My dear brother Greg,
i listened to Steve's sermon, with an open and prayful heart...these dark days, i see ANY exhorter speaking on "babylon", the "spirit" of babylon, etc...i'm listening.
especially in light of the coming conference, which is about the coming persecution of the Church.
brother, since God hid me away in this little "Kerith Ravine", i;ve been eating of the Word, with a desperation, engendered by God the Holy Ghost, He has been having seek WHO HE IS, His Attributes, the Attributes of Messiah, of the follower of Messiah Jesus, and the Heart of the Prophet.
It's Good, wonderfully basking in the Word, crushed, broken, perplexed..all God, all Good.
He brought me up to this Kerith Ravine...alone, BECAUSE The Holy Spirit told me VERY CLEARLY, 'flee babylon'....at that time i did not have the resource, God provided, been up here for two years.
the night before last, God woke me at midnight, i usually am up between 3-5 AM anyway...but midnight, and with my black coffee, having just come out of Jeremiah, i went into Ezekiel.....for 4 hours, the LORD hammered at me, i ate thru 17 chapters till i could bear it no more, drove me to my knees.
i dont write this in boast, ie, "look how devoted i am, how holy i am"...no, i boast in the LORD, He hammered me, it was terrible, but neccesary.
i wrote all that to ask you this, in agape love. After our pledging to be in unity, and the guidelines God gave you regarding the forum, wouldnt it be better, if i just stilled my keyboard, and wrote nothing, if i wasnt led to "yes and amen" brother Steve's msg?
i think the answer is yes, i have no problem, being still....bless brother Steve's heart and hands as he prepared that message.
i say this to you, my dear brother, we, this nation have become babylon, and the coming persecution will NOT come from a secular atheist militant minority, that is the persecution that metes out death. No, the persecution that metes out death will come from the "church of america", a wholly unholy hellish den of idolators and dark-hearted cynical murderer's, wrapping idols in the flag, a den of robbers, and i'm dont think the children of God, Blood bought have yet had this terrible truth unveiled to them.
this is not me, pouting in the flesh, because the elect may not 'agree' with me. that doesnt matter to me, there's a fire in my bones, and i feel if i came to Atlanta, it would be most disconcerting for the attendee's to see me tearing my shirt open, taking a bucket of wood ash, and pouring it over my head. i'm very serious in that.
so let me just say, i pray for the conference, and as always you, your wife and baby, May you all live in peace, and the Blessing of Jesus, neil
