The Vision by Rick Joyner Episode 34
The Truth of Grace
The time I spent at the red stone was the most painful ordeal I have ever experienced. Many times I simply could not take anymore but had to withdraw my hand. Several times I went back to the blue or green stones to rejuvena my soul before I returned. It was harder to return to the stone each time, but my love for the Lord was growing more through this than anything I had ever learned or experien
Finally, when I saw the presence of the Father depart from Jesus on the cross, I could stand it no longer. I could tell that the angels, who were also experiencing what I was to a degree, were in full agreement with me. The willpower to touch the stone again simply was no longer in me. I did not even feel like going back to the blue just lay prostrate on the floor, weeping over what the Lord had gone through. I also wept because I knew t deserted Him just like His disciples. I failed Him when He needed me the most, just as they did.
After what seemed like several days, I opened my eyes.
Another eagle was standing beside me. In front of him were three stones: one blue, one green, and one red.
"Eat them," the eagle said. When I did, my whole being was renewed, and great joy and great soberness both flooded
my soul.
When I stood up, I caught sight of the same three stones set into the handle of my sword and on each of my shoulders.
"These are now yours forever," the eagle said. "They cannot be taken from you, and you cannot lose them."
"But I did not finish this last one," I protested.
"Christ alone will ever finish that test," he replied. "You have done well enough, and you must go on now."
"Where to?" I asked.
"You must decide, but with the time getting shorter I will suggest that you try to get to the top soon." The eagle then departed, obviously in a hurry.
I then remembered the doors. I started toward those that had been so appealing. But when I reached the first one, it simply did not appeal to me anymore. Then I went to another, and it felt the same. "Something seems to have changed," I remarked out loud.
"You have changed," the angels replied at once.
I turned to look at them and was amazed at how much they had changed. They no longer had a naive look about them, but were now more regal and wise-looking. I knew they reflected what had also taken place in me, but I now felt uncomfortable just thinking about myself.
"I ask for your counsel," I said to the leader.
"Listen to your heart," he said. "That is where these great truths now abide."
"I have never been able to trust my own heart," | responded. "It is subject to so many conflicts. I am too subject to delusions, deceptions and selfish ambitions. It is hard for me to even hear the Lord speaking to me above its clamor
"Sir, with the red stone now in your heart, I do not believe that will continue to be the case," the leader offered with uncharacteristic confidence.