Light January 8, 2016
It was my son Justin’s idea to lock the door, not that it
was necessary. We had barely closed our
eyes and begun to pray when we saw Him sit down at the table with us. For a time it was like we were part of two different
places at once. I could feel the chair I
was sitting on and I could feel the table beneath my arms, yet we were no
longer in our home. The scenery behind
Jesus was early evening and there were trees and flowering shrubs in the distance. We were outside and He was sitting to my left. He was wearing the most unpretentious,
unassuming clothing that ever existed. He
appeared to be dressed as a simple, humble Sheppard. We felt very comfortable sitting next to Him.
When the prayer was over Justin and I looked at each other
with astonishment. Were we just sitting
at a table with Jesus? Did we just share
a joint vision? We began comparing notes.
Every detail I saw, Justin saw too. Exactly.
Darkness
A vision of Christ does not go unanswered by Satan. There must be opposition.
I’ve had my share of dealings with Dark beings over the
years. They were nothing compared to the
entity we encountered next. It was not
Satan but this spirit was Dark and powerful.
I tried casting him out the way I was taught in the LDS temple. That had exactly zero effect, in fact, I
thought I could hear him laughing within.
I asked him to sit down and talk for a while. He said nothing. I asked his name. Still no reply. I thought, well, if you’re not going to be
productive, it’s time for you to go. We
prayed and asked God to close the door through which this Dark spirit came. Immediately he was gone. He was no sooner gone when we found ourselves
inundated with the Sweet Spirit of Christ from head to toe. It was such a blessed relief.
Love for All
Can you reason with a Dark spirit? Can you persuade him to come to the Light? We
felt love for this being. After all, he
is a creation of God too. I hope next
time we can have a dialogue.
Three Sounds from Heaven
Just before locking the door to pray I heard a sound that I could
not identify. It seemed to be coming from above to my left. I asked
Justin if he heard it too. He did
not. Then it sounded a second time. This time Justin heard it. It was a long, steady sound followed by
silence. Then it sounded a third time
with exact tone, frequency and duration as the two previous times. Justin and I looked at each other and
shrugged our shoulders. At that time we had no idea
what instrument made the sound or where it came from but the fact is, we both heard it. After
that we began to pray. Then we saw Jesus.
I have since received several reasons for the three sounds. One of which is to get our attention. Job done. Another is that God is reaching down Three Degrees from the Celestial World to connect with us in the Telestial sphere. Also, Heaven is about to make contact with with Earth. It happens so infrequently that the Hosts of Heaven are summoned to watch. Their attention is called in the same way ours is.
Two Witnesses
I’m extremely happy this event took place with a second
witness. Without this second witness we
might be prone to dismiss the vision as something we imagined. It clearly wasn’t.
A Pattern
Joseph Smith was attacked by a Dark being just prior to
seeing God (JSH 1:16). Moses saw Satan just after speaking with God face to face (Moses 1:13-22). Even Jesus was
tempted by Satan after fasting in the wilderness for forty days (Matthew 4; Luke 4).
Dark to know the Light, good to know bad, sweet to understand bitter.
