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Bitter Sweet

Back in about 2004 or 2005, I was reading Ezekiel. I reached the portion in Ezekiel 2-3, where it talks about Ezekiel eating a book.

Ezekiel 2:8-10 (KJV) But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee. 9And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; 10And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe. Ezekiel 3:1-4 (KJV) Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. 2So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. 3And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. 4And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

The Lord had already revealed to me what this scripture was about. It has to do with doing the will of the Lord, and how it's sweet in our mouth like honey. But, when we deliver a Word to people, that is not a "good" word, it is not so sweet anymore. This is shown in a similar experience that John the beloved had. Please note that I am color coding similar portions.

Revelation 10:8-10 (KJV) And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. 9And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. 10And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. 11And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.

Truly, to be sent of the Lord is a sweet thing. But to deliver the judgment of God to people is not sweet at all. Just as God is not pleased in the destruction of the wicked, so should we not be.

So, I already had this understanding of the meaning of those scriptures. But, I wanted to have a greater in depth understanding, right down in my heart. So, I prayed, and asked God to show me the real meaning of these scriptures. I wanted to understand it in fullness. I asked Him to give me a dream, that very night.

So, that night, I had a dream. In the dream I was watching TV. On the TV was a well known minister (well known in my dream, not real life), who was very arrogant, and prideful. He was walking around praying for people at a conference of some sort. His stride was that of pure pomp and arrogance. He went to pray for this little boy, who was maybe 6-8 years old at the most. He finished praying for the boy, and walked back up the aisle.

A moment later, the minister came back down to the boy with great pomp. He beckoned the boy to come out to the aisle again. So, the boy came out to where the minister was. The minister prayed for him again. Suddenly, the boy started screaming blue murder. Immediately I spoke, seemingly without my own volition. I said "Oh God, if that man has done anything wrong, BRING JUDGMENT". Immediately the man looked at the boy with a look of horror, as if somehow he just received revelation at the wickedness of it all. He began to scream just like the boy. He began to die right on the spot, as did his leadership. They all shriveled up like prunes, and turned green.

I woke up immediately after that. I lay completely motionless, and I did not even breath, or move a millimeter. I said something to the affect of "Lord, was that from you? What's going on here, was that from you?". Immediately the Lord spoke and said "You asked me to show you the meaning of the scripture in Ezekiel". After that, I started breathing, and speaking out loud. I said "Oh God, please don't ever ask me to do that". Then I realized what I had said, and I said "But oh God, if that is something you want me to do, I will do whatever you desire".

I was a bit confused about the people turning green. Then later I realized that them turning green represents the bitterness of it all.

Since then, I have believed for some time, that in these last days that these things will be happening. Indeed, they happened in Acts, with Ananias and Sapphira, and they've even happened in modern times now and then. It is not a light thing to work deception, and deceive others, when you are working with the devil. God will not always stand idly by as these things take place.

I believe this will happen in the false revivals of these last days. I believe that some may turn from their wicked ways, but many will remain unchanged.