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THE WATCHMAN REPORT # 7 VISION OF WAR

Greetings to all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, May this letter find you at peace and secure in the faith. I believe that these times that we are living in are very dark indeed, and things must get worse before they get better. When we go to the other side then things will get better. As Christians, we need not fear the things to come, but instead, rely on Jesus Christ, our Rock and refuge, the One in whom we trust. Keeping our eyes on Christ Jesus, running the race set before us looking unto Jesus the only One that can and will see us safely to the other side.

I believe in these times that we live, we need to focus on getting our lives right with God, pursuing His will and word and not our own. God puts us here on this earth to fulfill His good works and to uplift each other in the Lord. So many people die, each and every day not knowing Jesus Christ. This is our mission, to proclaim Jesus, the Son of God everywhere we go. True, times are growing more uncertain, people hearts are growing cold.

Prophecy is being fulfilled, weather you choose to hear the call or not, is between you and God. Love one another, this is our creed, not a new creed, but one that dates back two thousand years ago and before. Love one another, this sums up the law and the prophets. In this late day, it is too late to stand on the sidelines, God is calling for you to come to the forefront and stand for truth. It is too late in the game, for sin to prevail, sin must be put out of our lives, repentance must come forth in our hearts and in our nation.

We must stand as one, or else we will not stand. Through these letters may God reveal to your hearts His plan in these end days. I do not pretend to know it all; any man that says He does is a liar, for only God knows the beginning and the end of the story.  I am simply sharing the small part of the picture that God has given to me. Now may the God of peace be with you all and keep you from harm. May He guide and lead your life and bring you closer to Himself.

AS we watch the moral decay of America, we see the nations of the world in an uproar, one against another. At the same time we need to pray for the Salvation of Israel, for there will be no peace until Jesus comes back, for He is the peace of Israel. Just as Jesus said it would be. Matthew 24, “ for nation will rise against nation, and the increase of wars, see to it that you are not alarmed and be not fearful, for these things must take place, for the time of the end is still to come.” But Jesus said “ The one who stands firm to the end shall be saved”. Who is standing for truth? Will you? Stand up and make a difference. The only truth is Jesus Christ, there is no other way.

We as the Church, need to be standing in Jesus Christ, it is a time when our nation is in trouble, a time when our sons and daughters are at war. A war that will claim many lives, not only Americans, but that of the whole world. For many will die, those who don’t know Jesus Christ. It will be very sad, that their blood will be shed in vain. How much of that blood is on the Church’s hands? Tonight when you go to bed, ask the Lord that question.

When you wake up and turn on your lights, you take a shower, you eat your breakfast, and you go to your sink to get a glass of water, are you thanking God ? When you and your family go to bed, are you thanking God that you are not being attacked by some terrorist or some bomb dropping through your roof, or your children being raped, or killed standing at a bus stop? Count your many blessings! For many this is a reality!

For the people of Israel and other nations, this happens on a day to day bases. This is not a war between any two countries or for any certain cause. This war is between good and evil, between The Kingdom of God and the kingdom of satan, for your very soul, for the generation of the righteous, (The Youth of Today).

The first step to victory in this war is repentance, we as the Church must go through the door of repentance. In this door, we defeat satan and his forces in step one. This step is a requirement for salvation, we see this model in the book of Acts 2:37-38 the people ask what must we do to be saved and Peter said repent and be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for forgiveness of your sins and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. So we see this key to the move of the Holy Spirit. ( I will cover more in this Vision of War).

A VISION OF WAR, WAGED FOR YOUR SOUL, BRITHRIGHT, AND INHERITANCE !

In this vision there was a huge city; over this city was a dark cloud with little spots of light. As I looked into the city there were doors on both sides of the street. The doors looked like castle doors with stone walls on both sides of the doors. There were hundreds of people walking down this street. Both young and old were going into these doors. As the doors opened, signs above them would light up. As I stood there and watched I saw people going in through these doors. One door said abortion, and on the other side of it I heard a scream, and a young woman came out, and said as she wept, “I am ashamed.” Another came out and said, “I’m glad that’s over with, no one will know.” I looked on as the signs above other doors lighted up reading, among other things: pleasure; sex; divorce; pornography; secret sensations; materialism; jobs; sports; entertainment; education; wealth; easy life etc.

As I walked down the street past all these people, there was a door all by itself. It read ‘A Door of Doors’ at the bottom, it read ‘The church’. As this door opened a huge area was lit up with bright lights. There were many doors inside this area also. One door read ‘The church of comfort. All are welcome.’ Inside, a man was standing there. He said, “I will take you to your seat. Enjoy yourself. Be comfortable. We want you to listen to the man up front and don’t speak. We will talk to you later after the show about how you will fit in.”

I walked on, and saw many other doors: The Church of Health and Wealth; The Church of Faith; The Church of the Old Testament; The Church of the New Testament; etc. There were churches for everything, too numerous to count. As I looked into some of these churches, many had wonderful programs and entertainment, and I noticed that many people were walking through other doors inside their church buildings. Just then, a man dressed in white appeared in front of me, and asked, “Why do you look so perplexed?” I said, “Why are those people walking through the other doors?” He said, “I will show you.” He took me down a dark hallway that led to the back of the church outside.

The man in white took me back to the main street of the city. I said, “What are we doing here? I just passed through this part of the city.” The man said, “Look and tell me what you see.” “I see people selling their souls for the pleasures of the world. “What else do you see?” “I see many people here that were in those churches.”

The man looked at me and said, “There are those who will give their souls for the affairs of this world. They will lose their inheritance for the gods of this world. The hour is drawing closer to the end, and soon it will be too late. I said, to the man dressed in white “But all these people I saw going into the churches. Why did they come out here to this street?” He said, “They tried many doors in the church, one door after another. Many of their friends went with them, one church after another, one door after another. It eventually led to more and more comfort, pleasure and entertainment, more ’easy ways to be a Christian,’ until the Word of God was so watered down, that the man leading the people no longer spoke about sin, and right and wrong.

After this, the man dressed in white took me back to ‘The Door of Doors’ that said ’The Church.’ I asked the man, “What are we doing back here?” He said, “I will show you.” He took me inside and asked, “Do you see that dirty narrow door all by itself ?” “Yes.” I answered. “Go inside the door.” As it opened, it was very rustic inside. Inside there was two huge rocks and a tiny path, behind the rocks was a narrow gate, I open it and enter in There was a little wooden bridge that went over a small stream. As I crossed over this bridge, there was this sweet smell, like fresh flowers after a rain, there was a book on a little wooden post.

I picked up the book, opened the cover, and it read, ’in this book, are the words of God. The path in front of you is the path to life, but to walk on it, will cost you everything you have. You may encounter sleepless nights, imprisonment, beatings, hunger, and persecution. This is the path to life; fear not, I will be there with you. I went before you, and laid down my life for you.” The Vision I saw ended.

Wide is the gate that leads to destruction and many go in, but narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and few who find it.

(Matthew 7:13-14).

His Servant, Jan. 11, 2004

Matthew Stephen VMI – Publishers

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