The clouds are gathering again as I sit here this Saturday noon Aug 28, 2010 typing up my report on Prayer Mountain. Two weeks ago today the event on Mt Ashland took place.
There is another prayer event going on at the Armory today, A Call to Prayer. Also the Oregon portion of Root 52 is happening, it started last evening & goes through Sept 3rd. This was started by Cindy & Mike Jacobs as a “Strategy to bring the US back to its Covenantal Roots.”
The King of Glory & His Holy Angels is on the move!
Today in Washington DC, Glen Beck & the Wall Builders are having an event in the Plaza called “Restoring Honor.” The timetables of God are accelerating!
Back to the Prayer Mountain NW event: I had many mixed feelings before, during & after attending. In my heart I knew it was a God thing, but in my mind there were questions. Like how many times do we have to repent & reconcile with the Native Americans before God says “it’s finished?” I was with Betty Denny when she went to the Rogue River, Aug 23, 2008 (click this to read the report) with 2 Native American women to cleanse the river & the headwaters with identificational repentance. She also had previously facilitated a gathering prior to this on the Table Rocks for the same purpose. Yet we still have not had that move of God (revival) in our valley. What is holding us back?
The Thursday prior to the Mt. Ashland event, I attended The Jackson County Intercessors prayer meeting. As we were praying for the event I got a vision of Jesus hanging on the Cross & His blood pouring out on the ground. I heard, “It is done.” But Lord what does that mean? I cried out.
Mt Ashland is the highest accessible mountain in our area & it overlooks our valley. There is a scripture in IS 2:2 that says, “Now it shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills & all the nations shall flow to it.” So I call forth to the mountains (7 mountains of influence) in our region & decree the decree of the Lord: “The Mountains will bring peace to the people & the little hills by righteousness. PS 72:3”
Come forth - peace; Come forth – righteousness; Come forth - revival.
I won’t repeat the telling of the events that took place that weekend just my impressions. The last evening on Saturday, there was thunder & lightning. I had been watching the build-up of thunder clouds from about 4 PM. An Indian Woman was to ride in on her horse & light a fire with a torch that she was carrying, but her horse didn’t like the idea at all, especially when there was a flash of lightning, thunder & the ski lift lights over us went out all at the same time. So Rita Bear Gray ran down to the stage that was set-up & it miracously still had lights & sound. For me she was the voice of God in this event. She also voiced some of my own concerns and thoughts.
Rita said she had been too many events like this one where the thunder & lightning was often present when she spoke (God with her.) She talked about how it was a joke among her people that whenever the white man wanted to do these kind of meetings (identificational/repentance) they would say to each other, “Which one of us will be the sacrificial Indian that will go this time?” I thought this funny & sad at the same time. But she went on to speak to her people that were present, that they as a race (my word) would need to repent of their bitterness & anger toward the white man & forgive as Jesus did so they could get healing especially for the alcoholism that plagues them. I felt maybe unsaid but implied, that forgiveness would also heal their family relationships & their men could be restored as the respected headship in their families & tribes.
How does community & relationship come about between whites & Indians when our cultures are so different? Maybe this was a positive symbolic step forward, but to where? The one common denominator we (white Christians) have with Indian Christians is Jesus Christ. These Native Americans at this gathering are as radical in their worship of Jesus as we are.
What does all this have to do with healing our land, our valley? Will these symbolic acts that took place on the mountain make a difference in our valley? (Recall the vision of the Lord’s blood pouring out on the land.) We want to see revival & the Lord’s habitation for all the peoples that live in our region.
Father what still needs to yet take place to bring Holy Spirit to inhabit all of us here in our region? There are still walls between Christians (churches & denominations) not just races. You said that You would break down the middle wall of separation & bring us together (Jew &gentile) as one new man, united in heart. All would turn toward You. How is that to be accomplished? Is there something that we still need to do? individually and/or collectively?
2 Chron 7:14 (if) my people, my God-defined (Jew & Christian) people, respond by humbling themselves, praying, seeking my presence, and turning their backs on their wicked lives, I'll be there ready for them: I'll listen from heaven, forgive their sins, and restore their land to health. MSG
Betty Denny reminded me of a vision I had Thursday July 29th “I see lightning break through the darkness with multitudes of streaming lights breaking forth.” This was probably related to what people saw on the mountain just prior to this event as they were praying. It was late at night & as they looked up at the stars there was a meteor shower where 3 bright lights came from different directions. They converged together right over the mountain. Pastor Denny said this was a sign in the natural that God was dispatching His angels as cover for this event. I believe it also said He the Lord would be present during the event. That He saw all that took place as well as seeing into the hearts of us who would there. The thundering & lightning’s during the event was also the Lord showing us in the natural of His attention to what was taking place.
His Blood spilled out on the land for healing & covenant with His people.
