The Long Night - Series

 

A Two Edged Sword                        - 1/1998 - Prophecy

The Long Night                                - 4/1999 - Vision

The Siege Will Not Be Lifted          - 9/1999 - Vision

A Time To Stand, A Time To Run  - 5/2000 - Prophecy

The Sword Of The Lamb                 - 4/2001 - Vision

 

A Two Edged Sword

Bob Neumann, 1/1998

THE TWO EDGED SWORD

Son, tell MY Children that MY SWORD has two edges. It cuts on both sides. It is MY WORD and it is a tool meant to cut and to kill. And what do you do armed with MY SWORD and wearing MY ARMOR? You pray. You withstand the attack of the enemy, and pray for one another. You shield yourself in FAITH from the fiery darts, and intercede for your brethren. With the helmet of SALVATION and the belt of TRUTH the enemy's lies cannot hold you in the bondage of deception. And it is MY RIGHTEOUSNESS that protects your heart. That is why you can be concerned for others ahead of your self.... And that is MY MARK on your forehead.

I gave you a sword that has two edges. MY WORD is LOGOS and RHEMA. Ignore one over the other and the blade is broken. Limit MY WORD in any way it shatters.

Oh MY CHILDREN, you sing so many songs about “MY ARMY” marching in joy and victory, defeating and binding the enemy. You sing with such energy and passion about storming camps, running at cities, jumping over walls and taking back all what was stolen. So bold and so strong are you that you never seem to notice those in your ranks and the condition they are in. MY WORD said to stand because you battle not....against flesh and blood. MY ARMOR is for you to withstand the attacks meant to destroy MY WORD in you. And those attacks come to all who are in covenant with ME.

The battle is by MY WORD over you, in MY WORD planted in you. AS THE BATTLE IS MINE, SO IS THE VICTORY. The battles you presently “fight” are nothing compared to what your brethren in the nations where the enemy's deep darkness rules.

So many songs you label 'Christian' never mention ME in any way. And many of these songs do not stand well against MY WORD. Have any of you noticed the lack of MY MOST HOLY SPIRIT in much of what you hear and see on so called “Christian” radio, music, and television? And in much of what you call worship? Worship is not based on numbers. Nor can you discern it in the decibels of sound. It can not be measured by levels of emotion or degrees of perspiration.

THE DAY has come when the TRUE BELIEVER will not worship ME on any Mountain, but in the earthen vessel that I have chosen to TABERNACLE with and in. Those of mine who have built as I have directed them with the PUREST GOLD, SILVER, and PRECIOUS STONES that I offered you have prepared for ME palaces for MY HABITATION. For you must worship ME in MY SPIRIT and in MY TRUTH. You must worship ME without the fanfare of the flesh, without the gimmicks of your world. You must worship ME FROM A HEART MADE PURE AND HOLY AS I AM HOLY. To accomplish all this, like your brethren in SMYRNA, you will soon be tested and proven in the FIRE of AFFLICTION.

Once again I call out to stand up in the POWER of MY WORD and depart from all your Egypts and Babylons. You who are lukewarm, once you were hot. You knew the intensity and emotion of the Flames of FIRST LOVE. But you have allowed yourselves to cool down in your self assurance trusting in what you have perceived as wealth, power, and righteousness. But so little WISDOM....

MY WORD says that MY wish is that you were hot or cold. Your comfortable luke warmness gives ME no pleasure. I am sickened by your rebellious complacency. It offends ME and I can no longer tolerate you in MY PRESENCE.

You sing songs of thanksgiving rarely because you take not what you need from ME. MY SPIRIT BREATHS inspiration into the hearts and minds of MY WORSHIPPERS. But you take what pleases you and forget the greater blessing. You sing “GIVE THANKS'' with a grateful heart for what I have done in your lives. WHEN BREATHED into you it had two verses. With great joy you sing of how the poor are made rich and the weak made strong. But why will you not sing of the sick made whole or the bound set free.

Are these your true priorities? To heal and restore are but part of MY NAME and MY DESIRE for you, but you prefer wealth and power over fullness in ME. SO YOU WALK DISEASED IN SPIRIT, BOUND IN SIN PREFERRING the riches and the kingdoms of this world. Children, how foolish!

ENTER MY BAPTISM OF FIRE , AND DO NOT LEAVE IT. Once you burn with passion for ME you indeed will be hot and appealing to ME. Dive into the Depths of MY SPIRIT; into the DARKNESS that surrounds ME. Into the CLOUDS and SMOKE that obscure MY GLORY from the eyes of this world. In the Depths of MY PRESENCE you will be as cold to the world as you are as passionate for ME. Like steel from the furnace is plunged into water, so will MY STRENGTH be in you. MY FIRE SHAPES AND PURIFIES. MY LIVING WATER HARDENS AND REFRESHES. Those who enter ME I will receive and I will shape according to MY PLEASURE and according to MY PURPOSE.

MY SPIRIT IS BEING POURED OUT ON ALL FLESH

WHO WILL NOTICE?

MANY WILL HEAR MY CALL

WHO WILL ANSWER?

THAT IS WHY CHILDREN THAT SO FEW ARE CHOSEN

 

 

 

The Long Night

Bob Neumann, 4/1999

Several years ago I had an expansive vision, the first of what now has been many. While Some have been different Visions in the same frame, this was the first that expanded as it progressed. Unlike the THUNDERS which are repeated several times with the same beginning and ending, this unlike the Killing of the Bull, The Lily, and others which were one time shots, this was a progressive sequence.

Like many of my visions it begins with the setting sun visible and I am aware of it .years ago it did not seem as significant as it is now...selah.

THE LONG NIGHT

There is a great city and it stands surrounded by a great wall. Upon the wall are scattered men who serve the city. At intervals they are relieved and return to their homes, a warm fire, and the comforts of home. They are members of the local policing force of the city government. Over time I have watched as the seasons change and the city goes day by day.

One day an invading army begins to encamp around their walls. In the LINE of DUTY I sounded the alarm when the enemy was still distant. Yet the city did not stir itself for the threat was still “days away”. So my warning was not heeded then. Nor was the second warning when all the neighboring cities fell in their sequence. The local militia stood down and their captains scorned my advice.

For I am not of this city. I am a soldier of THE KING. I stand watch over HIS CITY and perform the Duty HE HAS PLACED UPON ME. There are several of us scattered through the city and stationed on the walls. When injustice occurs within the city we rise up and stand IN HIS NAME. Some in local government fear us for we will not be bought. Most despise us for we will not compromise. The city did not rise up to aid their brethren in the outlying villages, towns and cities. They heeded not our call to arms, nor did they respond to the plight of those who sought refuge behind their wall. Yet my DUTY goes two ways so I petitioned MY KING on behalf of these HIS PEOPLE. Even when the city was completely surrounded by the enemy’s troops the leaders of this city refused to stir their people. Even when some of their own people grew aware of their danger, their leaders and their friends mocked them and ridiculed their lack of faith in their walls.

On the day that the enemy’s banner flew opposite the KING’S BANNER there was darkness over the city. Those few who were faithful to their KING, the ones that were mocked for their “lack of faith” came to the wall. As it is WRITTEN I told them to return to their households and await THE KING’S CALL. As the sun began to set and deep darkness shrouded the city THE KING ENTERED HIS CITY. No one knew but HIS WATCHMEN.

As the LONG NIGHT fell HE addressed us.

“THE SUN SHALL NOT AGAIN ARISE OVER THIS CITY. A STORM HAS ARISEN AND NO ONE HAS PREPARED FOR IT. NOW WE MUST PREPARE TO REMOVE MY PEOPLE FROM THIS PLACE OF DANGER.” As HE finished FIVE of our number came forward dressed in black, as “ninjas”, masked warriors of the shadows; they went over the wall together to cause trouble in the midst of the enemy’s camp. Never to be seen in this city again.

When morning failed to come, many were concerned and came to the city council. Some asked, “WHERE WAS THE ARMY OF THE KING?” and were comforted by the smooth words of their leaders that there was no need to fear. That the walls would hold till their expected help arrived shortly. To solidify their words they assured all that the KING had placed them in charge and they knew best. Little did they know that THE KING stood among HIS PEOPLE and heard their lies. All the people returned to their own affairs except the FAITHFUL REMNANT who now listened to my silence for no soldier speaks when THE KING was there and can speak if HE so chooses. So they who knew the LAW OF THE KINGDOM returned to their homes and waited for HIS CALL.

As the day came to a close and the encirclement of the city had now completed it’s second day. The enemy’s camp was in confusion and disarray. Bugle calls and shouting of orders filled the air much to the delight of many who watched from the wall, assured of their safety. When the deep darkness covered the city THE KING stood again before HIS WATCHMEN. Now five stood with armor and helmets on, visors and night goggles in place. Their weapons sheathed. As one they dropped from the wall into the city. The five of us who now remained went to our places on the walls. As the KING RAISED HIS TRUMPET TO HIS LIPS AND HIS CALL RANG OUT FILLING THE CITY.

Those who had waited for HIS CALL rose up and went into the streets where THE GUARD met them, placed them in ranks, and left the city.

As the third day began the deep darkness did not recede, and the people were in panic. THE LONG NIGHT HAD BEGUN and none had noticed. The city’s leaders called upon their militia and the crowds were quieted. Again they spoke in the KING’S NAME claiming WORDS THE KING had never spoken. But now with the mention of THE KING, the crowd did not disperse. Instead the people began to shout and agitate themselves...”Where is our KING? Where is HE when we needed HIM? What has HE done to deliverer us from the enemy? Why has HE HID from us in the time of our need.?”

As the mob grew in size and emotion the leaders who had lied to them, who had spoken presumptuously, were seized by the mob and dragged through the square that stood behind the gates of the city. When these wicked rulers were gathered in the center of the square, and only then did THE KING act as HE signaled to the final five WATCHMEN. AS ONE WE BLEW THE TRUMPETS OF WAR, and the walls of the city and everything in it vibrated.

The rioting mob stood stunned and looked to the wall where the KING STOOD GLORIOUSLY before them. HIS FACE was brighter than the sun at noonday. For the first time in three days the darkness was dispersed. At the sound of HIS VOICE the people trembled and fainted in fear.

“WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE ENEMY ENTERED YOUR LAND? WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU BRETHREN WERE BEING DEVOURED? WHAT DID YOU TO THOSE WHO FLED TO YOU FOR PROTECTION? WHY DID YOU DENY THEM YOUR HELP IN THE TIME OF THEIR NEED?”

“YOU WHERE MY PEOPLE WHO DWELT IN WHAT WAS MY CITY. YOU HEEDED NOT THE WARNINGS OF YOUR WATCHMEN THAT I PLACED HERE FOR YOUR GOOD. WHEN THE WARNINGS WERE CALLED YOU WOULD NOT STIR YOURSELVES. YOU FORGOT MY LAW AND HEEDED THE VAIN WORDS OF YOUR OWN, AND DARED TO MOCK THE WORDS OF MY SERVANTS. SO I LEAVE YOU TO YOUR CITY. FOR NO LONGER DO I CLAIM IT AS MINE. I LEAVE YOU TO THOSE WHOSE WORDS YOU CHOSE TO HEAR OVER MY WORDS.”

As we stood alongside our KING in full battle armor, visors down and weapons drawn, the KING LOOKED out in silence, HIS ANGER unmistakable. With deliberate slowness HE reached up and pulled HIS VISOR down closing it. Turning to HIS WATCHMEN HE DECLARED: “NONE OF THESE PEOPLE SHALL AGAIN SEE MY FACE.”

All along the walls the hordes of the enemy came quietly over the walls. Looking at us who still stood they waited, afraid for good reason.

When MY KING lowered HIS VISOR the city again was covered in deep darkness. As an enraged beast the mob rose up and tore their wicked leaders into pieces with their hands. While all the city’s remaining citizens focused themselves upon those that deceived and mislead them, the forces of the enemy opened the gates to the city. With the enemy holding the gates to the city the walls now held the people in. No longer did their great and esteemed walls protect them. Instead it prevented their escape and sealed their doom.

“STRIKE MY COLORS, REMOVE MY BANNER FROM THESE WALLS”, HE ORDERED. As one THE MIGHTY ONE LEFT THE CITY WHO FORGOT HIS LAWS AND TRUSTED IN THEMSELVES. and I followed HIM into battle for the enemy was still in the land. for I am a SOLDIER OF THE KING.…

 

 

 

The Siege Will Not Be Lifted

Bob Neumann, 9/1999

I was letting my mind wander through Psalm 32. HE surrounds me with songs of deliverance. HE IS MY HIDING PLACE and MY STRONGHOLD in times of trouble...... and I saw myself alone on the mountain top beside THE STANDARD. I was looking down at the hordes of hell marching in ranks. They were moving around THE MOUNTAIN and avoiding it. And I heard that SWEET GENTLE VOICE ask a question..... “ARE YOU AFRAID?”.

I felt no fear of what I saw. I knew where I was and I had peace. Somewhere along the line I had made the right choice in whom I would serve. Then THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT ASKED, “WHY ARE YOU CONCERNED?''.

I had no quick answer. I looked at the sheer numbers of the enemy on the march knowing they had an evil purpose. I also realized it was not my call when and where I would stand in the battles ahead. It had been a long time since I “saw” my CAPTAIN. It had been a long time since I heard HIS VOICE. I suddenly realized I had not gone “looking for HIM” as the BELOVED of THE SONG OF SOLOMON. I had not worried at HIS absence. Complained yes.... worried no. So I asked THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT what was wrong. I have felt tired, depressed, listless.... off and on for the last month or so.

And suddenly I was on a different mountain top where there was grass and trees and the light of day was bright and warm. But the BANNER was not there. It seemed pleasant and peaceful. I thought that I should look for the rocks that dripped “living water”, “new wine”, “honey” and all the things that will someday be according to THE WORD. But I did not see ABBA.... or THE KING..... so it was less than it would seem. And I heard the term “MOUNTAIN TOP EXPERIENCE” whispered gently on the breeze.

“How can there be an experience without you LORD?” I asked without expecting an answer. So much of what is sought after is the “experience of the event” and it falls so short of what is real. Even sitting at the beach was more real than this. And even then THE JUNGLE WAS REAL!!!

“I'VE WONDERED THAT MYSELF, DOG. WHICH IS WHY THINGS ARE SO TRAGIC FOR THOSE WHO USE MY NAME BUT HAVE NO COVENANT WITH ME.”

As I looked there stood THE LAMB in full GLORY. And we stood outside of time and space as HE began to walk. In a few steps I saw THE MOUNTAIN and THE BANNER and below it the armies of hell still on the march. As I looked down I had a sudden flashback to the cavalry charge not so long ago. And all the images that came and went.

I must have had the shakes because I suddenly felt HIS HAND holding me up. In my ear came that wondrous voice, HE said “IT'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT”.

“GO AHEAD AND ASK” HE STATED. And I felt ashamed of my doubt and lack of faith.

“YOU GOT TO ASK ME DOG”, HE BEGAN, “IT WILL DO YOU NO GOOD TO HIDE ANYMORE. DID I NOT SAY TO DUMP IT ON ME AND I WOULD SHOW YOU MY WAYS?”.

I don't know what was more ridiculous..... HIS reminding me of HIS OMNISCIENCE or HIS continued preference for colloquial americanese.

For some reason I suddenly felt cold.... stone cold sober.... and remembered that I was speaking to THE ONE who told JOB to “stand up like a man”. Realizing that this was at least a 3-way conversation and THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT was still “speaking” if I was “hearing”. It suddenly felt real serious.

“LORD”, I asked, “how much of all this is real?”.

“WHAT DO YOU THINK IS REAL?”, HE WHISPERED with a calm tone in HIS VOICE.

It was strange. I must have half asked that question thousands of times and always ran away from what the answer might be. Other people's opinions and the crude and rude comments by the darker images I have encountered over this walk with HIM not withstanding..... I was back at square one. What is TRUTH and what is LIE. It always has been the battle.

As I looked out at the armies of hell I noticed they had stopped moving. They were looking towards me. I looked at HIS FACE with that “ALL-KNOWING GRIN” HE has so often. I looked back down into the Valley and I saw so many familiar faces from past nightmares and visions. And I looked back at HIS GRINNING FACE and LAUGHING EYES. HE FOLDED HIS ARMS ACROSS HIS CHEST AND LEANED AGAINST THE POLE THAT HELD HIS BANNER. For some reason I came to an awareness that this was more real than all the religious hype and spiritual energy I had ever experienced.... ever.

So, I asked myself, what is real to me. Right now any different than anytime before?

Now was not the time to worry about incidentals.... it was time for THE TRUTH as I am living and, in all probability, going to die for. So what is real? Or better yet, what is reality.

I looked out at the demons, devils, and assorted “bubbas” glaring up at me. Now they are real. No doubt about that. Nor is their a doubt about what they have done for so long to so many...........

Like I said.... back to square one and the only reality I know.....

So I stood still and shouted at all those unfriendly faces......... “Behold THE LAMB of GOD who takes away the sins of the WORLD!!!!”. Response was immediate and unfriendly. Then the last point came to mind and I let loose with that too......... “SHMA Y'SRAEL ADONAI ELOHENU ADONAI ECHAD!!!!”

With that I turned to HIM and said.... “that is the only TRUTH their is. So YOU ARE the only thing real in all this.”

“WHAT ABOUT THEM?”, HE ASKED pointing down into the VALLEY. He had me there. Real yes, but not REAL. And suddenly the hordes of hell were gone and we stood ‘alone’.

Now it felt a little weird and I looked out into nothingness. And I heard HIS VOICE, “IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS NOTHING OUTSIDE OF ME. ALL THAT THERE IS, IS BECAUSE I SPOKE AND IT BECAME.”

All around me was emptiness. Calling it the “void in the night” like some have called it in writings and songs is an understatement. There is no sensation.... no emotion.... nothing. Just “cold” “emptiness” and both terms fail to describe it. I had to ask “is this the “outer darkness”, LORD?”.

“NO”, HE REPLIED, “BUT I'LL GIVE YOU A LOOK AT IT”.

And suddenly THE PRESENCE was gone and I was in that place spoken of in many places. But just as suddenly HE was back and the lesson was driven home. As bad as the last weeks had been from my prospective in the proverbial “midnight of the soul” that Christian mystics have kicked around for centuries..... it was nothing like being a “moment” in “outer darkness”. Not a place I would want to be cast into beaten, bound, or whatever. Forever.....

Immediately in HIS PRESENCE again the emptiness suddenly filled with “LIGHT” and as my senses re-acclimated I was standing by THE RIVER under a TREE OF LIFE. Somehow we were in the NEW JERUSALEM and I just stood there watching THE LIVING WATERS flow. As before it was beautiful and almost too much to bear. I looked over to a TREE and THE LAMB simply sat smiling and watching me. It did not take long to realize this was a setup of some sort. So I sat down and put my feet in the WATER and wondered what all this was getting to. There is always a point or a lesson somewhere. HE has yet to not pull something out of nowhere beyond my reasoning, so it was all a matter of waiting.

It all started from an unexpected corner.....

“TELL ME DOG,” HE BEGAN, “IS THIS REAL?”.

I looked over and I knew HE would be grinning. So I closed my eyes and took a deep breath and smelled everything about me. The THIRD HEAVEN has always seemed more real than anything I have ever known. A whole lot better than anything else I had encountered. So I wondered how to answer. ‘Yes’ and ‘no’ was not the choices I needed.

“Well, if I was a Buddhist I could say that this was all in my mind and reality was all in my mind anyway”........

“SO WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE YOU NOW?'', HE ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE. “THE ZEN MASTERS ALL CAME UP WITH REALITY SIMPLY NOT BEING ONCE YOU ROSE TO THE ULTIMATE LEVEL. SO YOU NEVER EXISTED TO BEGIN WITH.”

“So that makes my being a Buddhist a complete wash out. Not a whole heck of a lot better than my grasp on “Christianity”. I'm still having a lot of trouble with why YOU haven't done something about the mess there is.”

“WHAT MESS?”, HE SMILED AND SAT LEANING TOWARDS ME. “TELL ME WHAT MESS I MADE THAT YOU EXPECT SOME REMEDIATION CONCERNING?”

Well I put my foot in deep there and it is so impossible to argue with HIM. Never seems to get where I want it to go.

“I know you did not screw anything up, BOSS, but it is a mess everywhere.”

“OH, DOG. HOW DID YOU GET SO CYNICAL?”, HE CHIDED. “ACTUALLY THINGS ARE IN VERY GOOD ORDER THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE EARTH. TAKE CHINA FOR INSTANCE.”

(Somehow I knew this was where HE had been leading...... HE gets that RABBI tone in HIS VOICE)

“THE GOSPEL GOES OUT TO THE FARTHEST REACHES OF CHINA UNDER THE HARDEST OF CONDITIONS. FEW OF MY SHEEP THERE ARE CONTENT AT BEING SHEEP. THEY ARE SO EAGER TO HEAR MY VOICE. SO EAGER TO EAT MY BREAD AND DRINK THE LIVING WATER. THEY KNOW THEIR NEEDS AND LOOK TO ME FOR EVERYTHING. FEW IN SMYRNA YEARN TO BE ENTERTAINED.”

“So what is wrong BOSS in my pastures?”.

“WHOSE PASTURES?”.

“Allow me to rephrase that LORD.”

“PLEASE DO”..........

“LORD, in the land where I dwell things are not too good, in my opinion. Could you please explain to me what is wrong and what is to be done?”

“THAT WAS ALMOST DIPLOMATICALLY PHRASED, DOG. SEEMS YOU ARE LEARNING SOME CIVILITY EVEN IN YOUR OLD AGE. IN TIME YOU MIGHT LEARN TO IMPRESS MANY OF THE RELIGIOUS LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE LAND, AS YOU STATED, THAT YOU DWELL. BUT IMPRESSING THEM WILL NEVER CHANGE THEIR HEARTS MY FRIEND. TODAY THE RELIGIOUSLY BOUND ARE FEELING MUCH THE SAME SPIRITUAL PRESSURES THAT YOU AND THE REMNANT ARE. THAT IS ONE REASON I WILL NOT LET YOU OR ANYONE ELSE LOOSE TO MAUL THEM.”

“YOUR LAND AND YOUR LEADERS ARE REPROBATE. THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO SERVE THE BEAST. THE ABOMINATIONS OF EGYPT, BABYLON, PERSIA, GREECE AND ROME ARE RUNNING RAMPANT IN YOUR CITIES. MAMMON STILL RULES YOUR GOVERNMENT. IN FACT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATIONS PRESENTLY CONTROLLING YOUR POLITICAL PROCESS. FROM MY POINT OF VIEW POLITICS AND RELIGION ARE ONE IN THE SAME. SOON THAT WILL BE OBVIOUS TO EVERYONE, BUT THEN IT WILL BE TOO LATE.”

“THE ENEMY HAS A DIVIDED HOUSE AND CARES LITTLE IF IN THE END ALL ARE DEVOURED IN HIS BID FOR ABBA'S THRONE. THE BEAST HAS NO USE FOR THE FALSE CHURCH AND THE NICOLAITANS THAT FILL IT. THE SAME DARKNESS THAT ASSAILS YOU COVERS THEM TOO. THEIR SHEEP ARE TOSSED AND TORN BY THE SAME CRUEL WINDS OF HATRED, BIGOTRY, INJUSTICE, POVERTY, AND PERSECUTION THE REMNANT FACES. AT LEAST YOU CAN TURN TO ME. ALL THEY HAVE IS MAN AND MAN'S RELIGION TO GET THEM THROUGH THEIR “STORMS”. LIES AND DECEPTIONS ARE A VERY POOR REPLACEMENT FOR ME.”

“OLD DOG, IT GOES BACK TO THE ISSUE OF WHICH ARMY YOU SEE IN JOEL. THE CITY SEES ITSELF AS GUARDING ITSELF FROM EXTERNAL ATTACK. THE CHURCH SEES ITSELF UNDER SIEGE FROM THE DARKNESS NOT KNOWING I WANT TO SEE THEIR WALLS TORN DOWN AND THEIR “FLESH” TO DIE. I SEND “BABYLON” TO DESTROY THEIR WORKS AND THEIR RELIGION. NOW THERE ARE MANY WHO SAY THEY SERVE ME AND ARE TRYING TO PULL DOWN OTHER PEOPLE’S WALLS. THEY ARE OUT TO BUILD THEIR OWN WALLS ON THE RUINS OF OTHERS. WHICH SIMPLY MEANS THEY ARE BABYLON. CONFUSION AT BEST, DOUBLE MINDED AT WORST. SO BOTH SIDES IN THAT CONFRONTATION ARE NOT OF ME. THEY ARE HEARING THEIR OWN DEMONS AND CLAIMING MY NAME. SO THEY ARE BEING LAID SIEGE TO IN THE SPIRIT, BOTH ATTACKER AND DEFENDER.”

HE stopped there and let me absorb this. None of this was new. All that was missing was where the “real” army of GOD.... the REMNANT BRIDE fitted in......

“WATCH DOG FOR MANY TO TALK ABOUT MOUNTAINS AND HIGH PLACES. THAT TALK ABOUT COMING BATTLES AND THE LIKE. FOR A LONG TIME YOUR PEOPLE DISTINGUISHED BETWEEN TWO ASPECTS OF THE TRUMPET. AS A CALL TO BATTLE AND A CALL TO PRAISE. SO IS IT WITH MOUNTAINS AND “HIGH PLACES”. ONLY TOO OFTEN THEY DID NOT WORSHIP YHVH. THE ISSUE OF THE GROVES AND THE HIGH PLACES IS STILL IN NEED OF BEING ADDRESSED BY THOSE WITH IDOLS IN THEIR HEARTS. IT IS THOSE STRONGHOLDS AND HIGH PLACES WHICH THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT IS LAYING SIEGE TO. THE BATTLE IS NOT OVER AMERICAN POLITICS OR THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. IT IS TO DESTROY THE WALLS THAT PROTECT THE IDOLS IN THE HEARTS OF YOUR PEOPLE. NO AMOUNT OF PRAYER, WEEPING, FASTING, WILL LIFT MY ASSAULT IN THESE “CITIES” AND “MOUNTAINS”.

“THE SIEGE WILL NOT BE LIFTED TILL THE IDOLS ARE DESTROYED”.

In my spirit I heard the “word” ........ MASSADA....... and I felt cold....

“THERE ARE MANY WHO WILL NOT REPENT. THERE WILL BE MANY WHO WILL DEFEND THEIR IDOLS AND THEIR INIQUITY TO THEIR LAST BREATH. SOME WOULD RATHER FACE THE SECOND DEATH THAN TO HEAR MY VOICE AND OBEY”.

I looked at HIM and wondered how anyone would prefer religion and deception RATHER than HIM. And HE answered my thoughts.......

“THEY NEVER LEARNED WHAT WAS REAL, DOG. THEY NEVER FELT A NEED TO PUSH THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND THEIR IMAGE OF REALITY TO THE EXTREME. NOTHING PREVENTED THEM EXCEPT THEMSELVES.”

We talked some more and it dealt with me and my “idols”. Also talked about THE ROCK.... THE MOUNTAIN..... and other points.

So I am sharing this as directed. In case you were feeling “pressed in”...........

Selah

Old Dog

 

 

 

A Time To Stand, A Time To Run

Bob Neumann, May 24, 2000

THERE IS A PURPOSE TO ALL THAT I DO IN YOU MY CHILDREN. BECAUSE SO MANY ARE BUT CHILDREN I EXPECT YOU TO SPEAK AND ACT JUST AS YOU ARE. CHILDREN. WOULD I EXPECT TODDLERS TO ACT THE SAME WAY AS SERVANTS TRAINED AND SOLDIERS BLOODIED IN BATTLE? WOULD I EVER DEMAND OF YOU THAT WHICH YOU ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO FATHOM?

INDEED HAVE I NOT TRIED TO KEEP THINGS SIMPLE AND TO THE POINT.

CONSISTENT AND UNCHANGING FOR YOUR BENEFIT AND NOT MINE? IF I HAVE NOT TRAINED YOUR FINGERS TO WAR AND STOOD WITH YOU IN YOUR TESTINGS IN THE WILDERNESS WOULD I EXPECT YOU TO STAND IN THE BATTLE LINE? AM I A GOD WHO DESIRES TO SEE YOU WOUNDED AND FRUSTRATED? WOULD I TELL YOU TO STAND AND FIGHT WHEN YOU HAVE NEVER ABIDED IN ME, TRUSTED IN ME? IF YOU ARE CALLED AND ELECTED BY MAN WOULD I EVEN KNOW YOU, SO WHY BLAME ME FOR YOUR MISHAPS AND DEFEATS. WHY DO YOU BATTLE IN MY NAME IF THE ENEMY THE DEVIL MUST FLEE THOSE WHO RESIST HIM AS THEY STAND FIRMLY IN MY SHADOW? IT IS HARD TO SUSTAIN HAND TO HAND COMBAT WITH AN ADVERSARY IN FULL AND FRANTIC RETREAT.

LITTLE ONES, PLEASE CONSIDER MY WORDS. WERE YOU CALLED TO STAND AND RESIST? OR WERE YOU CALLED TO RUN UNTO ME FOR SAFETY? DO YOU PREFER TO STAND AND PROVE YOURSELF OR TO PROVE ME AND MY WORD? IS YOUR TESTIMONY OF YOUR GREAT VICTORIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS, OR OF MY LOVE AND MERCY?

11 Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

CHILDREN, WHAT ARE “THE WILES” OF THE DEVIL? IS IT A BIZARRE WEAPON THAT BASHES AT YOUR SHIELD OF FAITH? OR IS IT HIS SLICK AND PLEASANT WORDS THAT DISTORT MY TRUTH IN YOUR HEARTS SO THAT YOU WILL CLING TO HIS LIES AND BE DECEIVED? IF MY WORD IS WRITTEN IN YOUR HEARTS, CHILDREN, AND I HAVE RAISED YOU IN MY HOUSE AND TRAINED YOU WITH MY SWORD THEN INDEED YOU ARE MY SERVANTS. IS IT NOT WRITTEN....

19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD’S servant?

HEAR MY WORDS NOW CHILDREN, AND BE NOT DECEIVED. THERE IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR THOSE WHO I HAVE CALLED AND CHOSEN TO STAND IN MY POWER AND NOT THEIR OWN. IF YOU WERE NOT CALLED TO STAND UP AND PUSH BACK THE ENEMY AT THE GATE, MAYBE YOU SHOULD RUN TO ME FOR IT IS WRITTEN....

10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

INDEED, THERE IS A TIME IN WHICH TO RUN. A TIME TO FLEE FROM YOUR OFFENSES AND FEARS. TO ESCAPE YOUR TORMENTS AND AGONIES. IT IS TIME CHILDREN TO RUN TO SAFETY. TO RUN TO ME. IT HAS BEEN TIME, BUT YOU DID NOT NOTICE BECAUSE YOU FOUGHT YOUR OWN FIGHTS. IT WAS TIME LONG AGO BUT YOU WERE DECEIVED BY THE COMFORTS OF BABYLON. I DESIRED TO BRING BOTH FREEDOM AND DELIVERANCE, BUT THE LIES WERE SWEETER TO YOUR MOUTH AND NOW BITTERNESS FILLS SO MANY BELLIES. NOW TASTE AGAIN THE SWEETNESS OF MY WORDS IN YOUR HEART, IN YOUR LIFE AND RUN TO ME.

TRUST IN ME AND ONLY ME. STOP LISTENING TO THE PLEASANT LIES OF YOUR FLESH. STOP LISTENING TO THE PERVERSE PROMISES OF A DEFILED WORLD. STOP TURNING YOUR EAR TO THE LIES OF THE DEVIL WHO FEEDS YOUR EGO AND PRIDE WITH HIS WORDS AND HIS FALSE IMAGES WHICH INDEED ARE VAIN IMAGINATIONS.

11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

SO MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD MY VOICE AND ARE PLEASED AND CONTENT.

BUT YOU ARE BUT BABIES WHO DO NOT DISTINGUISH WORD FROM SOUND.

TRULY PLEASANT IS THE SOUND OF MY VOICE, BUT IT IS MY WORDS THAT YOU MUST EAT, MATURE, GROW IN STATURE AND IN WISDOM. LISTEN AND LEARN QUICKLY. BE SWIFT TO OBEY. FOR THE DAY OF MY WRATH IS UPON THIS WORLD. IF YOU HAVE NOT RUN FROM THE WORLD AND INTO MY PRESENCE THERE IS NO TIME LEFT TO YOU TO SIT ANY MORE. NO TIME TO WALK CALMLY TRUSTING YOUR OWN WISDOM AND STRENGTH.

FOR IT ALSO IS WRITTEN...

13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.

11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:

12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.

13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.

I AM DELIVERING UP TO THE SPOILERS THE WORLD I LOVED AND GAVE MY BELOVED SON FOR. YES INDEED CHILDREN A TIME OF GREAT DISTRESS IS NOW UPON MANY WHO WOULD NOT OBEY WHEN I CALLED. ONLY EVIL AWAITS THOSE REBELLIOUS CHILDREN WHO CLING TO THEIR IDOLS AND FORGET MY DELIVERANCE. MY REMEMBRANCE AND MY MIGHTY DEED ON THEIR BEHALF.

THERE IS A TIME TO STAND, AND A TIME TO RUN.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TO DO?

 

 

 

The Sword Of The Lamb

Bob Neumann, 5.26.2001

Please forgive my leaving this for last…

As i said i had read Steven's synopsis...and just about everything else the last few weeks. and much has stirred. not always comfortably...not always nicely.

After the harvest vision i awoke and i pondered what it ment. i assumed that Steve's post and my discussions with Steve and Trey were the catalysts for what i saw. So i prayed and pondered and i was once again in the "VALLEY OF VISION" and i sat with several others. before me was THE LAMB OF GOD and HE HELD THE TERRIBLE SWIFT SWORD as mentioned in the BATTLE HYMM OF THE REPUBLIC....that too is a joke...selah…

And HE POINTED THE SWORD AT ME AND SAID… "IT STILL HAS TWO EDGES"…

And the VISION ENDED...yesterday i spoke with Trey about what others are talking about in South Florida. People we have known and fellowshiped for years with...people i will not see again in 18 days. lots are still reciting "mantras" of men preached every sunday from pulpits. some are stuggling to "break free".

I was grieved by much of what we shared. people on the side of the road, wounded and dying unaware all they had said and did had nothing to do with the LAMB,,,,or for ABBA.

And out of nowhere i remembered a comment by a man years ago about THE WRATH OF SATAN...and THE WRATH OF THE LAMB.… two different forces unleashed. Two different time frames, but close enough to be seen as one.

The SWORD HAS TWO EDGES… the sickle only has one…

selah
old dog