VISION: The SWORD & the SERPENT - A Classic!
Posted by: prophetic <prophetic@...>
in the late 1970's:
VISION of THE SWORD and THE SERPENT
-by L. Vere Elliott.
This is the vision/revelation. I was in the midst of a great meeting
hall (a church), and the walls and ceilings were covered with jewels
and ornaments, and the windows were made of colored glass (a
typical cathedral or church). The hall was full of people, some rich,
some poor, some sick and crippled, mute and blind; but all had
chains on and were hand-cuffed, and no one was free (a picture
of today's church, they're in church but they're not free).
In front of the meeting hall was a large platform, with a pulpit on
one side and a large cage on the other, with a huge green serpent
in it; and hanging over where the speaker would stand, was a
great sword suspended by two strings horizontally; and on the
platform were several ministers, 8 or 10, clothed in clerical robes,
sitting one behind the other, one seated just a little above the other.
The assembly looked upon these men and they looked upon the
church. There was silence for a while, until a thundering voice
sounded from the pulpit, as if it came directly from God, saying,
Who will declare the whole counsel of God? And the first
clergyman arose with a Bible in his hand, and when he did, the
old green serpent uncoiled and stretched out hissing against the
man with sparkling eyes and protruding fangs; and the man of
God, falsely so-called, sank back into his seat and placed his
Bible under the chair. And when the serpent stretched up his
head and touched the sword, he said to that man, Anyone who
obeys the voice of God, I will kill with this sword. And for a little
while, there was silence again.
And then the Voice sounded from the pulpit again, Who will
declare the whole counsel of God? And then the second man in
clerical robes arose as if he would step forward, and again the
serpent uncoiled against him, and he tumbled back with fear and
sat down and placed his Bible under his chair (hiding the Word).
The serpent again touched the sword, and with the same
remark said, I will kill you, if you obey the voice of God.
And for the third time the Voice from the pulpit thundered, and a
third man arose and sat down like the two before him. And again
and again the Voice sounded until each of the clergyman had had
an opportunity to resist the serpent, but fear overcame them all,
like the first three had been overcome. And the serpent smiled
with his evil smile. And then the Voice sounded again from the
pulpit saying, Oh if there were a man, Oh if there were a man; Oh
if there were a man who would declare the whole counsel of God,
that these chained men might be set free! Is there not one man?
Then a man of little stature (meaning he was nothing in the sight
of the world), ascended the platform and stood under the sword,
and he lifted up his eyes toward heaven and said, Into Thy hands
O God, I committ my spirit. Then he opened the Bible and read.
He didn't add anything to It, and he didn't take anything from It; he
read the Word, and spoke as a man having authority. And when
he had finished, the old serpent stretched up to the edge of the
sword and cut off one of the strings holding the sword in place,
and the sword swung down and missed him and passed over his
head; because he was a man of "little stature"; and the weight of
the sword made the other string to break, and the sword swung
back and pierced the hearts of those clergymen who were lined
up and nailed them to the wall. And a great scream of despair
sounded from the pulpit; but an even greater cry of joy sounded
from the assembly, for every man's chains were loosed and they
were set free! (By the word they were set free).
When this vision had vanished, I saw another vision of the Savior
in a cloud, just above my head. He spoke saying, Hear my son
the meaning of these things. The meeting hall which you saw is
the secularized church, having a form of godliness, but denying
the power thereof. They are all covered with the jewels of the joys
of this world, and there is no end to heir silver and gold. The
people which you saw, are those for whom I died, but My people
are destroyed for lack of knowledge; they have eyes, but they do
not see; they have ears, but they cannot hear. They are truly
in bondage and must be set free!
The platform in which you saw, on which the clergymen were
sitting; the platform is the preconceived ideas, having their origins
from the pit of hell. The pulpit is the throne of God; and the
serpent, old Lucifer himself. The sword which you saw, is the
Word of God; and the strings on which it was hanging, mean the
power of the Word to give life or the power of the Word to take life.
Life was given to the man of little stature and life taken from the
clergymen that did not preach My Word! The clergymen that you
saw, are men (& women) from every church who pretend to know
Me, but they teach My people things which are not written in the
Book of life; and their pride and their presumption, and their wordly
spirit force them to obey Satan, who is a liar and the father of lies;
and each of the clergymen try and exceed the other in elegance,
in extensive writings, argumentation and the like; but they only
consider the" letter" of the Word, and leave out the "spirit" of the
Word. And the day will come and now is at hand, when they
shall all perish, just like these.
After having considered this horrible scene, the Lord spoke again
with these words, Do you remember My words in the prophecy
of Jeremiah chapter 23, as well as My words in the prophecy of
Ezekiel chapter 34? Jesus said, Read it. And I opened my Bible
and read, Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the
sheep of My pasture, saith the LORD. (Jer.23:1) In the prophets
I have see a horrible thing, they committ adultery and they walk
in falsehood: (a perversion of the Word of God), and strenghthen
the hands of evil doers. (Jer.23:14).
Jesus said, At the end of days you shall understand this. Woe
to the shepherds that feed themselves, should not the shepherds
feed the flock! (Ezek.34:2). The weak you have not strengthened,
nor have you healed the sick, you've not bound up that which was
broken, and neither have you sought that which was lost; but with
harshness and with rigor have you ruled over them. (Ezek.34:4).
I will destroy the fat and the strong shepherds; and I will feed
them with judgement. (Ezek34:16). Then He said to me, That
these false shepherds shall in no wise escape when the sword
falls upon them. But My sheep must be warned, they must be
set free! And again He said, Do you remember My words in the
prophecy of Jeremiah in the latter part of chapter 25? Read it!
And I read these words, And the slain if the LORD shall be in
that day from one end of the earth, even to the other end of the
earth: (Jer.25:33). Howl ye shepherds, for the day of your
slaughter is come! (Jer.25:34).
Then He said to me, These days shall come quickly, the
shepherds shall howl, yea, there shall be weeping and gnashing
of teeth; but when the sword has fallen it will be too late forever.
The man whom you saw who was of little stature, is every man
and woman who will humble himself or herself, and be obedient
even to the death of the cross, putting his or her trust in God, and
going forward declaring the whole counsel of God! Oh, if I could
find such a man, can you tell Me where there is one? With such
a man I could shake heaven and earth, saith the LORD.
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