From a friend: Bob and Bonnie Jones: Poison Gourds! Young Prophets to Address Religious Spirit. In a vision I saw a group of dedicated people, like the sons of the prophets, but one of them had put green gourds in the cooking pot. Immediately I knew this was a parable from 2 Kings 4 with Elisha and the sons of the prophets. Elisha came back to Gilgal during a famine in the land. The sons of the prophets were sitting before him, and he said to his servant, Set on the big pot and cook pottage for the sons of the prophets. Then one went into the field to gather herbs and gathered from a wild vine his lap full of wild gourds, and returned and cut them up into the pot of pottage, for they were unknown to them. So they poured it out for the men to eat. But as they ate of the pottage, they cried out, O man of God, there is death in the pot! And they could not eat it. But he said, Bring meal [as a symbol of Gods healing power]. And he cast it into the pot and said, Pour it out for the people that they may eat. Then there was no harm in the pot. 2 Kings 4:38-41, Amplified The young prophets made this pot of stew and partook of it and then cried out to Elisha death is in the pot! These were the next line of prophets that would carry forth the word to the people, but the enemy used this opportunity to try and kill all the young prophets at once. A lot of people have been gathering that which they think is fruit, but in fact its a gourd that represents a religious spirit. It looks just like a vegetable but it has death in it. Instead of gathering the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) many of the vegetables with the wrong spirit got thrown into the cooking pot. These have brought forth mixed messages and confusion that leads to death. Therefore the Body has received stew that contained bitterness, strife and jealousy instead of faith, hope and love. Just as the young prophets cried out to Elisha (verse 40), I feel the Body is crying out to the prophets of today for the truth. The true prophets have been going through a time of cleansing and purifying to rid themselves of any poison that might be left in them. One cannot bring a pure word while they are struggling with infectious spiritual disease that will contaminate the whole Body when they release it. We need to have a more sure word of prophecy being poured out from purified vessels. Healing Power Elisha got meal, which is a symbol of healing power (verse 41), threw it in the pot and stirred it and said, Now eat! The meal neutralized the poison. The religious spirit has been operating in the Church for a very long time. But I feel the real prophets are going to come against it in such a powerful way that it will neutralize this poison and bring healing of all kinds to the Body. Our job is to take the death out of the pot. Theres a lot of false doctrines and heresy being taught right now and once the prophets start dealing with it, its not going to be pretty. In fact it will be rather messy. But its going to take a remnant thats dedicated to the Lord to address these false doctrines and heresies. This is not for the faint of heart but for those who have a heart after Gods. These untruths are poisoning the Body of Christ and killing it. Elisha who was chosen by God and mantled by Elijah with a double portion of his spirit (2 Kings 2:9-13), returned to Gilgal during a famine in the land. Gilgal means a place of faith (2 Kings 4:38), and I believe that is where this generation of prophets must dwell. There has been a famine of hearing the inspired word of God because many of the prophetic voices have been eating from the wrong cooking pot. Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but [a famine] for hearing the words of the Lord. Amos 8:11, Amplified Now is the time for the tried and true prophetic voices to deliver the real meal that will bring healing power and deliverance to the Body and salvation to the unsaved.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 16:28:34 +0000
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