The
Father’s Love Child
And,
behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man
was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost
was upon him. And
it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before
he had seen the Lord's Christ. And
he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the
child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, Then took he him up in his arms, and
blessed God, and said, Lord,
now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, Which thou hast prepared before the face
of all people; A
light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. And Joseph and his mother marvelled at
those things which were spoken of him. And Simeon blessed them, and said unto
Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of
many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy
own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. And there was one Anna, a prophetess,
the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had
lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; And she was a widow of about fourscore
and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with
fastings and prayers night and day. And she coming in that instant gave
thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for
redemption in Jerusalem. Luke 2:25-38
A CALL TO INTERCESSION
The first thing Bob was shown by the Spirit was a
call to intercession for the church. That call to supplication came in the form
of two witnesses— Anna and Simeon.
Luke 2:25-37.
Anna whose name means " favor" or
"full of grace", is a type of the intercessor with the revelatory
gifting staying before the Lord day and night calling on the Lord for the
promise of God. The scripture the Lord gave for this reference was Psalm 111:10
stating the prerequisite or foundation begins with the reverential fear and
worship of the Lord.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding
have all those who do His commandments His praise endures forever. Ps 111:10
The name Simeon means "to hear" or
"hearing with acceptance". He represents the "Word–Priest"
or the "anointed priest" with the scriptural promise yet to be
fulfilled. Simeon had received a word from the Lord and believed that word to
its fulfillment. The scriptures declare that he was a righteous and devout
man...meaning that he cautiously and carefully observed the divine law looking
for the fulfillment of God's promise.
Simeon, who kept the lamp of prophesy burning when
religion was at a low ebb in Israel, knew the voice speaking in the prophets of
old, and obeyed the revelatory light he was able to comprehend for his
generation.
By these two witnesses, we have Anna representing
the "Spirit" and Simeon depicting the "anointed word".
These two will bear witness of a new release of the Spirit for a "double
blessing" in the same way Jerusalem means double peace.
This is what some have referred to as the establishing of the
"kingdom of God" or the "Rule of God." in the earth— God’s
power and authority beginning to be expressed through His Church. This year
will denote the beginning of a new thing the Lord is going to do. It will be a
year of the doubles - double trouble for those in the world and double peace
for those who commit themselves to Christ.
The
Father’s Love Child
Bonnie
Jones
In this article I’m going to share a series of four dreams regarding
the birthing, nurturing and care of the babies born unto the body of Christ.
The dreams reveal God’s plan for the most current baby as well as the devil’s
plan for her death, and destruction. I felt from the beginning the Lord was
speaking about women coming forth in ministry. Bob was a real advocate for
women to move into their rightful place beside the men. That’s why it was
important to him that I was at his side in ministry. We were a team and the
Lord called us His “Custodial Parents of this Movement.” What movement we
asked, - The “Love Movement!” Bob was known for his love for the body of Christ
and although he is no longer with us, I must continue where he left off and
where God leads me. I’ve known for many years that I was a catalyst God was
using to assure women He had not forgotten them and they are vital to the end
time harvest.
A Baby is Born
Dream #1- September 1, 2014
Earlier this year God showed me in a dream a baby that would be born
at the time of Rosh Hashanah also known as the Jewish New Year. She was coming
quicker than the church anticipated and in the dream Bob said, “This will be
the first baby of the New Year born in the church and leadership doesn’t want
to miss it!” Yet some in leadership had grown weary waiting for her birth
and had fallen asleep. This baby would be powerfully anointed from the womb and
upon its’ birth would preach, pray and prophesy. You can read the complete
article, “Holy Spirit Overshadows the Church” in the September 2014, Word of
the Month.
The Abandoned Baby
Dream #2 – December 8, 2014
I had a rather disturbing dream December 8th regarding the baby born unto the body of Christ at Rosh Hashanah
(September 25th). In this dream the baby was ill and her
condition continued to worsen. The baby asked, “Why isn’t anyone praying?” I
wanted to take her to the hospital but the mother insisted that we wait. Others
offered assistance by bringing the child water and clothes. Then the baby began
to prophesy because no one would pray. I decided to care for the child and take
her to the hospital but her mother wouldn’t allow medical attention. Then she
brought the baby to my house and just left her. It was as if the mother
completely abandoned her baby so she could return to the ways of man without
being mindful of the baby’s needs or welfare. Dressed only in a cloth diaper,
this beautiful baby girl was cold and shivering and if she was not nurtured,
most certainly she would die.
It appears to me this baby, sent by the Father as a gift to the body
of Christ, is being abandoned. Apparently the child did not come wrapped in the
package the body was expecting nor one they desire. The body of Christ has gone
through a time of transition but I believe it did not transform from the
Father’s perspective and therefor cannot embrace this Christ child. Will the
baby be overlooked again? Will it be thrown out with the bath water? Why?
Like the Lord, this baby has no form of comeliness (Isaiah 53:2)
but she has spent her time in the presence of the Lord and understands His
heart of Love for all peoples, tribes and nations. The church is still looking
for a well-dressed, well-versed and polished man that has the ability to gather
crowds. Therefore, nothing much has changed and leadership is still on a
scavenger hunt for the anointing. What they fail to remember is that God looks
at the heart not the outward appearance and resumes’.
For [the Servant of God] grew up before Him like a tender plant, and
like a root out of dry ground; He has no form or comeliness [royal, kingly
pomp], that we should look at Him, and no beauty that we should desire Him. (Isaiah
53:2 Amplified)
Well God’s baby has arrived and in a package not designed by man and
therefore man will once again reject her. But she is crying out for HELP! Will
man turn a deaf ear once again? Or will he receive the gift of the Father in
the package He chose to deliver it in?
But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his
physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man
sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the
heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7)
Fear not, for they rejected our Savior also. Man could not receive
Christ as their King because He did not come in the package they expected or
desired. This was a beautiful baby girl born of the Father’s seed, kissed by
the Son of Love and anointed by the Holy Spirit of Truth. She is the Love Child
born unto man and a gift from the Father. If she is not embraced and loved to
life, she will quickly become undernourished and die and her death will be laid
at the door of the church.
I believe the mother in this dream is the church and the baby is the
Love child of the Father. This child has been conceived in His Love and whether
the church wants to accept it or not, she’s the revelation of the Father’s Love
the church is rejecting. She represents the new wineskin and a new movement in
the body of Christ. She cannot conform to the old wineskin and they can’t receive
her. She has made a total commitment to the Lord and can preach, pray and
prophesy according to His will not her own.
Old leadership mindsets can’t accept the newness of this child and its
movement. And because they are not willing to change, they are willing to
ignore her presence and allow it to die rather than embrace her and the love
she possesses. Old leadership grew weary and many fell asleep at the helm.
Unless they do an about turn and embrace this child quickly, the church will
abandon the Father’s Love. The last revelation of the Godhead is the Father and
He is Love.
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. (1 John
4:8)
This child has touched the heart of God and prays according to His
will. She is crying out for help and asking, “Why isn’t anyone praying?”
Babies Born on Christmas Day
Dream # 3 - December 25, 2014
On the day we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, I had a
powerful dream about the birthing and care of the Father’s Love child
(children). I believe these babies represent the movement in the body of Christ
that won’t go away and can’t be ignored any longer. This is the womb of the
anointing, the catalyst for the birthing of the season we are in called, “The
Father’s Love.”
In the dream, each baby was wrapped tightly in a pink swaddling
blanket and a pink cap placed on their tiny head. One by one an angel would
bring the newborn outside the hospital and place her in an incubator. Let me
explain this incubator because it was quite unusual. Instead of being an
individual unit, these incubators seemed to be like clear plastic drawers
stacked one row on top of the other. Each row consisted of one large drawer
where at least a dozen babies would be placed. It was the latest technology so
their every movement and every breath were monitored. The monitoring equipment
was done from inside a special building that the angels tended to.
As soon as the baby was born, lovingly an angel placed the baby into
her proper position in an incubator. The babies were all side-by-side,
shoulder-to-shoulder touching one another. The angel reassured me that all the
babies were just fine, they were all being well monitored and nothing they
needed would be overlooked.
The church has long rejected women but God hasn’t. He’s kept a
watchful eye on them and those who have rendered themselves unto Him are now
being placed in that heavenly incubator. There are angels on assignment for
each one of them and monitoring their every move. They will not jockey for
position because they know their rightful position in Christ. They have learned
how to work together in unity, side-by-side, shoulder-to-shoulder and mankind
will no longer intimidate them. When they hear the voice of the Father they
obey Him. There is nothing that can come against them to separate them from the
love of the Father. They have long endured rejection but now the Father is
sending them forth to gather the lost sheep, heal the sick and raise the dead.
They will do His will and the church will not be able to ignore the anointing
released through them.
It seems to me that since the church rejected women in ministry God
has removed them from its auspices and placed them under His wing. He’s
anointing them to do His Word and His Will. They will work together for the
good of the body of Christ without fear and intimidation of mankind. They no
longer fear man; they only know the reverential fear and awe of God.
Let me clarify myself. I do not mean that women should not be in the
church or that God is removing them from the church. Most definitely women have
a place in the church as well as in leadership. God anoints all His followers
and calls them to follow Him. In the same way the disciples followed Christ, He
also released them into their own ministries. They were each called to the
“great commission.” If they had only followed, they would have never become
leaders in the first century church.
The church in general is male dominated but I can’t believe God
intended it to be that way. The Apostle Paul traveled with and was mentored by
Priscilla and Aquila, a married couple in the first century church. In fact
Priscilla’s name is mentioned first in scripture before Aquila’s. I believe
this is the model God is looking for but misunderstanding of scripture caused
it to get swept under the carpet years ago. No one has been willing to dust it
off and allow women to become fruitful and multiply in their calling. There’s
been a lot of talk about women coming forth in ministry yet they remain
stagnant. This is about to change and the body of Christ will be far richer and
have greater balanced.
The good news is the Father has redeemed that which the church
rejected. Fear not, they rejected the prophets too. I believe there has been a
birthing in the church and you are going to see women rise up to take their
rightful place in the body of Christ and some of them in leadership positions.
The Holy Spirit has been brooding over these babies for a long time and
nourished them with the Father’s Love. The Father wiped away their tears of rejection
and filled their hearts with His Love and compassion. He taught them in the
secret place of the Most High where agendas, pride and jealousy were not
permitted. In this place of intimacy with Him they learned how to love one
another and placed their faith and hope in Him not man. God showered them with
His Love and sprinkled them with affection. In this place they learned patient
endurance. They learned how to live 1 Corinthians 13 because God worked His
Love into their heart.
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not
parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its
own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but
rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all
things, endures all things. Love never fails. (1 Corinthians 13:4-8)
Women feared man instead of God and I believe this displeased Him. Yet
in His mercy and grace, I believe He hardened man’s heart to a degree, against
women to turn the heart of women toward Him. In the natural it appeared that
man was at the helm when, in fact it was God so He could do a complete work in
the women. The Holy Spirit continued to brood and the Father taught them how to
work together in Love for the betterment of the body.
Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in
the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is
no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves
torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. We love Him
because He first loved us. (1 John 4:17-19)
I believe that when women come into their rightful position in the
body of Christ, God will deal with the heart of man to embrace them. And once
again man will love his helper like Adam loved Eve. However, this time he will
protect her from the enemy. Man alone cannot produce children. It requires a
woman. When men and women come together in ministry anointed by the Holy Spirit
they form a threefold cord that is not quickly broken. (Ecclesiastes
4:12) Then the body of Christ will be strengthened and the enemy’s back
will be weakened.
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his
wife, and they shall become one flesh. (Genesis 2:24)
Beware the Religious Spirit
Dream #4 - December 30, 2014
Unless we keep a watchful eye upon our babies the religious spirit
will devour them. Today I saw our beautiful baby again. After a time of rest
she began to play in the garden where the cornucopia fruits and vegetables were
ripe for harvest. She tumbled over and into the rich wet soil. I picked her up
and sprayed her off with the green garden hose. Bob and I walked down the
sidewalk carrying the baby. A woman with a large, fat, well-trained alligator
walking beside her headed toward us. The woman gave a command to the alligator
to attack and kill the baby. It was our job to protect her at all cost.
I believe the alligator represents a religious spirit that has grown
fat over years of devouring babies alive. Bob taught that a religious spirit is
five things; legalism, opinion, debate, judgment and criticism. The church as a
whole has never broken free of this spirit and unless it does we will once
again lose our baby to it and abort God’s movement. Can we afford to do this?
Can we look the other way and ignore it? As a body of believers we must embrace
this baby and help nurture it until it's fully developed.
I believe this time the church will recognize “God’s Love Child” and
leadership will stand beside her and be encouraging. It’s going to take both
mothers and fathers in leadership to embrace this baby and allow her to develop
and bring forth the fruitfulness God commissioned her with. We can love this
baby to life and maturity or abort it as in the past.
The last revelation
of the Trinity is that of the Father and He is Love. Jesus was revealed over
two thousand years ago and the Holy Spirit over one hundred years ago. They
rejected Jesus and quenched the Holy Spirit time and time again. Will the
church reject what God is doing through the weaker vessel? I believe the Father
created woman to stand beside man and together represent Him as “Ministers of
His Love.” Now is the time to demonstrate the full measure of Christ’ divine
nature and walk in Love because God is LOVE! Let us, as the body of Christ
embrace the Father’s Love Child and allow the Holy Spirit to flow freely,
without quenching its power and purpose. Let us be lovers of “LOVE” and embrace
what God is doing. Let’s not despise the package He chooses to use, instead
let’s receive His gift of Love.
Holy Spirit Overshadows the Church
By Bonnie Jones
Recently I heard the Lord say “God’s hand reaches out through all eternity taking a seed of Himself and
places it within the womb of woman where new life begins and conception takes
place. There’s an
overshadowing of the Holy Spirit taking place right now in the body of
believers. There’s been a sifting in the church and shifting in the Spirit for
several years now and it’s finally come to culmination.”
Normally the church is referred to as being feminine. However in this
passage “the womb of woman” represents the body of Christ. The sanctified
imagination is our spiritual womb. It’s the place where we conceive and the
seed of belief is sown into our womb. It’s only what you hope for that your
faith will produce.
I’m comparing this revelation with Mary’s visitation with the angel in
Luke Chapter One. The Archangel Gabriel came to Mary saying, “Behold,
you will conceive in your womb and
bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus.” (Luke 1:31)
The true body of believers has been like the young Virgin Mary whose
response was that she knew no man. (Vs. 34) These believers resisted the
dictates of man, the lust of the world and died to self-gratification. For
all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. (1 John 2:16)
The Overshadowing
And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come
upon you, and the power of the
Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be
born will be called the Son of God. (Luke
1:35)
I feel this is where the church has been. She embraced many things she
was never entitled to. Instead of the Spirit of Truth, she chose to follow the
dictates of men’s heart. And therefore the enemy lorded over her and in pain
she brought forth children but without a fear of God and not much form of
holiness. But now her desire will be for her husband the Lord. And He shall rule
over her because the body of Christ has yielded her will to His.
Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.”
And the angel departed from her. (Luke
1:38)
Mary mixed the WORD with her FAITH and connected with the anointing.
This is where the true body of believers is today. The Holy Spirit of Truth is
overshadowing them and conception is taking place. The birthing is going to be
glorious. These babies will be more mature than we were at our spiritual birth
because everything has accelerated. That which took ten to fifteen years to
understand, they will get it in a very short time. The overshadowing of the
Holy Spirit will be that of Isaiah 11 and the church will be delivered from the
religious spirit.
The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and
understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of
the fear of the Lord. His delight is in the fear of the Lord, and He shall
not judge by the sight of His eyes, nor decide by the hearing of His ears; (Isaiah 11:2-3)
We Must Not Grow Weary!
Recently I saw the new birth-taking place at the time of Rosh
Hashanah. In this dream, Bob, a young pregnant couple and myself arrived at the
Emergency Room parking lot. To my surprise, church leadership met us there and
entered the hospital with us. They took a seat in the waiting room awaiting
this baby’s birth. I asked Bob why leadership was present for the birth of this
baby? He said, “This will be the
first baby of the New Year born in the church and leadership doesn’t want to
miss it!” The young woman experienced a sudden sharp pain;
immediately the couple was taken to delivery. Bob and I walked into the waiting
room only to find that leadership had fallen asleep while waiting.
End of dream.
I believe this baby is coming quicker than we think. The timing is
significant. Jewish New Year or Rosh Hashanah is September 25th. Although at times we’ve all felt weary we must not fall asleep. The
delivery is right at hand. Leadership as well as the body has labored long and
hard for this birthing so its time to perk up and stay on guard. We haven’t run
ahead of the Holy Spirit and now we can’t lag behind. We’re right on target.
From what I’ve
seen, this baby is going to be powerful. Conceived in love and truth she will
possess power and might. She will preach, pray and prophesy. She has been
anointed from within the womb and will be a holy terror. She will possess the
fear and awe of God and not fear man or the devil.