Through Catherine Brown CBrownds1@aol.com

Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999

A VISION AND A WORD ABOUT THE JOY OF THE LORD

"I WILL COME TO MY BRIDE, BEFORE I COME FOR HER AND GREAT SHALL BE MY JOY IN ALL THE EARTH"

"The ransomed of the Lord will return. They will enter Zion with singing, everlasting joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away." Is 51:11

I saw many angels gathering in Israel, specifically around Jerusalem. There were more angels in this vision than I have ever seen gathering on earth and I discerned this was a very important occasion. I was shown a great wall and in the middle of the wall was a gateway. The gateway was bricked up and the gate had the appearance of being two archways, and written between these archways were two words "ELOHIM SHADDAI." (The Creator, The All Sufficient-One). Beside the gate, waiting by the wall, stood a solitary colt, the foal of a donkey.

On either side of the bricked up gate were written two letters, one that represented Alpha the other Omega. I heard the Lord speak "I AM everlasting to everlasting. I am the Alpha and the Omega." (Rev 1:8)

Suddenly, huge meteorites burst through the heavens and they began to bombard the bricked up gateway in the wall. The bricks began to explode and the final meteorite, bearing the name YAHWEH ADDONAI (The Lord, The Eternal One) hit the double arch way and caused a mighty explosion. This explosion of Light was breathtakingly dazzling and it blew the gateway wide open. In the midst of this incredible blinding Light I saw the Lord walk through the gateway, and these words were impressed to my spirit:

"I will come to My Bride before I come for her, and great shall be My joy in all the earth, for joy is a firstfruit of salvation"

INTERPRETATION

At the beginning of the Feast of Tabernacles the Lord graced me with a vision, promising that another would be given at the end of the Feast. On the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles the Israelites were commanded to be joyful before God (Lev 23:40). This vision is a prophetic foretelling of the joy of the Lord being made complete in His people, and ultimately points to His second coming. However, the interpretation and timing of this vision are in regard to the release and herald of the great joy of the Lord's salvation for all the earth.

During the Feast of Tabernacles the priest would recite Is 12:3 "With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.", and water from the pool of Siloam, in golden pitchers would be poured out on the altar by the priests. On the final and greatest day of the Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus declared He was the fountain from which Living Waters would flow, as a sign to the people that He was the awaited Messiah. (Jn 19:33). Jesus, as our High Priest, has poured Himself out on the altar of the Cross of Calvary, becoming the Living Well through which the Water of His Spirit flows.

THE GOLDEN GATE

The bricked gateway is the Golden Gate in Jerusalem, and the wall is the wall of Jerusalem. The gate represents Yeshua as the gate of salvation. Jesus declared He is the gate for His children.

"I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved." John 10:9

The colt, the foal of a donkey is a sign of the coming of the Son of Man. I believe that the use of the Golden Gate in Jerusalem also indicates the physical site where the Lord will eventually return. The Lord spoke of being "Everlasting to Everlasting" and this reminds us His covenants and His promises are eternal and point to His joy.

"Instead of their shame my people will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace they will rejoice in their inheritance; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs. "Is 61:7

The meteorites speak of the sign of the Son of Man in the sky and the coming of His Kingdom.

"For the Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other." Lk 17:24

Just as the angels announced the birth of Jesus, so also they announce the coming of His Joy, His Glory and His Peace to all men. Ultimately, they will announce the 2nd coming of the Son of Man.

"An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you, he is Christ the Lord." Lk 2:9-11

The Messiah is the herald of great Joy. In the vision, the Lord declared that He is returning to His bride before He returns for her. I believe this indicates that the Bride (Church) will experience a season of corporate intimacy and courtship with the Presence of Jesus (heretofore unknown), prior to the final return of the Person of Jesus (the 2nd coming). The Bride will receive the Joy of His Salvation before her final union with the Bridgegroom (Yeshua).

The Lord has set watchmen on the walls of Jerusalem and the Bible declares they shall shout with joy.

"Listen! You watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for joy. When the Lord returns to Zion, they will see it with their own eyes. Burst into songs of joy together, you ruins of Jerusalem, For the Lord has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem." Is 52:8,9

Jesus said that the Kingdom of God is within us, just as His joy is a living well within us. In the sacred assembly, in the Love of His Law and under the new covenant of His Grace, we must come to understand that the Joy of the Lord is our strength, and apart from Him we can do nothing.

"Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you." Lk 17:21

"Beloved I have promised that your joy shall be made complete in Me. See, your Savior comes and His recompense accompanies Him. I shall break forth as the Morning Star and you shall be overcome and overtaken by the Light of My Presence and great will be My Joy in all the earth. You have watched and you have waited and now the Glory of the Lord shall break upon the land, and the people will see a great Light. To the Ancient of Days they will raise Hosannas and My zeal will herald in a new dawn. The secret things belong to God, but it is the Father's delight to share His Joy with His children. It was because of my great Love that I bore the shame of the Cross and took up your iniquities, in order that you might receive the fullness of My joy. My judgements are coming upon the earth, but My Joy and My mercy shall be the forerunner to My righteous judgements. See your Savior comes, as I once rode on a colt, the foal of a donkey; see I shall come again in great Glory, lighting up the sky with the multitudes of My angels. My Majesty shall be revealed in all the earth and My Inheritance will be made complete as My Father has promised to Me since the beginning of time. I AM everlasting to everlasting and My promises are Faithful and True. Behold, I have ransomed you and set you free. Drink from the Living Well that is Joy of My Salvation for the nations." Amen"

In the precious name of Yeshua 2 October 1999 Catherine Brown (joy)