BeLOnGings

In the last blog I suggested the greatest blessing of the ‘virus’ crisis might be PAIN.

This weeks “news” i.e. what the Mainsream Media are choosing to focus us on is the storm that has arisen in Minneapolis……and now beyond, over George Floyd’s tragic killing.

More Pain. Different source. ………..Same purpose.

The images of our City burning were a flashback to ‘the Troubles’ of the 70s 80s and early 90s in our other home city – Belfast!

” Be very careful then how you live, not as unwise but as wise, MAKING THE MOST OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY for the days are EVIL. “ seems more relevant than ever!

Hilary and I are in Boston primarily for Robin’s surgery, but find it is also part of the bigger picture. We were invited to share at a fellowship here in modern America’s birthplace on Pentecost Sunday morning.

The night before, I was awakened by a literal, “mighty rushing wind’ in our room. It was 4.40. I was lead to Psalm 4:4

“Be angry, but sin not. Ponder in your heart (dialogue with Dad) on your bed and be still. Offer right sacrifices (of thanksgiving) and trust in the Lord.”

Anger rises up in us when we are in pain because things are not the way we want them to be. We can then channel that anger in a positive or negative direction.

The way in which we can avoid the sin that can so easily arise out of this anger is to “drop down” from our soul – those inflamed emotions and strong opinions – to hear in our spirit the contrasting ”still small voice” of God bringing us to rest as we give thanks, trusting that our loving Father has everything in hand.

Often when I then ponder on my bed, my Heavenly Father reminds me of the wisdom I heard from my earthly father or mother. I remembered how my Dad said repeatedly during ‘The Troubles’ – “I blame the Media for inflaming the violence”

Control the narrative and curate the truth in order to “Divide and conquer” continues to be the strategy of a corrupt elite behind the propaganda machine. This effect gets amplified with so many now also on ‘social media’ and everyone wanting to voice their ‘opinion.’

The scripture came to mind, “Be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.” (James 1:19)

Father then spoke to me about two emails I had received that day. One was from a friend Peter, a leader of a ministry working with the voiceless and marginalized, located at the center of the unrest. Over the last few years Peter has had a remarkable journey of healing from cancer.

Peter told of how evil had co-opted the legitimate protests, destroying hundreds of immigrant businesses, and wasting an area that was already struggling economically. I was reminded how on the day of Pentecost,

“Peter, stood up………..”

This Peter was standing up, leading an initiative to mobilize hordes of volunteers to literally clean up the streets after the destructive violence.

The second email I got that day was from Jessie in Belfast whose husband Paul has also suffering from a wasting disease, in his body, affecting the motor neurones. The last time we visited, the only movement Paul could make was to blink his eyelids. Jessie was able to use a letter board to interpret him.

”He is asking ‘How can we pray for Robin?’”

We were deeply moved by this expression of selfless love.

I was reminded of the scripture in Acts 27 :21

“Paul stood up………”

In Ephesians 6:13 we are told to ”Take up the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the EVIL day, and having done all, TO STAND.”

In this EVIL day we are called“to stand”

• to stand on the truth of God’s word,

• to stand up, by doing whatever he reveals to you personally as your responsibility to express his love and hope, whether it be to intercede in you heart, because like Paul, you can only stand up by lying down and lying still, or to stand up like Peter and his friends by getting up and brushing up the glass of a poor immigrant’s shattered dream

As I am typing this I get two more texts, one from our son Robin who has just had an amputation of a leg with a cancerous wound. Robin’s name is a form of Robert which means, “bright fame” Robin wrote this to our family,

I have made it through some of the most painful nights imaginable this week, I think we have figured out how best to use the pain meds going forward. As expected my skin is not healing like normal, it’s not bad but just needs some help. I will be having an operation Monday to clean stuff up and prepare it for a vac(which will assist with new skin formation) and then on Friday I will have a skin graft operation. It’s gonna be a longer road than I would have liked but I’m happy to pay up front for a better future. Love you all and thanks for your prayers.

The second text is from my dear friend Vernon Robert (son) in Canada who has also just had surgery on his leg for cancer!! A few days ago Vernon sent this message to Robin, Hilary and I. “ God works ALL things out for GOOD” What an amazing Truth that is at this time. In Christ Love. Vernon and Maureen.”

These two are also called in a remarkable way to stand ….. in the face of a literal assault on their legs……that in their standing, God’s bright glory would be made famous through them.

These four, Peter, Paul, Robin and Vernon have all suffered great pain, but have seen it as an opportunity to turn the pain from a SORE to a SOAR, as they have mounted up with wings as eagles to view these difficult things from the vantage point of where they really live, “seated in Christ in heavenly places.” while keeping their feet firmly on the ground of real life.

They represent a “remnant of grace” on a “road less travelled.” Instead of succumbing to a destructive anger, they have found grace for a constructive camber to ascend and call others up onto the “highway of holiness”

As I rose last Sunday morning having received this message for the church gathered in the car park that morning, I stood in the restroom (as men do in the morning ) and there in front of me was the painting above. It was an incredible double witness to the message I had just received from our Father!

I noticed the name of the artist in the bottom left corner – Peter!

In the foreground TWO weatherbeaten stakes STAND at their post.

The sea storms, and yet the the water stops just short of where they stand. ( I recall Peter’s subsequent report told of how the rioters got within a block of their “Fallout Shelter” before being halted by the National Guard)

The sky is ominously dark, and yet at one point there is a lightness,, a faint blueness and brightness. We realize that behind the clouds shines the Sun……..and the storm will pass.

It is for us simply to STAND in Christ…. for the victory is already assured…..in the One who has risen!

…………and ALL WILL BE WELL.

On our way home from our daily meal delivery to Robin in the Boston hospital (The authorities are still denying **real science and forbidding visiting!) we stopped off to buy coffee and were permitted to sit outside the coffee shop to enjoy it in the sun. We watched a group of three approach the man opposite to ask if they might sit next to him to eat their lunch. “No! Too close” he nervously objected.

“You can sit with us” we called out, and thus began a new friendship with Dmitri. He pointed to his mother, and told of how she had emigrated from St Petersburg many years ago when Jews were permitted to leave for Israel. They choose instead the plane to Boston. “She raised us to live life fearlessly.” He said.

He found it funny to see I had converted my mask into a “Kippa” to protect my sunburned head. It proved to be more than prophetic when yesterday we got a text message inviting us to join Dmitri and his cousin for their Shabbat celebration. What a fun feast it turned out to be : – )

What a message from Abba, that when in faith we dwell in the shelter of El Shaddai then we can truly enter with joy into the rest of his Shabbat!

……basking in the sunshine of his love rather than masking before the specter of fear.

**Influenza like illness” hospital visits now ‘minimal’ in all but one state. Covid 19 (third red peak) peaked in April. CDC.gov figures.

A few weeks ago I wrote about how I was shown that CS Lewis’ story,’The Silver Chair’, was prophetic for these days. I would encourage you to read or reread it.

One of the parallels I drew was between the Giants of Harfung and today’s God-denying Giant corporations, for example BIG Agriculture, BIG Pharma and BIG Tech. I said when these corporate entities are unredeemed they trade in “the bodies and souls of men” as described in Revelation 18. I named Bill and Melinda Gates as having been cast in the role of the King and Queen of the Giants. “Cast in the role of” is significant, for we do not get to choose the part that we will play, in this drama called LIFE.

Yesterday I got another of those ‘signs following’ confirming to me that I had indeed heard right. I learned from James Corbett in his fourth and final video in the series Who is Bill Gates?, that there is a chapter in Gate’s book ‘Showing up for LIFE’ which he has entitled, “Walking With GIANTS”

This chapter describes the close relationship the Gates family have with the Rockefeller family who have also used their great wealth to promote under the guise of philanthropy a Eugenics ideology and agenda, in Corbett’s words “Not to improve the world for mankind, but to improve the world for their kind”

https://www.corbettreport.com 

This was the same mentality that the Giants of Harfung had……at times almost capable of pity for the Man and Marsh wiggle “meal to be” but bound by the understanding that their being Giants “fodder” was the natural order of things. ……for Giants kind was not “humankind”

Our three heroes, Eustace, Jill and Puddleglum had two Awakening experiences in the story.

The nature of the Giants as malevolent rather than benevolent, was the first Awakening, which lead to them taking immediate and drastic action to escape. There is an obvious parallel between this and  where we find ourselves today as the human race under threat.

Having said that, one can see God’s redemptive hand in the (to pun) ‘Silver Linings’ to what has been variously called the plan-demic, panic-demic and  sham-demic.

The most obvious may be how in this imposed season of Sabbath rest, people are refocusing on home and family….the God ordained building block …..as we come to Him, the living stone – rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him, and as living stones are built together into a dwelling place in which God lives by his Spirit, to express His glory. This is in contrast to the building of a Tower of Babel where men in their arrogance say, “Come let us to make a name for ourselves.”

I believe however the greatest ‘silver lining’, believe it or not, has been………

The Pain

At this very moment our eldest son Robin, is being relieved of the chronic Pain he has suffered for 31 years as he undergoes an above knee amputation of a leg that has been almost totally destroyed by infection and cancer below the knee.

As we have been together in Boston during these pre-op days the main theme of his speech  has been profound gratitude,.….gratitude for being alive at this time on earth, when, had he been born just a few decades earlier, he would have been long dead!……gratitude for God’s hand orchestrating that the surgery will be done by probably the leading surgeon in the world in this field……but also gratitude for what he calls the ‘gift of the wound’ which has changed who he is and how he now views God, his  life and other human beings – through God’s compassionate eyes.

That means human beings without exception, from the most obviously disadvantaged and damaged child to the “apparently” successful powerful  and public leader…..who inside is also a damaged – and terrified little child.

It was Lewis who said, “Pain is God’s megaphone to wake a sleeping world” who crafted The Silver Chair to illustrate this with the Marsh wiggle, obviously of another ‘kind’ but with the ‘divine spark’ to endear him to us. In a desperate attempt to resist the enchantment he sacrifices his own comfort for the sake of apprehending the truth. He courageously stomps his foot in the fire. As he cries out in Pain all three are jolted back to the awareness of that beautiful reality of Overland

In a similar way Robin’s Pain and Prunimg courageously endured, has served to re-awaken him as a Puddleglum, (and Hilary and I as a Jill and a Eustace.) to a deeper reality – the kingdom of God that is coming on earth. and to desire this Awakening for all through the Present Pain and Pruning.

This has involved Robin taking responsibility for his own heath and applying the truth he has discovered that sets us free. Leg aside, the medical tests revealed he has gone in to surgery in excellent physical condition….. even scaling that tree he pruned, with his own “dead” limb, that is now itself,  being pruned!

Today’s date for Robin’ss surgery has been perfectly ordered by our Father. Last Sunday I had a marvelous conversation  with Robin’s two sons about the story of Paul’s shipwreck in Acts 27. This has been a life passage for me.

Robin and his son Ravi are also  named Paul. That evening Robin told of how he had made a tax payment for $2700 and then was confused when he got a check back from the government for $2700. It proved to be his stimulus check……’God incidentally’…. for the same 27 amount!!

Then it dawned on me the surgery had been rescheduled for today, 27th.

The beauty of that prophetic story in Acts 27 is that in the midst of the storm when everyone else had lost hope, that Paul stood up and said, “ Last night an angel appeared to me and said, ‘Fear not! God has graciously given you the lives of all on board.’”

Not only did Paul and his believing companion Aristarchus make it safely to shore, but all 276 on board also reached Melita, which means honey. This represents the land ‘flowing with milk and honey’, ‘the promised land’ of our immortal  inheritance that was lost in Adam but has now been recovered in Christ.

This is the Greatest Love Story Ever.

……..That in the end of the day the most damaged child ever born and the most ‘apparently’ successful ‘leader’ will share the same fate, as actors in the Divine drama, some as vessels of honor, some as vessels of dishonor.

All will humbly bow at the end of the play before the dazzling light of the one who has authored, cast and completed this story and before the one through whom the whole world has been conciliated……….our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

When we awaken to this story……that God is this good, God is this gracious,  God is this wise, God is this powerful, and God is this sovereign, then we know,

All Will Be Well,

……….and we can easily join Paul at  the end of the Ephesians 5 passage 

…….ALWAYS giving thanks for EVERYTHING in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen

At the end of the last blog I plucked the title  Just Give Me The Good News, ‘out of the air’ so as to speak, without any forethought. Moments after posting the blog I then discovered a link to some of that Good News. In fact true to Is. 65:24 “Even before they call I will answer…..” the link had come into my mail box before I even posted!

That blog sought to awaken us to the evil and corruption of these days. This report  describes how the evil and corruption of two of the GIANTS of Harfung, the vaccine child of BIG PHARM and Monsanto the child of BIG AG, are even now being exposed and brought to account.

Click on the video below to see the result of an action begun a few years ago. Today is 22 May 2020. The video starts at 1.22.22. It looks like the ‘sons of light’ (#22) are starting to shine !!!!

“Weeping may endure for the night but joy comes in the morning.” (Ps.30:5)

HHS Sued for Not Upholding Vaccine Safety Testing Mandated by Law

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcUAG6t5aN8&t=9s

My Dad used to say, “If you didn’t laugh you’d cry.” JP Sears does a great job at helping us laugh at today’s world that is so much madder than the Mad Mad Mad Mad World we laughed uproariously together at, over 50 years ago .

The Greatest Love Story Ever which Hilary and I sang, and I posted at the start of this series begins:

This is the Greatest Love Story Ever

PAIN beyond bearing. JOY beyond pain.

This of course refers to Jesus whom we are to fix our eyes on…..

“Who for the JOY set before him, endured the CROSS despising it’s shame” (Heb. 12:2)

“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” (Ps. 30:5)

Returning to the Ephesians 5 passage,

“Wake up, sleeper,
    rise from the dead,
    and Christ will give you light.”

Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because THE DAYS ARE EVIL

As for Jesus, so for us, before the JOY comes the PAIN, as we are awakened and enlightened first of all, to the EVIL in our day.

The other night in our fellowship meeting Lynn, a mature sister and friend, who is a true intercessor and whom we deeply respect, admitted,

“I had to repent for resisting this part of the ‘awakening’, because I didn’t want to face up to the fact that such evil and corruption existed in my world……...When I realized it did…… I had to WEEP!”

This week I found the ‘book end’ interview to the one I posted last, with Dr. Judy Mikovitz. This time it is another brave and brilliant lady from our home on the other side of the Atlantic. This Puddle glum – like Hero is Professor Dolores Cahill from Dublin. She is interviewed here by Del Bigtree on a program called “Unmasking the Truth.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9ti6isM-NY

Anyone who has looked beyond the Mainstream media’s propaganda to find out what is really going on cannot but conclude that the handling of the current crisis has been CATASTROPHIC.

The concrete data is now proving that Covid -19 is a condition no more dangerous that the ‘seasonal flu’ with a comparable mortality to the 2017/18 influenza season were no special measures were taken.

(Here is a longer interview discussing this between Ivor Cummins and Nobel Prize Winner, and Stanford Professor, Michael Levitt…….

Yet the world has been ‘shut down’ and extreme and unprecedented measures instituted that have served only to ‘shut down’ our natural immune systems, destroying health rather than promoting it.

For example, the single greatest factor contributing to health and longevity as demonstrated in the world’s ‘Blue Zones’ whose population are the longest lived on the planet, is close knit COMMUNITY. We are bonding mammals’ called human beings! ‘Lockdowns’, ‘social distancing’ and masks all work to destroy both natural immunity and community and therefore mankind. 

This coming weekend Hilary and Robin and I head to Boston for the amputation of Robin’s left leg on Wednesday 27th.

We are deeply thankful to our Father that Robin’s life saving surgery for the cancerous wound has only been put back by 5 days, however…..

We deeply weep for the thousands of people who will now die and loose loved ones as a result of delayed diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other serious conditions, and for the millions who as a result of the flawed leadership in this Plan-demic, will suffer and die as a result of it’s economic, mental and emotional impact.

Dolores spoke of the Irish Constitutions “inalienable right to bodily integrity.” JP Sears quips awkwardly about the long term solution now being proposed by the Mainstream agenda ……..nonconsensual penetration…...no, that’s not date rape, that’s

…...STATE RAPE!……euphemistically called ‘Mandatory vaccination’

With a long term solution looking as CATASTROPHIC as was the short term one we can’t but ask, “Is the goal to cure us or to kill us?”

………like the GIANTS at Harfung?

Let me tie today’s real life scenario into the three stories I referenced in the last blog,’The Silver Chair, by C.S. Lewis, The Fall of Babylon in Revelation 18, and The Stranger, sent by our deceased friend Lois…….. as they have a bearing on The Greatest Love Story Ever.

It would seem to me that indeed Bill and Melinda Gates have been cast in the role of the King and Queen GIANTS of the House of Harfung,

Bill Gates who has stated publicly his desire to depopulate the world is the one who last year gave a $79 million grant to fund the now totally discredited Imperial College model on which the failed government policy has been based.

He is also one of those who has keep us ”spellbound’, through using his phenomenal wealth to fund and therefore control the voice of ‘the world’ through the Mainstream media’s narrative, for example in the UK through the BBC and in the US through NPR.

The bible tells us to “Love not the world’ (1 Jn. 2:15) i.e. as an evil spiritual system – not ‘the world‘ of people whom we are to love. And yet we continue to be wooed by the seductive words of ‘The Stranger’ in the corner of the room whose deceitfully glamorous message remains unchanged ……..mocking for example faith in God and saying it’s OK if we cheat on our wives.

(This morning as if to confirm this, in my reading Father pointed out The Stranger’s name!…..

“An arrogant man is inflated with pride— nothing but a snooty scoffer in love with his own opinion. Mr. Mocker is his name!No one believes a notorious liar, but the guarded words of an honest man stand the test of time.”
‭(‭Proverbs‬ ‭21:24, 28‬ ‭TPT)‬‬

It would seem that playing the part of King and Queen of the GIANTS of Harfung, the Gates have used wealth as a Babylonian ‘merchant,’ to ‘grow rich’ by trafficking “…in the bodies and souls of men….”

……through partnership with the Harfung Giants of BIG AG, like Monsanto, whose GMOs and pesticides, have for example driven thousands of peasant farmers in India to commit suicide,

…..through the Harfung Giants of BIG PHARMA who for example have robbed thousands of Kenyan girls of the gift of motherhood!

A part of my awakening to the extent of this evil and corruption, was on a recent flight. I ‘just happened’ upon the classic movie JFK which I had never watched. It shocked me that there was such overwhelming evidence about Kennedy’s assassination contradicting the ‘official’ explanation. (In the words of Bob Dylan’s recent release, “Murder Most Foul”) What shocked me even more was to read at the end that these dark powers had not been called to account!

What a joy to discover that the preface of Judy Mikovits’ book ‘Plague of Corruption’ that I linked to last week is written by JFK’s nephew, Robert F Kennedy Jr. and that JFK’s spirit of service for the people and the country, lives on in another member of the family whose integrity and character seem to shine in the darkness.

Here is a short summary illustrating the dangers I have outlined above by Robert F Kennedy Jr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoOKX0YgkYk

James Corbett has done an excellent job in gathering more information to answer the question, “Who is Bill Gates?” at thecorbettreport.com

When we awaken to the fact that evil and corruption do exists in our world then like Lynn……… we cannot but ‘WEEP’

While all of this should sadden us, it should not shock us!

Matt.24:37 says “As it was in the days of Noah so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.” What characterized the days of Noah? : “Now the earth was CORRUPT in God’s sight.” (Gen.6:11)“

One study has shown an uncanny correlation (comparable to the correlation between IQ and school grades!) between the prevalence (or perceived prevalence) of infectious diseases in a population and the desire for authoritarian leadership to cleanse the community and keep us ‘safe’.

Hitler was obsessive about both purity and power. We are currently witness ing many ‘little Hitlers’ being exposed as they ignore the science and utilize their positions of power to control and abuse rather than to serve the people.

Maybe this explains how in the current panic-demic many people are no longer willing to think clearly for themselves but anxious to trust those whom the Mainstream tells them are ‘experts’ and to meekly conform to overly authoritarian demands as they accept a narrative which continually works to heighten their FEAR.

Control the Media. Control the Narrative. Control the People

…..through FEAR

Edward Bernays, “The father of propaganda” and master of manipulation said that if you can’t silence the dissenters, then you smear them,

The Harfung GIANTS of BIG TECH are suppressing the truth, silencing ‘good’ people by discriminated against them in Google searches and de-platforming, censoring and often falsely accusing them of ‘Misinformation‘ on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Instagram, Pintrest etc.

I have concluded that added to my 3 criteria for discernment, HUMILITY, INTEGRITY and FACTS THAT ADD UP OVER TIME I would add COURAGE

The many courageous people I have cited over the last weeks have not been intimidated by these Harfung Giants. They seem to have come to a place of spiritual surrender (no matter what their faith background!) where they no longer fear loss of reputation, money or even life.

Many of these whose views differs from the Mainstream narrative are now being SHAMED and labeled as ‘Dangerous conspiracy theorists!’

Maybe at this point you’re thinking “Gosh! Paul’s revealed his true colors…He’s a conspiracy theorist too!”

I would answer, “No I’m a conspiracy realist.”

The most insidious corruption is the CORRUPTION of language.

A few nights ago I watched a documentary that spoke about ‘the conspiracy‘ to destroy the Dakota culture and assimilate the Natives into white culture……. by destroying their language.

‘Conspiracy’ is one more word that has become debased and politicized. Conspiracy isn’t a theory, it is a reality. History is replete with conspiracy reality from the Dakota assimilation to “Et tu Brute!” to Guy Fawkes!

Yet nowadays there is such stigma associated with the word many people rush to say, “…..but of course I’m not a conspiracy theorist!” anxious lest they be numbered among ‘a lunatic fringe’

If you believe the Bible you are doubly obligated to acknowledge the reality of ”conspiracy’. Psalm 2 says, “Why do the nations rage and the people CONSPIRE against the Lord and against his anointed?”

The verse literally at the centre of the bible, Psalm 118:8, reflects this central message. “It is good to trust in the Lord and not put your confidence in princes.” In other words, “Don’t trust men….especially leaders!”

Jesus didn’t. While he valued each and every human soul we read, “But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. No one needed to tell him about human nature, for he himself knew what was in man.” (Jn.2:24,25)

On the contrary, the bible instruct us to “Test all things. Hold fast to what is good.” (1 These 5:21)

I don’t believe we should be ‘taking sides’.

Jesus is not coming to take sides…… he is coming to take over

…….to, in the end, conquer ALL…… by the irresistible power of his love.

Truth is not a Destination, it is a Disposition, where we in humility continually stay close, listening to what he is saying…the one who is “the WAY the TRUTH and the LIFE” (Jn.14:6)

FEAR + SHAME are the devil’s weapons, used by ‘the world‘

Thankfully Jesus came

“…..full of TRUTH and GRACE”…….to destroy the works of the devil.( Jn.1:14, 1Jn.3:8)

That will be the theme next time:

“The Greatest Love Story Ever.” Part 4. Just Give Me The Good News.

P.S. This morning Father confirmed again the above word and its timing. You may recall the ‘drama’ last year surrounding the ministry of hospitality at the Big Green House, created by a disgruntled neighbor who lives next door at #2725 (which just happens to be the Strongs number for ‘accuser‘ )

This morning, after a several month lull, we once again got an officious letter from the City precipitated by further complaints, requesting an inspection, despite the fact that we have been and continue to be in complete compliance with the law.

As I read the letter out to Hilary, finding it difficult to disguise my frustration, I glanced down at our morning Psalm, number 44….

13.“You have caused our neighbors to despise us and scorn us….

and then,

3.“Our forefathers didn’t win these battles by their own strength or their own skill or strategy. But it was through the shining forth of your radiant presence and the display of your mighty power. You loved to give them victory, for you took great delight in them.”

Thank you Father!

At the end of the last blog I said I was planning a deeper dive into the song, and Ephesians 5, but was then lead to write this week, not about the first two lines of the song, but to begin with the 3rd and 4th lines!……. 

“This is the REAL thing now and forever
Toward which all other stories lay claim.”

There is one REAL story, the story that is set forth in the biblical narrative. Every other human story told in human life or imagination simply reflects elements of The Story.

A few weeks ago the Holy Spirit prompted me to lift and read again my favorite of the Chronicles of Narnia, The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis.

The more I read the more I was enthralled at how this particular story describes where I believe we find ourselves in The Story in these days.

(I realized it is the sixth book in the series of seven, just as we are at the end of the 6th Millennium from Adam, and now entering into the 7th Great Sabbath Millennium.)

At the end of my brief telling of the story, I will also connect The Silver Chair to the story of The Stranger that I posted on the April 22nd blog.

The story begins when school friends Jill and Eustace find themselves in another realm where Jill then walks up to the edge of a high cliff. Eustace tries to pull her back, but in the ensuing tussle he tumbles off! Aslan suddenly appears and saves the day by blowing Eustace….all the way to Narnia.

Jill is in awe of Aslan and is moved to repent to him for her stiff neckedness and pride that had caused Eustace to fall. Aslan then also blows her to Narnia to join Eustace in a quest for the missing Prince Rillian. She has been given 4 signs that they are to be guided by.

They discover Prince Rillian’s mother had died after being bitten by a green serpent in the woods. He obsessively journeys back there initially in an attempt to find and destroy her murderer, but this transitions to an obsessive quest for a most beguiling woman he has seen and become enchanted with. One day he fails to return.

The two children are aided in their quest for the missing Prince by Puddleglum the Marsh wiggle, a gangly frog like creature, who becomes an endearing companion, despite his ‘glum’ disposition.

At one point the three come across a beautiful lady dressed in green. Beside her rides a silent knight in armor. She directs them to Harfung castle to join the Giants for their autumn feast. While in the castle the three are horrified to discover in the Giant’s recipe book ‘Man pie’ and a recipe for Marsh wiggle! They realize they are to be the feast!

They flee the palace and find themselves tumbling into the world of Underland. Here they are apprehended by the sad captive Earthmen who escort them to the Queen’s castle. The Queen is not there, but the one inside the armor is. No longer silent he childishly extols ad nasueum the virtues of his Queen and her plan for them to break through to Overland to together become it’s new rulers.

He then tells them about the Silver Chair, and how each evening for an hour he goes ‘mad’ and becomes violent and dangerous, and must be tied to The Silver Chair until the ‘madness’ passes.

The three agree they will not be persuaded to release him no matter what protestations he makes. However at one point he charges them,“by the great Lion, by Aslan himself” to release him…. and they realize…. this is the fourth sign!

Having muffed the first three they know they must take the risk and so they cut him free. He immediately grabs his sword and hacks the The Silver Chair to pieces, thus destroying it’s enchanting power.

The chair had not been keeping him ‘sane’, it was in fact the source of his madness and responsible for his loosing contact with what was real and true. “Lie there, vile engine of sorcery!“ he says.

The knight then identifies himself, “I am Rillian, Prince of Narnia” 

However just as the four are about to make an escape, the Queen enters. When she realizes what has happened she engages them in conversation. As the smell of the magic dust she has sprinkled on the fire and the hypnotic sound of her mandolin strumming take effect, her seductive speech almost succeeds in persuading them that the Overworld is a dream and the Underworld is real, until Puddleglum in a last ditch effort to escape the enchantment, stomps his foot in the fire.

The pain jolts him back to his senses.

The Queen, seeing that her scheme has failed, suddenly changes into her true serpent self, but before she is able to kill the Prince, he kills her with his sword.  

As I have reflected on this I have been reminded again of the story I shared a few weeks ago that was sent to me by Lois our prophetic Ojibwe sister, just before she died – The Stranger. Let me quote from it again:

“Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer, and soon invited him to live with our family……….. The stranger was our storyteller. He could weave the most fascinating tales. He could hold our whole family spellbound for hours each evening.”

It was The Silver Screen that morphed into the TV, and Media in general, that marked the beginning of an age of propaganda. For decades this has been a controlling power ‘enchanting’ us, shaping our ideas and values, and keeping us ‘spellbound’ 

The biblical story that The Silver Chair mirrors which I believe is being played out in our day, is found in the story of the fall of ‘Mystery Babylon’ in Revelation 18. A few texts…….. 

v. 7.   “In her heart she BOASTS, “I sit as QUEEN…” 

v. 22. ” By your MAGIC SPELL all the nations were lead astray”

v. 3,13   “The merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries…..their cargoes…..BODIES AND SOULS OF MEN.”

The proud queen works her MAGIC in conjunction with…..

THE GIANTS 

……representing BIG CORPORATIONS when corrupt.

When corporations are built on a false foundation and not on the one true foundation, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, their motivations are flawed. Their bottom line is to grow richer. They do this by ‘feeding’ on the BODIES AND SOULS OF MEN  People are considered as a disposable commodity to be controlled, manipulated, exploited and discarded, to enrich the few.

THE SILVER CHAIR

……representing The Silver Screen/ THE MEDIA,

Their role is to work the MAGIC by keeping the people ‘spell-bound’, for as her name ‘MYSTERY Babylon’ suggests, the queen’s power lies in her secrecy.  

JILL who has repented from her pride 

…..represents HUMILTY

EUSTACE who at one point suspects something underhand is going on and protests,“I’m a King’s man!”

…..represents INTEGRITY 

PUDDLEGLUM who reasonably concludes they should release the bound Prince

…..represents THE FACTS THAT ADD UP OVER TIME 

He is also the HERO who courageously embraces the pain to help re- awaken his companions to what is TRUE and GOOD.

As the four escape this dark realm to regain Overland, they realize that with the destruction of The Silver Chair, the spell over the Earthmen has also been broken! The former captives now  exuberantly flee the dark realm to joyfully regain their FREEDOM! and their true homeland. 

Below is an interview with Dr Judy Mikovits.

On her foundation of repentance and forgiveness, you can look for HUMILITY and INTEGRITY. You can check for FACTS THAT ADD UP OVER TIME by reading her book “Plague of Corruption.” and you can discern,

“Is she is a present day Puddleglum – like Hero!?” 

I believe that in these days we can take heart for the scripture is indeed now being fulfilled,

“Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!”

…….”Rejoice over her, O heavens!

Rejoice, saints and apostles and prophets!

God has judged her for the way she treated you.” (Rev.18:2,20)

https://www.bitchute.com/video/25tow1hbXwy1/

I hope you enjoyed Hilary and my latest rendition! The song, The Greatest Love Story Ever, has been around for a long time, but I guess once again, NOW is the time to make it more available through this (literally) “One Take Studio” recording.

In my SOUL I thought we should maybe do a second ‘take’ to get rid of the ‘flaws’ (or what appear to us as flaws) so that we would look and sound better. (After all, that we put on a good ‘show’, and look and sound good is what’s important. Right?) Then during the night Father spoke in my SPIRIT.

“There are many who follow signs, but few who are aware of ‘signs following.’ With ‘signs following’ you simply Live your Life. Then, when you stop, Look back and Listen up, you see my hand and hear my voice, and so Learn my Love….. For the ‘signs following’ you, are OUTSIDE OF YOUR CONTROL, and are given to witness that you are indeed, speaking from me.”

Father then showed me that the passage I was going to consider today has as it’s main theme the centrality of the work of the Spirit. He then reminded me that the main ‘flaw’ in the recording was a disruption that came due to the sound of a gush of wind. This was just as I came to sing……

“This is the substance, no longer shadow.”

I was reminded of Jesus words to Nicodemus, “The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound thereof, but can not tell from where it came, and where it goes. (Jn.3:8 )

In other words the wind is outside of my control. It is under God’s control.

As human beings we take this physical world to be ‘the substance’ and the world of the Spirit ‘the shadow’. It is however the opposite. So the fact that the wind (of the Spirit) blew as we were singing this line, was Dad’s perfect timing!

Then I realized the gush of wind had happened at exactly the one minute mark.

The heart of the song is the line in the refrain,

“One heart we’ve become……….together we’re one”

……..pointing to God’s plan that we become one with him.

The marriage relationship on earth has been given to represent the ‘mystery’ of this unity between Christ and the church. (Ephesians.5:22-32)

The wind coming precisely at that one minute mark?……….another ‘sign following’!

Then I realized that with the last four video recordings we have posted, the same has been true…. of the bird’s movements and the bird’s song …and even the technical issues to do with the colors and the focusing of the video. I also drew attention to this in the blogs accompanying those previous three recordings.

These ‘natural’ elements and the timing of their ‘intrusions’ have all been ‘outside of our control’ and only brought to my attention later on. I ‘curated’ none of them, but simply tumbled out of bed each morning to get on with ‘Living Life’.

Father then said to me.

“These subtle ‘signs following’ are invisible to most, but visible to those with humble hearts who walk with integrity, whose eyes and ears and hearts have been opened, and trained to hear ‘the still small voice’ of my SPIRIT above the noise of their own SOULS.”

I believe this highlighting of these ‘signs following’ has been given, in the same way Jesus at times began with, “Verily, Verily I say unto you…. ” In other words……he is pointing out that what He is giving me to speak in these days, is very important!.”

With that said, and with the song now posted, ‘warts and all’, let me return to the passage of scripture we touched on in my April 7th post entitled ‘The Last Battle.’

¹³ But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. ¹⁴ This is why it is said:

“Wake up, sleeper,
    rise from the dead,
    and Christ will shine on you (or ‘give you light’) .”

¹⁵ Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise,¹⁶ making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.¹⁷ Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.¹⁸ Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, ¹⁹ speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, ²⁰ always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 21.Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Over the last several years “Wake up sleeper.” has become very literally fulfilled for me personally. Most nights after 3 hours sleep the Lord wakens me to speak to me – to ‘illuminate’ me.

These days everyone seems to have an opinion about everything. It can be very confusing. Whose report should you believe? I have decided to seek to only believe ‘the report of the Lord’ (Is. 53:1). In other words what I receive from Him by revelation from the Spirit. I try not to hold ‘opinions’ about anything else.

In Matthew 11:25 Jesus says, “I praise you Father, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to little children.”  

It seems that today intellectual pride abounds! I thank God our ‘understanding’ of things does not depend on having a higher IQ, more letters after our name, or zeros on our paycheck than the next man, but on our having a humble, childlike disposition. to receive what Father wants to ‘reveal’ in our heart, by His Spirit.

God reveals to ME what I need to know in order to be faithful with MY responsibilities as a son, and reveals uniquely to YOU what you need to fulfill YOUR responsibilities.

This is the ‘wisdom’ I ask for at the start of each day. Beyond that, MY ‘opinion’ is not a luxury – it is a liability! (or should that be lie – ability – to trust in ‘my own’ ideas?)

This ‘wisdom’ and knowledge come, as the passage above indicates by the gracious ‘illumination of the Spirit’ who ‘fills’ our hearts. Then out of the abundance of the heart (not the head) the mouth can speak.

I also included verse 21 at the end of the passage, “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” because what is ‘revealed’ can also become ‘knowledge’ that ‘puffs up.’  (1 Cor. 8:1)

So each morning I share whatever I think the Spirit has ‘revealed’ to me over breakfast with my wife. I thank God for a partner who knows me well and is not backward about popping my inflated ego …….and a group of forthright brothers who are committed to doing the same!

What I share on the blog is the fruit of this night time listening and subsequent submission to those who know and love me. I am also grateful for those of you who respond by challenging or confirming my ‘hearing.’ 

I will take a deeper dive into the song and the Ephesians 5 passage in the next blog.

A few weeks ago Hilary and I felt prompted to begin the Naturalization process in order to become US citizens. Next August will mark the 26th anniversary of our moving here from Ireland, and we would have been eligible to have applied after 5 years residencey as Permanent Residents (Green Card holders). Neither of us however had felt lead to do so….until a few weeks ago.

After filling out the forms and of course paying the substantial fee, we announced to Gilbert what we had just done.

‘”Oh! I have just done that too!” said Gilbert – to his and our surprise!

Sure enough then, last week all three acknowledgement forms from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services arrived in the mail at our house ….on the same day!!!

This to us was clearly a triple witness that we had heard from the Lord and that it was HIS TIME for us to take this step. 

Ironically over the past few days I have been recalling some of the questions we had to answer in order to be allowed to become citizens of the United States, some of which seemed quite odd at the time.

For example Question 13 stated

13. Between March 23, 1933 and May 8, 1945, did you work for or associate in any way (either directly or indirectly) with The Nazi government of Germany?

We answered “NO.” However over the last few days I have realized in the light of current developments in the US how ironic this question is, ensuring that no one with Totalitarian leanings should be allowed into the country.  Many Governors and Mayors in the USA over the last days have behaved as little dictators releasing convicted felons from prison while at the same time prosecuting those who have chosen to just go about their normal business! 

Another question was

14. Were you EVER involved in any way with not letting someone practice his or her religion?

Again we answered “NO” but I was struck again by the irony of this question as over the last several weeks we have been forbidden to practice our religion which exhorts us “Let us not give up meeting together.” (Heb. 10:25)…. the very thing our State Governor has forbidden us to do!

Another question was

45. Do you support the Constitution and form of Government of the United States?

I answered “Yes” but it now would appear to us that many in government in the United States do not support their own Constitution, in the light of the  draconian measures that have recently been instituted radically restricting the freedoms we thought were guaranteed by the American Constitution!!!

So did we make a mistake in choosing to make the USA, ‘officially’ our new homeland at this time?

I don’t believe so. I was directed to Jeremiah 29: 7, “Seek the welfare of THE CITY where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on it’s behalf, for in it’s welfare you will have welfare.”  This is why we are here.

We have come to understand that THE CITY we are to pray for goes far beyond the physical city of Minneapolis in the USA. We believe it is in fact the city described in Revelation 18 as, ‘MYSTERY BABYLON’. It is a dark spiritual kingdom called elsewhere in scripture ‘Sodom’ or ‘Egypt’ that has existed throughout the whole earth. We have all, often unwittingly, been dwelling in it – until NOW…..for we have come to believe,

 “Now is the Time of God’s Favor”

It is God’s time for her to fall…. as described in Revelation 18.

This evil system is being overthrown……and the people being set free.

….to WORSHIP

For the kingdom of this world it shall become

The kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ

And he shall  reign for ever and evermore

If you would like to participate with us in a prayer campaign on Thursday 7th toward this end.

Here is the link.

The campaign is initiated by Dr. Stephen Jones whom we have known for many years. He has written extensively about the biblical foundation for this at his website godskingdom.org

A few weeks ago he told how Darla his wife was the last person to be admitted to the local hospital for elective surgery before the lockdown. she was having HIP surgery. Interestingly that same day our cat, Izzy went missing. We found her hiding behind sofa, and when she eventually emerged saw that she had disclocated her HIP!  

As I pondered the significance of this “God-incidence’ I was reminded of the story of Jacob wrestling with God until his hip was ‘put out’ (The hip as the strongest joint in the body represents our own ‘natural’ strength.) Only then was his name (and nature) changed to Israel, “God Rules’. 

At the end of his life the one sentence he is afforded in Hebrews, highlights this pivotal event, “Jacob WORSHIPPED as he leaned on the top of his staff.” When we acknowledge that it is God and not we who are in charge, we are then truly ‘Overcomers’… able to worship “in spirit and in truth.’ 

Today is suggested as a time to ensure we are aligned with God in this way so we can be his “Amen” on earth as we agree with what he has ordained at this time from heaven.

We are glad to report both Darla and Izzy seem to be healing well!

We have four Pauls currently living in the Big Green House…….and all family!!!!

Paul Gilbert (66)
Robin Paul (42)
Ravi Padraig Paul (11)
and Winston Paul (4)

Last Sunday Ravi and Ajay, uncle Gilbert and I continued our weekly study of the Acts of the Apostles together. Our appreciation for the Apostle Small, – Oh sorry! – the Apostle Paul, has been rekindled! (Paul actually means ‘small’)

Of course the great apostle didn’t start out as a Paul (small), but as a Saul which means ‘demander’. Unlike his Old Testament counterpart however, Saul of Tarsus finished well, because he embraced the humiliation he experienced on the road to Damascus and subsequently humbled himself, thus securing the new name, and the nature, of the one, Jesus he had just encountered, the one who, though he was in the form of God, ’emptied himself’ taking the form of a servant….becoming obedient unto death on a cross. (Phil.2)

Paul knew that as a disciple he might well share his Master’s fate and also be executed, but no matter, he knew it was a ‘Win/Win‘ situation and said,

“For to me, to live is Christ; to die is gain!” (Phil.2:21)

As we read together Paul’s various trials one word stood out to me……..

I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my own Covid-19 countrymen, in danger from Gentiles, in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea, in danger from false brothers, and in danger from Sabre tooth tigers……..Woops! Sorry! – a couple more typos! (2 Cor. 11:26, 27) 

Do you get my point?

It was the same Paul who said,

“God has NOT given us a spirit of FEAR, BUT of power and of LOVE and of a sound mind.” (2 Tim.1:7) 

This week we moved on to Acts 27 which records one of those times when he was “in danger at sea.” He was on his way to Rome having already sent them a letter with these words he would now be tested on. “And we know, those who love God, that he works ALL things (‘ABSOLUTELY all things’) together for good.” (Rm.8:28) 

The message he then delivered to all on board? 

“FEAR NOT…..God has graciously given…….”

In scientific terms he had learned how to move seamlessly from a measured sympathetic (fight or flight) response, to these many dangers, back to a parasympathetic repose, for healing and growth! The fact that this 60 year old swam safely to shore in the midst of a storm after a 14 day fast, says a lot not just about his faith, but about the strength of his body and resilience of his immune system!  

I love the biologist, Dr. Bruce Lipton’s journey from atheism to faith through science. As a pioneer epigeneticist he has courageously gone out ahead of the ‘Mainstream’ to discover ‘truth’ that will eventually benefit us all.

I don’t know whether he has had a Damascus Road encounter with Jesus yet or not, but he sure has discovered that healthy ‘fear’ what the bible calls ‘the fear of the Lord’, like the Roman centurion whose faith (prayer) evidenced by works (alms) got God’s attention and approval! (Acts 10) 

Add the wisdom of this honest scientist to the faith of this humble apostle and

“….. by God….. we are BULLETPROOF!!”

P.S. I deliberately wanted to send this encouraging email out immediately after the last one that made you aware of the very real danger that surrounds us….not so much from Covid -19, but from corrupt corporations. Yesterday I found this most reassuring article on the subject, again not to be found on ‘the world’s’ Mainstream media. Please click on below, read and rejoice!

President Trump Drops NUCLEAR BOMB on Vaccine Mandates…

Jesus said to his disciples, “If you hold to my teaching you are really my disciples. Then, you will know the TRUTH, and the TRUTH will set you FREE.” (Jn.8:31,32)

Last week Robin sent me a great interview.

I like these two guys! Not just because they are from two of my favorite countries – Dr Paul Mason from Australia and Ivor Cummins, who has been nicknamed, “The engineer who knows more than your doctor” from Ireland, but because using the criteria I outlined earlier for discerning sources of in-formation, I reckoned these two have the HUMILTY and INTEGRITY I search for. I think I heard ‘TRUTH’ in this conversation about science and health!

But you can check for yourself (at least the last 10 minutes)…..

In the first half of the interview they talk ‘Truth ‘about the key underlying cause of coronavirus morbidity and mortality. The even better news is that this is the underlying reason for most modern disease and the best news of all that it can be corrected relatively easily and quickly!

“Really? Why haven’t we heard of this before now?” You might well ask.

The second part of the interview describes how they both have thoughougly researched the multiple scientific studies that have been done over decades, but this Truth has been ‘buried‘ by the ‘Mainstream’ to maintain a narrative that is more about corporate profit than personal health. These studies provide those FACTS THAT ADD UP OVER TIME, which is my third criteria!

Applying the ‘Truth’ this interview uncovers is why Robin, who has lived with cancer for over two years without medical intervention, is still alive, and why Hilary and I are in such remarkably good health in our 60s and 70s.

Just as the ‘Truth’ about the underlying cause of the current crisis has been kept hidden so I believe the ‘Truth‘ about the solution proposed by the “Mainstream’ in the form of a vaccine like the ‘flu vaccine’ has also been ‘buried’. Because their call is for this to be universal and mandatory it is vital that not only expectant and new mothers but everyone should get honest information as no one would be exempt from it’s implementation and consequences.

We have just finished watching an excellent Docu-series that I found level headed and based on ‘honest science’, called “The Truth About Vaccines.”

It is set in the context of the USA, but the information has relevance worldwide. I would recommend you check out this ‘eye opening’ presentation and exercise my three criteria for discernment by looking and listening for INTEGRITY, HUMILITY and FACTS THAT ADD UP OVER TIME.

Did you know for example that scientific research has shown,

……that the current ‘flu vaccine’ now recommended to pregnant women contains 250 times the dose of the ‘poison’ mercury for the baby, that would earn it the label “Toxic Hazard”?

…….that when in 1989 the childhood vaccine schedule in the USA was tripled, the level of chronic childhood illness rose from 12% to 54% ?

…..that the number of childhood vaccines is directly proportional to the infant mortality. The US which has the highest number of infant vaccinations (26) is ranked 34th in infant mortality?

….that immunity naturally gained from a measles or mumps infection provides significant protection from heart disease and cancer in later life in a way vaccination does not?

Really? Why haven’t we heard about this before now?” You might well ask. You can and should find out more by watching the series. A free showing is being run again this week end. You can watch it here.

https://go2.thetruthaboutvaccines.com/docuseries/replay/?a_bid=aaeb46d7&chan=replay&a_aid=58759906d2b59

I believe God expects us to take personal responsibility for the ‘temple of the Holy Spirit’ each of us has been given stewardship of in this brief life.

We do this by caring for the God given immune system that already exists within our amazing bodies.

We do this by making careful choices about what we put into our bodies and about what we allow other people to put into our bodies.

This is the hopeful message delivered by all these courageous voices I have linked you to over the last few weeks, Shiva Ayyadurai, Sayer Ji, Ivor Cummins, Paul Mason, Joseph Mercola, Ty and Charlene Bollinger, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Judy Mikovits and a host of others.

This is the journey Hilary and Robin and I have been on over many years, seeking to take responsibility for our own health as with an open mind we do due diligence to thoroughly investigate the facts for ourselves.

As Dr Shiva said, “Exercise your FREEDOM to discover the TRUTH so that you can increase your HEALTH and so strengthen your

…….FREEDOM, FREEDOM, FREEDOM to DANCE and SING………!