The Dragon's Wrath
by Michael Travesser
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And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. Rev. 21:2. |
"It is finished" echoes from the heavens in regards to the marriage of the Lamb. The land is married as has been foretold in the ancient writings. "Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah (my delight is in her), and thy land Beulah (married): for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married." Isa. 62:4.
I have been awed at how the Father has been able to bring the current events to pass without hindrance and without human invention. Now that all has been accomplished, the flood may come. "The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with the flood [of his words and accusations]. But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon had poured from his mouth." Now that the marriage is in place, and has been announced, the forces of evil can clamor and pour forth their flood all they like. It is done, and all the host of hell cannot annul it. Once the cross of Christ came to its completion, the host of hell could not turn back the clock. The victory had been settled in heaven and it could not be overturned. The crucifixion of Jesus was the plan of hell, but they had thought the cross would overthrow Him. It did not, and hell was confounded. So it is with the marriage.
Hell has produced every enticement to overthrow the victory of Messiah in the establishment of the marriage. It brought to pass every test to cause the Messiah to give up His faith in the Father's leading. He took the Messiah up to the pinnacle of the temple and showed Him all the abominations of the earth as if they were His own. Satan tried every possible offense to get Messiah to save Himself and yield up the contest, repenting that He had followed His Father's leading. Again, the adversary failed, and now it is too late to overturn it. It is done.
In a letter recently, from one who was informed of the marriage, I received a scathing flood of words, accusing me of molestation and acquiring a harem. It was from one who had his hopes dashed because of his consistent fall into immorality and lustful propensities, and now he could see the marriage passed him by. This one had previously professed that Father had told him that all of the things occurring in the land regarding the marriage were of Him. Now, everything had changed. The flood had come to him having been put on hold till after the marriage was completed and entered into. Being left desolate he now could only see things from the actions of his own heart. The consummation appeared to him as dark as his own soul. "Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." There are many who will gnash their teeth over the marriage of the Lamb to the city. The two witnesses to the event represent the entire land. The dragon will hate the woman; he will hate the two witnesses. "But when they have finished their testimony and their evidence is all in, the beast that comes up out of the Abyss will wage war on them, and conquer them and kill them." Rev. 11:7 Amplified.
I have watched our events unfold and I have seen the purposes revealed as to our current circumstances. Step by step our Father has faithfully carried out His heavenly designs. Step by step each hindrance to the process was frustrated. These events began to unfold as the Father brought His people into the wilderness, His new land. "And the woman [church] fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which to be nourished [fed or instructed] for one thousand two hundred and sixty days." Rev. 12:6. This "new land," where we now dwell, was prepared for the woman (church) in order for her to be instructed and prepared for her final release from earth. She was to be married to the heavenly Prince before she could have her final release from her previous earthly desolation.
Father's Incomprehensible Ways
Nine months ago, while envisioning a much different future life, the Father had brought upon me His purposes and anointed me for the specific task of bringing about the wedding. The anointing of Michael had come down and filled me with His mighty purposes for causing all men to see and be witness to the marriage of heaven. The letter I received charging many things which were manufactured from one's context of his vile earth, revealed the nature of the flood which is to be poured out after the woman. Those who cannot comprehend earthly things, surely cannot comprehend heavenly things. Those who are unfamiliar with the Father's workings cannot discern the events as they are. As with the coming of Jesus and the Reformation, the marriage will be incomprehensible to the established order.
In the beginning of these events, I had not been informed by the heavenly agencies as to the reasons for those things I was being called upon to accomplish. I was simply given instructions, and felt as though I were forced into complying with them. I seemed to have no ability to refuse. I was given instructions as to what I must carry out and I was placed in a strict set of heavenly standards to bring to pass the heavenly marriage, so that all could see it for what it was and believe that it was actually a heavenly event if they had a heart inclined toward the Father's purposes. Self-interest could not be involved in this, or the current event would have truly been adulterated, not only in the mind of Michael, but in the minds of those observing the events as well. As with the cross of Christ, all these events would be considered foolishness from an earthly context. "But we preach Christ crucified [Messiah married], unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." We have now been taken through a wedding which to the professed Christians is a stumblingblock, and to the non-Christians foolishness.
This forces the people to consider, if God indeed brought these things to pass as the Spirit stated, and all the tokens of the land and in the heavens revealed, would He be causing adultery or would He be ending it? When one considers the heavenly point of view, the soul is the property and wife of the heavenly Husband. This caused us to have to look at the precise light on the subject of who is married to whom. Besides these things, it was made clear that God can do whatever He sets out to do, and men cannot change it. The soul can only look on in wonder at what Father purposes for that soul to experience. "Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does likewise'." John 5:19. "John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven." John 3:27.
Earthly things, versus heavenly things, may be considered in the command, Thou shalt not kill. God kills people everyday. No man can die without His expressed cooperation in the event. On a major highway there may be a speed limit of 65 MPH. Heaven travels many times that speed. Heaven's purposes cannot be measured by fallen man's rules of living. One cannot judge the events of heaven with earthly goggles on. God may appear to be breaking His commandments, while in reality He is not.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isa. 55:8-9.
An example of this may be found in the Scriptures. In the Old Testament there are examples of strong judgment which precludes any hope of repentance. A man or woman may have a physical encounter and still be alive to think and to live, but when one is killed, no such opportunity exists. Murder would seem a far greater crime than adultery and with far greater consequences. In 1 Kings 18:40, Elijah killed about four hundred men. That is a good number of dead bodies. They could never now repent for what they had done. They had no time to reconsider. Not only that, it was very bloody. Elijah had to hack off their heads down at a brook. The law stated, Thou shalt not kill, yet this man of God killed a good number of his fellow countrymen.
Also, in the Old Testament, there was more of this permanent ending of life. Moses had a problem develop while he was away. Some of the people had reverted to some of the things that marked their previous religion. Moses commanded, "Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men." This was done by a man who had just received the law that said thou shalt not kill. The leader of the Israel cult had just ordered the murder of 3,000 men because they made a calf out of gold. Not only that, he said God told him to do it. Men accept this behavior since it is generally acknowledged these days that it was all true and from God.
The New Testament also recounts an event that shows men they are dealing with the same God. Peter had asked for a freewill offering and the people contributed various amounts of money. "But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things. And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him." Acts 5:1-6. His wife dropped dead a little after that.
Would not modern man think it unthinkable if a cult leader hacked off the heads of 400 ministers of another religion? If he killed three thousand of his own church members for reverting to some of their previous practices, do you not suppose that would be frowned on? And what if certain of the church members dropped dead because they did not give all the money they had promised the cult leader? Do you not suppose the authorities might want to do a little investigation into the matter? Do you suppose a man would be excused because he said that God told him to do it?
The God who oversaw this transaction was the New Testament God. A couple of people held back some of their money and they ceased to exist. Modern man would find that action somewhat extreme and it would not make sense to his ideas of justice. When one also considers how God instructed His prophet to marry a harlot for His purposes of illustration and another prophet lied to a king to make a point, one's human reasoning cannot be trusted in the things of God if he merely reverts to his idea of black and white. The law states that all liars will have their part in the lake of fire, yet, God Himself has sent lying spirits to deceive those who love deception. Our Father has His purposes for what He instructs His servants to do and His servants are simply obliged to do them.
Human reasoning would also seem to conclude that God's servants would get a special kind of blessing above other men and bad men would all get cursed. This reasoning will not hold up either, when one considers blessings after the modern way of thinking. Almost all of Jesus' disciples were killed in the course of their work. They were beheaded, tortured, left in prison to rot or suffered some other unfortunate end. Millions of professed Christians were burned at the stake. Other world-loving souls lived to a ripe old age in their selfish, self-centered universe. The point being made is that men must follow their Father, but they cannot judge the event. We can build a story why thus and so occurred at the command of God, but our judgment of things cannot rest on that story. Our judgment of things rests on the knowledge that our Father can be trusted to lead us in the way that He has designed, and the way He has designed is for His own honor and glory. If we fail at following His clear instructions to us because it may not seem to be a present advantage, then, surely, we might expect an inglorious end. Woe to the man who does not follow his instructions. Our Father bears long with men and with great long-suffering, but when his eyes are opened and he purposes to pervert clear understanding, judgment is often swift.
In the events concerning the consummation of the marriage, I was very aware of what course I was to pursue even though that course did not always seem advantageous to me. God knew how to cause me to eat grass for seven years if I refused His instructions. By following His instructions, I have been immersed in His ever-present love and His glorious emptiness. What happens to me is not of interest, since my life is hid with the anointing in God. The Father caused me to be filled with Michael so that the representation of His marriage would be brought to the earth for all to see. All who come to Him will be taken from their previous earthly self-interested relationships and they will release all their earthly goods. They will be naked and unashamed in His presence and their hearts will be emptied of their self awareness.
Christ could have done nothing during His earthly ministry in saving fallen man if the divine had not been blended with the human. The limited capacity of man cannot define this wonderful mystery -- the blending of the two natures, the divine and the human [the marriage]. It can never be explained. Man must wonder and be silent. And yet man is privileged to be a partaker of the divine nature [marriage], and in this way he can to some degree enter into the mystery. This wonderful exhibition of God's love was made on the cross of Calvary [and the consummation and marriage of the Lamb]. Divinity took the nature of humanity, and for what purpose? -- That through the righteousness of Christ [the anointing] humanity might partake of the divine nature. This union of divinity and humanity, which was possible with Christ, is incomprehensible to human minds. The wonderful things to take place in our world--the greatest events of all ages--are incomprehensible to worldly minds. The powers of heaven shall be shaken. Christ is coming in power and great glory, but His coming is not such a mystery as the things to take place before that event. Man must be a partaker of the divine nature in order to stand in this evil time, when the mysteries of satanic agencies are at work. Only by the divine power united with the human can souls endure through these times of trial. 1888 Materials 332.
Someone coming from the context of earthly relationships may well consider that something like this might occur if any leader made known his will and asked that someone have a physical relationship with him. But that these things would ever occur without any intimation on my part seemed completely incredible. While it may be conceived that a woman might ask a man for a physical relationship, to have her husband come also, without being asked, and give her without any personal, human suggestion or request, seemed incredible and impossible. Besides that, to have these things happen twice, and in duplicate, further diminishes the chances of its occurrence. There were other impediments to the consummation. Our own profession of faith is that men should abstain from fornication and we have disfellowshipped some other members for adultery. In this light, the consummation seemed impossible to comprehend as seen from my own previous context. To my own mind I completed the instructions only because I recognized the Father's voice which was strong on me to fulfill all these things, and not because I understood what He was doing.
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. Jer. 18:4-6.
The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. Prov. 21:1.
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Rom. 9:20.
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? Dan. 4:34-35.
The perfection of these present things becomes evident if one will consider them. I have seen this judgment already work in some souls. On the surface, the event which included the appearance of adultery draws the ire and ridicule of some who may be looking on. Some will spew out a small volcano of contempt without seeing the divine justice in it. These same souls are immersed in the modern sexual revolution which began in the 1960's in this country. The presidents of their own nation have committed adultery with wanton abandon. The people are immersed in their videos and magazines portraying all kinds of immoral activity between "consenting adults." They access their X-rated Internet sites in secret, but God sees it all. Their thoughts are in gross perversion continually. How just, for God to place before them something which will call forth their own judgments upon themselves. Whoever judges Michael will thereby be judged himself, since he will be using himself as the window through which to judge Him.