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 Steve
Shultz: Why would God Say, "HE HAS TORN OR AFFLICTED US?"
Sometimes, it's best to hit a controversial
word "head on." Such is the case with this one.
Paul Keith Davis, one of the most balanced
prophetic writers we have, writes out Bob Jones' word below.
But "Balanced" to the prophetic Christian
can, at times, be controversial. There is a line in this word that is in fact
Scriptural, yet it is hard to grasp by most Believers. That line, given by
Bob Jones and written up by Paul Keith Davis, says this:
"The Lord is healing
the fracture He has created in a third day harvest of the wounded and
persecuted."
I wrote to Paul Keith for clarification, and
I cannot dispute the Scriptures he gave me. Simply stated, they ARE in the Word
of God. As hard as it is to grasp, our Father in Heaven has, at times, "torn"
us or "inflicted us." Here is what Paul Keith wrote to me, along with the
Scriptures to support it:
"The
sentence [above] is a reference to the prophetic promise of Hosea 6:1-3 which
many, including us, believe is
at the door. Two
thousand years of church history are as two days, and then the third day
promises [come to pass]."
Here are two of those Scriptures:
"Come, let
us return to the LORD. For
He has torn
[us]
but He will heal us;
He has wounded [us]
but He will bandage us.
He will
revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, that we may
live before Him. So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD. His going
forth is as certain as the dawn; and He will come to us like the rain, like
the spring rain watering the earth."
--Hosea 6:1-3
"The light
of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be
seven times [brighter] like the light of seven days,
on the day the LORD binds
up
the fracture
of His people and heals the bruise He has inflicted." --Isaiah
30:26
I (Steve Shultz) would love
these two Scriptures to be "absent" from the Word of God, but alas, they are
"very present." It's not said by God that
"My
ways are not your ways"
without good reason. God thinks much differently than even the best thinkers in
the Church today.
This is why we need prophetic
voices who will unwaveringly tell us what God is showing them--especially when
it's clearly stated in the Scriptures.
Be blessed, and yes, even
challenged, as you read this Word by Bob Jones and Paul Keith Davis for 2006.
Steve
Shultz
THE ELIJAH LIST
January 22, 2006
Bob Jones:
"The Seed of God"
The Prophetic Ministry of Bob Jones
With Paul Keith Davis
www.bobjones.org
God's people are the remnant seed.
The Lord is getting ready to sow again the remnant of His people. Many
Christians are literally in a time of death to self; the seed of God is sown
with travail and weeping. One of the main delays has simply been waiting on the
Lord's timing. God has synchronization for His plans.
For years, the Lord has been working on and empowering many people in
preparation for this hour. We are now at a crossroad in His blueprint, and great
change is on the horizon.
The process has been long and difficult, but God has given us new life at
different times to encourage us to continue to press in to Him. He gave us
Toronto to bring joy into His people. He gave us Brownsville with an emphasis on
repentance. The Lord has allowed the Church other expressions of His grace to
deliver us to this point.
Now, the Lord of the Harvest has arisen. Everyone is called to have a role in
the harvest; the harvest of souls and the harvest of promises begins with
prayer. According to Job 22:30, the Lord will even deliver the one for
whom you intercede, who is not innocent. He will be delivered through
intercession and the cleanness of our hands.
When we pray, we should begin first in our own families. We are being granted a
door of opportunity for reconciliation in families, both personal and church
families. A grace to extract division and dis-harmony is being allowed. The
fruit of this is already being made evident throughout the Church.
Pray for those who are not innocent, who do not have clean hands, who have not
yet embraced the Lord's salvation, and who have perhaps given you the worst
counsel. That is what Job did.
"It
came about after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to
Eliphaz the Temanite, 'My wrath is kindled against you and against your two
friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job
has. Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to
My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant
Job will pray for you. For I will accept him so that I may not do with you
according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as
My servant Job has... The LORD restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for
his friends, and the LORD increased all that Job had twofold."
--Job 42:7-8 & 10
The righteous prayer of Job
intervened for those around him, despite their folly. It is time the fortune of
God's people be restored as well. The Lord turned the captivity of Job and
restored double his fortune when he prayed for his friends. We are entering the
season of the double-portion.
The eyes of the Lord are roving to and fro looking for a righteous agency on the
earth to stand in the gap. The Lord is asking, "Is there no man when I
call? Is there anyone to answer? I am speaking is there anyone listening? Is my
hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver?
Don't you know who I am?"
There will be a remnant of people on the earth who hear and respond to this
call. According to Isaiah 50:2 the Lord asked,
"Why
was there no man when I came? When I called, why was there none to answer? Is
My hand so short that it cannot ransom? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold,
I dry up the sea with My rebuke, I make the rivers a wilderness; their fish
stink for lack of water and die of thirst." --Isaiah 50:2
The Lord can change things
quickly. He is giving His people an instructed tongue that we may sustain the
weary with a word from Him. He is presently awakening many saints, morning by
morning, that He may give to them eyes to see and ears to hear instruction--like
His disciples. (Isaiah 50:2)
Many in the Church are coming to the end of a season of pruning and judgment, as
it is beginning in the world. His desire is for our light to shine brightly, for
many people will be heading our way in the great night. It is time for those who
overcome to arise with a measure of His glory resting on them.
This will literally be the season for the fulfillment of Daniel's prophecy when
he wrote,
"Those
who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of
heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever
and ever." --Daniel 12:3
This is the time for the
accomplishment of divine purposes and for a wave of harvest. The Lord is laying
claim to this generation of young people, as well as to the seasoned and mature.
It will be both the Joshua's and the Caleb's. The Lord is healing the fracture
He has created in a third day harvest of the wounded and persecuted. His will is
being accomplished in a mighty way so that a harvest can be achieved.
"Come, let
us return to the LORD. For
He has torn
{us}
but He will heal us;
He has wounded {us}
but He will bandage us.
He will
revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, that we may
live before Him. "So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD. His going
forth is as certain as the dawn; and He will come to us like the rain, like
the spring rain watering the earth."
--Hosea 6:1-3
"The light
of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be
seven times {brighter} like the light of seven days,
on the day the LORD binds
up
the fracture
of His people and heals the bruise He has inflicted." --Isaiah
30:26
The trials in the earth will
increase in an awesome way, while at the same time the end-time truths from the
book of Revelation shall become increasingly clear. Great understanding will be
delegated to the Church concerning these mysteries.
The book of Revelation is a love letter to the Lord's bride and prepares her to
be joined to Him. He is calling to those with ears to hear what He is saying
concerning these times and seasons. This will not be a time to do anything
presumptuously, but those led by the Spirit can rest in His protection and
grace.
 The
Lord has already triumphed over the adversary and made a public spectacle of
him. Now is the time for us to comprehend more fully that reality and
appropriate it. The Lord is delegating His victory to us when we are joined to
Him.
One of our greatest callings in this hour is to no longer be considered the
Lord's servants, but His friends. We have a Friend who is eternally positioned
on His throne of victory and authority, and we need a more complete vision of
this to fully activate our faith. Commissioning from the throne room can be a
living reality as promised through God's word. He is saying, "Come up
here!"
He is calling His Church to discern the times and know the seasons and to know
the mind of Christ for this day. It isn't His desire to hide it from us but to
reveal great understanding so that the lost may see God's blessing and wisdom
upon His people. That is what the grooming of the last decade has been intended
to accomplish. The pain of our past is the preparation for our future.
Our brokenness without the spirit of understanding can bring hopelessness, but
brokenness with understanding brings hopefulness. The Lord's
Spirit has been breaking us and uprooting our fallen nature and carnal plans in
order to inject His own nature and strategy. His ultimate purpose is to reveal
the Fatherhood of God and make us His mature sons and daughters.
Though it seems we have failed in many ways, these years have actually
cultivated humility. The arm of the flesh and our own strength cannot accomplish
the end-time mandate. It will not be by the might of man nor the power of our
own ingenuity, but by His Spirit alone. Our job is to yield and learn to
co-operate with Him.
Like Jacob, the Lord has destroyed our dependence upon human strength and
changed our nature. A new name is being given according to Revelation 2:17
to those who overcome in this fashion.
In every thunder and lightning storm, every earthquake, every volcano, and
hurricane, the Lord will have His way. These are signposts to illuminate the day
in which we live, the seriousness of the hour, and our great need for the Lord
Jesus.
Bob Jones
The Prophetic Ministry of Bob Jones
With Paul Keith Davis
www.bobjones.org
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Bob's Upcoming Itinerary:
July 26-29, 2006
Ambassadors of the Kingdom of Heaven Conference
Hosted by Abiding Glory Ministries
With Ryan Wyatt, Bob Jones, Patricia King,
Jeff Jansen and Alberto and Kimberly Rivera.
Knoxville, TN
Email: info@abidingglory.com
www.abidingglory.com
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