Further Light on the Trumpet Blast
Father woke me last night to give me further light on the trumpet blast.
Bob Jones prophecied to me years ago, “I see you sounding a trumpet throughout the land’ I have mentioned before that we hail from Gilnahirk which is the Gaelic for “Hill of the horn blower” Certainly the song Lord Jesus We Enthrone You has proven to be a trumpet blast that has resonated in many hearts around the world over the years proclaiming Jesus King and inviting him to come and take his place in our Psalm 2 day!
When I recorded The Innocents again a few days ago declaring, ‘The time has come.’ you may have noticed how ‘grainy’ the picture was. I started singing in the afternoon, but it was only at sundown that I felt I had conveyed the heart of the message in the recording. I believe Father showed me why this ‘flawed’ picture, that even got duller and duller as the recording progressed, was meant to be.
The early Celtic saints would put a ‘flaw’ in their art work deliberately to acknowledge their ‘weakness’ as humans, that God would get all glory.
Last night I wakened at 1.50. Father reminded me that when I checked the number of views in the evening, it was also at 150. That adds up to 300. He then showed me the launching again of this song was for a Gideon’s army company. Hence the title, “Further Light on the Trumpet Blast.“ title is a double entendra pointing to the two actions the army took.
Bob used to say, “God offends the mind to reveal the heart.’ Our prioritizing aesthetics (looks good, sounds good, feels good) leads to our mixing soul and spirit. This was the criteria God gave to Gideon in selecting his army.. After those who were fearful were released, the final test of the ‘faith company’ was to select those who scooped up the water in their hands thus being able to discern if the water was pure or polluted by debris, – spirit or soul?
The song has already found a resonance in the hearts of a few including my three grandsons to whom I played it yesterday in our WW4K group (Warriors of the Word for the King) We have been reading Leviticus together and studying ‘warrior priests’! The number 24 as in 2024 represents ‘priesthood‘ in biblical numerology.
When ‘the time had come’ for Gideon to issue the Lord’s command, the earthen vessels were to be shattered revealing the light of the flames, and at the same time they all blew their horns.
I believe this song may not have gone viral’ (yet🙂) but in its ’weakness’ it has already found a resonance in the hearts of some. I sensed the 3 comments left on YouTube also pointed to the 300, which number represents divine deliverance. Please do pass it on so that there might be a crescendo of this prayer, proclamation and praise.
Your ‘Amen’ on earth will I believe as with Gideon’s small army, create confusion in the enemies camp so that God’s justice rolls down in this year of 2024, as the King of Glory enters in.
In the song I AM the Author I wrote,
”I give you each a role to play’
Thank you for playing your part by singing with me….
“Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. The time has come.”
The I AM song continues….
The plot unfolds from age to age
The players act then leave the stage
Justice is coming make no mistake
It won’t be early, but never late.
Dave at X22 (light) I find a good commentator on current events. I have not referenced him in previous blogs but here is a recent offering of how he sees this justice playing out…….. even now!
P.S. to The Time Has Come.
A day late, I turned up my Oswald Chambers calendar for yesterday, January 19th, when I re-recorded the song about our children being ‘led to the slaughter.’
One reader asked about the photograph. It is last week’s massive protest rally by the German farmers ‘rising up to fill the street’ at the Brandenberg gate. It was largely ignored by the Mainstream media or dismissed as ‘far right’
The Time Has Come
These two images prompted me to re-record this song yesterday evening with a new ending, and post it again.
Please share.
P.S. …….and a canny Scot’s take on Truth.
Thankfully we know who was, is and will be, in complete control…..the Sovereign Lord.
Wisdom and Truth from Around the World
In the last blog I invited people to let me know if they noticed instances where I’d been shown to be wrong in some of the things I have said in the blogs over the years. I got three responses from friends around the world.
From another Northern Irish emigre to the US,
“I like your humility in this blog and am reminded of the question the alanon family groups often ask, “Would you rather be right or be in relationship?”
When I came back to Northern Ireland a few years ago I really noticed a religiosity and a self-righteousness in the way people of faith expressed their faith. Not always and not everyone but it was a blind spot. It’s off-putting. It’s not like that in Northern California. There is a lot of love and grace based communications. Less truth. More PC but quite a few great writers have gone there to write because they are drawn to the lack of judgement and the openness in the culture. They have their blind spots too. Every person and culture does.”
I like the “Why BeLOnGings?” section of your blog. There are so many platforms, social media etc. today, it’s good to let others know why you are doing what you are doing :-).”
From a leader in New Zealand,
‘As for me I think you have had a handle on most things because u r working with God on this . It’s not something that you are pulling out of the air.
When u have a continuous conversation with God (which u have done for many seasons now) the results are your writings.
Unlike people who tell me there is going to be 3 days of darkness soon. I tell them I don’t think so. Then they ask me why. I then tell them I haven’t heard from God on that one and they look at me funny.
They then go on to prove to me about the many prophecies out there. I then tell them that they may be right as I think something has to happen. But I also remind them that Jesus is at the right hand side of God. Asking him not to destroy the world.
So as far as your blogs are concerned keep going bro.”
From a former principal at a Christian classic school in the USA, an interesting personal note which emphasizes the importance of first hand knowledge when it comes to making assessments about people.
‘Interestingly, I used to know Steve Bannon. He had two nephews who attended the school I headed for several years. We had several lengthy conversations and exchanged a number of emails. He may be a bit of a bizarre character, but he generously supported Christian Classic education.”
In the last blog I also talked about 2024 as the year of the open doors. I just caught up on the latest two Johnny Enlow Unfiltered episodes where a couple of humble ‘truth seekers’ share more wisdom and encouragements about the open doors to look for in the coming year.
I was about to post this, when “Low and behold!” I ‘just happened’ to read the following blog, that had just posted from another humble truth seeker…….Highly recommend.
Obviously I Was Wrong (I Think)
The title for this blog title came to me last week. As I reviewed what I had written here over the last years, I asked myself the question, “Have subsequent events proved my writings to be true or false?”
As I have attempted to stick to what I believe God has shown me to say and avoid voicing personal ‘opinions’. I can honestly say that only one error came to mind (Please do write, to point out the ‘hidden faults” that I have missed.🙂)
I did seem to get it wrong in the blog where I painted Bill Barr in a positive light and was negative toward Steve Bannon. As the plot has unfolded it would seem I got that the wrong way round…………I think!
I Think……….For God only knows where their ‘roles’ will take them……and who are the ‘white hats’, the ‘black hats’, the black hats turned white, the ‘white hats’ pretending to be black, and so on and on and on!
And yet, “Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.“ (Amos 3:7)
The other night at our HQ gathering on the first day of 2024 I ‘ just happened’ upon my boarding pass from our trip to Ireland. I was explaining it was a Delta flight (Daleth is a door in Hebrew) seat 24 when Bill entered announcing, ‘Your garage door was wide open.” Father seemed to be making a point about this being the year of doors and gates
Ps.24 speaks of the opening of the ancient doors and gates…….’that the King of glory may come in.’
Is. 45 speaks of ‘God’s anointed’ breaking down the gates of bronze. We have been using Andrew Whalen’s Dreams to Change a Nation book as recommended by Johnny Enlow in his Unfiltered episode 88. Although neither prophets originally favored Trump, God spoke to both of them through Is. 45 that he was a ‘chosen vessel’ to deal with ‘the swamp’ of evil.
I also get a ‘heads up’ about this when I was inspired to write back in 2000 in The Flame song,
“When this age shall end and the time has come for the TRUMP to sound…..”
As Johnny Enlow has said, “The whole world will be known as ‘before Trump and after Trump’”
Then yesterday I came across Dr John Campbell’s first video of 2024 The title began Bill Gates……as in the ‘gates of hell’ that will not prevail against God’s church? (Matt.16:18)
Certain things are becoming more and more OBVIOUS to more and more people.
You may remember in the midst of the Scamdemic my referring to Dr John as being like Mr Magoo. I didn’t question his good intentions but as the stakes were so high I was forthright about his ‘not seeing’ what was clear to many other credible doctors who I was referencing in the blogs and that by supporting the ‘official narrative’ people were being tragically mislead about jabs, masking, lockdowns etc.
Dr John has been willing to take his own advice, “Look at the evidence and decide for yourself.” At the 4.30 mark he admits, “I believe now I was taken in.” Then literally at the heart (minute 6) of this (12 minute) video, he nails the heart of the issue when he makes the appeal, “Let’s get some humility back in medicine……..Let’s get rid of this arrogance!” I believe he is able to say so with authority because he has now been seen to have walked that walk by humbly acknowledging he got it wrong.
That is the reason I headlined this blog with the song based on Phil.2 about having the humble mind of Christ.
Dr. John could now be said to be ‘‘prophecying’ according to the definition we received from the first ‘Prophet’’ God sent into our lives over 50 years ago. David Matthew’s’ used to say,
“Prophecy is simply stating the OBVIOUS’
Some are just given to ‘see’ the obvious sooner than others.
I suppose then it is just a matter of time……….until at the end of this age……. all will indeed, prophecy……
”…….and every tongue confess, that JESUS CHRIST IS LORD..”
A Tale of Two Cities, a Village, and 2023 Wrapped.
As I have said before in the “Back to the Future in Belfast” series I believe ‘The Belle of Belfast City.’ song is a prophecy not only for Belfast but about what God is doing bringing forth his beautiful bride and Queen in cities, towns, villages and homes across the world, including in our other home city, the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.(MSP)
Here is a remarkable story illustrating the same.
In 2012 our youngest daughter Abby (from Abigail = Father’s joy’) got married to Stephen (‘crown’)
The wedding was here in MSP but they planned to then have a service of blessing back in Belfast. We were assigned the task of bringing the wedding dress from here to there.
As we were riding the bus between terminals at Boston airport where we had a connection, Hilary who was carrying the wedding dress, got into conversation with the Asian lady sitting beside her. One thing lead to another and finally she said she attended a church in a village in northern Thailand that was pastored by a couple from Belfast.
‘What are their names?” We asked.
“Carol and Ivor Greer.” She replied
‘What!’ Hilary exclaimed. ‘Carol and Ivor were my best friends at Queen’s University!”
In fact the hotel where 37 years earlier we had our wedding reception was owned by Ivor’s family!
……..and what’s more the hotel was called Abbey-lands!….. Yes – the land of Father’s delight!
We had a little time to spare, so continued the conversation over a cup of coffee. It was then that it came out that I had written the song, ‘Lord Jesus we enthrone You” ‘
Really!!’ Our new friend exclaimed.” Last Sunday in our little rural church we sang that song in Thai!’
Over the last 50 years, this song has been sung billions of times in the languages of many nations, in homes, villages, towns and cities throughout the earth. It is the heart cry of the true bride………. Abigail – ‘the Father’s joy’, as even now he prepares her, a beautiful Belle, as a Queen, fit for Stephen, His crowned one…… our King Jesus!
I was encouraged when I recently received my ‘2023 Wrapped’ report from Spotify.
Apparently this year my songs were listened to on Spotify in 101 countries! My listenership was up 44%, but what brought me the greatest joy was (not the $10 a month income this generates🙂) but that the country with the fastest growing listenership was……..Papua, New Guinea
Somehow in mission terms this country represents, “the ends of the earth.” As with the spread of Lord Jesus We Enthrone You……..God is sovereignly without any help from me sowing the seed of his word through the songs he has given and reaping ‘the harvest of the earth’ which is ‘ripe’
The good news is sounding forth from our Father, that, “On the day you were born I danced over you!”
‘When all the Sons of Heaven’ the song above, is a fleshed out version of this tragedy through mystery to glory story, of our Bridegroom, Jesus, and his Bride. Enjoy as a Christmas gift and hope.🙂
P.S. I just came across this interview again linking Ireland and the USA. Although geopolitical, at the end it is clear that the bottom line for both Hermann and Mel is……..God wins!
H.Q.
Dear friends,
Our next H.Q. gathering will be on New Year’s Day, 1st January 2024. As usual we will begin at 6pm with a pot -providence meal together in our home, 2721 Parkview Blvd. Robbinsdale MN 55422. All are welcome.
We were given the name H.Q. when we began these meetings a few years ago . We were given progressive meanings reflecting the different aspects God is highlighting for us llving in today’s world.
Heaven-Quake…… Heaven is shaking earth
Heaven-Quest…….Curiosity
Head-Quarters…… Equipping
Hebrews 10…….Togetherness
I was lead to the following interview the other day which brings together these 4 elements in a remarkable way………
https://www.brighteon.com/7bc3b49e-4baf-4c63-a1ed-206fa9dde588
It is a most enlightening reveal of the mechanisms in the psychological and biological attack we have been experiencing for a number of years, or rather our hippocampus has been subjected to, and how to counteract these.
The name hippocampus is a reference to the ‘seahorse’ shape of this part of our central brain.
I would add an important addendum to the interview…..that it is primarily a spiritual warfare.
Consider, “ 11 Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. 13 He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. 14 And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. 15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.” (Rev.19:11-16)
The interview is less than 30 minutes. If you are coming on the 1st please try and find a few minutes to watch it beforehand.
Juan O Savin has called 2023 ‘The year of the whistleblowers’ as these folk have courageously like David who wrote Psalm 23 walked through ‘the valley of the shadow of death’ to face Goliath. Johnny Enlow likewise has talked about the rising up of the David company.
As we used to sing……
Well you’ve heard of little David, he was awful small, O Yeah!
Well you’ve heard of little David, half the size of Saul, O Yeah!
Well he didn’t wear his armor, but it didn’t matter much at all
I’ll tell you, I’ll tell you why
He had the Lord on his side on his side. O Yeah!
He had the Lord on his side, on his side. O Yeah!
He had the Lord on his side on his side.
The promise follows in verse 5, “You spread a table for me in the presence of my enemies.” Juan anticipates 2024 as being “The year of justice.” pointing to Psalm 24 when the doors are opened and the king of glory comes in.
If you are a regular blog reader you will have already read about our seeing the outworked significance of Psalms 23 and 24 while we were in Ireland.
As in Adam…….
Last week we heard the sad news that Adam McAteer, a dear friend in Ireland had been knocked down and killed while cycling. We sorrow with his young wife Ashley his three children, and his mother in law Diane who is part of the “Your Smiling Face” team in Belfast………….who are ‘left behind’**
In my song “I AM the Author.’ I wrote,
‘O yes it’s full of tragedy, but laughter too, a mystery.”
Just a few days later we heard that Jimmy Owens had also died. His son Buddy, on his Facebook page said his dad had “passed from death to life.”
Jimmy was over twice Adam’s age as was his life’s partner Carol who ‘passed from death to life’ earlier this same year.
You might remember I mentioned in Part 2 of the blog series that it was exactly 50 years ago when we acted on the word, “Unless a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die……..” in regards to halting the successful run in Ireland of the Owens’ ground breaking musical ‘Come Together in Jesus Name’ I then testified to the signs of the rich harvest of new life appearing now, a jubilee later!🙂
The I AM song continues…..He gives us each a role to play’
The role the Owens played was seen and appreciated by many thousands of people worldwide. But though less visible no less significant was the role God gave Adam to play on this world’s stage.
I believe Father pointed out to me a powerful message contained in the circumstances surrounding Adam’s, “passing from death to life.”
Firstly, his name was ADAM
There are two Adam’s in scripture.
In 1 Corinthians 15 we read,
‘The first man Adam became a living person’ and the father of mankind.
‘The last Adam became ‘a life giving spirit” as the savior of mankind
……… For as in (the first) Adam all die, so also in Christ (the last Adam) all shall be made alive.
Hence Jesus Christ began a New Line. (Hebrews 2.)……..Adam McAteer ‘passed from death to life’ on the New Line Road…….Selah.
Secondly, Adam lived in JORDANSTOWN
The Jordan River, was the place of baptism from death to life. In Joshua 3: 15-16 we read that the Jordan river was ‘cut off’ all the way back to the town of Adam
This prophesies of the reversal of the sentence of death, which traces back to the fall of the first Adam leading to mankind being ‘cut off’ from the presence of God, and this being remedied through Jesus Christ redeeming work on the cross.
Thirdly ADAM was 45 years old.
My last blog series, ‘Back to the Future in Belfast’ focused on God’s preparing a beautiful bride for his son…… A Queen for his King.
Psalm 45 is titled. ‘A love song’ It describes that beautiful Queen as she comes forth to be married to the King (Jesus) The I AM song also says beyond the ‘tragedy’ and the ‘mystery’, God is writing,, “A true romance, to win your heart.”
We are invited to be part of this ‘Greatest Love Story Ever’.
Isaiah 45 describes God’s chosen King.. It says that it is God who ‘creates calamity’, or’ tragedy’ from our earthly viewpoint, but then asks, who are we as the pots to tell the potter what to do?
The chapter concludes with the verse quoted by Paul in Eph.2, “Every knee will bow and every tongue swear allegiance to Jesus Christ as Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
This affirms again the truth of 1 Corinthians 15 that, as in Adam all have died so in the end in Christ all shall be made alive as they acknowledge Jesus as Lord.
(You may have also noticed that the 2 post scripts to the series I was lead to post ‘just happened’ to contain in their titles the numbers 4 and 5. ( I am clearly not writing this stuff! 🙂)
Our friends, the Cloud family, joined us a few weeks ago for Thanksgiving. (Fern joked, “What would Thanksgiving be without some real Indians.”🙂)
We went around the table taking turns to give thanks. Raine lived with us for 3 years while she studied her native Dakota language which she now teaches back on ‘the Rez’
She said, “I’d like to thank God that at 45 years I am sitting in such a sweet spot in my life. I am thankful that I have the privilege of being with and learning from the few remaining Dakota first language speaking elders in our community and also being with and seeing this passed on to my daughter and her generation.”
Mathematically the number 45 is a bridging number.
From a human point of view there is a deep lament over the loss of Adam and of an anticipated future together here on earth. Yet we are told every one of our days are written in God’s book whether they be the 93 years worth that Jimmy was given or the 45 years worth allotted to Adam. (Ps.139)
We cannot but believe that from Adam’s new perspective, he too acknowledges that he is indeed after 45 years of life, ‘sitting in a sweet spot’ …..between generations past and future.
……..And that one day when we obtain that same perspective, we too will acknowledge to the Sovereign Lord, who is ‘the potter’, with a whole heart ……..
“Your work is perfect (not ideal in the sense of not what I would have dealt myself……but yes! -perfect ) and all your ways are just.”(Deut.32:4)
I listened again to this first track of Come Together while looking at the album cover depicting the millennial age of peace and harmony foretold in Isaiah. 11, that we had just heard read at our grandchildren’s school service of nine lessons and carols.
The prayer at the end of this track, was prayed many times at the start of each of our Come Together presentations in Ireland…….
‘ Lord we ask you to give us a better understanding of who Jesus really is and of everything He’s done for us.”
I realized that at the end of 2023 ( 20 = Redemption. 23 = Death and Resurrection) that prayer is even now being answered for Jimmy, Carol and for Adam, as it will……. in the end of the day, be answered for every son of Adam and daughter of Eve, as we all finally Come Together in Jesus name
** The top photo we ‘happened upon’ is of Adam wearing my jacket that had been ‘left behind’ by me in their home. He said he quite fancied it. I think I quite fancy his new jacket too🙂
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