As the refugees passed the checkpoint, some of the members of the fellowship were standing by.  These folks would remove the baggage from the refugees, usher them into the church, and help them to eat and rest.  After a suitable period of time, the refugees would re-emerge from the church and continue on their way in good health.

Clearly, the dream highlights a restorational mission for our church.  We are seeing an increase in this ministry through the various recovery ministries, jail ministries, and pastoral ministries represented in our congregation.  Maybe this will serve as confirmation for those good folks involved.  Keep it up.

I recently had a prophetic experience where the Lord showed me a hand gun.  It was a revolver with a spinning cylinder style chamber.  On the barrell was written the word “ministry.”  I watched as the Lord began to take people and form them into bullets and place them in the chamber of the revolver.

After the people had been formed into bullets and placed into the chamber, the Lord would spin the cylinder Russian-roulette style and point the gun into a nation.  When He pulled the trigger, the “bullets” would go forth and cause a revival to break out.

I believe that this vision speaks of ministry teams of several people.  I believe that the Lord is saying that the days of the personality cult in ministry are over.  The season of men building ministries in their own name has drawn to a close.  It is my belief that the next generation of revivalists will not be well-known preachers with huge platforms, but rather teams of apostolic warriors who are submitted to the cause of Christ.  They will be nameless and faceless and rather than ambitiously building a ministry will be committed to advancing the Kingdom.

I believe that the Lord will utilize different team members under different circumstances to effect powerful ministry.  This is what the spinning of the cylinder symbolizes.  I also received interpretations for the following components of the gun itself:

The sights: Control the direction of the bullets.  This is the role of prophetic counsel to the apostolic teams of ministers who will take part in the next wave of revival.

The cylinder: This is the place of prayer.  It is the sole abode, qualification, equipping center, and desire of those who will be endued with power from on high. It is the chamber in which the combustion will take place that propels people to their prophetic destiny.

The gun powder: This is intimacy with the Lord.  This is the combustible force that will fill the place of prayer (the chamber) and propel the projectile (the spirit-filled minister) down the barrel and into the heart of the people where they will be a catalyst for revival on an epic scale.

but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God. (1 Peter 3:4)

I was in my prayer time this morning and the Lord showed me a vision.  I saw a sports car driving down the road.  The car looked new.  It had a nice paint job, fancy spoiler, new tires, aluminum rims, the works.  I said to myself, “that’s a nice car right there.”  As the car drove down the road, all of the people on the side of the road turned to look as it zipped past in all it’s glory.

Then, the Lord took me to an automotive shop.  I saw the same car pull in and get hooked up to an emissions testing machine.  The machine went crazy as the emissions that were coming from the car were filthy.  The car easily failed the emissions test.  I saw the hood popped open, and when I looked at the engine I was amazed to find that it was filthy, grimy, and looked like it had never been maintained.

The Lord said, “Looks can be deceiving, but emissions don’t lie.”  It kind of reminded me of the following scripture.

“Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they” (Matthew 7:15-16)

Many are coming and indeed are beginning to show up who will claim to be prophets, anointed, preachers, even the Son of God.  We, as the Spirit-filled body, have two choices:  Be tossed around by their fancy words, shiny exteriors, and shows of power (many will do signs and wonders), or we can learn to discern them by their fruit.  True prophetic ministry will always add to the revelation of Jesus Christ.  We must learn to discern people by what kind of emissions their ministry produces, not our perceptions of whether or not they are “anointed.”

Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners? (Song of Solomon 6:10)

I sat and began reading this verse in my quiet time this morning, and the Lord began to open up revelation to me about the end-time prophetic army which is the fully consecrated bride of Christ.  He began to show me attributes of that army from this verse:

Supernatural Increase: The New American Standard Version of the Bible translates the first part of this verse as, “Who is this that grows like the dawn.”  I believe this is a word picture representing the way in which the prophetic revelation of the bride will increase as the “Light,” being the Son of God, continues to shine upon us in ever-increasing measure.  As we move closer to the great and terrible day of the Lord, we will increase in prophetic revelation as we grow in consecration to the Lord and as He continues to reveal Himself to us.

Supernatural Identity: “Beautiful as the full moon” are not the words that I would use to describe myself, but this is the way that Jesus sees us.  In the last days, the bride will continue to move into her identity and find affirmation in the words that Christ has spoken about us rather than our tainted self-perception.   This realization will relieve us of the performance burden and, having found our portion in Him, will empower us to perform miracles, signs, and wonders.

Supernatural Purity: “Clear as the sun” has been translated in many versions to read, “Pure as the sun.”  When I think of the purity of the sun, I think of a burning hot inferno in which any impurity is consumed by the intesity of the energy.  I believe that this is a prophetic picture of the heart of the end time church that is now beginning to emerge in the Earth.  I believe that we will continue to feel His fire until we burn with a Holy intensity that has a purifying effect on our lives.

Supernatural Commission: An army that is directed by banners is one that is under the control of it’s general.  An army with no banners is not only not terrible, it’s also quite comical.  It will defeat itself from lack of communication, lack of orders, and lack of discipline.  We must begin to content to be sent forth from the General from whom all orders originate. Our general judges the faithfulness of soldiers by their willingness to live in the prayer room, be separate from the affairs of this world, and follow orders when issued.

I believe that the pot represents the place of prayer and radical consecration to the Lord.  I believe that the green, lush plants represent laborers consumed with the call to prayer.  They are alive, and their life increases in proportion to the amount of time spent in the pot.

You see, the pot is an environment that is not subjected to the outside forces of nature, but is subjected to the loving hand of the gardener.  It has water and plant food in the perfect proportions meted out by the skilled hand of the gardener.  In that environment, it grows and flourishes.

The end game is for the gardener to introduce the healthy, life-filled plants into the fields of dead flowers and cause them to return to life.  This can happen in the Kingdom because we are all members of the same body.  Paul said in Romans 1 that, “I long to come to you so that I might impart some spiritual gift to you.”  I believe personal revival, when introduced in sufficient measure to the corporate environment, can contribute to corporate revival in a mighty way.

Contend for outpouring in the secret place, beloved.  Contend.

Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints. (Jude 1:3)

I saw a tribe of people (some of whom I recognized and with whom I have already shared this vision) dressed in grass skirts.  They were wearing face paint and dancing around a fire pit full of logs (with no fire).  There were spectators who were watching the dance.  The spectators kept pouring glass after glass of water on the fire pit.  The tribe paid no attention to the spectators, and simply kept praising their God and asking for fire from heaven.

At first the crowd was perplexed, and then they poked fun, and finally they became downright nasty by shouting insults and cursing the tribe.  This went on for some time, but the tribe was undeterred.

Finally, the clouds parted and fire fell from heaven consuming the wet logs in the fire pit.  To the astonishment of the crowd, the tribal members began leaping into the fire.  Their grass skirts caught fire, but the tribe was not harmed.  Instead, they became bold and began to run through the crowd performing what looked like a mosh pit maneuver.

Many in the crowd became engulfed in flame.  Many more ran in terror.  The tribe began to disburse deeper and deeper into the crowd catching more and more people with the fire that was burning on their clothes.  Then the vision flashed to a picture of the globe from the perspective of outer space, and I could see the light of the fire begin to spread all over the world.

It doesn’t take a prophetic giant to interpret this vision, but I think it is an indication of what is on God’s heart in this hour.  He is seeking those who will burn for Him, and who will contend for His fire regardless of the personal cost.

During the dream, I saw a unit of soldiers walking down a road.  The soldiers were dressed in battle fatigues and had red horses painted on their helmets.  The soldiers reached a mountainous region where there was no road, and they took out explosives and began blasting a road.  Then, they reached a river.  Within minutes they had built a bridge over the river and were moving on to the next objective.  They were extremely competent combat engineers and they were building a highway through the wilderness.

All around these soldiers there were enemies shooting, setting ambushes and booby traps, and causing as much chaos as possible.  This didn’t effect the engineers at all, and they simply kept building the road despite the conflict around them.

I don’t know if the Lord showed me the red horse as some sort of symbollic gesture, or just to illustrate the point that these were combat engineers.  In the Air Force, we have a unit called the “Red Horse.”  They are amazing engineers.  We landed in Afghanistan and slept in the dirt for months.  When the Red Horse Squadron showed up, they had a small city built within hours, complete with showers, chow halls, quarters, the whole nine yards.  It was the most amazing feat of engineering I had ever seen.

The Lord quickened the scripture from Isaiah 62:10-11 in my heart after the dream:

Go through, go through the gates,
Clear the way for the people;
Build up, build up the highway,
Remove the stones, lift up a standard over the peoples.
¹¹Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth,
Say to the daughter of Zion, “Lo, your salvation comes;
Behold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.”

Again, the reference to building highways and removing obstacles.  I’m open to some interpretation and feedback.

I saw an Army dressed in dark clothing moving across America.  They had in their possession flaming swords, and when they opened their mouths locusts flew out.  Everywhere this army went, they left a wide path of total destruction.  Houses were burned.  Crops were consumed.  People were left in the wreckage and looked totally miserable and destitute.  It seemed as if this army had power to destroy everything: Houses, families, economies, nations, hope, and the future.

The Lord spoke to me and said, “this is the Total War that the enemy is waging against your nation.”

Then I saw another army rise up, beginning on the coasts in California and in Florida, Georgia, and all the way up through Virginia.  At first the numbers of soldiers were small in comparison to the soldiers of the evil army, but they were not afraid.  These soldiers eventually began to move from the coasts into the Midwest where they joined together to form a huge army.

This Army began to follow the path of the evil army, and the destruction and chaos that it had left behind.  Everywhere that the army went, the destruction and chaos stopped.  There was restoration of all things.  Economies began to flourish.  People were restored.  Families were brought together.  Righteousness was established in the land.

Finally, the righteous army caught up to the evil army and began to consume them.  It looked as if they righteous army walked right over the evil army and simply kept going.

The Lord said, “This is the Total War that you are called to wage.”

A few observations:

Again, the age of the average soldier in the righteous army was very, very young.  Some as young as ten years old, maybe younger.  They had no faces except for blazing eyes that looked like fire.

The army seemed very, very coordinated with officers calling cadences enabling every soldier to be in step as the army advanced.  I believe this indicates that the Lord will raise up coordinators who will help to train and facilitate the cohesiveness of the army.

I welcome thoughts and comments.

In military terms, a SAPPER is a combat engineer trained to destroy enemy fortifications and clear the way for the infantry to advance.  Likewise, a Revolution Brigade SAPPER is a highly trained intercessor whose mission is to destroy strongholds, bind demonic influences, and prepare the way for the Apostolic ministry to come forth and change nations.

Due to the nature of this type of ministry, it’s absolutely essential that SAPPERS be selfless, radically devoted  prayer warriors who possess an over-the-top anointing for prayer ministry forged by living a fasted lifestyle in communion with the Lord.   Their mission is to go into a country….with just their squad…..and do spiritual battle with principalities and powers that rule over the region.  It’s not childs play.

Our vision is to begin mobilizing teams of SAPPERS in advance of the international missions trips of Greg Pusateri, our Apostolic father here at the Revolution Brigade, by the end of the year.  You heard me right.  The end of the year. Their mission will be to travel to whatever country Greg is going to, and to demolish any spiritual opposition to the Gospel that may be in place using the tools of prayer and fasting.

Ideally, each squad would have members who major in intercession, prophetic ministry, word of wisdom/knowledge, and discerning of spirits, as well as a helps specialist to coordinate the arrival and itinerary of the missionary “infantry.”  The model is taken from the military “Advon” team, which is an highly trained team of specialists who proceed any major military deployment into a foreign country for the purpose of preparation and intelligence gathering.

It’s warfare.  It’s missions.  What’s not to love?  Now, who is hard core enough to embrace that vision?

My first thought was, “It might as well be a million.”  But then, my faith began to rise up.  I found myself weeping and shouting, “Your will be done, Father!”

I believe that the promise of the Lord to me and to those associated with this movement is that the Lord will raise up 5000 prophetic warriors, radically consecrated and walking in Nazarite power, to loose the hold of darkness upon our nation.  I believe that this Prophetic Army will advance upon Capitol Hill, The White House, and the various State Legislatures, and will bring an end to abortion and the homosexual agenda.  In the process of waging war, I believe the church will be purified from apathy and disinterest.

I tell you, the fire of God is dancing in my bones right now.  He’s given me a message.  Now, I’m believing Him for a voice!