Saturday, July 12, 2008

The Vision of the Lion OF the Tribe of Judah

The Vision of the Lion of the Tribe of Judah

I was at a prayer ministry type meeting. I was sitting on the floor with my eyes closed. I began to watch and the details were very vivid. I saw a green meadow with a gently flowing river running through it. I had become a lamb, and saw the Lion of the Tribe of Judah laying by the water. I went to Him and snuggled with Him. We were there for a long time. Then, He took his right paw and ran it down my back from tail to shoulders that left three deep wounds down my back. The wounds did not hurt but I was perplexed. I snuggled back up to Him. He licked my wounds. The wounds remained and after a while I launched into Him in play. A little lamb attacking the neck of the Lion of the tribe of Judah. It was joyous. Then laying back down against Him I offered my throat to Him. His teeth came down swiftly towards my neck. But instead of my neck He took my whole body gently in His mouth and forcefully through me into the air. As it was going up I turned into an eagle. I flew around Him, through His legs and under His belly in delight. As I landed next to Him I turned into a lioness. I snuggled Him and He began to run. I ran with Him on His right side at His rear flank. We ran through the meadow, we ran though a wide and fast moving river, we ran and ran through a long desert, we ran through green rolling hills. We came to a lone white capped mountain, we ran half way up the mountain till we got to a cave. We rested in the cave. I walked out of the cave and looked down and there was a non moving lioness down below. We went down to the lioness, it was unmoving and extremely thin and emaciated. I knew I was to breath into the lioness’ mouth. I did and nothing happened. I turned to the Lion of the Tribe of Judah and my mouth came against His. He breathed into my mouth and I turned and breathed into the lioness’ mouth and the lioness came to life. The lioness was still so dehydrated and thin. I offered my teats to her and she drank and revived. The Lion of the Tribe of Judah began to move. We ran behind the Lion of the Tribe of Judah in joy and danced as we ran. We followed behind on His rear flanks, across the hills we ran. There was joy and dancing and came around a hill and there was the Golden City. The lioness departed to the Golden City. The Lion of the Tribe of Judah turned and we ran back across the hills. We ran till we came to a swamp where we found another dead lioness. The Lion of the Tribe of Judah went up to her and with His right paw hit her hard in the chest, right above her heart. The lioness came to life. The lioness snuggled with the Lion of the Tribe of Judah and the Lion of the Tribe of Judah swiped its paw across its back from tail to shoulders, leaving three deep wounds. The body of the lioness fell away and out came an eagle that flew into the sky. We ran through the swamp to a place of shear faced rocks. Like canyons or paths between the rocks that were about twelve feet high. At the entrance of this maze the Lion of the Tribe of Judah said, “ Keep your eyes on me and follow me closely.” He ran fast and I followed, through many turns and many different choices that had no markers on which way to go. At one point something in the physical realm distracted me for just a moment and as I was drawing towards the distraction, I refocused on the Lion of the Tribe of Judah as He was going around a corner. I felt that He had waited for me at the corner, even though I had been gone for just a second or two. I followed through many turns and slits in the path. We got to the opening of the maze and He asked me, “Do you know where we are?” I said, “No”. He said, “We are right where we are suppose to be.” He ran and I followed. We came to a village, outside the village He began to walk and as we walked closer to the village He turned invisible but I could still see Him. He looked like a clear bubble but still had all of His features clearly defined. As he turned invisible, I turned back into a lamb. We walked into the village. It was all made of unpainted wood, the lighting was somewhat dark, and a man came up to me and picked me up and said basically, “Oh a little lamb”. He carried me to a pasture with white fences where there were many ewes. He set me in the pasture and left. All of a sudden all the ewes where very pregnant. I left with invisible Lion of the Tribe of Judah. WE walked through the village and a little blond haired girl of about nine years old picked me up and snuggled me against her. She said endearing words and then four men came to attack her. I turned back into the lioness and with one swipe blinded all four men with three claw marks going across their faces. One above the eyes, one through the eyes and one below. I lead them to the Lion of the Tribe of Judah and the first two turned to a pile of ash on the ground. The other two were thankful and walked away whole and at peace with the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. I then turned invisible with the Lion of the Tribe of Judah and we walked through the rest of the village. As we walked the Lion of the Tribe of Judah gave me a stone. It was grey and about the size of a soft ball or a small melon. I stopped and began inspecting the stone. I turned it over and tried to figure it out. I tried to see if it would open. I tried to figure out its purpose. I saw the Lion of the Tribe of Judah slowing continuing on His way. I dropped the stone, for it had no value to me. I caught up to Him and He said to bring the stone. I sprinted back the twenty to thirty feet picked up the stone in my mouth and returned to Him. As we walked we came to the top of a valley. We were on the ridge above the valley. At the top of the valley we extending from us to the other side was a dam. The dam was made up of all these stones that were exactly like the stone I had. No water got past the dam, or none that I saw. The dam was high and there was lots of water behind the dam. In the waters behind were lionesses in suspended animation. I looked across the dam, when my eyes got to the center of the dam on the outside edge there was a stone missing. The stone I had in my mouth. The Lion of the Tribe of Judah said, “Go place the stone there.” I walked across the dam and placed the stone and walked back. I turned and watched with the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. The whole dam collapsed. The waters poured down into green valley. The valley was not damaged. And as the water subsided the waters left fertile sediments across the valley. All the lionesses came to life and were spread perfectly across the valley. Out of the sediment came many butterflies of all kinds. The lionesses enjoyed the butterflies. The Lion of the Tribe of Judah walked down into the valley and I with Him. We sat on a slight rise and there were about eight lionesses in a semicircle in front of us facing away from us. Then a man with a sword approached he first lioness on the left. The man attacked the lioness, the lioness dodged the sword. The man could not hit the lioness. And in his attempts to hurt the lioness the man wounded himself. The lioness went up to the man and healed the man. The man was grateful and the tip of the sword in the ground, he used the sword to push himself up. The sword was a beautiful sword of shiny silver and with three large rubies almost the size of golf balls. One was on the end of the handle and one each on each side of the hand guard. As the man pushed himself up with the sword it sunk down into the ground a quarter of the way up the blade. The man left the sword and walked away whole. As he let go of the sword it stood there as a perfect beautiful silver and ruby cross sparkling in the sun.
A man with a sword approached the second lioness in rage; fierce and violent rage. Butterflies gathered on his sword and the man was violently approaching the lioness. He then tripped over one of the stones and fell down. He got up and continued after the lioness but had not reached her yet. The man tripped over another rock and fell down. The lioness had not moved. The man lay exhausted on the ground. The lioness went up to the man and refreshed the man and he planted his sword into the ground and went away at peace, refreshed and whole.
Four men with swords attacked the third lioness. They came up to her fast she did not move. They swung and the swords sliced right through her, cleaving right through her body. Swing after swing the sliced the lioness. She smiled at them in full confidence and peace. The men stopped and the lionesses wounds were not like normal wounds, they did not bleed. The wounds where like thin sheets of light that went through her body wherever the swords had passed but they did not hurt her. I could feel the love of the lioness for the men and they planted their swords in the ground and there were four more beautiful crosses there. The men left whole and at peace, they had changed and now had the bearing of honorable men.
The Lion of the Tribe of Judah then said to me, “This is my favorite one.” A man with a sword attacked the fifth lioness, she kept backing up. She backed up right over a pit, she did not fall in, even though there was nothing covering the pit. The man kept coming and he fell into the pit. The man was stuck in a four foot square pit about twelve feet deep. In desperation and despair the man cried out. The Lion of the Tribe of Judah went to the edge of the pit. The Lion of the Tribe of Judah laid down with his head laying over the edge of the pit he looked down at the man and talked with him as the man was stuck in the pit. They continued to talk and then at a certain point the Lion of the Tribe of Judah reached down and pulled him out of the pit. The man was grateful and walked away whole.
A man with a spear attacked the sixth lioness. There was a pit in between the lioness and her attacker. The man decided to use the spear as a pole vault to cross the pit. He didn’t make it but was left clinging to his spear as he slid down it. The lioness grabbed the base of the spear and flung the man high into the air. At the height of the through the man turned into and eagle and flew away full of joy.
A man attacked the seventh lioness and fell into a pit with spikes and died. The lioness went down into the pit and traded places with the man. The lioness was now impaled with the spikes and the man was whole and then….

I was called back and the trip ended.

Poem of Giving Birth

Poem of Giving Birth
9/20/07 10:59am

I told my wife
I was writing a poem of giving birth
She turned and snickered
As I sat by the hearth

What do you know of giving birth?
You’re a man; you don't know what life is worth?
She did not know my that heart was steady
She did not know my womb was ready

As I sat by the hearth
I nurtured its worth
I could feel it was alive
It was ready for birth

The poem in me
Was coming to life
I could feel it growing
So much for the snickers of my wife

For the exact day it was conceived
I did not know
Or how it would form
Or how it would grow

But I could feel its life growing in me
I could feel its heart beat and all its need
For it would kick me late at night
And awaken me with joy and not strife

And the joy in my soul
As a stayed up at late at night
I could feel its heart beat
I could feel its life

All other things took second place to me
I could feel it growing
I could feel its need

To grow and develop
To be nurtured and be freed
To one day have life
That was its need

I dreamed of dreams
Of what they would be
Of whom they would touch
Of whom they would see

I was pregnant, and ready to conceive
And every few days was a new birth
As the poems came to life
As I sat by the hearth

I did not know when each would be born
Would it be late at night, afternoon or morn?
Some where born in the night
Others were born for days of strife

Some where born for the spring
Some were born so freedom would ring
Some where born in afternoon showers
Some where born just for this hour

Some where born for destiny
Some where born to set people free
Some where born so others could know
Maybe a direction or which way they should go

Each had purpose and each had need
To reach out to others and be set free
So they could roam and plant seeds
So they could eventually fulfill their destinies

So hard it would be to set them free
For they were my children, of them I had need
For they were born of trouble and strife
Of peace and of joy, of hope and of life

On the day they were born
I eventually knew they would roam
So if you find one of my poems
Please give it a good home.

Love it and cherish it
And to someone set it free
So it can nurture others
… And fulfill its destiny.
Written by James G. Wood
Copyright © 2007 James Wood

Proverbs of james

Here is a section from "Lambs of Sacrifice."


Proverbs of james…


God Demonstrated His Love
For the world by the death
Of His Beloved Son Jesus.
So, how does that mean
God is going to demonstrate
His Love to the World
Through you?












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When Jesus crucified His flesh
We got access in
When we crucify our flesh
God has access out

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Look at the Temple
Only the dead sheep
Are on fire
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Death brings a tremendous feast
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If there is no Love
There is no marriage
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A well without water
Is a Christian without Love
He is so deep
But is no benefit to the partaker
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Learn the wisdom of the apple tree
It does not ask whether you are
Rich or poor
A Noble king or a wild beast
It indiscriminately
Lets each one
Choose his piece
of fruit
It Lovingly
Gives to all
It takes nothing
and ask for
nothing in return
And so the seed and new life
Is spread throughout the world





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If your visions are not so high
That in their failing you might die
That vision is not of Heaven's sky
That you should even consider them to try

Ask God for visions that are so grand
That in their victory you shall stand
Upon the shore and upon the sand
In the conquest of His promised land

The vision of God
Cast upon this sod
Though be it of fame and glory
Are won through pain
Through toil and strain
In battles dark and gory

Do not refrain
From suffering and pain
For this is your written story
For in the end
He will contend
It was all for My splendor and glory



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When you pick up your cross
Beknowest or unbeknowest to you
You pick up the heart of God

















Crucifixion without Love is like
A cart without wheels
It is sheer drudgery
Love without crucifixion is like
Wheels without a cart
There is nothing there to carry another’s burden

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If you are choosing a Christian profession
Be a tracker
And hunt the elusive heart of God

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Worry is pain
From wounds not inflicted

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Like a beautiful serenade sung to you
by your Loved one
While he is admiring the girl passing by
Is worship songs sung to the crowd

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Like going to your own wedding
Just so you can celebrate
Is going after the joy
But you have missed His Heart

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Do not go after the joy of God
Go after His Heart
And Oh what joy shall flood your soul

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God has already predestined
What He will do
About what we will freely choose

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Theology is understanding about Him
Theocardiology is understanding His Heart
Please I implore you
Become a Theocardiologist
And intimately know
The rhythm of His Heart

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Scripture says ‘he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them saying, “This is my body broken for you, do this in remembrance of me.” When Jesus said this, was he talking about breaking bread or was He talking about us, giving thanks, crucifying our flesh, being living sacrifices, broken and given for the benefit of others?

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A mirror can’t see itself
A car can’t fix itself

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He who is the Most High
Has the best view
Vision is all in His Perspective
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God is Omnipresent (Everywhere)
Yet far from the wicked

God is Omnipotent (All Powerful)
Yet the wicked triumph

God is Immutable (Changes Not)
Yet I can’t figure Him out

God is Omniscient (Knows All)
Yet I do not listen

God is Eternal
Yet I am in a hurry

God is Impartial
Yet I do not fear

God is Omni-holy (Without any sin)
Yet I still live.

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Push on the cart
Not the ox

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The Wind far outpaces the ship

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Wisdom is only wisdom
When it is applied with Love

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If you have nothing to lose
Do you have anything to fear?
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Pupil: “Shall we go right or left?
Teacher: “Are those the only directions we can go?
Pupil: “Yes, for the road only goes right or left
Teacher: “Are you sure?
Pupil: “Yes
Teacher: “What if we have come the wrong way?
Pupil: “Then we must go back the way we came.
Teacher: “Are we lost?
Pupil: “I do not know, you are the teacher.
Teacher: “I am a pupil like you to the Master. Let’s kneel and ask the Master
Where He would have us go.
Teacher: “LORD shall we go right, left or back?
Master: “Go straight ahead for I have prepared a road for you through the
Wilderness, for I have work for you there.”
Give God room to give you directions beyond your wildest imaginations, plans and intelligence. For God does not always direct us in the ways obvious to us.

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If there is no reason behind suffering
Then all us philosophers are only fools.
And if there is a reason
There must be a Reasoner
Who planned it this way?

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As a philosopher I am a fool
For I wonder the “why's” about suffering
And not the “how’s”
I might ease the sufferings
Of my fellow sufferers

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Just because I know why my skull is cracked
Doesn’t ease the pain thereof.

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Just because I know I am a fool
Doesn’t make me wise.

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An ounce of Love
Far outweighs
A ton of knowledge

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To Live by Love
To Die by Love

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Do those who believe in reincarnation
Go to hell four or five times?

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The Oil of Truth cannot be grasped
But if we remain if Truth
It will permeate our every fiber

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The plan to meet the need of His people
Is His people

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Just because the jackals are drinking at the watering hole
Doesn’t mean you can’t drink there also.

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The beautiful sacrifice of praise
Is of no value
Unless it is accompanied
With the sacrifice of ways.
He dwells in me
Therefore I see
He dwells in me
Therefore I am free
He dwells in me
He dwells in me
Oh how can this be?
That my Savior dwells in me?
If only I had…
If only I could…
If only I possessed…
If only I would…
No longer matters
For He dwells in me.

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The words of the wise
Come from deep reservoirs
Reading the words of the wise
Does not create deep reservoirs

Anymore than watching television
Makes me a movie star
Or reading a book
Makes me an author.

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Unless you follow Him
You will get nowhere with God.

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Having problems with your feet
Being swift to run into sin
And your hands
Swift to shed blood?

Nail them to the cross.

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Do you want to be one with God?
Become one with Jesus
On the Cross.
Be intimate with your cross
And you will find intimacy with God.

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Trust God to be drowned
In the depths of His will.

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People prefer explanation
God prefers experience.
People say explain it to me and I’ll do it
God say do it and it all shall be explained to you.

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Those I have condemned in my heart
I’ve seen God do the greatest ministering to

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The gospel is like the free gift
Of an eighty foot schooner
To take you to the Promised Land
You must tend the sails
You must brave the storms
And you must come to intimately know Him
Before you get to the other side
Lest when you get there
He goes on His way and say,
“Be gone from Me, I never knew you.

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Listen to God and obey
And you shall walk in the way
Never tomorrow
And forget yesterday
For tomorrow is long
And yesterday gone
Only today can you walk in the way
Only today can you listen and obey
Can you hear His whisper in your ear?
Can you hear His voice so dear?
Mighty in Power
Magnificent in Wisdom
Amazing with Graciousness
Resounding with Holiness
Do not fear
O’ can you hear…
His still quiet voice…
That whispers in your ear…?


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Beware the work of God
Doesn’t distract you from
The Love of God.

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The messenger must receive the message too.

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Better to Love tragically
Than not to Love passionately.

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“Father
You who are Love
And you who are Holy

So many times I have pledged my allegiance
But yet, I never surrendered.
I kept my dignity and control
For I tried to make a covenant with you on equal terms

But You are God
And I am not
So, you would not accept my terms
I thank you for this
That You did not let me get my way

I come to you now
As a slave unto the enemy
I come to You
And I surrender

I have nothing to bring You
Nothing to which to ransom my life
Do with me as You please
I surrender unto you.”

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If someone has gotten your goat
Give him your pride as well.

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The free gift of salvation
Is like the free gift
Of a Bengal Tiger
Beware of neglecting or abusing it.

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When there is no ministry in the temple
There is no victory in the field.

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When His death so permeates your life
His Life will so radiate from your surrender.

For, what king gives authority to an enemy
Who has not completely surrendered?

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Grace is like a sunset
Its beauty we can never add to
Nor take away from.

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Do not track or hunt for joy
You will never capture it
It is only found in Jesus Christ
And then it is a free gift
Like flowers given to a beloved bride.

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Worry leads to anxiety
And anxiety leads to paranoia
Paranoia to insanity
So, do not worry about tomorrow
For tomorrow will be insane
Enough on its own. :)

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Mustard seed faith:
Though it is the smallest of all garden seeds
It knows if it throws itself to
The ground and dies
That it will be born again
And become the largest of all garden plants.
Are you small?
Are you willing to trust God who gives life to the dead?
Are you willing to die?

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A sword that looses its temper
Is soon broken

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A mirror does not reflect darkness

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Does it sound good
Or
Is it the Truth?

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If the best things in life are free
Why do we work so hard for money?
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Just as Living Water flowed from the Rock
that was smitten in the desert
So, also Living Water flows from living stones
who have been crucified.

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Carrying your cross:
A daily determined direction
Towards a place of crucifixion and death.

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Love is not a song,
It is all of music theory.

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Sometimes we demand curses
And God lets us have them.

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Proverbs are like flowers
Given to a Beloved Bride.

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An unbroken horse will not be readily picked
To plow His fields

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It is utterably impossible
For the horse to plow the field
Without the help and guidance
Of the Master Horseman.

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How will I ever be able to lay down my life
If I can’t even part with my possessions?

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Dogs are devoted to their Master
And not so much to places
But, wherever their Master is
There they stake out territory.

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There is victory in the presence of the King
But where are we?

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I Love you…
But I will not share with you,
Least you use it on evil things.
I Love you…
But I will not spend time with you
For bad company corrupts good character.
I Love you…
But I will not invite you to dinner
For why should I strengthen a sinner.
I Love you…
But I will not cry with you
God is letting you have the punishment you deserve
(And I would not want to interfere with God)
I Love you…
But I will not help you overcome your sin
The righteous need my wisdom
I Love you…
But I will not provide you with shelter
Because my possessions might tempt you
I Love you…
But…

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Give people benefit of the doubt
As you would have them give you
The benefit of their doubt.

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If preaching can have legalistic and prideful overtones
So can praise and worship songs.

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If we are being made into priests
What is our morning sacrifice?

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Did Jesus really mean
“Without Me you can do nothing”
What part of “nothing don’t I understand?
Let me rephrase His statement:
“Without Me you can’t do anything”
Now what part of “anything” don’t I understand
I can’t witness
I can’t walk in righteousness
I can’t minister
I can’t truly Love
I can’t benefit His Kingdom
So, if I am doing any of these things without Him’
Am I really doing “anything” at all
Or am I just continuing to do “nothing”.

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Have you ever wondered why God
Is so exacting in your Life?
Wouldn’t you be,
If you were preparing a bride for your only son.

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God is more in the center of you
Than you are.

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God has enough Omnipotence
For each person.

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To run headlong into death for Him,
Is to run headlong into His arms.

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Obedience is better than peace
Faithfulness is better than unity.

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Is your Love for God
Making a fool of your reputation?

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To be consumed by God
Is to dance among the flames.

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The Heart of God
In earthen vessels.

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Don’t take a loosing hand
Just to be in the game.

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Seek not the joy of His presence
Seek intimacy with His heart.

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To imaging how you would resist a temptation
Can be the beginning of the temptation.

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To die with the lowliest of unbelievers
Carrying their burdens
Washing their wounds
And if we incur sickness and die
Glory be to the Love of God.

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You have Vision
Now master storytelling
How else will you convey the vision?

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When a beautiful poem
Does not insight delight
Is it the fault of the poem
Or the one who holds it tight.

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God is the Author
And you are His poem
Please, I implore you!
Flow with the rhythm of His Heart.

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A passionate Life
Is a song sung from the uttermost bowls.

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God is who He is
No matter what we think about Him.

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It is not the outward noise
But the inward cry.

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The Holiness of God is not optional
It is applied to all men
The Love of God is optional.

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You cannot control the Mighty River
But you can be intimately familiar
With His banks, deeps and channels.

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Sit and enjoy the melody of the River.

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Making vain curses
Is throwing dust against the Wind.

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What is God doing today?
Ask if you can do it with Him.

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Would you be willing to wait forty days
In the courts of God
To be able to have one intimate talk with Him?
Do you want intimacy that much?

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God wants you crucified
So you can be intimately familiar with His Crucified Heart.

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War against your wicked thoughts
And you will have God as your Commander
.
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A tumbleweed raging against the Wind
Is a bitter heart towards God.

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A sagebrush raging against the Wind
Is the vanity of intellectuals.

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Better to Live in ignorance
In the presence of God
Than to have all the knowledge of
Good and evil.
Oh caterpillar, sweet caterpillar
Will you not entomb yourself in your cocoon
And come and fly away with Me?






Caterpillars eat leaves and foliage
Butterflies eat the Nectar of God.





Even the most beautiful caterpillar
Still needs to be transformed by God.














Butterflies are propelled b7y the wind
you know not where they come from or where they are going
going

Butterflies are blown by the wind
Caterpillars are blown off by the wind

Catterpillars are grounded to the tree of knowledge of good and evil

Butterflies are free around the tree of Life

Caterpillars are grounded







Grow each day
In the Sonshine of God’s presence.


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The Cross is the plow of His fields.

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Can dogs observe the Law?
No, but I can obey my Master
And so fulfill the Law.

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A soldier who tries to filter the commands
Of His Commanding Officer in the heat of battle
Through the Law
Shall perish and be trampled in the mud.

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He who does not intimately know
the voice of his Commander
Shall perish in the way.

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In the thick of the battle
Keep your ears attentively focused
For the voice of the King.

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If every idle word you say
You will be held accountable for
How much more so, every word
You sing in praise and worship.

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Beware your worship does not boomerang
And slap you in the face
On the Day of Judgment.

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Does your surrender compare
To the worship you proclaim?

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It is not how high you build
But how deep you dig.

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Like shaking hands with the enemy
In the Temple of God
Is every wicked thought
Not put to death.

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Rejoice in the fear of God
Tremble in the joy of God.

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Flowers bloom for God
Whether they have thorns or not.

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The extent of our rebellion
Is the extent of our treasures not surrendered.

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If I can’t serve both God and money
Why do I keep having to go out and save Mammon?


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Like a sail boat
Without a mast
Can only be carried by the current
Or move with strong human effort

Is a christian without his Cross
He has nothing in which to
Attach the sail of Love
In which to catch the power of the Spirit.

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God doesn’t want gifted, trained, or controlled flesh
Just crucified flesh.

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If we don’t obey
the possible commands of the Spirit
How will we ever be able to obey
the impossible commands of the Spirit.

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Modern Equivalent:
Whoever would follow Me
Must carry his shovel
And daily dig his own grave.

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A diamond only sparkles
When the Light of God shines on it.

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If I cannot give away twenty dollars
How will I ever be able to give away Jesus?

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Maybe Mustard Seed Faith is not
Faith that has the ability to receive
Maybe Mustard Seed Faith is
Faith that has the trust to die.

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I deserve three things from God
These three things God is obligated to give me:
Misery
Death
And the Lake of Fire
All the rest is His Wonderfully Amazing Grace.

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If you cannot hear the heartbeat
You are still too far away.

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Every time your flesh arises up
Kill it without mercy and much contempt.

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A tool waits on the Master Craftsman.

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Compare yourself with others to be proud
Compare yourself with yourself and be a fool
Compare yourself with God and be humbled.

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Beware:
God is long suffering
Not eternal suffering.

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Find the key that unlocks the Heart of God.

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What part of A-L-L don’t I understand?

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Remember every word of sacrificial praise
Goes through the consuming fire of God
Before it reaches His Heart.
So be careful you don’t get the burning ashes
Back on your head.

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Make sure you use the right weight of Oil
On your journey to Heaven
Least at the Judgment
You find your soul seized.

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Paradox:
Two opposing ideas
Coming from opposite directions
That meet in the Heart of God.

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You must come close to
Him who whispers.

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Better to give dandelions
than not to give roses.

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Better to Live Scripture
And not know them
Than to know Scripture
And not Live them.

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When you pick up the Cross
You pick up the Heart of God.

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Men are but moths
And television but a light
In which they die.

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God will not remove every bondage
out of your Life
Until you only have one Master.

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The Power of God
Compares nothing to
The Intimacy of God.

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He who does not obey
Is he who did not want directions.

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What would Jesus do?
Is to lean on my own understanding.
What do you want me to do Jesus?
Is to lean on my own power
What do you want to do through me?
Is to lean of Jesus.

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The stairway to Heaven
Is a descending progression:
Humility
Obedience
Crucifixion
Death.
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If God sacrificed His Only Begotten Son
To bring us forgiveness
How Great is forgiveness in the Kingdom of God?

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Only when a candle sacrifices it’s flesh
Does it give Light.

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The standard is high
And I cannot attain
I am broken from the fall
Oh ,on my flesh I pour out distain

Poor, blind and naked
I fall at my Master’s feet
One so pure and holy
Such a wretch for Him to meet.

I do not understand
I do not comprehend
Like a hungry dog
Who has found a friend.

All I can do now
Is but trust and obey
For He is my Master
He walks me in his way.

Nothing I have to give
Nothing I can achieve
But unto my Master
To Love, follow and believe.

So many things I desire
But from His side I must roam
When I’ve achieved my dream
Is but a dead man’s bone.

On the Cross
My dreams must die
If I am to walk with Him
As he walks on high

So many things
That I desire
But is to Love
That He takes me higher


My dreams must die
Ere come the Light
For the Love of others
I must Fight

To Love
To give
To fight
To die

That others may come and lay down
At my Master’s side.

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The Power of God
is not for control
The power of God
is for the ability to Love.

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Do you ever feel that you are standing
on the edge of a cliff.
And to commit your whole life to God
Is to step off a cliff?
Can you say,
‘Swan Dive!!!!!!!”

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I like to know all the fundamentals about carrying my Cross
And the finer points of Cross construction
And all the places to crucify my flesh
And the elaborate descriptions of the sufferings of the crucified
Yet if today, I am not carrying my Cross
I am the most deceived of hypocrites.
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A candle that receives light
But does not give light
Has not fulfilled it’s purpose

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To Love is to give
But He says to give it all away.
To Love is to trust
But He says walk in the fire
To Love is to obey
But he says to put my self to death.
To Love is to be pure
But He says to be perfect
To Love is to suffer long
But He says to turn the other check
To Love is to serve
But he says go the extra mile
To Love is to win the victory
But he says I must surrender all
To Love is to Live
But He says I must die
To Love is to Trust
To Trust is to Obey
To Obey is to surrender
To Surrender is to die
To Die is to Live
To Live is to Love.
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Candles only give light
Through the sacrifice of their flesh.

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Jesus’ commands
Are the doorway to His nature.

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We are like candles
And we gather in the light of God’s Word
If our flesh is not sacrificed
So that we are set on fire
We leave God’s house
As dark as we came in
.
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Practice is the preaching
If we are going from one church to another
For we feel we are not being fed
From one service to another
To bask in the light
We are like candles
Searching for the light to shine on us
Is that our purpose?
To be unlit candles on the shelf
Basking in the light of the lamp?
Or is our purpose:
To be on fire
With our flesh being consumed
To bring the self-sacrificing Light of Love of our LORD
To the dark and troubled world?

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Even though the Majesty of God
Is restrained by the Humility of God
He is still unbearable to me.

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All sides of the equation of wisdom must balance.

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To give a proverb
And to live a proverb
Are two very different things.

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I can so well study
The tourist information about a city
The maps of a city
The culture and the finer places to visit
The economics of a city
I can know the local demographics
And all about all its officials and leaders
And then if I go about the country
Expounding about the wonders of that city
And how people should live there
People can be very impresses
And give me praise
And people can desire to visit there
And perhaps even move there themselves
But if I have never been there
And do not live there myself
I am still a hypocrite.

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The old covenant:
To fulfill our desires within the boundary of the Law
The new covenant:
To crucify our desires within the boundary of God’s Nature.

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Love reveals Love Lovingly.

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The ends and the means of Love
Is Love

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Shame is a manifestation of pride
A dog is not ashamed that he is a dog
Unless he thinks he is something better.

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New cars and new trucks
Are just sparklies
That glitter for a moment
And then are lost forever.

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If I am a pilgrim on a holy journey
Through this land
Why do I collect so much stuff?

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You are badly mistaken
You are trying to get to know the man
Through whom God works
Instead of getting to know the God
Who works through the man.

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Darkness cannot see itself
It’s way
Or it’s future.

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Speak not in casual conversation
Of the evils of others
Least you tempt those who are listening.

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Darkness takes and conceals
Light gives and reveals.

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To be born again
Is to be resurrected
To be resurrected
We have to die first.
Being born again is not a one time experience
It is a continual state of being.
For we are continually having to die

For we are like trees:
So do not be surprised
If you ask the Master Carpenter to use you
And He come to you
And he puts you to death
Then cuts off all your ability to sustain your life.
And shaves off all your self protecting bark
And then leaves you in the elements for years to dry out
While everyone else around you grows bigger and more noble
Then he saws you into pieces
And planes down your rough edges
Then cuts your heart into the shape of His Heart
And then puts three nails in you.
Therefore, do not be surprised.
I warned you.

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If somebody’s mind is filled with
Violence, sex, lies and evil imaginations
We call these people reprobates
What about our televisions?

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Television is the mental screen of somebody’s mind.

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Medical Science:
What good is it
If a man lives to 350 years old
Yet loses his own soul?

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What good is world peace
If we all go to hell?

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If we should have faith in His promise
Whatever you ask for in my name
I will do for you
Should we also not have faith
In His command, “To give to whoever asks you”
Should we not imitate God who gives us
Whatever we ask for in prayer
By giving whatever we have to those who ask us?

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Do we stand on the battlefield of Eternity?

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Saturday, July 5, 2008

Prophecy of Greece



Seal Two


You shall see the king of the South, the rider of the white horse take many lands. He shall extend his kingdom towards your boarders. He will attack you and you shall attack him, you shall fail again, again, and again. Your king will be given a large sword and he shall ride the red horse. He will fight against the rider of the white horse. He will succeed after his failures. He will be like a bear with three ribs in his mouth. He will be as a one horned goat and shatter the two horns of Media-Persia. He will take peace from the earth and make men slay one another. He will take many lands. He will gain control over Israel. He will become great. Then his horn will be broken off and he will be seen no more. Four prominent horns will grow from his place towards the four winds of heaven.

Prophecy of Iran



Seal One



A king of Iran will be given a bow and a crown, he will be far richer than all the former kings, he will gain power by his wealth. He will ride a white horse and be like a lion with wings. A commander will take the northern half of his kingdom, after a few years they will become allies. No one will be able to stop them. He will be like a ram and they like it's two horns. He will be a conquerer bent on conquest. He will take all the way west to Egypt. Israel will not escape, they will fall in a day. He will take to the north and the south. He will turn everyone against Greece. Engagements will happen and the Grecian Bear will fail, again, again, and again. The lion shall be filled with pride and slaughter many thousands, but he will not remain triumphant, he shall fail. The Grecian rider on a fiery red horse will drive him back into Media-Persia and trample him and shatter his two horns. The wings of the lion will be torn off. He will be lifted from the ground and the heart of a man will be give to the lion. The lion will attack the abominable one of Assyria and all will gather in Israel. The true Lion shall appear riding on a white horse with his armies with him and blood shall stain his garments. He shall rule with an iron scepter.