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1. A New Season of Glory

1. A New Season of Glory

By Ron McGatlin

We are currently moving into a new season of God’s glory in us and with us for the special purpose of the journey through the times of severe darkness and cleansing judgments into the fullness of the reality of the kingdom of God ruling on earth.

There have been many seasons of God restoring parts of what God designed for mankind in the beginning. Throughout history God has been progressively restoring His people, layer by layer and piece by piece toward the perfect human condition of godliness that Adam was the day God created him and breathed His life into Him.

Since the time thousands of years ago when Abraham set out on a Journey in search of a city not made with hands who’s builder and maker was God, mankind has been moving from season to season on a journey toward the fullness of God from heaven on earth.

The cross, resurrection, and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost over two thousand years ago restored the potential for God’s people to have a direct connection and intimate relationship with God. Through the dark ages that began after the first century, the truth of the gospel of the kingdom was not openly visible for over a thousand years.

Around 500+ years ago, progressive restoration of the gospel began. Salvation by grace through faith was first restored. Then only about 100+ years ago, the baptism in the Holy Spirit was restored to the people of God. Since that time there seems to have been increasingly more rapid restoration of truth and movement toward the goal and purpose of God, the kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven.

As each new season begins, it brings fresh revelation of restored truth. The introduction of freshly revealed restored truth and the increased relationship with God that it brings always cause some confusion amongst some of the people.

For example, the advent of Christ Jesus into the world caused much confusion amongst the people who had been following God in the previous season of covenantal sacrificial activity. It was difficult for many who knew the old ways of God to consider there was a new and living Way standing before them in a brand new season. This caused much confusion among some of the people.

Perhaps one of the greatest times of confusion was at the changing season of Pentecost when the Spirit of Christ Jesus returned in the Holy Spirit to actually indwell His people and do the works of Christ Jesus through them.

Much later after the dark ages when these same truths were re revealed again into recent history, the confusion amongst some of the people was very evident.

Now what am I saying? I said all of that to say there is a new season of the restoration of the Shekinah glory of God that is NOW coming forth by the Holy Spirit to a broader spectrum of believers. The small group that I was gathered with on a recent Sunday morning is one of the many places where God is choosing to proclaim a season of Shekinah glory. When God spoke clearly by one of his prophetic voices that, God has come to us in this room now – the Shekinah glory of God is here and you will never be the same again, it was not fully noted or heard in our spirits what God had just said.

Manifestations of His presence is not at all a new thing. It has been evident among the body of Christ and often present with us in recent decades. Therefore, we took no special note of the word at the time as if God had said nothing new. Later that evening after the gathering, some of us realized that something powerful had been spoken.

Another thing that also began to happen to those who were there that evening was that a fresh burst of life began to come upon us or perhaps more accurately rise up within us. It was similar to the spirit of revival that had set us on fire with fresh life in times past. We had not yet seen what was really happening but did feel something changing and a surge of increased life.

Over the next day or so, we began to get further understanding and revelation into the fact that a new season was upon us.

What is the new season of Shekinah Glory, and what does it mean to us?

The word “Shekinah” is the English transliteration of a Hebrew noun meaning dwelling or settling and denotes the dwelling or settling of the divine presence of God.  

One of the best Old Testament demonstrations of Shekinah glory was the manifestation of God leading and providing for the children of Israel in their forty years in the wilderness. The glory was visible to them as a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. When the cloud moved, they moved. When it was still, they did not move. They followed the cloud wherever it went. There were no Walmart stores or supermarkets in the wilderness, yet the people were fed, clothed, and had shoes on their feet for forty years.

For their entire time in the wilderness, the Shekinah glory of God was present with them. However, when they entered into the Promised Land, there was a change. The special Shekinah glory was no longer guiding them, and the manna stopped appearing each morning. In the Promised Land they ate from the fruit of the land.

God is announcing a new season available now to the people of God. A new season of the Shekinah glory abiding with and resting upon His people to guide us and provide for us on this next portion of our journey. Our journey will go through much darkness that has captured the world and much tribulation of judgments that are cleansing the earth.

At the same time multitudes fleeing the destruction will run to God and be born again, filled with the Spirit, and transformed almost instantly. The supernatural Shekinah glory of the manifest presence of God is a major ingredient in the great harvest. The Shekinah glory upon us will draw the people to God and to His work of salvation and transformation.

The new season retains only the godly portion of the old and builds upon it with the new.

 The past season had mixtures of impurities along with the God-sent grace works of love, power, and glory. The Pentecostal and Charismatic revivals and renewals of the recent past contained a very important part of the works of God that will not be done away with in the new season of greater glory. However, they will be very different. 

All of the impurities of the mixtures and man-made systems will crumble and be dissolved by fire in the new season of greater glory in the life of oneness with God. Greater supernatural reality will be on every front. Astounding miracles and beyond supernatural life to “God-natural” life of oneness with all the attributes of God as His mature Sons.

The Shekinah glory is now coming to us for the purpose of leading us and strengthening us as we journey through the difficult season of vile darkness of the enemy that is exerting himself in an all-out attempt to stop the reality of the kingdom of God on earth. This season of judgment is for the purpose of dissolving all that lifts itself against God. The Babylonian nations are judged and will burn to ashes and all that remains in Babylon will suffer with the end of the once great nations.

New Jerusalem, the purified holy city prepared by the hands of God for which the great men and women of faith have sought for thousands of years, is being formed in His people. The great cloud of witnesses is urging us on to the final victory of God in the promise of His kingdom.

We are only a link in the golden chain of patriarchs and heroes of faith who have gone before us. As the writer of Hebrews wrote speaking of all the great men and women of God through the ages, ³⁹ And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, ⁴⁰ God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us. Their work is made perfect (complete – mature) through us. I believe that the “us” in this verse speaks of everyone after the cross in whom Christ dwells.

We are now a part of a new season characterized by His GLORY. God abiding within us and among us is the reality of New Jerusalem life now forming in us. We are as seeds and possess the fullness in us now of that which is to come, seeds of the kingdom to be sowed into the earth to sprout forth the kingdom of God on earth.

Faith is greatly building in this season. Supernatural love, power, and wisdom are becoming the norm for our lives. Earthly bondages and restraints are giving way to the attributes of God functioning in His pure-hearted holy people on earth. The ability to believe what the Bible says is for you and me now opening the door to mountain-moving faith and extraordinary miracles becoming part of our daily lives.

All of this is without one speck of the self-motivated prayers for us to consume upon our lust as it often was in the past season. We simply do not want anything at any time that is not the will of God. We will do only what we see and hear our Father doing.

We will not despair when natural life goes through deep changes. Our life does not consist in the things of this world. We are spirit beings becoming again the pure image of God as His breath again fills these bodies with the life of Christ Jesus.

His grace is producing His life and His glory in us and among us. Let God arise in us and His enemies be scattered from us, and we will not miss one minute of His abiding Glory of His manifest presence resting upon and within us.

Ron McGatlin
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2. Energized And The Great Unlocking Is Happening In Seeing His Glory!!!!

By Lana Vawser

www.lanavawser.com

"I’m energized whenever I enter Your heavenly sanctuary to seek more of Your power And to drink in more of Your glory." (Psalm 63:2) - The Passion Translation

I saw many feeling "unsettled" lately, and questioning why this "unsettling" is taking place. There is a crossing through the threshold into new levels and realms that is taking place, and the turbulence of transition and extension of borders and change is bringing an unsettling. I saw a plane that was flying through the clouds and crossed over a "border" into a new land. As the "crossover" was taking place, there was turbulence, but the new land was just ahead.

Take heart, for you are transitioning into "new things" and very soon you shall land into the new land.

I saw both an energizing and a settling happening at the same time within the people of God as they meet with Him in their secret place.

I saw the people of God approaching His throne with "fluttering hearts" and a level of "weariness" from the "unsteadiness" they have been feeling. I saw a waterfall of His Glory flowing from the throne. It was thick, it was lavish, it was rich, it was life-giving and without even stepping in, just approaching it, you could feel the tangible peace and warmth of His love and presence that was speaking so loudly "ALL IS WELL!!!!!!! This next season you are now entering into is going to be SWELL." As soon as I heard the word SWELL, I saw the waterfall of His Glory that was flowing from the throne begin to SWELL. It began to look like a tidal wave.

"JUMP IN, JUMP IN, for all you need is here!!!!!" I saw as the people of God were jumping into this waterfall hearts, eyes and minds were being awakened and extended to "SEE HIS GLORY!!!!!" In SEEING HIS GLORY and diving DEEP into the revelatory goodness of His Glory, there was a turning taking place. A turning of weariness to supernatural instantaneous refreshment and energy. Even PHYSICAL capacities were being extended to be able to do more with greater ease and energy because it was from moving a place of rest in His Glory. Physical bodies were being energized to carry and do more. A settling of "fluttering hearts" was happening as peace fell upon hearts like a blanket.

I then heard the words:

"It is imperative to make the time to be with Me and stay in the waterfall of My Glory that is flowing from My throne through being in your secret place with Me through this transition and change. For all you need to carry you through this "moving through the threshold" is contained in Me and the revelation of My Glory. Being intentional to position yourself before Me in your secret place, is bringing you to a deep place of rest in Me through the turbulence, but also energizing you to do more than you have before. Encounters with My Glory that I am drawing you into now, are going to refresh you, energize you, settle you, open up new spiritual realities and doors than ever before. You will see breakthrough in greater and more creative ways than you have imagined and with GREAT EASE as you drink in more of My Glory."

I then saw the people of God swimming in this waterfall, and they had what looked like "gills" on a fish. They could breathe DEEPER than ever before and not need to "come up for air" because they were breathing easier and deeper than ever before because they were breathing in the breath and beauty of God in depths they had never seen. They were drinking deeply of His Glory, and transformation was taking place rapidly. Hearts restored, minds settled, bodies healed, chains broken, eyes opened, hearts awakened. As this was taking place suddenly I could hear what sounded like locks being UNLOCKED all around me. I looked around, and doors were suddenly being unlocked. Treasure chests of revelation, provision and creativity opening suddenly. I saw hard ground that had a lock in the middle of the ground, suddenly unlocked and broken to release waters of life.

"There is a greater rapid unlocking happening all around as the people of God are going deeper in revelation of My Glory. Focusing on Me, delighting and drinking in Me Glory is unlocking MORE than they ever imaged and with greater EASE than ever before because they are moving from rest, from the secret place, from depths of intimacy with Me."

A great revealing of His Glory is happening and the greatest unlocking you have walked in occurring now!!!!

Lana Vawser
www.lanavawser.com





3. Today you stand at the threshold of a new beginning.

By Passion Translation
Dr. Brian Simmons

I heard Him whisper to me,

"Today you stand at the threshold of a new beginning. All that is around you will change and all that I have planted within you will now grow and bear fruit. For I have great things in store for you, things no one has ever proclaimed to you. Many speak of the rain that will soon fall, but I say, it will be a DOWNPOUR on you! Many speak of the fire, but they have never been consumed. But with you, My fire will rage and not be contained by the structures and theories of men.

There are many who wish for a new day, but you will be lifted suddenly into a season beyond your imagination or your dreams. For it will be MY dream that will be fulfilled in your life. Many scoffers will be swept into My presence and become believers in one day. Many doubters of My power will leave their limitations and pursue ME as never before. The time of the great OUTPOURING upon the nations is near. It will be a day of repentance and a day of gathering. Those who ignore My truth will be ignored. Those who refuse to gather themselves together will be scattered even further. For I will be worshipped in SPIRIT and in TRUTH.

So stand firm in Me until I have become your confidence. Set your eyes upon Me and don't be worried about your future and your calling, for I am the God begins and completes, the Alpha and the Omega. You have seen many times as the Beginning, now you will see me as the Finisher!"

Philippians 1:6 The Passion Translation
I pray with great faith for you, because I’m fully convinced that the One who began this glorious expression of grace in you will faithfully continue the process of maturing you through your union with Him and will complete it at the unveiling of our Lord Jesus Christ!

Passion Translation
Dr. Brian Simmons




4. News Headlines


Mike Huckabee Tells Brody File: No Surrender On Marriage Issue, Will Issue Executive Orders As President - 7/23/2015
Mike Huckabee says people of faith should not surrender on the gay marriage issue. Video> When people say the train left the station, it's the law of the land. I want to say, 'Have you guys read the Constitution?' The court can't make law. If we surrender to the judicial branch as if it is the last final and ultimate word, then we have surrendered to judicial tyranny.


Iran Deal a Repeat of North Korea Agreement? - 7/23/2015
Iran had just received its "dream deal," the agreement was destined for the same end as the 1994 accord with North Korea. "There was a celebrated deal just a few years ago, a nuclear deal everybody applauded it." "It was a deal with North Korea." North Korea today has a dozen nuclear bombs and is on track to get a hundred nuclear bombs.


Fmr Israeli Envoy's Candid Book Ruffles US Feathers - 7/23/2015
"The deal enables Iran to keep its nuclear infrastructure, its centrifuges, its facilities, that doesn't include research and development, they could make more advanced machinery that would enrich uranium even faster." "It doesn't include the missiles; it's not linked to Iran's behavior. Iran is the world's largest sponsor of state terrorism."


Video: P. Parenthood Director Haggles over Fetal Body Parts - Watch the News Video in addition to the new undercover video - 7/23/2015
A second shocking video has been released showing a top Planned Parenthood representative arranging for the sale of aborted babies. The latest video, released by the Center for Medical Progress, features Mary Gatter, a senior medical director for Planned Parenthood in California, answering questions from undercover investigators about purchasing fetal organ tissue.


NY CityFest draws thousands to New York City’s Central Park - 7/23/2015
Luis Palau shared the Good News of Jesus with thousands of people representing multiple cultural backgrounds in an extraordinary display of the diversity of the Body of Christ. It was a fitting capstone to NY CityServe & CityFest, a historic campaign that brought together 1,700 churches and reached 180,000 people in person through more than 115 events.


Movement in Asia Bibi’s case in Pakistan - 7/23/2015
There’s FINALLY been movement in Asia Bibi’s case in Pakistan. “The Supreme Court of Pakistan stayed the execution of Asia Bibi. She was a Christian woman who had been sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy on fairly trumped charges stemming from a labor dispute years ago. She has been in jail since2009 and on death row since 2010.”


Kenyan Pastors to Obama: Don't Bring 'The Gay Talk' Here - 7/23/2015
President Barack Obama heads to Kenya Thursday for a global economic summit. It will be Obama's first visit as president to his father's homeland. There's one subject many Kenyans don't want the president to talk about: gay rights and same-sex marriage. The polls showing Obama enjoys widespread popularity among Kenyans.


Pastor escaped persecution with broken leg, led two Hindu extremists to Christ - 7/23/2015
In 2008 and 2009 Hindu extremists went from village to village destroying churches, burning houses, and killing Christians. Some pastors were beaten, doused with petrol, and burned to death. One pastor was beaten to the point of death by a mob of 100. He vomited blood and later regained consciousness and managed to flee.


The aftermath of ISIS - 7/23/2015
Picture this. You’re living in a city that has been your hometown for generations. You hear about a new threat, a group of religious extremists attacking your city. There are 52,000 government security forces protecting you from 3,000 terrorists. You go to bed with news that the security forces are winning. You awake at four in the morning: The city is lost.


News From British Isles, Ireland, Europe and Worldwide - 7/23/2015
Yemen: First UN aid ship in four months in Aden - Government to crush home-grown extremism - Israel: IS reach Jerusalem - Mexico: Women rally against rampant domestic violence - Nigeria: USA backs Nigeria but a pledged $5 million is in jeopardy - Burundi: Vote count under way in controversial poll - Christians told ‘convert or be denied benefits’ - More>


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