During the first bout of prayer, I saw us as horsemen, mostly on brown horses. We were dressed as cowboys, and most, if not all, of us were wearing black cowboy hats too.
We were sent to raid a certain place on behalf of a people and also free them. What came to mind were the scenes in the Robin Hood movie, where he would raid the storehouse of the oppressive sheriff, who, in slavery to the Church, was oppressing the people by levying them heavily and making them poorer by the day. Robin Hood would raid the storehouse and give back to the poor what was taken.
Just as it was a very dangerous job for him, it was going to be the same for us. We had an advantage he didn’t have: our starting number.
Aside the one-handed Arabian trainer he had, Robin Hood was a one-man army until the end, when he mobilized the people to fight, which precipitated the final victory.
However, I saw us go for the raiding together, an army armed with swords. I personally saw one of us (I think it was me) armed in both hands with identical ‘Scimitars’ [a sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade] with very long blades.
One thing that caught my attention was that because of the ‘cowboy’ dress code, there seemed to be neither male nor female amongst us.
There were warnings that came with this assignment:
The riders/raiders were to:
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Never get distracted with trying to control the movement/direction of their horses while on the mission.
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Concentrate on being skillful with their Scimitars while on their way to where the operation was to take place.
The horses were already programmed to move according to the instructions of the Master who sent them out. These instructions were encoded in the Scimitars the raiders were given. Therefore, the more skill each rider had acquired with their Scimitar, the less they had to worry about the horses.
Mastering the Scimitars was equivalent to mastering the horses. These raiders were to learn to be ambidextrous with the swords — perfectly skillful with the sword using both hands.
Scriptural confirmations:
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Psalm 144:1 By David:
“Blessed be Adonai, my rock, who trains my hands [not ‘hand’] for war and my fingers for battle.” [CJB]
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Deuteronomy 9:15
“I came down from the mountain. The mountain was blazing fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.” [CJB]
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Ephesians 6:17
“Moses had the two tablets of stone in his two hands. These tablets contained God’s Laws/Word which is the Sword of the Spirit.”
Another point to note about these raiders: they were learning to use the swords, while their horses were still on the way to the main place the operation was to take place.
I believe this points to the fact that though we are already receiving training in the field, we are yet to begin the real battle. All these, though they have real consequences, are preparation for the Main Battle – The Finals of this age.
The raiders must be consciously careful not to despise their trainer.
Robin Hood was trained by a one-handed (seemingly limited) person. With his ‘limitation’, he was much wiser, larger at heart, daring, and willing to harm his flesh in all ways possible to make himself stronger.
He had more skill, and so he taught Rob how to shoot faster, more precisely, making him do heavy tasks so he became much stronger.
(Note: Rob was already a soldier. He had quite some skill and strength already. But in the face of a greater battle, one needs to be humble to learn more. The 1% you don’t yet know and are unwilling to learn because of pride will be your ultimate undoing in the face of a higher battle that requires more of you — especially when that 1% you despised is precisely what is required.)
This is a very ardent warning for those of us [NEWER CHRISTIANS] who might be feeling puffed up because they have had some knowledge of God before now, and also for some of the [OLDER CHRISTIANS] who still struggle with things like:
“But I was born again before him.”
HUMILITY is the key to avoiding HUMILIATION at the Battle front!
Either way, you will be humbled. You can choose humility as a priority or as an eventuality. The latter is always more painful.
With our Pastor, the seemingly absent hand he has might be because it has not been given to him at this time to engage in direct prophetic encounters as many of us would.
However, we know by reason of use, that the wisdom God has given him via his desire to see God’s Will fulfilled in our lives and beyond is a vital weapon for our surviving even in our prophetic journeys.
A major way to despise him would be to refuse to go on these journeys and encounters, even when it is clear that invitations into such are Divine…
30th October, 2019
Bro. S.E.
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