In the beginning of this year during an extended time
of prayer at my home in Canada, I had an unusual encounter
with the Lord. I saw the Glory cloud of revelation come
on the church. I also saw in a vision an old saint named
Sundar Singh. The Holy Spirit spoke
to me about a new release of prophetic revelation coming.
In this prophetic article we will talk about the rivers
of revelation, intimacy, contemplative
prayer and the anointing for the
kinds of revelation Sundar Singh received that is being
released in the church today.
(**Note: Previously,
in a word through Paul Keith Davis published on The Elijah List,
Bob Jones saw in a vision a heavenly messenger named
Sundar --http://www.elijahlist.com/words/display_word.html?ID=1389.
Many people wondered what the origins of the name
were and it's meaning. Research showed that
Sundar simply is a regular,
male name that comes from an ancient language
of India called Sanskrit. Sanskrit
shares common roots with the Latin and Greek languages,
as well as many others such as the
Germanic and Celtic languages. Sundar means
"Beautiful/Handsome/Pleasant to the eyes and ears,"
while Singh is a common suffix added
on, meaning "Lion."
Paul Keith Davis and Todd Bentley received
revelation independently of each other from the Lord
on Sundar. Each was regarding
the Lord's anointing to open the eyes and ears
of His people to release revelation. --Steve
Shultz, The Elijah List**)
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The Cloud of
Revelation
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The
cloud I saw was the cloud of Isaiah
11:1-2
Isaiah 11:1-2
"There shall come forth a Rod from the
stem of Jesse and a Branch shall grow out of his roots.
The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit
of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel
and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear
of the Lord."
I remember the story of King
Saul, his messengers and how the cloud of prophecy came upon
them. Saul prophesied with the prophets day and
night.
1 Sam 19:20-24
"Then Saul sent messengers to take David.
And when they saw the group of prophets prophesying,
and Samuel standing as leader over them, the Spirit
of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they
also prophesied. And when Saul was told, he sent other
messengers, and they prophesied likewise. Then Saul
sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied
also. Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the
great well that is at Sechu. So he asked, and said,
"Where are Samuel and David?" And someone said, "Indeed
they are at Naioth in Ramah." So he went there to
Naioth in Ramah. Then the Spirit of God was upon him
also, and he went on and prophesied until he came
to Naioth in Ramah. 24 And he also stripped off his
clothes and prophesied before Samuel in like manner,
and lay down naked all that day and all that night.
Therefore they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?"
Saul didn't just
receive a prophetic word or prophesied, he prophesied day and
night continually. Saul came under the canopy of revelation
and received revelation like a river day and night. You may
ask yourself, I have never heard of the cloud of revelation.
Throughout scripture the Holy Spirit's presence is described
as the cloud. The Holy Spirit is the source of all
prophecy.
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Friends of
God
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I asked the
Lord, "Who will this cloud come on?" Then I remembered the
story of Joshua and Moses and how they would go into the tent
of a meeting, the cloud would come down. It was in the glory
cloud that Moses spoke to God face to face as a friend speaks
to friend.
Ex 33:8-11
"So it was, whenever Moses went out to
the tabernacle that the entire people rose, and each
man stood at his tent door and watched Moses until
he had gone into the tabernacle. And it came to pass,
when Moses entered the tabernacle, the pillar of cloud
descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle,
and the Lord talked with Moses. All the people saw
the pillar of cloud standing at the tabernacle door,
and all the people rose and worshiped, each man in
his tent door. So the Lord spoke to Moses face to
face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would
return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son
of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle."
The bible goes on to say that
Moses heard him in Plain speech,
Num
12:8
"I speak with him face to face, even plainly, and
not in dark sayings; And he sees the form of the
Lord."
God is going to release, on the
friend's of God, the kind of revelation Moses received. It is
time to hear plainly and not in dark sayings, and we will see
the form of the Lord. The key to receiving this kind of
revelation, in this season, is to be like Joshua and remain in
the tent.
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Open
Heavens
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This
anointing will come upon individuals and even companies of
people for days and even weeks at a time. In Gen 28:11-12,17,
Jacob receives open heavens revelation.
Gen 28:11-12,17
"So he came to a certain place and stayed
there all night, because the sun had set. And he took
one of the stones of that place and put it at his
head, and he lay down in that place to sleep. Then
he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the
earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the
angels of God were ascending and descending on it."
"And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this
place! This is none other than the house of God, and
this is the gate of heaven!"
Jacob had a
visitation of "Open Heavens." He describes it as the house of
God, the gateway of heaven. In this experience we see a ladder
set up on the earth to heaven. The ladder did not come from
heaven to earth but the earth to the heavens. An invitation to
"come up here!" This verse is parallel with Rev
4.
Revelation 4:1-2
"After these things I looked, and behold,
a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice,
which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me,
saying, 'Come up here, and I will show you things
which must take place after this.' Immediately I was
in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven,
and one sat on the throne."
There will be individuals who
will receive days of open heaven revelation. The key here is
to draw near to the gate of heaven. The door standing open in
heaven has never
closed.
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You Will See Greater Things Than
These
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In
the book of John we read the story of Jesus and Nathaniel
under the fig tree.
John 1:43 - 51
The following day Jesus wanted to go
to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, "Follow
Me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew
and Peter. Philip found Nathaniel and said to him,
"We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also
the prophets, wrote-Jesus of Nazareth, the son of
Joseph." And Nathaniel said to him, "Can anything
good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come
and see." Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward Him, and
said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom
is no deceit!" Nathaniel said to Him, "How do You
know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before
Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree,
I saw you." Nathaniel answered and said to Him, "Rabbi,
You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!"
Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to
you, 'I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe?
You will see greater things than these."
Jesus spoke a word of
knowledge and the response was overwhelming. Nathaniel said
"How do You know me?" Then Jesus said "Because I said to you, 'I saw
you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater
things than these." What
are the greater things? You can hear the Lord say here in this
story. What do you think a word of knowledge is
something? I received divine knowledge about you. I am
operating in something greater than the ability to bring a
word and you will see greater demonstrations of my power
because I am the open heaven of revelation. (Gen
28:11-12)
John 1:51
"And He said to him, 'Most assuredly,
I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open,
and the angels of God ascending and descending upon
the Son of Man.'"
Jesus did not
operate just in a word of wisdom, word of knowledge, word of
prophecy and the gifts of the spirit. Jesus flowed in the
Spirit of wisdom and knowledge. He was tapped into the mind of
God and operated in the seven Spirits of Isa. 11 and Rev
4.
Isa 11:2
"The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon
Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit
of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and
of the fear of the Lord."
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God is Releasing Rivers of
Revelation
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Jesus
was tapped into the ever increasing, flowing river of constant
knowledge and revelation. I believe there is a higher place of
prophetic ministry today. More than just operating in the
gifts of the spirit, God wants us to flow in the mind of
Christ and minister in the mantles of knowledge. Rather than
just receiving a word of knowledge or a word of wisdom we step
into the ever increasing, flowing river of constant knowledge
and revelation.
This ministry is found in 1
Corinthians,
1 Corinthians 2:10-16
"But God has revealed them to us through
His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes,
and the deep things of God. For what man knows the
things of a man except the spirit of the man which
is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God
except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not
the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from
God, that we might know the things that have been
freely given to us by God. These things we also speak,
not in words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which
the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things
with spiritual. But the natural man does not receive
the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness
to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually
discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things,
yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. For who
has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct
Him? But we have the mind of Christ."
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The Vision of Sundar
Singh
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It was also during this time of prayer that
I was taken in a vision to what I believed to be the
Himalayan Mountains. I saw an Indian man with a turban
on his head. I heard the whisper of the Spirit
say this is Sundar Singh. I am releasing anointing
of revelation like this. I had no communication with
this old saint nor did he say anything to me. The
experience lasted only a moment.
Is it biblical for men and woman to have
experiences like this? Jesus had a visitation of both Moses
and Elijah (Matt. 17: 1-14) Samuel returned to rebuke King
Saul when he consulted with a medium for direction. (Sam
28:8-15) It is important to remember the Lord brought the
vision and I heard His voice. I did not pursue nor speak with
the dead. According to the book of Hebrews there is a great
cloud of witnesses around us.
Hebrews 12:1
"Therefore we also, since we are surrounded
by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside
every weight, and the sin, which so easily ensnares
us, and let us run."
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Who Is Sundar
Singh?
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Sundar Singh: They called him the great Indian
Seer, born in a Punjab village in 1889; of
mixed Sikh and Hindu stock; his early dislike of Christianity
resulted in a symbolic burning of the Bible; soon
after followed a vision of Jesus Christ and he was
baptized, 1905; determined to become a Christian sadhu
(holy man), he traveled and preached in mountain regions
from his center at Kotgarh;1918 he began to travel
abroad and visited countries like Burma, Malaysia,
Singapore, Japan, and China, traveled to Europe, North
America, and Australia. Sundar Singh was identified
as a living mystic and several books are published
about him. Some people did not fully accept
his accounts of his early experiences. One experience
is as follows; in 1912 he returned from the Himalayan
Mountains with an extraordinary account of finding
a three-hundred-year old Christian hermit in a mountain
cave. He called him the Maharishi of Kailas. Sundar
was said to have spent some weeks in deep fellowship
with him. The sadhu disappeared in 1929 while traveling
to Tibet on foot with no money and circumstances of
his death are
unknown.
Sundar Singh suffered much for Christ.
In 1912 in the Tibetan village of Lazar, he was beaten
and thrown to die in a pit filled with rotting bodies.
His arm was broken; the pit was sealed above him,
and only the Grand Lama had the key. The stench was
unbearable. Three nights later, Sundar heard the grate
open. A shadowy figure lowered a rope and pulled him
out. Next morning he boldly showed himself again,
preaching in the streets. The Grand Lama seized him.
Furious questions followed. Who had helped him? Who
had stolen the key? He pulled the key ring from under
his robe. But the key to the pit was still on it.
Terrified, he freed Sundar Singh, expelling him from
town.
He also had been sewn into a wet yak-skin and left
to be crushed to death as it shrank in the hot sun,
tied into cloths laced with leeches and scorpions
to sting him and suck his blood. Another time he was
roped to a tree as bait for wild animals. During these
experiences and even at other times he had been rescued
by members of the "Sunnyasi Mission", Sundar
reported they were secret disciples of Jesus wearing
their Hindu markings, whom he claimed to
have found all over India. As extraordinary as his
life was in evangelism and persecution, he also had
numerous extreme prophetic encounters.
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Visions And Experiences of Sundar
Singh
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The Lord himself regularly visited Sundar
Singh. During these visitations, he would
ask questions of the Lord and receive direct answers.
'At The Master's Feet' is a record of these question
and answer times with the Lord. Sundar
spoke to the Lord as Moses face to face as a friend
speaks to a friend. In his first vision as taken from
his book, 'At the Masters Feet', Sundar describes
how Jesus came to him. This was the beginning of regular
visits from the Lord.
Quoted From Sundar Singh:
Once on a dark night I went
alone into the forest to pray, and seating myself upon a rock
I laid before God my deep necessities, and besought His help.
After a short time, seeing a poor man coming towards me I
thought he had come to ask me for some relief because he was
hungry and cold. I said to him, 'I am a poor man, and except
for this blanket I have nothing at all. You had better go to
the village near by and ask for help there.' And lo! Even
whilst I was saying this he flashed forth like lightning, and
showering drops of blessing, immediately disappeared. Alas!
Alas! It was now clear to me that this was my beloved Master
who came not to beg from a poor creature like me, but to bless
and to enrich me (2 Cor. viii.9), and so I was left weeping
and lamenting my folly and lack of insight.
In a
second vision on the same rock in prayer, Satan came to him
and sought to turn him to being a Hindu or Muslim since his
impact on Christians was only a few thousand. Sundar describes
it like this,
On another day, my work being
finished, I again went into the forest to pray, and seated
upon that same rock began to consider for what blessings I
should make petition. Whilst thus engaged, it seemed to me
that another man came and stood near me, who, judged by his
bearing and dress and manner of speech, appeared to be a
revered and devoted servant of God; but his eyes glittered
with craft and cunning, and as he spoke he seemed to breathe
an odor of hell.
But although in the Name of God you have sacrificed
yourself body and soul for others, you have never
been truly appreciated. My meaning is that being a
Christian, only a few thousand Christians have come
under your influence, and some even of these distrust
you. How much better would it be if you became a Hindu
or a Muslim, and thus become a great leader indeed?
They are in search of such a spiritual head. If you
accept this suggestion of mine, then three hundred
and ten million Hindus and Muslims will become your
followers, and render you reverent homage.
I believe that the life of Sundar Singh speaks in
itself what the Lord wants to bring the church into,
through daily discipline and renowned devotion to
soaking,
contemplative prayer and seeking him.
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Companionship
with the
Lord
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Sundar Singh was known to spend at
least two hours daily in reading the Scriptures, meditation
and prayer. He would get up by 5:00 am and finish
by 7:00 or 8:00 depending on what his schedule was
for the day. He often spent the whole day or night
in prayer.
His discipline was to read one chapter of
the Bible, rapidly at first reading, then to return
to reread passages or verses that were more suggestive
to him. These he would linger with and meditate on
for as long as it was fruitful for him to do so. Next
he would enter into a period of 'recollection' for
twenty minutes or so. This was a time of silence in
which he would allow the Lord to speak to him in some
way. With his own mind and heart silenced, he opened
his mind and his heart to hear what the Lord would
have to say to him or to just simply enjoy companionship
with his Lord. Often this period of silence would
extend into a deeper state called contemplation
in which he enjoyed complete rest and refreshment
in the love of God.
Often during times of contemplation he entered
into experiences of ecstasy. He regarded
these experiences as the same as St. Paul's entrance
into the "Third Heaven." During his latter years they
occurred frequently, as much as ten times a month.
About these experiences he said, "I never try to go
into ecstasy; nor do I advise others to try. It is
a gift to be accepted, but it should not be sought;
if given, it is a pearl of great price."
[Quoted From: Sundar Singh.]
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The Christian Contemplative
Tradition
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This key is one of the most important tools
if we are to see an increase of wisdom and revelation
in our lives. In the western Christian tradition,
meditation refers to thinking about or the use of
the imagination around a passage of scripture. Whereas,
in India, meditation refers to silencing your thoughts.
The Christian tradition there is a place, however,
for the silencing of thoughts and emotions but it
has been called contemplation rather than meditation.
This is one of those unfortunate twists of semantics,
which has caused confusion when discussing the spirituality
of East and West.
Sundar Singh practiced a sequence of prayer
discipline that is identical to ancient Christian
monastic disciplines: reading the Scriptures,
meditation on a passage of the reading (also called
response of the mind and heart), recollection and
rest. This sequence has been called lectio
divina in Latin. It means divine reading,
or more precisely, divine listening since few people
could actually read.
These are the four R's of lectio
divina or Christian devotional life:
Reading (hearing)
the Word.
Responding to it with mind and
heart.
Recollecting oneself with an open mind and open
heart to God's Will, and
Resting in His
Presence.
When ordinary Christians would
go to the church to hear the Scriptures read aloud they would
remember - and memorize - a passage or verse and ponder it for
the
week.
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Last, What is God Saying Through This
Vision?
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One
thing I believe the Holy Spirit is releasing in the vision I
saw of this old saint,
is an understanding of the great heritage Christians have in
India. Christianity is a large part in Asia spread through the
evangelistic work and mission of this holy man. Unfortunately,
most in the church today don't even know who Sundar Singh was
and what he did.
God is in a new way releasing the
Macedonian call and bringing attention to the needs of
Evangelization back to India and the remote areas of Asia that
are not reached with the gospel. God is also wanting the
church to remember the life and anointing of this great man
before the church forgets completely. Sundar Singh was a true
example of a seer prophet, powerful evangelist, life in the
spirit and holy devotion to Christ his master. We need this
anointing for effective Evangelization today.
I
also believe that for those totally devoted to the Lord in
holiness, consecration and remain in the tent of his glory
will begin to receive visits like this from the Lord. God also
wants to speak to us as friends and in plain sayings. The
life, commitment and prayer of this man are a true picture of
the friend of the Lord. -----
Living in the Supernatural
Prophetic Conference*.
Prophetic Ministry, Teaching and
Impartation: to Function in an increase of the Spirit of
Wisdom and Revelation.
April 2-5, 2003 Abbotsford, BC,
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Kingsley Fletcher, Pat Cocking and Stacey Campbell, Also
Kelowna prophetic teams!
Worship: Kevin Prosch and Dave
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