By Catherine Brown Catherine's email: catherine@yerton.com September 28, 2001

[Note from Steve Shultz: Several of Catherine Brown's words can be found on Bob Jones' website at: http://bobjones.org/wof.htm . As with any word for the coming year, there are both words of encouragement as well as words of warning.]

“But you have an anointing from the Holy One� 1 Jn 2:20

I had been in a time of personal worship and repentance prayer, when the Holy Spirit revealed that this was the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur – Lev 16). This is the third year in succession that He has supernaturally impressed the need to me to wait on a word for the church. My heart was full of His mercy and I cried out that the Lord would give me a word of Hope for the church and for the world. Without His hope, we can never expect to radiate Christ and to win the lost for His glory. Christ is the hope of glory in us, and it is this living hope that will illumine all our tomorrows with the heavenly glow of eternity.

The Lord showed me a succession of images, which I will ‘bullet point’ here. The word was heavily opposed by the enemy trying to steal the Father’s mercy from my heart, but this is the victorious outcome of the time of intercession and briefly outlines some of the things the Holy Spirit revealed to me.

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OIL RUNNING DOWN AARON'S BEARD

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I had a vision of Aaron with oil pouring down from his beard, running down on to the hem of his priestly garment

Lk 13:10-17 describes a woman who had been bent double for 18 years, but Christ saw her condition and was filled with compassion and loosed her from her bondage. It is time for the church to be ‘loosed’. When the church touches ‘the garment of Christ’, she will be healed. Once the church is healed and ‘loosed’, she can then be used to heal the wounded and the broken of society. The Lord is going to cause His Bride to become upright and be made whole in His healing.

· It is time for the priestly anointing to be released – the power of Jesus name, the power of Jesus Blood and the power of Jesus Word. · Through this we will see a massive global healing and miracle release/explosion

I saw angels bringing bowl after bowl of incense before the Throne of God

· The Lord has purposed that there will be extraordinary increase in prayer across the globe. We are to make room for the grass roots prayer movements that will emerge in the nations, and not resist these divinely inspired surges of prayer. Many more houses of prayer will be established along side of other itinerant prayer ministries.

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TIME FOR THE MINISTRY OF JESUS TO BE POURED OUT

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I saw Jesus pouring oil from a golden vessel onto the church

· It is time for the ministry of Jesus to be poured out on the Church. The bride of Christ is to receive the oil of His anointing · The oil contained all of the virtue of Christ. I could see various words such as mercy, hope, grace, wisdom, truth, joy, etc. People on earth were being ‘hit’ by these virtues and instantly responding · This is a year when we will see ‘suddenlies’ and the immediacy of the effects of the Gospel preached with power will break out in the nations · I saw that the Spirit of Wisdom and revelation was impacting people and this resulted in a spiritual awakening across the church. (James 3:13-18) ·

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YET A WARNING FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT OF COUNTERFEIT SPIRIT OF WISDOM

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The Holy Spirit also warned me that alongside of this True anointing being poured out, that at the same time the enemy will release a counterfeit spirit of wisdom.

Believers will be required to know Christ and to digest His Word as never before. This counterfeit will be difficult (but not impossible) to discern because it will look extremely like the ‘real thing’. However, at it’s heart it will glorify self and it’s motivation will be prideful. It will mix Biblical truth with the Babylonian mindset and will deceive many. It will elevate self before Christ and others and this will be extremely subtle at times. It will embrace a form of self-denial, thus appearing to be following the Way of Christ, but it will not give it’s life for another. It will be arrogant and lack the purity and humility of the Wisdom of Christ. It will ridicule those who will not embrace it, and will use manipulation and fear against those who will resist it. It will masquerade as the Wisdom of Christ attempting to wear the virtue of Christ as a borrowed garment but will have selfish ambition at its heart. It will show itself through elitist commentary and self-indulgence. It will grip the hearts and minds of believers as did Absalom, and will be insincere in demonstrations of love. It will not value impartiality and will propagate a sectarian type-hatred towards non believers of other non-Christian militant religious expressions. Ultimately it will be recognized by its fruit that is a lack of mercy and it will sow seeds of discord, disunity and division leading to acts of unrighteousness.

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I SAW JESUS TAKING GOLDEN VESSELS OFF SHELVES IN HEAVEN

======================================================= · This speaks of a heretofore-unknown increase and release of the apostolic and prophetic offices - servant hearted government of Christ to build the end time church. (Eph 2:19-21)

Some of these are people already in ministry and will know a profound increase. Others are people who have been ‘hidden’ until now but will suddenly find themselves propelled into global prominence. All of these will be known by their humility, and will have undergone intensive pruning and preparation for such a time as this. They will also be anointed to preach and teach from the Word with extreme Christ centered revelation.

I SAW JESUS ENTER A ROOM IN HEAVEN AND GO UNDER HIS BLOOD

I have seen this room in heaven only once before. It contains the Blood of Christ and is a holy and awesome place. It is difficult to breathe because of the Presence of God. It stands as a reminder that the Blood of Christ is eternally redemptive. This is a year of cleansing and a year of empowerment and a year of revelatory preaching of the Cross and the Blood of Christ as never before.

· The Church is going to be washed in His blood, and through this cleansing she will be empowered to do the “greater things� Jesus spoke of in John 14:12

· Even those who thought they were ‘holy’ will find themselves coming under conviction and being washed afresh in His blood.

· Revelation of Jesus to the Church will increase the ministry of Jesus through the church.

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TROOPS BEING SENT TO THE NATIONS

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I saw many battalions of troops being sent out to the nations. I saw human troops representing God’s army, and I also saw demonic troops being sent out

· Many people are being given their ‘marching orders’. For some this will mean geographical re-location. For others it will mean being taken into street ministry. It is a year of divine dispatches.

· It is a year of strategic networking – urgency and quickening to gather in ‘war rooms’ across the nations

· Generals will be raised up – both for intercession and for apostolic/prophetic leadership

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I SAW MANY PEOPLE BEING BAPTIZED IN THE OCEAN

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· This year will see an unprecedented number of water baptisms of new believers and also many believers who have not yet been baptized (such as those from denominations that do not support adult water baptism). There will be grace and favour for those who wish to be baptized.

I was shown that there will be an increase in ‘school ministries’

We will see more and more spontaneous outbursts of the Spirit bringing conviction on non-believers to reconcile them to Christ and through this a wave of evangelism will sweep schools and colleges. Get ready church – the damn is about to break! Radical youth evangelists are about to be released and many young people will be saved through their witness. The church must ready herself to support these youth and to receive the harvest.

I saw angels with harps that were ministering to the Lord in music

As the angels played their instruments, oil was released from heaven. Jesus was pouring out new oil for worship. Once again, as it ‘hit’ people on earth there was an immediate response.

· We will see more and more ministries of worship raised up in this coming year.

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I SAW MEN BEING RELEASED FROM LITERAL PRISONS

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· God is going to release some of those who are currently incarcerated but have been gloriously saved and delivered. He is going to release them and they will carry a profound boldness and apostolic power for preaching and healing because the church is not ‘going’ to the extent that the Lord has called and commissioned her. These precious individuals will serve as a ‘wake up’ call to the church to fulfill the Great Commission.

I saw Jesus pouring oil on His Bride and people began to preach of the Love of the Bridegroom and the adoration of the Bride

· We will see a new level of anointed preaching as Christ pours Himself out on His Bride

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A NEW MINISTRY CALLED "PRAYER IN THE AIR."

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I saw Prayer Ministries being raised up like never before.

· I saw a specific new intercessory prayer ministry called “Prayer in the Air�. It will be an international coalition of Christians working together to pray from the air both for nations and for individuals. People will sign up to become part of this prayer ministry, some will travel on flights as ambassadors of Christ in the air, some of these will be specially assigned prayer teams, some will be Christian families, friends, business people who will pray for the people on their flights. Some people will sign up and pray from the ground for those in the air, others will sign up and pray in the air. A small core group will be called upon by world leaders to intercede specifically as statesmen and women travel by air. As a direct result of this ministry nations will be affected, and people will be saved in the air. God is redeeming the airwaves!

· I also felt strongly that the Lord is going to permit an increase in the area of intercession for world leaders and particularly the United Nations through prayer teams being permitted to meet with such gatherings.

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I SAW A CHILDREN'S' PRAYER MINISTRY RISING OUT OF AFRICA

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· paving the way for other children’s prayer ministries in the nations

I saw Repentance Mission trails

· including those from the Christian church who will repent to Muslims for persecution by Christians against Muslims. The church must guard her heart against the ‘crusading spirit’.

I saw Mercy Missions being raised up to supply much needed aid – I saw this going out in trucks, from the sea and from the air

· There will be more refugees this year than we have ever seen before. The Lord has made provision for wealth to be taken out of the church to be given to those who are desperate for humanitarian aid. The church is going to enter into the covenant of tithe as never before and this will release unprecedented increase and miracles in the area of provision. The Lord is also going to use the wealth of nations to feed the hungry and clothe the poor, the orphans, the oppressed and the widows.

Tensions will increase over Israel and persecutions against both Jewish believers and Arabs will increase.

· I saw a gathering of UN members who were debating over the inheritance of Jacob, and the Lord instructed me that the church must pray against a ‘false peace’ coming at the expense of the loss of Israel’s inheritance of the land (as promised to Jacob Gen 28:13-15).

This is a year of increase in martyrdom

· but with the gift will come the grace. The Lord reminded me this week, that a martyr’s life is never taken, but that it is always given. The blood of the martyrs will birth revival, not a blood-bath of retaliation and revolution.

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WARNING: I SAW A SPIRIT OF SEDUCTION BEING RELEASED

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· This will operate through the Babylonian mindset and will draw believers in to bondage through greed or need. Our hearts must remain pure before God, trusting Him for all of our provision. Everything we could ever need is ours in Christ. The church must take up her position to rule and reign in Christ. Total God-dependency and God-reliancy will enable believers to “come out� of the effects of this spiritual seduction and to remain in Christ.

I saw a monstrous religious spirit being released over the church · This religious spirit will claim to be the Truth and will deceive many believers.

The Lord instructed me that this year the love of some would grow cold as a direct result of the deception of the enemy

· Some will begin to ridicule and revile the work of the Holy Spirit. The choice is before the church – “Choose ye this day, whom shall ye serve�. (Joshua 24:15)

This is a year when we will see prodigals return to the church as never before.

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ROSE PETALS FROM HEAVEN ON HIS BRIDE

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The vision ended with the Lord pouring rose petals from heaven on His bride

The tenderness of Christ was being poured out on those who have sought Him with all of their heart. Those who have been broken for His namesake will carry the aroma of His Presence. Truly the love of the Bridegroom is being lavished on the bride.

“As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit – just as it has taught you, remain in him. “ 1 John 2:27

Catherine Brown