Prophetic Voice

When I brought the children of Israel out of their affliction and out of their bondage, they were delivered from the furnace; they were delivered from the heat of the enemy, the turmoil, the destruction of the enemy.  I brought them out and they came out without a burden upon them; they came out with My promise, they came out with My glory, they came out with My blessings, do you see?

 They went through the Red Sea, which is a picture of the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the water, the water and the Blood, the Spirit and the Blood, as it were.  You will see that they went through a process of cleansing, and they came to that place by their leader, whereby, I had ordained that they be led into the Promised Land.

 So as you have come out, you will surely see what I Am about to say unto thee. Even when they crossed over the River Jordan, I had them build, yes, a memorial, monuments unto Me.  One stone for each tribe of Israel.  I had the priests stand firm.  Remember that Joshua said “we have not been this way before.  But follow the Glory, follow the Ark of God’s Presence, because it will lead you and it will guide you”.  And they went through. 

Do you remember in Revelation Twelve, the dragon is there waiting to cause destruction, to eat, to devour, to steal that which has been birthed in My Spirit, saith the Lord.  And do you remember that I took the woman into the wilderness, and there was a time and a season she was in the wilderness.  Do you remember that even when you have birthed things in the Spirit, and they have come to pass, saith the Lord, the enemy has been there to steal and to kill and to destroy. 

 I have sometimes put you in a hard place.  I’ve allowed it to happen; I’ve allowed you to go there by My Spirit of Grace, as My Son went into the wilderness temptation for 40 days and nights, led by the Spirit of Almighty God.  But in that time and in that season, I allowed you to take authority over the wicked one.  I allowed you to take authority over that great dragon, and you did it by the power of the Blood of My Son.  You did it by the Word, not only the blood, but you did it by the Word. 

And you came to a place, even in that time and season, and you said, “O God, O God, O God of all Grace, I will stand in this place.  It is only because of You that I am able to stand.  And I see you face to face.  And now I say, I lay my life down, I take up my cross, I take up the will that You have for me, the plan and the purpose that You have for me.” And so you will surely see, I have declared it so, it will be for those who will believe that they have come through a cross-over. 

The decisions that you had made in the past, yes, some of them were wrong and some of them right, but I used those decisions, I used those circumstances to put more into you, to build more into you, to sharpen you, to cause you to cut off of you every weight that so easily besets you, so that you could run the race.

 You have had a great host, a great cloud of witnesses, who have stood in their place cheering you on and saying “we’ve made it and so can you”.  For you will make it by the power and the love of the Lamb of Almighty God.  You will do it by the Name that is above all names.  And you will do it because “it is written”.  And is it not true of you as it was true of Him, you will come through every time in the “now-power” of the Holy Spirit, for the “now-season” and the “now-generation”, saith the Lord of Hosts.

I deal with you like I dealt with Israel.  You do know, don’t you, that there were times when I would lead them into the bondage. I would lead them into the land of the enemy because of their rebellion and because of their disobedience and because they served other gods.  As I have dealt with Israel so I have dealt with you.  But I say, if you will read the Word you will see and you will surely know that it was “woe” unto those that came against Israel.  So it is “woe” to those that have come against you.

 I will that all be saved.  I will that all repent.  But I say unto you, only My will and My plan and My purpose for you shall stand. 

Stand and having done all to stand, you will surely take your land and your possessions, saith the Lord.

Excerpts from Prophecy by Bobbie Jean Merck

Upper Room Partner Meeting

Toccoa, Georgia

July 1, 2006