A Time To Stand, A Time To Run
Bob Neumann
THERE IS A PURPOSE TO ALL THAT I DO IN YOU MY CHILDREN. BECAUSE SO MANY ARE BUT CHILDREN I EXPECT YOU TO SPEAK AND ACT JUST AS YOU ARE. CHILDREN. WOULD I EXPECT TODDLERS TO ACT THE SAME WAY AS SERVANTS TRAINED AND SOLDIERS BLOODED IN BATTLE?
WOULD I EVER DEMAND OF YOU THAT WHICH YOU ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO FATHOM?
INDEED HAVE I NOT TRIED TO KEEP THINGS SIMPLE AND TO THE POINT. CONSISTENT AND UNCHANGING FOR YOUR BENEFIT AND NOT MINE? IF I HAVE NOT TRAINED YOUR FINGERS TO WAR AND STOOD WITH YOU IN YOUR TESTINGS IN THE WILDERNESS WOULD I EXPECT YOU TO STAND IN THE BATTLE LINE? AM I A GOD WHO DESIRES TO SEE YOU WOUNDED AND FRUSTRATED?
WOULD I TELL YOU TO STAND AND FIGHT WHEN YOU HAVE NEVER ABIDED IN ME, TRUSTED IN ME? IF YOU ARE CALLED AND ELECTED BY MAN WOULD I EVEN KNOW YOU, SO WHY BLAME ME FOR YOUR MISHAPS AND DEFEATS. WHY DO YOU BATTLE IN MY NAME IF THE ENEMY THE DEVIL MUST FLEE THOSE WHO RESIST HIM AS THEY STAND FIRMLY IN MY SHADOW? IT IS HARD TO SUSTAIN HAND TO HAND COMBAT WITH AN ADVERSARY IN FULL AND FRANTIC RETREAT.
LITTLE ONES, PLEASE CONSIDER MY WORDS. WERE YOU CALLED TO STAND AND RESIST? OR WERE YOU CALLED TO RUN UNTO ME FOR SAFETY? DO YOU PREFER TO STAND AND PROVE YOURSELF OR TO PROVE ME AND MY WORD? IS YOUR TESTIMONY OF YOUR GREAT VICTORIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS, OR OF MY LOVE AND MERCY?
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
CHILDREN, WHAT ARE ''THE WILES'' OF THE DEVIL? IS IT A BIZARRE WEAPON THAT BASHES AT YOUR SHIELD OF FAITH? OR IS IT HIS SLICK AND PLEASANT WORDS THAT DISTORT MY TRUTH IN YOUR HEARTS SO THAT YOU WILL CLING TO HIS LIES AND BE DECEIVED? IF MY WORD IS WRITTEN IN YOUR HEARTS, CHILDREN, AND I HAVE RAISED YOU IN MY HOUSE AND TRAINED YOU WITH MY SWORD THEN INDEED YOU ARE MY SERVANTS. IS IT NOT WRITTEN....19 Who is blind, but my servant? Or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?
HEAR MY WORDS NOW CHILDREN, AND BE NOT DECEIVED. THERE IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR THOSE WHO I HAVE CALLED AND CHOSEN TO STAND IN MY POWER AND NOT THEIR OWN. IF YOU WERE NOT CALLED TO STAND UP AND PUSH BACK THE ENEMY AT THE GATE, MAYBE YOU SHOULD RUN TO ME FOR IT IS WRITTEN....10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
INDEED, THERE IS A TIME IN WHICH TO RUN. A TIME TO FLEE FROM YOUR OFFENCES AND FEARS. TO ESCAPE YOUR TORMENTS AND AGONIES. IT IS TIME CHILDREN TO RUN TO SAFETY. TO RUN TO ME. IT HAS BEEN TIME, BUT YOU DID NOT NOTICE BECAUSE YOU FOUGHT YOUR OWN FIGHTS. IT WAS TIME LONG AGO BUT YOU WERE DECEIVED BY THE COMFORTS OF BABYLON. I DESIRED TO BRING BOTH FREEDOM AND DELIVERANCE, BUT THE LIES WERE SWEETER TO YOUR MOUTH AND NOW BITTERNESS FILLS SO MANY BELLIES. NOW TASTE AGAIN THE SWEETNESS OF MY WORDS IN YOUR HEART, IN YOUR LIFE AND RUN TO ME.
TRUST IN ME AND ONLY ME. STOP LISTENING TO THE PLEASANT LIES OF YOUR FLESH. STOP LISTENING TO THE PERVERSE PROMISES OF A DEFILED WORLD. STOP TURNING YOUR EAR TO THE LIES OF THE DEVIL WHO FEEDS YOUR EGO AND PRIDE WITH HIS WORDS AND HIS FALSE IMAGES
WHICH INDEED ARE VAIN IMAGINATIONS.
11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
SO MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD MY VOICE AND ARE PLEASED AND CONTENT. BUT YOU ARE BUT BABIES WHO DO NOT DISTINGUISH WORD FROM SOUND. TRULY PLEASANT IS THE SOUND OF MY VOICE, BUT IT IS MY WORDS THAT YOU MUST EAT, MATURE, GROW IN STATURE AND IN WISDOM. LISTEN AND LEARN QUICKLY. BE SWIFT TO OBEY. FOR THE DAY OF MY WRATH IS UPON THIS WORLD. IF YOU HAVE NOT RUN FROM THE WORLD AND INTO MY PRESENCE THERE IS NO TIME LEFT TO YOU TO SIT ANY MORE. NO TIME TO WALK CALMLY TRUSTING YOUR OWN WISDOM AND STRENGTH.
FOR IT ALSO IS WRITTEN...
13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.
11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.
13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.
I AM DELIVERING UP TO THE SPOILERS THE WORLD I LOVED AND GAVE MY BELOVED SON FOR. YES INDEED CHILDREN A TIME OF GREAT DISTRESS IS NOW UPON MANY WHO WOULD NOT OBEY WHEN I CALLED. ONLY EVIL AWAITS THOSE REBELLIOUS CHILDREN WHO CLING TO THEIR IDOLS AND FORGET MY DELIVERANCE. MY REMEMBRANCE AND MY MIGHTY DEED ON THEIR BEHALF.
THERE IS A TIME TO STAND, AND A TIME TO RUN.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TO DO?
Bob Neuman
Son, tell MY Children that MY SWORD has two edges. It cuts on both sides. It is MY WORD and it is a tool meant to cut and to kill. And what do you do armed with MY SWORD and wearing MY ARMOR? You pray. You withstand the attack of the enemy, and pray for one another. You shield yourself in FAITH from the fiery darts, and intercede for your brethren. With the helmet of SALVATION and the belt of TRUTH the enemy's lies cannot hold you in the bondage of deception. And it is MY RIGHTEOUSNESS that protects your heart. That is why you can be concerned for others ahead of your self.... And that is MY MARK on your forehead.
I gave you a sword that has two edges. MY WORD is LOGOS and RHEMA. Ignore one over the other and the blade is broken. Limit MY WORD in any way it shatters.
Oh MY CHILDREN, you sing so many songs about "MY ARMY" marching in joy and victory, defeating and binding the enemy. You sing with such energy and passion about storming camps, running at cities, jumping over walls and taking back all what was stolen. So bold and so strong are you that you never seem to notice those in your ranks and the condition they are in. MY WORD said to stand because you battle not....against flesh and blood. MY ARMOR is for you to withstand the attacks meant to destroy MY WORD in you. And those attacks come to all who are in covenant with ME. The battle is by MY WORD over you, in MY WORD planted in you. AS THE BATTLE IS MINE, SO IS THE VICTORY. The battles you presently "fight" are nothing compared to what your brethren in the nations where the enemy's deep darkness rules.
So many songs you label 'Christian' never mention ME in any way. And many of these songs do not stand well against MY WORD. Have any of you noticed the lack of MY MOST HOLY SPIRIT in much of what you hear and see on so called "Christian" radio, music, and television? And in much of what you call worship? Worship is not based on numbers. Nor can you discern it in the decibels of sound. It can not be measured by levels of emotion or degrees of perspiration.
THE DAY has come when the TRUE BELIEVER will not worship ME on any Mountain, but in the earthen vessel that I have chosen to TABERNACLE with and in. Those of mine who have built as I have directed them with the PUREST GOLD, SILVER, and PRECIOUS STONES that I offered you have prepared for ME palaces for MY HABITATION. For you must worship ME in MY SPIRIT and in MY TRUTH. You must worship ME without the fanfare of the flesh, without the gimmicks of your world. You must worship ME FROM A HEART MADE PURE AND HOLY AS I AM HOLY. To accomplish all this, like your brethren in SMYRNA, you will soon be tested and proven in the FIRE of AFFLICTION.
Once again I call out to stand up in the POWER of MY WORD and depart from all your Egypts and Babylons. You who are lukewarm, once you were hot. You knew the intensity and emotion of the Flames of FIRST LOVE. But you have allowed yourselves to cool down in your self assurance trusting in what you have perceived as wealth, power, and righteousness. But so little WISDOM....
MY WORD says that MY wish is that you were hot or cold. Your comfortable luke warmness gives ME no pleasure. I am sickened by your rebellious complacency. It offends ME and I can no longer tolerate you in MY PRESENCE.
You sing songs of thanksgiving rarely because you take not what you need from ME. MY SPIRIT BREATHS inspiration into the hearts and minds of MY WORSHIPPERS. But you take what pleases you and forget the greater blessing. You sing "GIVE THANKS'' with a grateful heart for what I have done in your lives. WHEN BREATHED into you it had two verses. With great joy you sing of how the poor are made rich and the weak made strong. But why will you not sing of the sick made whole or the bound set free. Are these your true priorities? To heal and restore are but part of MY NAME and MY DESIRE for you, but you prefer wealth and power over fullness in ME. SO YOU WALK DISEASED IN SPIRIT, BOUND IN SIN PREFERRING the riches and the kingdoms of this world. Children, how foolish!
ENTER MY BAPTISM OF FIRE , AND DO NOT LEAVE IT. Once you burn with passion for ME you indeed will be hot and appealing to ME. Dive into the Depths of MY SPIRIT; into the DARKNESS that surrounds ME. Into the CLOUDS and SMOKE that obscure MY GLORY from the eyes of this world. In the Depths of MY PRESENCE you will be as cold to the world as you are as passionate for ME.
Like steel from the furnace is plunged into water, so will MY STRENGTH be in you. MY FIRE SHAPES AND PURIFIES. MY LIVING WATER HARDENS AND REFRESHES. Those who enter ME I will receive and I will shape according to MY PLEASURE and according to MY PURPOSE.
MY SPIRIT IS BEING POURED OUT ON ALL FLESH
WHO WILL NOTICE?
MANY WILL HEAR MY CALL
WHO WILL ANSWER?
THAT IS WHY CHILDREN THAT SO FEW ARE CHOSEN
This word was received in a vision where I stood on a hillside beneath the banner of THE KING. The one dictating was my Captain, THE KING OF GLORY, EL GABOR.
A WORD received in a night vision, 09/23/97
Where are the Watchmen? by Bob Neumann
Where are the watchmen? The walls have been breached; the gates have been taken by the enemy. Ask the shepherds what do they do now that the wolves are among MY SHEEP. WHY DO YOU ASK NOW WHAT TO DO? It is too late to plan a defense after your house is ransacked and you family captured. YOU WOULD NOT ASSEMBLE WHEN MY HERALDS CAME TO YOU WARNING OF YOUR DANGER. YOU WOULD NOT LISTEN TO MY COUNCIL OR HEED MY COMMANDS. For too long you relied on the valor of MY WARRIORS to stand on your behalf. BUT WHEN THEY WERE WOUNDED DID YOU EASE THERE PAIN? DID YOU BIND THERE WOUNDS? DID YOU EVEN OFFER THEM SOME PLACE TO REST, SOME WATER TO DRINK, SOME BREAD TO EAT? THEY WHO FOR LOVE OF ME GAVE ALL FOR YOU !
AGAIN I ASK WHERE ARE MY WATCHMEN?
WHERE ARE MY WARRIORS?
WHERE ARE MY SERVANTS I PLACED AMONG YOU?
WHERE ARE MY HERALDS THAT I SENT TO YOU?
WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS WHO I GAVE TO YOU?
I SEE MY BANNER RAISED WHERE MY VALIANT ONES HAVE FALLEN. I SEE THE WALLS WHERE MY WATCHMEN STOOD FAST. I SEE THE BREECHES MY SERVANTS WERE STRUCK DOWN. I SEE THE GATES FROM WHICH MY HERALDS WERE STONED. I SEE WHERE MY FRIENDS WERE MURDERED IN MY OWN HOUSE.
THE ALARM WAS SOUNDED, BUT YOU WOULD NOT ASSEMBLE UNDER MY STANDARD.THE TRUMPET CALLED OUT AND WHO RAN TO MAN THE WALLS. THE CRY AROSE BUT NO ONE RALLIED TO THE BREECH. THE WARNINGS WERE DELIVERED AND NO ONE TOOK NOTICE. THE GATES WERE SHATTERED BUT NO ONE ROSE TO MEET THE ENEMY.
NOW YOU CALL ON ME. COULD NOT YOUR OWN ARMS SAVE YOU. YOU SCORNED MY SUGGESTIONS, YOU REBUKED MY INSTRUCTION. IF YOU CHAFFED AT MY AUTHORITY. HOW WILL YOU FARE UNDER DISCIPLINE.
THE TIME OF THE WATCHMAN IS PASSED. THE WARRIORS HAVE FALLEN.
THE TIME OF VALOR WILL BE REMEMBERED. THEIR SONGS I WILL SING.
BUT THERE IS NO PLACE FOR A WARRIOR TO STAND. THERE IS NO TROOP TO DEFEAT, NO GIANTS TO KILL. FOR THE DARKNESS IS AND THE FALLEN ONE LEADS HIS HORDES AGAINST MY LIGHT. A WARRIORS HEART IS NOT ENOUGH TO STAND THIS DAY. ONLY OBEDIENCE TO MY COMMAND WILL PRESERVE YOU THIS DAY.
A WARRIOR'S HEART MUST BEAT IN EACH SOLDIER OF THE LIGHT. FOR LOCKED IN DISCIPLINE THERE IS BOTH UNITY IN MY SPIRIT AND SUBMISSION TO MY WILL.
SEND FORTH MY ORDERS THROUGHOUT THE RANKS. AND LET ALL MEN HEAR THESE WORDS ONCE AGAIN. THERE IS NO ROOM FOR COMPROMISE.
EITHER YOU ARE FOR ME OR AGAINST ME. TAKE MY YOKE OR RECEIVE MY WRATH.