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I will vomit you out of
My mouth. Because you say "I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of
nothing",
and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind and
naked
(Rev 3:16,17).
In the leaflet The Charismatic Church Shrine, I have described the
vivid dream Helena was given on 24th August 2002. It portrayed how the
'charismatic church' has lost its way and has 'gone the way of all flesh'.
Profit has replaced prophets; greed has supplanted godliness; and ratings
have replaced righteousness. Humanism has become the substitute for holiness
in this 'church of the Spirit'.
Tele-evangelists subtly appeal to their audiences out of self interest. No
longer do they preach an uncompromising message about repentance and reform.
Instead they appease 'itching ears' to keep themselves on the airwaves;
there is stiff competition all around.
God is no longer first. He has taken second place to the evangelist. The
'man of God' now has to pander to human considerations, in his quest to
promote the divine. But by giving in to the former, he has jeopardised the
latter. He has lost 'the plot'. He has become an entertainer.[1]
God says, as He declared to His beloved Israel:
Behold I am weighed down by you, as a cart full of sheaves is weighed down
(Amos 2:13).
You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will
punish you for all your iniquities (3:2).
Do you think God will treat the wayward of His Church any differently from
the nation He chose to be a model of His righteousness? No. He is the same
today as He was then. He cannot tolerate rebellion and sin!
He sounds an alarm and gives time to repent. If His warnings go unheeded,
and His call to repentance is spurned, judgement follows.
If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid? If there is
calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it? Surely the Lord God does
nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. A lion
has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken, who can but
prophesy? (Amos 3:6-8.)
He speaks in imagery to His prophets in His love, to tell His people of what
they cannot perceive from their blinkered perspective. And He is ever
hopeful that they will change.
Herein are dreams from God which He wants His children to heed.
The Charismatic Church Is Self-Centred
5th
February 1999. M. [M = Malcolm's dream; H = Helena's dream.]
The
Lovely Woman in the Queue.
In
this dream I was standing in a long queue of people. This represented people
waiting to enter the Kingdom of God. A few people were pushy and rude and
jostled in front of me. There are some Christians like that who are rude and
ill-mannered, who don’t consider others
as much as they should. Their motivation is self-centred and ambitious.
We
steadily moved towards the man who was checking people at the end. Before we
got there, a woman somehow got in front of me. She was very attractive, with
beautiful features, lovely hair and really pleasant personality. I was most
taken by this woman. When her time came to be ‘checked in’ at the end of the
queue, the ‘official’ looked at her hands. She had extremely long
fingernails. He told her to cut them, but instead of doing that herself, she
got someone else to do that for her.
Meaning: This
is a parody of the charismatic church which is very attractive. However,
works are downplayed. People can be very spiritually zealous, but when it
comes to doing menial physical things which God requires, many refuse to.
They expect someone else to do the works which they should be doing
themselves.
This
has an important spiritual parallel. They think that Jesus has absolved them
of their responsibilities concerning works. They think that He has done the
works for them so that they don’t have to. For example, keeping the Sabbath
and festivals holy, well that's 'crazy' to most 'charismatics', yet it's one
of those 'fingernail cutting' exercises.
Jesus wants you to keep His Sabbath[2]
holy, just as the Apostolic Church kept it. He wants you to observe His
festivals, just as the Apostolic Church observed them[3].
The early Church was liberated, but not liberal. He wants you to be like
that too. He wants you to get back to the faith once delivered to the
saints.[4]
Antagonistic
Ministers
On
22nd December 1998, I had 3
dreams.
1)
About John Trescott being pushy, overbearing and trying to lord it
over us. More about this man is given in Newsletter 26 under
Light
Versus Darkness.
2)
The second dream was personal for me.
3)
The third dream was about Philip Powell and his associates (including
Siam Bhayro [Vanguard magazine],
Tony Pearce,
et al) being blind. Not all these ministers are charismatic, but some are. Yet
they all have one thing in common – they will not accept further truth
through us. They are hostile to me and to what I bring to the entire Church
from God. They do not accept me as a prophet, so they forfeit the prophet's
reward (Matt 10:41; 1 Sam 8:7).
Philip Powell produces a magazine entitled
Contending Earnestly For The
Faith. He addresses some issues concerning the Assemblies of God and
other Pentecostal or charismatic churches, but he doesn't have that Faith
Once Delivered to the Saints! He finds fault with just about every
charismatic minister who has miraculous testimony. It's a pity he is so
quick to condemn those who have the evidence he ought to have himself, in
order to authenticate his claims!
When
I wrote to him some years ago, I presented the truth about the Sabbath, as
it is outlined in
Our Sabbath Rest
and
Sunday Versus Sabbath: The
Final World Crisis. But he just wanted to argue, as an article says in
that tome. He doesn't want the truth, just what HE wants, what suits HIS
intellect.
The Sabbath Is
The Day For Worship
This
dream may seem inconsequential, but consider it more deeply. It isn't.
16th
February 1999. M. Dream of mice scurrying out of a cosy nest high up
in an old building. I had found this little hideaway full of dead leaves and
gravel chippings. I poked around in it and a number of mice came scurrying
out! Then, three rats came out of cover, but didn’t run away like the mice.
Two were white. I was represented as a cat in this part of the dream. I saw
these two rats, and licked one of them. I didn’t attack them. They lay down
beside me.
Meaning: This
dream, and the next, were given after we had had some correspondence with
two friends in the USA who had disputed the Sabbath teaching we are trying
to get the Church to consider. They are from the 'charismatic church'.
Most
people who disagree don’t face the issue head on. They act like frightened
mice and run away when their cosy little world is disturbed.
16th
February 1999. H. Dream of declaration. A young man (symbolising a
new move of God) stood up and boldly shouted, “The Sabbath is the day for
worship.”
The Stage Is
Set For Revival But
Where Are You Looking?
7th
Sept 1998. M. Dream of Waiting
for the Revival.
In
another dream, we went to see what was going on elsewhere. There was a
‘show’ being staged nearby, so we went there for some entertainment (this
portrays 'the charismatic church' with which we have felt some affinity
because of our full acceptance of the power of God).
Many
people were gathered waiting for the show to begin. They were engrossed in
conversation with each other. A man in the row in front of us said this was
the best show on earth. We wouldn’t be disappointed! [Converts can be
naive.]
What
was strange was that all the seats in the audience were not facing the
stage. The stage was on the right hand side, and all the seats were looking
forward. They were facing the wrong direction!
I
was curious to see what was going on behind stage [God gives us glimpses of
this in dreams]. I could see that a good-looking middle-aged woman with
black hair [the 'charismatic church'] was in charge. There were a number of
pretty girls behind stage, waiting for the start of the performance,
practising their dance movements.
We
waited and waited. Some two hours passed and nothing happened, but the
audience didn’t sense that something was wrong. They simply carried on
talking, fellowshipping amongst themselves. [This depicts how people are
blissfully unaware that they are facing the wrong direction, spiritually
speaking.]
Meaning: The
charismatics think that they are going to be the focus of the next wave of
the Holy Spirit. They’re not. They’re looking in the wrong direction. It’s
going to come from the right. The right (politically) is the more
conservative wing. In this context it’s to do with publicising the relevance
of the law of God.
The
Church needs to get back to the faith once delivered to the saints, which
included keeping God's Sabbaths and festivals, and other aspects of
obedience that are an integral part of the root of the tree into which they
are grafted (Rom 11:17-24).
Notice that scripture. It is pivotal:
16 If the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is
holy, so are the branches.
17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive
tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the
root and fatness/richness of the olive tree.
18 do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you
do not support the root, but the root supports you.
19 You will say then, 'Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.'
20 Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by
faith. Do not be haughty, but fear.
21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you
either.
22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell,
severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness.
Otherwise you also will be cut off. (Romans 11:16-22.)
God
is giving His truths to you to obey – truths that seem ritualistic to many
who are not used to such things and who have been reared under liberal
theology. But if you reject them now, God will reject you, and you will know
about the severity of God!
The
Charismatic Church Is Not Preparing People For The Tribulation
On 7th April
2004, I was given a very significant dream about a charismatic church.
This is recounted in the leaflet The Charismatic Church Shrine on
page 8, so I will not repeat that here.
However, the
opulence and popularity of that church with its worship and activities, as
nice as all these things are, are actually a trap.
As I
mentioned, the people are not being prepared for the Great Tribulation that
is looming on the horizon, and which will probably be upon us before this
warning has reached all ears to which it needs to go! These people are being
prepared as a flock for the slaughter! (See the leaflet, Preparing A
Flock For Slaughter.) Like Judah of old was taken captive by the
Babylonians, and sat disconsolate under the weeping willows of Babylons
gardens (Ps 137), so these people will suffer a similar fate under Britain's
modern captors.
Pastors need
to give their flocks a different emphasis, one which prepares them for hard
times ahead, in which they will be prepared to suffer for Christ, not merely
enjoy Him in the physical.
Evangelist
Colin Urquhart
3rd
May 2000. M. Colin Urquhart.
In
this dream Colin had moved home. It was an old property, run down, but with
a large garden around it. There was a wall separating the front garden from
the back and he had started to knock this wall down which separated the two
gardens. He had demolished it to half its height, but it was an unfinished
job. He was moving some furniture into the house, and I saw him lifting an
armchair all on his own. I went over to offer to help him, because it was
heavy, but he declined my help.
Meaning: How he
disdains our input. (Colin Urquhart is a well known figure in the
charismatic, Pentecostal, and evangelical church sectors in England.)
God
describes the church of which he is a part as an old property and run down.
That's not a very flattering description! Many people wouldn't look at his
set-up that way, least of all him. But it's run down because he refused to
accept what we brought him, which was truth from God. So the revival that he
hoped to be a centre of in this land will go around him. It will pass
through, that's all. If he doesn't accept the truth that is the fundamental
basis of it – the restoration of the Sabbaths of God – then God will pass
him by. Jesus won't tolerate the arrogant or rebels.
The Two
'Parts' Of The Church
9th
March 2002. M. The antiquated state of the Church.
In
this dream, the Church was represented by two properties. One was tall and
thin, about three storeys high, like an old townhouse. The other was more
like a mansion, spread out and spacious. The latter was appealing, the
former was not, but neither was modern. They were both antiquated.
Three
builders lived at the 'mansion'. There was a large gravel driveway, which
was very convenient for them. They could park their vehicles there – two
vans and a lorry. I got the impression that the property, despite being the
more appealing of the two, was run down and neglected, because the builders'
attention was more focused on their work outside. [This is a parody of the
charismatic church.]
Then,
I saw the other property, the narrow, restrictive 'townhouse'. In fact, at
one time I had wanted to renovate this property, but when I saw it now, I
was glad that I hadn't been given the task. I saw the face of this building
completely removed. The building was gutted, and a real mess! Now that the
exterior wall had been removed, it revealed the dreadful mess the entire
place had been inside! Now it was opened up everyone could see what a
shambles it was! [An allegory of the more restrictive Sabbatarian sector of
the Church, and in particular the Worldwide Church of God.]
Juggernaut
Power Units
9th
August 2002. M. Juggernaut power unit.
There
was a juggernaut cab (and engine) in our living room, and another one came
and parked there, too.
Meaning:
A juggernaut cab is the engine and driver’s cab for an articulated lorry.
That symbolises the potential huge quantity of literature that this ministry
is going to send out, and for which we are getting ready.
The
twinning up probably depicts an outreach to another sector of the Church –
the ‘Charismatic Church’ – because it was given while I was revising the
booklet
Understanding The Mind of God – A Message To The ‘Charismatic
Church’.
People Try To
Find Fault With Me Instead
Of With Themselves
10th July 2003. M. God exposes hypocritical fault-finders.
I
dreamed that I had previously had a dream about a solicitor who (it was
prophesied in that dream) would sever his connections with his client after
finding out that he had had some association with a man with a criminal
record.
It
came to pass just as 'my' dream predicted -- the solicitor dropped his
client. Then the person blamed me for the solicitor no longer wanting to
have anything to do with his client, claiming that it was my written account
(beforehand) that caused the solicitor to drop his client. The charge
against me was completely unfounded, because the solicitor had NOT seen the
written account of my dream as the person claimed!
Meaning:
The dream reveals what is in the heart of various people who like to find
fault with me, merely because I am the vehicle of God's transmission of some
negative prophetic revelations. The dream is a complex blend of imagery. Its
purpose is to throw some light upon what is deeply wrong in some people's
hearts. It highlights these weaknesses:
1) Of
a legalistic or self-righteous trait in character.
2) Of
finding fault with me over prophetic revelation that they didn't welcome.
3) Of
rejection of the prophetic office / call from God upon my life.
4) Of
false accusations that they use to try and justify their failure to accept
spiritual reality.
The
dream came after Newsletter 22 was published. In that there is an account
which prophesies against some charismatic ministries (N 22, pp 9-13). After
this, I had some personal correspondence with a lady who leads another
similar ministry. She didn't like it. She was obviously feeling the heat
also. God gave the dream, and that below to Helena, as correction to her.
But she wouldn't accept it.
10th
July 2003. H.
Dream
of a charismatic minister portrayed as a young girl. I suggested she
used the toilet (symbolic of need for spiritual cleansing). But the girl
insisted on using her own child-size toilet. This showed her immaturity and
childish ways in spiritual matters.
Meaning:
That day we received a response from a charismatic lady who has a ministry
outreach. She was negative towards us because we exposed the sham and
shallowness of what passes for spiritual warfare in most charismatic
quarters. (Recounted in N 22, pages 9-13. It is also reproduced in the
leaflet
Church Leaders Shut The Door On Jesus! [£1.00].)
The Dreams Of
Two Women
On 6th
July 1997 I had dreams of two women. The first was blonde; the second was
dark-haired. I had an affinity with the first, although she was not
physically attractive like the other one.
Meaning:
The two parts of the Church which our ministry serves. The first woman
represents the sabbatarians. The second, the charismatic 'sector'.
In the
first dream, I went into a large old open room with wooden floorboards.
There was no furniture. It was not an inviting place. It was very plain and
drab. I met a blonde woman. She was not attractive, just rather plain
looking. I became engaged in conversation with her. She was sad. There were
many other people in the room, but they were in the background in this
dream.
Apparently, I was looking for a place to rest. She told me that the floor in
the corners at the two ends of the room were rotten, so not to go there lest
the floor give way.
As we
talked, I discovered that she was bereft after losing her husband. She was
lonely and emotionally distraught. I felt sorry for this woman and hugged
her to give her the emotional strength she needed. However, the longer this
embrace lasted, the more I realised the danger of compromise. I told her
that she could not rely upon me for emotional support, but she had to look
to God, read the Bible and pray to Him for the strength she needed.
Meaning.
An allegory of the sabbatarian sector of the Church. Some extremities are
rotten and can't support people spiritually. The main building is not
appealing. It is drab. There is no joy there. Most in the church have been
separated from their spiritual Husband through the lifeless teaching. It is
as though He is no longer around!
Although I have compassion for these people, deep involvement with them is
out of the question. If they look to me for spiritual support they are
looking in the wrong place. They must look to God. Heed the Bible (not their
teachers) and pray to God.
The
second dream
involved another woman, physically quite different from the first. This
second woman was very attractive, but I suspected that she had enlarged her
breasts by surgery. I asked her if she had, and surprisingly she was not
offended by the question. In fact, she was flattered. But she said all her
attractive features were genuine – in other words, they are from God, not
surgically supplied by man.
I did
not embrace this woman like I did the first one. We simply sat side by side
talking. I did not want to get involved in any illicit relationship. Once
again, however, the end of the conversation was the same as with the first
woman. I said to her that she couldn't look to me, she must look to the
Bible and pray to God.
These
dreams were not erotic. The imagery they contained conveys a meaning in
symbol.
Meaning:
A pictorial analogy of our relationship with the charismatic Church, which
is very conscious of the influence of God's power. Like some women flaunt
their physical form to lure men, charismatics may tend to display God's
power rather openly to attract others.
Legalists and ritualists devoid of God's power have labelled the power
displayed in charismatic circles as all demonic. That is not so, as the
dream portrays in symbol. No, the attractive power is real, not cosmetic.
(However, there are deviations from what is true and right, as explained in
Testing The Spirits, but the dream is making a point in a
generalisation for the sake of those who reject charismatics and God's
power.)
The
dream also warns us that God does not want us to be drawn away by the
enticements that can spiritually border on being adulterous. Nor does He
want His power to be used with pride, like some women show off their bodies!
There is nothing wrong with God's power, but it must be used properly, not
illicitly.
We are
not here to get involved in church activities or to look to man. We are here
to prepare the Way, spiritually. People must continually look towards God
and His Word, not to the human instruments He uses.
Jesse
Duplantis
11th
June 2004. M. Jesse Duplantis – no help or acceptance there.
I was
walking down the road. It was early morning and still dark [symbol of how
the world we live in needs light]. Although I had no trousers on, I was not
too bothered. [Perhaps an allegory of how I am not prepared for what is
coming. Or it depicts how we have gone without personal things to do this
work of God.] At least I had underwear on! I tried to thumb a lift but there
were few cars on the road and no one stopped. [Depicts our lack of help from
others. Most don't care and don't help us.] So I just kept walking. [We must
not give up. It's a heavenly assignment.]
When I
arrived at the place where I was visiting, I was tired. There was a baby or
child sleeping in the front room [the believers he is feeding], but I asked
the man if he could let me rest there anyway. He refused. He didn't want me.
I accepted the fact and set off to walk the long way back home again. It was
a fruitless visit.
Meaning:
It depicts the response we get from most people and ministries.
A
circular letter arrived in the post that day from Jesse Duplantis
Ministries. The dream predicted what was coming – their lack of response to
what I sent them following their missive that day. [See Helena's dream of
21st June below.]
After
this dream, I wrote to them to point out their inadequate and incomplete
theology, and sure enough, just as God predicted, they didn't reply. They
didn't want to know!
21st
June 2004. H. Jesse Duplantis Ministries.
I
visited a big rambling house. I was puzzled by the large kitchen where the
dishes were washed and neatly piled up. [It's a neat and well organised
ministry, but...] All the kitchen utensils were left in the open. Even small
glasses were stacked up. I was afraid to touch anything in case the items
fell down [there is fragility there, and things are precarious because the
teaching is unfinished; it needs practical application, which is where ours
could complement theirs.].
Meaning:
This dream is figurative of Jesse Duplantis Ministries. It is a charismatic
movement relying upon the Holy Spirit but which neglects basic doctrines of
the Word. Their house needs to be put in order by making changes in their
doctrines. (They don't know where things fit, how to 'put things away'.)
[Malcolm wrote to them later that day about changes they need to make, but
they didn't reply.]
Jesus Wants The
Closest Relationship With You
4th October 2004. M. "I want sex."
This
dream is a call to the Church to come into union with Jesus, not merely to
look nice. In the dream, a middle-aged woman, tall, slender, with brown hair
and some make-up used possibly to hide her age, stood silently in front of
me. She was not particularly attractive, even though she wanted to appear
nice. She was a bit gaunt, especially in the face.
There
must have been some things said prior to the 'punch line', but I was not
given those in the dream. Even though it was me saying the words, I
represented Jesus and said to her "I want sex." It was that blunt!
You
may well be shocked by such words. I was in the dream! At first, I wondered
what it meant, but I was then given three words which clarified and
confirmed that the meaning is what I am giving you here, although I was not
permitted to remember those three words.
Meaning:
What Jesus is saying is that He wants the most intimate union with her, like
that which only husband and wife should share.
Application:
Jesus doesn't just want a Church that looks nice, which puts on a good
outward appearance, to try and mask antiquated theology. He wants her to
submit to Him in the closest possible relationship. He wants the most
intimate and meaningful sharing or fellowship. This takes place in the
spirit.
There is resistance at the moment, throughout
the Church, from the left (the charismatic sector) to the right (the
ritualistic sector). The 'left' doesn't want to keep God's Sabbaths. The
'right' is resistant to the full panoply of miraculous gifts. Neither
segment is in full union with Jesus and He is bluntly stating what He wants
for each. The blatant, even offensive, words which He stated have a
different application for each sector of believers, as explained in the
booklet The Ten Virgins.
He was
deliberately blunt in the dream, because that depicts how He has to be
equally blunt in dealing with most believers today, because they reject His
will, mainly in the ways I have described.
The Church
Does Not Want It, But...
13th
Sept 2004. M. The unwanted piece of furniture.
I had
a piece of white furniture that was to be installed in a house for a young
girl who lived there. (There were many things going on in this dream, but I
was not permitted to recall all of that, just a couple of aspects.) An older
person said that the young girl didn't really want it. I said, "Yes, I know
it's not trendy...." "Exactly," two older people commented.
But I
started putting it in place anyway.
As I
put it against a wall, I had it upright instead of horizontal. (It was like
a long dressing table or similar.) It caught a power switch above it and
tripped the power off. As it did so, there was a bolt of electricity or
something that gave me quite a jolt. But all the lights went out.
A few
minutes later, one young lady came downstairs followed by another. I
apologised for the power going off, but she was not too put out. She managed
to find her way downstairs in the dark.
Meaning:
The piece of white furniture represents God's Sabbaths which He wants His
people to accept. The older people represent the old church leaders and
others who have been around a long time. In the charismatic churches and
mainline denominations, they don't want it, but we're going ahead bringing
this truth. If they don't accept it, their power will go out, and they will
be left in darkness. God will withdraw Himself from them. Things won't be
the same as they have been. The two young women coming downstairs might
depict charismatics being brought more down to earth by what we are to
present.
The
young girl could symbolise the immaturity of most charismatic believers, or
it could depict the newness of what God is creating with His people.
A 'Prophet'
Shows Off
22nd
June 2004. H. The show-off.
I was
in a large building [the Church], where there was some disorder. I saw some
mess on the floor so I got a cloth to clean it up. At that moment a
motorbike arrived at the messy area. The rider rode with aggression,
preventing me from cleaning the floor. He was just showing off! I was most
annoyed!
Meaning:
The dream depicts a group with whom a friend in the USA has come into
contact. The motorbike rider is a minister who claims to be a prophet, but
who uses his prophetic gift from a wrong motive. He wants to impress and
show off, but that only causes confusion. It doesn't really help people, and
it certainly doesn't clean up the spiritual mess in the Church. It only
creates more!
In
that group there have been false manifestations (from demons), e.g. gold
dust, wrong use of tongues. We have literature to help these people to clean
up the wrong teaching (Testing The Spirits) but they love the power
in the flesh. Demons love to impress and deceive. And, unfortunately, so do
many 'prophets'.
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