Attention Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle

Two days ago I received a call from a prophet (seer) I know. I discovered Tim McClellan 7 years ago through Operation Rolling Thunder.  He has a well developed gift and he has submitted words for over the last 7 years and I (we) have found them to be accurate.  He is also a man of character and submitted to one of my sons in the Lord (Jason Hubbard).

Tim  reported that he had two dreams on April 17, 2013

He saw jet trails (contrails) flying from South America (southern portion of the continent) over the Pacific Ocean then it turned right, split in two and one went to Los Angeles and the other to San Francisco.  He went back to sleep and saw the same thing going into Seattle.  

The word he got was that judgment was coming to these cities and he was to sound the alarm and mobilize the Church to pray.  We are to pray like Jeremiah and Amos prayed asking the Lord to relent.  

1 Corinthians 14:29 says let the prophets speak two or three and let the others judge.  In keeping with the mandate we've received from the Lord I have begun to form a prophets council made up of proven prophets we work with across the nation.  In collaboration with other apostles and teachers we will use the Word of God and our discernment to decide if it is from the Lord and if so, what action is required.    

The prophet Jeremiah said in Jeremiah 32:8 ... "Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord."

How did he know?  What was the criteria he used to judge the word (applies to dream, vision or sign as well)?  

The book of Jeremiah is loaded when it comes to a study on true prophets verses lying or false prophets.  Today I want to focus on only twp elements as it pertains to discerning a true word from the Lord.

Jeremiah 32:6 provides the context.  He heard the word of the Lord saying your Hanamel your cousin is going to come and say; "Buy my field which is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption is yours to buy it."

When Hanamel came and did as the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah said then he was able to say, "Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord."

Discerning True Words of the Lord - Lesson 1

One of the criteria is; did the event occur as predicted? 

Years ago others recognized that God gave me a prophetic gift.  It has operated primarily in the realm of government (leaders, church, business).  One way this has been expressed is that sometimes God will give me a word for a leader.  Over the course of 25+ years I've received words that brought correction or restoration to a variety of leaders.  Some were removed and some restored.  My testimony is this, to date, I can say I have a testimony like Samuel.  So far, the words I've given have been fulfilled.  One word for one leader's restoration took 20 years to manifest.  It was fulfilled in stages with the last element being fulfilled two years ago. 

On July 13, 2012 at 9:21am, based upon a number of reports from apostles, prophets, seers and intercessors I sent out an email declaring "let us pray, release the flood."  It included references to Joel 2, Psalm 29, Matthew 24:36-39, Job 37, Psalm 148, and Psalm 18:6-15.

Within just a few minutes thunder and large hail began to drop.   This was unusual as thunderstorms were not forecast to my knowledge.  It was supposed to be sunny and 80 degrees.  It caused me to remember Psalm 18:6-14.   Over the years with Operation Rolling Thunder I've seen the Lord mark significant events with supernatural signs that reflect his word (click here for some supernatural examples). 

Within a few more moments I began to receive report after report from all over our state and as far away as from Idaho.  As people began opening the email they described two things.  First, that God had been giving them a word (by dream and vision to) that flowed with the theme.  Second, they described how thunder and lightning was heard as they were reading the email and they sensed God's presence.

The picture in this post describes how KOMO5 news reported via Facebook at 10:35am that within the last hour (began 14 minutes after the email went out) there had been almost 700 lightning strikes recorded.  Now I got truly excited because I'd just taught New Life Christian Center in Portland Oregon on July 1 what I'd learned science could teach us about the voice of the Lord. The lightning strikes were occurring in areas where I know there is much prayer being mobilized through leaders using ORT along with a number of 24/7 prayer centers.  I know that ALOT of PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED during that time!  You see,  Romans 1:20 teaches us that creation can teach us about God's invisible attributes.

For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, NKJV