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July 15, 2018 Sunday - Seeing is not believing, believing is seeing

July 17, 2018 Tuesday - Covenant With the Builder

The last couple of days have been tremendous and I have been hearing the Lord clearly.  He has taught me the principal of taking the step first and then seeing the manifestation of His glory unfold, whereas most people want to see the miracle and then walk into it.  We who are alive in Christ Jesus must walk by faith and be willing to go past the edge of ourselves into the uncomfortable zone that we no longer have control over, indeed we must die to everything we are so that He can be all that there is.  Some say that Moses held up His staff and then the Red Sea parted (which indicates one must do the act first then see God move), but I see it as Moses taking that great leap of faith to travel all the way out of Egypt with all those people with nothing but God as his enduring benevolent guide (that was the first act it needed to be on pure faith and not reliant upon self so that when he reached the dead end, Red Sea, He had that earnest expectation of seeing God move before him). Likewise, we who say that we are followers of Jesus must be followers of faith. indeed faith is what our entire eternity is based on for if Jesus did not rise from the grave then what is all of it for. No! Jesus rose and is alive forever more so we must follow in blind obedience to His calling forth, the ushering out of the darkness and into the eternal light of truth. 

So, I have been hearing Him say little commands over the last couple of days; first, I had grabbed a new roll of toilet paper and placed it over the one that was empty and I heard Him say No! change the roll. Next, He told me how my slippers where supposed to be arranged as they were not in alignment (one was in the opposite direction toe first). He said "you see son if you are faithful in the little things I command you I will know I can trust you with the greater things" <Luke 16:10>.  Now, I receive my greatest revelations while I run as this is a dyeing to myself, there is a point in which I know I will reach where my physical body cannot continue and it is at that point where the Spirit must take over and at that point is when I hear the clearest.  Today as I ran on the treadmill I saw a vision of a man standing on firm ground and I could see three roots directly beneath the man and three pathways directly above the man. I asked the Lord, Lord what is this and He said you see son there should never be more roots beneath a man than pathways above him (I knew this to mean the things which people cannot see are beneath the man and deal with self gratification and exaltation whereas the clear pathways above a man deal with ascending to the throne through spiritual maturity). The Roots beneath the man are as follow;

1. I Want - Haughtiness (arrogantly superior and disdainful) 


2. I Feel - Ego (a person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance)


3. I Think - Pride of life <1 John 2:16>

The Three clear pathways I saw were;

1. Death to Self (<Mark 8:34-35>)


2. Holiness (dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred)


3. Sanctification (set apart for particular use in a special purpose or work and to make holy or sacred)

Now after I got off the treadmill I usually do some high knees as a cool down exercise. As I began to do this the Lord made me bowl down to the wall in front of me and then said I should bow down to the other three walls, and so I did.  I said Lord what was that about He said "son I am holding back the four winds of the earth, do you remember in Revelation?"  I said yes Lord and He said "you have shown honor to me and the four angels which stand on North, South, East and West that are holding my spirit back from being poured out upon all the earth until the appointed time"  This was amazing to me as that scripture Revelation 7:1. had meant death and destruction now has a totally new rejuvenating refreshing nourishing and life bringing significance, Praise the most high God!. 

The Word of the Lord came to me today while I was running on the treadmil again;

Background: a couple months ago or so I was told to open up a checking account at Beneficial Bank and the Lord would prosper the Ark.  I did not act immediately but thought about it for some time until it faded away. I was driving back from seeing my wife and family off to Chicago to attend a conference and see her dad in Mn when I heard the Lord again come unto me and say, "why haven't you opened up an account at Beneficial Bank?" So, I stopped on the way home and received the documentation needed to open an account. This revealed that I needed acquire the signatures of the board of directors of ChrisTcradle Charity Foundation, Inc., I contacted Antwan and we established a time in the following week to discuss the matter...   

So as I ran, I began to ponder on the upcoming meeting and the Lord entered inside of me and said (from my perspective) Do not think we have established this ministry to receive profit unto ourselves, for if any of you are seeking after the fleshly desire of riches then perhaps this is not the right body to be included in. No, brothers we seek the confirmation of the Holy One, the righteous One of Israel and the Son of the most high God. We seek to give and not to receive, we seek to bless others and give in abundance of earthly riches so that we can receive heavenly treasures which will not rust nor be destroyed, indeed thieves cannot take back. We seek to come before the throne of glory and hear the words well done good and faithful servant and take your place beside my right hand and inherit what was set aside for you since the beginning of time.  Brothers we seek more than anything to take all those riches we have received through earthly works and the cumulation of the treasures upon our heads in the form of crowns and lay them all down at His feet just as we laid our lives down and let Him rule in us all the days of our lives.

Additionally,  I was shown a vision come down in front of me it was a page from a website. It was a light purple background with two gold vertical borders along the sides about 2" out from the edge and also along those lines were the cherubim that were posted on each side to overlook the Ark of the Covenant.  He said to me that what we are building, that is the Holy plans which are given to me from heaven are Holy and the Ark which is being built to hold His sanctified people are to be a peculiar people, a Holy Priesthood for His sake and as such there should be cherubs overlooking everything that happens within.  As He has already told me to have a homepage of the stairs to His throne, I will seek Him further on how He wants this accomplished. Bless you Lord and may all the people of the earth say Amen!  Exodus 25:22; Revelation 11:19