Saturday, September 26, 2009
O HOW I ADORE YOU, MY LOVE.....
My Love, I'll never find the words, my Love
To tell You how I feel my Love
Mere words, could not explain
Precious Love, You held my life within Your hands
Created everything I am
Taught me how to live again
Only You cared when I needed a friend
Believed in me through thick and thin
This song is for You
Filled with gratitude and love
God bless You
You make me feel brand new
For God bless me with You
You make me feel brand new
I sing this song 'cause You
Make me feel brand new
WHO are you singing it to???????
The Lord has had me singing since I was three years old - music was my life - I had over 500 vinyl albums and when I got saved the Lord had me break them all and toss them in the trash. There wasn't a lyric I didn't know - a song I didn't sing. (mostly R&B and love songs). And do you know that the Lord STILL has had me sing some of those love songs to Him - playing them on the piano even He gave me new lyrics to make them just for Him - and this is the first I've seen ANYONE doing the same thing - and it touched me so that I wept....
(SEE VIDEO AT BOTTOM OF THIS BLOG)
Let me be perfectly clear - I do NOT listen to secular music anymore - am not advocating listening to worldly things - the POINT IS that before He found me, I knew these songs. AFTER He found me, all things could be AND WERE/ARE/WILL BE FOR HIM - and by HIS SPIRIT He would have me sing Him every love song....still do.
"Jesus, betcha by golly wow -You're the one that I've been waiting for, forever....and ever will my love for You...keep going strong....keep going strong..."
...and He would sing back to me, "You're once...twice...three times a lady....and I love you...."
The biggest sadness of this video is that they are singing current songs - which means they have not died to that - for the Bible says "Let everything that has breath PRAISE THE LORD" and while they ARE singing the songs unto the Lord, why do they know them to begin with (current ones)?
WHO HAS EARS TO HEAR?
It's one thing to sing songs unto the Lord that you knew BEFORE you met the Lord only after having allowed Holy Spirit to re-write them for His glory - it's another thing to be saved and CONTINUE to be part of all things in the world - listening to secular music as a CHRISTIAN should make you sick - once you meet Him you should be repulsed by all things worldly. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
(these videos seem to have pop-up ads at the bottom that can't be turned off - disregard - so sad a Christian site would advertise for mental disorders, etc).(Not seeing the ad on this posted version - HALLELUJAH!)
(SEE VIDEO AT BOTTOM OF THIS BLOG)
Let me be perfectly clear - I do NOT listen to secular music anymore - am not advocating listening to worldly things - the POINT IS that before He found me, I knew these songs. AFTER He found me, all things could be AND WERE/ARE/WILL BE FOR HIM - and by HIS SPIRIT He would have me sing Him every love song....still do.
"Jesus, betcha by golly wow -You're the one that I've been waiting for, forever....and ever will my love for You...keep going strong....keep going strong..."
...and He would sing back to me, "You're once...twice...three times a lady....and I love you...."
The biggest sadness of this video is that they are singing current songs - which means they have not died to that - for the Bible says "Let everything that has breath PRAISE THE LORD" and while they ARE singing the songs unto the Lord, why do they know them to begin with (current ones)?
WHO HAS EARS TO HEAR?
It's one thing to sing songs unto the Lord that you knew BEFORE you met the Lord only after having allowed Holy Spirit to re-write them for His glory - it's another thing to be saved and CONTINUE to be part of all things in the world - listening to secular music as a CHRISTIAN should make you sick - once you meet Him you should be repulsed by all things worldly. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
(these videos seem to have pop-up ads at the bottom that can't be turned off - disregard - so sad a Christian site would advertise for mental disorders, etc).(Not seeing the ad on this posted version - HALLELUJAH!)
Friday, September 25, 2009
O ISRAEL....
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2009: Babysat my granddaughter, Prophetess M..... - seemingly out of the blue she picked up the tambourine shaped like the Star of David with the blue and white streamers - and she put it upon her head and wore it around the living room (prayer room) for a really long time - and then she lay down on top of it in a sort of hug.....(it looked like a position of deep worship) - wow
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
IN THE MIDST OF IT ALL
There was a drive-by shooting catacorner and across the street from my daughter and granddaughter's house on Sunday. It even made the news. A man was shot - the police also took bullets out of the side of the home. Kira and Mekare were upstairs in their home and heard the gunshots. I PRAISE YOU, LORD, FOR KEEPING THEM SAFE AND HIDDEN UNDER YOUR WING...THANK YOU SO MUCH FATHER....there will never be enough words for me to express my gratitude to You....
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
WORTHY TO BE PRAISED
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
YOU FOUND ME....
You found me, my Love, when I was young...there isn't a moment in my life when You were not there....
But you introduced Yourself to me in 1984 - September 15th to be exact....and I have been Yours ever since.
And while I wish I had RECOGNIZED YOU from the very beginning, we have spent a quarter of a century together...
Thank You for finding me...
Thank You for saving me...
Thank You for redeeming me...
Thank You for loving me....
I am Yours forever my Lord....
Your messenger
Monday, September 14, 2009
THE LORD'S WAYS ARE NOT OUR WAYS....
My son just called - 8:26 PM - to tell me that Patrick Swayze has died. Patrick was diagnosed in March of 2008 - and lived longer than doctors expected - but the Lord used me to speak life and keep Patrick ALIVE...long enough for Patrick to film 13 episodes of a television show and feel amazingly great - so much so that all involved with the production said he out-did them in all areas (energy, physically, etc). Long enough for Patrick himself to acknowledge somewhat shocked that "I'm a walking miracle - I don't understand why".
I pray, long enough for Patrick to find Jesus.
The Lord told me on Saturday that this was going to happen. He has pointed Patrick out to me in the past week, showing me Patrick healthy and strong, and spoke lovingly to me that his time was up - There was even a Swayze movie on television I'd never seen or even heard of on Saturday - the Lord told me to turn on the tv then and then told me about the dying of Patrick in the coming days.(the movie was also all about death although in it Patrick did not die) -
I kept checking the news online more often than usual because I knew I'd heard the Lord correctly - and I waited. It was especially strong...and I know that I hear Him.
ALL GLORY HONOR AND PRAISE to the Lord for truly Patrick living this long was GOD'S MIRACLE -
But it is also a testament to the fact that we cannot continually speak death and expect to live - and Patrick spoke death more than he spoke life.
I pray that he received the Lord before his last breath...there is always an opportunity for salvation until our very last breath - I know that the words of the Lord are not in vain - I also know that God would not have had me intercede for this man for all these months for nothing.
Father I thank You for the opportunity to be used in the lives of those of Your children as You see fit....
"My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul." (Job 10:1)
Sunday, September 13, 2009
THE LOST MESSAGE of CONSECRATION
NOTE VIA HIS MESSENGER: The Lord put me in the public eye beginning in 2004 and even that has been on a very limited scale. Reaching only thousands and not millions however His message has always been the same (via this messenger): HE LOVES YOU - COME AWAY WITH HIM - TO DO SO YOU MUST DIE TO SELF - ALLOW HIM TO CRUCIFY YOUR FLESH - IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU - NOTHING IS YOURS, IT'S ALL HIS - BE WHOLLY HIS - LET HIM MOLD YOU AND MAKE YOU ON THE POTTER'S WHEEL - LET HIM CRUSH THE YOU OUT OF YOU ON THE THRESHING FLOOR SO THAT THERE IS NO MORE YOU ONLY HIM THROUGH YOU - NO COMPROMISE - COME OUT FROM THE WORLD AND BE TRULY SEPARATE - IN AND OF YOURSELF YOU CAN DO NOTHING - IT IS HIM THROUGH US....
And this message OFFENDS. Most so-called "Christians" are like "HUH? No one else preaches this; no one else does this, why should I? I love God....but this isn't part of the deal..." "He wants us to have an abundant life - a life of happiness and joy NOW"
Why is it that no one realizes that to have an abundant life - that the "all these things shall be added unto you" parts are MORE OF HIM! HE IS OUR REWARD! OUR TREASURE! That it's not about this world - we are not even FROM this world - but instead our joy - our reward - our treasure - our abundance - is more more more of JESUS!
Ah but the few places He has permitted me to speak His truths as His prophet? The people are offended by the 'death-to-self-it's-not-about-you' message - the people delete "me"; even so-called fellow prophets are offended because the Lord has me admonish them to NEVER SPEAK IN AND OF THEMSELVES FOR THAT IS THEIR FLESH - AS JESUS DID, WE MUST ONLY SPEAK WHEN HE GIVES US UTTERANCE, FOR JESUS ONLY SPOKE THAT WHICH HE HEARD THE FATHER SPEAKING (WHILE DOING ONLY THAT WHICH HE SAW THE FATHER DOING). We do not have the right to deviate - to do things differently, separate, apart from the way HE DID THEM! In fact, there is to be no "I" "me" at all - just HIM HIM HIM!
The utter horror of it all is that they are REJECTING HIM. BUT they believe they are not only His own, but that they HEAR HIM!
In two days it will be my 25th year with Jesus - I will never compromise, but continue to submit unto Him, allowing Him to rule and reign through this vessel, to continue to preach His truths as He gives utterance - it's only about Him, nothing of self. The so-called Body of Christ can reject His truths, reject "me" until His return - it doesn't nullify His truths, His message, which is the same yesterday, today and forever. Jesus never once drew attention to Himself - He came so that He could reveal the Father. As a reward for His job well done - as His reward for being a faithful Servant unto the end - we now submit OURSELVES to death to self so that it is no longer us but Christ through us - we should reveal ONLY JESUS - else we are not really His.
THE FOLLOWING WAS SENT TO ME VIA EMAIL TODAY - THE ABOVE WAS SENT TO CHARISMA MAGAZINE AND LEE GRADY - BUT IT STANDS ON ITS OWN AS HE SPEAKS....:
THE LOST MESSAGE of CONSECRATION
-by Lee Grady.
From reading some old books I've discovered a missing spiritual
dimension. The Lord is inviting us to reclaim it.
A few months ago I went on a special diet. I put aside all newly
published books and limited my reading to a small collection of
Christian classics, mostly devotional works by Andrew Murray,
Watchman Nee, E.M. Bounds, Charles Spurgeon, A.B. Simpson
and Corrie Ten Boom. I knew God had a message for me in those
musty pages.
I had noticed a similar theme in all these books, but it took me a
while to crack the code. These writers from the 19th and 20th
centuries wrote from a spiritual depth that I rarely see in the
church today, and I wanted to know their secret. I slowly began
to figure things out while reading A.B. Simpson's book, A Larger
Christian Life, which he wrote in 1890 when the Holiness
Movement was at its zenith in the United States.
Simpson often preached about Abraham's offering of his son Isaac
on the altar at Mount Moriah, and he called Christians to the place
of self-sacrifice. Mount Moriah, Simpson wrote, "signifies the deeper
spiritual experience into which the fully consecrated person must
come. In this act of obedience, the sanctified self is laid on the
altar just as Isaac was."
I read similar comments about consecration, or full surrender, in
Watchman Nee's The Release of the Spirit, which was first
published in China in 1955. Nee taught us that the path to
spiritual fruitfulness—and to true, intimate knowledge of the
Lord —is the brokenness of the outward man. He explained that
God uses tests and trials in our lives to break our selfish nature
so that Christ's nature can flow through us.
Nee wrote: "No life manifests more beauty than the one who is
broken! Stubbornness and self-love have given way to beauty in
the one who is broken by God."
Perhaps the reason I find so much nourishment in these old words
is that I don't hear much today about the crucified life, suffering,
brokenness or surrender. We rarely talk of altars and we avoid
altar calls. We don't invite people to a deeper spiritual realm
because few even know about such a place; often even our leaders
are too busy using God to boost their egos or to amass personal
wealth.
Today's shallow, "evangelical lite" culture focuses on self, self and
more self. Christian books today are mostly about self-improvement,
not self- sacrifice. We teach people to claim their "best life now"—
and to claim it on their terms. Our message is one of self-
empowerment: God wants to make you happy, so just add a
little bit of God to your life (on your terms of course) and He will
bless you, prosper you and make all your dreams come true.
How strange that message seems when contrasted with the old
hymns Christians used to sing back in the days of holiness
revivals. This song written by Adelaide Pollard in 1907 seems
eerily foreign today:
Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
Thou art the potter, I am the clay;
Mold me and make me after Thy will,
While I am waiting yielded and still.
Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!
Hold o'er my being absolute sway!
Fill with Thy Spirit till all shall see
Christ only, always, living in me.
The woman who penned those words was an itinerant Bible teacher
who was discouraged because she didn't have the funds to make
a missionary journey to Africa. She found great comfort when she
put all her plans and desires on the altar and freshly surrendered
to God's will for her life. The song that sprung from her anguish
blessed millions, but today it has lost its popularity because we
simply don't relate.
I believe we must reclaim the forgotten message of consecration.
It is not enough to know Christian doctrines or to paint a nice
Christian veneer on the surface of our lives. God wants our hearts.
We must embrace the cross daily. It is not enough to simply avoid
the sins that our Christian culture says are the "worst"; we must
also allow God's knife to slay the pride, the self-will, the self-
confidence and the self-glorification that our backslidden Christian
culture encourages.
I invite you to reclaim this lost message by praying a "dangerous
prayer" of consecration. Let God assume the throne of your life
while you abdicate. You can pray something like this:
"Lord, You are the potter and I am the clay. Forgive me for my
selfishness. I consecrate my life to You afresh today. I give You
permission to break me, mold me, bend me and make me
according to Your perfect will. This is all the work of Your grace.
I choose to embrace whatever circumstances You must send into
my life in order to rid me of pride and self-will. I choose to live
on Your altar. As I empty myself, I ask You to fill me with Your
Holy Spirit. Amen"
-J. Lee Grady is editor of Charisma.
Friday, September 11, 2009
OMNIPRESENCE
The Lord is doing MANY THINGS here - but I am not permitted to post them - for He has shown me repeatedly that we are not to glory in ANYTHING that has to do with "us" - not even healings, not even blessings - even to give Him glory we still have focused on ourselves and things He has done for US - and then also the devil swoops in because of evil eyes....
I SPEAK ONLY OF A GREAT AND MIGHTY AND POWERFUL AND AWESOME GOD - ONE WHO CARES ABOUT EVERY HAIR ON OUR HEADS - ONE WHO NEVER SLEEPS - ONE WHO NEVER MISSES A SINGLE SOLITARY MOMENT OF US IN HIM - HE IS ALWAYS THERE....
I LOVE YOU MY LORD.
AS SWEET FLOWERS....
The Lord sent me this bright little gift (found it September 2nd, 2009) - it sprouted up amidst flowers that have been there for 2 years - no other flowers like it there or in any of the flower areas in the yard - just this one - and it wasn't there in 2007 or 2008 - just now....a sweet gift of His love.
Song Of Solomon 5:13
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
DEATH AND LIFE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE....
The Lord had me watch bits and pieces of the Labor Day MD telethon. I praise Him for His wisdom, for His guidance as He had me watching at the exact moments that He wanted things revealed, for His truth to be spoken:
-Jerry Lewis himself opened the telethon with SEX JOKES - horrific - 9pm time slot, dozens of "Jerry's Kids" in the audience - thoroughly inappropriate.
-Also early on: Charo did a sexual lap dance
-There were perverse sex jokes throughout
-At one point Jerry said of co-host Jan Karl that she had a giant swazstika painted on her a*! (bottom)
-When accepting 11 million dollars from Venezuela's Citgo rep, he said "I can charm the skin off the belly of a snake" and added "Back in the beginning I told them I'd tell the world they put water in their gasoline if they didn't help me"
6:59 pm - Jerry sang "You'll never walk alone" and could barely get through it - he is old, he is tired, he is ill - the Lord said he was a 'walking dead man' - it will be surprising if he lives until next year's fiasco.
Even in his goodbye tribute to closest friend/sidekick Ed McMahon, Jerry said: "Wherever you are I hope you have your booze"
Final tally: $60,481, 231.00 (FOR DISEASE)
LOCAL (my little corner of the globe): $719,168 (which includes area of highest unemployment in nation)
IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF EVERY SINGLE CHRISTIAN WITH A TELEVISION SET - INSTEAD OF SITTING THERE AND LISTENING/RECEIVING THE WORDS OF DEATH AND DISEASE AND DIAGNOSIS, WOULD INSTEAD STRETCH THEIR HANDS TOWARD THEIR TV SETS AND DECREE LIFE - WHILE IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO CIRCUMVENT THE WORDS OF PEOPLES MOUTHS (THEIR DECREES - 22 HOURS OF SICKNESS AND DEATH FROM THEIR TONGUES) - THE LORD IS GREATER THAN ALL EVIL....
IMAGINE SPENDING A LIFETIME WORKING ON A DISEASE WITHOUT CHRIST WITH YOU, WITHOUT HIS PERMISSION, WITHOUT HIS DIRECTION, APART FROM HIS WILL - AND NOT ONLY JERRY AND HIS COHORTS BUT ALSO SADLY THE PEOPLE DYING OF THIS DISEASE WITHOUT CHRIST - THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ATTRIBUTING THEM TO ANGELS AND HEAVEN JUST BECAUSE THEY SUFFERED.
ALL THINGS DONE APART FROM CHRIST IS THUS DONE IN THE FLESH AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LORD, HIS PURPOSES, HIS GLORY - NOTHING. IF IT BE NOT FOR HIM IT IS AGAINST HIM ...
Proverbs 22:6
6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it
Sunday, September 6, 2009
The Lord translated me in the Spirit to Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson) today - He had me anoint his forehead with oil - It happened via a 'dream' but the translation was real - I could smell the anointing oil and so could Prince - the Lord has given me a burden for this man for quite awhile - he is to follow after Christ Jesus - and I am waiting patiently for the time when he brings him here to hear the words of the Lord toward him....09-05-2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
ANY MINUTE.....
There is a new fictional book available, written by Joyce Meyer. It has nothing to do with the fact that Joyce wrote it (as the Lord does not have me follow after any man/woman, famous Christian or not). Holy Spirit said "READ THIS BOOK" then the Lord opened the door for it to be majorly on sale. The Lord also doesn't typically have me read things when they come out - usually the books He puts into my hands have been written years earlier, just so He can show me His divine leading, purposes in His unique way.
The book synopsis from Joyce's site reads:
CAN SARAH HARPER DO WHAT'S RIGHT...BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE?
Aggressive investment broker Sarah Harper is overachieving at the office but missing the mark with her husband and son when an unexpected tragedy turns their lives upside down. This heartrending story—and its unexpected ending—will lead you to discover that what’s beyond your control is safe in God’s hands.
AND:
Sarah Harper is driven to achieve success no matter what the cost. She wants to do good and not hurt the people she loves—especially her son, Mitchell, her husband, Joe, and her daughter, Kate—but her desire to succeed in her career too often leaves little time for family.
One cold, rainy, autumn morning, all of that changes when Sarah’s car plunges off a bridge and into a river. As rescuers search desperately for her body, Sarah’s spirit is still very much alive. What she discovers on the other side transforms everything about Sarah’s view of life—past, present and future. And the unsuspecting world around her will never be the same again.
(END BOOK DESCRIPTION)
This book is phenomenal. A really quick read, flows amazingly well. During the part where Sarah is "dead" - the Lord displays hugely the same principles that are used in Theophostics - where Holy Spirit takes us back to the events in our past that have made us the way we are today (and determines how we react to things today, having its roots in those past events) - then shows us HIS PLACE in our lives - not only where the trouble began, where the lies were received and believed, but also where He is the solution NOW....powerful work.
There are a few small contradictions but mostly a work of the Lord. Two parts moved me to deep tears and intercession.
As always the Lord's timing is perfect - part of the book dealing with things He has revealed to me recently (such as the angels in our lives, etc)....
It is also a serious message to those who are walking after their own flesh, doing life their own way - and is timely considering my own family member being struck by lightning and God saying "JUST WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR ME TO GET YOUR ATTENTION???" (as the main character GOES OFF A BRIDGE IN HER CAR and only THEN God being able to to get HERS (attention))...
The Lord ISN'T PLAYING AROUND IN THIS HOUR - and if there is a "yes" toward Him in your heart that is deep, then no matter WHAT your OUTSIDES look like (actions, words, deeds, etc) - He will do WHATEVER IT TAKES to get your attention, to give you the opportunity to match your outsides with your insides in obedience, submission, surrender....to fully receive Him and walk wholly in His divine purpose for your life for His glory!
Yet another message of the book is walking in love - the part NOT SPOKEN BY THE BOOK is to be led by His Spirit and look for God-ordained opportunities to be given the chance to make someone else happy (lest it be works of YOUR FLESH) but nonetheless to be a blessing -to display Christ to the world - "any minute you might get your chance to be a giver" (for His glory)(09-01-2009 @ 6:31 PM)
Ask Him if and when He might permit you to read this book. He may not...but then again, He may! Let Him direct your life in ALL AREAS - don't just do a thing in and of yourself. This is encouragement to simply ASK, letting you know that Holy Spirit DID breathe this work.
HOW RICH YOU ARE!
There is a little book that the Lord placed in my hands many years ago - He does not have me read it regularly, but every once in awhile He will point it out to me and have me read something for that day. The book is title "God Calling" and is a collection of God's words for 365 days a year. It is NOT a typical devotional written by men trying to interpret God's words, or speaking in generalities - no, these are the Lord's actual words as given to two faithful women believers (seemingly decades ago, as some of the ways they wrote His words are in older english; cannot find a copyright date as the book is particularly hard to find).
The book is arranged in small passages by days of the year and again is NOTHING like typical devotionals and really isn't such...hard to explain unless you've read it. Sort of like "Exhortations From The Father" put into book form during one year in these beloved womens' lives. (they refer to themselves merely as the "two listeners").
The Lord had me pull it out tonight - and told me to post the word that He spoke to the women on this same day all those years ago (September 1st, 2009) (I especially adore that He uses the term "unfailing" as a) that is THIS MINISTRY and b) the word is only used ONE TIME in the entire Bible):
HOW RICH YOU ARE September 1
"I will never leave thee nor forsake thee." (Heb. xiii.5.)
"My children, that word is unfailingly true. Down the centuries thousands have proved My constancy, My untiringness, My unfailing Love. "Never leave." "Never forsake". Not just a presence is meant by this, but....
"My Love will never leave you. My Understanding will never leave you. My Strength will never leave you. Think of all that I AM:
Love - then for ever you are sure of Love.
Strength - then for ever, in every difficulty and danger, you are sure of strength.
Patience - then always there is One who can never tire.
Understanding - then always you will be understood.
"Can you fear the future when it holds so much for you? Beloved, "set your affections on things above" (the higher, spiritual things), "and not on things on the earth" (the lower, temporal things), and you will see how rich you are."
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
FORGETTING THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND YOU....
Wow - two days ago (Sunday, August 30th, 2009) the Lord had me watch a two-part movie - the DVD box was UNOPENED and I have no idea where it came from - it was over three hours long - what was it?: "The Story Of David: From Shepherd to King of Israel" - wow....
The following was posted TODAY (09-01-2009):
WORD OF THE LORD FOR SEPTEMBER 1st, 2009:
THE TRUMPET by Bill Burns
May the sons of Jesse arise to their thrones and be seated upon the thrones of David in heavenly places. These are the thrones of the joint heirs of Christ Jesus to which you have been called in this time and in this season. Therefore, I say unto you, forgetting those things that are behind you, press, run to the mark of the high calling that is before you that your destiny may be fulfilled with purpose; so that you are no longer withheld; so that you are no longer restricted; so that you no longer are living under the darkness of that which satan has brought into your lives. For you will now begin to live as a child of light and that light will produce life, not only in your lives but in the lives of those around you. So I say today, forget those things that are behind you; put them firmly behind you, then turn and face the glory of God. (END WORD)
TO LIVE AS/BE CHOSEN AS HIS FORERUNNERS: God doing things in your life, revealing things to you BEFORE He reveals them to the world
IN THE WORD OF GOD: A soldier who ran ahead of the main body of troops as a scout; often John the Baptist is so regarded, as is implied in Matt. 11: 10, in that he preceded Jesus and prepared his way. But in Hebrews 6: 20 Jesus is Himself called a forerunner, in that He is a kind of advance guard: He is already seated in heaven and His presence there guarantees the subsequent entry of all who belong to Him.
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