(WRITTEN DECEMBER 7th - BUT COULD NOT GET INTO BLOG SITE.)
MY HEART GOES OUT to one of America's two "Sister" nations today, France, the other being Israel.
France nursed us through the American Revolution, both financially and physically, supplying valuable and skilled leaders of war such as General Lafayette. Then there is also brilliant soldier and architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant, who even designed many of our classical buildings in Washington, D.C
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Who was it that gave us the statue of Liberty? France, of course!
That same prophetic, seer gift, given by the Holy Spirit to Joan of Arc, still lives in France. The flames must be stirred as people seek God.
Despite the fact that France has foolishly chosen the way of Socialism, as America has also been trending for the past seven years under the devious designation "Progressive" leaders, the Holy One - the Creator - wants to draw their gaze - and ours - and our attention back to Him.
Despite the reality that clothes and food, and wine have become the symbols of Paris, that is only transient.
The pride with which France has lived from day to day, thinking themselves better, more refined than the rest of the world must be tempered by the reality of God's judgement on a wayward nation...just as currently in America, as well.
France is a country which has only allowed flickers of God's Light to show up strongly in places like Lourdes, and occasionally in the great cathedrals and churches in France.
That Light is especially bright in the case of Eglise de St. Roch , on Rue St. Honore in Paris. This gem which hides its inner beauty with a relatively plain exterior, has sheltered the hidden light of God's Holy Spirit for hundreds of years.
The ones who built that wondrous church, who guided the art within, spoke so clearly through the displays of sculpture, painting, and certain prayer alcoves of the purpose and splendor of God's love for mankind.
As one gazes at the ark of the covenant, in an alcove close to the grand altar of the church, one sees a high inset with a sculpted Yeshua Ha Maschiach hanging illuminated across the way, over the moving panorama.
The Holy Spirit, Esprit de Sante, Ruach Ha Kodesh, rings within the voices of the priests, as their perfect harmonies describe how we go from "Glory to Glory" as we gaze in a mirror darkly, hardly glazed by the passage of thousands of years, though not diminished. (II Corinthians 3:18)
The pockmarked exterior, riddled with bullets from the French Revolution, leaves traces of a monarch that abandoned and abused the people with wanton over-taxation...and an elite that cared only for their own comfort and preservation.
The tall stone hallways ring with the implanted/etched memories, dimly echoing down the centuries, with cries of innocent ones who shed blood in the streets during that horrible time of revolution.
Though not at this exact spot, Joan of Arc's own blood congealed as it double-burned to ashes raked to nothing, to try to erase her memory. That did not succeed. Now she is highly celebrated in Paris, as it should be. Her golden statue stands just a few mere blocks down the street from the church.
The world drew a collective gasp over the atrocities committed November 13th, and then again as America blanched while San Bernadino became a target of violence on December 2nd.
But France lives on. And America does so as well.
The same Spirit which resided in the heart of and mind of Joan of Arc continues, not only in France but also in America as Believers in Christ Jesus take seriously the words of two men of God separated by millennia, who said the exact same thing
Not only in America and France but around the world we watch as the fulfillment of Joel's prophecy becomes evident to those who are not too frightened to truly see God in action.
Joel 2:28 says "...I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters SHALL PROPHESY, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions."
Then fast forward a ton of centuries to hear Peter in a square in Jerusalem declaring the fulfillment of Joel's prophecy, which continues as we quickly speed toward the End of Days:
"And it shall come to pass in the LAST DAYS, saith God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams..."
For those who long after the Living God with all their hearts and minds, who can see past the tradition of men long enough to view what God has in store for them, we believe, even as we hear of earthquakes daily, strange weather, and signs in the sky across the globe. History has accelerated to its final, climactic event, the Return of our Lord Jesus Christ. We receive these gifts Our Lord has in store for us as in faith we ask and trust Him for the same miracles as happened when Emmanuel walked the Earth alongside us.
Mark 16:17 and 20 "And these signs shall follow them that believe; in My Name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues...And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the Word with signs following
If France turns back to the true and Living God great shall be the peace of the people of Paris. Great shall be the peace of the people of France. In fact, it could even start at Eglise de St. Roch (Church of Saint Rock) on Rue St. Honore.
Perhaps America will again follow France's lead, following after liberty, not with war but rather through the gifts, visions, and prophetic insights as we reach out to the Living God as well.
Yes. Joan of Arc did have a fighting Spirit and the Lord gave her supernatural knowledge for warfare and military planning. But our Weapons ARE NOT EARTHLY. They are instead the "Sword of The Spirit" which is the Word of God, the Holy Bible. Our strongest weapons along with God's own Words are praise and intercession. The Church of Jesus Christ must storm the Gates of Heaven. Then the Gates of Hell will not prevail against the Church, nor against Paris, nor against the U.S.A. That is - if the true Christians in those locations learn out to interceed before God's throne for their nations.
Paul taught this to the Church and oh if you could only learn this lesson well:
"For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds."
For only where the Living God dwells and IS WELCOME, does the true Spirit of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity reign!
II Corinthians 3:17 "Now the Lord is that Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
"Ou l'esprit du Seigneur est la est la liberte."
(Photo credits: Aaron Clark 2015 Copyright)
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