOW THEIR HEARTS HARDEN AS I IN LOVE REACH OUT TO THEM AND THEY REFUSE MY LOVE”.

(CAPTAIN) “THEY WILL LONG TO SEE YOUR FLESH TORN AND BROKEN FOR THEY CAN NOT DESTROY YOU. SO WHEN THEY SEE YOUR CARCASS THEY WILL GATHER TO FEAST IN VICTORY. BUT IT WILL BE YOUR VICTORY FOR I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD, AND YOU HAVE FINALLY DIED TO IT. JUST REMEMBER HOW IT HAPPENS IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS IT’S COMPLETION. SO THEY WILL TRY TO FEAST AND FAIL FOR THEY WILL NOT BE SATISFIED.”

Suddenly I was aware of the road I was driving home on as I “snapped back”.... And suddenly above me to the north was either the goodyear/met life/whatever blimp preparing to moor for the night at the TAMIAMI airport I guess.

And as suddenly I recognized it and remembered it was here for the Superbowl I could smell HIM before I heard HIS VOICE...ABBA was with we.... I was not at HIS FEET, but HE was with me....

“WHEN I FIRST SPOKE TO YOU I SAID ‘EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL RIGHT’. SINCE THAT TIME YOU HAVE ALMOST ALWAYS OBEYED. IT WAS A STRUGGLE AT FIRST, BUT YOU HAD TO WALK BEFORE YOU RAN. I HAVE BEEN VERY PROUD OF YOU, SON. FOR A LONG TIME YOU HAVE RUN WELL, BUT SINCE I ASKED YOU TO STAY AND STAND, THE BATTLE AROUND YOU ESCALATES. YOU HAVE WHEN MANY WOULD COUNCIL YOU TO LEAVE. IN THE NATURAL IT WAS GOOD ADVICE. THEY JUST DO NOT KNOW I ASKED YOU TO STAY FOR MY SAKE. NOR ARE THEY AWARE I GAVE YOU NO OPTIONS, NO CHOICE TO MAKE FOR YOU ASKED FOR NONE. EXCEPT TO PLEASE ME. SON LOOK AT THAT LIGHT IN THE NIGHT (here HE pointed to the blimp).

THERE ARE MANY WHO SAY THEY SERVE ME WHO WANT TO FLOAT UP THERE WHEN ALL THE LOST AND DYING ARE DOWN HERE IN THE DARK. CUTE BAGS OF AIR FLOATING IN THE WIND, CREATED BY WORLDLY MERCHANDIZING YET SAY THEY ARE OF ME. THEY ARE BLOWN ABOUT BY EVERY LITTLE BREEZE.

THEY WERE NEVER GIVEN WINGS TO SOAR ABOVE THE STORM AS YOU WERE GIVEN. INSTEAD THEY SETTLED FOR GREAT SIZE AND NO “WEIGHT”. BLINKING LIGHTS AND SOUND SYSTEMS TO “CAPTURE” THE ATTENTION. THEY WILL NOT FAIR WELL IN THE STORM. QUITE FRANKLY IN THE FIRST GALE THAT PROCEEDS THE FIRST STORM THEY WILL BE SHREDDED AND THROWN FROM THEIR LOFTY PRIDE.”

With that I felt HIS ARMS around me and heard some words only meant for me.... And in obedience I send this out.

Selah

Old Dog