April 12, 2012
I have
been asked by a few to comment on the word that Glynda Lomax released on
4/5/2012 called “Prepare for War”; this will be my only response
to those requests. The word is true, but not as you might think it to be. A few
years ago what I was hearing from the Lord personally was no longer lining up
to what many main line charismatic oracles were declaring. I set forth on a
hunt which led me to Glynda’s YouTube channel and the Wings
of Prophecy. I
find that what the Lord has spoken to me in prayer has consistently been in
agreement with what the Lord has given to Glynda to release.
It is
the question that is always asked of prophetic people, “What do you think is
going to happen?” When speaking of what is coming as simply “judgment” many want
more details. “Judgment” is a catch all term which does nothing except explain
the judiciousness of God’s decision. It is a term which is general enough to
excite the excitable, and offend away those looking for more specific
information. In short, because we have not apprehended the ways of God for our
self, every words seems to come out without enough information. It is one of
the ways of God to conceal a matter, and give only enough information to draw
us into a proper response. That response is to come to Him.
Be Careful How You
Hear
Many
people seeking a word from others about coming judgments are doing so because
it is expedient and useful for them to prepare specifically for an event. It
makes the practical preparations less costly and more effective. The reason why more specific words have not been
released is because God does not want you to have them. Does that should harsh?
It is however true. Go to God for yourself and seek Him personally as to what
you should do, and stop expecting other people to be god to you.
The
specifics of “What should I do?” are designed to come in the prayer closet, in
relationship with God. If you “have not” more detailed information, it is most
likely because you have “asked not”. If
you have asked and received not, check you motives. Is this to secure your
kingdom or the Kingdom of God. Are you trying to save the life of the king of
your kingdom? Or working for the Glory of The King?
Words
specific enough to be actionable for practical preparation are rare through a
prophetic person. Even the person speaking of judgments to come still must go personally
before God and ask of Him, “What shall I do?” God’s goal all along has been to
draw you into a personal relationship with Him, without Him you are lost for an
eternity. The short term is only a little matter. Many are waiting for such words now, but God has
left us in waiting so that we might trust Him. Not to trust in our own resourcefulness
above Him. He has left us waiting to seek His face, repent of our sins, receive
of His Spirit and ready our hearts so that they do not faint. The temporal and
practical considerations are secondary!
It is
not as simple as “God told me judgment is coming, so I will prepare”. Have you
considered that God might not want you to survive? If you have not asked that
simple question of God, it is a practical place to begin. The relationship begins with death; with Him
as our example and then us in obedience. Death puts everything in the proper
perspective. This leaves us in a place of prayer and seeking His face; a place
we should have been all along. As I said before: He is able to keep many
without any preparation, and call home many who have prepared much.
About What is
Coming
God gave
me a word in 1998 on the 4th of July. I was living with my Dad
shortly after finishing college, and was attending a Fireworks show. As the
show was going off the Lord began to speak to me that there was coming a
judgment that was not yet, but would most certainly be. He would give America
time to repent, but in the end they would not, and the judgment would come.
Over the next weeks I sought the Lord as to the normal questions at receiving
such a word: “who, what, when, where and how?” All of those questions He was
silent about, yet there other things which are important to be known.
The type
of judgment is important to understand, because there are judgments, and there
are judgments. 9-11 was a judgment, but it also was a warning. Is there a
person on earth who has not seen the images of the collapse of the World Trade
Center? It was a warning that went to the ends of the earth, and to every
household in America. Yet, have we repented? We sang “God Bless
America”, but have we changed?
What is
this type of judgment that is coming? At the time the Lord first spoke to me He
made clear that it was after the pattern of Israel’s carrying away into
captivity. The judgment of America will follow the Biblical patter of the removal
of a nation because its sins. The approach to it follows the Biblical prescription
of those days. May prophets spoke during those days, and all of it applies
directly for us NOW and should be considered as the pattern for what is coming.
He will not spare us nationally, and so the end is not repentance: it is
destruction. The time for repentance passed with the warnings, and will not
return. It is before us, coming and even here.
There is
one change to this Biblical pattern of judgment from the Old Testament writings,
Israel had a Biblical and prophetic end in the scriptures: America does not.
Israel both ceased from being a nation and regained being a nation. Israel’s
captivity was 70 years as an example, but ours is forever. I have heard of many
words which speak of this happening suddenly. If it is fast or a long slow
slide, the end is certain.
To claim
America has a “special” place in scripture is to stretch Biblical
interpretation past what it was ever intended. In the end such claims are no
more than a sales pitch of hopefulness! Some might say we are the figure
Babylon: this is a fair judgment, but consider the end of Babylon. In Daniels
time Babylon fell in one night and in Revelation it is declared to end in “one
hour”. Babylon speaks to a system that stretches the whole of the earth, and
while not us in particular America is at its center.
Speaking of the End
In the
July 4th word the Lord admonished me that many things were ahead of
me before that time, but be aware of these things in their season. Many things
have happened in those 14 years personally and nationally. Personally, I
received Bible training, married, worked in church based ministry and had
children. I have followed the Lord on many adventures, all of which have helped
me to grow closer to Him. Nationally we experienced 9-11, the war on terror,
the invasion of Afghanistan and then Iraq and countless smaller military engagements.
At every turn I wondered if it was the time, and it has not been. Life
continued on, and I personally continued to follow the Lord. I honestly hoped
these days would never come, but they are here and running quickly toward us.
In the
early spring of last year came the word that it was now time the Lord has
spoken to me. It was time to prepare, but I had been prepared already. The
primary preparation is faith and relationship with Him, all other things are
secondary considerations. We are dealing with God, who made all that He will
judge and it is in His hands to do with as He chooses. The last preparation to
put into place was natural, earthly and physical. God has been preparing His
own to follow Him for a long time. As I have said before, He is able to keep
you without any preparation, and call you home even if you have made every
peroration. You are in His hands.
Specifics of the
End
The Lord
at that time spoke to me of Lamentations Chapter 4 (Read it!) as being
descriptive of the final end of America.
The situation described by Jeremiah as an eye witness shows what removal
of a nation looks like when carried out. These verse are also highly descriptive
matches with the words given by many of God’s prophetic voices about what is
coming. Many have seen masses of wandering and starving people dying as they
went. Much of what people have seen is the end of the judgments; very few have
a sure word about the beginning. Have we not considered the most basic precepts
of the prophetic, that God “declares the end from the beginning (Isa 46:10)?”
Why then do we seek to know the beginning and middle, when we shall see clearly
the end? The rest, if God be willing, we will only witness with our eyes (PS91).
God is
not speaking much of the specifics of the beginning. The only people this will
not take by complete surprise are these following the Lord presently. Many
things have been said, but only through the eyes of History will it be judged
as true/false and specific/vague. The central message of all the words the Lord
has given to His servants is to prepare: spiritual preparation being always at
the forefront of EVERY admonition! The question is actually this: “Are you
ready to meet your maker?” Live the rest of your time ready! Prepare naturally as
the Lord wills, allows and provides.
Hard Things
Many are
said to be sensationalists or only trying to get up a following by words of
warning and visions of destruction, but time will tell. Knowing personally many
of the people speaking these things, and having done so myself, would it shock
you if I was to say we don’t really want to hear of it all either? We are not joking.
We are not taking anything we are saying lightly. Most people getting such
words have been in intercession and prayer for the very people we are saying destruction
is coming to! What do you think our hearts to be at this moment, after giving
such a report? The most important place of all to be is in the prayer closet,
hearing for yourself the answer to the prayer, “What shall I do?”
To hold
this knowledge in any amount of real faith is hard to bear. Some think that anyone
would speak of these things lightly. Lightness is nice mental exercise, as
theological discussion of judgment; but hold the word of the Lord regarding
these things is a horror and terror.
Do you
believe in the judgment of God? As only a mental exercise or do the words of
the words drive you to your knees in prayer for the unsaved? In prayer for your
family, for your community, for your church and Christian brother and sisters. If that has not been the effect of such a word
on you, don’t have a real word. The real word of this judgment is a horror, and
not a delight. Examine your motives in wanting to hear of such things, and the
outcomes if you do. They are hard to bear when you know that the speaker is
powerful enough to perform all that which He has spoken.
Brian D.
McClafferty
