A
House Of Glory
I had this dreamlike experience that I need to describe, and
so ask for grace from the Lord to be able to make everything clear. As I awoke
from the dream and continued to see the vision I was astonished beyond words
at what I saw. Unable to sleep, I got up to write this.
I was with the small group of people that we meet with Friday nights at the
Fairgrounds. We were standing out in the area between the barns and the cafeteria,
and someone was asking about a portion of scripture that referred to something
coming about that would cause a great stir among the people, similar to things
described in the book of Acts where whole towns were swept over by the power
of God.
As we looked together at the scripture, it suddenly seemed evident that the
reference was specifically to something happening right in this very spot, and
that there was to be a tremendous move of God at some future time. Then as we
looked at this closely, it seems we moved just a bit to one side or the other
and then someone said, This is what it is talking about, but here and
now.
And suddenly that we all realized this to be so, and there was a supernatural
filling of this knowledge among us all. What I saw happen at this point as if
our little group had become caught up in the Spirit and we were joined together
in an extraordinary way. I was able to see us as if were we somehow like a folded
up paper, that began to open itself up into a sort of tent-like structure. Each
of us were a surface or facet of this shape, which kept opening itself up more
and more, stretching outwards and upwards is if forming a structure like a geodesic
dome.
One curious feature of this was that it was as if it went unfolding itself within
us, and yet at the same time it was stretching out around us at the same time.
I could feel myself as distinct from each other, yet as though we all were part
of the same whole. Meanwhile this was taking place, there was also a distinct
flowing of energy and revelation taking place that I can only describe as when
a piece of thin paper is thrown in a bed of embers in a fireplace, after the
paper ignites and burns, the flame dies out and then there is a wonderful scurrying
around of tiny sparks through different folds and textures of the paper, perhaps
following the grain, or an edge, like a tiny gunpowder fuse burning quickly
along to and fro throughout the ashen form of the paper.
As this took place, it was obvious that we were all enjoying the same excitement
as the Lord made Himself known to us each in a special way. As that sparkle
of knowledge filled us with awe and wonder, this structure kept growing and
extending outwards, and others became aware of it and then part of it as they
spontaneously became aware of the Truth like ourselves. It was as if they were
converted instantly to Christ in the face of the overwhelming power of the manifestation,
like the jailer of Acts 16 with all his family.
The process continued growing and reaching out as more and more people were
swept into this house of open worship and reverence. It was like
the folds of paper kept multiplying and opening up more and more until it seemed
it must explode inside us, and yet as it did this, the surface just got larger
like an enormous tent. I could tell where my place was yet I could also feel
myself throughout it all and see from every vantage point at the same time.
If you have ever made a large soap bubble, it stretches out farther and farther,
the shape adapting to the wind around it, the swirling of beautiful colors as
light is reflected and refracted at the same time producing a wonderful moving
collage of abstract shapes and hues. The glory of the Lord was upon this growing
moving structure and is became larger and larger, spilling out and covering
first one barn and then another.
It was clear to me that this was just a beginning, and the phenomena grew larger
and larger, spilling now outside the Fairgrounds and into the surrounding city.
I could see into the future how the whole city was eventually caught up into
this mass revelation of Jesus to the whole area. Also it was evident that it
wasnt limited to just New Orleans, but that in other places around the
nation and the world similar things were taking place.
This was a staggering revelation that seemed to well up inside of me more and
more as I took into myself the reality of what was happening. It was as if my
lungs were stretched to capacity but I just kept breathing in more and more
of what I saw going around before me. And not just I, but all of us growing
host of witnesses could see and experience God sweeping over the world with
the Knowledge of Himself, as His glory bulged outwards from His body into the
world around us.
The scriptures come flooding to mind,
as the waters cover the sea..
and the light shall arise upon thee and be seen upon thee.. and
.. the world will know you are my disciples by the love you have for one
another.. and on and on
Dick
Funnell
March 9, 2002