Backpack and Tribulation

RHEMA 11/22/12 BACKPACKS AND TRIBULATION

I went to bed last night praying about the fear of the Lord. Often I have heard the Lord speak to me about His kindness and severity as represented in the white polar bear, who is sooooo nurturing to her bear cubs and yet fierce in protecting them.

Word PunS: [I was wondering about sometimes hearing and seeing bear and bare. That relates to walking in the fear of the Lord, or instead going through the tribulation because one is blind and naked.

Heb 4:13 NKJV

And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

Rev 3:17-21 NKJV

Because you say, 'I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing' — and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked — 18 I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. 21 To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

HEARD: Barely made it.

PIX: I saw a url that said barely.com

VISION: I saw a space shuttle airplane glider and it swooped over our heads and right to the runway and kept going. Then it came around the second time and hovered over the landing area, then gently settled down.

DREAM: I was watching those in line getting ready to get onto the plane. I saw someone’s backpack get taken, but not him. And I reported it to the counter people. Then I saw the same thing happen again and the same person was left and only his backpack taken so I told the counter people that I saw the first one in a vision, and then it just happened and this time it actually took place.

Heb 12:1-2 NKJV

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight , and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith...

WEIGHT

NT:3591

ogkos (ong'-kos); probably from the same as NT:43; a mass (as bending or bulging by its load), i.e. burden (hindrance):

KJV - weight.

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1/24/03 WEIGHED DOWN

vision: I saw this cheerleader with a pony tail and she was being lifted way up in the air. Just as she was coming down I saw that she had a backpack on, and it was weighing her down.

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6/17/97: THE BACKPACK- ANGELS HONOR FREE WILL

I was having a dream in direct answer to a prayer I prayed before going to sleep. I had asked the Lord to teach me what we can do as human beings to help the angels fight on our behalf.

DREAM 6/17/97: I was searching and investigating treasures of natural rock formations. The ones I saw were beautiful. As I was looking, I saw six or so angels floating above my head. It was funny that I didn't realize they were angels even though they were floating. But when I saw them join their ethereal hands together, I realized, "Oh they must be angels!" Then I noticed they were floating above me wherever I went.

In the distance, I saw mountains and rugged terrain. Thinking it might be a good place to look for rocks, I looked at the angels, and said to one with intent in my action, "Bye!" Then walking in the direction I wanted to go, I saw a white line painted on the ground about 5" wide, and wondered why it was there.

I crossed over the line and heard in the distance some enemies whose job it was to trap people who had gone over the line. I looked back and saw that the angels had not followed me but were still on the other side of the line. I suddenly realized I was in danger. I turned around, and immediately instead of the easy way I had arrived, the terrain had changed and was straight up. With great urgency, I had to use both hands, fingers, feet and legs to pull myself straight up a rock cliff. It was extremely difficult and I felt the gravity of not only my weight, but earth's gravity against me. I could hear the enemy getting closer and I knew I was in danger.

I saw the angels on the other side of the line and cried for help. Only one came, and that was the one to whom I had said "good-bye.". He grabbed a hold of the back of my shirt and held on. But I still had to climb. It was so difficult, I said to myself, "Why doesn't he just fly me up there, I know he can fly and it would be simple!" I was perturbed that I had to work so hard. As I was climbing, I felt that this angel had put himself in danger to come to me, just as I had put myself in danger. The reason being, he and I were outnumbered on this side of the white line.

Finally, we were on the other side of the line and I was walking straight and easy again. I looked back and saw a man whose feet were just on the good side of the line. He had a pack on his back and the pack extended over the line to the other side. I looked up and there was an evil spirit towering over him. The spirit's feet were restrained on the other side of the line. But because the man's pack was still on the bad side of the line, the spirit grabbed the pack, and thus the man. I was wishing I could have helped him but knew I couldn't as it had something to do with free will.

Interpretation: The enemy is placed behind divine restraints and not able to hold us captive if we are in God's approved location. In this dream there are three issues enabling the enemy to snare us. The most important and obvious issue is not to cross the line of our conscience, leaving behind God's approval.

1 Tim 1:18-19 NKJV

...wage the good warfare, having faith and a good conscience , which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck,

Acts 24:16 NKJV

This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men.

The second is to not flirt with danger. Making choices that are not necessarily sin, but definitely not edifying is getting too close for comfort.

1 Thess 5:22-23 KJV

Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The third is not to carry excess baggage. The man was being obedient by being on the right side of the line, but what he was carrying inside his pack was not. He was attached to something that that enabled the evil being to grab the attachment, and thus the man. The lesson here is to let go of the weights that easily beset us and leave them a good distance behind. We cannot keep sin in our back pack and expect to stay out of harm's way.

Heb 12:1-2 NKJV

When I walked away from God's approval, I placed myself behind enemy lines by my own volition. Once I realized my mistake and cried for help, I was perturbed that I had to work so hard to get back to that safe place.

In this dream, the angel was guarding my back, but I still had to climb out. It's very possible that part of the reason I had to climb and work so hard was so I would remember the importance of the white line next time around! The whole thing could have been avoided if I had followed my conscience in the first place.

WORD TO PONDER: ANGELIC RESTRAINTS 6/17/97

Ask Me what you can do to help the angels work on your behalf and I will tell you. You have a band of angels that accompany and follow you as you walk in the pathway of My light and you desire to please Me. However, when you willingly rebel against Me to go your own way and to please yourself, it causes you to cross the line of your conscience. Once you crossover, this immediately places you in the land behind divine restraints and gives the enemy access to you. The angels are not allowed to accompany you onto the other side.

I wait until you call upon Me for help, and then only one angel is sent to cover your backside, as you climb your way back out of extreme gravity and the enemy's magnetizing grip. My angel will cover you to keep you from falling in the climb, but you must climb yourself so that you learn the lesson of not breaching your conscience and deliberately rebelling against My wishes.

When you are safely on the other side of the line once more, you must leave the weight that so easily besets you. For the weight is a load on your back, still on the other side of the line. The enemy is not able to touch you, but he is given access to grab what you carry. If you remain attached, he can easily drag you back across the line. This is a lesson hard-learned, but once you have been there and understand, you heed the warning and will live freely away from besetting sins. The angels, who have waited patiently, will continue accompany you on your journey in righteous living.

“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.” (Heb 12:1 NKJV)

WORD TO PONDER: BEAR OR BARE? 11/22/12

There are so many who are being weighed in the balance between the fear of the Lord and love for the world. On one side there are those who are walking in the fear of the Lord, fully clothed and covered. Those who are not, are walking naked and exposed. Dear ones, let go of the weights that so easily beset you and keep you from entering into the experiences of the kingdom of God. Holding onto these weights is in putting your faith in danger. Keep your garments and keep them without spot, lest you miss your flight and be sent to the fire of tribulation.

Rev 7:9-10 NKJV

After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!"

Rev 3:17-19 NKJV

Rev 16:15 NKJV

"Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame."