Seven Thunders - Preface
Bob Neumann
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Preface To whomever may read this Word:
It seems a long time ago since I called on His name and found not only forgiveness but also reconciliation and purpose. Many would try to speak of ''ministry'' and ''office'' when it is nothing more than ''obedience'' and ''duty''. To stand forth in the congregation and speak the word as an oracle or to sit at pen and paper and to transcribe what is literally the same. We can play games with semantics but it matters little when the lion roars. The issue has never changed. God is faithful and His name is jealous.
Hear the words of a woman whose prayer and supplication were heard by the most high....
The Song of Hannah
1 Samuel 2:1-11
1. And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
2. There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
3. Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
4. The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
5. They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
6. The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
7. The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
8. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.
9. He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness strength shall no man prevail.
10. The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the Lord shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
11. And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest.
Habakkuk 2:2-3
2 And the Lord answered me, and said, write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. (KJV)
There are many in the land today who speak of ''their'' dreams and visions. Likewise there are many who say 'I have heard the Lord' and demand an audience. They proclaim their words, dreams, and visions and challenge any questions and comments.
Instead of dialogue they move from diatribe to curses...all 'in the name of the Lord'. My only question is who is their Lord? There are many voices now in the heavenlies. Many claims that do not measure with the logos. Little revelation is coming from those who spit curses in response to civil questions. False brethren are plentiful and quick to trap and trip up any who have a true word. What is becoming more plentiful are the false prophets and teachers that speak 'old rhema' over and over when the most high speaks of new things. Those who speak the new and timely will be put aside or even attacked to stop therelease of what the Lord now does.
Isaiah 30:7-14
7 For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have i cried concerning this, their strength is to sit still.
8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come forever and ever:
9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:
10 Which say to the seers, see not; and to the prophets, prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the holy one of israel to cease from before us.
12 Wherefore thus saith the holy one of israel, because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.
14 And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit. (KJV)
The vision I will begin to speak of is not mine, nor did I ask for it. The ''fullness'' of it still is beyond my grasp. At first I thought it to enclose the first thunder. Yet this is but one ''storm'' that will bring forth all seven thunders. As I pray and travail within what I have been shown I see more thunders awaiting within the vision. How they will present themselves I will wait upon my Lord for it is he who now decrees His judgment against those who use and abuse his most holy name.
A Watcher
Job 7:17-21
17. What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? And that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
18. And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
19. How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
20. I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
21. And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. (KJV)
When I first heard His voice and in ''the night'' answered ''here am I'' I did not know or understand the future steps choreographed that I now must dance to. Even if I am the only one who hears the melody.
To be His servant is all I asked without any preconceptions or hidden agendas. To sit in the shadows and to do battle or intercede is easy. Takes little more than being willing and obedient.
But to go forth and proclaim requires that you make yourself visible briefly. In that time you become a target and the blows must be taken. The reality of counting the cost comes full circle when you are wounded and mocked by those you had called family....by those you thought as friend. It is the price required.....
Such is the calling of His watchmen.
And then one day the king calls you to stand and not to walk away. To stand without speaking. To simply listen and to come into an agreement with the most holy spirit. To acknowledge and to bear witness to what has been spoken. To give the testimony before the eternal judge that which was done against His house by those who were called to serve him.
To be a watcher....and bear witness not only to the offenses but to witness the verdict of judgment by the Most Holy Himself.
So today I stand and hand to you the decree that the most holy gives.....as He now demands...
Daniel 4:13 13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; (KJV)