Day 1 : The Dream and The Hour - Judgment and Mercy
Early in March this year, a friend was given a dream:
A storm was happening: dense grey clouds and dark skies, with thunder rumbling and lightning flashing in the distance. I went outside with my dad because there was a commotion. I saw dark clouds above start to gather and form a gigantic colored target in the sky. Each ring of the target was colored differently; the outermost ring was yellow, then a blue ring, then green, purple, white, and the center of the target was red.
Suddenly, the target of clouds came down from the sky and consumed an entire apartment building on the other side of the waters, setting it on fire. The blue apartment building was engulfed in yellow flames as loud thunder roared and lightning flashed. Everything descended into chaos as crowds formed to watch. The target began to form again. I knew it would be coming for our apartment building and I knew it was the move of God.
So, along with another figure, I got down on my knees on the left side of the apartment and began to cry out to God to have mercy on us. We also talked to someone else during this time about how we don’t want to lose the fear of the Lord. I looked over and the other apartment buildings on the other side were engulfed in flames…
The next target that formed was on the pavement of our apartment building, close to where I was. I ran away out of the target and held onto my dad. When the clouds were supposed to strike, a loud voice (God) came out of the clouds and said, “I will have mercy on you because of your prayers.” When He said that, everything shook from the reverberation of His voice…and the clouds did not strike our apartment.
As we’ve processed through the dream, we believe the scope of this dream applies to individuals, ministries and churches, campuses and communities, our nation and to the nations of the world. We believe it is revealing on a larger scale what God is doing on the earth.
In the natural, we have seen in the news (over this last month) devastating pictures of what this level of destruction looks like in real life. Even before the war began, intercessors were hearing from the Lord last year about the enemy’s plans to try to start World War III, in an attempt to prevent the next great move of God on the earth! One intercessor heard that this would be a dividing year among nations, determining whether they would become Sheep or Goat nations.
In the spiritual, we are seeing this dream play out on a global scale in a different way. Many things that are hidden in darkness are suddenly being exposed and brought to the light, bringing destructive consequences to individuals, ministries, organizations and networks. This is taking place both within the Body of Christ and outside of it. We believe this is a move of God, and that these are simply first-fruit warnings of what is to come. We must not fail to recognize the times and seasons we are living in!
One intercessor heard that 2022 would be a year of the harvest, but also a time to war over the harvest. Whenever it comes to the harvest in the natural, this is the time when the wheat and the tares are revealed and separated from one another. Initially, both wheat and tares look exactly the same, and you cannot distinguish between the two. You must let them grow together.
At the time of harvest, however, the way you can distinguish the tares from the wheat is this: the tares stand tall and straight, while the wheat bows low. This is a picture of individuals, ministries, communities and nations who will either choose to stand tall in pride, stubbornness and self-will against the Lord, or who will choose to bow low and humble themselves, yielding and fully surrendering to the Lord. Those who are wheat will echo the words of Jesus in the Garden: “Not my will, but Yours be done.” (Luke 22:42)
God is evaluating hearts and weighing the spiritual conditions of individuals, ministries, communities and nations on heaven’s scales. Everything that can be shaken will be shaken. (Heb. 12:26-27) As in the dream, when the fire of God falls, it will either expose and destroy that which cannot remain, or it will set ablaze that which is rightly prepared with holy fire!
This should cause every one of us to tremble before the searching eyes and all-consuming fire of a holy God! No one is above His searching, nor is anyone exempt from the standard of holiness and purity that God is calling for in this hour! (Heb. 12:14)
Remember that Jesus is returning for a pure and spotless Bride. (Eph. 5:27) As He draws near, He will come as He is – an all-consuming fire. As the fires of revival draw near, so will the fires of judgment be right beside. (Mal. 3:1-5) Remember Ananias and Sapphira, and the swiftness with which judgment came upon them, in the midst of the great outpouring of the Spirit in the Book of Acts! (Acts 5:1-11)
How then, should we respond in such a weighty and sobering hour?
“Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.”
- Acts 3:19 (NIV)“For it is time for judgment to begin with God’s household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?”
- 1 Peter 4:17 (NIV)“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV)
Let us begin with ourselves, as we launch into this season of prayer. Then, let us stand in the gap on behalf of our families, ministries, communities and our nation.
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