Dec. 31, 2003 Prophecy – The Division of Israel

Blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet of alarm, the word
of alarm! For the nations, alarm!  And the year to come will see a division
of Israel. Call the priests!  Tell them to weep before the altar, that they
have allowed the division prophesied of old. Call the congregation to weep
before the altar, for they forsook the Word of the Lord, and they called
ballots of division and the woes to the nation, as the enemy is rejoicing.
 For the land shall finally be divided, that a division of saints and sinners
may be clear, that the Lord might prevail.

Think it not a lost cause, for in days of old it was determined that the yoke
of Judah would be broken, and his enemies would rejoice over him.  And
now it is at hand. The division shall be made, for the nations have chosen
Barabbas, and again, Israel has refused her king.  Oh, weep and mourn
that the believer has not stood in his place. But as it was foretold, so it
shall happen, and woes shall be released.  For it shall signal our enemies
that they are free to complete their work.  But in a mysterious way, a
remnant shall arise, and that which has happened shall be reversed by
the hand of the Lord, and it shall never ever go out of His hand again. The
nations shall be judged this year. It is the beginning of the judgment of
all nations.  And their judgment begins in Jerusalem.

Multitudes shall be called to the slaughter, because as they have delivered
Jerusalem, so shall all nations be delivered into the hands of their enemies.
 As they have allowed Israel and Jerusalem to be delivered into the hands
of their enemies, so too, shall our nation be given over into the hands of
our enemies.  But as we arise, a remnant strong and true, a reversal of an
amazing feat shall take place.  

But weep, weep, all ye priests of the Lord.  Weep, weep before the altar,
for it is you who shall be on the altar of sacrifice.  All those who refuse to
sacrifice for Israel shall find themselves to be its sacrifice.  The Lord shall
triumph in the end, and a time of peace shall be ushered in, but not before
the days of devastation are accomplished. In the palm of His hand, in the
cleft of the rock, shall all ye saints of Zion be kept.  And the Lord will pass
before you, and all His goodness shall pass before you, and you shall see
the good of the land come out of the evil plan.  Yes, you shall see the good
of the land come out of the evil plan. For evil is doomed from its inception,
and its doom is beginning to unfold.  So fear not, and be not distraught, for
out of the evil plan comes a marvelous new day.

All things have already been determined, so think not that you have not
done your work.  For the Lord says, “Well done, all of you who have stood
in your place, all you who have picked up the burden of the Lord, and have
carried Jerusalem a cross of the hour.”  For who will help Jerusalem carry
its cross?  Will it be you?  For many shall come from east and west and
north and south, and they shall help Jerusalem carry its cross.

But out of the cross of Jerusalem and out of the trembling cup, out of the
division that shall be greatly celebrated will come an eternal unity in Jesus
Christ, Lord of Lords and King of Kings! For all these must be, and even
Jerusalem must go to the cross in this hour that she can be resurrected an
eternal city!  So fret not and mourn not.  But never fail to have the Word of
the Lord.  Be Zion's friend.  Be born of her, for thy Savior has already
conquered!  Thy Savior has already overcome, and all prophecy is fulfilled
in Jesus Christ.  So rejoice, because it only means that He is coming soon.

Stand on the watchtower.  Watch, and give the word.  You're not responsible
for the deaf ears, or the weak hearts, or the weak knees.  For you know not
what ear you speak into.  You know not what heart is summoned in this hour
to an eternal work.  So go forward with no perception of loss, only the
perception of victory that comes to the Lord.

Blow the trumpet!  Sound the alarm!  The city shall fall, but it shall rise
again! Its fall shall be brief in the timeframe of man, but in eternity, it
stands forever true and secure.  Place your heart this night in the victory,
and do not be despondent.  Be people of faith who see past the hour and
rejoice in the final victory, when the Lord Himself stands on the battlefield
of this earth and wields the one, true, victorious sword, and carries us to
the final victory in Him.