Prophecy Being Fulfilled
In 2002, I felt moved to compile a short written piece about the
direction Britain
was heading. It was entitled Is
Britain
Now A Police State?
I thought at the time that the title was outrageous! It was difficult
for me to even believe some of what I was writing – although I felt it
was true, of course, otherwise I wouldn't have written it. But when
things are given by the Spirit, in dreams or in other prophetic ways, you do
wonder sometimes!
God's mind is not our mind. And He sees all, where we see very little.
A short while later I modified that article and put it in Newsletter 20
(p 20) entitled Police and Persecution.
It contained some of the many dreams God has given us about what we will
be subjected to in the course of our ministry. It shocked some other people.
I received a letter of incredulity. The writer said "I can understand this
sort of thing happening in totalitarian countries, but not
Britain! Surely not
Britain!?"
Yes, it does sound hard to believe, but the Bible predicts very
totalitarian conditions extant in
Europe in the closing days of this Age – psychologically
and spiritually barbaric and inhuman! We are seeing that state of affairs
unfolding more and more in our political world. Even a columnist in The
Daily Mail wrote:
"Until
recently, anyone who talked about Britain
turning into a totalitarian state would have been
ridiculed.
"Our Parliamentary democracy, the checks and
balances of our constitution, and the idea that we can – within the law – do
as we wish, seemed to guarantee our liberty.
"Lately, though, a stealthy campaign to
remove our freedoms has become overt. And I don't just mean the abolition of
foxhunting – the most bigoted piece of legislation since the Test and
Corporation Acts of the late 17th century...
"...there are plans, too, for state-salaried
'lifestyle coaches' to advise us on how we live. Most alarming of all is
talk about a Commission for Equality and Human Rights whose duty it will be
to root out thought crime.
"With the House of Lords reduced to a talking
shop and the monarchy under attack from openly republican members of the
Labour Cabinet, the checks and balances that once safe-guarded our personal
freedoms appear to be on their way out, too.
"This Government has an obsession with trying
to prevent, by law if necessary, any behaviour with which it disagrees. What
is so mad about this mania for legislating in order to control people's
instincts is that it is largely unenforceable.
"Medical experts said only yesterday, for example,
that the Government's preposterous new anti-smacking law – parents will be
liable to prosecution if they strike a child and leave a red mark – is
completely unworkable." (Simon Heffer, Daily Mail, p 27, 20 Nov
2004.)
People with some sense are seeing what the
British Government's legislation is bringing, the sort of closed society it
is creating – Orwellian, demented.
In fact, Simon Heffer used that word himself!
"Doesn't the Government realise what a
demented society it is creating?"
Of course, he probably didn't mean it in
quite the literal sense that I do. But he has written the truth nonetheless,
perhaps without realising the sting in his words! He lamented the
"destruction of our liberties and dictatorial intrusion into the lives of
innocent people by an increasingly overbearing state."
He continued:
"...behaviour that should be stopped
is encour- aged to flourish because it fits in with Labour's prejudices –
such as widespread cannabis use, the promotion of homosexuality, high
welfare dependency and teenage promiscuity.
"No government that ever promised to unite a
nation can have failed so abysmally as this one. An American writer once
observed that 'the difference between a welfare state and totalitarian state
is a matter of time.' We are sleepwalking from one into the other." (Ibid.)
All this fulfils prophecies in the Bible.
Namely:
"They do not regard the work of the Lord, nor consider the operation of
His hands. Therefore, My people have gone into captivity, because they have
no knowledge. Their honourable men are famished [spirit-
ually] and their
multitude dried up with thirst" (Is 5:12,13).
"I will give children to be their princes
[rulers], and babes [spiritually immature] shall rule over them. The people
will be oppressed..." (Is 3:4,5.)
"Children are their oppressors... O My
people! Those who lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your
paths" (Is 4:12).
"You have forsaken Your people, the house of
Jacob, because they are filled with eastern ways... and they are pleased
with [shake hands to make bargains with – margin] the children of
foreigners" (Is 2:6.)
"The Lord will enter into judgment with the
elders of His people and His princes: 'For you have eaten up the vineyard;
the plunder of the poor is in your houses. What do you mean by crushing My
people and grinding the faces of the poor?' " (Is 4:14,15.)
"He looked for justice, but behold,
oppression; for righteousness, but behold, a cry for help" (Is 5:7).
"Their land is full of silver and gold; there
is no end to their treasures. Their land is full of horses; there is no end
to the chariots. Their land is full of idols; they
bow down to the work of their own hands" (Is 2:7,8, NIV).
"In the last days perilous times will come, for men will be lovers of
themselves, lovers of money... unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers...
despisers of good
...headstrong, haughty, lovers of
pleasure rather than lovers of God" (2 Tim 3:1-4).
"...serving only themselves" (Jude 12),
"wander- ing stars" (Jude 13). They speak harsh things against God and
against His prophets (Jude 15), and "speak evil of whatever they do not
[understand]" (Jude 10).
"Because lawlessness will abound, the love of
many will grow cold" (Matt 24:12).
"This people has a defiant and rebellious
heart; they have revolted and departed. They do not say in their heart, 'Let
us now fear the Lord our God, who gives rain both the former and the latter,
in its season. He reserves for us the appointed weeks of harvest.' Your
iniquities have turned these things away, and your sins have withheld good
from you. For among My people are found wicked men; they lie in wait as one
who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men... Their houses are full of
deceit. Therefore they have become great and grown rich..." (Jer 5:23-27).
"...they cannot give heed. Behold the Word of
the Lord is a reproach to them" (Jer 6:10).
"Were they ashamed when they had committed
abomination? No! They were not at all ashamed; nor did they know how to
blush..." (Jer 6:15).
"Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good
way is, and walk in it. Then you will find rest for your souls. But they
said, 'We will not walk in it' " (Jer
6:16). Therefore,
"Behold, I will certainly bring calamity on this people – the fruit of their
thoughts, because they have not heeded My words nor My law, but rejected it"
(Jer 6:19).
As it was in those former days, so it is today in
Britain. People choose
to believe lies rather than truth.
All this
is preliminary to what will come soon:
Loss of Freedoms
"...as many as would not worship the image of
the beast [are] to be killed" (Rev 13:15).
Worship of the image of the beast is
compliance with State-approved religion. Those who insist on worshipping God
as Jesus requires will forfeit their life.
"He causes all, both small and great, rich
and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their
foreheads" (Rev 13:16).
This is not a literal mark, but symbolic of
allegiance or obedience. Compare with Deuteronomy 11:18, where the
imagery depicts allegiance to God – doing what He
commands, and believing in Him:
Therefore you shall lay up these words of
Mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign upon your hand,
and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes (Deut
11:18).
To 'help' you comply with these religious controls the State will pass
legislation:
...that no one may buy or sell except one who
has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name (Rev
13:17).
This is figurative language for decrees that defy God and the true
worship He prescribes. Christians who do not comply will face loss of their
rights and even lose their lives (Rev 13:4-7). It is the prophesied hour of
trial to come upon the whole world (Rev
3:10).
If people find this hard to believe, they will find it even harder to
accept that the way is being paved in
Britain and Europe
right now for these events to transpire. Freedoms are already being subtly
eroded, as the article Is
Britain Now A Police
State?
suggested.
God has revealed why the approach of the police is so wrong (see dream
30-11-04, M) and which bodes ill for what is to come.
Helena's dream below
depicts the loss of personal freedoms, not merely to us, but to other decent
people as well, especially true Christians:
29th Nov 2004. H.
Police Interference.
Our car was involved in a collision with another vehicle. The owner of
the other vehicle came to inspect my car in detail, as if I were at fault,
which I wasn't. In doing so, he ignored his vehicle which was old – and it
was hardly damaged by the crash anyway, so he was only looking to find fault
against me.
There was an old suitcase and a box which they left in our home. The
crash – which they caused – was an excuse to gain entry to our home. I
inspected the suitcase and box. They were old and filthy inside. I tried to
find out who they belonged to, but I was not able to find out.
Meaning:
The dream depicts the antiquated police system, which is spiritually dirty
inside. It has a wrong approach towards citizens. It tries to find fault,
and pin blame on people unnecessarily and unfairly, with malice.
Further dream: Two policewomen gained entry into our home, took over
and started bossing us around. They brought young children who were unruly
and naughty [unqualified and lawless people]. There was a Christmas tree
which they started taking down [interference in religious practices]. One of
the women tried to latch onto me like a leech. I had to shake her off
because she was rude, depraved, and interfering.
These are prophecies which are about to be
fulfilled, because this nation rejects God's Word.
Malcolm B Heap
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