UNITY OF MY BODY

MY LAST-HOUR CALL AND END-TIME STRATEGY

May 2, 2001

After asking the LORD, "Where is the evidence of Your power in the church? Why is the Body not victorious over the realms of darkness?" I was kindly reminded today of a vision I had "put on the shelf" for over 1-1/2 years. The vision is as follows:

I saw a chain forming, and as each link was added, it began to wrap itself around a dark angelic being.

As the vision ended, I came to understand the revelation. Each link represents a single believer, and the "formation" of the chain represents love (the "substance" that keeps the chain linked). The chain represents unity. As the Body "links" with the Body, it comes into unity which binds Satan. With this vision in my spirit today, I heard the LORD respond to my questions, "Because you (the Body) are divided. You do not unite because you do not love My way."

PROPHETIC WORD:

My ways are not your ways, says your Father, and you grieve My Holy Spirit by disobeying the greatest commandment I gave you: "You shall love the LORD your GOD with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." You love the world's way, thinking it is My way. Who has bewitched you, dear sons and daughters?

Come together and put to an end to your factions and squabblings. Who has taught you to these things? Has not My everrlasting love come through the sacrifice of My Son? Hearken to the voice of your Father, My children, for there is no greater love than Me. I am Love, and I call you to be like your Father. Love one another, as I have loved each of you, and you will be the church that I have called you to be. Dwell together in unity through the bond of My love, and watch the devil flee! Yes, he will flee from your families, your local assemblies.....even your cities and nations!

This is My last-hour call and My end-time strategy, for if you love Me, you will obey Me......

INTERCESSORS: PRAY FOR INTERCESSORS

April 12, 2001

While driving with a friend from the beach yesterday, the LORD OF HOSTS "interrupted" our conversation and spoke this: "Prayer is the very essence of Life. The intercessors must pray for intercessors." What a revelation at the moment, and what was brought to memory is our Lord's prophetic declaration of the last days' church, "My house will be a house of prayer." The lack of prayer in our own lives and in the local congregations is exactly what the enemy desires. How many times have we seen the rise and fall of prayer meetings and groups within the four walls of a congregation or ministry. We must determine in our hearts to pray without ceasing.

PROPHETIC WORD:

I will lift up a standard like none other for this hour. A standard of prayer, worship and adoration rising as incense before Me. As you pray and intercede for intercessors to rise, My house will be restored. I am gathering My levitical gatekeepers, My musicians and singers, along with My intercessors, to target specific regions, cities, and nations as they unite as one to minister unto Me. Did I not send the Levites ahead of the armies of Israel in battle? This is my end-time strategy, and I am giving you your marching orders.

There will be a major shift amongst My levites once recognized and trained. I am calling for the musicians, singers, dancers and intercessors to join together before Me in My house to declare the Word of the Lord through intercession with the apostolic and prophetic anointings and mantles. I am calling the gatekeepers to join on the walls of prayer to guard the city gates and temple.

Open your gates for the exodus of the Jewish people to go up to Jerusalem.

The rise of demonic activity will be quenched by releasing continual prayer, worship and adoration.

Prophesy to the winds of the north, south, east and west for prayer and intercession to grip the hearts of My people. Pray for My intercessors, and pray for more intercessors to rise. I am calling some to move geographically in order to receive your commission; others, to minister your commission.

Pray for intercessers

SEPARATE MY VOICE FROM ITS SOURCE BE FREE FROM THE SPIRIT OF PARTIALITY

February 28, 2001

Behold He comes, riding in the clouds at the trumpet call. So lift your voice, for the day is coming when the Bride of the Lamb shall descend as the holy city of Jerusalem upon a great and high mountain. You shall behold My glory, for her brilliance is as a very costly gem, and Her walls are great and high. Her gates come with heavenly hosts, sitting on the twelve, and within her is the Almighty and the Lamb, Her temple.

Behold the glory of God that has illumined her, for the nations shall walk by its light and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory into it. Her gates shall never be closed, for they shall bring the glory and honor of all the nations into it, and no unclean thing or abomination or lie shall reside there - only whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life shall enter her gates.

So continue to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, My wife, and know that she is protected and no harm shall come to her, for I have reserved her as My wife, My Bride. And out of Zion comes salvation for the nations of the earth, for I have opened the windows of heaven unto her. Even now, though she is a cup of trembling to the nations, My crown surrounds her borders, and safety are within her walls.

Rejoice, therefore, and lift up your voice, for your redemption draws nigh. There is a soon coming glory from within her walls that will save the nations!

THE MANIFEST SONS OF GOD

February 12, 2001

A trumpet sounds this day for the manifest sons of God to rise and take your place in Me and My Body, for all creation mourns for Her soon coming King. Rise up, I say, and tear down the self-made walls of protection you have built in your minds, for they are an offense to you.

It is time for My glory to cover the earth, and I am seeking willing, yielded vessels - vessels of honor - who are impregnated by My Spirit with My Word, and covered with My blood. Yes, My manifest sons of God will go forth with the three witnesses on earth to establish portals of light and glory to enter every dark place of the nations and take dominion!

For there is coming a great surge of My power and authority. Like bolts of lightening, they will enter the earth and charge the atmosphere of every nation. The ambering coals will get hotter as My return approaches near, for the manifest presence of My glory will permeate the sons of God as beams of light and arrows of fire. Behold, the bow is arched in My hands, and the hosts of heaven are on standby for the greatest harvest of souls ever to encounter this world!

My Kingdom come, My will be done, on earth as it is in heaven! The Rider of the white horse is preparing Himself for the mount. Do you not know? Have you not heard? It is the 3rd Day! And His name is the Word of God! He is returning as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords to rule and reign for a thousand years . . . . with His manifest sons of God! Halleluah!

DIAMONDS SOAKED IN OIL

August 7, 2000
"Be encouraged, O precious ones of the Most High, for the healing anointing awaits those who are willing to pay the price for the One you love most, for you have laid your lives down for the glory of the Lord to be revealed and known by all, in order that Christ may dwell in you richly. For you have sought the true riches of Me and My kingdom . . . . you have sought the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and no man, principality, life or death shall separate you from Me and My love for you. You have fought the good fight of faith, so keep running the race. Finish the course, endure to the end, and you shall be saved. For in My House are many dwelling places, and I am preparing them for you. Though you still have work to do in the realm of time, I await the day we see face to face, and embrace. And we shall dwell together in the realm of eternity, forever and ever. Until then, My precious ones, receive the words of My friend, for they are from My heart. You are My true treasures, “Diamonds Soaked In Oil” . . . . . . .

I have been hearing "diamonds" for the past two months, and then heard "Diamonds Soaked In Oil." "What does this mean, Lord," I asked. He replied, "Hearts that are pure, that have gone through the fire, soaked in My anointing. They have laid their lives down and share in My sufferings." The Lord said that this month of August, in the year of our Lord 2,000, would be a major turning point that will cause a “break” and “shift” in the heavens, but only those who have an ear to hear what the Spirit of Truth is saying, especially His friends, the prophets who are pure in heart, will discern this coming move of the Holy Spirit, and run with Him. Then the 4 winds will begin to blow in September.

After researching diamonds, I came upon a most profound discovery. Let the Spirit of Truth guide you into all truth.

A diamond of highest value is pure crystallized carbon, and is the hardest mineral known to man. The Hebrew word rendered "diamond" in Ex. 28:18; 39:11; and Ezekiel 28:13 (KJV and NKJV) must have been some other hard stone, for the diamond was not identified in the Mediterranean lands until the first century. Today, diamonds are valued as precious stones, used for various purposes, and occur in various forms.

The diamond is the hardest substance known, and its hardness, exhibited in its resistance to scratching, is not a constant quality, but varies in every diamond. Moreover, hardness on the same face or surface varies with the direction of the cut. Also, diamonds crystallize in many forms. Crystalline diamonds always cleave cleanly along planes parallel to the faces of an octahedron (a solid bounded by 8 plane faces). (Note: 8 is the number for new beginnings). The specific gravity of diamonds range between 3.15 and 3.53, but the value for pure crystals is almost always 3.52. ARE YOU GETTING THE PICTURE YET?

CHARACTER OF THE GEM:

Two important characteristics of the diamond, when used as a gem, are its BRILLIANCY and FIRE. Brilliancy denotes very bright, glittering light; striking and distinctive. As a choice gem, you are "cut" in a particular form with numerous facets, so as to have this special brilliancy. The fire is luminosity. To be luminous, is to be bathed in or exposed to steady light. This light is kindled or ignited by passion and inspiration from "Life". Both the index of refraction and the dispersion (the physical properties that determine luster and fire) are higher for diamonds than for any other natural, transparent, colorless stone.

Uncut diamonds have a greasy luster and are not brilliant, but when cut, the same stones exhibit a high luster. The effect of the high dispersion is to separate the colored components of white light so that the stone sparkles when properly cut. Some diamonds exhibit fluorescence when exposed to sunlight or other ultraviolet-light sources. The color usually is light blue, but yellow, orange, milky white, and red fluorescence may occur in some stones. There are also different-colored diamonds in the rough: black, brown, red.

Can you see the image of the Resurrected Christ that we are to "sparkle?" For the Word declares that He is the very "radiance" of the Godhead, and that we are not to hide the light under a lamp stand, but let it shine. If the Father of Lights is His name, and He has fire in His eyes, are we not sons and daughters of the Light? Before we were born from above, we were "uncut", bearing no luster, without brilliancy and fire. But when we were transformed from the kingdom of darkness into His marvelous light, we became choice gems, diamonds sparkling and radiating His light and fire. Our God is no respecter of persons, and created all "colors", races, tribes, nations. And depending upon when exposed to "Son-light," you are "properly cut" as individual, choice diamonds to exhibit exuberant, radiant luster of Him and His glory -- each unique, with a specific plan, purpose, and destiny ordained by God. And only the purest diamonds have the ability to resist scratching, for the Word declares that "the pure in heart shall see God." Many can hear God's voice, but cannot or will not pay the price for purity.

"Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me." (Ps. 51:10)

"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise." (Ps. 51:17)

“Remember Him before the silver cord is broken and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the well is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed.” (Eccl. 12:6)

Brokenness and contrition result in brilliancy and fire!

FORMATION OF CHARACTER:

Other characteristics of the diamond add nothing to its appearance but are frequently useful in identifying the stone and in differentiating between true diamonds and imitations. Because diamonds are excellent conductors of heat, they are cold to the touch. Most diamonds are not good electrical conductors and become charged with positive electricity when rubbed. Another important physical characteristic of the diamond is its resistance to attack by acids or bases. Transparent diamond crystals heated in oxygen burn at about 1470° F, forming carbon dioxide.

Here we see a clear distinction between purity of heart and unsaturation of heart. A pure heart is saturated with God's Word and Spirit, radiating glory and fire, charged when "rubbed" by the "Anointed One and His anointing"; thereby able to withstand and resist the fiery darts sent from the enemy, and break every yoke. The word “anoint” means to rub in oil; to besmear. A pure heart is able to "take the heat" and overcome adversity; it will persevere and endure, even unto death. A pure heart is one that stays under the “Purifier’s Hand”.

“But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner’s fire and like fuller’s soap. [Fuller means to trample or tread on] And He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify [make clean] the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the LORD offerings in righteousness.” (Mal. 3:2-3)

“Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” (Ja. 1:2-4)

An unclean heart is not saturated with God’s Word and Spirit, and without evidence of God's glory, fire and anointing. It cannot bear much fruit, nor resist the enemy's schemes and lies; is easily deceived and cannot see truth. Whereas a pure heart sees truth, and discerns a lie when it comes. An unclean heart is carnal, confused, fearful, and sick. No unclean thing can enter the Holy of Holies. No flesh can take glory in His presence.

FORMATION OF DIAMONDS:

It is certain that both tremendous heat and tremendous pressure are required for the crystallization of carbon into this form. Hence, diamonds were probably produced in molten rock or magma far below the surface of the earth, where these conditions prevail.

Extremely small and opaque diamonds known as hexagonal diamonds have also been found in certain types of meteorites. Their physical properties are identical to those of natural cubic diamonds but they have a different crystal structure, the layers of atoms being turned 60° from the position in which they are found in cubic diamonds. Hexagonal diamonds are formed directly from graphite in the meteorites at the moment of impact, during which high temperatures and pressures occur for a few millionths of a second. It also appears, however, that microscopic diamonds are fairly abundant in outer space, where they may represent products of exploding stars, or supernovas.

It is a known medical fact that at the moment of conception, when the sperm fertilizes the egg, an "explosion" of light occurs. Scientists have yet been able to explain the light. In order for light to occur, there must be heat. The very core of a star is likened to the sun we see daily. The extremity of heat radiated . . . who can know it, but the Creator Himself. However, scientists claim that the pressure built up within the core of a star causes heat and then an explosion! What am I trying to say? Simply this -- the Word declares that we "were" before the foundations of the earth, and that we are the true aliens; earth is not our home. Our origin and residence are in Christ, who is seated at the right hand of God in the heavenlies. Therefore we are no longer subject to the yoke of slavery, bound by the law of sin and death which abide in the natural realm. Quite the contrary -- "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death," (Rom. 8:2) for Christ is the fulfillment of the law. We live, and move, and have our being in and through Him. We live in a realm that is supernatural, uncorrupted and eternal, not bound by the world and its system. Hallelujah!

DIAMOND CUTTING:

To bring out the beauty of a gem diamond, a number of processes are necessary. These processes, which include cleaving, sawing, cutting, and polishing, are usually known collectively as diamond cutting. The primary object of diamond cutting is to bring out the fire and brilliance of the stone; equally important, however, is the cutting of the stone according to a plan that will eliminate imperfections such as cracks, flaws, and cloudiness, and will produce a gem of the greatest size, best appearance, and hence maximum value.

The first step in cutting a diamond is the careful examination of the stone.

"The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can understand it? I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind. Even to give to each man according to his ways, according to the results of his deeds." (Jer. 17:9-10)

During the course of this examination, the expert cutter (God) determines the cleavage planes of the diamond and decides how the stone can best be divided by cleaving and sawing.

“Train [lead] up a child in the way he should go [according to his way or bent] . . . .” (Prov. 22:6)

“For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you may not grow weary and lose heart. You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, MY SON, DO NOT REGARD LIGHTLY THE DISCIPLINE [SON TRAINING] OF THE LORD, NOR FAINT WHEN YOU ARE REPROVED BY HIM; FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES.” It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.” (Heb. 12:3-8)

The rough diamond is marked (sealed by the Holy Spirit for eternity) with lines of india ink as a guide for the later operations (Holy Spirit surgery). The stone is then firmly cemented into a wooden holder and the holder firmly mounted in a vise. The cutter (God) holds a cleaving iron, an instrument like a heavy, blunt knife, on the line and parallel to the cleavage plane of the diamond. The stone is cleft by striking the iron with a light blow of a hammer. The tools used for cleaving are simple, but skill is needed in their use because too hard a blow applied in the wrong direction may ruin the stone.

"Is not My word like fire?" declares the LORD, "and like a hammer which shatters a rock?"

In present-day practice, diamonds are sawed more often than they are cleaved. The saw is a thin metal disk, the edge of which is impregnated with a mixture of diamond dust and oil (God's glory, light, fire, and anointing) .

The final step in the cutting of a diamond, called polishing, consists of forming the facets of the finished stone. For the polishing process, the gem is held firmly in a mount called a dop. Diamonds are most often cut in the form of brilliants with a total of 58 facets. Facets are formed on a flat, horizontally revolving cast-iron wheel that is charged with a mixture of diamond dust and oil (God’s glory, light, fire, and anointing). The stone, in its dop, is held against the surface until the facet is formed. In the course of polishing, the stone is moved many times in its dop to present new surfaces to be polished.

“For the word of God is living [quick] and active and sharper [to sharp means to cut deep] than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” (Heb. 4:12) “. . . . Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.” (Jer. 18:6)

QUALITY AND VALUE:

In judging the value, per carat, of a cut diamond, four criteria must be taken into account. The first is the color, and the second is the shaping and proportion of the cut stone. The presence or absence of internal blemishes and flaws, and of external chips, is the third determinant of a diamond’s value. The diamond’s weight is the final criterion; a stone of 5 carats is worth more than five 1-carat stones of the same quality.

We are called to be vessels of honor; worthy of His calling; tried and true; empowered to be His martyrs; counting it all dung that we have lost in order to gain Christ, for it is no longer I that lives but Christ that lives in me; without spot or wrinkle; holy for He is holy; a royal priesthood, a holy nation; radiating His light, glory and fire; sons and daughters of integrity, bearing much fruit . . . . the parable of the talents determines your "weight.” (Mt. 25:14-30)

IMITATION DIAMONDS (PROPHETS OF BAAL):

Because of their great value, diamonds are frequently imitated. The most common imitations are made from a lead glass known as paste, or strass. The better glass imitations are cut and polished like true stones, but cheaper counterfeits are molded in the form of brilliants and consequently have rounded edges. Any glass imitation can easily be identified: It will feel warm to the touch, it will often contain air bubbles that can be seen with a magnifying glass, and it will generally be less transparent to X rays. Rock crystal, a transparent crystalline form of quartz, is properly known as rhinestone when it is cut as a brilliant. It can easily be scratched by a real diamond. Semiprecious zircons, which have a strong dispersion of light, can be made almost colorless by heat treatment. They resemble true diamonds but can be scratched by them.

"Am I a God who is near," declares the LORD, "and not a God far off? Can a man hide himself in hiding places, so I do not see him?" declares the LORD. "Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?" declares the LORD.

"I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy falsely in My name, saying, 'I had a dream, I had a dream!' "How long? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, even these prophets of the deception of their own heart, who intend to make My people forget My name by their dreams which they relate to one another, just as their fathers forgot My name because of Baal? The prophet who has a dream may relate his dream, but let him who has My word speak My word in truth. What does straw have in common with grain?" declares the LORD.

"Is not My word like fire?" declares the LORD, and like a hammer which shatters a rock? Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets,” declares the LORD, “who steal My words from each other. Behold, I am against the prophets,” declares the LORD, “who use their tongues and declare, ‘The Lord declares.’ Behold, I am against those who have prophesied false dreams,” declares the LORD, “and related them, and led My people astray by their falsehoods and reckless boasting; yet I did not send them or command them, nor do they furnish this people the slightest benefit,” declares the LORD. (Jer. 23:23-32)

SELAH! Joanne Gavlick

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