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2020 AND  BEYOND                                                                              2020 AND  BEYOND




          who had just turned five said she   is this, could  we really  be in   judgment was hovering around
          wanted “sweets and ice-cream”.     the days of the one  thousand      many of them because  their
          (Certainly it’s easy to relate with   year reign of the Lord on earth   hearts have  become  Jezebel’s
          that childlike  request, but it’s   and the Bride of Christ is being   table of delicacies and their eyes
          deeper than that). The next one    reminded to rise up to meet her    set on the luxury of Babylon.
          said she wanted “a horse”. For     Lord?  Certainly  it wouldn’t be
          me that was a deep request for     surprising  for me, knowing the
          an eight or so year old girl. The   recent reminders  I have  been    In contrast to the above
          oldest among them, a twelve        given  about the Lord coming       scriptures, let me now show
          year old said he wants to live for   home.                            you the actual picture of the
          a thousand years. Another child                                       true  worshippers    who    will
          was also in that fellowship,  he                                      arise in the new generation.
          didn’t make a request. I sensed    The Life of the New                Revelation  14:1-5 speaks of
          God would have me change his       Generation                         who they are and what their
          name to Michael from what it was   In 2009  when  the Lord  gave      lives look like. Please read it
          before. I won’t mention  much      me the words concerning the        yourself so it makes sense. It is
          about him just yet. I prayed and   generation  coming, He gave        they who are the picture of the
          anointed them  as  led, having     me a scripture in Revelation 14    Bride of  Christ,  the picture of
          tried to  explain to  them what    that had been my companion         the 144,000, the picture of they
          their requests actually  meant.    through the journey. He made       that get their music/songs from
          The summary of their requests      a delineation  of the generation   the heavenly harp that plays in
          is this.  Did you know that  the   of  worshipers coming on  the      the presence of God; it is they
          Rosh Hashanah  greeting  is        earth by  what side each would     that walk with the Lamb on
          “Shanah tovah um’tukah,” which     find  themselves  on.  I  will  try   Mount Zion wherever He goes.
          means “May you have  a good        and explain  as much as I can.     Why? They have become lambs
          and sweet new year?” And did       Revelation 14: 1-8 gives a picture   of  sacrifice  like  their  Master
          you know that the coming of the    of two sets of people or if you like,   by their embrace  of their own
          Lord is  depicted  as  Him riding   two sets of worshippers. Verse 6   crosses, following  Christ and
          on a  white horse with a  sword    to 8 shows the angel announcing    their suffering for their testimony
          coming out from His mouth          the gospel  of the kingdom  to     of faith. It is they that are called
          (Pey) and with which He slayed     those on the earth. He calls this   the  first  fruit  of  the  Spirit,  the
          His enemies  in judgment? See      gospel “fear God and give glory    redeemed  from the earth, they
          Revelation  19.  And that His      to Him” and then went ahead        are blameless and without
          coming  is to bring  to earth  His   to say “worship Him who made     fault before the throne of  God.
          millennial (thousand year) reign   the  heaven and the  earth...”     They are those who men have
          with His saints? (See Revelation   This reality of  worshippers has   rubbished in the mud of time but
          20)                                flooded  the  entire  earth.  They   who the earth is not worthy of.
          No one except the Spirit of God    have  flooded  the  globe  with    These are those who can’t move
          could have put such requests in    songs and music but most of the    an inch or defend themselves
          the hearts of these children. For   songs and music are not coming    because  they lay hanging on
          you could see the connection       from the throne  of the Father     their cross with the nails holding
          between  what they requested       but from the hands of the angel    them tight to their burden for the
          of the Lord and the actual         making    the   announcement.      Lord. It is they who others have
          thing going on in the Spirit.      Just like the sower who threw      called  worthless because they
          Shortly after  that  meeting, I    seeds randomly on the earth for    don’t do what men think they
          was reminded  that the request     whoever can have it.  But mind     should do, neither do they fit into
          for a thousand years came on       you, right in the midst of this    the popular molds. It is them the
          the same day that was the last     generation  of worshippers  is     Lord has been waiting  for and
          day for the old Kenyan  1000       judgment. For part of the gospel   their time is now.
          shillings  to be returned to the   of  the  flying  angel  is,  “for  the   In conclusion, I see the new
          banks in exchange for the new      hour of His judgment has come”.    generation  of the followers
          currency notes.  These are no      So while they sing and make        of Christ, having borne their
          coincidences at all. My question   music and get global  attention,   crosses,  emerging from  their




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