YOUTH ARMY RISING - A Vision
Posted by: prophetic <prophetic@...>
by 'KingdomWarrior'
I haven't thought about this vision for a while now, but tonight the
Lord brought it back to memory.
In the summer of 99 I was seeking the Lord on direction for youth
ministry - I have long wanted to do outreach and train young
believers to be strong evangelists in their schools and neighbor-
hoods. I was lying in bed that afternoon when the Lord showed me this.
I saw a group of young people, probably age 15 to 25. They seemed
to be walking the same direction, but they were very unorganized.
Some looked homeless, some had scars from drug use and self-
abuse. Some were wearing gang colors and some were "preppies".
They had blank stares and a look of death upon them.
I saw someone running in their midst and started to call out to them.
This person was like all of the other youth, yet he had life in him (I
don't know if it was a man or a woman, so I chose male to describe
the person). He was calling them out by name and telling them
about a new life.
Then I saw others join him in preaching to these youth. One by one,
they began to receive the Life of God. I then heard a trumpet, like a
call to battle, these youth formed a marching line. Some did not
know what they were fighting for, but they joined anyway (they were
convinced by their friends).
As they all started to march, a storm came. A strong wind began
to blow and a driving rain. Some embraced it with open arms, yet
some cowered down, begging for it to stop. These were the ones
that joined because of persuasion. Soon, they found that the wind
and the rain didn't hurt them and they began to find life in the storm.
As this army marched in the rain and wind, they found that their
old clothes were torn off and they were washed in the rain. As the
sun came out again, I saw that they had on new clothes - white and clean.
These youth never broke the line. They marched and cried out to all
they met to join them. As each joined, shouts of praise would go
forth and the earth would shake. More and more joined their ranks
as they sang praises.
[Interpretation]: ... A time will come - and I believe that we
are entering that day now - where the David's will come forth
with their bands of warriors and will change the landscape of the
church... These warriors will be united with a common goal and under
a common banner - and that is the Blood of Jesus and the Glory of
His Name. Names will not matter, titles will not matter, denomin-
ations will not matter to these warriors. Only the name of Jesus
will matter to them.
As I am typing this - I am hearing the name Josiah. He was Israel's
youngest King - 8 years old when he began to reign. His name
means "Whom Jehovah Heals". His mother was Jedidah (Beloved)
and the grandson of Adaiah (Jehovah has adorned).
This is indicative of this generation - they have been wounded so
many times by the church, beat and abused by those that have
sworn to love and protect them. Many have been rejected even in
the womb. Yet God is calling them Josiah's - the ones whom He
has healed. They are the sons and daughters (spiritual) of the
Beloved... (2 Kings 23:3-20, 24-25). The last verse -
"25 - And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned
to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all
his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose
there any like him."
This will be the epithet of this generation of warriors - There was no
other generation, before or after, who turned to God with all their
heart, with all their soul, and with all their might!