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The Ephod - Part #1
- Being withstood by the Prince of Persia
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the
blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great
admiration.
Revelation 17:6
But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but,
lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there
with the kings of Persia.
Daniel 10:13
I know that just a week or two previous I said I would publish my thoughts on
The Royal Ephod. The Ephod being the breastplate that the High Priest wore in
Ancient Israel.
Not sure what happened, but I wish to explain something to all who receive
these blog notices.
There are some friends I have, Ross and Sue McKay, who have watched my
"spiritual" progress for some years now since I was delivered of New
Age deception in 1989. Please see "Come Out Of Deception" at http://www.greater-emmanuel.org/v/Come_Out_Of_Deception.html
for a greater understanding of how a person can become side tracked in their
walk with God. (You may wish to print out that link above)
The honest truth is that the Lord has given me a very deep insight into His
word and understanding into many things that most people "overlook".
The understanding since I was delivered of this deception in 1989 has grown
phenomenally and has been to me both a help, but at the same time - a hindrance.
Things such as what I see concerning the pattern of doctrine that is written
for us in scripture as well as types and shadows, and bringing this down right
to where we walk in present day, these are the things the Lord has given me -
like the Ephod - which shows so much revelation for this hour that it boggles
my mind. Even my friends Ross and Sue McKay do not know the depth of what the
Lord has revealed to my understanding concerning these things.
But at the same time there is a horrible warfare going on in my thinking. This
warfare is like an overwhelming scourge at times. Hard to understand, but it
seems as though all that is carnal in my natural thinking, and all that is in
the Heavenly sphere in the realm of principality and power is set to not allow
me to share these truths. At the same time I seek God for true humility to do
so that the Lord alone would be glorified. So on the one hand I am in deep
communion with the Lord, beyond what words can express, and on the other side I
am under severe spiritual attack to "not" share the depth of God as I
know it.
At the same time we draw closer to God. But God is clouded in clouds of thick
darkness and a great tumult is before Him as we approach His Throne.
Psalm 18:11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him
were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Joel 2:2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick
darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a
strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it,
even to the years of many generations.
Zephania 1:15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day
of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds
and thick darkness,
When I began the blogs concerning the Ephod, I came under such heavy
assault that it nearly killed me - literally. The oppression in my mind was
such that I prayed every second breath for my life on the earth to end. Yet at
the same time my spiritual man was standing strong in armor and in victory in
spite of the horrendous shakings which were round about me - all because I
wanted to share just a little of what the Lord has given me. All hell seemed to
be arrayed against me giving forth any such "clear" word. The
struggle that ensued was beyond what I can even type down as words.
So time was allowed to pass. My time was spent just waiting on the Lord for His
light to sear through these attacks so that I could share, even just simply,
this depth of the Lord shown. Not just in the Ephod, but truths seen in
Christ's tomb and resurrection, and as He stands "Christ Jesus" by
the right hand of God (and the vision of seeing Him there). Things such as the
Tabernacle of David which has fallen down. The company of Sons and Daughters
who will very soon receive glorified bodies, the New World that is to come and
on the list goes. Time was spent as I wondered about how to share this with
some calm around the "spiritual" storm.
The answer came very sweetly and calmly, like a gentle wind or breeze upon my
soul. And that answer was to "share" as He gave me these things, as I
AM, a living WHOLE STONE which is but one part of the "many stones"
that forms the altar upon which God will lay the weight of the sacrifice.
And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones:
thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt
offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:
Deuteronomy 27:5,6.
So share I will, quietly, amidst the storms surrounding my life and my
thinking. Sharing as He has given me His word, His truth, as He sees fit. I am
going to expose the depth of God as revealed to my heart IN SIMPLICITY, so that
all who read these blogs may understand.
I ask all of you to forgive me for being so slow at this. My heart is
overwhelmed and my life is seemingly set aside, but it is all for a purpose. So
I want to share this testimony of the Ephod, so that we all who read it can
understand, and overcome, and rule and reign in life by Christ Jesus.
My next blog will begin that very study.
Kenneth B Visscher