Please
note: I
sensed while receiving them, these messages are not just for myself, but can
be for others, please read them with this in mind.
Please keep in mind as
well, Prophecy does not always come into being immediately and in the
image we imagine. It is given in a symbolic spiritual language which must
be spiritually discerned. When it does come to pass, our spirit will give
witness to it's unfolding, gradual or immediate....
Scripture references:
* Acts 1:
In the first book, O The-oph'ilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to
do and teach, 2 until the day when he
was taken up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the
apostles whom he had chosen. 3 To them
he presented himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing to
them during forty days, and speaking of the kingdom of God. 4
And while staying with them he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem,
but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, "you heard
from me, 5 for John baptized with
water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the Holy
Spirit." 6 So when they had come
together, they asked him, "Lord, will you at this time restore
the kingdom to Israel?" 7 He said
to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father
has fixed by his own authority. 8 But
you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you
shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Sama'ria and to the
end of the earth." 9
And when he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a
cloud took him out of their sight. 10
And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by
them in white robes, 11 and said,
"Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who
was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him
go into heaven." 12 Then they
returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem,
a sabbath day's journey away; 13 and
when they had entered, they went up to the upper room
** Acts 6-8 And the word of God increased;
and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a
great many of the priests were obedient to the faith. 8
And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among
the people. 9 Then some of those who
belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the
Cyre'nians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cili'cia and Asia,
arose and disputed with Stephen. 10
But they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he
spoke. 11 Then they secretly
instigated men, who said, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words
against Moses and God." 12 And
they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came
upon him and seized him and brought him before the council, 13
and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak
words against this holy place and the law; 14
for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this
place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us." 15
And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face was like
the face of an angel. And the high priest said, "Is this so?" 2
And Stephen said: "Brethren and fathers, hear me. The God of glory
appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopota'mia, before he
lived in Haran, 3 and said to him,
'Depart from your land and from your kindred and go into the land which I
will show you.' 4 Then he departed
from the land of the Chalde'ans, and lived in Haran. And after his father
died, God removed him from there into this land in which you are now
living; 5 yet he gave him no
inheritance in it, not even a foot's length, but promised to give it to
him in possession and to his posterity after him, though he had no child. 6
And God spoke to this effect, that his posterity would be aliens in a land
belonging to others, who would enslave them and ill-treat them four
hundred years. 7 'But I will judge
the nation which they serve,' said God, 'and after that they shall come
out and worship me in this place.' 8
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham became the
father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac became
the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs. 9
"And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God
was with him, 10 and rescued him out
of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king
of Egypt, who made him governor over Egypt and over all his household. 11
Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great
affliction, and our fathers could find no food. 12
But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our
fathers the first time. 13 And at
the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's
family became known to Pharaoh. 14
And Joseph sent and called to him Jacob his father and all his kindred,
seventy-five souls; 15 and Jacob
went down into Egypt. And he died, himself and our fathers, 16
and they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham
had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. 17
"But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to
Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt 18
till there arose over Egypt another king who had not known Joseph. 19
He dealt craftily with our race and forced our fathers to expose their
infants, that they might not be kept alive. 20
At this time Moses was born, and was beautiful before God. And he was
brought up for three months in his father's house; 21
and when he was exposed, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up
as her own son. 22 And Moses was
instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his
words and deeds. 23 "When he
was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the
sons of Israel. 24 And seeing one of
them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by
striking the Egyptian. 25 He
supposed that his brethren understood that God was giving them deliverance
by his hand, but they did not understand. 26
And on the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and
would have reconciled them, saying, 'Men, you are brethren, why do you
wrong each other?' 27 But the man
who was wronging his neighbor thrust him aside, saying, 'Who made you a
ruler and a judge over us? 28 Do you
want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?' 29
At this retort Moses fled, and became an exile in the land of Mid'ian,
where he became the father of two sons. 30
"Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the
wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. 31
When Moses saw it he wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to look,
the voice of the Lord came, 32 'I am
the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.'
And Moses trembled and did not dare to look. 33
And the Lord said to him, 'Take off the shoes from your feet, for the
place where you are standing is holy ground. 34
I have surely seen the ill-treatment of my people that are in Egypt and
heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them. And now come,
I will send you to Egypt.' 35
"This Moses whom they refused, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a
judge?' God sent as both ruler and deliverer by the hand of the angel that
appeared to him in the bush. 36 He
led them out, having performed wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red
Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years. 37
This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, 'God will raise up for you a
prophet from your brethren as he raised me up.' 38
This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel
who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and he received
living oracles to give to us. 39 Our
fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside, and in their hearts
they turned to Egypt, 40 saying to
Aaron, 'Make for us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who led us out
from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.' 41
And they made a calf in those days, and offered a sacrifice to the idol
and rejoiced in the works of their hands. 42
But God turned and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is
written in the book of the prophets: 'Did you offer to me slain beasts and
sacrifices, forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? 43
And you took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of the god Rephan, the
figures which you made to worship; and I will remove you beyond Babylon.' 44
"Our fathers had the tent of witness in the wilderness, even as he
who spoke to Moses directed him to make it, according to the pattern that
he had seen. 45 Our fathers in turn
brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations which God
thrust out before our fathers. So it was until the days of David, 46
who found favor in the sight of God and asked leave to find a habitation
for the God of Jacob. 47 But it was
Solomon who built a house for him. 48
Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with hands; as the prophet
says, 49 'Heaven is my throne, and
earth my footstool. What house will you build for me, says the Lord, or
what is the place of my rest? 50 Did
not my hand make all these things?' 51
"You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always
resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. 52
Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed
those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you
have now betrayed and murdered, 53
you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it."
54 Now when they heard these things
they were enraged, and they ground their teeth against him. 55
But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of
God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God; 56
and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man
standing at the right hand of God." 57
But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed
together upon him. 58 Then they cast
him out of the city and stoned him; and the witnesses laid down their
garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59
And as they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my
spirit." 60 And he knelt down
and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against
them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep. 1 And
Saul was consenting to his death. And on that day a great persecution
arose against the church in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered
throughout the region of Judea and Sama'ria, except the apostles. 2
Devout men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation over him. 3
But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he
dragged off men and women and committed them to prison. 4
Now those who were scattered went about preaching the word.