Obey the Vision

Mark 16:15

15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Mary Banks, a servant of Jesus Christ, to those who are sanctified by God and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called to be His witnesses; mercy, peace and love be multiplied unto you. I am writing to you of the common salvation because it is needful that I do so. I also exhort you to earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints; for there are certain doctrines that have crept into the Body of Christ that turn the grace of our God into lasciviousness.

Jude 1:5-7

5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

6 And the angels, which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire

It was Friday night, June 27th around midnight when I got up from the computer to get a little rest before continuing to write the study guide for World Conference 2014. As I lay across the bed, my spirit was stirred within me.

Suddenly, I was carried away in the Spirit into a great house. It was a very nice house with lovely furniture and accessories. There were two people in the house; a middle-aged woman who was busy setting a huge table as if preparing for guests; and an elderly man who seemed to be related to the woman. I stood in the entrance that separated the dining room from the kitchen. The old man walked past me, went to the door, opened it and picked up something. It was a baby that appeared to be only a few days old. The baby had been outside and was cold and nearly frozen to death. The old man took the baby over to the stove, turned the oven on low heat and placed the baby in the oven. In amazement I yelled at the man, “Why are you putting that baby in the oven?” But the man didn’t answer me. I continued to say, “Why are you doing this?

The baby is not dead, but she will die in that oven.” The man turned and looked at me. Though he was old in years, he was not frail and I sensed that he had a little strength in him. Finally he said, “Don’t worry about the baby, she will be fine.” I turned to the woman who had been in the kitchen all the while busying herself with preparations. She was also constantly going back and forth to the mirror to look at herself, making sure everything about her was together and in place. I said to the woman, “Why is he doing this? The baby will die in that oven.”

She never even looked up at me but said, “Don’t worry yourself, that baby will be just fine.” At this point I walked over to the stove. The oven had a glass window in the door of it and I could clearly see the baby lying on the rack but she didn’t appear to be in any pain. She was almost completely thawed out and was just lying there smiling at me. I couldn’t move. I just stood there watching the baby. The man and the woman continued whatever they were doing and acted as if I wasn’t there. I thought to myself, this child doesn’t realize that the oven is going to get hotter and will surely die in there.

I frantically began to plead with the man and the woman to take the baby out of the oven. “It’s getting too hot and the baby is going to die.” They totally ignored me so I rushed back over to the stove. The baby was looking at me, but this time she wasn’t smiling. I looked in her eyes and I saw that she was not only in pain but confused and scared. The oven had gotten very hot and the baby was beginning to burn. Instinctively I opened the oven and took the baby out. I picked up a white cloth and placed the baby in the cloth. As I held the baby in my hands and said to the man and the woman, “See the baby is burned.” The woman went on about her business setting her table, but the old man said, “I’ll put the baby back in the oven.” I said, “But the baby is already burned. Look at her.”

At that point, I looked at the baby who was also looking directly at me. There was a look of pleading in her eyes. But then the man said, “I’ll put the baby back in the oven and just turn the temperature down a bit.” The woman agreed. But suddenly the baby shouted, “NO! YOU CAN’T DO THAT.” Then she looked up at me as if to say, “Please don’t let them do that.” Somehow the baby understood that she would die in the oven, but she wanted to live. I knew I had to hold on to her and protect her from the old man and the woman. When I came to myself I was shaken to the core. I said, “Lord, what is the meaning of this vision?”

In my spirit I heard... “The baby is my Church. This too, is a brand that is plucked out of the fire. For many years my people have wandered in the wilderness of sin and found themselves to be wretched and bewildered with very little life left in them. The house you saw is my Kingdom. It is thoroughly furnished with all that is needed to nurture my people. The old man is tradition; the way of men; and the woman is the doctrines of devils. The table she sets is for her prophets. These care nothing for my Church. I have called you to speak the truth that will heal my people. It will be as a healing balm on their wounds.” It is clearly evident that the church is off course. It has accepted denominationalism, disunion and discord. We have agreed with the idea of the church being a body having differing views about the same God and the same Christ. Why is this so when the Word expressly instructs us to all speak the same thing? (1 Cor 1:10)

The scriptures declare that in these last days many shall depart from the faith, not bearing sound doctrine and giving heed to seducing spirits and devilish doctrines. Many think in their hearts that it is impossible for the church to be unified and perfected in these last days; but I submit to you that nothing is impossible for God. God will not be defeated by false doctrines or the religious ideologies of men. Paul said…

Ephesians 4:11-15

11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ

It really does not matter if some in the Body do not believe that God is able to bring about this unity of the faith. Many believe that the church will always be diversified in beliefs and doctrines; but somehow the Father will gather us all together in the Rapture. That is absurd. The Father is the husbandman and the church is His vineyard. The harvest will be that of good fruit;

Ephesians 2:10

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them

Let us not scoff at the truth. It has been ordained and predetermined by God that the church will walk in good works, which means that it was ordained to walk in righteousness. And the Father, who cannot lie is the workman who will bring this perfect, sinless church to the forefront. How? He told us of His plan several years ago. He Will Exalt Truth. It has only been recently that I came to understand the magnitude of that statement. It was only after I was more enlightened as to the mystery of God that I came to know the depths of The Lie that has captured the hearts and minds of the people of God. Before, I thought, the Lord will reveal the truth regarding the erroneous prosperity message, or the deceptive dual nature syndrome, or even the truth about suffering.

Therefore, I began to go back over all those lessons and critique them and add increase that had been gathered over the years. I am certain He will pour these truths into the Body and it will change its heart and mind towards God. But the Lord said unto me… “These are truths that have brought much contradiction to the Lie, but my people continue to struggle to walk in them. It is because they have not comprehended the great Mystery of Godliness.” “But I have taught the mystery of godliness many times.” I responded.

“Teach it again and I will show you even greater depths of this truth, for my Spirit has searched out the deep things and will reveal them unto you by my Spirit. Speak all my words to the people and show them this great love I have loved them with. For the time has come for them to rise out of their slumbering and sleep. I will speak in the ear that will hear and the heart that is open will receive this great truth. I have done a marvelous thing, which they know not of, because they have not understood. For the Mystery of God is the great salvation of my people.” It was at that point the Lord began to show me the real Church and all the scriptures we had neglected to understand their true meaning. But it is those scriptures that form the infallible vision that proclaims The Rise Of The Church.