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The first part of this illness seemed to play upon my vital part as if a sentence were passed for departure out of the body, to which I was resigned and made free to yield up thereunto. As I was debating and preparing for it, after some natural rest, as soon as awaked out of it, there appeared a white horse with a bright clarified body riding upon it, calling me to mount up and sit behind Him, and I found myself immediately raised up accordingly. Putting my arms about Him, who, having a bow in His hand, bid me lay my hand upon it to draw with His hand. From whence did fly a bright arrow down to the earth where there lay many black shades or figures which represented the shadows of death, which this arrow did make to fly away. The horse and the rider treading down all dark powers under Him. Then was it said, "Victory, victory to them who can sit the horse of power, and draw the bow of faith, by which will make all the dark spirits of death to fly away!" Then immediately upon this vision shutting up, I found myself greatly relieved and my faintings in spirit did pass away. But then, three days after this, I had another onset of a very distressing pain in my head, teeth and face which put all out of course and order in the body. This gave me much exercise and proving in reference to what I had so lately seen of a deliverance, recollecting and making reflection that after so many excitements to bear up in the faith, whereby an overcoming of the malignancy of the stars and elements(8) might be, I should be exposed yet to lie under the dominion and power of them. This caused a great war and mutiny in the bodily part, being attended with a feverish distemper that might very easily have released the imprisoned soul out of the decayed body (by way of death). And truly many expostulations did arise in me hereupon, so that I said with Elijah, "Lord what am I better than my progenitors that were elders in the faith, who did prophesy of the glorious Kingdom of Christ to come but yet died in the faith of it, not seeing or possessing it themselves". So making it parallel with my own state (God having taken me up as an organ, through which many weighty and wonderful manifestations of the secret things of God have passed, that there may be reserved for their fulfilling part beyond what is the limit of my outward life), I endeavored to pacify and reconcile myself to whatever I felt in the sensitive part, under the dominion of the jarring elements (again, refer to footnote #8). This gave me a great longing therefrom to be unclothed and set free from this body that was such a depression of my superior life and spirit, and which prevented me of the free use of my supersensual faculties. Then I said, "Lord! Of what service can I be, or what good can my life do me while such a dry, unprofitable tree I am, as one worn out in the body by reason of my so great age?" And as I was complaining and spreading this in prayer to my Lord, I received this reply, "Oh, where is thy faith? Why still so slow to believe what is to be beyond all sensible feeling of old age with its infirmities? Is there not another age that I have set before thee, which you are to keep your aim and eye upon, from the time and date in which you were born into My spirit? You are now to mind how short you are from coming up to that good old age and eldership in the spiritual humanity and full grown body of My strength and power. This is to have its increase, though you may have some humblings by the other in its decay and decrease, which yet must not weaken the force and power of the springing and growing lily of faith, though it stand in the midst of a thorny ground, an overtopping of all which from the deepest fund of Me, thy God, shall still make it spring and live." Now for a further confirmation, there was a representation set before me of a bright crystalline mill that stood as it were upon a mountain in a very clear and serene air, where it had sails of a silver brightness. A door was opened therein with an invitation to me and some others to ascend, whose spirits were made free to draw off from the common walks of the inhabitants of the world, and entering there into, we did find precious golden grains said to be from the Paradisical ground. This was here to be ground down to make heavenly manna bread, which was to be provision for those that were separated from the earthly stores to live upon. The increase of this meal would never fail. For so long as the holy wind from the eternal element should stir these sails about, then a fresh grinding should be,(9) and so the renewed fruits of faith should be for the sustaining and strengthening of the Birth of Christ till it should arrive to its full maturity. And the word was added, "Suffer the grains of faith to be under the grinding mill, that they may make up such a pure mold, for thereunto the pure leaven of the Deity shall pass and so make up a most celestial and savory meat which shall be angel food for all such as shall hereto yield themselves up, even those just and perfect ones that live upon faith." Therefore, the concluding word was, "You must not think much (think it not strange) to have your faith ground down, tried and proved." Now follows a call and summons from the Lord God of Hosts to the Lamb's Holy Warriors to fight His battles in the power and might of that spirit, which shall go on conquering and to conquer. After this, I had a summons, as hearing there was a Council of War to be called in the Heavens in order to the raising of a spiritual army that was to fight the Lamb's battles under Christ, their great General. For His Kingdom, that has been so long expected to come upon the earth, could not otherwise be brought forth in dominion and sovereignty over this lower principle where the Beast and Dragon have so long had their reign, except by the force of spiritual warriors. For hitherto many ages and times have run out and nothing is effected of the recovery of the Lamb's right, of His Kingdom in His saints. But now this word came to me as I was lamenting the dismal state that all the faithful did lie under, "that there was a decree sealed for the raising up such a mighty and invisible army as shall fight valiantly, till they have overcome and regained that possession which does of right belong to Him who is the King over all regions or worlds,(10) whether in the heights above or here below." This was said to me to be a new method(11) which had not yet been taken, which was the cause that it has been so long protracted hitherto. Much has been spoken and many calls have been to the exercise of these spiritual weapons, and many have put on the armor but put it off again before they had gained the victory, being apt to grow faint or grow weary, meeting with so hard and so strong a contest from that potent Prince of the air, with all his numerous legions. But it was said to me, "Be of good comfort, for his day is expiring. For behold there is a Priestly Host that is to come forth out of God's Tabernacle(12) who shall be clothed with the fiery breath of the Holy Ghost. No rumor or noise, as in the outward, hostile way shall be heard here. All these spiritual weapons shall be invisibly exercised so as to do execution upon the violators and oppressors of the Lord's heritage, which do set themselves in battle array for the maintaining their own kingdom in vanity, pomp and earthly glory. All which will be scattered by these powers so strongly bending against them that they themselves shall be amazed and confess there is no dealing with or standing out against these mighty Hosts of the Lord, with whom is the flaming sword proceeding out of their mouths.(13) The motto that they bear upon their breast is THE ETERNAL WORD, that gains the victory by His own blood. Thus, the lifted-up standard shall be mounted up so high as to cast a dread upon all the armies of the aliens that will run and therefrom fly." Then heard I this word, "Oh, blessed and highly honored shall all those be that shall offer and list themselves under the Great General in this Royal and Holy Army." Upon this, I put forth some queries as to that dawning called the light that environed my understanding in such a marvelous and mysterious way, asking how, when and upon whom this lot should fall, to be called forth to fight for the Lord's Diadem Crown, to be shown here upon the earth. The manner, how, is thus prescribed. First they are to be brought up and qualified in wisdom's school, trained up in the divine skillfulness, in the use of principle instruments and engines of the spiritual war, for which there is enough cause. For all her children must first commence war against what is within themselves so repugnant and opposing to the full possession of the love and peaceable kingdom of the Prince and Lord of Life, wherein they must expect to meet with strong encounters, but as they obey and follow the rules of their Captain Leader, the conquest will be obtained. Further, these Holy Warriors are to be qualified with love and amity as not to push against or wound each other, all agreeing on this one point, to fight for their Lord and Master's right. Such as are found in this spirit, shall not lack an endowment with power whereby they shall prevail, as they have overcome all within them,(14) so also outwardly and visibly fulfilling that prophecy, that by the iron rod the nations should be subdued under them. Now as to the time, when, it is not to be put as a day afar off,(15) but the time is present and is already begun in some that are known and registered in the Heavens and shall increase from a little number to a full body. Then, as to that part upon whom the lot shall fall, they are to be considered as yet dispersed and scattered and cannot come forth and appear until they are awakened by the mighty trump that from the Lord of Hosts shall sound in their inward ear,(16) whereby they will be alarmed to gird on their spiritual armor. And they shall know their place of rendezvous where they shall meet together in spirit, so pitching their tents upon that Rock of strength so impregnably as that the nations' hearts shall melt before them, and, as Sennacherib's army, be made to fly. So dreadful will be the going forth of this Angelical army.(17) So that not by outward might or strength but by the spirit of the Lord shall all be made to fall under. And through the continual presence of the eternal ark,(18) deliverance shall be wrought out. A further query may be, How long this War may be expected to continue? The determinate end hereof is foreknown to God alone, but it is ascertained that there is a time pre-fixed when David's Wars shall cease and Solomon's reign(19) shall begin and increase, that throughout the whole earth there may be rest and peace. The reins of whose Government shall abide throughout all generations. Now some motives were given to me for the encouragement of this holy soldiery. The first was that they should enter into a present pay which should come out of Wisdom's store and bank, who would command for them a peculiar dowry as they are called forth for this divine militia service, being taken off from all other employ.(20) At that time there shall be conferred upon them supplies of another kind, so great, so weighty, so wonderful as none can know but those who receive them. For then the mystery of Faith will begin to work its wonders and marvelous deeds, when it has had its pass under the grinding mill that has been made mention of. Then the divine magia(21) will open and work to those high degrees that shall usher in the immense glory of Christ's kingdom. Another motive was that each particular warrior here, who shall faithfully abide and hold out in this holy battle, should conquer and obtain a crown and a kingdom, each one for himself, and that not only future, but present upon the earth as substituted under his great King and General. But an objection here may arise, "Whether all that have engaged as battlers for the recovery of their Lord's and their own kingdom, shall escape the mortal death; for if not, how can they come to reign as Kings upon the Earth?" It is thus answered that many of those that are engaged in this spiritual warfare may die the natural death and yet, before this, may have made a fair progress and enjoyed much of the kingdom and bid high for the full crown, but, dying in the faith thereof, shall not lose their reward, for they shall enter into the joy of their Lord and be kept in His hand in order to their return again with Him in His personal glory, to begin the reign anew with Him upon the earth. It was further declared, that in this holy warfare there would be some eminently endowed with the spirit of prophecy, whereby they should know the event of all their engagements and what success they might expect, as in the battle against Sisera, wherein Barak and the Princes of the Tribes that went with him to war, were strengthened, directed and encouraged by the spirit of Deborah after they had offered themselves willingly to the help of the Lord against the mighty. Which figures out that mighty potentate, (Sisera) the man of reason, which by that holy weapon, the hammer of Faith, must be nailed down to that outward and earthly principle to which it belongs. Then the triumphant song of this victorious overcoming shall by the prophetical spirit be sung. These conquerors shall still go on to maintain their ground, and as new invasions shall be made upon them and the floods of the Dragon be still cast out, then will that Glorious Virgin (Rev. 12) begin to appear as the sun shining in its strength that has been long travailing for the bringing forth of this mighty Monarch (Manchild), which is the product of all the exercises of the spiritual weapons and all the wrestlings of the holy warriors in Faith and Prayer hitherto, that they might see this King of nations brought forth, to whom the scepter and rod of dominion shall be given. In order to this, all the supercelestial planets shall, in their course, circle about till the land of Paradise shall be found out,(22) which so many ages has been in hiding and obscurity. This is prepared for these holy warriors who, by their mighty Lord and General, shall find entrance here. None can find it but those that have passed through all the degrees of Faith's mighty race. For though attempts may be made by unprepared and undisciplined soldiers to enter into the gates hereof, yet by those angels that do stand as keepers of them, they shall remain locked by that key which opens only to the believing, in whom the love doth work so high as to cast out all fear. I shall now conclude with this prophetical saying, "Behold, your King cometh, the King of Glory with His heavenly armies that shall join their forces and powers with the holy warriors here upon earth, to take vengeance on all those that have usurped the dominion and kingdom from Him whose right it is to reign (in His saints). And though none of these armies shall appear to the visible eye, yet in the mount of the Lord they shall be seen, from whence the face of covering shall be drawn away.(23) Then as Elisha's servant, they shall see this holy place all filled and covered with the chariot powers going forth in the Spirit-might that shall smite on this hand and on that hand, so that the enemies shall all be blinded and see nothing more of their way, to besiege this holy city and camp of the living God. To whom a new song of triumphant victory shall be given, that the field is won and the kingdom of our God is come. And now the everlasting gates are opened where there shall be a free pass for the holy overcomers. Then they shall sit down and rest in the possession of the vast glories, riches and treasures as the beginning of the New Jerusalem state, all of which is to encourage to go on to fight the Lord's battles." To which end this trumpet (message) from the Heavenly world was sounded to gather them together out of all nations, languages and people, though ever so much dispersed, into the unity of the spirit where they all stand upon immoveable ground in their due ranks and orders, carried on all in a spiritual and mystical way. These shall not fear to jeopard all that is temporal, cruel and earthly for the love they bear their Lord and the desire they have to see Him exalted in His kingdom reign and dominion upon the earth, that they with Him and He with them, may possess both the upper and the nether regions in those joys and pleasures that shall know no end. Even so let it come to pass by Him, who is the Yea and Amen.
8. These stars and elements here referred to by her is that sensitive life which resides in the natural outward senses. It is that through which we maintain our contact with the present outward world and has to do with feelings, both emotional and natural (soulish and physical), which, as she states here, were in a mutiny against her. It has to do with the severe pain she was experiencing through this agency of sensitivity. When the Scriptures refer to the stars falling from heaven, they are alluding to the fact that the senses are losing their governing place in the life. We must overcome in the realm of our senses also. 9. Might it not do each of us some good to reflect on these things as often as we do find ourselves in some present strait? We are to know and understand that though we may presently be in the grinding process, which is never a pleasant experience while yet in it, a larger and more beneficial purpose of God is in the making. If we are to feed others, if we are to feed the nations, then we must admit that the bread with which they are to be fed is -- us! Actually, it is us after we are able to say, "it is no more I (us), but Christ." For it is ever He who is the true Bread which cometh down from heaven. 10. It should here be noted that Jane uses the term, "regions OR worlds" as being synonymous. So let none be so hasty as to suggest that she is referring to other planets when using the word, worlds. 11. This alludes again, I believe, to the fact that all efforts and attempts to take the city for God have always been outward ones, and now, at the time of fullness, we are made to know that this city shall be taken by an inward ascent! 12. This is undoubtedly referring to those who, having been fully redeemed, may be referred to as ascended angels who, I might add, have their abode in God, and may go forth in their flaming Tabernacles bodies. That is, they have come into possession of their new spiritual bodies which are made of God's essence. Tell me, what shall be able to stand before such a formidable army, whether in the heavens above or in earth below? 13. You may rest assured, dear saint, that this sword proceeding from their mouths is the Word of God, but it is far more than a mere quoting of Scriptures. In these, it is another example of the Word being made flesh again so that these living Word(s) of God, or living epistles of the Lord, are one with Him who is the Eternal Word of God. This is not the same old charismatic quoting of favored, memorized Scriptures that are yet to find their expression and life in those quoting them. Thus Satan's worst nightmare is come to pass. These are clones of Jesus. That innocent, lowly One who was slain 2,000 years ago has come to be perfectly replicated in so many more. 14. How earnestly this ought to make us to see that in us Christ has truly put down all rule, all authority and all power. This must not be something left to chance, but earnestly, determinedly sought after. For, as is herein clearly brought forth, there is no qualifying for this holy army without it. Therefore, let none of us be slothful, careless or in any way slack concerning Christ's absolute reign within us! 15. While we are not to presume to call ours that which is not yet ours, we are strictly admonished here that we are not to put such a day as owning the signet and seal of God's love afar off. We are to look at the finished work of Christ as finished, and to walk in it as such. In the same manner, we are to view our death and resurrection as a present reality if we have been quickened by the Spirit of resurrection, the Holy Ghost. 16. This seems to say to me that even though these have not put such a day of complete deliverance afar off, and are walking in all the light of their present hour, they still cannot come forth and appear in the fullness of their experience until the last and seventh trump shall sound in them after an inward, spiritual manner. 17. This term, "Angelical Army," is that spiritual force made up of those ascended angels so often spoken of by her. As we have said in other places, an ascended angel is one who has come into a full and complete redemption of spirit, soul and body. These shall be as girded up to do battle and as valiant in faith in their realm as David was in his. Thus, they shall put to flight all opposing armies that would presume to fight against the Lord's purposes. 18. This eternal ark is nothing other than the risen and glorified Christ revealed in the true temple of God according to Revelation 11:19. It is that of which the ark of the testimony in Moses' tabernacle was but the type. Assuredly, nothing shall be able to stand before this One Who has gone forth conquering and to conquer in them that ride upon white horses with Him! 19. This allusion to David's war and Solomon's reign is a reference to those wars which go on within us until we come to the knowledge and understanding that we are dead, crucified with Christ, and begin to live in His rest. Then shall the reign of Solomon begin. It is important to remember that David could not build the temple, because he was a man of war. It requires Solomon, the son of peace, to build the temple of the Lord. This is especially so concerning the raising of that spiritual, holy temple within. 20. She does not cease to make reference to the fact that there must be a quitting of one realm for the gaining of the other. She never seems to tire of telling us that in order to enter into the full benefits of the lily-life of Christ (that life that is without toil or care), we must cease from the outer life whose root draws all its substance from the beast's kingdom. She says that those nursing at this breast have been blinded so that they do not know that they are sucking an empty breast and so are never satisfied. 21. This word, magia, in her day had a completely different connotation than it carries today. It is today considered to be occultic, but in her day and in the day of the King James Bible translation, it meant "wise or wisdom" and in the present case is signified as the "divine" magia. The three "wise" men of the NT were also known as the Magi. 22. That is to say, until some have found their way into that resurrection realm of life (the Paradisiacal land) from which Adam at the first fell, there is no need for new spiritual bodies (supercelestial planets). 23. This, of course, alludes to Isaiah 25:6,7. It would be well to look it up and read it.
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