Episode Transcript
[00:00:02] Welcome to the Kerma Chaj podcast.
[00:00:07] Well, it's been a lot of years since I've been in this city. You can turn me down a little bit or at least on the monitors. Sound man. I never want to offend the sound man. I'd rather offend the pastor than the sound man.
[00:00:19] Exactly.
[00:00:21] It's been a long time since I've been in this city and I feel the Lord is just moving so powerfully all over the earth.
[00:00:29] If you don't know me, I'll introduce myself.
[00:00:33] I'm Chris Valatin, obviously. I've been married 50 years this year.
[00:00:43] That's a modern day miracle right there. I met my wife when she was 12, we got engaged when she was 13. That is a true and very dysfunctional story.
[00:00:53] We got married when she was 17 and we had three kids and we adopted a fourth years later and now we have 11 grandkids and a great grandson and another great grandson. Another great. Well, I prophesy it's a son, but it might be a daughter on the way. So we have a whole tribe of our own. Just the best Christmas we ever had this year. In my 70 years on Earth, this is the best Christmas we've ever had. I told the Christmas story while my 4 year old named Edie, she interrupted me and corrected me on several things.
[00:01:27] And so we told the Christmas story together. I said there was a star in the sky and she says, papa, no, it was an enormous star in the sky. And I said he was born to major and she said it was a barn. So we just decided to tell the Christmas story together and it was just so fun. So.
[00:01:45] And I am really excited to be here. I want to tell you this is a true story. I had no intention of coming here and I didn't have the time to come here to be totally honest.
[00:01:59] There wasn't a place on my calendar. And so I just flew in today. I'm flying out Monday specifically because that man who just introduced me, he said to me, he wrote me about two months ago, maybe three, and he said, you're supposed to be here. I'm like, bro, I don't have time. He's like, no, no, really, you're supposed to be here. And so I'm like, nah, really don't have time right now. He's like, actually, you actually need to be here right now.
[00:02:26] And we have a very close relationship. We are brothers in the Lord. And so I went and talked to the Lord about it and he's like, yes, you need to go. So I Literally just flew in here just for this. And I'll fly out on Monday.
[00:02:46] And so. And I. I'm already super moved. Like, I was.
[00:02:52] I'm really touched by what's happening here already.
[00:02:56] Just the. The presence of the Lord is so thick in here.
[00:03:02] And I remember it.
[00:03:06] I know that this church is not a new church plant or anything, but it feels really new in here. Fresh.
[00:03:13] It feels like the early days of Bethel. I was reminiscing the early days of Bethel and just the radical crazy, like worship and dancers and crazy people. And, you know, Bill attracts really weird people.
[00:03:32] That's why I've been with him for 46 years. I think I was the first weirdo that he ever attracted.
[00:03:39] And so I'm really carrying some things for you guys. We'll see how well it gets articulated.
[00:03:47] I guess that'll be my responsibility.
[00:03:50] But so I want to tell you some stories.
[00:03:53] I have some prophetic things going on for you guys. We'll see if we get to it tonight or another session. But I definitely will want to talk to you about some stuff. But, you know, there's. If you're a public prophetic person, you have a public platform at all. In the beginning of a new year, like in December, people start texting you or writing you or Facebooking you or whatever, you know, private message you. And they're like, hey, do you have a word for the new year? And I really hate that, to tell you the truth. Because first of all, I don't like that pressure. And secondly, like, I'm calendar dysfunctional.
[00:04:30] So I actually don't look at my calendar.
[00:04:35] Like I do 10 meetings a day, and I don't look at my calendar till night for what I'm going to do the next day. And part of it is, and this is not a joke, like, I've had two nervous breakdowns. So I'm like, I've learned how 15 years ago, I had my second one and I decided, like, I'm not going to have a third. Like, really done with that crap right there. I'm not doing that again. And so I had to learn a new way to live. And Jesus in Matthew 6, he said, don't worry about tomorrow. Cause each day has enough trouble of its own.
[00:05:05] And I found for me, and this is not for you, this is just the way I'm wired. When I start looking at, you know, if it's Monday, and I'm looking at Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, it's very difficult for me to look at tomorrow's challenges with today's grace. And the Lord told me there will always be enough grace for the day. And so I have a wonderful pa. She's been with me a few years, and she's just a beautiful person. And I sat her down when she started with me a few years ago, and I'm like, okay, here's my challenge. Like, I'm calendar dysfunctional, and so I'm not gonna look at tomorrow until the nighttime. So if I need to, like, know something for tomorrow, like, you're leaving at 4:00 in the morning on a plane. I need you to tell me, like, text me, because I'll wake up at 3 o'clock and not know I'm supposed to leave. Then people say to me, hey, you guys, you're gonna be at my church next week. I'm like, I am. They think I'm lying. Like, I actually did plan it out. Like, I look at the calendar to plan the year. So when. All that to say, like, when people are like, what's God doing next year? I'm like, oh, is it next year? What month is it? Is it December? Oh, wow, that's really. And people, you know, someone wrote me the other day and they said, you know, how do you do the Jewish holidays? I'm like, well, Christmas is coming up. That was important. I guess that's not what they meant. Anyway, so I'm just not very good at calendar kind of stuff. And so. But so last year, in 2023, in December, I started getting all these, like, more than normal people saying, what's the lord doing for 2024? Like, do you have this prophetic word? And I really didn't. And around the end of December, I just. I said, lord, you know, it'd be really nice if you gave me a word for 2024. Like, it would be helpful.
[00:07:04] And I really did seek the Lord for that specific thing. And the Lord said to me, I'm not gonna give you a word for a new year. I'm gonna give you a word for a whole new era.
[00:07:16] And the Lord told me that January of 2024 would be the opening of a new era and that it would actually end that January and 2024 would be halftime. Now, I know you guys think you play football, but you really don't.
[00:07:41] This does feel like home, but I love American football.
[00:07:50] And so, you know, I do believe that often the Lord speaks to us in ways that we can understand.
[00:07:57] I do believe that if the Lord was walking the earth today, it. If Jesus was walking the earth in physical form, I Don't think he'd tell parables about agriculture because we don't live in an agriculture age. I think he'd tell parables about technology and about things that we deal with every day. Like, I actually think the Lord dumbs down his language to something we can actually connect with and understand. For example, when Jacob saw a ladder and angels ascending and descending on ladders, I don't think angels ascend and descend on ladders. I think God was talking to Jacob in the language that he could hear. And so I think. I think this is really important for us, just prophetically. Like, whatever you're interested in, you'll find the Lord uses those as parables, and he speaks to you in those kind of parables. And so the Lord really does speak to me in sports, you know, in sports kind of parables all the time. And also, I'm a business guy, so Lord speaks to me in numbers and finance and all that kind of stuff, in metaphors of that. And so, anyway, so the Lord said to me that January of 2024 would be the beginning of halftime. And he talked to me about football. And he said, you know, in football, at halftime, it's not just a time to rest. It's actually a time to reevaluate, look at film and reevaluate the game. And he said, the best coaches in the league are. They actually become famous for making adjustments. And they might be behind at halftime, but they win when they're really great coaches and they make adjustments. And it's kind of just personal for me. Just that very next week, my team, the 49ers, the only real football team that there is this year, they suck.
[00:09:38] They were playing for the NFC Championship, and we were playing on Sunday, and Sunday night. I was preaching Sunday night. So I was watching the game, and before the game was over, I had to go. And the game was. They were down by 17 points at halftime. And I'm like. I just turned it off. I was so mad. And I got ready and got my notes all ready, and I started walking out the door, and I'm like, I'm just gonna check the score. And I checked the score, and it was like an hour later, and it was tied. So I called the person who was leading Sunday night, and I said, I need to stay back and just be a little late because the Lord's calling me to intercession.
[00:10:16] And they won the game, which was good. Then they went to the super bowl, and they were ahead at halftime. I'm like, oh, no. I hope this Parable's over and they lost the game. So anyway. But what's really. But what I really. Why I'm telling that story is because I believe that we are in the midst of a new era. I believe 2024 was halftime. I believe we're making adjustments. We're looking at. We're looking at film, metaphorically speaking, and we're making adjustments. Isaiah 42. 9 says, the former things have come to pass. Behold, I proclaim a new thing to you. Sing to the Lord a new song. I don't think that the prophet is necessarily talking about singing a song. I think he's using song as a metaphor to say, a new season requires a new way of thinking, a new song. And I believe that the Lord is telling us, like, we need to forget what lies behind and we need to push forward to the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
[00:11:16] And then in the. A couple of months earlier, in July 30, 2023, I had a vivid dream. And in the dream, I saw myself blowing a trumpet. And I was shouting, the kings are coming. The kings are coming. Sorry, sorry.
[00:11:36] You did invite someone who's strange. I don't know if you know that, but I noticed your pastor is not strange. So I don't know how you're gon accept me here, but at least you got a date tonight already, so that's good.
[00:11:50] My guardian angel is Cupid. Anyway, so I got to tell you a story. When I was in England about seven years ago, I had. My PA was with me, and she's single and her name's Bethany. So Bethany was giving out. I was, you know, I preached and I gave away some free books, and Bethany was giving away the books. And I said, hey, Bethany's single. Like, if you want to date her, you need to, like, connect with her. She was like, stop. Anyway, a guy did connect with her at the book table in the back, and they got married.
[00:12:37] So, ladies, there's hope right here.
[00:12:42] Back to the story. So I saw this picture, this dream. I had this dream of blowing a trumpet and shouting, the kings are coming. And I woke up and have you ever had a dream where you wake up and it feels like you have to remind yourself it was just a dream? Like, it was so real. It was one of those dreams. It was so real. I was like, wow, this is crazy. So it kind of is, like 3:00 in the morning. I leaned up against the headboard and I'm like, lord, what is going on? And he said, the kings are coming. The kings are coming to help you. And Isaiah 60, verse 11 came to my mind. It says this. Your gates will be opened continually. They'll not be closed day or night, that the wealth of nations may come to you. The kings being led by the procession. I used to. You think it said the kings are leading the procession. But it's. But it says the kings are being led by the procession.
[00:13:36] And I looked out, and all of a sudden I had a vision of kings. And I said, I expected, you know, like the metaphor of kings, like maybe on horses or with crowns. But instead I saw when the Lord said, the kings are coming, he said, I'm sending reinforcements to the church. I saw business people and attorneys and doctors and intercessors and politicians and revivalists and mothers and fathers and educators and builders and financiers. I saw all these people. And the Lord's like, I'm king of kings, and here's the kings that are to help you. And I believe that there's. That God is on the move. I believe that God is doing something really unique, at least unique in our day, that God is joining the prophets, the priests and the kings. He's joining the prophets, the priests and the kings. And, you know, in the days of Ezra, chapter four and chapter six of Ezra is the rebuilding of the temple. And it says the rebuilding of the temple. The temple was rebuilt with the prophesying of Zechariah and Haggai, and it was built with the leadership of the priest Ezra. And it was built with the decrees of Exousius and Exousius and two other kings, Darius and Cyrus. It says it was built with the declarations and the decrees of the kings, the prophesying of the prophets, and the work of the priests. And I believe there's something about the Lord joining the prophets, the priests and the kings. And I believe that we're in a sovereign era right now where the Lord is just moving powerfully. So, anyway, so I had this dream, and I was like, wow, I don't know what to do about that. And then In January of 2024, it was my turn to preach. You preach four times on Sunday, if you preach Sunday morning. And so I just. I had this thought that I should have a trumpet player come and blow a trumpet.
[00:15:39] And as a prophetic act, you know what a prophetic act is?
[00:15:42] Like, a symbolic act. Like, do you know, like, for example, communion is a symbolic act. Jesus said, do this in remembrance of me. One of the main reasons we take communion is remember what side of the cross we live On. But how many know baptism is not a symbolic act? For example, baptism is a prophetic act. What's a prophetic act? You remember when Naaman the prophet came to Elisha and he. And Elisha sent his servant out, told him to dip seven times in the Jordan river because the king, the commander, had leprosy, and he dipped seven times in the Jordan river and he's clean. How many know that's not a symbolic act? Physical obedience brings spiritual release. Are you with me?
[00:16:28] And so oftentimes God calls us to do something physical that opens up something spiritual in the heavens. Does that make sense?
[00:16:37] And so I said to Emily, do you. My. My. One of my chief of staff, I said to Emily, hey, do you think that you could find a trumpet player that could blow a trumpet on Sunday morning for me in every service?
[00:16:52] And she looked at me. She's like, super smart. And she looked at me and she goes, okay.
[00:17:00] And I'm like, oh, she obviously doesn't think it's a great idea. I go. So I was trying to, you know, encourage her. I'm like, you know, we're gonna blow a trumpet. We're gonna open up a door in heaven. She's like, oh. So I get a text Saturday morning, and she's like, I found a trumpet player. He's gonna come. He's gonna blow a trumpet. And I'm like, all right, this is awesome. So Sunday morning came, and I got in the bathtub at 5:00 in the morning, where I always meet God in the bathtub. Cause he wants, you know, clean hands and a pure heart. And so I'm in the bathtub and have you ever had an idea that under the anointing felt really good, and then the anointing lifts and it feels like the stupidest thing you ever thought of. I'm literally laying in the bathtub and I have this anxiety attack.
[00:17:49] And I'm imagining what it's gonna look like for a trumpet player to get up. Do, do, do. And then we shout, the kings are coming. I'm like, you know, people already think we're weird. Like, this is just gonna be really weird. And so I'm laying there at exactly 5 o'clock in the morning. I'm laying there and I'm thinking, I'm gonna text Emily and see if she can cancel the trumpet player. And as I pick up the phone to tell Emily to cancel the trumpet player, I get a text message. And the text message is from a student. Actually, he's from uk Former student Chris Gull. He maybe he's even in here? And he texts me, I haven't seen him in years. And he texts me and he said, the Lord told me to text you this scripture, and it was urgent. It's 5:00, 5:05 in the morning. And he texts me he's taking pictures of his Bible.
[00:18:37] And the first picture is Joel, chapter two, verse one. Blow a trumpet in Zion.
[00:18:45] I just want you to know that I am a prophet.
[00:18:50] It's been confirmed.
[00:18:52] And so he sends me this, but he sends me like, you know, he's taking pictures of each page of the several verses of the Bible. So there's like six pictures showing the verses. And so the first it says, Joel, chapter two, verse one. Blow a trumpet in Zion. I'm like, oh, this is amazing. Sound an alarm on his holy mountain. Let the inhabitants of the land tremble. For the day of the Lord is near. It's coming. The day of the Lord is coming. It's near. It's a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness. And it goes on for 14 verses, talking about the destruction of the crops, the destruction of Israel. And I'm like, oh, this is not good.
[00:19:35] I'm glad we're blowing a trumpet, but this message sucks right here.
[00:19:39] And so I'm reading it and you know, and he's sending in pictures and you know, each part of the verses in pictures. And then I get to Joel, chapter two, verse 15. So same chapter, I get to verse 15 and it says, blow a trump in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly, gather the people. And it says, then the Lord will be zealous for the land. He will have pity on the people. He will then send you grain and new wine and oil, and you'll be satisfied and full. And I'll never let the nations reproach you again. Verse 22. Do not fear, O land, rejoice and be glad, for the Lord has done great things. He goes on to say, I will make up for the years what the swarming locusts have eaten. The creeping locusts, the stripping locust, the COVID locusts, the great.
[00:20:29] That was a Message Bible verse 28. It will come about that I will pour out my spirit on all mankind. This is still in the Joel chapter two. And your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. And it goes on like that.
[00:20:53] And I realized, like Joel 2:1 through 14 is remember, the Lord said, it's halftime.
[00:21:02] The Lord said, There's a new era.
[00:21:05] And the Lord said to me, we finished the first 14 verses of Joel.
[00:21:10] It was Covid.
[00:21:12] It was in our. You guys had your own stuff, too. We had ours. We had our matriarch, Benny Johnson, pass.
[00:21:22] We had the social justice issues with the African Americans in our country and in our church. We had our senior pastors of our local church leave and plant the church.
[00:21:36] I could just go on and on like it was like one thing after another.
[00:21:42] And the Lord said, it's a new era. I'm closing this era. And then from the 15th verse on, he blows a trumpet again. Remember, it's the opening of the second half. And the opening of the second half is a season. It's a time of blessing. It's a time of extreme blessing. When the Lord says, he ends the. He ends the second chapter with, I'm gonna pour my spirit out on all flesh. Your daughters, your sons will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions even upon your bondservants in those days where I'll pour out my spirit and they shall prophesy. And the Lord ends with a prophetic movement.
[00:22:20] And I believe that we are in this. We're in the second half of a new era. In fact, I'd like to prophesy that we're in the beginning of the third great Awakening.
[00:22:32] And I believe that God is doing something. Now, I wanna back up for a minute and say this. I had a series of dreams in 2023, 2024, and just started having. And probably about eight dreams. And, you know, if you've ever had, like, prophetic things sometimes. Have you ever put together a puzzle? Like, you put together a puzzle? I'm not very good at them. But, you know, you get a few pieces, and pretty soon you're like, oh, that's a tree. And then all these puzzles, pieces fit. And you're like, oh, that's a car. You know, but maybe you're just putting some pieces that kind of fit. You don't know what it is. And then all of a sudden, you can see, oh, this is what that's gonna be. And then a bunch of pieces fit. Am I making any sense at all? And for me, that happens to me. Like, we know in part, and. And somebody brings another piece and someone prophesies this piece. And Haley's been here, right? You know, Haley's a great prophetess in our church. And anyway, I started seeing these pieces, and the Lord told me, this is back in 2023. This is all this prophetic, about six months of this, prophetic dreams, having these encounters. And the Lord showed me that we were moving, that we were moving in a time of sovereignty. And I had this vivid dream. And in the dream I just saw the word providence. The word providence. And I'm like, I don't use the word providence. I actually know what it meant. So I googled it and Google is very accurate on everything.
[00:24:09] But providence means the sovereign seasons of God, when God takes charge. And the Lord started to teach me that. How many know God put planted two trees in the garden?
[00:24:22] Yes.
[00:24:24] You guys know this. They're not sure how many know the devil.
[00:24:30] The devil deceived Eve and Adam into eating the fruit. But how many know God planted both trees?
[00:24:37] Why would God plant a tree he didn't want you to eat? Oh, here's another great question. Why did God put the devil on the same planet he put you on? I mean, why not Pluto or whatever else? Maybe another universe would be great. Have you ever thought about these things? Like, if God doesn't want Adam and Eve to eat the second tree, why does he even plant it?
[00:25:00] Are you with me? Have you ever asked yourself that question? Well, here's the answer to that question. Because the only way to love God is by free will. See, God could program me to like him, but he could never program me to love him. The only way I have an opportunity to love God is to have the ability to choose God. That means there has to be another choice. So God allowed the God of this world. How many know that Jesus made wine for people who were already drunk? You English people get this. Really? Well, Americans hate this idea.
[00:25:39] Why would Jesus make wine for people who are already drunk? Because the only way you get a reward for doing the right thing is have the ability to do the wrong one.
[00:25:48] Are you with me? Like God actually, he actually sanctions free will.
[00:25:57] I mean, people ask questions like, if God is a God of love, why is there murder? Why is there molestation? Because God is in. God is in charge, but he's not in control.
[00:26:07] He's ultimately in control because at the end of the age, you know, we're going to stand before the judgment seat of God. But I'm pointing out that if God was in charge and in control, there would be no evil, there would be no murder, there would be no. No. But in order for love, in order for there to be love, there has to be free will. Are you with me? So let me say this. So most of history is God allowing free will. In other words, History is often mostly formed by the will of people until it isn't.
[00:26:46] And once in a while in history, God steps into Providence and he says, I don't care what you think. We're doing my thing.
[00:26:55] Think about Noah's Ark. God got sick of the free will of evil and he stepped in and he created, can I say, a new era.
[00:27:08] He took. He drowned all those people and started over. I'd like to propose that God stepped into sovereignty when he stepped into Egypt and delivered the Israelites out of Egypt. Are you with me? As a matter of fact, God said to Abraham, you remember this prophecy? You're gonna be the father of many nations. He said, look at the stars of the sky, the sands of the sea. In the midst of that prophecy, God said to Abraham, you're gonna be a father of many nations, and Sarah shall be the mother of many nations. And God begins to prophesy this amazing prophetic declaration of the legacy of Abraham, the father of faith. But he says, there's just gonna be 400 years. There's gonna be this little glitch of 400 years, and there's gonna be 400 years when my people, the Israelites, will be in bondage for 400 years. And then God said this. When the in the iniquity of the Amorites is complete, my people will go free.
[00:28:18] And what happens in the 320th year?
[00:28:25] Moses, like the Pharaoh, decides he's going to kill all the firstborn children. Am I boring the heck out of you guys? He decides he's going to kill all the firstborn male children.
[00:28:39] And Moses mother puts him in a basket and sends him down the river.
[00:28:47] And the Pharaoh's daughter rescues him. And he grows up in Pharaoh's house.
[00:28:52] When he's 40 years old, which is the 360th year, he tries to set the Israelites free. Remember the story? Maybe you've read it or you've seen the movie and he's misunderstood.
[00:29:12] He goes out in the wilderness and how long is he out there for? 40 years. Because God said, when the iniquity of the Amorites is complete, I'm going to free my people. And Moses tries to free them in the 360th year, but God said it would be in the 400th year. He goes in the wilderness for 40 years.
[00:29:30] Then he meets God in a bush, not George, and he's talking to a bush, and the bush is talking back. And God says, you're going to go before Pharaoh and you're going to free my people. And then they have this long conversation, and for the sake of time, God says, pharaoh's not going to let you go, but out of compulsion, he will. And then, you know, there was 10 plagues.
[00:30:01] The first three plagues, it says, and Pharaoh hardened his heart. Pharaoh hardened his heart. Pharaoh hardened his heart. And the fourth plague, it says, and God hardened the heart of Pharaoh.
[00:30:14] This is a great example where God says, listen, I gave you an opportunity. Now we're going to do my thing. And God ultimately, through ten plagues, sets the Israelites free. Why am I telling this?
[00:30:27] Because every once in a while in history, God steps into history and he directs history, and he says, I don't care what you think. We're doing my thing. Remember, if God always did that, he would take away free will.
[00:30:42] But every once in a while, God steps into history, and I don't know how this is going to go over, but this is what the Lord told me. So in 2023, I had another dream just a few weeks later of the transgendering of children. And in the dream, the Lord was weeping, and he said to me, the iniquity of the Amorites is complete.
[00:31:07] And he said, I'm stepping into history and I'm taking over.
[00:31:11] History is going to be his story, and I'm rewriting history.
[00:31:16] And I believe that we are in a sovereign season of history, which happens very few times relative to how old the earth is, that God is actually directing history.
[00:31:28] And then a few weeks ago, about four weeks ago, the Lord. I was just seeking the Lord, and the Lord said.
[00:31:39] He said to me that 20, 25. He said, the next four years will be years of a righteous revolution.
[00:31:49] He said, the next four years. And he called it John the Baptist season.
[00:31:53] He said, it's the preparing of the way of the Lord. And he said, john's coming. Not literally, John, you understand where I'm going. It's a parable. John is coming, and he's making the crooked places straight. And the righteous place is smooth. He's lowering the mountains, he's raising the valleys, and he's preparing the way of the Lord. And the Lord told me that the next four years would be a righteous revolution. And he told me this. He said, if the revolution, if this righteous revolution is. If this righteous revolution is rooted in retribution, it will become perpetual revolution and will not lead to reformation. But the Lord said, the next four years are a righteous revolution that will lead to a reformation. A reformation is what happens when you change people from the inside out. And the Lord said, I am tearing down the Systems of corruption.
[00:32:50] I'm destroying corruption. I'm uprooting corruption. And when John the Baptist saw Jesus coming, one of the things he said, he says, his whittling fork is already in the harvest and he's separating the wheat from the chaff. This is John the Baptist preach when he sees Jesus. And I looked up that whittling fork and it's like a pitchfork. And what they did, the way they separated the wheat from the chaff so that, you know, they could take what they couldn't eat, what they couldn't use from what they could, is they would take the wheat, they would take like a pitchfork. They'd wait for the wind, they would throw the hay or the wheat, I should say they'd throw the wheat up into the wind and the chaff was light so it would blow away.
[00:33:35] And the Lord said, I have my whittling fork and I am creating an upheaval. And I am throwing, I am throwing the wheat into the wind of my spirit. I am blowing away the chaff, and this is a righteous revolution. And the Lord said to me that the kingdom of God is not eat or drink, but it's righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. By the way, you can't have peace and joy unless you have righteousness. And Jesus said Matthew 6, he said, Seek first my kingdom and his righteousness. And he said, my people have sought my kingdom, but not my righteousness.
[00:34:15] And so the Lord told me in 2023, in the middle of 2023, he said, judgment begins with the house of God. And I'm exposing the corruption in my church.
[00:34:29] And I'm like, go, God. Then a few days later, I woke up at three in the morning and the Lord said to me, no more cussing. He just said these three words, no more cussing.
[00:34:38] Now I want to be clear. You know, there's lots of words I don't use, but I still gave myself the privilege in private to use a few salty words.
[00:34:49] And the Lord said, it's time to tame your tongue. You know that I've been cussing for 50 years. You know, I've never felt convicted about it once.
[00:34:59] But the Lord is bringing a holy conviction on his people first.
[00:35:05] And now the world's getting it. Some of my very close friends who've have allowed corruption in their life, who are leaders of churches, have been exposed. Some of them, it's been going on for decades. And the Lord goes, no more. How many? You know, if the Lord, if you, if the Lord deals, let me say it this Way the Lord deals with you, first in private. And if you refuse to repent, then he takes you before the people.
[00:35:34] And the lord was for 2023 and 2024, the Lord is taking the wheat and he's throwing it up in the air and he's blowing on it and the chaff is blowing in the wind.
[00:35:47] But the Lord is creating a righteous revolution. Now be careful when you point a finger at someone because there may be things in your life that you didn't call evil.
[00:36:01] Like, I've never met a thief. I've only met people who steal.
[00:36:06] Because almost everybody who steals has a reason.
[00:36:09] I don't cheat on my taxes.
[00:36:12] I just. The government, you know, the government takes too much. And I just don't. I just don't. It's getting quiet in here.
[00:36:22] I mean, I believe that things we've done for decades, that's displeased the Lord, that now he's coming and he's like convicting us of stuff that maybe we've done since we were, you know, in my case, since the day I was saved. I grew up in the streets. I had a filthy mouth. Yes, most of that went away, but it didn't all go away. And again, I'm just being honest. I was never convicted about it. And then all of a sudden, the Lord said, there will be no more cussing. How many know when the Lord speaks to you, he gives you grace to change.
[00:36:53] And suddenly that just left my life. It just left my life. It feels even strange. It feels strange to me. One of my friends still cuss and I look at them and I'm like, don't judge them. Cause that's what you did for 50 years. And that's how it felt to other people.
[00:37:08] You know what I'm saying? It's like you can be in a deception and maybe the Lord doesn't even convict you of it. And then all of a sudden you're pointing your finger at someone and the Lord meets you in a dream and he goes, yeah, and you. We'll be changing you too.
[00:37:25] So how many know? You're like, I want that politician to change. And you realize, like, there's four fingers pointing back at you. And the Lord's like, how about you? How about that attitude? How about that?
[00:37:34] I don't know.
[00:37:38] Are you with me?
[00:37:40] And I'm just pointing out that we're in a time of a righteous revolution.
[00:37:45] That we are in a time of a righteous revolution. The Lord is taking the crooked places in your life and in my life and he's making them straight. And by the way, it's all for good. It's all for good. Because how many of you know that when you repent and bring good fruit, how many know that whatever you sow, you reap?
[00:38:06] And even though I wasn't convicted of those words I still use, how many know it was keeping me from a larger blessing it was keeping me from. And sometimes you can look at the blessing you're in and it could convince you that you're doing everything right. And the Lord's like, no, I just gave you grace. I don't know if I'm speaking to anyone else, but I believe that God has sovereignly stepped into history, and he is directing history.
[00:38:36] The lot is cast, but the decision belongs to the Lord. Can I suggest this? I don't know if God takes.
[00:38:47] Like. I don't know that God always decides who's going to be our leader.
[00:38:52] Sometimes I think people do. I think it's part of free will. Until God goes, no, it's. It's. Now, I remember many years ago, 18, 19 years ago, I.
[00:39:05] I had this encounter with the Lord. And the Lord told me that this man that I knew. I'm not gonna tell you who it is. This man that I knew who was a businessman. I didn't know him very well, but he owned a family business in a particular state. And the Lord told me, I want you to go meet this man, and I want you to commission him to be governor of his state. I had never done anything like that before. And we were. In those days, we were broke. We didn't have money for plane tickets and that kind of stuff. Bethel was really, really tight. And so, you know. And so were we, personally. So I went in and said to Bill, you know, hey, I had this encounter. What do you think? And he goes, well, if the Lord told you to do it, you just need to go do it.
[00:39:45] Okay, that's easy for you to say. I'm the one who has to fly there and tell him.
[00:39:51] And so I was really nervous. So I got on a plane. First of all, I called his secretary and said, could I have an hour with this man? And she's like, well, check. And so she came back and said, yeah, he would meet with you for an hour. So I flew halfway across the United States. I don't think this man knew I flew there just to meet him. But I flew there, and we met at a cafe. He actually had a chauffeur pick me up. He's very wealthy. And we went to this cafe. We're sitting at the cafe, and I'm just like, my nerve. Have you ever had this happen before? You're like, you don't feel anointed now. You just feel really scared.
[00:40:30] And so we're sitting down and we're making small talk and kind of catching up. And he keeps looking at his watch. Cause he's giving me an hour, and he's very busy man. And so he's looking at his watch and, oh, gosh. And, you know, and, and, and I didn't say I have a prophetic word for you. I just said, can we meet? So, you know, we're kind of making small talk, and it's like 45 minutes have passed, and I'm like, oh, gosh, okay, gotta. We gotta do this. So I. I finally he. He. I leaned across the table and I'm like, okay, how do you do this? No, I've never really done it like this before. And I said, hey, I had this encounter with the Lord, and, you know, he told me to tell you that you're going to be the governor of your state.
[00:41:13] And he looks at me and he goes, oh, well, I don't want to be governor of my state.
[00:41:20] That was it. Whole conversation.
[00:41:24] I flew all the way here.
[00:41:27] Like, I never had anyone tell me that before. And I'm like, listen, I am a prophet. Do you understand?
[00:41:35] I didn't say anything like that. I was feeling prophetic, not prophetic.
[00:41:41] So he goes, I don't want to be governor. I go, oh, okay. So now it's like, there's like five minutes left. So he gets up and he's trying. It's really busy now. And he's trying to get the.
[00:41:56] The waitress to bring the bill. So he gets up and he's talked to the waitress, and I can tell he's like feeling really rushed and hurried, and he's trying to get her to get the bill. And he gets up a couple times, and then the last time he gets up, the Lord says, tell him that he's not just going to be governor, but he's going to be President of the United States.
[00:42:19] Oh, Lord, this is not going to be good.
[00:42:23] He doesn't want to be governor. I don't think this is going to work.
[00:42:28] So he sits back down. And now we're at time, and the waitress has still not brought the bill. And I said, hey, I have one more thing to tell you.
[00:42:38] He's like, what is it? I said, well, the Lord told me to tell you not only are you going to Be governor, but. But you're going to be President of United States.
[00:42:50] And he looks at me and he goes, well, that's really strange. I said, really? Why? He said, because When I was 10 years old, I was watching Nixon and Humphrey, two presidential candidates, debate on television, and an audible voice said, pay attention to this, for you'll be doing this someday. And then he said, last year, I was in D.C. he's not from D.C. and for a business conference. And he said. My friend said, would you like to see the White House? The President's not there, so I could actually even take you into the Oval Office. Yeah, I'd love to. So he said, I went to the Oval Office, and he said, I went in the Oval's office, and I said, can I sit in the President's chair? My friend said, I guess so. So he sat in the presidential chair and he said out loud, I think I could do this.
[00:43:36] And then he said, george Bush was president at the time. And he said his friend gave him a book about George Bush as he left. And when he got on the plane to go home, he said, I looked at the book, I looked at the back of the book, and it's a picture of George Bush with his dog. And George was looking back and he said, I saw the dog, and it's the same dog I have.
[00:43:59] So he said, I opened the first chapter, and it's the same name of the dog I have.
[00:44:05] And I go, wow, that's amazing. He goes, yeah, but I don't want to be President of the United States.
[00:44:12] I don't want to be governor, and I don't want to be President of the United States. And I go, oh, okay.
[00:44:19] So now I'm like, okay, so now we're like 10 minutes past time. And he gets up and finally gets the bill. And while he's getting the bill, the Lord said, tell him I'm not asking him.
[00:44:33] Oh, this is not gonna be good.
[00:44:37] So he gets the bill, and he's now signing a credit card thing. And I said, I have one more thing to say to you. And he's like. I said, the Lord said, he's not asking you, he's telling you. And the Lord said to tell you that you are not big enough to change sovereign history of the United States of America. So God's decreeing, He is not asking you, he is telling you you're gonna be President of the United States and you don't have a choice.
[00:45:05] And I was like, I can't believe I just said that.
[00:45:09] And he looks over at me. And he goes, I knew you were gonna say that.
[00:45:14] And he canceled his day and we spent the day together.
[00:45:19] And then six years ago, he became the governor of the state.
[00:45:24] And I texted him and said, part one.
[00:45:31] And last week I was at the governor's mansion because I texted him, I said, you want to hear about part two? And he usually goes, nah, not, you know, I don't want to be around. Like, do you want to hear about part two? He said, yeah, come talk to me. So we spent a few hours together. I'm pointing out that we're in a sovereign season. Sometimes the Lord gives you lets. Lets you make a choice.
[00:45:52] Sometimes he doesn't.
[00:45:55] Sometimes he just steps into history and says, get out of my way. I remember many years ago, Kathy and I, we wanted to be in the ministry. And the Lord gave us five prophecies in one week that we were going to open a business. As a matter of fact, he told us a friend of mine had a business dream. The last one was a dream that my friend had. This has all happened in seven days. That we own, that we bought the 76 station in town, the gas station in town, service station. And so I kept saying the Lord, I don't want to. I don't, I don't want, I don't want to be in business. I want to be in the ministry. Little did I know, the business is the ministry.
[00:46:39] Anyway, on Friday, which was the day my friend had the dream, the man who owned that station called me, who I'd never met, and he said, hey, I think you're supposed to buy my station.
[00:46:52] I'm like, alright, I don't want your station. But I'm afraid I might die if I say no.
[00:46:59] I had no money and someone gave me all the money to buy it. Not lend it to me, gave it to me.
[00:47:06] So we're in the service station and we were in there for nine years. And it was. And one of the prophetic words, the first prophetic word was, if you go in business, God will bless you. That was my first prophetic word. So by year five, we were stone broke. It was wintertime, my house was in foreclosure, My parents bought it out of foreclosure. And I'm laying on the floor and I say to God, I am leaving this business. Your blessing.
[00:47:38] I'm leaving. You told me if I go in business, you bless me. You told me that you put me in this business, you told me. And I'm going on and on like that.
[00:47:47] And all of a Sudden, I have this vision. And the vision is God walking down this path. And there's people like football players standing in front of him, trying to block him. And he's grabbing them and he's throwing them like they're rag dolls.
[00:48:04] And he throws about 10 of them. And I'm next.
[00:48:09] And in the vision, you ever have like a dream or a vision that has emotion to it? I'm thinking, should I resist him?
[00:48:18] And so I go like this. And he says to me, get out of my way.
[00:48:23] And I'm.
[00:48:25] And he reaches for me and I move out of the way. And he passes by me. And without looking back, he says, now just follow.
[00:48:36] And when I came out of the vision, the Lord said this. You're building a business, I'm building a man. Someday this will all make sense to you. I am blessing you, but not in the way you thought.
[00:48:48] And I believe that we're in a sovereign season, that the Lord has taken hold of history.
[00:48:55] And I believe we're in that lotus cast. But the decision belongs to the Lord.
[00:49:00] The Lord so reminding you, the Lord told me the next four years, they will be years of John the Baptist. Crooked places straight. The Lord will be talking to you and me and the world about things that are happening. He's driving corruption out of the justice system in America. He's driving corruption out of the educational system, out of the political system. Can I say out of the religious system, out of the family, out of every arena. God is taking his widowing fork. He's throwing up the wheat and he's blowing the chaff out of our countries. I believe that there's a radical revolution coming to England.
[00:49:43] I believe you're going to see.
[00:49:49] I believe 2025 is going to mark a huge, radical, righteous revolution in England. I think it's going to follow America's revolution and I think it's going to come into England. And I think it's already working in the church.
[00:50:08] If you feel an upheaval in your life, it's probably the Lord.
[00:50:14] And I wanna tell you that the Lord has a really good thing in mind. We're in. Joel, chapter two, verse 15.
[00:50:23] But I wanna tell you, how long am I supposed to preach?
[00:50:28] What time did he even get up here?
[00:50:31] Oh, well, let me tell you this. In America, it's only like 2:00.
[00:50:48] Okay? I can do this in just a few minutes.
[00:50:51] Right now we're in. Isaiah 59. You can write it down, look it up later. I'll give you an overview. Isaiah 50:9. God looks out in the streets. And he sees there's no justice. He sees that everybody's wicked, that the systems are wicked, the streets are full of wickedness. And he says, I looked out. And he said this. No one even sues righteously. He says, they actually trust in deception in their lawsuits. And he says, I looked out to see if anyone. Oh. And he said, no one sues righteously. And he said, I looked out to see if anyone could help. And I found no one. So then he says, so I'll go myself. He puts a helmet of salvation on a breastplate of righteousness, a belt of truth. And he begins to go out like a warrior. And he says that to bring justice to the ends of the earth. And we're in Isaiah 59. The Lord has stepped in himself, and he's become the judge. And he is bringing justice to the earth. He is uprooting corrupt systems. You're gonna see it all over the earth. Cause it isn't just happening in America. Your system's gonna start next year.
[00:52:00] But how many of you know God always begins with the church?
[00:52:03] God's already driving corruption the last two years out of the church. People who have been corrupt for years. And how many know the Lord never sends you as. As a believer to the public until he's dealt with you privately and you refuse to change.
[00:52:23] And then the then. And then we're gonna move to Isaiah 60. Isaiah 60 says, Arise and shine, for your light has come.
[00:52:30] The glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Behold, deep darkness covers the earth. What's the condition of the rising? Deep darkness covers the earth. But the Lord will rise upon you. His glory will be seen upon you. Nations will come to your light. Kings to the brightness of your rising. Kings to the brightness of your rising. Look all around, they all come to you. Your sons come from afar. Your daughter will be carried in arms. Then you'll see and be radiant. And your heart will thrill and rejoice. Isaiah 60:11. I already read it to you. Your gates will be opened continually. They'll not be closed day or night, that the wealth of nations may come to you. Kings being led by the procession, we're going to move from Isaiah 60 to Isaiah 61. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me. For the Lord has anointed me to preach the good news. The afflicted to bind up the broken heart. Speak. Release to captives and freedom of prisoners the favorable year of the Lord, the day of vengeance of our God. To grant all those who mourn in Zion, give them a Garland instead of ashes, a mantle of praise instead of a spirit of heaviness, that they might be called oaks of righteous. The planting of the Lord. That's verses one through three. Verse four says, then they shall return. Who? All the broken, all the oppressed, the captive, the prisoner. Then they shall return. Then they show. Then they. Then they shall return. They shall raise up the former devastations and rebuild ruined cities.
[00:53:42] And we're going to move into Isaiah 62, which says, Go through. Go through the gates, clear the way for the people, remove the stones, cast up a highway, and say to the daughter of Zion, here comes your salvation.
[00:53:54] So here we are.
[00:53:56] We're in this process. The Lord has taken control of history. Do you have a free will? You do, but you don't have a free will to change history. Right now, the Lord has Pharaoh by the throat.
[00:54:10] He's got Pharaoh by the throat, and he's like, you will let my people go. I don't care what you think it is.
[00:54:18] It is the 400th years. Metaphorically, it has. It is the iniquity of the Amorites are complete. And how many know unrighteousness is no longer going to be popular? God is destroying the power of the LGBTQ movement.
[00:54:37] He is shifting history. Listen, I'm saying he's doing it himself. Listen, listen, listen. People who are. Are struggling with. With same sexual attraction. All, you know, all those things, they need compassion. They don't need judgment. But I'm saying the activist part. The Lord is destroying the activist part. You're going to see a shift, a huge shift. America has seen a huge shift in the last nine months already away. God is moving sovereignly in. In history, and I believe that you're going to be a huge part of it.
[00:55:12] So are you ready?
[00:55:15] You're like, I don't know. I don't know what God's going to do. I don't know what God's going to do. Whatever it is, okay. I'm going to pray for you. Okay?
[00:55:24] Why don't you stand up?
[00:55:45] You know, the children of Israel did not wander in the wilderness for 40 years.
[00:55:50] They followed a cloud, and God was in the cloud.
[00:56:01] God led them around and around and around.
[00:56:05] You can be led by the Spirit, not coming to the promised land if you don't find a place to repent, if you don't believe God, if you don't trust God, God's like, I'm leading you around and around and around and around.
[00:56:18] Not because he's trying to punish us, because maybe you think you're building a business, but God is building a man. He's building a woman. He's got a plan for our life. And so Lord, I thank you for this wonderful church. I thank you God that you are bringing that you are raising kings and queens out of this congregation. You're raising up prophets and apostles out of this congregation. God, I thank you that you said that this would be the year when you pour out your spirit on all flesh, that your sons and daughters would begin to prophesy. Lord, we just thank you that there's an opening of a new era. Lord, we thank you that you God, you are causing a righteous revolution and we get to be alive to participate in it. And I pray God that our hearts would be soft towards you that Lord, wherever you convict us, that we would be quick to say yes, Lord and Father, I thank you that you are the searcher of hearts and you are the God who gives us grace to change.
[00:57:26] And I pray your blessing on this church.
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