TO THE SONS OF BABYLON

Beloved say to the sons of Babylon:

Freedom brings forth peace and joy, but you have forfeited your freedom to the enemy. The enemy attacks expecting a certain reaction, and you have played into their hands. Your retaliation is what they expected from you. Your enemies are stealing your freedom from you, for by your violent reactions, you have handed them your freedom and your future peace and joy.

I see your pain from their onslaughts, and I know you are weary with their intolerance and hatred, but I say to you - do not give the enemy your peace. Instead, speak forgiveness with your mouth. Do it unto me, and I will ensure their defeat. The whole world will see their destruction - if you will just turn to me instead of their actions.

"The Lord has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him that is weary. Morning by morning he wakens, he wakens my ear to hear those who are taught. The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I turned not backward. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

For the Lord God helps me; therefore, I have not been confounded; therefore I have set my face like a flint and I know that I shall not be put to shame, he who vindicates me is near." Isaiah 50:4-8 RSV

TO MY PEOPLE

Beloved, say to my people:

You have asked me to remove the weeds from the field - but in removing the weeds, I may destroy the crop. Be diligent and remain steadfast in the Lord. Grow strong and mighty, for this is the day of the Lord. The harvest comes soon and all the nations shall see your righteousness purchased by the hand of my Son.

You are in a battle with the enemy, but remember that your enemy is not flesh and blood, but those that are unseen. Pray for those who would hurt you. Pray not for their success, but for their salvation. Do you not remember that someone prayed for your salvation? Do you not remember how I foiled your plans for self and turned you back to the road that leads to me? If you invite me into the lives of your enemies, I promise I will respond. I will start to work a great thing in their lives and you will be truly amazed.

Your enemy will turn from destruction to construction. Your enemy will turn from fear and anger to forgiveness and mercy. Though there is no one to witness to them, I will send my angels as their witnesses. I will give them dreams and visions of my lovingkindness. I will remove their hatred and intolerance and return them to love and acceptance.

Little ones, my dears, you have prayed for your country and your leaders, but I charge you to instead pray for your enemies. For this is where I can do the greatest work. Then you will see what your prayers can purchase. You will see my glory.

"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. And the servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then has it weeds?' He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' The servants said to him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them?' But he said, 'No; lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'" Matthew 13:24-30 RSV

TO THE LION IN THE DESERT

Thus says the Lord:

Let go of Babylon for it is already lost to you. I foretold its destruction long ago, and yet, you continue your doomed crusade. Those you send to fight will be lost and their lives will be required upon your head. Your dreams will haunt you and your visions will give you no rest. Repent and be healed.

I see your heart and your willingness to serve your god - but you have been deceived. Am I the God of actions? Am I a God of darkness? Am I a God of death? Cannot you see that I began creation with a word; not action? Did I not begin creation with light instead of darkness? Was not my creation formed of life? I did not create death, but who is in you has created death from the beginning. Why do you serve him? Why do you continue to be deceived.

A man of the sword will die by the sword, but the man of mercy will receive mercy. Turn away from your hatred and fear. These are not my weapons against the darkness. Can a man dispel darkness by shutting the doors and shutters of a room? Does this not increase the darkness? No, you can only dispel darkness with light. My light is love, forgiveness, mercy and kindness.

Turn from the evil that is within you and return to me. I long to be your God once again.

TO THE FIRST BORN OF ABRAHAM

"Bear fruit that befits repentance, and do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father'; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire." Matthew 3:8-10 RSV

Say to the First Born of Abraham:

You have set your hearts on being the first born of Abraham, but have you not read my word? When have I ever chosen the first born? When Cain and Abel sacrificed to me, which did I accept and which did I reject? Do you remember "Jacob, I loved, but Esau I hated"?

The only first born worthy was my Son - sent as a bridge between your sin and my mercy. His sacrifice was worthy because he was without sin. I am the creator of all - and I say to you that judgment of my creation does not belong to you; judgment belongs to God.

You prostrate your bodies in prayer, yet your heart is still standing in pride and hatred. Come to me instead, in humility through my Son, and I will hear your prayers. I will remove your oppression when your hearts are set on forgiveness. I will honor your prayers when you show mercy to your enemies. Let your God exalt you and place you on the mountains.

Each man will be judge according to his own heart. Set your heart on me and I will release you to peace and prosperity.

TO ALL MY CREATIONS

Watchman - say to all my creations:

"And he began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge around it, and dug a pit for the wine press, and built a tower, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country. When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants, to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. And they took him and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. Again he sent to them another servant, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully. And he sent another, and him they killed; and so with many others, some they beat and some they killed. He had still one other, a beloved son; finally he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.' And they took him and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants, and give the vineyard to others. " Mark 12:1-9

You see that I have been good to you, giving you a land of plenty so there was no need for greed. I gave you the means for all to earn their daily bread, but you created poverty by hoarding what was meant for all. I created you for freedom, but you established governments and religions that created oppression. I created for you love, especially on this day, but you justified your fear and greed with prejudice and hatred.

So, I sent you warnings. My prophets warned you to turn from you ways. You would not listen and you slew my prophets and hid my word. So, I sent my Son to bring my Spirit to you. He carried with him all that you would need to return to paradise, but still you rejected my gift and turned back to your greed, oppression and hatred.

Now, the hand of the Lord will lift from your cities. I will turn my back and allow what you have planted to grow to harvest. Destruction and devastation will ensue, and the work of your hands will prevail. Fire, sickness, poverty, sorrow - these will be the ripened fruit of your hands.

Turn to me; cry out to my mercy. There is so little time.

TO THE EAGLE ON THE COASTLANDS

Say to the Coastlands:

Because you set your cities and laws to honor me, I have favored you with peace on your shores and prosperity in your towns. But now, you have forgotten your first love, and I have this against you.

You have sacrificed your children to other gods. These have been your gods: convenience, pride, fear, tolerance for evil and persecution of all that is righteous. You have removed my name and my laws from your buildings and your hearts, and the love you had for me has dimmed. You replaced that love with ideas, money, power and pleasure. No longer do you carry my name as a standard; for that which is evil is counted as righteous and that which is righteous is counted as evil.

Return to my ways or I will pierce your hearts with terror. I will shame you before the entire world with reproach. They will sing and dance in their streets at your demise, and those left will wail with mourning for all that has been lost. I will bring fire where your hearts have grown cold. I will bring devastation where your pride has grown without regard.

You will be judge, each according to his own heart so you will see the mercy and the justification of the Lord. Those who turn their hearts to me will be caught up into my protective hand, and there I will hide you from your enemies.

There is still a little time - Choose.

TO THE LION OF THE DESERT

Say to the Lion of the Desert:

I have commissioned my people to pray for you and your salvation. You, the rejected and abandoned will have the opportunity to heal your heart. I know your pain. I know your heart was broken by your mother's rejection and banishment. But, I tell you now, another mother will come to soothe your pain and heal your brokenness. Even now she prays for your salvation.

I will not stay your hand from destruction this time. But know, it is my will that you serve - not yours, your people or your gods. This will be a sign to you. There will be dreams; a delicate hand outstretched in mercy but turned to stone by your pain and fear. Then you will know that it is I who have spoken.

Turn from your ways and come into the light of my love and mercy. The music of the angels shall be joyous.

TO THE DAUGHTER OF PERSIA

Woman - say to the daughter of Persia:

I have seen your enmity against my people, and as your mother before, you plot and scheme for their destruction, but I tell you, your rulers are misleading you to your own destruction. Time does not flow for me; it is ever present, and what I have done in your past will not be repeated in your future.

I allowed your conquest to bring my people back to my spirit, but I will soon conquer you, without the hand of man, to show my people my glory. I will requite on the heads of your rulers all those who perish in Persia because of their arrogance against my Word. Your hatred will course through your veins burning your skin until it falls as you walk.

All the world will witness your destruction lamenting those innocents you condemned with you. No more will Persia be inhabited. No more will your crops and trees spread across your land for as your seed grew from deep within the earth, There too will come your destruction. Your scorched land will not be restored until my Son comes again.

So says the Lord.