Cape town Prophetic Forum January 2012

What an Awesome time yesterday with the Cape Town Prophetic Forum!


There was a theme of repentance for our past behaviour and attitudes followed by a release into new things for the prophetic people in Cape Town. It was a special time for all who were there, I'm sure.


I received the following impressions from the forum session:

HEARTS FROM THE GREAT SHEPHERD

Vision of the Throne.

In the Cape Town Prophetic Forum meeting on 28^th January I saw the Throne of God clearly with steps all around. I heard the words, “I have given you Cape Town.” And I realised that Our Lord had opened the spiritual territory for us to occupy and take the city of Cape Town.

Then I saw the Lord offering us eye ointment – anointed by Holy Spirit – to open our eyes to see what He has done, to see what He has made us – to live and move in this realm of the spiritual territory of Cape Town. As we came to the Lord to take the ointment, the veil was removed from our faces and we could see the glory of Christ in one another.

Our eyes were opened by the ointment and we could see Our Lord for who He really is, and what He has achieved – the crucified Lamb Who is now reigning on the Throne of God! As our eyes were opened we could see ourselves for who we are in Him – redeemed ones who have been able to come into the throne-room of Almighty God!

He has made us Holy Priests to come and minister to the Father and the Son, by Holy Spirit’s help. And so we can come up the steps right onto the throne to be so close to Him that we feel His heart and know His mind.

Then as we turn to come down from the throne, we have the authority of a royal priesthood, to speak into the earth the words from the throne. As we speak them into the situations on earth where Holy Spirit is working with His presence, the Word and the Spirit ignite with creative power to change the atmosphere, to change the circumstance. We are sent to change the atmosphere and to change the circumstances.

The Lord has promised to confirm the words of His servants, He said He would create the fruit of our lips; we shall declare the decree and it shall come to pass; we shall call those things which are not as though they were. And this will happen as we receive the words of the Lord from the throne.

Vision of the New Shepherds.

The next morning on 29^th January, I awoke in the early hours with another vision of the throne with thousands of people coming from all directions, walking out of a dark mist. They wore clothes from every nation, ordinary but different for every group. They walked towards the light shining from the throne and as they approached they walked closer into the light. Then nearer to the throne their clothes began to change. The earthly clothes faded and they were replaced with shining white clothes that everyone was wearing. It seemed they had been wearing these underneath their earthly clothes but now the white clothes were shining so brightly that I realised these were their spiritual clothes. So the closer they came to the throne, their spiritual clothes shone through and became brighter and brighter.

As they came around the throne, thousands of them, row by row they ascended the steps around the throne. It seemed that the steps grew larger to make room for them all – and they still kept coming – and then they seemed to penetrate into the heart of Our Almighty Father, and they disappeared for a while into Him, and so they came close to Our Lord Jesus, Who was seated on the throne right next to Our Father.

Then I saw as others came onto the top of the steps around the throne, those who had been in the heart of Our father appeared to step out of His heart and began to walk away from the throne and go down the steps again. But now they were wearing golden crowns on their heads and, as they walked down the steps, each one of them was given a golden sceptre. It seemed to me they were given authority in their minds and authority in their hands.

And as they walked away from the throne, row upon row, the bright white clothes seemed to fade and their earthly clothes appeared, but now they had a light that seemed like an aura around their whole bodies.

The crowns of gold faded but now they had a light of God’s glory around their heads and on their faces. The sceptres of gold changed to become the crooks that shepherds used to guide the sheep. Then I knew these people had been made shepherds by entering into the heart of Our Father. And their new authority was a wisdom given to them to have a shepherd’s heart to guide and guard the sheep with a new heart and a new authority. It was a new authority of wisdom from the mind of Christ and of love from the heart of Father, which they received as they came to the throne.

They had received new hearts from the Great shepherd. They had been drawn by Holy Spirit’s power to come to the throne, and He had used this to make them shepherds to the people of God after His own heart and His own mind.

A New Weight of Glory.

Then I was reminded of a clear impression I had as we had been closing the meeting in prayer at the Prophetic Forum on 28^th January. My hands had been held open, palms upwards, and I felt the anointing on my hands and felt the weight of glory.

Then Holy Spirit reminded me of that night in the upper room which John writes about in John 13:3 “And Jesus, knowing that the Father had put all things into His hands, and that He had come from God, and that He was going to God, after supper He stood and took off His garment, took a towel and tied it around himself,” and He began to wash the disciples’ feet.

We can seriously take hold of this responsibility of the new anointing, follow Our Lord’s example and begin to serve one another and serve the body of Christ with Love and Wisdom, because we have been touched with Our Father’s heart for His people.

2012 A Year for New Authority

When Timothy was first sent to Ephesus the Church was about 40,000 in number and under his ministry it soon grew to 70,000. (Church history researched by Dr Rick Renner.) Paul had commissioned him to “do the work of an evangelist.” Timothy had been sent into ministry with the laying on of hands, with prophecy that imparted spiritual gifting. Later, Paul wrote to him to “stir up the gift that is in you.” And so Timothy fulfilled his calling with authority on a different level.


When Peter first stood up on the day of Pentecost to explain Holy Spirit’s outpouring with tongues and fire, he brought relevance to Joel’s prophecy by revelation of its meaning and application. He stood and spoke with the authority of his appointment by Our Lord Jesus. On the Galilee beach Jesus’ words commissioned him to lead the flock of new Christians with fatherly and apostolic authority, which first was shown on that day of Pentecost. Peter’s primary gift was to be an evangelist to reach new souls for Christ, but he stood in an apostolic pastor’s role, unlikely as he was for that role before his baptism in the Spirit.


When Barnabus and Saul worked as part of the leadership at Antioch as recorded in Acts 11, they were working in their roles as prophets and/or teachers. As the season in the church changed and the leadership team became mature, Holy Spirit sent these two out by prophecy and they became apostles. Saul’s name changes to Paul and he emerges as the new leader with a new authority. Paul’s writings reveal that he was both a prophet and teacher in his primary gift cluster, but he operated in apostolic authority because he was sent out by the Holy Spirit and by the leadership team who stood in governmental authority in the Church at Antioch.


There is a difference between the spiritual authority brought by one’s gifting and the governmental authority by one’s commission, sphere and mandate. There is a need to receive both the spiritual authority of the gift ministries and the governmental authority of Our Lord through his appointed leaders set in the churches, and through those gift ministries they recognize with governmental authority.


What is about to emerge is the authority of apostles and prophets which will bring a new manifestation of spiritual and governmental authority in the churches at large, if they are willing to receive it. But He will surely raise up churches and groups of people as examples of His Kingdom authority and government. And since it is Our Almighty Father’s plan to “gather all things together in Christ” we can expect a new authority that will be demonstrated in many churches and groups which will be drawn into this move of Our Lord’s hand of authority.


Remember that the Messianic prophecy of Psalm 110 says that Our Lord was told by the LORD (Jehovah) to sit on the throne in heaven at His right hand until His enemies are made His footstool and, during this season, the LORD promised to send out the scepter of Messiah’s strength (authority) from Zion. (And Hebrews 12:22, 23 says we have come to Mount Zion.) In these days, Our Lord and King will send out authority from His throne through the church.


We have had messages about the need for apostolic and prophetic ministry brought to some churches and conferences over the last thirty years. Preaching about it may make us aware of the biblical truths about these ministries. What we need is revelation of truth that catches our hearts in the free-flow of ordinary life, and that lifts our expectation of the presence of Christ to manifest His authority in us so that we live on a different level – to be seated with Him in heavenly places. Remember, it is by the gift of righteousness and by abundance of grace that we can reign in life, (the Greek word is zoé, the life of the eternal God.) He wants to bring us into an experience of his authority which is dispensed from His throne.


On New Year’s Eve, 2011/2012, I received three phrases from Our Lord:


“It’s about Authority”, “It’s about Fire”, and “It’s about My Love.” I sense this is a New Authority.


After the news of the ANC's intention to invoke the spirits of the dead at their Centenary Celebrations, I now realize that 2012 is a year in which we shall see amazing changes in authority, Politically and Spiritually. 12 is the biblical number for government. 2012 is the year in which Our Lord wants His Sons and Daughters to rise up with a New Authority. 


There is a new authority which can only be released by intimacy with Our Lord. It is the authority of the Bride of Christ, who draws near and knows His heart; she hears His whispers and and so knows His mind; she feels His touch so close and feels His heartbeat for the nations. The New Authority will be powered by the Love of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.


There will be a new experience of what it is to be raised up with Christ to be seated with Him in heavenly places; to know and experience the authority of the King, the blessings of the King, the honour and favour of the King, and the resources of the King, all flowing from our intimate relationship with Him.


There will be an outpouring of Holy Spirit's fire to fill us with the fervent love of Our father and of the Lamb; He must receive the reward for His sufferings. His love is stronger than death; His jealousy for our souls is stronger than the grave.


I'm glad that the issues have been raised so early in 2012.


I'm glad that our collective response is to dedicate South Africa to the Lord.


I have been praying from Fish Hoek that the South Peninsula should be filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. I have also prayed the Psalmist's and Zechariah's prophecy that "His dominion shall be from coast to coast, and from the Silvermine River, to the ends of the earth." In later years I have prayed, "Lord, let His dominion be from False Bay Coast to Table Bay coast and from the Salt River to the end of the Peninsula."


I believe that now is the time to pray, "Lord, let your dominion be from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Limpopo River to the ends of the earth!" This is a true promise, and we can expect it to come to pass over South Africa as He has spoken it through the prophets of old.
Let His Holy Spirit fire and love be upon us as we pour out His fervent love for the lost; in prayer, in mercy for the deluded who have missed the significance of these issues, and in good works throughout the nation.


May the beauty of the Lord Our God be upon us, and may He establish the work of our hands. (Ps 90:17)


Let Our Lord's words be spoken of us again as He said through Ezekiel: 


"Your fame went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendour (comeliness, attractiveness)  which I had bestowed upon you," says the Lord God. (Ezek 16:14)


May we succeed in our endeavours for revival in our nation.


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