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Topic: The Vision of the Bride leaving Christendom - Wayne Thomas
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Julie Gilbert
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Posted: 09/19/2010 at 12:26pm
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VISION of THE BRIDE LEAVING CHRISTENDOM
-Wayne Thomas.
Basically, it was a traditional wedding scene. The
radiantly beautiful
Bride had just stepped out of the Cathedral and was
standing on the
top step, just outside. Wayne was told that the Bride was
LEAVING
'CHRISTENDOM' (AND ALL THAT GOES WITH IT) FOREVER,
leaving
the 'church' system behind. The Groom (who was Jesus)
took her arm,
so that He could lead her down and proudly display His
beautiful Bride
to all the world.
Still inside the Cathedral were all the relatives (-the
various
'streams' and denominations of the church as we know it?)
Suddenly, while the Bride was still on the top step, an
invisible
hand gave her a beautiful lily (which had been plucked
out by the
roots). This was her bridal 'bouquet' (an "end-time"
enduement?)
and for some reason it seemed to be given to her rather
late. She
threw this bouquet backwards, and some of her relatives
in the church,
who had been watching her with great jealousy and awe,
made a grab
for the bouquet. Two of them seemed to snatch it up, but
there was
a lot of squabbling and pushing amongst them - fighting
to be somehow
near the Bride or to grab the bouquet. The Groom then led
His Bride
down the steps and through the huge crowd of cheering
people below,
who had been unable to get into the Cathedral.
In a later vision, Wayne was shown that after they had
made their
way through this huge throng, the happy couple were then
taken away
on their honeymoon, which was to last for a thousand
years.
Wayne later made the following comments about this
vision:
"The Lord emphasized these things to me:- That the Bride
is so
in love with the Groom - and the fact that she is pure
and holy, and
the problems of life are far behind her in this time
frame. The crowds
outside see this intimate love between the two, and that
no burden in
life stops her from expressing this love. She leaves the
guests behind
to squabble over the bouquet, and her desire to share
this love with
the crowd outside is very evident.
"The fighting wedding guests are those within the church
who in their
hearts are ambitious for titles to impress the body and
are caught
up seeking the gifts (bouquet anointings) and not the
giver. They are
involved in grand schemes and politics within the church
- and they
love 'comfort'. They are those who get close to the Truth
but do not
want to live the truth.
"The Bride - leaving the guests behind - is made up of
Christians
seeking truth in Jesus alone, no matter the cost, leaving
compromise
behind and seeking Jesus first before the praises of
men."
ANDREW AGAIN: There are some quite shocking implications
to this vision, but it lines up with so much that God has
spoken
along similar lines in recent years - ie. GREAT
REFORMATION -
not just Revival. What are we to make of this - that the
BRIDE Will
LEAVE the "CHURCH SYSTEM" FOREVER??
Does it line up with Scripture? Does it make sense? Is it
possible?
The Book of Acts Revival, the Wesley and Whitefield
Revivals, the
Cane Ridge Revival, the Early Salvation Army Revivals,
and of course
Jesus' own ministry in the first place - these were all
massive
"outdoor" moves of God. Could it be that they are
pointing the way
to what we are about to witness in our own generation?
-Please comment on this at the following website-
http://www.johnthebaptisttv.com/
God bless you all.
Andrew Strom.
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Michele Hay
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Posted: 09/19/2010 at 1:02pm
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Thank you for posting Julie!
...going to think and pray on it...much of it lines up with things the Lord has been teaching and showing many of us.
I went to a good friend's first daughter's wedding yesterday. We are not NY city people...but took ourselves the two hour drive there...for love of the bride who planned her wedding there after moving at college age. The church and neighborhood were old and run down on the outside...but pretty on the inside. The priest genuinly spoke of the love the marriage covenant represented.
When the family and attendants had gone up the aisle...and the bride appeared in the doorway...I could see the groom at the front facing his bride...and he began to cry...and seeing him the bride began to cry...and watching them both...we in the congregation all began to cry! The bride's name was Annie ("grace or favor!") and the groom's was Chris.
This was also a picture...in this picture the great love of the bride and the groom for one another...caused the great cloud of witnesses to weep for joy with them. It was their evident love for one another...it overwhelmed us all.
love, michele
Edited by Michele Hay on 09/19/2010 at 1:02pm
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Julie Gilbert
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personally for me, this has been a theme from the Lord to
me and my new husband over the past 15 years... the Lord
has taken great pains to 'extract' us out of the system
of church....
our wedding a week ago... we had set up a back yard bbq
event... the weather was looking wonderful but then as
the Labor Day weekend approached the weather report grew
bad... 65% chance of rain on Monday...
we were believing God for good weather in spite of the
report but wisdom from others was to have a back up....
so the minister who was going to marry us, was at a youth
event and would not be leaving until 1pm driving 200 plus
miles to get to our ceremony by 6pm ... we knew THAT was
even questionable... so the Lord located for us another
ordained officiant, who happened to be the husband of a
co-worker of mine who was in the Navy & got ordained b/c
he saw his co-workers going to the justice of the peace
b/c they knew no one locally to be married by or they
were not part of a fellowship ...
so we set that up and the original minister told us that
if it rained we could use his church which was where
David was a member for like 10 years and his parents were
members of for about that long until they moved, leaving
in good standing....
well the Sunday afternoon, David's son came home from
that church and said that the pastor wanted David to call
him.. so he did.. he proceeded to tell David that he had
to run the use of the church for a back up for us, with
his 'elders' ... and he would call him back later that
evening.... well
we KNEW in our spirit there would be NO call and there
was none... he left us hanging unrighteously... and we
just blessed him and released him from whatever
'religious controlling pharisee spirit' in operation and
proceeded ... we had another church possible but that too
feel through...
so we decided to trim back the 40 plus guess list to a
more manageable indoor house amount ... it grieved us to
have to ask for people who wanted to be there who were
not family or close friends..., to NOT come due to
space...
the day came.. gray and chilly... we had a canopy a
friend brought for us and set that up and we did our
trellis and just trusted God to thwart the rain....
the reality was that it did not rain at all during that
day until after 6:30 pm when every one was leaving....
65% chance of rain and no rain in the pac nw is like a
miracle....
the whole message we got was that God didn't want us
going back under a denominational, religious bondage ...
which David was freed from... me either...
We are Jesus' bride ... David and I ... we are not part
of the religious system or the pharisee denominational
system of control and operation... it is for FREEDOM that
Christ Jesus has set us free...
I am not opposed to fellowshipping and meeting together
like they did in the book of Acts... I am just totally
opposed to getting into religious organizations who pull
you to bondage ...
this word was a reminder for me of that.... God will link
us together with the PEOPLE of HIS choosing... and we
will walk in mutual submission to one another according
to the leading of the Spirit of God not control,
witchcraft or the bonds of mammon and greed ....
blessings Michele! enjoy the journey out of
christendom!!!
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Posted: 09/19/2010 at 3:04pm
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...I think it left without me long ago!
But like the Lord...I trust to move in love wherever He sends me...to old buildings...to new buildings...or to none at all!
Congratualtions on your wedding!!!!!
m.
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amen! its not about the buildings, buildings are neither
good nor evil.. it is the system of religion only... and
as much as Jesus tried to 'minister' to the Pharisee's,
it was them that crucified him and thought that they were
doing God a service..... just remember that...
the Word admonishes us that in the last days people will
put us (believers in Jesus) to death thinking that they
have done God or Allah even a service....
as Stephen demonstrated while being stoned for his
testimony of seeing Jesus at the right hand of the
Father... it INCITED the religious spirit of which Saul
was among... at this point in time Saul believed asking
for death decrees against those of the Way was doing God
a service....
yet on the Damascus road.. he met Jesus face to face
because his time as a pharisee taught him what was
necessary to bring the GRACE of God to the gentiles...
.. thanks .. I am in love and married live is awesome!!!
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HALLELUJAH & GLORY TO GOD! I SEND MY BLESSING ONTO YOUR MARRIAGE, DAVID & JULIE.
Edited by Gayle Getz on 09/19/2010 at 8:14pm
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So many have left the "church" because much of the "church" has not only left the people hungry for God, but they have left their first love.
Not long ago the Lord sent me several times to a local church. I asked Him why there, since I felt nothing there, it seemed subdued, lifeless. I was suprised when He said "I've been trying to get in there for a long time". Then I know I was on assignment and when I went, as soon as my feet hit the parking lot I went into warfare over the place. About mid-way through the worship I saw the walls lined with angels. Wow. Then I saw a couple angels flying in a figure eight above the sanctuary. They sped up and began going in a circle in a blur, after which the Master Himself arrived on the platform. WOW!
It was wonderful. What a grand entrance. Half the worship team was in tears. Asking others there about the service, I think I was the only one who had seen al this. Glory to God. WOW!
Glory!
God still raised the dead, even if it is a "church". Ha!
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Congratulations Julie and David!!!
Julie Gilbert wrote:
God will link
us together with the PEOPLE of HIS choosing... and we
will walk in mutual submission to one another according
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YES. We have been in this place since 2002. There is much persecution from Christiandom if the Lord leads you to walk this path but you eventually get past that. I think less so these days but still, it is not the norm and we find we are still evaluated by other Christians according to where we "do" or "do not" or "did" attend church.
You eventually just die to the fear of the opinion of man in this area because you know it is the path He wants for you. You also learn to be slow to judge others because they do attend a church and where.
The Lord is so faithful to bring you in proper alignment with others by His Spirit. It is still a wilderness in my experience. You are forced to go deep and to lean on Him. Sometimes it is lonely. But it is sooooo good in many ways and one of those is the crushing, the breaking and dying that takes place and what is built in the process in your relationship with the Father, Jesus, Holy Spirit and those who walk with you in whatever capacity as they become precious, precious brethren.
Julie Gilbert wrote:
as much as Jesus tried to 'minister' to the Pharisee's,
it was them that crucified him and thought that they were
doing God a service..... just remember that... |
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Today is a good day to die  It is no longer I that live but Christ that lives in me. Keep it coming Lord!
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Thank you for sharing that Bruce...the 'Master' has many...in many places...He
loves them all.
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wow Bruce.. that is awesome!!!
Stacey... thank you ... I love my boy so much! totally a
God thing let me tell ya!!
we got good things comin peeps.... press in... just be abut
the Father's business and one doesn't care much for
anything else.... haha
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