Strong City

Sam Redman left a comment on the forum under my post, “The Heavenly Coup d’etat”, questioning the close of probation as I referred to it in a post I wrote in December of 2004, which he quoted from. It’s a very good question and one I would like to personally answer.

The very best way to reveal the meaning of the close of probation is to refer directly to the time of Christ Jesus, the first coming of Messiah. Jesus appeared publicly to begin his ministry at the very beginning of the last seven years of the Messianic prophecy of Daniel 9. This was exactly 483 years after the command went forth from King Artaxerxes in 457 B.C. to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, the decree which initiated the commencement of that 490-year Messianic prophecy. Then, in the very middle of the last seven years of that prophecy — the “midst of the week” — Jesus was crucified, being fully rejected by his nation. His intercession for them ceased on crucifixion day, and their probation as a nation closed. Or it could be said that the people could start seeing the events of the close of their probation on that day. It would be clearly revealed that the old order would no longer be sustained. The old Jewish economy would come tumbling down. That day was the day it would begin falling, until Jerusalem was finally destroyed altogether years later. Those who clung to the old order would die, and those who reached out for the new would live. This is exactly what happened.

The marker events which occurred at the first coming of Messiah, as foretold by the Messianic 490-year prophecy and then fulfilled to the letter by the appearing of Jesus, are shown along the top of the timeline below.

The close of probation in Jesus’ day, at the midst of the week, was also marked by the tearing of the temple veil. It was ripped from top to bottom by a divine hand, exposing to public view the Most Holy Place of the Jews’ sacred temple, and everyone could now see what was inside.

The 490-year Messianic prophecy of Daniel 9 was repeated in the second coming of Christ and fulfilled to the letter, just as Daniel prophesied, by “the Prince that shall come” and his people. And the historic event of the “rending of the veil” occurred again in the midst of our final week of years. April 19, 2004 was the day God told me there would be twelve hundred and ninety days left of the prophecy. I remember that day. It marked the exact midst of the final week of years in Daniel’s 490-year prophecy. The marker events which occurred at the second coming of Messiah, as foretold by Daniel’s prophecy and then fulfilled to the letter by the appearing of Michael, are shown along the bottom of the timeline above. The events of the two comings of Messiah are a direct overlay of the other, each perfectly fulfilling the events specified in Daniel 9 for each appearing.

We saw two events initiated on that day which mirrored each other, one in the church and one in the world. In the world, President Bush was called upon to repent and leave his unjust Iraqi war. But on that very day, April 19, 2004, he finally and fully refused the spirit of repentance and publicly committed the country to its final end. These are a few of the things he said in a speech on that day, revealing what begins happening once intercession has been refused and has ceased, and the close of probation has commenced:

There’s now an urgency to our duty. We have an urgent duty to do everything we can to fulfill our solemn obligation. There are people here in this world who still want to hurt us. See, they can’t stand America. They can’t stand us because we love certain things and we’re not going to change. We love our freedom. We love the fact that we can worship freely* any way we see fit. We love the fact that we can speak our minds freely. We love our free political process. We love every aspect of freedom and we refuse to change. These terrorists will not be stopped by their own conscience; they don’t have a conscience. But they will be stopped. They will be stopped because our great nation is resolute abroad, we’re vigilant at home, and we are absolutely determined to prevail. I’m starting today to call on the United States Congress to renew the Patriot Act and to make all of its provisions permanent. www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/20040419-4.html

*Note: America became firmly set in its course on that day, and the rent veil began exposing the new brand of “worshipping freely” that America was going to be “loving” from then on. America’s nationally and internationally highly publicized attacks on religious groups that differ from its state-approved religions have made it so clear nobody could miss it. The only religions that have been tolerated, unmolested, since that time have been those that have compromised with the beast in some way for some benefit to themselves.

The Bible puts it this way: “Let the evil man [or nation] go on in his evil: and let the unclean [man or nation] be still unclean: and let the upright go on in his righteousness: and let the holy be holy still.” Rev. 22:11, BBE.

In our own church, some of our own former members can mark that time when they began to separate from us. Some of these eventually became our greatest enemies. It was at that time that they made the decision that following God all the way cost too much, and in their hearts began leaving His Spirit. After that, they worked tirelessly to have me convicted for a crime that they knew very well, and admitted publicly, that I had never committed. The District Attorney made his case upon their stories to him about me, their false reports. I know this because I heard them say it. But as in the time of Jesus, after intercession closed for those upon whom the light of Messiah had shone most brightly, there were many who had not sinned against it, and their hearts fully turned to God after that time.

Intercession entails not revealing all the light at one time, so people will not stumble on it because it is too great for them while they are not mature enough spiritually to handle it all at once. During the first 3½ years of our wilderness time — the time prophesied when the “woman” or church was to be “fed” or “nourished” in the wilderness by God — the land watched a living parable unfold, as Father drew the Two Witnesses to spiritual and physical Consummation with the Son of God. This was to give the people a picture of what the “marriage of the Lamb” looks like internally in each soul. But before the midst of the week, the general feeling had been, “Oh yes, the Two Witnesses got married to God, and that was a really nice symbol. I’m glad it happened to them and not me.” After that April 19th date, I saw that Father removed me from interceding for the land and He was no longer holding anything back. The full light would now shine.

The veil was rent before the eyes of the people, to see what was really required for every soul who professed to want to be married to God alone. Every soul was to experience the depth and intimacy of marriage to the heavenly Husband which the Two Witnesses were anointed to reveal, spiritually and physically, in their marriage with the Son of God in me. They were to be consumed, heart, mind and soul, by the Spirit of God. It was after that day in April that the Father in heaven began separating out from us the souls who had secretly decided that they didn’t want to go all the way with God, in a real marriage to Him.

After this close of probation, the Spirit of God became much more concentrated in the land. This was palpably felt and seen, and we became one family in Spirit and in truth. The separation of unbelief and self-will from among us, knit together the hearts and minds of those remaining in a bond that has not been able to be broken by all of the horrific, testing events that have ensued since that time until now. Our lives began to outwardly reflect this change, when the people began requesting of me that we all pool our resources so we could live and function as one family. Our old order of government in the land changed as we went to what we began calling the “New Government,” right at the same time the old order in the world was changing.

Another marker of change after that day in April was that our own Holy Place was now exposed to public inspection. “And after these things I saw, and the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened.” Rev. 15:5. Before that, National Geographic had contacted me and asked if they could come to our land and make a movie about us, but Father hadn’t given me the freedom to allow them to come. We had published all the events of this land to date on our website, but the story wasn’t finished. It was after that date that God told me to invite the media and expose every event to public scrutiny. It was after that date that the seven virgins, who were called to pour out in symbols the seven last plagues, began being reported — and grossly misrepresented — in the media. It was after that time then that the Seven Witnesses were finally completed in number, and the whole world was allowed to see inside of our Most Holy Place. In the marriage there is nothing holier than the bedroom, and the testimony of these Seven Witnesses of Messiah went out internationally in the movie, Experiencing The Finished Work. “And in this mountain he will put an end to the shade covering the face of all peoples, and the veil which is stretched over all nations.” (Isa. 25:7, BBE)

As events in the time of Jesus judged his own generation, now our own events have judged this generation. Mankind will now reveal the inner decisions they have made all along, whether they have been followers of God’s Spirit or followers of themselves. Now nothing is hidden, because intercession has ceased and everything is open to view, in the world and in the church.

The ceasing of intercession which comes with the close of probation, for a nation or for individuals who have been given light, is multifaceted, but it has to do predominantly with light and time — light that’s been given, and then the time needed for that light to find a receptive place in that nation or individuals and be acted upon. It’s like if you are in a dark room, you are not responsible, or accountable, for seeing what is in the room with you. But when the light is turned on, everything changes, and a period of time is now given to see what you will do with the light which came and revealed everything. Then, in turn, you will reveal that you either acted on it or denied it. Even if you close your eyes when the light is turned on, you are still accountable for the light that was given and what was revealed.

These very principles of light and time, are what the Messianic prophecy in Daniel 9 was all about. Before the first coming of Messiah, 490 years had been allotted to the Jewish nation to prepare to receive him. The angel said to Daniel, “Seven weeks of years are decreed (or cut off) for your people (the Jewish nation).” But the Jewish nation didn’t use their “time” for preparing to receive the Light when he came into their midst. They found fault with him and rejected him instead. So the torch was taken from them and given to those who did respond to the light of Messiah’s appearing.

Then came the Dark Ages, when the light that had come to the earth at the first appearing of Christ was all but extinguished. It was revived largely through Martin Luther, his “95 Theses” marking the time when history and the 490-year prophecy began repeating in preparation for the second coming of Messiah. 490 years were now given to the people who had professed to receive the light of Christ’s first coming. This time was “decreed,” or “cut off” for professed Christians to fully recover the light they had all but lost — “the faith which was once delivered to the saints.” This was “the faith of Jesus” which was revealed at the first coming of Messiah, and which was to prepare Christians to receive the second appearing of Messiah. But professed Christianity as a whole didn’t use their “time” for earnestly preparing their hearts to receive the Light when he came again. Few have truly “loved his appearing.” (2 Tim 4:8) For those who were given the light of Messiah’s second coming and rejected it, his intercession ceased, and their probation closed.

The close of a soul’s probation reveals what response to light it has become set in. This is also true for a nation. Has it become set in welcoming light? Or has it become set in resisting it? The Scripture, “He which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still,” is saying, “Let the ones who don’t love Light and Truth with ALL their hearts, but love their self and self interests more, keep on loving themselves more than God; and let the ones who love Light and Truth more than anything else and at ALL cost to themselves personally, keep loving Him with all their heart, mind, soul and strength.” Those who Messiah’s light hasn’t come to yet, but who are honest in heart and responsive to Father’s drawing, will reveal that they aren’t in the same place in relation to heaven as those who were given the Light when he came, but rejected it.

After Jesus was crucified, there were many who turned to him. Probation for the Jewish nation had closed, but there were many conversions from the old Jewish order to the new Christian order after that time. My imprisonment has also caused souls to turn to my Spirit and let that Spirit reign in them. My Spirit never turns any honest, seeking soul away. It has never been in my heart or mind to do that. Truly, the honest in heart who are drawn by my Father, can’t be turned away. It would be as impossible as it would have been for the the Syrophenician woman, who saw Jesus for who he was, to be turned away from him, no matter what it looked like.

But the old order of churches is over now. God does not acknowledge the Mammon doctrine that they teach. Now all men who receive the Spirit of Michael and the doctrine of His full salvation through God alone will be saved, but there is now no more intercession for those who cling to the old order. God has left them alone. These things are the law and the prophets.

Our events are identical to the events of Jesus’ day. The same things are occurring. The names and places are changed but the root causes and effects are identical. God told me what to do and I did it, just as Jesus did, and you can see the effects all around you now. Just as Jerusalem fell, so we are now seeing America fall. The old financial order is no longer being sustained. The economy is collapsing on every side, and the whole world will finally come to its fiery end, just as did Jerusalem.

The natural man tends to look at events such as these in black and white, or off and on ways, but God works through process. One never finds a clear sunny day one second and a great storm the next second. Things change over a process of time. April 19th, 2004 was the sacred marker for the beginning of this change, and it occurred just as stated. More and more as the weeks go by, one can see how God has revealed His purposes, and how they were revealed right on time and as stated. The events of the close of intercession have all been unfolding since April 19, 2004, just as in the day of Christ Jesus. Nothing is out of order. The end of the world is a time period rather than a day upon the calendar, and the end of the world has surely come. It will reveal itself more and more with each passing day.

My own imprisonment was part of man’s judgment, and it also came right on time, at the end of the Jubilee. The Jubilee is when the people are freed from their master, and that exact time gave my disciples freedom from me in my physical form. It was the beginning of their standing up in their own power in the Spirit of Michael, instead of relying upon mine. This was the event at Pentecost, when the disciples of Jesus were freed from their reliance on him in the flesh, and given great power. This is also the time for that in my people. The Spirit was able to come to them in power because I went away. But I will come again, and we will leave this earth together. There will not be another millennium.

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