March 11, 2009
The Sacrifice Required For Our Deliverance
In this land, we have all looked on with wonder and awe as the Father in heaven ordained and orchestrated the revolutionary and unearthly events that took place here during our last eight years together since He sent Messiah to dwell among us. Those of us who are here know very well that Wayne Bent was NOT “in charge” of what occurred, for we witnessed him again and again finding himself in the midst of this revolution which Father Himself brought about here—just as much as the rest of us found ourselves in it.
Several weeks ago we had an exceptionally precious telephone visit with Michael from his prison cell which captured the essence of this reality in a nutshell. At one point in the conversation, when Michael called us back a second time, he put so succinctly the things we have already known within us so surely, and have experienced so securely — of Father’s clear and unmistakable governing of us as a Body of believers and His divine purpose in Michael’s imprisonment as a way to draw us into our complete deliverance — that we desired to share with you this precious part of our conversation with the One we love with all our hearts, the One whom Father sacrificed for our sakes:
Anaiah: Hello again.
Michael: I’m back.
You know, speaking of our religion, I’ve had a lot of time to think about the things that have happened, while I’ve been on my bed here — in regards to the seven, and the seven virgins and the plagues, and the different aspects of our religion that have moved us over the past eight years. And I am just as solid as a person can be, that everything was ordained and orchestrated by heavenly agencies. It just gets clearer to me all the time, the reasons why these things were done — not only to put us out in the world’s perspective and to confront the world, but in our own personal experience and relationship to life.
What God did eight years ago is He began a revolution. And it was painful for every single one of us to be in a revolution like that, which was so out of the ordinary. And I looked at the premonition people [Jubilee, Esther and Danielle], and also the judgment people — Zion and Emma — and how each section of the Consummations that occurred had a specific work that it accomplished. And I was shown the work; I was shown what each issue was to accomplish, and it was to literally — as I’ve said many times before — destroy the old heavens and the old earth. And everything ends up God alone — new heavens and a new earth.
And so, our earthly experience is different and our heavenly experience is different, since God brought to pass His revolutionary acts beginning in the year 2000. And it went to the new government, and it went to the separation of unbelief, and everything was so technically done and purposed to accomplish a certain effect within us and outside of us, that I’m just amazed. It really gives me comfort knowing all that, because it gives me hope for the future, that this isn’t just a haphazard rolling of the dice game. There are real, perfect issues that heaven is creating. And our work is just to put up with it — you know, just to bear it until it’s finished. And how else could it be done, than the way it was done? You know, it was just perfectly a set-up, just like the crucifixion of Jesus was a set-up. And it was to judge the world at that time, and it sure did.
But another thing He showed me the other night — you know, I was wanting to get out and go back to the land — and what Father told me, very clearly I saw it: Moses did not deliver his people, King David did not deliver his people, Solomon did not deliver his people. And that’s why Israel was always dealing with apostasy — they just followed men. But Jesus delivered his people; but it was because he was sacrificed. And I saw there is no way — you know I could be great, work miracles and bring fire down upon the beast, but it wouldn’t deliver my people. They would worship a human image of external power — somebody “out there,” like King David and Moses.
And what Father’s shown me, is, “Wayne, you had to be sacrificed; that’s the only thing that would deliver your people. That’s the only thing that could convert the heart,” is if I was sacrificed. I could have [ridden] in on a horse, and come down out of the sky, and done all kinds of really fancy things and wiped out all my enemies, and it wouldn’t convert anyone. It would make man worshippers, but it wouldn’t save them. So when Father was showing me this, I thought, “Oh, my. Yeah, I sure see it. I see it.”
Moses did not deliver his people — they weren’t converted. They were out of Egypt, they were a good symbol, but they weren’t converted. And in those days, a sacrifice wouldn’t have been understood. You know, it had to be the way that it was. But today men are enlightened enough that when they see a sacrifice of somebody, that’s undeserved, it moves the world. That’s why Ghandi had such success in his age, was he dealt with it as a sacrifice — rather than as this “god” figure. Ghandi was a sacrifice, and he actually got assassinated, too. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a sacrifice. And I’m a sacrifice. But it’s like you have to sacrifice the seed; you can’t keep the seed. You have to sacrifice the seed in order for a new plant to grow. And I don’t expect to die here. I expect that the deliverance will come through the change — that’s like the resurrection of Jesus — but it’s just not time for it yet. That’s how I see it. But I needed to be sacrificed.
Anaiah: Well, I can tell you, Michael, that your sacrifice isn’t lost on me. And I know a lot of other people it’s not lost on. It’s just having its effect.
I don’t think it’s going to be lost on a single person on earth. You know, one way or another, they’re going to make decisions that will change their world, based on how they judge me. You know, they may keep their opinions, and they’ll be sloshing away, but they don’t realize that they are sewing up their grave. They’re pounding nails into their coffin, every day that they don’t face this issue: I was falsely convicted, and sacrificed. And this is a big deal, and God set it all up; He did it just for this reason.
Anaiah: And we know, just the way He set it up, He’s going to finish whatever His plan is. And so all we have to do is just receive our instructions, and He’ll take us there.
I agree; that’s how I feel about it. Every day, you know, my heart goes out to the land and I want to see the Bride, and that’s just going to stay there. I’m not going to get rid of that, and I don’t want that one solved, except by being able to see the Bride. But I don’t feel like I’m under stress in that situation. I feel like Father and I understand each other, and that’s how I feel about it.
Anaiah: And that great longing that goes out of you every day is part of the sacrifice. And it’s part of ours too, because we long for you to be here.
The land hasn’t diminished in my heart at all. I’m in the same place I was when I left, except I miss people; I don’t see you. But as far as my heart towards the land, it hasn’t changed one single speck, except you could say it’s increased. But it was strong before — it’s still strong, and that’s not going to go away.
Anaiah: No, our connection was set in heaven.
Yes, we’re married in this, and we are the same rod and the same branch. And I expect that in His time, everything will be right, but He hasn’t given me any inclination of how long this is going to be. And I communicate with Father every day about these issues, and my heart is set, and I want to be in connection with those that I love again. And that’s just going to stay there until it’s accomplished.
Anaiah: We’re set with you, Michael.
And I know that, too. You know, your love — the love of the seven, and then the land, and Jeff’s, too — it’s really a healing balm for me. The letters I get from people, sometimes they’re just exceptionally sweet, some of the things that are said, and it’s just like a healing balm. But you know, God’s going to get what He wants out of this, because God knows we are here for Him. And He knows we will do what He says. So if we have any failures, it would His failure, not ours, because we’re going to do what we’re asked to do. That’s what brought us to where we are today.
