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Shepherd´s Rod 2007 - Part 2 Shepherd's Rod 2007 - Part 2 By Bob Jones and Paul Keith Davis 13. This is the Day for Those Who Have Been Faithful in a Few Things Will be Entrusted With Much More. The man who goes forth to do his work and faithfully labors until evening is considered the righteous laborer and entrusted with greater power and authority. This season will produce righteous and faithful people who will be endowed with greater measures of faith and broader dimensions of authority because of their trustworthiness. Great-grace exceeds "common grace" and God has promised to give this favor to the humble. (1 Peter 5:5) Much of this season has been intended to cultivate humility in a body of people. These will be God's champions to whom notable mantels of revelation and power will be entrusted during the coming days. The Lord is looking for the humble and contrite. As the prophet Isaiah recorded, Thus says the LORD, "Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a house you could build for me? And where is a place that I may rest? For My hand made all these things, thus all these things came into being," declares the LORD. "But to this one I will look, to him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word --- Isaiah 66:1-2 The ones who are lowly and tremble at God's Word will begin to experience divine intervention from Heaven's host. Our faithfulness to the anointed Word will uniquely prepare us for this specific hour in human history and qualify us for greater measures. It will literally be the fulfillment of Hebrews 1: 7. God's ministers will be ignited as a flame of fire, and fueled by angels who are winds. 14. This is the Day That the River of Compassion Shall Come Forth out of Those Who have Learned to Love. All sincere saints of God want to here those special words, “well done My good and faithful servant.” However, many may be surprised at the criterion that merits such a wonderful response from the Lord. Although witnessing the miraculous in our ministry or giving accurate prophetic words or seeing the desperately sick healed are all wonderful exploits, they are all considered gifts of God exercised according to His will. Our greatest endorsement from the Lord will come when we learn to love. That is the reality of Christ being formed in us. For those who discover that place in God, a special release of His healing power will flow through them like a river. Compassion is the key to God's heart that unlocks wells of healing. The importance of learning to love was marvelously illustrated in Bob's truth life experience when he stood before the Lord in a death experience. Our adversary endeavored to eliminate the prophetic gift entrusted to Bob with an attempt on his life on August 8, 1975. On that day an aneurism erupted in Bob's abdomen and his earthly life was temporarily interrupted. When he passed from the natural realm to the eternal, many things were revealed to Bob. I have written about a portion of them in Books of Destiny. However, for the purpose of this Shepherd's Rod, I will pickup the experience as Bob stood before the Lord with three other people who has passed away at that same moment. The three of them quickly ascended toward a great Light that embodied the door of Heaven. He was the fourth in line and watched as they proceeded towards the Light that was above them. The prominent Light they saw was the Lord Jesus Himself, present to greet the new arrivals. The first in the line was a young 11-year-old girl who was filled with the love of God. It had been her lot in life to lie on her sickbed suffering from a terminal disease. The fact that she was not healed does not diminish our faith in God's healing power one ounce. That is part of God's mystery to be more fully understood when He comes in His justice. Nevertheless, this young lady utilized her time on earth to express Heaven's love through prayer and intercession for others. She entered the gates of glory with great reward. The Lord asked her, "Did you learn to love?" There was a resounding "YES" and she entered His heart to abundant blessings. The next woman in the line to be embraced by the Lord and enter Heaven's gates was a heavy black sister. She was surrounded by a large number of angels. Bob asked the angel of the Lord standing to his right why she had so many ministering spirits with her. He was instructed that she had been an evangelist on the earth. The messengers assigned to her co-labored in her ministry. As she prayed and interceded for the salvation of others, the ministering spirits would be commissioned to go to those for whom she was praying. They were empowered with the mandate and authority of heaven released through her prayers to bring that individual into the Kingdom. Great was her reward also. The Lord asked, "Did you learn to love?" Again, a hearty yes and she passed into His heart. The next lady standing directly in front of Bob was a 93-year-old woman with the appearance of having been crippled with arthritis. Because of the hardships and failures that occurred in her life, the gall of bitterness had entered. She maintained her love for God. Unfortunately, she was not able to express God's love to others. The root of bitterness had defiled her soul. Though she entered heaven as her eternal home, she carried no fruit or victorious testimony as her reward. The Lord asked, "Did you learn to love?" She responded that she loved Him but that was all. She had not learned to love others. In that place it is impossible to lie. The only answer she could give was the truth. She entered but with no lasting fruit to present to Him. None of the people were asked how many devils they cast out our how many sermons they preached. They were asked only one question, “Did you learn to love.” Our greatest victories in this day will be our grace to discover that God is love and express that love to a lost and misguided generation. It will be a fundamental part of the last-days harvest. 15. This is the Day Marking the Beginning of Creative Miracles in America. This Shall be a Year of Great Deliverance for Those who are Troubled in Mind and Cry out for Mercy. The LORD has opened His armory and has brought forth the weapons of His indignation, for it is a work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans -Jeremiah 50:25 Heaven's “storehouse” to which we are now given greater access is a prophetic portrayal of the divinely powerful weapons that have been provided for us through Christ's sufferings and more importantly His resurrection. It is resurrection life that He desires to delegate. In this spiritual armory are mantles of spiritual authority and power as well as great ministries of healing and creative miracles that will result in restored limbs and organs. Days of divine visitation are clearly marked with the miraculous. The Latter Rain revival that was initiated in 1946 is remembered as one of the most significant expressions of God's miracle working power recorded in modern church history. Many historians say it was the greatest outpouring of power since the early church. We are privileged in this generation with numerous audio and video recordings of those meetings. We are able to learn from the men and women who were the instruments of God's power and how they were able to steward God's supernatural dimension. 26 Creative Miracles Many notable miracles are on record, but one of the most significant occurred March, 1959 in the ministry of A. A. Allen. It was the account of a small boy who received 26 creative miracles in one service. I have been personally privileged to meet and talk with a precious sister who witnessed this outstanding event in Birmingham, AL. R. W. Schambach was A. A. Allen's worship leader at the time and also shares his eye-witness account of this miracle and his role in it. He relates how the mother of this young boy came to him on the last day of a week of healing meetings. This faithful mother had traveled from her home in Knoxville, TN to Birmingham because of her desire for the young boy to be supernaturally healed. That was his only hope since the best of the medical field had given up on him and gave no hope for survival. The young four year old lad was born with 26 major diseases. He was blind, deaf, and dumb and his tongue protruded from his mouth and rested upon his chin. His arms and legs were deformed and twisted against his body and totally useless. He had no feet and remained curled in a fetal position from the day he was born. He had no male organs and every other major organ in his body suffered from numerous complications. Most doctors said that he would not live to his first birthday. Nevertheless, he was now four years old and in desperate need of God's touch. The young mother had been to every service for a week and the final day had come. In those days the ministers used prayer cards to determine who would be prayed for. Unfortunately, her prayer card was never called. She personally went to brother Schambach and asked if he would help get her son to the man of God for prayer. Brother Schambach promised that he would, but that never became necessary since the Lord had other plans. When the service began, A. A. Allen took an offering that challenged the people into the supernatural realm of faith. As a gesture of faith, this young mother was the first to put $20 in the offering. Like the widow woman in the Lord's ministry, it was all that she had. As the man of God began the service, he stopped his preaching and announced that he was going into a spiritual vision. In his vision, Allen found himself in the maternity ward of a hospital where a small boy was just born. He saw the doctors pronounce a death sentence on the lad with 26 major illnesses. He then watched in his vision as the mother entered an old Ford automobile and drove to that very meeting in Birmingham, AL. He then called for the mother to bring the young boy for prayer. When he offered the prayer of faith, R. W. Schambach testifies that he saw with his own eyes, the power of God overshadow the boy. First, the tongue of the little fellow corrected itself into his mouth. Next, pools of light entered his eye sockets and beautiful brown eyes were supernaturally created. He then watched his bones begin to snap and crack as his legs and arms came into their perfect place. Then, Schambach watched as the two legs that had no feet suddenly began to change as feet were supernaturally created for the young boy right before the 3000 in attendance. All of his internal organs were perfectly restored. Finally, the tongue of the young lad was supernaturally allowed to speak his first words...Mamma. I have personally spoken with a wonderful 80-year-old woman who was in the meeting and witnessed this event for herself. This is a token of the kind of creative miracles we are promised in this generation. 16. This is the Day that the Evangelists Who Have Sowed in Tears Shall Come Forth in Abundant Harvest Waving Their Sheaves Before Them Reaping Joy. Sowing righteousness will reap a harvest of salvation. Our call is to sow spiritually in uprightness that is birthed from a posture of right standing with God. In so doing, we will reap according to mercy and lovingkindness. We are entering a season of harvest. It will be a harvest of “harvesters.” Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. — Psalms 126:5-6 What and how we sow will determine our harvest. We are to break up uncultivated ground outside the four wall of the institutional church. This will result in a wonderful harvest of gifted people who will be very fruitful in the Kingdom. They already have a zeal for spiritual things, if only misguided. Once they discover the truth, all their devotion and enthusiasm will be for Jesus. Much prayer and sacrifice has already been invested in this day. Many seeds of revival and spiritual outpouring have been sown. We will now become the beneficiaries of a great spiritual inheritance and reap from “vineyards” that we did not plant. Even so, those who sow and those who reap will rejoice together. Jesus said in John 4, Do you not say, "There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest. Already he who reaps is receiving wages and is gathering fruit for life eternal; so that he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. For in this {case} the saying is true, "One sows and another reaps — John 4:35-37 Seeds sown in prior generations have come to a place of maturity. Commissions, mantles and spiritual gifts can be apprehended that were previously worn by pioneers and leaders of the past. 17. This is the Day That Those Who Exchange Their Mind/Soul Power for Holy Spirit Power Will Find Their Spiritual Barrenness Come to an End and Their Lives Will Become Fruitful in the Kingdom. When the Holy Spirit came to earth on the Day of Pentecost in the first century church, the spirit of anti-Christ was released as well. These two spirits have run concurrently throughout history and are beginning to come to a maturity that will prepare this generation for the great end-time battle. This will be the scenario outlined by the Lord Himself in Matthew 13:37 when he explained that, The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one; and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels — Matthew 13:37-39 “Sons of the evil one” will function by the spirit of anti-Christ and possess awesome power that appeals to the mind, will, and emotions of man rather than to his spirit. The Lord is providing a covering and canopy for the “sons of the Kingdom” who are being provoked by God's Spirit, while this counterfeit spirit is being uncovered and openly displayed to them. Witchcraft, sorcery and the control spirit motivated through worldly wisdom will emerge with great maturity and power in this age. The “sons of the Kingdom” must likewise mature to the place that we begin to “taste the God Word of God and the Power of the age to come” and release the reality of Christ in us, the hope of glory. This is for the land "beyond the Jordan" as we cross over into the day of promise. Illumination will be coming to those who have formally embraced traditionalism and religious structures and many will now embrace His divine light. 18. This is the Day Great Inspired Teachers Shall Expound on the Written Word by the Spirit of Truth and set People Free in Unprecedented Ways. The term “inspired teachers” is one taken from both Old and New Testament scriptures generally referencing leaders or priests who receive their understanding of the Word "through a revelation of Jesus Christ." (Galatians 1:12) The Apostle Paul stated that his discovery of Truth came not by the teaching of man nor by reading a book, but by a divine revelation of Jesus Christ. Supernaturally gifted teachers present truth that will begin to sanctify believers according to John 17:17. The “inspired teachers” will promote sanctification within the church that makes her a suitable dwelling place for the fullness of God's Spirit. His manifest Presence will empower believers to become partakers of His divine nature and His Holy character. All of these purposes, related to the inspired priest or teacher, are identified with the true biblical definition of discipleship. That is, teaching believers to become the Lord's “friends.” This form of discipleship will also lead the church into the full revelation and realization of Galatians 5:22-23. The main assignment of the "inspired teachers" will be to Biblically reveal the Lord's requirements for the end-time church to taste the good Word of God and prepare her to walk in Kingdom power. (Hebrews 6:5) It will now become essential for God's leadership to be partakers of His divine nature. With this reality we bear the fruit of the Spirit as a prerequisite for the release and impartation of God's power gifts and His highest callings necessary for end-time ministry. Through their spiritual revelation of the written Word, the 21st century leadership model will more fully acquaint the church with the necessary steps of preparation and consecration needed to be viable participants in God's end-time plan. The ministry of inspired teachers can best be understood in the prophecies of Ezekiel and his identification of the righteous Zadok Priesthood. He recorded that this loyal company was granted the privilege of ministering to the Lord because of their devotion. He said, The Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from Me, shall come near to Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer Me the fat and the blood," declares the Lord GOD. They shall enter My sanctuary; they shall come near to My table to minister to Me and keep My charge...Moreover, they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean — Ezekiel 44:15-16,23 Inspired teachers who have encountered the Teacher will bring to the Church revelatory truth that will separate the precious from the profane and the clean from the unclean. Great mysteries of the Kingdom are reserved in God's heart to be examined and explored by the end-time Church. 19. This is the Day that the Holy Spirit Will Anoint People to Strengthen Feeble Knees and Downcast Hearts to a Healthy Place and They Shall Know Joy and Gladness Again. Our directive is to create an atmosphere for people to encounter the Lord and also address issues of the soul that have kept us from divine destiny. The Lord is expressing His desire to release a revelatory realm that allows people to obtain a vision of destiny and the "hope of our calling" that dispels hopelessness and injects gladness of heart. God's Spirit spoke through Isaiah saying, Encourage the exhausted, and strengthen the feeble. Say to those with anxious heart, "Take courage, fear not. Behold, your God will come with vengeance; the recompense of God will come, but He will save you. Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped. Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will shout for joy. For waters will break forth in the wilderness and streams in the Arabah. The scorched land will become a pool and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the haunt of jackals, its resting place, grass becomes reeds and rushes. A highway will be there, a roadway, and it will be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for him who walks that way, and fools will not wander on it — Isaiah 36:3-8 Jacob had such an experience in Genesis 28 and it impacted the remainder of his life. The Heavens opened and he was told of his destiny and that of his descendants. He discovered the Lord's presence and Heaven's host assigned to co-labor with man. Eventually, his nature was changed and he entered the destiny revealed in this experience. Every leader we are in relationship with recognizes this great need in the western church. Our written and spoken messages are built around this reality. Even so, as we have traveled the nation, we discovered an epidemic of hopelessness in the western church that the Lord intends to reverse. Spiritual vision from the revelatory realm of Heaven provides hope derived by a revelation of our calling and destiny; hope dispels hopelessness. That is the promise of Ephesians 1:17-18. It is not difficult to discern our present condition. Nevertheless, I personally desire to be a loyal servant like the ones who ventured into the land of promise and returned with a faithful report in the days of Moses. Yes, there are giants in the land, but God is able to empower us to overcome. This impartation will strengthen our feeble knees and encourage our downcast hearts. Life to Dry Bones The prophet Ezekiel was taken to a valley of dry bones. He was not instructed to condemn them, but to prophesy life to them. He said, I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army. Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, "Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.' "Therefore prophesy and say to them, "Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel. That is our hope and expectation. We desire to breathe life into dry bones and begin to see them take shape and form a troop of those who overcome. Though the western church may look like a valley of dry bones, I believe the Lord sees her prophetically as an exceedingly great army. We are convinced our nation and the western church has an incredible destiny yet to be fulfilled. When people are given a glimpse of their individual role in that destiny, it transforms them and sets them on the course to repentance and the impartation of the Christ-like nature. They see the cause of God and are forever changed and have the joy of their salvation restored. We are seeing that happen now. Strongholds of hopelessness, despair, depression and other oppressive mind-sets will be overcome when God's “Zoe” life is breathed into this army. 20. This is the Day that “Golden Voices” Shall be Heard in the Body of Christ and Songs of the Lord Shall Come Forth in Power. The Church should look forward to mightily anointed songs that have never been heard on earth to emerge from worshipers whose voices have been anointed and prepared for this day. The treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden in Christ are accessible to be released through psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Revelations 15:3-4 records that, they sang the song of Moses, the bond servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and marvelous are Your works, O Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are Your ways, King of the nations! Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy; for ALL THE NATIONS WILL COME AND WORSHIP BEFORE YOU, FOR YOUR RIGHTEOUS ACTS HAVE BEEN REVEALED With these songs, there will be a spirit of deliverance that accompanies the new sound. Many people will be set free from addictions, oppressions and infirmity simply by apprehending God's heart in this atmosphere of anointing that will be created by this fresh deposit of worship. They will be songs of deliverance! This new sound will not only remember the works of Christ, it will produce them. It will be revelatory truth that eye has not yet seen nor ear heard. These new sounds have not yet entered into the heart of man. Nevertheless, the Spirit of Christ is searching the depths of His heart to bring these realities into this present day. 21. This is the Day for the Shining Forth of His Glory; The Radiance of His Beams to Behold. We are living in a day when God's Glory will be displayed. The Lord will express joy in His saints and release strength for the battle and hope to displace hopelessness. The prophet Habakkuk expressed a day of visitation that would convey both the Lord's power and His glory. He prophesied that, His splendor covers the heavens, and the earth is full of His praise. His radiance is like the sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand, and there is the hiding of His power. Before Him goes pestilence, and plague comes after Him --- Habakkuk 3:3-5 Beams of spiritual light emerging from the Lord's hands are a symbol for the demonstration of His great power. In a day of visitation, God will execute His justice. This portion of His attributes will produce a season of deliverance and blessing for the righteous and judgment on unrighteousness. He said, You went forth for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You struck the head of the house of the evil to lay him open from thigh to neck. Selah. - Habbakkuk 3:13 To see the revelation of His glory and power, we must be partakers of His nature and convey the attributes that capture His attention. Perhaps no man is history experienced this more than Moses. There were portions of Moses' nature that pleased God and qualified him for his destiny. Even so, the apostle Paul challenges New Testament believers to press in to God and experience all that Moses did and more. Moses knew the Lord face-to-face and friend-to-friend under a covenant sealed with the blood of bulls and goats. How much more should we in the covenant sealed with the very blood of Jesus Christ. (2 Corinthians 3:7-8) The Example of Moses As the leader of Israel, Moses, described in Scripture as the meekest man in the land, stood on the brink of inheriting long awaited promises. Nevertheless, to his credit, he was not satisfied to simply experience God's promises, he also longed for God's presence. This clearly implies the unwise ability to walk in our prophetic promises without the Lord's presence. Furthermore Moses' heart was not satisfied with the Lord's promise and presence; he also desired to see His glory. These should also be our expectations and longings.As the Lord passed before Moses in His goodness, He declared, the Lord! the Lord! A God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness and truth, keeping mercy and loving-kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but Who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children's children, to the third and fourth generation — Exodus 34:6-7 (Amplified) It is the very nature of God to be filled with kindness and truth. These virtues will position us to experience the beams of Heavenly light that proceeds from His hands to display great exploits to His glory.

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