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我正在興起一群先知議會!
日期:2019年5月3日 
作者:Westley Roderick 
中譯/來源:TOD 蒙允刊載。

https://jenniferleclaire.org/articles/im-raising-up-a-parliament-of-prophets/

幾個月前的清晨,我被主的聲音叫醒。我聽到主說,“我正在興起一群先知議會”。在此之前,我已經知道一群貓頭鷹是被人們稱為議會(parliament)的。我相信在這一刻,不僅僅是上帝正在向我講述先知性的一群人,並且這群人是具有類似貓頭鷹的特徵的。

主說,“我要以如此的方式來對這些人吹氣,我所吹的氣將開始在我的家中充滿弟兄姐妹”。我們已經得到並且被託付來進行和好的工作。祂說,“我將帶領這些人走進黑暗之中 - 進入最黑暗的地方 – 在最糟糕的情況中最不堪的光景下”。

主所指的是一個議會;因為貓頭鷹具有無可挑剔的能力,牠能夠看穿黑暗,並有高度發達的聽力。據說貓頭鷹在黑暗的掩護下進行狩獵時,具有100%的成功率。除此之外,貓頭鷹的頭部還能夠轉動270度而擁有高超的視野。

貓頭鷹所專有的這些附加能力使得這種鳥成為即將到來的先知性運動的一個偉大的比喻和象徵。先知性人們的群集將獲得主所賜的,如何準確攻擊並破除黑暗的捆鎖的諫言和智慧。

把他們帶回巢

與此有關的,主說在下一個先知性運動中,“我將要興起一群人的運動,這運動能夠接觸在黑暗中的那些人們,並將之帶回巢”。上帝將會吹氣在一群先知性的聲音上,其唯一的目的、呼召和恩賜,是能夠進入最黑暗的地方並將人們帶回巢的能力。巢就是天父的家的象徵。

這場運動的目的是要將靈魂帶回天父的家。有一個恩膏和遮蓋是要讓人們得以進入,大家害怕定期去拯救失喪的人的那些黑暗之處。這些先知性的人們將具有比其他人更廣闊的周邊視野而得以“看見”。他們看入黑暗的能力幾乎是完美的,這會帶給他們100%的打擊率。這意味著,當他們帶人進入神的國度時,不會有許多棒棒糖式的糖衣吸引或是表面形式的嬉戲。他們所運作的方式、功能和行動,將會非常精確,具策略性,並以智慧和隱秘的方式來進行。

在馬太福音9章,我們看到耶穌與罪人和稅吏一起吃喝。許多人來到祂面前說道,“你為甚麼要和稅吏並罪人一同吃飯呢?”。耶穌回道,“『我喜愛憐恤,不喜愛祭祀』這句話的意思,你們且去揣摩“(參馬太福音9:12-13)。耶穌就在他們中間。預言的靈是要啟示出耶穌的。

因此,天父所正在興起的,是能夠將光明帶入黑暗的那些先知。上帝自己是隱藏在幽暗中。這群新的先知性人們將帶著周邊視覺進入其中,並在黑暗中看得更廣闊也更遙遠。他們將能夠聽到並明白天父的聲音。這是我們從天父得到的應許:“我的羊知道我的聲音”。

祂說,“我要吹氣在人們身上”。我們將在先知性運動和神的餘民身上看到約瑟和但以理的標記。

【職場先知】

倘若你觀察約瑟的一生,你會看到他的親身兄弟將他賣掉為奴。他在法老和其人民當中成長,和他們一同生活,並為他們工作。聖經中大多數先知性的聲音通常都是成為國王的顧問,或是為那些擁有比較大權力,權柄和影響力的人們工作的。約瑟有一位法老的耳朵。我們當中有一些人需要進到我們可以開始有法老耳朵的地方,在那裡法老得以學習他能夠來信任我們,因此,會聽取我們的意見。

人們渴望自己能在教會的身體裡找到人生的目的並被安置,卻為此常在繞圈子。他們只在教會的身體裡尋找能讓上帝來實現他們的呼召或滿足他們心中熱情的地方,而這並不是他們被呼召要待下來的安身之所。在這個過程中,聖經的真理被扭曲,導致人們產生被教會背叛的心態,並不斷在這四面牆內與一種狹隘的感覺戰鬥。

讓我們來看看約瑟是如何回應他被對待的方式。經過多年的掙扎和痛苦,他仍然說,“從前你們的意思是要害我,但 神的意思原是好的”(參創50:20)。我們經常如此來銓釋這個經文,“敵人的意圖是邪惡的,然而上帝會將之轉變成美好的結局”。就讓我們來看看是誰背叛了約瑟,以及在那一刻他實際上是在對誰說話。這並非是黑暗的執政和掌權的,也不是撒旦。事實上,是他自己的兄弟背叛了他;當他這麼說時,他是在和他的兄弟們說話。當初他們變得如此嫉妒,對於他所得到的禮物如此不具安全感,以至於他們企圖要除掉他。

也許你感到很難過,覺得自己很難在教會裡找到位置。也許上帝並沒有呼召你在教會裡成為先知或是先知性的聲音,而是呼召你進入法老的營地裡。祂呼召你進入職場和曠野。預言最終會對人們揭示出耶穌。預言旨在揭示出上帝的心,顯露人心的秘密,並使他們與基督和好。這是為了要揭示為他們而死的耶穌,以致祂能與他們建立關係。這可以在職場和曠野裡完成。

約瑟的恩膏將會臨到一群人身上,上帝會按照祂祝福約瑟的方式來祝福他們。這不是僅限於解夢者;約瑟還兼具顧問的身份。約瑟的恩膏會帶來財富,以及創造和建立財富的能力。上帝要在一群擔任商業顧問,以及能夠對社會中需要與上帝聯結的“法老”說話的人群中運行。

上帝希望使用許多人作為橋樑,但我們正忙於尋找並掌握教會裡的麥克風,以致於我們沒有抓住上帝賜給我們在教會外面的呼召。

【我們是世界的光】

這就是為何許多人當他們試圖要在教會裡運用呼召和恩賜運作時,感到如此不舒服的原因。他們本是要在教會外運用他們的恩賜,才幹和他們的聲音,如此他們就可以在教會外面開始影響其他人,並向他們揭示出耶穌。有時這是要藉由愛的善行,有時候是要展現出耶穌的作為,以及用預言揭露出他們內心的秘密。

我並不是說你不需要成為當地教會或者基督身體的一部分。我的意思是說,也許你的恩賜並不是要你在教會裡頭發揮功用的,而你卻在一個並非屬於你的平台裡試圖尋找一個可以發揮之處。

有許多人尚未經歷過上帝或人的恩寵,這是因為他們並不是運作在他們應該待的地方。

真正的職場事工就是待在主告訴你的地方,主也為你提供創造性的想法和創造金錢和財富的方法。你擁有在更大的規模和平台上,上帝使用此來揭示耶穌的商場影響力和精明才幹。當你開始這麼做,你將會看到上帝和人的恩寵開始臨到你的身上。

被分別出來的先知

我們將會看到的另一種先知性恩膏就是但以理式的恩膏。在他的生命中,存著另類的生活方式。當你觀察但以理的生活,你會發現他是在國王面前工作和運行的人。尼布甲尼撒王得到一個夢,除了但以理之外,沒有人能夠明白和解讀。但以理過著一種與眾不同的生活,這種生活形態在他內心裡創造了能夠承擔像這樣的一個時刻所需的。這是上帝正在興起的先知議會的一個例子。這些人將在很多人都不敢進入的黑暗界域裡運作。

我們將看到一群被揀選的人們,他們將自己分別出來,他們會成為像但以理和約瑟一樣。他們意識到他們已經經歷了被拒絕和被放逐的季節,他們在曠野中漂流並且被留在那裡等死。在這一個被分別出來的季節中,他們所經歷的正是為了一個更大的目標和更大的榮耀。

上帝正在興起並祝福將要承載類似但以理恩膏的一群人們。他們將擁有像尼布甲尼撒這樣的國王的耳朵。上帝要賜給這類型的人們這樣的耳朵,使他們可以對這些王說出智慧的話語,揭示出真理,並向他們顯明生命之天父和耶穌。

你可能會發現自己處於壓力當中,比如獅子坑。這正是上帝使用來建造和建立你的地方。讓上帝成為你的後衛。不要對壓力屈服,也不要向尼布甲尼撒低頭。

上帝說,“我會將恩寵如同盾牌設立在你面前”。讓上帝的恩寵如同盾牌一樣行在你面前,保護你,以致祂能夠像後衛一樣在你的生命中興起,讓你遠離獅子的吞噬。

你可能發現自己處在一個非常熾熱的環境當中,但突然之間有一個人出現在火裡。當你開始思考,你會發覺無論自己身在何處,上帝都在托著你。你是被呼召來過一種獨立的生活方式,即使沒有任何人能暸解你,那也沒有關係。

有些人是被呼召來過一種獨立的生活方式,以便上帝能夠透過你並與你同工。你們當中有些人覺得自己像是約瑟。你問自己,“為什麼上帝的家還拒絕我?”。他們並沒有拒絕你!但是這可能不是你的事工該建立和建造的地方。上帝希望你在不同的地點,不同的地方建立和建造你的事工,因為它遠比你所能想像的還更有目的。

當你開始走出教會的四面牆,你會看到上帝的恩寵和人的恩寵都臨到你的生命,它會臨到你的身上,打開你絕無法想像得到的門戶。

新品種的美國先知

在美國各地都出現一種新的先知。這品種將被稱為“美國先知”(The American Prophet)。祂將會賜給一群餘民聲音,就是那些眼界願意超越黑暗,進入政治領域,承載著上帝的慈愛,帶領人民悔改,導致美國能夠看見她的目的,美麗,以及她一直被命定和被呼召要成為的那些人們。

以賽亞書63:7提到,“我將永遠講述上帝的慈愛”(經文加入補充文字)。

在這個時刻,上帝正在講述美國的美麗和命定。上帝正對美國說,“沒有人比你還美麗。你是美麗的。你有一個目的。你有一個呼召。你有一個命定。我要恢復你。我要讓你知道你真正的美麗,我要把你展示出來。你是很了不得的。你是我眼中的瞳人“。

在這個時刻,有些被呼召要來說出美國的命定和美麗的神的兒女們正在被興起。他們是如同美國的守護者,在先知性的領域裡運作的人們,他們將會看到敵人正在籌劃的詭計的內容,時間,方式和地點。(譯注:校對到這裡的時候,感受到神也在對華人,尤其是台灣的肢體說同樣的話)

為父的先知

我看到上帝所正在吹氣的第四個新興的先知性聲音是君王的恩膏。君王的恩膏是天父的代表。這恩膏將承載著天父的聲音,就像天父的聲音一樣,並且如天父的聲音般共鳴。

君王的恩膏將為所有人帶來醫治和恢復。神將會透過父親的聲音對人們說話。祂將會開始興起可以興起父親的父親。

父親或國王會照顧與他一起服務的人們的福祉和福利。他不會光尋求自己的意志和榮耀。他希望能夠激勵他人,因為這一切都是為了要創造世代傳承。一位真正的父親會有20、40年後的遠見。

上帝正在興起一群承載著天父的心的先知性人們,他們會想要建立一個居住在神國的世代。我們需要可以來發話的父親,能夠來愛的父親,以及能帶著能力和神的同在來破除敵人加諸在上帝兒女身上的謊言的父親。這些父親將全心關注他們在未來的40至80年以上帝的名義所創造的傳承。上帝要吹氣在這些人身上。上帝想要興起一代會成為父親一樣的角色的人們。

上帝會膏抹他們的話語,這些話語會承載著如此的重量和權柄,比任何人的還更有分量地來幫助他們前進。上帝會在他們的嘴唇和聲帶加添一些新的東西,讓他們聲音的頻率和音調帶著重量和振動而撼動地球。上帝現在正在興起這群人。


I'm Raising Up a Parliament of Prophets
Westley Roderick
May 3, 2019

Several months ago, I was awakened in the very early morning by the voice of the Lord. I heard, "I'm raising up a parliament of prophets." Prior to this moment, I already knew that a grouping of owls is known as a parliament. I believe in this moment, it wasn't just that God was speaking to me about a collection of prophetic people, but that they would have characteristics similar to that of an owl.

The Lord said, "I am going to breathe upon these individuals in such a way that they will begin filling up My house with brothers and sisters." We have been given and charged with the job of reconciliation. He said, "I am going to lead these people to go out into the darkness – into the very darkest of places – during the worst of the worst situations."

The Lord was referring to a parliament because owls have an impeccable ability to see through the darkness and have highly developed hearing. It is said that owls have a 100% strike ratio while hunting under the cover of darkness. In addition to that, owls have an ability to turn their heads in a 270-degree view of their surroundings giving to a plane of sight.

All of these additional abilities that are proprietary to owls are what make this bird a great metaphor and symbol for the coming prophetic movement. This collection of prophetic people will have the counsel and the wisdom of the Lord on how to strike with accuracy and break the shackles of darkness.

Bring Them Back to the Nest

In correlation, the Lord is saying that in the next prophetic movement, "I am going to be raising up a movement of people that will be able to reach for those in the darkness and bring them back to the nest." God is going to breathe upon a group of prophetic voices whose sole purpose, calling, and gifting is the ability to go out into the darkest of places and bring people back to the nest. The nest is figurative of the Father's house.

The purpose of this movement is to bring souls back into the Father's house. There is an anointing and a covering to go into the dark places where people are afraid to go on a regular basis and rescue the lost. These prophetic people will have the ability to "see" with a wider peripheral vision than others. Their ability to see into the darkness will be nearly perfect, and it will give them a 100% strike ratio. That means that when they bring somebody into the Kingdom, there will not be a whole lot of lolly-gagging or frolicking around. The way they will operate, function and move about will be very precise, strategic and carried out with wisdom and stealth.

"This kingly anointing is going to bring healing and restoration to all people. God is going to speak to people through the voice of a father. He is going to begin raising up fathers who can raise up fathers."

In Matthew chapter 9, we see that Jesus was eating and drinking with the sinners and tax collectors. Many people came up to Him and said, "Why do you sit here and eat and drink with sinners and with the tax collectors?" And Jesus said, "I can tell you to go learn the meaning of the Scripture that I desire mercy and not sacrifice" (see Matthew 9:12-13). Jesus is right there in their midst. The Spirit of prophecy is the revelation of Jesus.

Therefore, the Father is raising up prophets who will abide in the darkness for the sake of bringing light. God Himself hides within a dark cloud. This new order of prophetic people is going to be there with peripheral vision and will be able to see wider and further into this darkness. They will be able to hear and know the Father's voice. That is a promise that we have from the Father: "My sheep will know My voice."

He said, "I am going to breathe upon people." We are going to see a marking of Joseph and a marking of Daniel upon a prophetic movement and the remnant of people.

The Marketplace Prophet

If you look at the life of Joseph, you see that his brothers traded him off into slavery. He was raised up with, lived amongst, and worked and operated for a Pharaoh and his people. Most prophetic voices in Scripture typically operated in the light of being a consultant to a king or to somebody in great power, authority and influence. Joseph had the ear of a Pharaoh. Some of us need to come into a place where we can begin to have the ear of a Pharaoh and where Pharaoh can learn he can trust us and, therefore, will listen to us.

Often people are so detoured by longing for their purpose and place within the Church body. They are looking for God to fulfill their calling or their passion only within the Church Body, and that is not where they are called. In that process, Scripture is misrepresented, causing a mindset of feeling betrayed by the Church and constantly battling with a constricting feeling inside those four walls.

Let's look at Joseph's response to the way he was treated. After years of struggle and pain he still says, "What you intended for evil, God has turned to good" (see Genesis 50:20). We often interpret this Scripture by saying, "What the enemy intended for evil, God will use for good." However, let's look at who betrayed Joseph and who he was actually speaking to in that moment. It was not the principalities and powers of darkness and it was not satan. It was, in fact, his own brothers who betrayed Joseph and it was his brothers he was speaking to when he said that. They became so jealous and so insecure of his gift that they tried to get rid of him. 

Maybe you're feeling like you are having a hard time and struggling to find your groove in a church. Maybe God is not calling you to be a prophet or a prophetic voice inside a church, but rather He's calling you to be inside Pharaoh's camp. He's calling you out into the marketplace and in the wilderness place. Prophecy ultimately brings people in to reveal Jesus to them. Prophecy is meant to reveal the heart of God, to reveal the secrets of people's hearts, and to reconcile them back to Christ. It's meant to reveal Jesus, who died for them, so that He can have a relationship with them. This can be done inside the marketplace and the wilderness place.

The Joseph anointing is going to come upon a group of people and God is going to bless them the way He blessed Joseph. This isn't limited to just dream interpreters; Joseph also acted as a consultant. The Joseph anointing comes with a wealth and a power to create and build wealth. God wants to move on a people group that can operate as business consultants and speak to "Pharaoh" out there in society who needs that connection to God.

God wants to use many people as a bridge, but we are so busy trying to find and get hold of the microphone inside the church that we are not taking hold of the calling that God has given us outside of the church.

You're the Light of the World

This is why many people are feeling so uncomfortable inside the church when trying to function in their callings and giftings. They are meant to use their gifts, their talents, and their voices outside of the church so that they can begin to influence people for Jesus and reveal to them who Jesus is outside the church. Sometimes that's through acts of love and kindness, and other times it's demonstrating what Jesus did, and revealing the secrets of their hearts by using prophecy.

I am NOT saying that you don't need to be a part of a local church or Body. I am saying that maybe your gifting is not made to function inside the church and you are seeking a platform in a place where you are not meant to have a platform.

Many have not been experiencing the favor of God or man because they are not operating from the place they are supposed to be.

True marketplace ministry is where the Lord is speaking to you and giving you creative ideas and ways to create money and wealth. You have business influence and savvy that God uses to reveal who Jesus is on a greater scale and platform. When you begin to do that, you will start to see the favor of God and man upon your life.

The Set-Apart Prophet

The other prophetic anointing that we're going to see is the Daniel-like anointing. There are different lifestyles that are attributed to these individuals throughout their existence. When you look at the lifestyle of Daniel, he was another person who was working and operating in the presence of a king. King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream that no one but Daniel could understand and interpret. Daniel led a set-apart life that created greatness within him for a moment just like this. This is an example of the parliament of prophets that God is raising up. These people are going to operate in a realm of darkness that many people are afraid to go into.

We are going to see a select group of people, who have set themselves apart, and who are going to become like Daniels and Josephs. They realize that they've gone through the season of rejection and being outcasts, and they've been out in the wilderness and left to die for a set-apart reason – for a greater purpose and a greater glory.

God is raising up and blessing a group of people that are going to carry an anointing similar to Daniel. They are going to have the ear of kings like Nebuchadnezzar. God is going to give them the ear of these types of people so that they can speak wisdom into them and reveal the truth, and reveal the Father of life and Jesus to them.

You may find yourself in a place of pressure, like the lion's den. This is the place that God is using to build and establish you. Let the Lord be your rear guard. Do not bow to pressure and do not bow to Nebuchadnezzar.

"You're the light of the world, not the light of the Church."

God says, "I'll set My favor before you like a shield." Allow the favor of God to go before you like a shield and protect you so that He may rise up like a rear guard in your life and keep you from the lion's mouth.

You may find yourself in a very heated situation, but suddenly there's a fourth man in the fire. When you begin to think about it, God has your back no matter where you are. You are called to live a set-apart lifestyle and it's OK if everyone cannot understand it.

Some of you are called to live a set-apart lifestyle so that the Lord can work through you and with you. Some of you feel like Joseph. You ask yourself, "Why is the family of God rejecting me?" They're not rejecting you! This may not be the place for your ministry to be built and established. God wants to build and establish your ministry in a different spot, in a different place, because it serves a greater purpose than what you could ever imagine.

When you begin to step outside the four walls of the church, you will see the favor of God and the favor of man come upon your life and it will rest upon you, opening doors that you could never imagine.

The New Breed American Prophet

There is a new breed of prophets all over America. This breed will be called, "The American Prophet." He is going to give a voice to a remnant of people who are willing to see past the darkness, into the political realm, carrying the lovingkindness of God, which will lead to repentance and cause America to see her purpose, beauty, and everything that she has always been destined and called to be.

Isaiah 63:7a says, "I will forever tell of the lovingkindness of God" (emphasis added).

In this hour, God is speaking to America's beauty and destiny. God is saying to America right now: "No one compares to your beauty. You are beautiful. You have a purpose. You have a calling. You have a destiny. I am going to restore you. I am going to show you how beautiful you truly are I am going to set you on display. You are amazing. You are the apple of My eye."

There are sons and daughters being raised up in this hour who are called to speak to the destiny and to the beauty of America. They are a people who will operate as guardians for America in the prophetic realm, and they will see the what, when, how and where that the enemy is plotting. 

The Fatherly Prophet

The fourth emerging prophetic voice that I see God is breathing on is a kingly anointing. The kingly anointing is a representation of the Father in Heaven. This anointing will carry the voice of the Father, resemble the voice of the Father, and resonate like the voice of the Father in Heaven.

This kingly anointing is going to bring healing and restoration to all people. God is going to speak to people through the voice of a father. He is going to begin raising up fathers who can raise up fathers.

A father or king looks after the well-being and welfare of the people serving alongside him. He doesn't just seek his own will and glory. He looks to lift other people up because it's all about creating a legacy throughout the generations. A true father looks 20 and 40 years down the road.

God is raising up a prophetic company of people who are going to carry the heart of the Father, who will want to establish a generation of Kingdom dwellers. We need fathers who can speak, fathers who can love, and fathers who can come with power and presence and disrupt the lies of the enemy over the children of God. These fathers will be all about the legacy that they are creating in the name of God, 40 to 80 years down the road. God wants to breathe upon these people. God wants to raise up a generation of people who will become like the Father.

God will anoint their words that will carry so much weight and so much authority and cause them to go further than anyone else's words. God will put something new and something fresh upon their lips and vocal cords, where the frequency and the tone of their voice will carry a weight and a vibration that will literally shake the earth. God is raising these people up right now.