Archivio articoli in Lingua Inglese THE COMING NEW MUSIC By Shira Mayim and Denice Heatherly The difference between the anointing level we've known
up until now and what's coming is the increased manifest presence of
God, Who will be "riding
the waves" of this music. This is going to be a sovereign move. But
God is calling for preparation of hearts and character of the vessels to
be used in this move. God is taking us to symphonic levels of harmony amongst
each other, and marriage of worship and intercession, and congealing of hearts
that are dead to ambition and self, and alive unto His purposes. From such
vessels can flow the Heart of God - which in the corporate anointing to come
will be something we've NEVER heard before. Something totally awesome and
holy.
The ruling powers of this age which cause us to so revere famous people and entertainers have infiltrated the church. The spirit of the world has infected us to such a degree that it is questionable whether most church musicians, singers, etc. WANT to pay the price necessary for the anointing that God intends to pour out. We have been wrapped up for way too long in showmanship. It's time to worship in Spirit and in truth. People have been saying for years that God will redeem this and that kind of music. Positive cleanup of lyrics is not the end-time music weapon. It's not a bad thing, but it's not what God is doing right now! He is not relegated to bandaging old things. We believe that the Word of the Lord at this time is Isaiah 48, which is addressed to "Judah" (worshipers). God is cleansing His church and calling us to repentance from mindsets and acceptance of compromise in the past. Behold, He does a new thing. God gave Shira a vision years ago that technology would exist to corporately spontaneously hook up psalmists strategically positioned worldwide for massive calls to intercession and warfare in central locations in various countries at the same time. A few others have seen something along these lines as well and blueprints for implementation should be sought of the Lord now. Counting the Cost How do we come into this anointing? What is the price? The price is death to self, ambition to lust of the things of the world, and a brokenness we must now allow the Lord to work in us - spiritual surgery accomplished by God's grace and in His way and timing for each individual - death to the approval of man and the fear of man. We then ask God to loose the 7 spirits of the Holy Spirit (Is. 11:2), especially the release of the fear of the Lord, over ourselves, the church, our cities and regions. We need to be released from the fear of man and delivered into the hands of God! We have seen the unleashed power of Satan through music for the last few decades. But God is about to do something about that. When the enemy comes in, like a flood, a standard will be raised up against him.(Isa 59:19). Indeed, Satan has been saving "the best for last" of his arsenal of refuse. The Lord is about to bring the music of heaven to earth in a sound we've never heard before - a "higher" anointing, as He Himself accompanies the waves and sound of the music as true psalmists release His heart and the masses shall be saved, healed, delivered and set free. The Valley of Decision You cannot serve both God and mammon. (Matt. 6:24). Decisions are now being required of many in the music business. Decisions pertaining to how they make their livings - who dictates what they record - and whether they are willing and called to pay the price to come into the anointings that produce miracles, deliverance, salvation. The Living Bible says, "I also learned that the Levites had not been
given what was due them, so they and the choir singers who were supposed
to conduct the worship services, had returned to their farms." Many
of God's musicians today are supposed to be giving themselves to worship,
yet they are out "making tents" and doing other things to make
a living. They have gone back to their farms. Someday these anointed ministers won't have to go "farm" anymore, for God from the beginning has intended that singers and musicians be paid as well as other "priests and Levites." But currently, many anointed worship leaders (psalmists) are out "farming" in secular jobs because of the church's disobedience and lack of vision." Perhaps we should be praying that God would raise up a central "trust fund" for the levitical musicians called to minister to God? They need to be supported by some means so that they are not required to make their livings in a system run by Satan, especially those psalmists who prophesy on their instruments. But first, God is doing a work in their hearts to be able to trust Him before they can receive from the trust fund. The Entrance of the Muses My husband Martin received in a dream one night, a revelation of the major Spiritual forces that need to be dealt with in our times. Martin was told that there was a link between the problems in our city, Nashville, and some information that was available in St. Louis (where Shira is from) in a museum. The word "museum" means "temple of the muses". In studying out the Greek entities called the muses and their conductor, Apollo, we learned much about the ruling forces that hinder the restoration of David's Tabernacle in the church. In this dream, Martin was shown a set of blueprints that his "boss" (the Lord) was looking at that he was not allowed to see at the time (1993). We believe the Lord wants to reveal those blueprints now. There were 9 muses in Greek thinking. There are 9 gifts of the Holy Spirit. The muses are counterfeits. Apollo is a conductor of the muses. The true conductor is the Holy Spirit. The muses were said to rule over a certain art or science and were thought to be inspirational forces that people looked to in the following fields: (1) Calliope - muse of epic poetry; That about covers what happens in western culture, doesn't it? Everything from science to academia to the recording industry, including ballet and all the other arts. We take this a step further to proclaim that a "muse" is any controlling inspiration other than the Holy Spirit. It was thought that the muses could see into the future - a counterfeit of true prophetic ministry. They supposedly had the ability to banish all grief and sorrow when they sang. That is what King David did as a psalmist. They had pleasing melodic voices and often sang as a chorus. The Greeks worshipped the muses. The acceptance of these ancient philosophies into our culture opened the way to the abduction of music, whether it was willingly or through seduction, to it's present ungodly form. The word music is even based on the word "muse". Again, it is the heart of the musician that is responsible for this surrender to ungodly forces. How do we take it back? The Birth of Judah The Lord showed Shira, who is a psalmist, in a dream about 2 years ago that a child named Judah would be born at "Baptist Hospital" when she was there laying hands on women in labor. When she laid hands on them, their pain stopped. The meaning of the elements of her dream are fascinating when taken in context. Judah means "praise and worship". The women in labor are symbolic of intercessors. What we were being shown is that through the process of intercession, the new move of praise and worship would be birthed. We believe God wants to birth twins: worship and intercession. He wants intercession taken out of back rooms and married to public worship. The Baptist Hospital is a reference to the ministry of John, who also preached the foundational truth of repentance! This birth issues from John the Baptist type ministries that are proclaiming the second coming of Jesus from the wilderness. Another interesting sidelight on the release or birthing of Judah comes from Denice Heatherly, who has seen in her dreams the appearance of the Lion of Judah outside her door. This lion has been asking her to "come out and play - it's ok now." We take this literally. The lion of Judah is asking the musicians to COME OUT and PLAY. (Ps. 68:24-25). Isaiah 48:20 says: GO FORTH OUT OF BABYLON, flee from the Chaldeans!! With A VOICE OF SINGING, declare, tell this, cause it to go forth, even to the end of the earth; say, the Lord has redeemed His servant Jacob!! God led Denice to the movie "Braveheart" as He has done with many prophets. He had shown her in a vision during intercession right as "Braveheart" was originally released (and she had not seen it yet or even heard of it), a group of wild, warring people with their faces painted with blue paint in various striped designs. Blue is the color of anointing and revelation. When she saw the movie, God said to her, "This is the kind of warrior I want my people to be." At the end of the movie, these people were called the "warrior poets". Judah people are to be warrior poets. The Spirit of Judah Maccabee The Jews celebrate the Feast of Lights or Feast of Dedication called Hanukah. Jesus kept this feast, also (John 10:22). This celebration is an expression of thanksgiving to God for the redemption won by the Maccabees in B.C. 167, when they came against the Greeks. Under Antiochus Ephiphanes IV, the temple had been horribly defiled, and run over by false gods. The central hero of Hanukah was Judah Maccabee. The family of Judah successfully ran the Greeks out of Jerusalem and restored worship after cleansing the temple from the defilement of the Greeks. The word "Maccabee" means "a hammer". Judah Maccabee is a spiritual truth that God is birthing again at this time - the release through intercession of the "Judah" type music - a marriage of worship and warfare intercession (the hammer). Jeremiah 23:29 (Amp.) says: "Is not My word like fire (that consumes all that cannot endure the test?), says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks in pieces the rock (of most stubborn resistance)?" Judah Maccabee removed all signs of paganism in the temple. The altar dedicated to Jupiter was removed and a new altar erected to Israel's God. The statue of Jupiter there was pulverized to dust. How was that done? With HAMMERS. History also records that Judah Maccabee actually annihilated the Syrians and Hellenistically-minded Jews who were part of the Greek army at Emmaus and then marched on into Jerusalem. Emmaus is the place of recognizing Jesus in whatever form He comes in (Luke 24). Again, He is doing a new thing. Hedonism is the basis for Hellenistic thinking which permeates western thinking. It teaches that pleasure is the highest good and that moral duty is fulfilled through the pursuit of pleasure and that intellect is the highest calling of a human being. There have been songs inspired by the enemy (muses) which have gone forth for years - songs glorifying seduction, lust, and self-pleasing. We believe God is calling for global worship/warfare to come against the influences of our culture and the satanic influences she is under. We need to clear the path for revelation of blueprints concerning training for end-time music and the release of God's glory through music. The "Maccabean" revolt led to the miracle of the anointing oil lasting 8 days instead of the one day it was supposed to last for. After reclaiming the temple, there was only enough oil left for one day's services, but miraculously, the oil lasted 8 days, which gave the Jews enough time to make another batch of oil. This is why the feast is sometimes called the "Feast of Lights". Eight is the number of "new beginnings". We believe God has a new beginning for His church. Implementation of this Word - Boot Camp It is God's intention to take us higher into Him through inner transformation.
It's up to us to present ourselves for purging, cleansing, repentance and
correction of character issues to be used as vessels in this coming move
of God. We are going to be experiencing a "Maccabean" revolt against
the Greek system. Some can do the battle - some move in the gifts - but we must all make the decisions that bring the fruit and character and integrity of Jesus Christ to the forefront in how we view ourselves and treat each other. Training that is lacking or understanding of moving in the Spirit will be dealt with in these training centers God will establish. God is calling us to come out of the event mentality into a lifestyle of worship and intercession. He is looking for those like Judah Maccabees who will esteem Him as the Most High above all else, and desire not the applause of man, but who will lead the way to restore the purity of God to the temple, along with the anointing oil that burns eternally within us. Other Pieces of the Puzzle The end-time music puzzle consists of a number of pieces: one is praise music in the streets and the other is holy of holies music in the stadiums. Some see these pieces as overlapping. God will clarify as we get closer to the harvest time. Prophets and psalmists around the world are beginning to discuss these things in earnest. People are receiving urges in their spirits to learn quickly how to flow in the depths of gifts that have nothing to do with marketing, sales and idolatry. The troops need places to come for this training, nurturing and healing into wholeness of spirit, soul and body. They are crying out for teachers, people who have paid the price and understand how to implement warfare strategies through music. These teachers, who are apostolic and prophetic, exist and have been prepared in the wilderness through much breaking and God's gracious healing. They are being released now. The Levites and the priests worked together to cleanse the temple when prophetic worship was restored under Hezekiah. (2 Chron. 29). How fast can we prepare the levitical army now? There is a multitude who would come to learn if only training centers existed or God provided a way to get the teachers to the psalmists, wherever they may be. Teams will be supernaturally put together by God for end-time street and stadium ministry. Psalmists will be rerouted geographically to accomplish this. God is opening the door for us to see the implementation and the fulfillment of this word and vision, after years of crying tears of intercession to birth these things Judah is here. We believe it's time that God wants to reveal the blueprints that were withheld until this sovereign timing. It is critical again to emphasize that warfare of this type is extremely serious business. We ask that you examine yourselves as King David did (Ps. 51) and come to the Father in repentance before you would attempt to enter into this fray. Warfare is only successful to the extent that the entities being dealt with don't rule your lives. Permission by Shira Mayim |