It was a cold winter
evening in Upstate New York, in the village of Sleepy Hollow, the wind had
calmed down from that afternoon so a certain man decides he will take an after-dinner
walk.
He would generally go for
walks along Kingsland Point Path, along the Hudson River, in the Kingsland
Point County Park, so this evening he thought he will stick to the same area
that he was familiar with.
It was cold in Sleepy
Hollow that day, 19°F, but it felt like 6°F, so an extra pair of socks and
thermal underwear were essential.
He could not find the
new wool toque that his kids gave him for Christmas so he had to wear his ushanka
instead.
His ushanka was a
little tattered, being it used to belong to his dad before he passed-away, but
it was actually a warmer piece of headgear than the toque.
“A ushanka and a good
wool scarf are the best if you are going to keep warm in weather like this,” he
thought.
After putting on his
boots, coat and headgear, he heads out the door to drive to Kingsland before
the park closes.
When he gets to the
parking lot he reaches in the glove box to get his mittens so that he does not
get frostbite on his fingers again.
He loves the biting
cold, but he is also sure to take care of his hands ever since he got frostbite
a few years back; he does not want to go through that again.
Many people consider
him to be one tough individual, big and strong, built like a bull, but the
doctor warned him that he was lucky he did not lose a couple of fingers back
then.
Now he makes sure that
if he is going to be out in the cold for any length of time he takes his
mittens with him.
Once he gets out of his
vehicle he begins to walk down, Kingsland Point Path, so he can go along the
river, the water is frozen over this year, and he finds it relaxing to watch
all the people skating on it.
People passing by say
hello to him and he responds with only the nod of his head.
“There seems to be a
lot of people out this evening even though it is bitter cold,” he thinks to
himself. Then he speaks out loudly, with a bit of a laugh, “I guess I am not
the only dummy in this village.”
All of a sudden, he
hears a voice from behind him say, “Guess you are not the only dummy.”
The man turns around
quickly to see who said that, but the closest person to him was at least forty
feet away; and they were not even paying attention to him.
“How could anyone have
possibly heard me speak to myself,” he thought, “and where did that voice come
from?” he wondered.
He keeps walking along,
Kingsland Point Path, still wondering where that voice came from.
The man was not into
hearing voices and usually thought that if anyone did than they were either
just imagining it or they might have a psychotic illness.
He knew he heard a voice
speak to him, but nobody was there, so he wondered if he just imagined it,
because there is no-way that he is developing schizophrenia.
He is not feeling any
of the cold right now, just a tingling feeling throughout his whole body; from
his double socked feet to the top of his head that is covered with his dad’s
old ushanka.
As he starts to walk a
little more quickly he puts his eyes to the ground still being confused about
his experience.
The snow is crunching
under his snow boots with every step he takes, making its own melody in the
cold evening air.
Bump! It is like he
just walked into a wall, but it is not a wall it is another person.
Now the man is a big
man, like I said, built like a bull, like a professional wrestler, with big shoulders
and a strong back; he weighs 260 pounds and not an ounce less.
But, the person he just
bumped into did not fall over, or was he even pushed back any, he just stood
there like a hundred-year-old oak tree—unmovable.
“Woah!” The man said to
the man like an oak tree. He added, “I truly am sorry, I was not watching where
I was going, I have something on my mind.”
“Guess you were not,”
said the man built like a hundred-year-old oak tree.
“Hey pal,” the man
responded, “I said I was sorry, what more do you want?”
Then, the man questions
the man built like an oak, asking him, “Hey buddy, do I know you?” He
continues, “Did you not say something to me earlier, and how did you get in
front of me?”
He knew that no one had
passed him on the path, and that the voice that spoke to him before was
defiantly behind him, so now he is wondering how the oak tree got in front of
him.
The man built like a hundred-year-old
oak tree says to the man out for a walk, “Come with me, because I have something
that I want to show you.”
The man that was out
for the walk just knew that he should not say no, so off they went together.
The man like an oak
tree leads him out onto the Hudson River where all the skaters were, and when
they were about sixty feet out he grabs him by the arm and they both go through
the ice.
Now the ice did not
break, or crack open, there was no whole for them to fall through, nevertheless
they both just went through the ice as if they were ghosts.
As they were now below
the surface of the ice, and literally sinking in the waters of the freezing
Hudson River, the man that was only out for a walk realized that he was not
drowning but could breathe; he also was aware that he did not feel the effects
of the freezing water, and that he would be okay as long as the man like an oak
tree held onto his arm.
The man like an oak
tree then started to show the man through a vision some things that were to
occur as was written in the word of God.
I have not mentioned it
yet, but the man out for a walk happens to be the son of a former Christian
pastor, and he was raised up in the church all of his life, in Upstate New York.
He would sit in church
every Sunday with his mother and siblings, as his father would preach from the
bible feeding his congregation the word of God.
His father-pastor, was
not like other preachers because he always made sure that he peached on the
coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, and especially about prophecy that taught
about the end-times.
His father knew that
Jesus Christ had commanded, and that the disciples recorded it in the Gospels,
that those called to be servants of the word of God were to preach and teach
the end-times doctrine with intensity, especially as the time drew near for
Christ to rapture the Church.
He also knew of the
consequences that the Lord said there would be for those that were appointed to
this job and did not do so, so the man’s father-pastor made sure that he was
obedient to the Lord.
As he was growing up, the
man would listen to every word that his dad would preach, and by the power of
the Holy Spirit was able to gain a good understanding of prophecy and the final
days of the Church age.
Time passed by, the man
grew older, and his mother and father both passed away.
His siblings all moved
away from Sleepy Hollow down to New York City, the Big Apple, where the city
never sleeps, because the small-town life was not enough for them; they wanted
the excitement and all that the Big Apple has to offer.
The village of Sleepy
Hollow was enough for the man and his children, as he used to say to his mother
and father that this place is his home forever.
His brothers and
sisters still keep in contact with him by email and text, and sometimes they Skype,
but they really do not see each other in person as much as they should.
The man’s children
really do not know much about their aunts and uncles, but only just what their
dad speaks about them.
The man like an oak
tree begins to reveal the prophetic word to him, and the man later would recall
the memories of what his father had preached and spoke about around the old
family table.
The man like an oak
tree reveals to him what it will be like the moment Christ raptures his people,
and the man that was only out for a walk sees everything in a vision.
He sees people as they
hear the trumpet of God sound, and when they all raise their heads to the
heavens he senses that they all know in their hearts what this remarkable sound
is.
Some people begin to
shout, others begin to cry, other begin to laugh with excitement.
He sees that in an
instant they are all changed, in the twinkling of an eye, and they moved from
having physical bodies into spiritual bodies.
Not like the bodies the
angels of Heaven have, but glorified spiritual bodies like their Lord Jesus
Christ has.
The man like an oak
tree also showed him people that had died beforehand, and he revealed that at
the time these people had passed away they were Christ’s followers too, like
the people that he saw living and were changed—some of these people that had
passed away had been out of their physical bodies for almost 2,000 years.
He saw how those that
were once dead were now reunited with their physical bodies, the bodies they
once occupied while they were still living breathing beings, but now their
physical bodies were changed into glorified spiritual bodies, just like those
that received glorified bodies but were yet living.
The man also saw that
both these groups of people, those that were living and those that had been
dead, were now together and they came face-to-face with the Lord Jesus Christ just
on the other side of the physical realm, in the spiritual realm, where he then
took them to meet his Holy Father in Eternity.
The man like an oak
tree, then showed the man something else, he showed him a multitude of men that
were members of the worldwide ministry, they had careers as ministers of the
gospel over the last seventy years; all through the years since the year 1948.
This group of career
ministers, were called by God to be in charge of his people, appointed to teach
the Body of Christ from the Scriptures knowledge and revelation concerning the
final days before Christ returns to redeem Israel—they were called to teach
prophecy concerning the end-times.
The man like an oak
tree, revealed that certain people within this group of ministers did not have
their bodies changed like the people that had been raptured, both the living
and the dead, but instead these men were still in their bodies made of flesh,
and they were seen looking up towards Heaven amazed at where all their fellow
servants went to.
The man that was
initially out for a walk, says to the man built like a hundred-year-old oak
tree, “I know why these people are still in their earthly bodies,” and the man
like an oak tree says, “I know you do, because you know the Scriptures.”
The word of God reveals
that those that God appoints to feed his people Scripture in the final days of
the Church-age are to feed his people prophecy concerning the end of the
Church-age.
Teach them on a regular
basis, among other things, prophecy pertaining to Israel, the rapture of the Church,
the Antichrist, the seven-year Tribulation Period, and the day that Christ
returns to redeem Israel.
All these topics and
more, is required of those appointed to be ministers of the gospel to teach and
preach, ministers called immediately after the day that Israel was reborn as a
nation in 1948, because the rebirth of the nation of Israel is the timeline
that ministers are to follow-by, up until the day of the rapture of the Church.
It is not theirs to ask
why, but they are to preach and teach these prophecies, or to question the relevance
of this worksheet because they are confused about end-time events, and
certainly they are not to use the word of God out of context and use it as an
excuse not to preach prophecy because no man knows the day and hour, it is just
their responsibility to teach the Body of Christ this information because they
have been commanded so; by Jesus Christ.
Every minister of God
that is a faithful and wise manager-servant, those that he has put in charge over
the Body of Christ, and does obey the Lord by preaching and teaching end-time
prophecy, it will be good for them when Christ raptures the Church.
For Christ promises,
that for everyone he has called to be kingdom-officers, and they continuously teach
the Body of Christ end-time prophecy, then when the rapture occurs he will make
them ruler of all he possesses.
However, when the
rapture occurs, and those that have been called to take care of the Body of
Christ, to teach them about things to come, and for whatever reason they do
not, the Lord will then cut them to pieces and assign them a place with the hypocrites,
the unbelievers, the unfaithful ones.
The Christ calls these unfaithful
servants wicked, because they are really only interested in the agendas they
have created and desire to only fulfill their destiny—he likens them to masters
that beat their servants.
In the vision, the man
that went for a walk, saw so many worldwide ministers that looked like they
missed the rapture, because they were still on the earth after the rapture
occurred.
They were left in their
bodies of flesh, they did not receive glorified spiritual bodies like all the
others, because they were to be sent to a place where there is weeping and the
gnashing of teeth.
The Lord taught at
other times, that the place of weeping and gnashing of teeth is a horrible
place, it is a place outside of his kingdom, a place that is like a blazing
furnace, a place of darkness, a place where worthless servants are cast into.
Jesus Christ
prophesied, that not everyone that calls him Lord will enter into his heavenly
kingdom, be raptured and given a glorified body, will be allowed into the
literal presence of God the Father in Eternity, but only those that do the
Father’s will.
It is God’s will that
those called to be kingdom-officers, ministers of the gospel, should teach
prophetic Scripture that pertains to the end-times on a regular basis, or Jesus
Christ would not have commanded it so.
Jesus Christ also
prophesied, that many would stand before him, declaring that they too had cast
out demons, prophesied, performed miracles, all in the Lord’s name, but he will
reply that he never knew these people.
The man that was receiving
this vision asks the man built like a hundred-year-old oak tree, “The ministers
that missed the rapture in this vision, are they like the foolish virgins in
the Lord’s parable?”
The man like an oak
tree replies, “In the parable, when the bridegroom finally came to get his
bride, the foolish virgins were out buying oil for their lamps instead of always
having enough before he came, they waited until there was no more time before
they got serious about his coming, therefore, they missed the coming of the
bridegroom and could not then see him after he came to retrieve the wise
virgins. When they tried to see him, he turned them away claiming that he does
not even know who they are.”
All of a sudden, the
man who went out for a walk was back at his home, on the other side of Sleepy
Hollow, stretched out on his bed with his eyes feeling heavy; like they were
glued shut.
He gets off his bed,
goes to the bathroom sink and washes his eyes with water, and then he looks
back at himself in the bathroom mirror and just stares for a minute.
He feels a chill, and then
patted down his shirt and pants to see if they are soaked with water from out
of the Hudson River, and while looking at his image in the mirror, he says,
“Whoa! I will never cut another oak tree down again.”
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