CHURCH ARISE
October 30, 2019
I had a dream today about being in a place where there were many people
seated as if in a church building setting. While I was sitting down a
woman came in who was not very good looking but she was excited and she
kept saying, "Change, change, change!"
She and her fiance sat down in the same row that I was in and she showed
me her engagement ring which she said was not a diamond but some other
name for a jewel that I do not remember. What I do remember is her
consistent word of "change."
As I pondered the dream, I asked the Holy Spirit to give me the
interpretation of the dream. I looked up the word engaged because she
had obviously become engaged. The word engaged means "actively
committed." The Church needs to arise and be actively committed to
God's Holy Word and defend Who God is and our identity in Christ and not
let the world dictate who we are or how we are to think or act.
Almighty God is our Commander and Chief.
I believe that she represented the Church of Christ. She was not
beautiful and did not have a diamond but an ordinary stone because she
is still in process. She is not perfect yet. She is not ready for her
bridegroom. Revelation 19:7 says, "Let us rejoice and shout for joy
(exulting and triumphant)! Let us celebrate and ascribe to Him glory
and honor, for the marriage of the Lamb (at last) has come, and His
bride has prepared herself." Revelation 21:2 says, "And I saw the holy
city, the new Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, all arrayed
like a bride beautified and adorned for her husband." Everyday Life Bible Amplified Version
Why did she keep saying, "change, change"? I believe that God is saying
that there is a change coming to the Bride of Christ. We need to
change so that we are ready to receive our Bridegroom, Jesus Christ. We
need to be made perfect. We need to be the defender of the faith. We
need to act like the Church, the Body of Christ here on the earth to
prepare for the 2nd Coming of Jesus. We need to also prepare to meet
Him.
Revelation 22:17 says, "The (Holy) Spirit and the bride (the church,
the true Christians) say, Come! And let him who is listening say,
Come! And let everyone come who is thirsty (who is painfully conscious
of his need of those things by which the soul is refreshed, supported,
and strengthened); and whoever (earnestly) desires to do it, let him
come, take, appropriate, and drink the water of Life without cost." Everyday Life Bible Amplified Version
We need to arise and be the Church which means we are the representation
of Jesus Christ on the earth. We need to re-present Him to the world.
We need to win souls and be an open Gospel by our words and deeds. The
harvest is plenty and the workers are few. Let us go out to the fields
that are ripe and be a part of the largest harvest in the history of
the world. It is a harvest that is going to arise as the Church
realizes that the coming of her Bridegroom, Jesus Christ is at the door.
As I read the words written down from an outpouring gathering here in
Tucson, Arizona, I realized that it confirmed the dream that the Lord
had given me. A portion of the message from the Lord given on October
25, 2019 through Lenora and Jody Morin from Fountaingate Ministries
said, "Church arise! Be engaged moving with Me (God). You are the
movement."
Marcella Ward Author of "Stolen Identity: Plan of the Evil One"
