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Heavenly Jerusalem
I have
told you before that there are many sources that can inform you
about what is happening in Jerusalem in the natural, so I don't
usually comment on those things. Although we are contributing to
Jerusalem in the natural, our focus is on what is happening
in the heavenly Jerusalem.
Therefore, I was interested in this quote of Natan
Sharansky, spoken under his daughter's chuppah (wedding
canopy), from the recent January 10th edition of the Jerusalem
Post:
Today, on the one hand you have to be builders and guardians
of Jerusalem, and at the same time guardians of the idea of
Jerusalem. You have to physically build the earthly
Jerusalem and keep alive the power, energy and uniqueness of the
heavenly Jerusalem. The power of unity, and connection
to the generations of our people is in heavenly Jerusalem,
of "Yerushalayim shel ma'ala" [Jerusalem of
above].
How
interesting it is that the Bride of Yeshua is currently also feeling
her connection to the great Cloud of Witnesses that
have gone before us, paving our way!
Carrying the Bones of
Joseph
On the
first evening of 2008, Pastor Shelley preached a very
anointed message at the Honouring the Fathers of
Revival Conference in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, sponsored
by Frontline Worship Centre.
He knew
that Rick Joyner had received a divine revelation that if we honor the fathers of past revivals, we
could soon be in revival. When Pastor Shelley
asked the Lord why this was so, he was given the
revelation from the following Scriptures:
(Gen 50:24) And Joseph said
unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring
you out of this land unto the land which he swore to Abraham, to
Isaac, and to Jacob.
(Gen 50:25) And Joseph took
an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit
you, and ye shall carry up my bones from
hence.
(Exo
13:19) And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him:
for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will
surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with
you.
 (Jos 24:32) And the bones of
Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of
Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of
ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem
for a hundred pieces of silver: and it
became the inheritance of the children of
Joseph.(Heb 11:22) By faith
Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children
of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
The above
picture is of Shechem (Nablus) with Mount Gerizim, the mountain of blessings, on the
left and Mount Ebal, the mountain of curses, on the right.
Joseph's tomb is located down in the valley between
them.
The
pictures on the right show the outside of the tomb which
suffered damage several years ago from the Arab uprising and the
inside of the tomb before it was burned.
Here are
some quotes from Pastor Shelley's message:
Joseph knew by the Spirit of Revelation that he was not
going to see his children get their inheritance in the Promised
Land. But he made an oath: "Surely, God is going to visit
you. Please don’t leave me here in this place. When you
make your escape, promise me that you will take my bones with you
and plant me in my inheritance."
There was something about burying
the bones of Joseph in the Land that gave them an
inheritance.
I am committed to help carry the bones from
Egypt into this generation so that we can have the
inheritance.
Will you help me tote the bones of
Joseph tonight?
Why now? Why at the
end of a year and the beginning of a new year?
God is saying this year
is a very important year for the Body of Christ. We are going
to start grabbing hold of some of the promises on the other
side of the River. You are about to
inherit.
There must be
some strategy to bringing these stories of the past into this side
of the River.
The White
Eagle Carries Us to the Top
Then Pastor Shelley shared
two trance visions that he had about 12 years
ago.
In the first one, I
saw a beautiful River that I knew was
to bring healing and deliverance for the Bride of Jesus
Christ.
Then I saw a
brown-colored eagle, called a golden eagle, fly
over the water.
The golden eagle only
eats live prey. Spiritual eagles only feast on the
Living Word.
There was a little
white dove following this huge
eagle.
The eagle’s nature is opposite that of the dove.
The eagle tears and shreds, but the dove is gentle.
The dove represents the
true baptism of the Holy Spirit -
transformation, not just tongues. I believe
we need the true baptism of the Holy
Ghost and Fire that goes below our flesh and goes down
deep.
I watched a Bride wading
in and going deeper and deeper. I thought she was going to
drown. But the Deep is calling to the
deep.
I saw in the distance a blue ball. The golden
eagle headed off to that ball and the dove
followed.
It was the world. God had released a
prophetic Message that was going around the world
that was preparing the way for the Holy
Spirit.
Then following this dove was a White
Eagle.
I knew that this White Eagle was a heavenly
messenger. It was representing the fullness
of Jesus Christ, the fullness of His person.
This White Eagle
represents Truth coming in the End-time. He
said it will be a true plumbline, an absolute.
It is a Spirit of
Prophecy. It is not just a prophetic Word that we need.
If the testimony of Jesus Christ came in tonight,
the Spirit of Prophecy would bring
activation of your prophetic
Words.
I saw the
Body of Christ climbing Mount
Zion. I heard a voice saying, "She’s
stuck."
There was such
discouragement. They would go a little and slide.
After the white dove, I saw the White
Eagle. He said, "When you have gone
as far as you can go with your own strength, I
will bear you to the top with My
wings."
The saints started shouting – especially those
who were lower than where I was standing. They started
shouting, "There is hope for us. It is not over for
us."
The All in All Is Coming
In
A few months later,
Pastor Shelley had a trance vision that took him to
Sunset Mountain in Arizona in 1963 in the
spirit.
He watched as
Bro. William Branham had his amazing experience of
being lifted up into a constellation of seven
angel messengers after a huge whirlwind cut out the side of
the top of the mountain.
To see the
mysterious cloud that formed where the angels were,
click
here for a previous Update from Jerusalem and go to the
end of the page.
Pastor Shelley described his trance vision
experience:
I watched it play out again before my eyes.
Then I saw something I had never heard anyone say
before.
I heard a Voice speaking
to him that he would not live to see the Bride’s
revival. I saw as he fell down on his knees in the
dirt. It was sad. He raised both hands and was pleading,
"Lord, let me see. Let me live to see these
things."
Then the scene
changed and I was in a bedroom. I saw a clock which
read 2:30 AM. I saw a man and a woman
sleeping.
Then I saw an
Angel of the Lord walk in and the man woke
up. I saw there was communication between them. I heard
the last thing: "The time for your crossing has
begun."
I heard Bro.
Branham pray the prayer of John the Baptist: "I must
decrease so that You might increase."
He accepted the fact that
it was the will of God that he would not see it. He
realized that people had come to depend too much on
him.
I saw the Angel of the Lord drawing towards
the corner of the room to leave. He said, "The All in All is coming in."
Then the experience left.
I believe that these things are more
significant for me now than when I saw them.
I believe that for us to be here and
honor them, we are
carrying their bones with us to inherit what was promised
them.
How many feel the nearness of it? I believe you
are desperate to grasp what it is that God is doing. We are
talking about the fullness of God – a Baptism of
Fire that will purify us and cause us to be in His image,
fully adopted. The Bride is Mrs. Jesus
Christ.
I want to enter
into that relationship that God is calling us into in this
hour.
"Releasing the
Spirit of Prophecy" Conference
"Releasing the Spirit of Prophecy"
Conference
Smiths Station,
Alabama
February 6 - 9,
2008
(Rev
19:10) And I
fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See
thou do it not: I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have
the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of
Jesus is the spirit of
prophecy.
God is wanting to release a true Spirit of
Prophecy which is a deeper level of the prophetic,
one that comes directly from Him. When this level of
Prophetic Word is spoken, it is truly the testimony of Jesus - the
fullness of His Presence manifested. There will be no question
that it is THUS SAITH THE
LORD!
In this conference,
speakers Paul Keith Davis, Randy DeMain
and Steven Shelley are believing for
the beginning of the release of this Spirit of
Prophecy.
Come and be
with us as the Lord manifests His Presence through the Spirit of
Prophecy in a deeper, clearer way!
For conference information
and registration, click
here.
(There is limited
seating, so register as soon as possible!)
Pastor Shelley's
Speaking Schedule
Jan. 4
- 21 Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj's
Youth Camp and The Eagle's Cry
tapings
India
Feb. 6 - 9 "Releasing the Spirit of Prophecy"
Conference
New Hope Revival Ministries,
Smiths Station, Alabama
Feb. 19 White Dove Ministries' School of the
Spirit
Robertsdale, Alabama
Feb. 28 - Mar. 2
White Dove Ministries
Conference
Cornerstone
Fellowship, Frederick, Maryland
In
Closing
We are so
blessed by your love and support! Thank you for
letting God use you to help us in prayer and financial gifts in
2007! May you see a wonderful harvest in
2008!
I am
leaving on Jan. 24th to go to Alabama to attend
Pastor Shelley's upcoming conference. I am scheduled
to arrive back in Jerusalem on Feb
21st. I will need to pay our quarterly rent
before I leave next week. And our rent (quoted in US
dollars) is being raised beginning with this payment because
the dollar has dropped so low against the Israeli
shekel!
If you could help us, we would be so very
grateful! You make it
possible for us to minister unto the Lord in Jerusalem and send His
Word out from Zion! [Donation instructions are
below.]
(Heb
11:39) And these
all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the
promise:
(Heb
11:40) God
having provided some better thing for us, that they without
us should not be made
perfect.
As we
embrace the faith of the fathers of revival and
honor them, "carrying their bones with us," may the
Lord help us to obtain our inheritance
in partnership with those overcomers in the heavenly
Jerusalem!
Blessings, Grace and Shalom from
Jerusalem!
Nancy Bergen
Jerusalem Revival Center
PO Box
1402
Jerusalem 91013, Israel
Tel. & Fax:
972-2-5825301
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