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Small talk about the end of the world
December 22, 2012 at 11:25 AM DR. JONES
Some were relieved. Some were disappointed. Some celebrated birthdays. Some were buried.
Some will want to institute a new calendar, the start of AW (after
world) or NA (new age) or even PCE (post-Christian-era). My preference
would be KA (Kingdom Age).
Most of you survived yesterday’s end-of-the-world celebration. Not
much changed, except that Congress went home without resolving the
issues that are sending us over the Entitlement Cliff.
Democracy works fairly well until the people figure out that they can
vote themselves other people’s money. Would a Dictatorship work better?
Well, it worked fairly well for Rome until the army discovered that it
was actually holding the reins of power. Then the army elected Rome’s
dictators.
I find it somewhat amusing that the Democrats today pretend to be
worried about the expiration of the tax cuts passed under the Bush era.
They say if we don’t extend them, America will go back into recession.
In other words, if we go back to the tax policies that were passed in
the Clinton era, it would cause a recession.
In essence, they are agreeing with the Republican tax policy
instituted under President Bush and warning against going back to their
own Clinton-era tax policies of high taxes for all. That seems a bit
ironic. I am surprised that the Republican leadership does not use this
to spin straw into gold.
Perhaps neither side really wants to make a deal. Perhaps the
Democrats secretly want to go back to the Clinton plan. Perhaps the
Republicans also prefer Clinton’s plan, since it would force the
government to stop spending so much money. At any rate, it is obvious
that neither side cares deeply enough to stop us from going over the
so-called “cliff.” When it happens by default, then each side can blame
the other for inaction.
Perhaps the fact that the negotiations collapsed on December 21, 2012
shows that the world really has come to an end. Sort of. I doubt that
the Mayans had visions of America going off a cliff. But one never knows
where this path will lead down the road.
I recall writing a song 31 years ago on Dec. 21, 1981, called The World Sleeps On.
Rather depressing for a Christmas song. The world is certainly a better
place for not hearing it. I wrote it at a low point after my world
ended in 1981. It spoke of the tremendous event that had occurred when
Christ was born, how the angels sang to the shepherds, how the wise men
were divinely led to come, and even how Herod was afraid for his
kingdom—yet for the most part, the world slept on. Depressing, really.
But many songs are born out of deep emotional stress. This one renewed
my strength to carry me through the wilderness in the coming year.
In 1981 I knew that God had ended the world as I knew it, and though
it was difficult to see any silver linings, I knew that God was still on
the throne and that I would rise again. It happened a year later. I had
taken note of 5 main dates going down into “the dungeon,” Dec. 5, 21,
30; January 23, 27 (1981). Those same dates a year later saw events that
brought corresponding steps toward resurrection. Prior to this, I knew
the sovereignty of God as a doctrine, but after this I knew it by
experience. At the same time, I began to see the importance of timing in
the divine plan. I entered into a new world, being reborn from a past
life that was good, but inadequate to the task ahead.
In those days, of course, no one talked about the Mayan calendar, nor
was anyone seriously concerned about the end of world on December 21,
2012. In my experience it took a full year to transition from death to
life. Someone sent a request to the Net of Prayer that Chuck would send
me newsletters about their spiritual warfare from the previous year. I
received them on December 4 and finished reading them all by the next
day.
I then wrote to him in Washington, suggesting that he visit me in
southern Minnesota if he passed through our part of the country. On
December 21, I received another newsletter from him, in which he
mentioned that he would be traveling to Wisconsin from Washington state,
because he had to be at his destination on December 22.
I knew he had to come through Minnesota on the 21st to arrive in Wisconsin on the 22nd. So I prayed, “Lord, please have him stop in to see me. I really need to talk to him.”
That evening the telephone rang, and I knew it was Chuck. Sure
enough, he was at the edge of town (Redwood Falls) at a restaurant. I
met him, and he told me that he had not intended to visit me, but he
took a wrong turn about 20 miles north. He discovered that he was lost
when he saw the sign at a crossroad that said, Redwood Falls 6 miles. He remembered my letter, and found the phone number I had given.
That was how we met. It was the night of December 21, 1982. It
confirmed to me that I was indeed coming out of the grave. Nine days
later, on December 30, I received a telephone call offering me a job in
Arkansas and to start a new ministry with a group. As this was the
one-year anniversary of the day we had left Las Cruces in 1981, it
provided my third confirmation that I was indeed coming out of the
grave.
I arrived in Batesville, AR on January 23, flew to New Mexico on the 27th
to pick up all of our furniture that had been in storage, and returned
home January 30. A year earlier, the prayer campaign had ended January
27 and a 3-day victory celebration had been declared from January 28-30.
Since we are currently seeing this cycle resurface, I knew that
December 21, 2012 was not the end of the world, or even the end of the
current prophetic cycle. It is only one of the major dates signifying a
new beginning. We will have to wait until the end of January before we
can get a clearer view of what God is establishing at this time. Right
now we are seeing bits and pieces, and so we are able to make hints and
guesses. But the picture will clarify as time passes and as events occur
on the watch dates ahead.
The Lord has revealed that this is the Year of Release, and so I can
see that this has a direct parallel to my release from the grave thirty
years ago into a new life and work of ministry. Yet thirty years ago I
was just beginning my time of training to learn about intercession and
spiritual warfare. It was a 12-year time of training, as the Lord told
me in June 1982. The 12 years began November 12, 1981 and ended on the
same date in 1993. A few days later we began our Jubilee Prayer Campaign
(Nov. 21-29, 1993).
I am always amazed at how far ahead God prepares us for any serious
work that He has for us. The length of preparation is determined largely
by the importance of the work. When I learned in 1982 that this would
be a 12-year preparation that was comparable to Joseph’s 12 years (prior
to his rise to power), it was incomprehensible to me.
Then in 1993, we learned that the Jubilee Prayer Campaign was going
to last 7 years, instead of 7 days. It would be like a Jericho battle,
where we would march around the city (Babylon) for seven years. Once
again, that seemed incomprehensible.
So 7 years later, on November 28-30, 2000 we learned by revelation
that the full transfer of authority had occurred from “Saul” (Pentecost)
to “David” (Tabernacles). The 7½ year transition had been completed
since “Saul” died on May 30, 1993, the 40th Jubilee of the Pentecostal Age. (See 2 Sam. 5:5.)
This coincided with the end of the 7-year Jubilee Prayer Campaign as well.
But we also learned that the Israelites had marched around Jericho 7
times on the last day. We understood that we this was a 13-year cycle
total, ending in 2006. It finally ended on the Day of Atonement, October
7, 2006, in Babylon, NY.
By this time it should be clear that we were in this for the long
haul. It was also a progressive revelation, and we had to exercise faith
like Abraham. We went out not knowing where we were going, but we
trusted that God would lead us to the Land of Promise.
After the Jubilee Prayer Campaign ended in 2006, we began to prepare
for the work ahead, characterized by Elijah and John the Baptist, who
prepared the way for Christ. We are now in our 7th year of
this preparation (2012-2013), and I believe that we are finally coming
to the end of such preparation and the start of the actual work. God is
never in a hurry, and when we look over our shoulders and contemplate
all that we have learned to prepare us for the next step, we can be
grateful that we were not sent out earlier.
This is a long-term plan for the New Creation Man. During the times
of preparation, many live and die in many generations. Their individual
work may be completed, but it is all preparation for the final work at
the end. Some sow, others water, and the last generation reaps, but we
all partake of the fruits in the end. We can never say for sure if we
will be part of that final generation that reaps in the great harvest of
the ages, but we will all eat from the same table.
If we do as we are led according to our callings, we can say with Paul in the end, “I have fought the good fight; I have finished my course; I have kept the faith” (2 Timothy 4:7).
I often review the past, as it is encouraging to see the reality of
God’s presence and His leading that we know by experience. It takes some
years of experience before we can truly begin to identify with the
biblical writers and understand how they were led by the same Spirit
that leads us today.
Today seemed like a good time to muse on such things.