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This following "story" is only a small part of the printed Shepherd's Rod
2003; It is not yet available from the publisher, but you can hear the
below message in it's entirety on audio cassette or CD entitled "The Door
In Heaven is Open! Ask What you Will!" for only $6 plus $3 shipping and
handling, or on CD for $10 plus $3 shipping handling. It will encourage
you greatly! (This was part of December's Tapes of the month
subscription)
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Note
From Steve Shultz, Publisher, THE ELIJAH LIST
Bobby Conner's 'story' below is his real-life experience of being caught
up into heaven--and
what God showed him about how, when and why HE is now beginning to answer
certain prayers of His people. The tape of the month for last
December told this story. You can order it at:
http://theelijahlist.safeshopper.com/358/cat358.htm?257
It's
called, "The Door in Heaven is Open! Ask What You will!" If you haven't
heard the tape, you should get it. As I tried to tell the story to my wife
(who had not heard the tape) I began to weep. It really brought great
encouragement to me.
Both
this Word and the other article we posted today on THE CALL, address the
clear fact that God has chosen this time to begin to answer significant
prayers of the saints based on past and present prayers of the saints. --
Steve Shultz
Unlocking The Ancient Door Revealing
the Ancient of Days
Unlocking The Ancient Door Revealing
the Ancient of Days
This revelation took place a few days prior to the Day of Atonement while I
was ministering in Christchurch, New Zealand. Suddenly, without warning, I
was transported by the Spirit of God, into the heavenly realm. I stood in
front of an incredibly huge, ancient door. It appeared to be made of heavy
brass or a burnt-bronze type metal. The ancient door seemed to be locked and
it was as though it had not been opened for a long time, if ever.
Open This Ancient Door
I stood directly in front of this gigantic door which had a single slot type
keyhole in the middle. A firm voice spoke over my left shoulder, "Open this
door!" I answered in a shaky voice, "I am sorry but I do not have a key and
it is locked." Then a second time, even more firmly than before I was
instructed, "Open this door!" I responded again with even more uncertainty,
"But I do not have the key."
The Key
I was shocked at his response. He said, "You are the key; extend your left
hand and put it into the keyhole." As I extended my hand it slid easily into
the lock. "Turn your hand to the right." I was surprised how easily, almost
effortless, the locked turned. It rotated and released. I heard the sound of
a heavy thud with a click, and the door was suddenly unlocked and cracked
opened, but only a small bit.
The Sound of Rushing Wind
At this point I hear an incredibly loud sound of rushing wind. If you have
ever opened something that has been vacuumed sealed, this was close to that
sound only a great deal louder. I could hear as well as feel the sound of
rushing, living winds flowing by me into the opened door. The aroma of these
winds is almost overwhelming, the fragrance was of such beauty.
I was instructed to pull the unlocked door open wider. With the least bit of
effort the door swung open. As it opened ever wider the most awesome rushing
winds and brilliant, different colored living lights along with streams of
liquid fire poured out, exposing me to sounds and smells not yet heard and
sensed on earth.
The force with which these blasted out of the open door would have blown me
away if I had not had my hand fastened firmly in the door.
Then as suddenly as the experience started it ended. I was standing there,
stunned, still attached to the open door. I asked, "Lord what have I seen?"
He replied, "You will be shown in due time." And I was back in the room in
New Zealand.
The Return To The Open Door
It was 3:30 AM before sunrise on the Day of Atonement. I was lying in bed
totally awake. The room was completely dark; I was quietly waiting upon the
Lord. However, my quiet, tranquil moment was about to be interrupted by a
mind-blowing experience. It started with a flash of bright light across the
dark room.
Light Fills The Room
Suddenly, the ceiling of the room began to fill with bars of golden light.
The light started at the right side of the room and slowly moved across the
ceiling in rows of beautiful white golden light about eight inches apart.
Each bar of light grew in brightness and size. I was totally bewildered as I
watched the ceiling disappear in the blinding, golden white light.
Immediately I am caught up in the exact same experience as in New Zealand
but this time the experience was moving rapidly as if I am seeing a video
that is being viewed in fast forward
mode.
Open The Door Wide
When I got to the place where the first experience stopped the vision slowed
back down to normal speed. I was standing with my left hand firmly attached
into the lock in the open door. The winds of living fire rushed forth out of
the open door. I was told to remove my hand from the door, so I did. My mind
was whirling, wondering what I would do next. I was amazed at the sounds of
the winds coming in the door and also the sights and sounds coming out.
I was instructed to push the door wide open, and enter in. I was standing
just outside the open door, bathed and consumed by a Living Light that I
have no words to describe. This dancing Liquid Light contains colors and
brilliance that I'd never seen before.
Bright Darkness
The Living Light was so pure and bright that it was like a thick liquid,
however, it was bright until it appeared as darkness. I pondered how this
could be light and yet appear dark. Suddenly, an angelic creature stood near
me and said, "Remember what was spoken of in Exodus 20:21. "So the
people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God
was." When the angelic messenger said this, my mind became
extremely active. Solomon's words in I Kings 8:12 entered my mind,
"The Lord said He would dwell in the dark cloud."
Next, the proclamation of the Psalmist came bursting into my heart,
Psalm 18:11, "He made darkness His secret place; his canopy around Him was
dark waters and thick clouds of the skies."
In Psalm 97:2-5 we read:
Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the
foundation of His throne. A fire goes before Him, and burns up His enemies
round about. His lightnings light the world; the earth sees and trembles.
The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of
the Lord of the whole earth.
In A Different Dimension
In the midst of the Living Light a Form appeared which said to me, "You are
to enter in!" I was terrified by the power and purity of this moment, and
the awareness of my sinfulness. I protested saying "Oh! No! I can't enter
in!" But I was commanded to enter in. I take a step forward and suddenly I
am standing in the midst of this living light. Somehow I was being
transported into an area of the throne of God.
My heart was pounding and my mind was racing. My physical body was going
though some very strange sensations, I felt extremely strong and terribly
weak at the same time. I wanted to fall on my face and hide my sinful self
from the gaze of His holy eyes. I was aware of the wickedness of my heart. I
felt the transgression of my soul. In this moment He said, "You only stand
because of MY GRACE!" In the midst of this Living Light I saw the likeness
of a Man of Living Liquid Fire; however He was like no other man I have ever
seen. Once again I was a man captured between two worlds. I was drawn by His
beauty and repulsed by my sinfulness.
Follow Me
He summoned me to draw nearer, saying, "Come follow ME!" I heard my voice
asking a question, but I did not realize that the words were coming from my
own lips! It seemed as though it was coming from a long distance away. I
asked in a trembling voice, as my body shook in total terror, "Who are YOU?"
And He said the second time, "Come! Follow Me!" I pleaded, "Please tell me
who You are!"
Then He responded, "I AM! I AM THE
WISDOM OF THE AGES. I AM THE VOICE OF THE PROPHETS. I AM THE POWER OF THE
APOSTLES. I AM THE ANCIENT OF DAYS!"
He spoke these words and my heart filled with an overwhelming
comfort, I was totally sure that all that He said was absolutely the truth.
However, I was still filled with awe and a holy terror.
I did not say this but I thought it--"I
must have died. I am in heaven!"
Suddenly the entire room was filled with a
voice that penetrated every cell of my body, "No, you are not dead."
I even pinched hard on my arm to see if I had any type of sensation.
I was shaking and so petrified that I didn't think any part of my body would
move. Again He said very assertively, "Follow Me." Knowing He was who He
said He was I determine to do all I could to totally obey.
He said, "You must fully follow me; step only where I step. Stay very close,
right behind Me. The Holy Spirit can walk beside you, but you must walk
behind Me." I can't explain it but the Father and the Ancient of Days are
the very same yet somehow different in their actions.
Walking In The Fire
Having said that, He took a step. Where His foot of fire stepped a footprint
of brilliant, burning, flowing colors was left. I thought it would be
difficult to move my legs; however to my total surprise I was almost
weightless. I stepped into the footprint of swirling light. As I did, Living
Light, arising from the burning footprint, bust forth and shot through me
starting from my foot and coming out my mouth, eyes, ears and the top of my
head.
The moment this happened I was filled with a joy and jubilation that I had
never experienced. Each step released revelation and illumination about the
Kingdom of God and His ways on the earth. On and on we walked. With each
step more light and joy was released. With each step revelation and
understanding came.
It is only as we follow Him that we will receive the revelation He has for
this generation. This is what I John 1:6-7 means when it says, "If
we walk in the light as He is in the Light we will have fellowship one with
another." The Lord is now releasing deeper understanding concerning
the advancing of the Kingdom of God. We are seeing a people being prepared
to lay hold of the authority of the Kingdom of God.
Genesis 5:24 says that Enoch walked with God and was not. Walking with the
Ancient of Days will do the same thing for us now. As I walked I was aware
of less and less of me, and more and more of Him. If we are to walk with God
we too must seek to be pure and without self-seeking ambition. The Lord
warned in this experience that for every ounce of self-promotion that we
engage in we will reap a pound of shame.
Each time a question arose in my heart He responded with an answer before I
could even voice it. He said, "It is because I have released divine query
that your heart is set to seek Me!"
We must always be reminded that it was at His invitation that we began to
follow Him.
Everything
Must
Be
Based
And
Established
On My Word
One question that filled my mind was this: I wanted scripture to help me
balance out this experience. As soon as I thought this He said to me,
"Yes! Everything must be based and established on My Word."
He said, "I AM THE ONE REVEALED in the Prophet Daniel." Suddenly the
Spirit of Truth filled my mind with the words of Daniel 7:9-10:
I watched till thrones were put in place, and the Ancient of Days was
seated; his garment was white as snow, and the hair of His head was like
pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, its wheels a burning fire; A
fiery stream issued and came forth from before Him. A thousand times
thousands ministered to Him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before
Him. The court was seated, and the books were opened.
I was thinking this must be something like what the Prophet Ezekiel saw
when he wrote about his vision in Ezekiel 1:24-28:
When they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of many
waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a tumult like the noise of an
army; and when they stood still, they let down their wings. A voice came
from above the firmament that was over their heads; whenever they stood,
they let down their wings. And above the firmament over their heads was
the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the
likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high
above it. Also from the appearance of His waist and upward I saw, as it
were, the color of amber with the appearance of fire all around within it;
and from the appearance of His waist and downward I saw, as it were, the
appearance of fire with brightness all around. Like the appearance of a
rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the brightness
all around it. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the
Lord. So when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of One
speaking.
The Gateway To Glory
I cried out, "OH LORD YOU ARE ALMIGHTY GOD. Please tell me about this door
that was opened." And He said, "Look back over your shoulder at the door."
So I turned around and on the door written in blazing gold were the words:
"The Gateway to God's True Glory," and also a scripture from Jeremiah. The
voice said, "Look you have entered the door of Jeremiah 33:3." My heart
was filled with this promise of God stating, "Call unto Me, and I
will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you don't
know."
I asked, "What was the sound of wind and
words rushing past me when the door first cracked opened?"
He replied that it was the
intercession of the saints. The light and the
fire that shot past me out the door were His answers to these prayers.
For those who have been truly praying and
seeking they shall now see great and mighty things which you cannot
comprehend. Now is the time to see things as of yet unseen, and to Hear
things unheard of until now (Isaiah 48:6-7). God said, "My people have
called and I am answering their cry. I have heard the cry of Hannah. My
answer is on the way. While they are yet calling I will answer." Now is
the time of the open door.
The Sound of Many Waters
Standing there in this awesome place, I heard a great sound; it sounded
much like a giant waterfall--like Niagara Falls. I asked, "What is that
sound I hear?" He said, "That is the sound of the coming rain of heaven.
It is about to rain." Suddenly there was an amber glow coming down from
above. It was drops of liquid tongues of fire and flames of fire falling
all around me, rushing beside me, going toward and through the big open
door.
Heaven's Host
This experience was much like the day of Pentecost; however it seemed to
be much more powerful. As this rain began to fall Heaven's host were sent
forth. With great shouts of joy the angels were shooting forth through the
open door. Many of the host was ready to wage war--they were prepared to
fight.
Heaven's host is now on assignment, there is great excitement in heaven.
This coming rain from heaven will wash the minds of the saints. Now is the
time to receive a good brain-washing from the Spirit of Truth. It will
move us from the soul to the Spirit. The host of heaven is rejoicing about
the work they are being assigned to perform. They are rejoicing over the
coming purity of the Church.
Get prepared for a fresh sound from heaven. Get ready to see angels and
the host of heaven on assignment, moving and ministering on the behalf of
God's saints. These Heavenly beings will begin to manifest in our
meetings. Their appearing is not to draw our attention away from the Lord
Jesus but rather to aid us in our ministry for Him (Hebrews 1:14). Many
true ministers will have angels that will be assigned to travel by their
side as they minister the Word of the Lord.
The gap between heaven and earth is truly growing much smaller. The fire
of the Lord will fall in many places this year. These burning hosts of
heaven will activate mass healing in meetings as the Holy Spirit is given
the place He should have in the service. These angelic messengers are
coming with shouts of "Holy, Holy, Holy."
A Divine Invitation For Advancement
The command was clear "COME! FOLLOW ME!" God is issuing an invitation to
come before Him. God is asking for a people to draw near. To approach God?
What an awesome privilege (Revelation 4:1-5).
Will you answer the call to come up? Remember the prerequisite is to walk
with a pure heart (Psalm 24:4). We cannot approach the hill of the Lord
unless our hearts and our hands are pure. There cannot be wrong motives.
We must seek to build the kingdom of God, and not just advance our own
agendas.
Draw Near
What could be more important than drawing near to God? Now is the time to
get our priorities in order. But it is good for me to draw near to
God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all Your
works (Psalms 73:28, NKJ).
Notice the benefits of drawing near to God:
• "It is good." This is the very best place to be, near to God. He longs
to draw each of us ever closer to Himself. Jesus spoke these sad words
over ancient Jerusalem, "How often I wanted to draw you near to Me, just
as a mother hen would her chicks however you would not." May it never be
said of us that we have shunned His call to come near.
• The more we get to know God the more of His divine secrets He will share
with us (Deuteronomy 29:29). God has promised that He will share His
secrets with those who truly fear Him (Psalms 25:14).
• What an outstanding privilege to be called one of God's friends (John
15:15). Remember it was the friend of the bridegroom who was aware of the
approaching groom. Somehow the closer we walk in true fellowship and
friendship with Jesus the more we are walking in the true prophetic.
More Heavenly Revelation
I will later share some of the
other things that I saw and heard while caught up into this astounding
place. However, as Paul stated in 2 Corinthians 12:2-4,
"And I know such a man--whether in the body or out of the body I
do not know, God knows--how he was caught up into Paradise and heard
inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter."
Some of the things I received will need to be shared later. My prayer is
that the Spirit of Truth will release understanding concerning all that is
to be shared.
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This is only a small part of the printed
Shepherd's Rod 2003; It is not yet available from the publisher, but you can
hear the above message "The Door In Heaven is Open! Ask What you Will!" in
it's entirety on audio cassette for only $6 plus $3 shipping and handling,
or on CD for $10 plus $3 shipping handling. It will encourage you
greatly! (This was part of
December's Tapes of the month subscription)
"The Door In Heaven Is Open! Ask What You Will!" by Bobby Conner
http://theelijahlist.safeshopper.com/358/cat358.htm?257
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