During worship a powerful vision opened up before me on February 5, 2017. Like a map, the United States of America rose before me. Suddenly I saw Jesus Christ as the Lion of Judah leap--landing on top of the nation. Facing west, He placed one gigantic paw upon each of the four corners of the USA. Enormous and majestic, he wore a crown upon His head. Raising His maned head, he let out a thunderous roar. I could see the roar emanating from His mouth like heat waves. At His roar, the entire nation began to shake.
Now, a thin sheet of glass I had not seen before became visible. This glass covered the entire United States from East to West like a low glass ceiling. As the Lion roared and the nation shook, the sheet of glass shattered under His feet.
After the glass shattered, a light, like a flood light, burst forth from a place toward the West Coast. It shined up into the atmosphere. One after another, these beams of light began to shoot up from location after location all across the nation until the entire country was lit up with spotlights. By revelation I understood these spotlights were shining up from places where believers were gathering together. The Glory of God and the Light of Christ was piercing the darkness and brilliantly radiating from those places.
Next, I watched as the Lion of Judah raised His left fore-paw and forcefully stomped down upon the South West region of the United States. Again the entire nation was violently shaken. Buildings and structures all across the United States collapsed and crumbled under the shaking.
Through the settling dust I watched as uncut stones began to be placed one on top of the other. Many of the stones were oval shaped like they had been smoothed by a flowing river. A new structure was being built...but not by human hands. God was building His church. These unhewn stones began to form one building that somehow also resembled an altar. Higher and higher these uncut stones rose. Finally this edifice towered above all previous buildings and continued to rise out of sight. It was unshakable.
UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETATION
We have already seen that a shaking has begun in America. This shaking is going to continue and increase both in the natural and the spiritual. Impact will be felt on both secular and nonsecular fronts. I believe the focus of this vision is specifically the REFORMATION that God is bringing to the American church. The outcome of the violent shaking will be:
1) the shattering of the glass ceiling over the church
2) the true church shining as beacons of light
3) the crumbling of man-made religious structures built on a faulty foundation
4) the rise of the unshakable unified church built by God alone.
This vision comes with an invitation to intercession by agreeing with God's heart, vision, and will for His church.
THE GLASS CEILING
Seeking understanding of this vision, I asked the Lord, "What is this sheet of glass covering the nation?" He replied, "THE BARE MINIMUM." Not fully understanding, I asked Him what He meant. He explained that this glass barrier is,
"DOING the bare minimum, ASKING the bare minimum, & EXPECTING the bare minimum."
bare minimum-The smallest possible quantity but still adequate, condition that is required, acceptable, or suitable for some purpose. Synonyms: symbolic effort or tokenism (Wiktionary)
The heart of God is to shatter the glass ceiling of BARE MINIMUM MENTALITY over America. This mentality asks, "What is the least I need to do to get into heaven?" "How much of the world and sin can I embrace and still be a Christian?" "What is the least I need to sacrifice and still be called a believer?" "How much will it cost me?"
On the contrary, the Kingdom of Heaven is denying self, taking up our cross daily, and giving up ALL to obediently follow Jesus. The Kingdom of Heaven is likened to selling EVERYTHING for the Pearl of Great Price.
Through prayer, fasting, and repentance the church must partner with the Lion of Judah's ROAR to shatter this glass ceiling. We have in essence PUT A CAP OVER THE CHURCH and a cap over what God wants to do and release through our lack of faith in action and Christian tokenism. God is calling the American church to REPENT, RENOUNCE, and TURN from a Bare Minimum Mentality to a Kingdom Mentality. This involves EXERCISING OUR FAITH by doing, asking, and expecting God to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.
BEACONS OF LIGHT
As this glass ceiling breaks over regions through repentance and active faith, I believe that there will be a mighty increase of the manifest glory of God. Kingdom minded believers will gather together and those around them will begin to take notice for they will shine with the light of Christ like a city on a hill. These Christians will be wholehearted, full of faith, bold witnesses, marked by purity, love, and devotion to Christ alone. They will not love their lives even unto death. These will shine and the GLORY and POWER of God will be manifest among them.
“"Arise, shine; for your light has come, And the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. "For behold, darkness will cover the earth And deep darkness the peoples; But the LORD will rise upon you And His glory will appear upon you. "Nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.”-Isaiah 60:1-3 NASB
MAN-MADE STRUCTURES WILL NOT STAND
In this vision, the Lord was making a clear differentiation between the structures that were made by the hand of man and the one structure built with stones not touched by human hands. Through shaking, He will test the church to see what it is made of. What has been erected by men will fall. Faulty foundations will crumble. But what has been erected by God will stand any shaking. Jesus is coming for One Spotless United Bride, not a bunch of disunited, man-made, empty religious shells.
I had a strong sense that God was not only dealing with religious systems and structures, but He was addressing the altars of individual's hearts. He is looking for one altar and that is to Him and Him alone. Those who have altars in their hearts built to falsehood, idolatry, and self indulgence will not stand in the testing.
"At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain."-Hebrews 12:26-27
"But each one must be careful how he builds. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. -1 Corinthians 3:10b-11
THE UNSHAKABLE KINGDOM
I continued to seek God for further understanding. During a church service, I was writing the date when the numbers 222 rose off of the page. Immediately, I asked the Lord, "What are You saying through the numbers 222?" In my spirit I heard Him reply saying, "Ephesians." He was explaining to me through Scripture what I saw Him building in the vision.
“In Him [and in fellowship with one another] you also are being built into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.”- EPHESIANS 2:22 AMP
“In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.”-Ephesians 2:21-22 NIV
We as individual believers are the living stones being built together into a single unified holy temple where the Spirit of God dwells. As uncut stones we are not to be profaned by worldly tools, human tradition, or man made religion. We are to be shaped by God alone. Not only are we the stones of the temple, but we are the priesthood offering our bodies as living sacrifices holy and acceptable to God. This is the church and unshakable kingdom that God is building. This is the building in which the fullness of God's Spirit may inhabit.
“As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house (into a temple of the Spirit) to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”-1 Peter 2:4-5 NIV
IN SUMMARY
In a powerful vision the Lion of Judah stood upon and violently shook the entire USA. The releasing of His roar will shatter the bare minimum mentality of the church--Christians doing, asking, and expecting the bare minimum from God. The shaking will test the altars in the hearts of individuals. Man-made religious structures in the church that are built on a false foundation will crumble. As these things take place the church will begin to shine with God's glory like spotlights all across the nation and the church as living uncut stones will be built together in unity to embody Ephesians 2:22. I believe the shaking is God's mercy to bring awakening and reformation to His church in order to bring in the great harvest.
"See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven? At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.” -Hebrews 12:25-29
-Originally released with the title: "vision-usa-violently-shaken-by-lion-of-judah-bringing-church-reformation"
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