This blog writer will take a 21 day break. Life is all about Love and relationships. Purpose to do at least one unconditional act of kindness each day. Brighten someone’s day and you will see some excellent fruit as a result. Too busy? It may be time for a personal assessment.
Ex Nihilo means “out of nothing”. Frederick Hart carved a sculpture named Ex Nihilo, the Creation of Mankind out of Nothing, as Narrated in the Book of Genesis. He believed that order was established out of chaos and depicted The Beginnings in his sculpture. This sculpture was the inspiration for naming the Ex Nihilo Winery in Kelowna, B.C. When you walk in the door, you will see a picture of the sculpture high on the western wall of the winery.
Mystery Babylon has its own ex nihilo, its money. The elite have managed to control the global economy with fiat currencies which have no tangible backing of gold or silver thus they are created ex nihilo. Only by managing the confidence of the masses is there any value associated with a currency. Once the debt of the issuing country exceeds its ability to pay, confidence in the currency evaporates. Once the confidence departs, the currency collapses. The currency is absorbed back into “nothingness”.
When Our Heavenly Father chose this winery as the source of the fruit for inspection before the Day of Jubilee, the decree focused on Mystery Babylon. The spies consumed the “nothingness” of Mystery Babylon and proclaimed the taking of the land which now encompasses the entire globe. Originally, the faith of only two spies sustained the children of Israel to enter into the Promised Land 38 1/2 years after the original date. Today, the faith of all twelve spies satisfied the requirement to include all of the earth for the Kingdom of GOD.
The creation of mankind was actually “Ex Amo”, out of Love. Love consumed the chaos and created synchronicity and order. As we continue to pursue the vital characteristic of Our Heavenly Father, we will take on HIS Glory, the outworking of HIS Love HIS Love is what consumes and absorbs the “nothingness” of Mystery Babylon. Paul tells us that Love is the one aspect of Our Heavenly Father that will not pass away.
Ephesians 3: 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—
19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
The “fullness” of GOD comes through Love which passes knowledge. We must focus on being rooted and grounded in Love so that we can walk in the fullness of Our Heavenly Father. Why focus elsewhere?
It all started on June 22nd of this year. I was in the midst of preparing for our annual vacation to the beach. I received a call from our good friends in Canada and was given the following details:
Sheila speaking: Now this particular morning I was awake at 5 am and heard in the Spirit, ‘Set up a trust fund’— named “To serve” … Ha! That’s funny to the natural mind. It came again, ‘Set up a trust fund’. How would we do that? It would probably cost more than we have to get it set up! A further thought came by the Spirit … ‘talk with Bob Henley. (we did just that).
They suggested that I travel to Canada and meet with them and another couple to discuss a Canadian branch of Servias Ministries. I suggested that we discuss the trip once I returned from vacation. I was in the midst of unprecedented repairs & maintenance at the house. With each new project, I simply spoke gratitude to Our Heavenly Father for having a place to live. The repair process was to last all summer and I was in no mood to make a trip anywhere but to Home Depot.
After vacation, Canada was not on my priority list, repairs were. I love my Canadian friends but a trip to British Columbia was a notable commitment, both time and money. Our Heavenly Father needed to get my attention away from the repairs and HE did with the following excerpts from another email:
August 15th. Last Friday we went to the local library. As I passed the shelf of used paperbacks for sale at 25 cents each, I stopped to have a quick peek and one book stood out; it was entitled ‘The Judas Factor’. I was interested because in some of our research reading, our thoughts were challenged whether Judas was a traitor or an obedient servant doing exactly what Father had asked of him !?!?!? (Wow!).
So I picked up the book but found it had no interest to me other than it was a spy story by an author I had read in earlier years. Within a day or two, I was again prompted to pick it out of my pile of books waiting to be read. I was surprised and lightly questioned it when I read the word ‘serveus’ — used in the story as a password. I finished reading the book the following day and moved on to other things.
Two months have passed and I have not forgotten the ‘Word’ to open a trust account called “TOSERVE”— but have not heard anything further … until just before settling down to sleep on the evening of the14th. — I heard ‘serveus’ (‘servias’?) is the password. I asked the Lord to remind me of this in the morning.
This was the spy’s password to access all of the wealth. This necessitated my inquiry to Our Heavenly Father about making the trip. Yes, as soon as possible. I knew now that I had a mission from GOD. Where did they live? Kelowna, BC,,, never heard of it. I googled the place to get familiar with it and found it was in the midst of Canada’s wine country. The motto of the city is “fruitfulness in unity” and the name means “grizzly bear”. In the meantime, a friend in Michigan called and mentioned he had just returned from Canada. I mentioned my upcoming trip and he asked the final destination. Kelowna. “What? I was just there a couple of days ago". His cousin took them on a wine tour and the one winery he compelled me to go to was Ex Nihilo Winery. The ice wine was the premier wine from that valley. The Rolling Stones are investors. “Ex Nihilo” means out of nothing… the beginning of creation.
Our Heavenly Father put on my heart that I must buy the ice wine to be inspected on the eve of the Day of Jubilee (aka Atonement) in St. Louis. This was to represent the grapes carried back from Canaan by the spies for inspection prior to entrance into the Promised Land. Do you think the spies brought back mediocre fruit for inspection? Nothing but the best!
On August 17th, I notified our friends that I would travel to Kelowna to meet with them and the other couple on August 26th and spend a few days in the valley of the fruit. I arrived in Seattle and rented a car. I knew that I must visit Vancouver’s city center and then travel on Highway 1 to Kelowna. My GPS routed me through Hope, B.C. even though it was a slight detour.
I arrived at the winery and bought two bottles of ice wine to be used for inspection. On one of the bottles, the inscription was “Journey of Hope”. On the other was “Sympathy for the devil”. After all, we must show compassion for all of Our Heavenly Father’s creation, even the devil. After I left the winery, I arrived at our friend’s house on the lake. The other couple arrived and we spent the weekend sharing our hearts. I am convinced that both couples I met with would be integral in what Our Heavenly Father has called us to in handling Kingdom funds and establishing a presence in Western Canada. The Canadian connection to Servias Ministries is materializing. I expect our expansion to occur there next.
After much spiritual warfare, I was able to get the “fruit” back to Oklahoma in preparation for the trip to St. Louis. We then traveled to St. Louis for a conference held by Stone Kingdom Ministries. Upon inquiry of Our Heavenly Father, we were to inspect at 2 P.M. with a total of 12 people selected for the task. Each of us “inspected” the fruit and found it good. We all agreed that by HIS anointing we were well able to take the Promised Land. The inspection was completed before 3 P.M. on Friday, October 7th. Thus what Our Heavenly Father began on June 22nd at 5 A.M. was manifested to complete this leg of the journey HE has us on.
On Saturday, I was led to go to the Arch in St. Louis. This is where the grizzly bear on prominent display in the Visitor Center connected the dots to Kelowna, B.C. You just can’t make this stuff up!
The original ark of the Covenant was Noah’s ark. Eight souls were shut In the ark (1Peter 3:20) and the lawlessness on earth was erased. At that point, Our Heavenly Father created an unconditional covenant with Noah and as evidence of this covenant, the rainbow was established. Noah’s mandate was to be fruitful and multiply. Interestingly enough, Noah did not leave the ark until instructed to do so: Gen 8:16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
Noah had seen the dry land but waited on Our Heavenly Father… smart man. Once out of the ark, he built an altar of sacrifice unto Our Heavenly Father. This is the first mention of an altar in Scripture. The burnt offering was a sacrifice of devotion and service. Each of the clean animals was included in the sacrifice:
And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Can you imagine the magnitude of this offering? The clean animals were taken from the original seven that entered the ark (Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female). I believe that there were four males and three females with one male sacrificed leaving three pairs to be fruitful and multiply. Each of these animals would have been selected by Our Heavenly Father and moved upon by His Holy Spirit to enter into the ark thus the genetics would have been flawless for the replenishment cycle.
The number 8 represents “new beginnings” just as the eighth day of Tabernacles is the first day of the new week, the octave in music is the first note on the scale, and so on. When a covenant is established, two agree on a new beginning thus numerically resulting in 16, the number of Love. When two establish an unconditional covenant based on Love, the number of the covenant expands to 32. So, 8, 16, and 32 are all interconnected and tied together by Love. Love was the primal intent for the creation of the universe. It caused the compression that resulted in the expansion (or big bang) that caused the universe to form and perpetually expand, even today.
Our Heavenly Father established the “bow”, or rainbow, as a sign of the Unconditional Covenant HE established with Noah. The “fruitfulness and multiply” mandate has not changed. We are called to proclaim this Covenant as well. Recently, a notable group of people met for the fall feast celebration in St. Louis at the Millennium Hotel next to the Gateway Arch. The Arch is symbolic of the Covenant of Love. It has 16 elevator cars (eight on each side) ascending to the top. At the top of the Arch there are 16 windows on each side for a total of 32. The Arch was to signify “expansion” just as the Covenant with Noah denoted expansion into the earth. In the visitor center of 70,000 sq. ft. where you purchase tickets and prepare for your ascent, there is grizzly bear on display. I would suggest that this ties the Arch to Kelowna, British Columbia. Kelowna is an Indian name for “grizzly bear”. The motto of Kelowna is “fruitfulness in unity”.
Let us proclaim: “The time is now for the fruitfulness Covenant to come forth on this earth. Let Our Heavenly Father smell that sweet savor in HIS nostril and recall in HIS Heart this Covenant of Love.”
Amen!
Banks hold government securities as part of their portfolio. Historically, these investments were viewed as zero risk instruments, similar to cash. That has changed. Sovereign debt now has a risk factor associated with it. Greece is now the poster child for risk. European leaders have figured out that a bank’s capital could get wiped out with a default by Greece. Generally a bank’s capital structure accounts for no more than 10% of its deposits. This is 2008 all over again.
The U.S. is in a serious recession. Banks have kept families in houses without paying their mortgage payment so they could at least take care of the property and keep the loss off the books for now. China is entering a recession and will create a serious financial tsunami around the world. Manufacturers are unable to get bank loans because credit has dried up and are now being subjected to the loan sharks. Companies are shutting their doors and causing a drop in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Inflation is understated thus China’s GDP looks better than it actually is.
The interconnectedness of countries has created a domino effect as mentioned in a previous blog. Rather than financial instruments staying inside the borders, they are sold to investors around the world. Wall Street has enticed investors with higher returns but without the understanding of the fragility of the issuing country. The counterparty risks of all of these financial instruments are now being exposed and the holders will soon have a “come to Jesus” meeting.
The U.S Dollar is currently the safe haven of funds from around the world. It is the least ugly of the ugly sisters. Where will value be stored if the U.S. Dollar tanks? I believe it to be Gold & Silver.
It is interesting to note that Herman Cain was a member of the Federal Reserve in Kansas City:
http://www.kansascityfed.org/publicat/newsroom/2011pdf/press.release.05.26.11.pdf
At this website, we have been sharing with our readers the problem of the unregulated credit default swaps (CDS), aka financial instruments of mass destruction. As of December, 2010, the total of CDS stood at $29.9 Trillion according to the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). See: http://www.bis.org/publ/otc_hy1105.pdf These unregulated instruments are embedded in bank balance sheets around the world and politicians have no idea what the impact would be if institutions started defaulting on their debt. It’s like flying a B-1 bomber fully loaded with live nuclear bombs blindfolded and without an autopilot. Man’s greed has brought us to the edge of the financial cliff. As always, American Network television fails to report the impending financial disaster so we must go to Europe to get some details. The Fed will only tell us of the disaster after the crash occurs so nobody will be prepared and protected.
Prior to entering the “Promised Land”, a fruit inspection must take place. Otherwise, why should we make the trip?
At 2 PM Central Standard Time on Friday October 7th, 2011, twelve spies were gathered to inspect the fruit of the Promised Land. The fruit was consumed and found “good”. Further it was decreed that we are well able to conquer the land with the anointing of Our Heavenly Father. The fruit was exceptional and had a known seven year history of maturity. Now is the time.
Britain needs everyone to play nice and buy exports from them even though there is no mention of a currency war raging. Self interest rules the day and in the end everybody will through the other guy under the bus:
This crisis is worse than 2008 and those (who think they are) in power are trying their best to maintain status quo.
Our Heavenly Father is the only source of true stability.
This month marks the fortieth year of my conscious commitment to Our Heavenly Father. I was drawn to a Christian coffeehouse called “The Open Door” because of the quality of the musicians playing there. It was there that I heard the Word of GOD with passion. Other than a few Bible stories, I knew virtually nothing about the Scriptures. In the upper room, I received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Little did I know what impact that event would have on my life. The next month I met the wife of my youth and nine months later we were married.
The Feast of Tabernacles is at hand and this will be my 16th year to observe this feast. The first observance was at Moon Plaza in Fridley, Minnesota. During that meeting, I was asked to speak. I had been dissecting the Book of Esther and shared the revelation I was receiving at the time. To this very day, a lady who attended that meeting reminds me of my presentation of Esther.
Many of us have similar events in our lives as Our Heavenly Father guides us through our time of preparation. We are given revelation, signs, dreams, visions, all to encourage us as we navigate through our time of testing and preparation. Some started their walk earlier than me, and some later. Each of us has a unique calling to serve the Kingdom of Our Beloved Heavenly Father. Unique gifts were set aside for us to fulfill our service to the Kingdom. I know of not one soul who wanted to be as the woman with the issue of blood, but that woman had a calling to fulfill the Scripture just like David, Joseph, Esther, or others whom we prefer to associate our callings with. We must be careful to not underestimate the calling of those who appear to be less fortunate than the rest of us. They are just as important to Our Heavenly Father as we are. The spirit of entitlement must be replace with the heart of gratitude if we are to fulfill our calling.
Our Heavenly Father has molded my life for His purpose. My job was simply to respond. I did not plan my career, HE did. I did not plan my birthplace, HE did. I did not plan to receive the Holy Spirit in October, 1971, HE did. I simply went to hear some excellent musicians play. Our Heavenly Father has choreographed our lives for HIS perfect plan, will, and purpose. HE has exposed our lawlessness, our immaturity, our lack of skill, our lack of understanding, so that we would grow and mature in order that we could handle our calling properly. If there was one thing I could claim expertise in, it would be my quickness to ask for forgiveness.
Our Heavenly Father has sent many prophets to announce changes affecting all of us. Tumultuous times are ahead and a remnant of us have been prepared for such a time as this. Man’s wisdom can no longer keep the current system intact. The wobble has started and the earth is ripe for a change. None of this is a surprise to Our Heavenly Father. In HIS great grace and mercy, HE has appointed each of us to be alive at this time and to participate in HIS plan. May each of us be deemed a good and faithful servant. Now is the time!