Thursday, November 20, 2008, 10:34 a.m. – This song is in my head:
The Basics of Life / 4 Him / http://www.actionext.com/names_0/4him_lyrics/the_basics_of_life.html
We’ve turned the page, for a new day has dawned
We’ve re-arranged what is right and what’s wrong
Somehow we’ve drifted so far from the truth
That we can’t get back home
Where are the virtues that once gave us light?
Where are the morals that governed our lives?
Someday we all will awake and look back
Just to find what we’ve lost
We’ve let the darkness invade us too long
We’ve got to turn the tide
Oh and we need the passion that burned long ago
To come and open our eyes
There’s no room for compromise
We need to get back to the basics of life
A heart that is pure and a love that is blind
A faith that is fervently grounded in Christ
The hope that endures for all times
These are the basics, we need to get back to the basics of life… Amen!
The Lord gave me A VISION: I saw Mark Harmon again as the shooter on a boat, then I saw Tom Cruise in his role as the German officer who plotted to assassinate Hitler, and then again I saw Kiefer Sutherland in his role as a government agent in the TV series 24. He wasshooting a hand gun. Then Mark Harmon as the shooter overlapped Tom Cruise as the German officer planning to assassinate Hitler which then overlapped Sutherland’s role in “24.”
Then, I heard, “Adios, Amigo!”
Then a reprise of “The Basics of Life” –
We need to get back to the basics of life
A heart that is pure and a love that is blind
A faith that is fervently grounded in Christ
The hope that endures for all times
These are the basics, we need to get back to the basics of life… Amen! END
Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening. I read Haggai 2:
The Promised Glory of the New House
1 On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai: 2 "Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people. Ask them, 3 'Who of you is left who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not seem to you like nothing? 4 But now be strong, O Zerubbabel,' declares the LORD. 'Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,' declares the LORD, 'and work. For I am with you,' declares the LORD Almighty. 5 'This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.'
6 "This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. 7 I will shake all nations, and the desired of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,' says the LORD Almighty. 8 'The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD Almighty. 9 'The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,' says the LORD Almighty. 'And in this place I will grant peace,' declares the LORD Almighty."
Blessings for a Defiled People
10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Haggai: 11 "This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'Ask the priests what the law says: 12 If a person carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and that fold touches some bread or stew, some wine, oil or other food, does it become consecrated?' "
The priests answered, "No."
13 Then Haggai said, "If a person defiled by contact with a dead body touches one of these things, does it become defiled?"
"Yes," the priests replied, "it becomes defiled."
14 Then Haggai said, " 'So it is with this people and this nation in my sight,' declares the LORD. 'Whatever they do and whatever they offer there is defiled.
15 " 'Now give careful thought to this from this day on —consider how things were before one stone was laid on another in the LORD's temple. 16 When anyone came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty. 17 I struck all the work of your hands with blight, mildew and hail, yet you did not turn to me,' declares the LORD. 18 'From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought to the day when the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid. Give careful thought: 19 Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit.
" 'From this day on I will bless you.' "
Zerubbabel the LORD's Signet Ring
20 The word of the LORD came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month: 21 "Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I will shake the heavens and the earth. 22 I will overturn royal thrones and shatter the power of the foreign kingdoms. I will overthrow chariots and their drivers; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.
23 " 'On that day,' declares the LORD Almighty, 'I will take you, my servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,' declares the LORD, 'and I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you,' declares the LORD Almighty."
My Understanding: The main characters of this vision are Mark Harmon, Kiefer Sutherland and Tom Cruise. Each character portrayed by these actors is an employee in service to his government as either a soldier or a government agent which in a sense are the same thing.
Mark Harmon is presently starring in this series:
“Plot summary for "Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" (2003): Leading the NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) team that operates outside of the military chain of command is Special Agent Jethro Gibbs, a highly skilled investigator and interrogator who is smart, tough and willing to bend the rules to get the job done... From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, these special agents travel the globe to investigate all crimes with Navy or Marine Corps ties.” Written by Ronos http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364845/plotsummary
Kiefer Sutherland is presently playing this role in the TV series 24: “Jack Bauer is the protagonist of the United States television series 24, in which he has trained and worked in various capacities as a government agent, including US Army Delta Force, LAPD SWAT, CIA, and finally the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) Los Angeles. Within the 24 storyline, he is a key member of the latter and is often noted as the best agent CTU has. Jack's job usually involves him helping prevent major terrorist attacks on the United States, saving both civilians and governments. On many occasions Jack does so at great personal expense, as those he thwarts subsequently target him and his loved ones…” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Bauer
Tom Cruise has also just finished production for this movie about Hitler and Germany during WWII – Valkyrie - http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3544383513/. Plot Summary: “At the height of WW2, a group of high-ranking German officers hatched a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, and seize power of the military command in order to end the war. The operation was codenamed "Valkyrie", for the emergency plan that was meant to be used in case of a revolt against the Nazi government. This plan had been modified by the conspirators to ensure their success, but for various reasons the plot failed when finally carried out on 20 July 1944. The conspirators of the inner circle were shot after a kangaroo trial or sentenced to death soon after.”
My Understanding: The Lord is showing me that there is a plot underway to assassinate a leader of a country – not sure what leader or what country. I do know that George W. Bush has often been referred to as “Hitler,” and this scripture seems to indicate that “royal thrones” will be overthrown (could me more than one) and it will be at the hand of their own “brothers,” i.e. their own countrymen.
In Valkyrie, it was the German officers under Hitler who plotted his assassination and in the two TV shows mentioned above, the key roles were that of government agents, and the Lord was showing me Mark Harmon playing the role of the shooter, i.e. the assassin, so one of our own is going to attempt to assassinate one of our leaders in the USA, perhaps. The Lord is overlapping these roles to show, I believe, that one of our government agents in the USA is going to attempt, if not succeed, in assassinating a high level government official of some sort. I don’t know when.
This, I believe, is all part of God’s plan to bring judgment on his people and/or perhaps to the USA as a whole, since this is referring to a nation. The people he promises to be with and who he calls to not fear what is coming are those who are genuinely His followers, I believe. He is going to shake the nations and all this is in preparation for our Lord’s return. We are a defiled nation; people. He says he struck us previously in judgment, but we did not turn to Him. So, give careful thought.
