Episode 9 The Vision by Rick Joyner
A New Weapon
The arrows of Truth would seldom penetrate the vultures, but they hurt them enough to at least drive them back.
Every time they were driven back far enough, some of us would climb to the next level. When we reached the level called "Galatians Two Twenty,"
Which declares:
20 so that it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. This life that I live now, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave his life for me”,
we were above the altitude that the vultures could withstand. At this level the sky above almost blinded us with its brightness and beauty. I felt peace like I had never felt it before.
Until I reached this level, my fighting spirit had been motivated almost as much by fear, hatred or disgust for the enemy as it had been for the sake of the kingdom, truth or love for the prisoners. But it was on this level I caught up to Faith, Hope and Love, which before I had only been able to see from a distance. Here, I was almost overpowered by their glory. Even so, I felt that I could get close to them.
When I got next to Faith, Hope and Love, they turned to me and began repairing and shining my armor. Soon it was transformed enough to brilliantly reflect the glory that was coming from Faith, Hope and Love. When they touched my sword, great bolts of brilliant lightning began flashing from it.
Love then said, "Those who reach this level are entrusted with the powers of the age to come." Then, turning to me with a seriousness that was very sobering, he said, "I still must teach you how to use them."
The "Galatians Two Twenty" level was so wide that there did not seem to be any danger of falling. An unlimited supply of arrows was available, with the name Hope written on them. We shot some of them down at the vultures, and these arrows killed them easily. About half of those who had reached this level kept shooting, while the others began carrying the arrows down to Christians still on the lower levels.
The vultures kept coming in waves upon the levels below, but with each wave there would be fewer than before.
From "Galatians Two Twenty" ve could hit any enemy in the army except the leaders themselves, who remained just out of our range. We decided not to use the arrows of truth until we had destroyed all the vultures, because the cloud of depression they created made the truth less effective. This took a very long time, but we did not get tired. Finally, it seemed as if the sky over the mountain was almost completely rid of the vultures.
Just as our weapons had grown, Faith, Hope and Love had also grown with each level. They were now so large that I knew people far beyond the battle area could see them.
Their glory even radiated into the camp of prisoners who were still under a great cloud of vultures. I was very encouraged that they could now be seen this way. Maybe now the prisoners and the Christians who had been used by the enemy would understand that we were not the enemy, but they in fact had been used by him.
However, this was not to be the case, at least not yet.
Those in the camp of the enemy who began to see the light of Faith, Hope and Love started calling them "angels of light" who were sent to deceive the weak or undiscern-ing. I knew then that their bondage was much greater than I had realized.
The non-Christians, who were not a part of either of these armies, saw the glory of Faith, Hope and Love and started to come closer to the mountain to get a better view. Those who came closer to see them also started to understand what the battle had really been about. This was a great encouragement.
The Trap
The exhilaration of victory continued to grow in each of us. I felt that being in this army and in this battle had to be one of the greatest adventures of all time. After destroying most of the vultures that had been attacking our mountain, we began picking off the vultures that still covered the prisoners. As the cloud of darkness dissipated, the prisoners were bathed in sunlight and began to wake up as if they had been in a deep sleep. They were immediately repulsed by their condition, especially by the vomit that still covered them, and started cleaning themselves up. As they beheld Faith, Hope and Love, they also saw the mountain and ran toward it.