January 8, 2024
11:40pm
I had a vision as I was going to sleep, which is usually what happens. I saw a ship at sea at night. It looked like a cargo ship. Suddenly a terrifying humanoid figure rose out of the ocean that was made from the waters. Many of these figures rose out of the ocean and each was roaring, and as they did the sea became more and more turbulent. They were rocking this large ship as though it was a sailing ship. These figures kept multiplying in number so they had to stack on top of each other, like they were forming a tsunami. A tsunami made out of these demonic humanoid figures.
Then I saw a humongous winged demon rise out of the water (Rev 13:1). I could only assume that it represented Satan.
Then I saw that more than one of these ships had been knocked over on their sides and their cargo fell into the sea. And one of the larger of these demon humanoids spewed something from its mouth. It looked like a reddish liquid. It landed into the sea near the ships. Where it landed the water turned brown. I started to be reminded of wormwood in the book of Revelation (Rev 8:10-11). And then the words ‘water contamination’ was brought to my mind.
Then I saw another vision. A woman was in what looked like a pub running away from flood waters rushing inside. She may have been the owner as the pub was basically empty except for her. The water just kept rushing in and rose several feet.
Then I was brought back to my first vision. It repeated and stayed on the cargo boxes in the now browned sea. I was still trying to work out whether their contents spilling out into the sea was contaminating the water or whether it was what was spewed by the sea demon. The Holy Spirit said it was from the demon. And then I saw dead fish rise to the top of the water (Rev 8:9).
I think the first vision is both symbolic and literal, but may not happen exactly as I see it, but keep an eye out for the news that something similar to this has happened.
I think the turbulent waves represent the storms that happen throughout our trials, particular in the Body of Christ. And particularly members of the Church who are under God’s judgment and discipline who have just behaved in ungodly ways towards their brothers and sisters in Christ. Need I remind them that whatever they do against another Christian they do against Christ? Jesus said to Saul, “why are you persecuting me? (Acts 9:4)’ not ‘why are you persecuting my people?’ God sees no difference between us and Him. It goes further than this. We are connected to Christ not just by the vine but we are adjoined to the Trinity (John 14:20). As a husband and wife get joined together so the two become one flesh, we are joined to Christ, the husband of the Church, and also the husband of every individual church member, and we cannot be separated from Him.
The demonic humanoid figures or what I call ‘sea demons’ are the storms sent by the enemy. They are storms of deception, intimidation that lead to fear, anxiety, depression, despair and anything else the enemy wants to throw at you.
The humongous winged demon is Satan watching over his handiwork and trying to cause more fear and intimidation by letting you know he caused this and it will just get worse. But the devil is a liar.
We are the ships and the dropped cargo is our faith and trust in God. The ships can also represent individual churches on trial. The Holy Spirit loves to remind me of Roma Waterman’s dream about ships representing churches who don’t know which direction to take because demons are shining three different lights at them to direct them, but they’re waving them around the place, causing confusion. And these ships aren’t communicating with each other. But that’s a whole other prophecy about the division in denominations which I’ll give later this month.
The reddish-brown liquid being spewed out by the sea demons is wormwood or a substance that contaminates the water. I had a feeling that the whole thing took place in the Atlantic Ocean. I don’t know why but if this is a literal part of the prophecy then it could come to pass in America. The symbolic meaning could be that we become contaminated with temptation and sin and our own flesh, and the surrounding waters are The Holy Spirit, His Living Waters (John4:14) especially, which when released from our inner beings fill us with the fruits of the Spirit, and as Christ is the Tree of Life, the fruit represents His body and the flesh inside is The Holy Spirit. Like The Holy Spirit lives in us, He lives in that fruit, which when eaten will give us life forevermore (Gen 3:22). That will be literal when the Kingdom of God is materialised in its fullness soon on earth, but it’s also spiritual and it speaks of the quality of our life in Christ (John 10:10)
And when we live with one foot in the world and one foot in Christ, we contaminate those pure Living Waters in our soul. We limit how much The Holy Spirit can empower us, or even speak to us.
The second vision may be literal. Because I saw a stage in this pub it reminded me of a pub in Melbourne, because Melbourne has a thriving local rock scene and I’ve always just wanted to relocate there to be part of it. And currently Victoria is experiencing severe flooding. So it might happen or something similar to it might happen. It might happen in other parts of Australia or around the world.
The symbolic meaning just shows the chaos that comes to our lives when those storms in a trial hit. We might actually experience floods happening in our homes, like my poor neighbour that lives below my unit did when there was a leak in my hot water pipe. It didn’t affect me but I had to have the plumbers remove and replace all that piping. And then for almost 3 months I was left without a bathroom basin, which spent a few weeks on my balcony and then on my living room floor. That was one of my storms. Or you might have things breaking down around you. Or things could go wrong in your relationships and you’re left to try and mend all that damage. Storms can come in any form, and they’re often followed by more and more storms, adding to our already overwhelming load of stress.
The Body of Christ, that is the Church, is going to face these types of storms as God puts them on a full church trial, like my church experienced in June-September last year. And as we are in a time of transition, a new trial has begun or will continue on from late last year, and this may be related to God’s judgment or just God’s purifying of His Body. He also wants to reset people and let them start off with a clean slate. Many have been moved from one house to another. Some have been moved to new towns and cities, maybe even countries. It’s a new beginning for them as God gives them a time of rest before He can really call them into their destiny, that is, His purpose for them to help fulfill His will on earth. And to bring them into His Kingdom on earth as it is now, invisible but growing and extending to the furthest parts of the earth. He has a plan to use many of us this year in ways we could never have imagined for ourselves. Many would feel like they are the wrong fit for this line of work, like they lack experience (Exodus 4:10-16, Jer 1:6). But God doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called.
It’s up to you to say, “Yes Lord, use me!”
The Apostle of Peace
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