Celia R. Okhuysen (USA)
I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress;
my God, in Him I will trust.
(Psalm 91:2)
It was a gray day. I was with a group of men and women as we hurried toward a high-rise glass enclosed round tower type building. It stood out by itself in the wide, open landscape. We were alarmed, sensing an approaching attack. When we arrived at the building we quickly ran inside. Everything was completely white: doors, ceilings, walls, and floors. The place was immaculate. Other people were already there. They were moving about urgently as we joined them. I do not recall seeing any one particular object inside the building. It’s almost as if it was void of furnishings, yet everyone moved about with determined focus and total order.
In the midst of all the “busy-ness” I saw a man partly exposed as he quietly sat on a toilet commode in the center of an enormous interior room. I watched him for a few moments while he sat as still as a statue yet keeping his eyes firmly focused at something ahead of him.
I once again focused on all the hasty movements by everyone. At one point, the ceiling suddenly opened up. A few women peered through the opening from the floor above. A mattress appeared on the floor wrapped in white sheets and covered with a white blanket. It was quickly pulled up while several women helped to steady it from below.
Suddenly, I was suspended outside in mid-air at an altitude of about 2,000 feet as I watched a WW2 vintage single nose propeller aircraft (similar to the English Spitfire single engine fighter plane) dive toward the building while approaching from the left. It began firing at the building as it made a close pass directly overhead. The aircraft went out a short distance and returned, once again firing at the building.
Suddenly again, I was back inside the building. Everyone was either crouching down on the floor against walls, or huddled in room corners. No one made a sound. The only sounds heard were of the attacking fighter plane and its continued approaches and firing at the building. Interestingly, no windows shattered. They remained intact. During the fighter plane’s passes, I remained crouched by a wall. At one point, the aircraft’s strafing ju-s-s-st missed me! As I crouched down by the wall, I clearly saw the fighter plane’s machine gun “bullets” bounce from the wall, landing right by me. The fighter plane’s unceasing attacks lasted for quite a while. Yet, there were no yells, screams, or hysteria. Everyone remained quiet and crouched without moving. The interesting thing that stood out so vividly was the lack of panic among the people.
After the aircraft finally left, everyone began to move about again. There were no injuries. I saw a group of women open a door. I quickly ran over and followed them into a type of “narrow” closet. The narrow (which seemed more like a corridor approximately five feet wide) and deep, deep closet’s walls were completely white. It was bright in the “closet corridor.” We sang as we entered.
Next, I once again stood in the middle of the enormous interior room. I saw the single blue toilet commode sitting right in the center of the room unoccupied. I walked toward it, and without hesitation I sat on the commode. END
[NOTE: Bolded, capped, and underlined emphases in the NKJV scriptures are mine. I encourage the reader to read this document with a Bible in hand.]
The glass enclosed high-rise building symbolizes the transparency of the Tower of Refuge, Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth (Ps. 46:1 ¾ Ps. 141:8). The white immaculate environment inside represents Him as the holy dwelling place in which His Church abides (Jn. 15:4, 5) while also hiding in Him (Ps. 119:114) and in His shadow (Ps. 91:1 — Ps. 63:7). The people in the building represent the five-fold ministry:
>> And He Himself gave [appointed and anointed] some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the EQUIPPING [providing; furnishing; supplying] of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ (Eph. 4:11, 12).
The man sitting on the commode symbolically represents a member of the five-fold ministry in deep prayer as he purges himself of sin that needs to be confessed to Lord Jesus (Rom. 6:12-18).
The white mattress bed hoisted up represents the infirmities within these Saints’ lives and their spiritual needs that are being lifted up to Lord Jesus through prayer by members within the five-fold ministry.
My outdoor mid-air suspension allowed me to observe the approaching attack the servants of God were coming under. The firing aircraft can portray a dual symbolism:
1. “…spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places” (Eph. 6:12), portraying Satan’s demonic presence in the air through his evil spirits. His fiery attack against God’s servants is an ongoing and unceasing effort to hinder God’s work and His Word from going forth in the power and might of His Holy Spirit, OR
2. spiritually confused and spiritually uninformed ministries within the Church of Lord Jesus. These are spiritually blind, dogmatic (rigid, inflexible, unbending) and misguided ministries / members within Lord Jesus’ Church who do not WALK nor OPERATE in the Spirit of the Lord. (Lk. 11:13) Because they do not KNOW or STUDY the Word of God with the help of Holy Spirit but operate in their flesh with carnal understanding (1Cor 3:1-3), their slandering (Pr. 10:18 — 2Tim. 3:3) and worldly inspired attacks continue against the anointed servants of God. The anointing upon God’s called servants will only increase as the Spirit of the Lord continues to burst forth in greater power achieving God’s plans and purposes in the Church and throughout the world through His five-fold ministry servants for HIS glory.
>> Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of WISDOM. But if you have BITTER ENVY and SELF-SEEKING in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. FOR WHERE ENVY AND SELF-SEEKING EXIST, CONFUSION AND EVERY EVIL THING WILL BE THERE (Jas. 3:13-16).
The blazing aircraft symbolizes the fast paced, highly visible persecuting attacks the anointed servants of God will increasingly be afflicted with through “higher” (Satanic) authorities in the spiritual realm as well as authorities in the Church. (Ps. 91:5, 7 — Ps. 23:5 — Acts 9:1-5)
>> “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they [priests, scribes, O.T. Saints] persecuted the prophets who were before you” (Mat. 5:11, 12).
These Saints’ lack of fear or hysteria reveals Holy Spirit’s sanctified anointing, Word filled hearts, empowered faith, and steadfast faithfulness in the hearts of God’s TRUE and CALLED servants as they persevere and ENDURE to the end.
>> You therefore must ENDURE hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged in warfare entangles [COMPROMISES] himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. … This is a faithful saying: for if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him. If we ENDURE, we shall also reign with Him. ... Be diligent to PRESENT YOURSELF APPROVED TO GOD, A WORKER WHO DOES NOT NEED TO BE ASHAMED, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH. … And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them [the quarrelsome and foolish] repentance, so that they may know the truth, and THAT THEY MAY COME TO THEIR SENSES AND ESCAPE THE SNARE OF THE DEVIL, having been taken captive by him to do his will (2Tim. 2:3-5, 11-12; 15; 24-26).
>> And on some have compassion, making a distinction; but others SAVE WITH FEAR, PULLING THEM OUT OF THE FIRE [through the Word], hating even the garment defiled by the flesh (Jude 22, 23).
>> ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, THAT THE MAN OF GOD MAY BE COMPLETE [spiritually mature], THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED FOR EVERY GOOD WORK (2Tim. 3:16, 17).
The narrow closet symbolizes the prayer closet where God’s Saints enter to spend time with Him. Here, the Saints assembled to pray corporately for protection, peace, stronger faith, greater anointing, wisdom and strength to persevere and ENDURE the persecution they now find themselves under. (Ps. 121 — Ps. 145:18 ¾ Mt. 7:13, 14 — Phil. 3:3, 13, 14)
My sitting on the blue commode symbolically reveals a servant of Lord Jesus humbly searching her heart before Him as helped by Holy Spirit (symbolized by color “blue”) Who surfaces any possible remnant hidden sin in the heart. He helps the Saint of God receive revelation of hidden sin, then acknowledge it to Lord Jesus, repent (purge oneself) of the sin, and receive forgiveness and cleansing by the Blood of the Lamb. (1Jn. 1:9, 7 ¾ Phil. 4:6, 7) The Church is to be found in an attitude of spiritual vigilance through prayer at Lord Jesus’ appearing in the clouds to call us Home (1Cor. 15:51-53 — 1Thes. 4:13-18). — [See RAPTURE PREPAREDNESS, http://www.etpv.org/2003/rprep.html, for further understanding of “commode purging” symbolism.]
This dream was given to me in the morning hours of December 7. This is the anniversary date (1941) of the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. The aircraft represents a ministry, and symbolically, a stronger approaching RESISTANCE (attack) is on the way upon the five-fold ministry servants of God in Ephesians 4:11, 12.
These servants know that now is the time to be totally surrendered to Holy Spirit’s control and His anointing. We are to be deeply immersed in prayer and in the Word as never before as we spiritually witness and ENDURE increased persecutions—RESISTANCE— by some in the Church of Lord Jesus worldwide, and also discern the fast pace toward the end of this age (Matthew 24). The imminent Rapture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Nazareth is almost upon us, and we who are called into the five-fold ministry have the sure Word of God:
>> “Therefore settle it in your hearts not to meditate beforehand on what you will answer: for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or RESIST (Lk. 21:14, 15).
>> You sitffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always RESIST the Holy Spirit (Acts 7:51).
>> Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed [called] by God. Therefore whoever RESISTS the ordinance [the Word] of God, and those who RESIST will bring judgment on themselves (Rom. 13:1, 2).
>> But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: … For men will be lovers of themselves … unloving, unforgiving, SLANDERERS … having a form of godliness [professed Christians] but denying its power. And from such people turn away! (2Tim. 3:1, 2, 3, 5)
Therefore, let us pray one for another that Lord Jesus’ strength and increased faith will find us empowered to STAND:
>> For we do not wrestle [war] against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to WITHSTAND in the evil day, and having done all, to STAND. STAND therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and have shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the FIERY DARTS of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is THE WORD OF GOD (Eph. 6:12-17).
>> For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God (2Cor. 10:3-5).
>> Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. You also be patient. Establish your hearts, FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD IS AT HAND (Jas. 5:7 8).
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