In a progressive vision over the past six or seven year years I have watched a battle occurring in the spiritual realm. In this vision, I continually see a battlefield where the Saints of God are at war with the enemy. During this time period, there have been many battles fought and victoriously won producing further advancement for the Kingdom of God. Here is another look into this battle.---Lisa Cook

Over this past year I have watched a blanket of haze, a heaviness, a veil lower over the top of this battlefield. In this vision the intense weight of the blanket of haze, the heaviness, the veil became so heavy that it stirred and brought many issues to the surface, both within individual lives and the Corporate Body of Christ. The manifestation of this intense heaviness caused individuals to become so uncomfortable that it brought a heightened awareness of root issues that had caused delay in heart's desires, fulfillment of destiny and purpose within both individual lives and in the Corporate Body of Christ.

Many of these issues were lifelong afflictions that many had learned to live with and even tolerate. Some of these root issues included fear, unworthiness, rejection, guilt, shame, condemnation, self-doubt, self-hatred, chronic spiritual, emotional and physical illness, addiction, hopelessness, despair, worry, anxiety, grief, remorse, abandonment, unforgiveness, pride, deception, anger, rage, doubt and disbelief, denial, and various degrees of rebellion and compromise.

The Lord was grieved that His Body was so hindered and afflicted, so a proclamation was sent forth from Heaven. It simply stated. . . .. . . " The Lord's House is Called to Order." As the vision unfolded, the Lord showed me His Saints who had been suffering from "phantom" illnesses-spiritual, physical, mental and emotional. I heard a loud clap of thunder and saw lightening flash across the sky and I heard the Father say, "No More!"

I saw Angelic Hosts sent from Heaven to remove the assignments that were sent against these intercessors, these prophets and these Saints. The Angelic Hosts brought freedom, healing, wholeness and restoration physically, emotionally spiritually, and relationally. They were also empowered to restore these Saints provisionally and financially as they had suffered greatly for the Kingdom of God.

At this point, an Angel of the Lord appeared to me. He stretched His arm outward and revealed Angelic Hosts on horses positioned on all sides above the battlefield where the Saints battled below. They were watching, keeping guard and waiting to be dispatched at a moments notice. Their assignments were clear. They were to help the Saints of God and the Corporate Body of Christ reach wholeness and to fulfill their destinies and purpose in Christ Jesus, and ultimately win souls for the Kingdom of God.

The Angel then showed me a woman postured on her knees humbly worshipping the Lord. (Please note, that the woman symbolically represented individual Saints in the Body of Christ and the Corporate Body of Christ as a whole.) Her stature and demeanor, although humbly postured on her knees, was hunched over and unable to look up. She was weary and tired, her cheeks were stained with tears, her clothing was tattered and her hands were soiled and bloodied from many long hours at the Harvester's plow, but she still remained in a place of submission and servanthood to her King.

Then Jesus walked up behind this woman and gazed down at her with such loving kindness. He smiled and spoke softly, 'Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.' " (Matt 25:23)

This caught the woman's attention. How she had longed to hear these words from her King. Still kneeling, she was now on her knees, waiting for her King to speak to her again. Then, Jesus, still standing behind her, gave a command and Angelic Hosts appeared beside her and helped raise her to her feet. They knew exactly what to do, as they had been well prepared.

In unison these Angelic Hosts proclaimed, "BREAKTHROUGH!!" Suddenly, the blanket of haze, the heaviness, the veil ripped and tore apart from above this Saint of God. An amazing rushing wind (the power of the Holy Spirit) came in and removed all lingering hindrances. She now found that she could move more freely and without much effort. The Angelic Hosts provided her protection, healing and great comfort. It was time for her/the church to come out of slumber and hibernation. God was stirring the hearts of men and women alike. . . . . . . The Great Awakening had begun!

With the atmosphere clear around her, she looked towards Heaven and a doorway/gateway opened. There she could see the Father, the Great Ancient of Days beckoning her to enter. This doorway translated this Saint into the very throne room of the Great Ancient of Days where she sought His healing, His counsel and His love.

The Father held her in His loving arms and the Spirit of Adoption encapsulated her. Years of pain, sorrow and remorse melted away as the Father cradled her in His arms. Healing came and removed fear, unworthiness, rejection, guilt, shame, condemnation, hopelessness, despair, worry, anxiety, grief, remorse, abandonment, self-doubt, self-hatred, chronic-- spiritual, emotional, and physical illnesses and addictions. As the healing washed over her, her heart changed and merged with the Father's Heart and areas of unforgiveness, pride, deception, anger, rage, doubt and disbelief, denial, rebellion and compromise fell to the wayside.

Years of bondages were broken off and were now represented only by a pile of chains lying at the Father's feet. The Father reminded her of His words she had clung to for so many years, Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the thoughts I think towards you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope" - and - Phil 1:6, "being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ."

Tears cascaded down her face, as she knew the Father had not forgotten the covenants and promises He had made with her. The Father put her down gently. Great grace surrounded her now, as she stood upright in wholeness and in the fullness of who she was in Christ. With faith, passion, zeal, hope, trust and joy once again restored within her heart, she was ready once again to enter into the battle below.

At this point, the Father began to show her this battle that raged below and she took notes, as the Father gave her Kingdom Strategies, insights and divine revelations. The Father then touched her eyes and anointed and blessed the seer within her. He touched her lips and anointed her prophetic voice. He touched her hands and anointed her for service. He touched her feet and anointed her walk. He touched her ears and empowered her with greater faith, truth and trust. And finally He touched her heart and her heart became HIS HEART.

Some of the things the Father then anointed and proclaimed over her were the following: Isaiah 11:2, "The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD."

Joel 2:28-29, Acts 2:17-18 "And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; And they shall prophesy."* (Watch for the seniors and children/youth, for the Father is re-establishing His seniors and raising up His children/youth) 1 Sam 3:19 "So Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground."

One by one, the Angelic Hosts picked up the Saints from the battlefield and presented them to the Father. Others were found hidden away in the caves and in the cleft of the rocks. Some had been missing in action for years, while others had only recently retreated. Regardless of each of their situations or circumstances the Father received them all with love and opened arms. He healed them, restored them and empowered each one of them.

Some were sent back to the battle to war in the trenches. They carried with them new authority, strategic strategies, wisdom, discernment and were empowered to defeat even the worst assaults sent by the enemy. Others were positioned as overseers/watchman on the walls. They were freshly empowered with new "eagle eye" vision, greater accuracy, discernment, revelation and wisdom. Their prophetic voices were designed to link in unity with one another, and to proclaim and prophesy the Word of the Lord into existence.

Still others were empowered with new governmental authority and anointed into the apostolic. They were called to govern and facilitate a collective mobilization of the saints for the next major move of the Lord. Regardless of what the position or positions an individual held, one thing remained constant, the Lord had given each of them constant access to the High Places, greater authority, fresh vision, purpose and passion, Angelic protection and abundant provision.

While I witnessed this, the Father turned and spoke to me and said that He was establishing His Saints in the High Places once again. That the Body of Christ was moving into a fresh new season of Angelic visitation and entering into a season of translation, greater prophetic revelation and greater authority. He said He was awakening and restoring the seers, and visions, prophetic dreams, and that Angelic visitations would become everyday occurrences.

He told me that He was sending Supernatural Intervention to remove obstacles and hindrances that had previously blocked the Body of Christ from obtaining hearts' desires and fulfillment of destinies and purposes. He said He was re-establishing His Saints in the fullness of who they truly are in Christ and restoring what had been lost, forgotten about and even delayed. The Father was activating, empowering and releasing His Saints/His Church.

I thought about the scriptures Habakkuk 2:2-3 and Isaiah 55:11 that I had been pondering this past year and realized that the Father was truly "Redeeming Time."

Habakkuk 2:2 "Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry." Isaiah 55:11 "So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it."

As the vision faded, the Father again reiterated that He was setting His house in order, and that He was awakening, healing, empowering and releasing His Saints/His Church. His final words were, "The Great Awakening has Begun!"

As I meditated in prayer awhile longer, I realized the Angel of the Lord was still by my side. This Angelic Host carried the titles "Unity" and "Reformation of Love and Reformation of Peace." He impressed upon me once again, the importance of unity and the power of the Corporate Church united in strategic prayer.

He drew me deeper into Psalm 133, specifically, "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! For there the Lord commanded the blessing-life forevermore."

--- Lisa Cook