The Vision by Rick Joyner
The Bond of Peace
Episode 106

I wondered if this city was heaven or the New Jerusalem.
Then I observed that even though these people were of stature far beyond any I had seen on earth, they did not have the glory or stature of those in even the lowest positions in the Hall of Judgment. I was wondering about this when I felt Wisdom standing next to me again.
"These are the same people who you saw in My army," He began. "The city and the army are the same. My coming leaders have had visions of both My army and My city. I am building both, and I will use the leaders I am now preparing to complete what I began generations ago. My generals will become master-builders for My city, and My master builders will also become generals. These are the same.
"One day, the army will no longer be needed, but this city will last forever. You must prepare the army for its present battles, but build all that you build for the future.
"After My judgments have come, it will be a glorious future. I am about to show My people the future so that the future will be in their hearts. As Solomon wrote,
'Everything God does will remain forever.' As My people become like Me, they will build that which will last. They will do all that they do with a peace for the present times and a vision for the future.
The city that I am building to last forever is built on truth in the
hearts of men. My truth will endure, and those who walk in truth will leave fruit that will remain. My people as Wisdom will build My city. The knowledge of truth will fill My city, but wisdom will build it. The wisdom that is coming upon My builders will cause my people to marvel at My city even more than it marveled at the city that Solomon built. Men have worshiped their own wisdom since they first ate of the Tree of Knowledge. The world's wisdom is about to pale before My wisdom which I will reveal through My city. Then those who worship any other wisdom will be ashamed. All that Solomon did was a prophecy of what I am about to build.
"In all that you have seen of the city that I am building, I have only given you a superficial glimpse. From time to time, you will be shown more, but for now you must see one thing. What did you notice the most about this city?"
"The one thing that stood out the most to me was the harmony. Everything in the city fit so perfectly together, and the whole city fit so perfectly in its environment," I responded.
"The perfect bond of peace is love," the Lord continued. "In My city, there will be unity. In all that I created, there was harmony.
All things fit together in Me. Everything that I am doing in the earth is to restore the original harmony between My Father and His creation and among all creatures. When mankind lives in harmony with Me, the earth will be in harmony with Him, and there will
be no more earthquakes, floods or storms. I came to bring peace on earth."
As He spoke, I knew I was looking into the future, just as I had looked when I viewed the army. I also knew that what He had said about building with peace in the present and a vision for the future was also essential for the harmony I saw.
Time was also a part of His creation within which we had to fit.
Wisdom then turned me so that I looked directly into His eyes and said, "I love My creation. I love the beasts of the field and the fish of the sea. I will restore all things as they were intended to be, but I must first restore mankind. I did not come just to redeem, but to restore. To be a part of My ministry of restoration you must not just see others as they are, but as they are to become. Like Ezekiel, you must see in even the driest bones an exceedingly great army. You must prophesy life to the bones until they become the army that I have called them to be. Then My army will march. When My army marches, it will restore-not destroy. It will fight evil, but it will also build the city of righteousness.
"All of the treasures of the earth cannot weigh in the balance with the value of a single soul. I am building My city in the hearts of men, with the hearts of men. Those who keep the great wisdom— the knowledge of the eternal treasures-will be used to build My city. You will know My builders by this wisdom-they do not set their minds on earthly things, but on the treasures of heaven. Because
of this, the world will bring its wealth to My city just as they did in the times of Solomon.
"I am about to release My wise master builders. You must walk with them, and they must all walk together. Each of the highways and streets that you saw in this city will begin as a fortress of truth in the earth. Each fortress will stand against the powers of darkness, and those powers will not be able to stand against them. Each will be like a mountain, with rivers flowing from it to water the earth.
Each will be a city of refuge and a haven for all who seek Me. No weapon that is formed against them will prosper, and no weapon that I give to them will fail."