The following are strategic revelations that were received by those whose prophetic gifts we have come to trust. Even so, they are shared with the understanding that the Lord is doing different things in different places, and we do not expect these words to apply to everyone. Also, as most of the interpretations and applications are given by me, they may not be the same as what would be given by the one receiving the revelation.--Rick Joyner

A DREAM FROM BOB JONES:Bob dreamed that he was in a doctor's office. A nurse was boasting that she had been able to heal him, but he was thinking that it was not she or the doctor but the Lord who had healed him. Then he went out into the waiting room and it was full of old nurses who were all boasting about their sons. They were waiting for their sons to come back to them, but Bob knew that none of them would.

INTERPRETATION:Bob was given the understanding that the old nurses represented old churches and denominations. They had been good nurses and had raised their children well, but now they did not have anything that could draw their sons back to them. When the nurses would die, there would be no one to take their places. One of the reasons why their sons would not come back to them was that they had attributed the works of God to themselves instead of seeking the presence of the Lord.

APPLICATION:This is a warning. Our children must be led to the Lord Himself, not to us or our gifts, or they will depart and not return to us.

A DREAM FROM KEITH DAVIS:On January 11, 1997, Keith Davis had a dream about our daughter Amber. They were at a carnival. Amber was her same size (she is now six years old), but she was talking like an adult. She told Keith that she was about to start college, for the Holy Spirit was her teacher and He was about to take her to His college.

INTERPRETATION:Amber is a prophetic child. Bob Jones prophesied her birth two years before she was born. He said that she would represent a new beginning, and would therefore be born on August 8 and weigh 8 pounds (8 is the number of new beginnings). This all came true exactly as foretold. Since her birth, many events in Amber's life have been important signs to us, especially as they relate to a new move that the Lord said He wanted to bring through us. That Amber was at a carnival in the dream speaks of worldly entertainment. This is a warning that entertainment will be a fundamental test for the new move. That Amber was already talking like an adult speaks of quick maturity. This is because the Holy Spirit is the teacher. We are already being called to the "higher learning" that college represents here.

APPLICATION:We have been holding back in many ways, because we haven't thought a new movement that is still so immature could move any faster. We must not hold back any longer. College represents the last step in preparation before entering our life's calling. We must embrace a level of teaching and instruction that is

beyond what we may think we can take at this time.

A VISION FROM BOBBY CONNER:Bobby saw the Lord handing out pegs. They were in a brown leather bag, and the Lord was handing them out to those who would use them.

INTERPRETATION:Pegs refer to nailing things down. Brown often speaks of humble service. It will be out of a devotion to humble service that we will be able to nail down the purposes of the Lord. Pegs are also used for securing tents, which often represent the dwelling place of the Lord. It is humble service that secures His dwelling place among us. "But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage.

"For we are slaves; yet in our bondage, our God has not forsaken us, but has extended lovingkindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us reviving to raise up the house of our God, to restore its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem" (Ezra 9:8-9 NAS).

APPLICATION:As the Lord was the one handing the pegs out from the brown bag, we can expect a great anointing to come upon the ministry of helps and all those who are devoted to humble service. We need to esteem these ministries as those which actually secure the dwelling place of the Lord among us.

A VISION FROM BOB JONES:Bob saw a mature eagle whose feet were tangled up in ticker tape so that it could | not fly.

INTERPRETATION:Ticker tape was used for reporting stock market share prices. That this had the eagle's feet so tangled up that it could not fly speaks of prophetic ministries being so tied up in the world's ways that they cannot soar to the place where they receive revelation.

APPLICATION:Prophetic ministries should especially beware of investing in such things as the stock market. Where your treasure is there will your heart be also, and it can keep you from soaring in the heavenly places where eagles are called to fly. Beware of how this can entangle you.

A DREAM FROM DON ROBERTSON:Don dreamed that we were in a large boiler room. A sheriff came and gave us Glock pistols. He said that they would shoot .39 caliber bullets. They were a 22-r model number. The sheriff said to carry them in the small of our backs, hidden.

INTERPRETATION:Boilers are used for generating power by heating water until it becomes steam. The steam is not just released into the air, but is controlled and directed so that its power is not wasted. This speaks of the Lord bringing us into a place where His word is heated to the point that it is released as power in our lives. Sheriffs still have authority to deputize common citizens when needed. This speaks of the weapons coming from those who will arm the "common citizens" of the church. This was done in a place where power was being generated.

Glock pistols are unique. They are made in Austria and do not have a safety. They are made out of a hard plastic that is extremely durable and cannot be detected with scanners, so they can cross borders undetected. This speaks of our having to be very careful not to aim the weapons that we have been given until it is time to use them. That we were told by the sheriff to place the pistols in the small of our backs to keep them undetected speaks of not flaunting our spiritual weapons, but keeping them hidden until we are to use them. Thirty-nine is the number of punishment (Paul was beaten with thirty-nine lashes five times, II Corinthians 11:24), and that these pistols fired .39 caliber bullets speaks of being able to bring punishment or judgment on our enemies (see II Corinthians 10:5-6). That the model number was 22-r speaks of a repeating model. Isaiah 22:22 speaks of the keys of David.

APPLICATION:Glock pistols are high quality and potentially lethal weapons. Even so, pistols are still short-range weapons. You would not attack a tank with a pistol, so we must not try to attack principalities and powers that are beyond the power of our present authority. If we are faithful with these, the Lord will trust us with more powerful, long range weapons in due time.

VISION FROM BOBBY CONNER:Bobby saw a beautiful 103-year-old woman with red hair, and he was to chase her until he caught her and became intimate with her.

INTERPRETATION:Bobby knew that this woman represented Psalm 103. We must pursue and become intimate with the revelation contained in this psalm.

APPLICATION:To become intimate is to know well. Let us examine it verse by verse:

VERSE I: Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Is everything that we are doing blessing the Lord?

VERSE 2: Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget none of His benefits; Have we been forgetting His benefits? Let us examine and remind ourselves and one another of all that He does for us.

VERSE 3: Who pardons all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases; These are certainly two of the greatest benefits of all. Let us pursue them, embracing both His forgiveness and His healing

VERSE 4: Who redeems your life from the pit; who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion; It is good to be continually reminded of all that we have been redeemed from, and to know the mercy and compassion that we are now adorned with.

VERSE 5: Who satisfies your years with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle. If we are satisfied with what the Lord is providing us, we will be continually refreshed and renewed. His yoke is easy and His burden is light, so that by taking it we find refreshment for our souls. If our lives are heavy and our strength being expended,

we have somehow departed from what He called us to.

VERSE 6: The LORD performs righteous deeds, and judgments for all who are oppressed. If we are abiding in the Lord we should be continually witnessing righteous deeds, and should be siding with Him for the oppressed.

VERSE 7: He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the sons of Israel. Rather than being satisfied with just seeing His works, may we be like Moses, who was compelled to know Him much better--to know His ways.

VERSE 8: The LORD IS compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness. If we are like Him, should these not also be our nature?

VERSE 9: He will not always strive with us; nor will He keep His anger forever. Let us not try the patience of the Lord.

VERSE 10: He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. Every one of us can be thankful for this!

VERSE 11: For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him. We know of no end to the height of the heavens. Such is His mercy to us if we fear Him.

VERSE 12: As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. If you go far enough north you will eventually start going south, but if you go east you never cross a point where you start going west. That is how far our transgressions have been removed!

VERSE 13: Just as a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. Again, a key phrase here is that this compassion is for those who fear Him. One reason why many do not experience the Lord's great compassion is that they do not properly fear Him.

VERSE 14: For He himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust. The Lord does not forget how frail we are. Neither should we!

VERSES 15-16: As for man, his days are like grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. When the wind has passed over it, it is no more; and its place acknowledges it no longer. Flowers can be beautiful, but they are all frail and temporary. So is the glory we receive on this earth. All human glory is also fleeting. The greatest fame here only lasts but a brief moment, so why not set our hearts on that which is eternal?

VERSES 17-18: But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to

everlasting on those who fear Him, and His righteousness to children's children, To those who keep His covenant, and who remember His precepts to do them. If we know that this is true should we not pursue His mercy above all things?

VERSE 19: The LORD has established His throne in the heavens; and His sovereignty rules over all. If we know this why do we devote so much attention to seeking human help when we can come boldly before His throne of grace at any time and receive the grace from Him who is above all authority in both heaven and earth?

VERSES 20-21: Bless the LORD, YOU His angels, mighty in strength, who perform His word, obeying the voice of His word! Bless the LORD, all you His hosts, you who serve Him, doing His will. Angels are ministering spirits who are devoted to those who are the heirs of salvation. This seems to be the only place in the Scriptures where a man commands angels, and his command to them is to bless the Lord. There is no higher purpose for men or angels than to bless Him!

VERSE 22: Bless the LORD, all you works of His, in all places of His dominion; bless the LORD, O my soul! If we could be a blessing to the Lord for but one moment, if we could touch His heart in such a way that He is moved, it would be worth every endeavor of our life. What do we possibly have that is more important than seeking His pleasure? The highest accolade we could ever be given is that we were pleasing to the Lord. Let us live for that which is life indeed.

A WORD FROM WADE TAYLOR:The sin of Laodicea was that they did not think that they needed anything. The Lord had said, "Blessed are the poor," which implied abject poverty, the complete end of self. Chastening comes when we have done something wrong; scourging comes when we have done things right. We need chastening for our lukewarmness, and scourging so that we can be trusted with the authority to sit with Him on His throne. The lesson of the burning bush is that God's highest purpose is often not in front of us, but off to the side, requiring that we turn aside to meet with Him. When we think we have it all, we will not turn aside. Before Moses' failure he had too much going for him. In Revelation, John heard the voice of the Lord walking. Can we hear His footsteps through history? Through our own times? He walked by Azusa. He walked by Wales. Will He walk by us? If He does, will we turn aside and follow Him?