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he music no longer attracted my attention, I closed my eyes and became silent before the Lord. When I opened my eyes again I found myself at the back of very large hall, it looked more like a entrance of some great cathedral. Impressive with high windows, In the distance I saw two high big doors. While I'm looked around and wondered where I was, I heard voices and saw figures walking in the distance. One figure was clearly in the middle and on either side I saw several figures walking one after the other.
I asked the question; Who is that Lord? And just like you can bring out the picture with the lens of the camera, so I got a bigger picture of what was happening in the distance. I saw the man in the middle, He wore a royal cloak around his shoulders, heavy beacause of so much blood in which he seemed to be drenched. on his head a crown of gold, with through it an image of a crown of thorns. It became clear to me that this had to be Jesus. I look fascinated for a while. I saw that they stood still as they arrived at the doors.
The man in the middle, who I was now convinced was Jesus, took the knob of the door in His hand, I held my breath. Was I here now shown the coming of Jesus to earth? But unfortunately, He did not open the door.The picture started to play again before my eyes. Every time I saw them only from back to front walk. suddenly I seemed to be closer to Jesus, and I asked Him, Lord, what is stopping You from opening the door? (for I understood that with the opening of the door, He would indeed come to earth) Then He turned His head back, looked over His shoulder, I saw only half of His face hanging down sadly and opened His mouth, and there came out of His mouth a cry, which went through the marrow and bone, crying with a sob;'BRING ME BENJAMIN'
After this loud, sad cry, I was back in my living room and still sitting on the couch. I noticed that it was now the Holy Spirit who came close and opened my mind and heart to the explanation of this special vision.
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e had prayed and made plans together. Our 1st stop would be the missionary couple John and Judy Pex who ran the Shelter in Eilat.
A beautful seaside town at the tip of Israel's South near the Egyptian border. There were a number of rooms built with mainly bunk beds. good facilities such as toilets and showers were available. Each morning a Bible study was conducted in the covered courtyard, which resembled a large Tabernacle.
On Friday evening there was evangelism on the nearby beach. and people were invited to the service at six-thirty, after which a delicious meal was offered. People of all kinds of nationalizations would entre in. Each group sat together and had its own translator. It was clear to us that this work deserved our support! The contact clicked immediately,
After a nice day at the beach we left by bus for a long trip to Jerusalem. That would be an unforgettable visit!
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er name was Chana. She asked us if we came from the west of the Netherlands, to which we nodded in the affirmative. and that someone during a prayer meeting had prophesied that God would send four women from the west of the Netherlands to encourage them and would pray for them! Not only was she deeply impressed by our presence, but we were also.We now understood why the Lord had laid upon our hearts not to go together, but to ask two more women.In the week that followed we prayed for every volunteer who wanted to do this. Thankful we were that God on this wonderful way our trip had confirmed
The next day we visited Jan Willem v.d.Hoeven and his wife Ellen.Jan Willem is director of I,C.Z.C and worked for years as pastor in The Garden Tomb in Jerusalem.We were also allowed to give a gift to them on behalf of the congregation as support for the Feast of Tabernacles to be celebrated the following week.They took us to the Sultans Pool in the heart of Jerusalem where they were already busy setting up the stage.Then Jan Willem showed us other special biblical places. It was an impressive day when we prayed together in many places for the Peace of the Land and especially for Jerusalem!
When I opened my bible in my hotel room at the end of the day, my eye fell on a special scripture Ezekiel 40:4 where it says;
The man said to me, "Human being, look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and pay attention to all the things I am showing you; because the reason you were brought here is so that I could show them to you. Tell everything you see to the house of Isra'el."
My heart started beating faster, what were we going to experience next?
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nnie heard it first. She woke me up the night after the tour. "Adrie do you hear that?" There must be something very bad going on outside, I woke up well to hear it now, and Fia had also woken up in the meantime. We heard sounds of people screaming in fear, the clattering of swords as if people were being murdered, and sirens screaming, What could be going on and what would happen? We went into battle with our prayers and begged God to end it. After some time the noise decreased and we tried to sleep again. Tomorrow morning we would ask and hear what had happened.
But when we saw several people there that next morning We were surprised to find out that no one had heard of the noise! It dawned on us that everything we had heard from our guide that day had been confirmed. There was a fierce battle going on in the heavenlies that you could not hear with the naked ear, but only if God would open your ears to it. It might frighten a person, but the next night the Lord let us hear something again, and it was again Annie who first noticed.
Oh, Adrie, I hear a choir singing, I think it's in the church next door. Do you hear how beautiful it sounds? I looked at my watch, it was already half past eleven. It seemed to me unlikely that there was still singing in church so late in a church surrounded by hotel rooms. No said Fia, who had also woken up in the meantime, God lets us hear angels, we don't have to be afraid of the darkness of yesterday. God's angels are mightier. All three of us agreed with a thorough Hallelujah!
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hen we drove on and we stopped at a beautiful shop where the most beautiful souvenirs were sold. There we bought the Shofar for our congregation. We were also invited to watch a film in a separate room under the building. It started by showing how the first Jews in the late 1800's started building on the incredible rocky outcrops, of which Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu once said; No farmer would let his goat graze there! After persistent sweating and suffering, but with singing, the first village there was built in collaboration with the Arab neighbours, who were of course also invited to the opening.
Admiringly, we watched all these heroes, until we saw something horrific happen. The so-called new Arab friends with whom they had lived well now surrounded the village and were the first to shoot the Jewish men, mothers, children and the elderly herded in a deep hole outside the village and gave them weapons and forced them to shoot each other. If they didn't, they still did it for them. Then they burned the whole village and started celebrating!! We were petrified watching this. This is where the movie ended. We couldn't say a word..
It was dead quiet! Sondra stood motionless, looking at us with revealing eyes. It took a while before we fully realized what she wanted to say to us; Look, if we don't stand up for ourselves, this will continue to happen! We understood..... unfortunately nothing has changed until today.
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epart, depart, go forth from there; touch not the unclean thing, depart from her midst, purify yourselves, you who bear the vessels of the Lord.
Still worked part-time in fashion, but over time the business where I worked had changed hands several times. Instead of the middle class, it had become fashion for mainly young people and clearly changed in appearance. I noticed that the print of the clothing was becoming more aggressive. There were also more and more skulls even on children's clothing.
The music also changed. An unsuspecting customer would probably hardly notice it, but I started to get annoyed by the many unclean lyrics that this music contained. In addition, normal sales changed into making sure that nothing is stolen, and unpacking the increasingly delivered boxes every day. One day the Lord spoke to my heart through Isaiah 52 verse 11 and 12. The text written above this chapter. Giving up my job at a time when you could be happy, especially at my age, that you can work, was a bit of a shock for me.
We would miss my salary, but we should because John had a good income. I did, however, dread having to explain why I wanted to stop to my boss and our district leader. I wrestled with the Lord about this and asked for confirmation. The next time I walked back into the store to go to work, there was an unmissable large mannequin in front of the store with a very aggressive look and an unmissable belt with a large skull as closure! This came right in my face. I walked thoughtfully to our cloakroom to hang up my coat and there was a surprise waiting for me. Meetings were held in the small room by, among others, my boss, our district leader and the Etaleur. The Lord had made it easy for me! My heart started beating in my throat, I was sure the Lord had arranged this for me and I could immediately announce my resignation to all.
They were amazed to hear my honest story about how the latest fashion trend started to annoy me. Most of them knew that I was a Christian, I had never made a secret of it. Yet they did not fully understand why I wanted to quit my job for that reason. Our Etaleur followed me into the store for a while, and asked if I was sure? I asked him; Will this fashion image stay that way, or is it just temporary and will it be changed again in the new season? Unfortunately no, this trend did very well and they certainly weren't going to stop there. Then I knew for sure, this 'vat' had to go! Very shortly afterwards, due to certain circumstances, John's income fell and that was unexpected.
I had obeyed the voice of the Lord at the right time. Had I known this I probably would not have stopped working after all, and the influence of all the impurity and darkness could still affect my mind unnoticed. We placed our concerns at The Cross and trusted that God would take care of us and He did not betray that trust!
Jesus had opened His heart to me, but who was I to let me experience this? His deeply displayed emotion made tears roll down my cheeks. "Is this what goes on in heaven, in your heart and soul?" In silence and meditation I allowed all the thoughts that the Holy Spirit wanted to tell me to come to me So Jesus was ready to come to earth, but was still waiting for the love of His people before Him.
are you going to do with what I've revealed to you Rather perplexed at this question, I asked: But Lord, what must or can I do? 'Start a church spoke the Lord' 
Then he took us to a special prayer room that was secretly visited by believers in the Messiah, This place was called just like ours Municipality of 'The Banner'!
