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By Ron McGatlin

Spiritually speaking there is a time to bow low with face to the ground. And there is a time to stand tall with face toward heaven and hands lifted high.

The glory of the LORD is coming down in the presence of God in and amongst His people now in this time. Even in the midst of great darkness, the light of God’s glorious presence will shine brighter in the purified hearts and lives of His kingdom people.

Upon coming into close proximity with the reality of the glorious presence of God, the first reaction of people with impurities in their hearts and lives is the “fear of God.” The fear of God is the BEGINNING of wisdom. It is not the final state of the wisdom of God. There is always a worshipful respect for God. However, His perfect love removes fear and replaces it with an intimate love relationship as a pure-hearted holy child of Father God.

Every person with impurities, whether born again or not, seeing and experiencing the living manifested presence of God will respond to the fear of the awesomeness of God by either submitting to Him or running from Him. Those who pull away from Him will often later attack and seek to do away with the people of His presence. Those who will repent for the impurities in their hearts and lives will bow low before Him with their faces toward the ground. They may have already been “saved” and on their way to heaven through the blood of Jesus. However, that is not the issue here.

The issue is that the blood of Jesus actually does cleanse us from ALL sin, not just positional but in the practical reality of our lives now. That is more than a free ticket to heaven when we die. The issue is being emptied and cleansed of all sin and self-lordship that hinders the full will of God from being done in our lives on earth. The issue is being one with God, becoming of His nature and character to establish His kingdom on earth. The issue is becoming fully one with Christ Jesus and losing all self-ownership. Becoming one body, one Spirit with Jesus, bone of His bone and flesh of His flesh.

Taking up Our Cross

Through our repentance of laying down our lives before Him, we really do experience taking up our cross and being truly crucified with Him. The life we live beyond that point is not our life but His resurrected life in us. We take on His blood line. His DNA is imprinted in every cell of our bodies. THERE ARE NO IMPURITIES IN HIS LIFE in us. We are set free through our crucifixion and made alive in the resurrected life of Christ Jesus in us by the Holy Spirit.

The time of bowing low with face to the ground and the time of standing tall before His presence with face toward heaven and hands lifted high might be within one day for an individual or it may be a process over time. However, for a group either a family, tribe, or nation it may be a longer season as the individuals must come together spiritually into one accord. All must bow low before the Lord in one accord. Otherwise there must be separation. The division will be between those who will bow and those who will not bow unto the Lord God. The sheep will be divided from the goats.

The person or nation who will come to the glorious presence of God and bow low unto God will afterward be able to stand tall in the presence of God to receive and show forth the fullness of His glory.

Can America and Other Nations Be Saved?

For the sake of a pure remnant of seed people within the nation, the inevitable judgment of a wayward nation may find mercy to restrain the judgment for a season. However, if over time the seed finds no good soil in which to grow in the nation, the judgment will come. God loves the world and His people too much to see it continue in the devastation of ungodliness forever. The ungodly nation will come to an abrupt end.

The nation of America and other nations will be saved if they will bow in repentance and arise to stand tall in the presence and strength of God.

This is not complicated. And of course this is not about a religious form or formula. It is the spiritual work of God through Christ Jesus by the Holy Spirit preparing His manifest sons to restore the Garden of Eden life on earth and all that was lost in Adam, the kingdom of God functioning on earth.

The judgment of the darkness contains the mercy of God.

O Lord, I have heard Your speech and was afraid; O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy. (Habakkuk 3:2)

Everything in the world must eventually bear the imprint of the glory of God. Every knee must bow and every tongue confess the glory of God, either in submission or in judgment. In the fullness of God’s kingdom on earth, all of the world must be in perfect alignment with the imprint of God’s glory.

Righteousness is perfect alignment with the will and ways of God.

The weight of the glory of God must mold the entire world into the brilliance of the glory of God’s righteousness. Nothing that defiles will be allowed in the fullness of kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.

Man’s continued rebellion of turning unto his own ways apart from God must be corrected. God has poured out His love and bountiful provisions and yet many have turned away from Him. Extreme pressure through severe judgment contains both the wrath and the mercy of God in providing the final opportunity for multitudes of rebellious people infected with darkness to turn to God and be cleansed. If allowed to continue without God’s corrective cleansing judgment, the earth cannot become the kingdom of God.

People infected with darkness see darkness as enlightenment. They see light as inhibiting darkness.

The religious people of the first century saw Jesus and His message as darkness because they were infected with darkness. Jesus said they were of their father the devil.

John 8:42-44: Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. ⁴³ Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. ⁴⁴ You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do.

Many religious people and the systems they have built and followed have been infested with darkness for many centuries. This is why religion has failed to see and prevent the darkness invading our nations and taking them over. This is why religious systems are tolerating and in some cases embracing the darkness. The failure of the nation of America is directly attributed to the failure of the religious systems to manifest the imprint of the glory of God on earth. This is also why judgment has already begun at the “house of God.”

1 Peter 4:17: For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?

We can fully trust that everything God has ever done or will ever do is righteous and good in the whole scheme of all knowledge and wisdom.

Some folks want to blame the devil for all that they consider to be bad. And certainly the devil has a part in the underlying cause of the evil situations. However, THE REAL AND FINAL BLAME FOR THE CLEANSING JUDGMENTS FROM GOD IS THE REBELLIOUSNESS AND DISOBEDIENCE OF MANKIND and specifically the rejection of being formed in the love and glory of the image of God

God has fully provided everything that mankind needs to withstand the temptations of the devil and to completely rid the world of his evil ways of deception. The devil is defeated and even a small child has the potential of total power over him in Christ Jesus. It is totally man’s fault and especially the redeemed people who have the power of God available to them that the world is in such darkness and defeat by the enemy of God and man.

It is the love and mercy of God that is sending judgment to cleanse and eventually restore mankind back to the full image of God to rule and reign with Him in His kingdom on earth.

If we are seeking to keep our affluent lifestyles or our nations and cultures, we are missing the mark and seeking the wrong kingdom. However, if we will seek the kingdom of God and His righteous way of being and doing with our whole hearts, all these things will be added to us.

God is lifting His hedge of protection from America and other nations because He simply cannot protect and empower the works of darkness.

His protection to preserve the righteous in spots and separated groups within the nations will remain in place. The seed will be preserved. However, everything must change. Life as we have known it in the past will not exist in the future. All evil mixtures of darkness and light will be dissolved. There will be pure light completely separate from total evil darkness.

The pure light people will eventually stand tall in the supernatural strength of Almighty God. Then the people of darkness and all that lifts itself against God will be dissolved. The kingdom of God shall reign on earth as in heaven.

Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. (Luke 12:32)

Ron McGatlin
archive.openheaven.com
basileia@earthlink.net




2. The New Life

By Clay Sikes

We are growing in our awareness 'in the Kingdom,' not to be confused with "of the Kingdom." We need to stop confessing a future Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven, and recognize it is NOW! I have sensed so strongly (of late) to do more walking and less talking (writing), as one of the keenest characteristics of 'True Kingdom Life' is that 'walk and talk' marry.

As one Kingdom friend put it, "It is time to put away the tambourine and build." Building is the end result of each part of the Body bringing his or her individual gift to the assembly (those we are called to build with), and begin building what God orders (together). Gathering (talking) is over, assembling (doing) is beginning!

The Body is beginning to function as it connects in true purpose, on the specific mountain of its assigned calling. There is an enemy to this 'moving out in purpose.' Many have escaped Egypt, only to be comfortable in the desert. We are no longer slaves to the enemy, but now enslaved to 'the familiar.' Our comfort zones have relegated us to 'the tyranny of the familiar.' 40 years to make a three week trip! When minds and hearts change, circumstances change...and not before!

The time has come to escape Shittum (traditional desert life), move to the Jordan (be open to new life), be consecrated (lose the crippling traditions that enslave and contain us), and cross over (a new life you could have never imagined). To do so we must leave our manna, desert tents, and clothes behind (tyrannical traditions).

This requires change, perhaps like we've never experienced...bones (traditions) must painfully break to make this (leap) crossover; as some of our sacred cows (self-induced traditional thoughts) will not move voluntarily, as many of us have become comfortably secure (though terribly dissatisfied) in desert life.

Fear of change is our greatest enemy to truly entering in. Be a Joshua or a Caleb - Take the pain and move out, or you will remain on the wrong side of the river for the remainder of your life on earth. Dare to be courageous (Read Joshua Chapter One).

Admittedly, life in the 'new land' takes getting used to, and yes it is filled with giants, but God has given it to us and (by God's grace) I am going and staying!

Clay Sikes
www.lighthouseprophecy.org

3. Pioneers, Forerunners, & Trailblazers

By Julie Price

Pioneers, forerunners, & trailblazers with the spirit of Elijah are arising.

For so long now it has stirred in me that God is calling His people to pioneer. To go to new places. Places we have never gone before. To blaze new trails. To step outside of the known and into the unknown. To prepare the way for Him. Today He’s asking us to respond.

“Will you come? Will you dare to go where no man has gone before? Will you step out of all you have ever known and become who I have created you to be? Will you dare to be different? Will you dare to walk in the spirit of Elijah? I need My church, My true church, to stand up. Arise!”

Just like John the Baptist, God is looking for a people who will rise up and help the church to become, to return, to be all God is asking us to be in the earth. There is a great work for the people of God to be done in this earth and God needs us. He needs YOU, now more than ever! He needs you to prepare the way for Him.

Luke 1:17 says, “He (John the Baptist) will prepare the people for the coming of the Lord. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and he will cause those who are rebellious to accept the wisdom of the godly.”

The English Standard Version says, “And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

The New American Standard Bible says, “It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, TO TURN THE HEARTS OF THE FATHERS BACK TO THE CHILDREN, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

This is one of the aspects of the spirit of Elijah and God is speaking this to His church in this hour. Restoration and reconciliation are needed like never before. God wants to use you to unfold His plans for one of the greatest hours on earth. There is a true apostolic leadership rising that will destroy the strongholds keeping God’s people in bondage. I strongly encourage you to read 1 Kings 17 through 2 Kings 10 to grasp where God is taking His church in this hour.

The Spirit of Elijah will destroy all things anti-Christ, setting land and people free! New life will come forth as God’s people step into their identities as sons of God. Remember, it was the religious spirit that sought to kill the prophets; the prophetic, the apostolic, the spirit of the Lord! But God has called such a people to reveal His heart, His nature, His love, and His plans and purposes and He will not be stopped! We will move with it, or be moved. This part of the foundation of the church must be strong. It must be built. It must come forth and arise!

Like Elijah felt, you may feel alone at times, misunderstood, confused. But God is about to send a refreshing that will change your perception and you will rise up with a new strength for the task at hand. Great things are being completed by the Father on the inside of you. What you feel is a dark, depressing, difficult, cave-like experience, is actually a time where God is doing what He sees needs done in you to prepare you for your next assignment in Him!

God will have a people! Will you be one of them?

1 Kings 19:7 KJV says, “And it shall come to pass, [that] him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. 18 Yet I have left [me] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.”

These 7,000 represent the remnant within the church today who have remained faithful and uncompromising to the Lord. That have not given their hearts to another and they are about to be commissioned. True apostolic leadership is rising that will build the foundation upon which the church will once again be restored. The only “program” the church needs to be getting with is God’s. Time to get in agreement with what heaven is doing in this hour, instead of trying to get heaven to do what we want.

Will the real church please stand up? God is calling you in His love to arise! Warriors arise!!!!!

Julie Price
warrior.princess1212@yahoo.com



4. News Headlines


#WomenBetrayed Rallies Give Voice to Nationwide Outrage - 7/30/2015
Thousands of women gathered in rallies across the nation Tuesday to demand an end to federal funding for Planned Parenthood amid more shocking revelations from undercover videos. The videos inspired dozens of #WomenBetrayed rallies in the latest sign of growing outrage over Planned Parenthood's harvesting of baby organs for profit. Contact your senator.


Iran Announces Plans to Construct 4 Nuclear Plants Within Decade - 7/30/2015
Iran has announced plans to construct four new nuclear plants within the next decade, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said this week. Iran will receive major sanctions relief that is expected to pump over $100 billion into the Iranian economy. Salehi spoke of Iran’s need to find new sources of natural uranium. Already surveyed 60% of the country for uranium.


Kenya Rejects Obama's Gay Rights Lecture - 7/30/2015
Obama urged leaders in his father's homeland to root out corruption, treat women and minorities as equals, and protect the rights of homosexuals. In a tense exchange, Kenya's president rejected Obama's message on gay rights, saying it was one value Christian Kenya does not share with the United States. In Kenya, homosexual relations carry a punishment of imprisonment.


Final hearing set for South Sudanese pastors - 7/30/2015
The final hearing of South Sudanese pastors Yat Michael Rout and Peter Yein Reith will be on August 5. The pastors have been charged with committing crimes spying for outsiders, and collecting and leaking information of Sudanese national security. Two charges include the death sentence. There is no clear evidence, the judge appears to be in favor of the prosecution.


Oregon Christian Bakers 'Won't Be Silenced' - 7/30/2015
Two years after Oregon Christian bakers Melissa and Aaron Klein refused to make a lesbian wedding cake, the owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa are facing threats, heavy fines, and the loss of their freedom of speech. With the deadline to pay a $135,000 fine having passed, the state is now threatening to place a lien on couple's home until it's is paid.


Syrian Refugee Crisis Meets Greek Debt Crisis - 7/30/2015
Fallout from Greece's debt crisis is expected to further squeeze war-ravaged arrivals from Syria, but the refugees and an indigenous group serving them are rising to the challenge. The first days of the shut-down, left the ministry to Syrian refugees, Bridges, with a cash shortage. God helped us, we went through the capital controls as if they never existed.


News From British Isles, Ireland, Europe and Worldwide - 7/30/2015
Restoring worth in Kenya - Athletes publicly speak of their Christian faith - Fear of talking about our faith to friends - What does ‘taken into care’ mean? - Iranian house churches helped to face adversity - Syria: Extremists are seizing West's military support - Egypt: Christians still persecuted - China: Christians protest over campaign to tear down crosses - More>


ISIS executioner Jihadi John on the run - 7/30/2015
The British terrorist, originally from London, was unnerved by the publicity he received after he was identified as the murderer of the British and American hostages. He knows British and US Special Forces in Iraq and Syria are hunting for him. They would like to apprehend or kill the 26-year-old terrorist. His unmasking has reduced his value as an ISIS killer.


Unprecedented??? - The Plight of Minorities in the Middle East - Iraq Now Emptied of Christians - 7/30/2015
It is not the least bit unprecedented. Read up on the last century of the Caliphate: that is, through the 19s to the Armenian Genocide [1915-23]. The threat to minorities is not unprecedented. We have seen all this before! Today the Arab lands are proudly judenrein (free of Jews). So even the elimination of an entire ethno-religious group would not be unprecedented.


Group Releases 3rd Graphic P. Parenthood Video - 7/28/2015
More bombshell allegations are emerging regarding Planned Parenthood's involvement in selling fetal organs. The new graphic documentary is the third in a series of videos released by the Center for Medical Progress. It features former Stem Cell employee. O'Donnell said she thought she was hired just to draw blood, but ended up dissecting the body parts of aborted babies.


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