Questor wrote:
"There is no way to escape being killed if the Devil is trying to kill you, and YHVH allows it to happen.
And it is written that it will happen, to some, and to many, and I do not think myself exempt.
So I simply take heart from the fact that YHVH, even though He allows me to be killed, will not fail to be with me at the end.
He needs us to be a living, breathing, yet willing to die witness for Yah'shua."
And....."
"If YHVH needs me as a perfect witness, He will also make me able, even now, to view it ahead of time as a necessary thing. He has, in the past, made me able to get through a minor operation without feeling any pain, as I sang in worship under my breath. He has shown me that prayer and praise takes away fear as well.
And yes, I know my death could be ugly, and brutal, and terrifying. I have already died in my dreams vividly, and in slow motion, experiencing every twitch of my reaction. It was weird, because I was not frightened by it. Startled, stunned even, but not frightened."....
And..."
"I do not choose this. There are none who would want to, unless it means denying Yah'shua, denying my Saviour.I do believe that the question may be asked of me...of all of us. And we must be prepared, to be willing, to answer the question, regardless of the consequences, by facing the possibility, and being grimly determined to stand."......................Questor
This post moved me & bore witness as a true "Word of Testimony.", Questor. Thank you. I too have been taken to the day of my death; a beheading. I was taken out into a stadium type venue; I was very thin & had a full beard. I saw the executioner waiting for me, & I ran towards him, from a prison cell & placed my neck on a block. There was a basket underneath my head, & I felt the blade slice through. Several things happened in a milli-second. My jugular vein wildly spewed warm blood everywhere, while I simultaneously heard a large crowd roar with approval, like they would rooting for a soccer goal. I watched my head fall into the basket, while I felt my body separated in shock, at the same time.
I will give my testimony. The vision was not yet over. I was taken into a room in Heaven, & there, holy angels dressed me, preparing me for an event. This experience was real, but not as vivid. There was another man with me that had been with me, also being dressed. After a while, I was led out to stand before the Lord. This experience was beyond vivid; I was there.
I did not see the Lord directly, as some have, but His Spirit overwhelmed me. I was looking up, & yelling Praises to Him, over & over & over..."Thank you Jesus! I love you Jesus! Thank you! over & over & over. I can only describe His Love in terms of Waves; Billows of rolling Love....He was possibly hundreds of feet high...& covered with Shekinah Glory. These waves also seemed to be hundreds of feet high, & I knew they splashed over all of Heaven. I stood before him alone.
When the scripture speaks of Joy indescribable, & Full of Glory...one cannot add more. Exhilaration; filled with such an energy that I could not contain it. My shouts of praise, though just flowing from me were but a response to being loved so deeply in His Glory, & were almost melodious, as though singing. I had another body, with a head & a voice! & I praised Him on & on with all of my being; I could do nothing less.I was standing looking up while I praised Him, with my fists closed, almost screaming holy praise; the energy was so intense.
This went on for a while, & the Lord gave me a gift; an authority gift I believe. I was shown a Golden Belt Buckle; Huge maybe six or seven feet square. The gold was very pure, & written in amber above it & below it;
THE BELTBUCKLE OF THE LORD.
I then came out of the vision. I believe that the Lord wanted to assure me that I would indeed endure & overcome. It has been very encouraging in some of my battles.
In March 2012, the Lord began to speak to me about going to North Africa. I received a detailed dream about going to Eritrea, as His ambassador. In the dream, he gave me the name of the country..[ which I had not heard of consciously ], & the date I was to go..[ September ], and the calling of Ambassador. I also had a dream about being confronted by the Taliban. These were vicious men who vowed to kill me. I also had a dream about the "Sign of the prophet Jonah is soon to appear!"
The Word was so clear that I would deny Christ if I did not obey. I spent weeks in mourning, & in deep sobriety. It was as though that I was walking down the "Green Mile"...to the path of the executioner. I have never been so brutally sober, & clear minded that I might die, but I went. I made out my will on the way to the airport. I landed in Asmara, Eritrea on 26 September.
What happened then is the oddist & most stressful thing ever, for me. I became aware of an evil beyond evil, at the hotel I was staying at. I was interrogated by two officials, 12 hours after I arrived. I heard terrible sounds of murder at night...& also aware of the Taliban...who told me that I had a $70,000 price on my head. I saw a supernatural pillar of fire twice, [ I believe that this is the fire that the false prophet calls down; I believe I met him..] perhaps 30 feet tall & 12 feet in diameter, burning in the night, perhaps 300 yards away from my hotel, & witchcraft deeper than I had ever seen; & intermingled with cries of torture at night.
I felt like the Taliban there, maybe 50 or 60 people, were going to abduct me, so I fled to an unknown hotel in the city. Within two hours I saw the same SUV's roll up that the Taliban drove, with the same wicked men. They knew where I was, & were waiting to kidnap me. I fled to the America Embassy, & was escorted out of the country. I landed in Cairo Egypt.
It is here that the deliverance miracles were evident. The entire Egyptian Air airline were waiting for me. They tried to drive me out of the building, where a large crowd of Islamists were waiting for me. They refused my ticket to S. Africa, & refused to issue me a ticket to ANYWHERE. They stole my passport, all while the PA system was roaring out my name, with curses to me; the Taliban & Egypt Air were one..perhaps 30-40 people....& I was alone....in essence helpless...& captured.....to become a Daniel Pearl video for Al Qaeda.
Somehow I didn't crack up, & I was not afraid; I think I was beyond fear. I did not feel the Presence of the Lord, nor consciously react in Faith. I just stood, & faced death head on, while resisting. I may have uttered a "Help! Me Lord!" I supernaturally obtained the number of the U.S. embassy in Cairo, & eventually talked with some one there. Egypt Air hung up on me 7 times, [ I had to call from their counter; I had no cell..] & they stopped the call over & over, hanging up on me & the Embassy.
Eventually, though, I may have contacted the actual U.S. ambassador. I told him that if he did not help me, I was a dead man, about to be butchered. After seeing the circumstances, he believed me, & had another phone secured. [ Thank-God ]. He dispatched Security to Egypt Air, & eventually I was escorted out of their hands, & flew to Munich Germany; pursued.
I won't get into all of the details, but it did not end there either. I went to Israel from there, & was actually captured by Taliban sympathizers. I believe that I met the anti-Christ ; Osama Bin Laden, & his false prophet; I looked into his eyes...possessed by the Prince of Persia himself, empowered by Satan. In one moment....at night, I saw him face to face....A hooded dragon light emitted from him as he stared at me.
I'm back home now. I am still trembling somewhat at the ordeal. Why? What did I accomplish on this trip? There was virtually no ministry..[ I have been to the East multiple times for the Gospel..]...I have never seen so much Sovereign activity in my life....God arranged everything....in the most perfect of timing. He had set up the Chess board, & He is the beginning & the End. I told the false prophet, & the Taliban, is that they could have me, but not now. I also told them that they would get the Earth, but not all of it, [ There will be Christians translated alive, but changed, to meet Jesus in the Rapture.] & I told them their fate; in the Lake of Eternal Fire. This enraged them....& I also witnessed that Jesus is Lord.
All of the elected are given a testimony. We must endure, just like all of the Apostles, & much of the early church, & tens of thousands of Reformation brothers & sisters who have been faithful unto death. We must believe that it doesn't end there; For us...it is a beginning. The Pearl of Great Price! "Let no man steal your crown!"
"Be faithful unto death, & I will give you a Crown of Life!" Stephan was a witness martyr, for God's glory; a Witness of the Truth & the MAN who IS the Truth....Jesus. He proves that He is the only one worthy.
ALL FOR JESUS NO MATTER THE COST.