Hello all!!

When I joined a few days ago I mentioned that although God has shown me an abundance of things I did not feel led to release any of them until lately.  This vision was one that I had around December, and although I felt that it was a personal word initially, through study and continued unfolding of this vision I firmly believe that it is a word for the Body of Christ and that many others have been shown the same thing.

The setting was a beach where for some reason Jesus and I are often. It's always the evening hours and we never verbally/audibly speak...we just dwell in each others presence. He shows me things there but He does not use words.  Any way, this time I was sitting on a chair and Jesus was washing my feet.  The color of my toe nail polish was crimson red.  After He finishes He takes my hand and I stand up.  That's when I realize there is a red carpet the same color of my polish. I also realize that I have on a very nice robe that's the color of a pearl (not exactly white) and a crimson sash laying diagnally across my chest.  At the end of this red carpet is a platform with 3 steps and on this, a huge cauldron (that was my first thought) the color of tarnished gold.  As Jesus and I walked down the red carpet together, I realized the closer we got to the end that this cauldron was filled with water that was boiling and had dirty robes in it. 

I turned my attention from the cauldron to Jesus who is standing in front of me now.  Without a word He puts His hand on the top of  my head and squeezes something. In seconds I can fill the oil saturating my scalp. It cascades in rivulets down my forehead, my eyelashes, neck, chest and back all the way down to my feet.  Then He puts His open hand on my head and begins to pray....fervently.  I don't hear a word He is saying, but I see the intensity on His face. Admittedly this part makes me a little nervous because in my mind I'm thinking, "what lies in store for me that Jesus is praying for me like this?!?" This is where the vision ends.

Over the next few weeks I wondered over and over again, what it all meant. Some parts seemed obvious (washing of feet meant I was to serve others as well), but the rest I wasn't so sure. I mean, I knew the Bible was filled with people getting anointed with oil, priests, prophets, and kings, but what did this mean for me?

My first clue came while I was cleaning my bathroom and the t.v. was on a Christian station.  I heard someone talking about Joshua standing before the Lord being given new clothes and vindicated. They mentioned Zechariah ch. 3. I dropped everything and got my Bible and read:

Zechariah 3

Clean Garments for the High Priest

¹ Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him. ² The LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?”

³ Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. ⁴ The angel said to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.”

Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put fine garments on you.”

⁵ Then I said, “Put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the LORD stood by.

⁶ The angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua: ⁷ “This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.

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After reading this I was just in awe.  How could I have missed this in the Bible? So then I started studying to see what else I could find on the subject and I ended up in awe again!!  It's amazing the things we read in the Bible over and over but don't "see" until there is some type of catalyst. 

The Consecration of Aaron and His Sons- Exodus 29:4-7

Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water. ⁵ Take the garments and dress Aaron

with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod itself and the

breastpiece. Fasten the ephod on him by its skillfully woven waistband. ⁶ Put the turban on his head and attach the sacred

emblem to the turban. ⁷ Take the anointing oil and anoint him by

pouring it on his head.

Of course now I feel like I'm on to something! It wasn't a cauldron I saw, but a laver. The laver was the huge brass "bowl" that was used for cleansing of the hands and feet by the priests and was located between the altar of burnt offering and the door of the tabernacle (Ex 30:17-21)

God still showed me something else.  I was preparing for Bible study with my kids and we were going to be talking about Noah. I was going through chapter 5 and came across Enoch and how he walked with God, and God took him to heaven.  We've all heard this story before but I had an intense desire to find out more about this relationship between Enoch and God.  So I went online and read the Books of Enoch ( a must read in my opinion...fascinating).  I knew the apostles were familiar with this book (Jude 4) and I had actually attempted to read it before but for some reason didn't quite make it through.  This time I did and LO AND BEHOLD:

Cindy,

No Thank You for your kind words! I appreciate them so much... !!

Your sister In Christ,

Shawna