Jack senses in his spirit the increasing intensity of the end time and the urgent need to prepare for its arrival. So he decided to continue to write on this theme.
He has previously written a number of basic survival kits on the key – living by the Spirit (“Chapter Seventy-Six: A Watchman’s Vision of End Time Survival Kit” onward). Here is a summary: putting on the whole armor of God. Action One: Seek God diligently daily. Action Two: Read the Bible and believe every word of God by faith and act on them. Action Three: Pray in the power of the Holy Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Practice by faith praying in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Jack has discovered that living by the Spirit requires learning entirely new living principles and skill, centered on God’s word, faith and the Holy Spirit. Only a supernatural person can live and walk according to the Holy Spirit: by faith and by the word of God. He learned how God’s words filled his hunger during fasting. Fasting sharpens his spiritual discernment.
A supernatural Christian seeks God constantly. Seeking God means meeting Him, seeing His glory, worshiping Him, being in awe of Him. It also includes seeking to hear God and obey Him (in practice). When he obeyed the still small voice he encountered wonderful experiences in his garden.
Lately he has been pondering on the spiritual weapon in the form of prophetic actions by faith. He has always wondered why the prophets and men of God carried out certain symbolic action. What mattered was that the actions by faith resulted great success.
During intercessions he was led to do certain simple symbolic acts based on the word of God too. He did not know the outcome of some intercessions, but some he knew. They worked. He was encouraged and knew that he was on the right path in submitting to the Lord’s promptings.
These are a few of the symbolic acts that he has done by faith: the Jericho March, the washing of feet (like what Jesus did for His disciples), the pouring of water on the ground (to signify the pouring of the Holy Spirit on thirsty land), the proclamation of the pouring of the Holy Spirit (in the form of wind), the opening of heaven in an oppressive night when he was hindered in his prayers, reading and proclaiming God’s words, taking the Holy Communion, applying the blood of the Lamb on his door posts (symbolically), using the anointing oil, singing hymns, praises and spiritual songs, raising his hands to bless prophetically, raising his hands to submit to God’s presence, praying in the Spirit (for warfare intercessions) and many more.
He believes these acts of faith are essential for spiritual training. Today while driving, the verse on the symbolic act done by the Israelite in 1 Samuel 7:6 about how the people gathered at Mizpah, drew water, and poured it out before the Lord came to him. He pondered over it and thought he could enact it with his class on the next day.
However, after he has spent the whole afternoon reading the event and its history, he wondered whether it would be appropriate to do so. He could foresee the immediate difficulties:
1. They need a Samuel, a man who hears God and is heard by God.
2. The people who take part need to be representative of the corporate body of Christ there.
3. They need to be aware of and fully repentant of their sins and are willing to confess and renounce before God.
4. They need to fast on the day of enactment.
5. The goal of the act of faith must be agreed upon.
On the other hand, he noted that this act of faith before the Lord was indeed powerful in overcoming the enemy. After the children of Israel had done it, Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as whole burnt offering to the Lord. Then Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel and the Lord answered him. (1 Sam. 7:9)
“Now as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. But the LORD thundered with a loud thunder upon the Philistines that day, and so confused them that they were overcome before Israel.” (1 Sam. 7:10)
“So the Philistines were subdued, and they did not come anymore into the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. (1 Sam. 7:13)
(Reading: 1 Samuel 7: 1-17)
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