Finding the ONE Mighty and Strong -- Itching Ears and Longing Hearts

Itching Ears and Longing Hearts --
Finding the ONE Mighty and Strong

Tendency of those called after the order of the Davidic Servant to think their ministry is the ultimate; need to work as a team.

Another One Mighty and Strong claimant with a heavily invested paradigm, who no doubt is an earnest seeker of the Lord and desirous to be an instrument in his hands, but who is overextending his calling in a way menacing to his fellow-laborers who are also called to the work and are meant to work together. May we all learn from this counterproductive pattern that we see repeated so many times, and into which many of us have ourselves at times fallen. May we finally work as one, that "one," in "One Mighty and Strong" might mean "a united team."

Regarding (as an example of the phenomenon)

[Jared's response to the following is here]

Hi Jared,

As I begin reading "The Word of the Lord" document linked from your site, I must say I have some misgivings about having linked to it from the page I created for you at greaterthings.com, so I have removed the link to it for now. I had thought it was something you had written. I guess the pending "Elijah Message" is to be your compilation of "The Word of the Lord."

You or Jordan have talked about this some at David's Outcasts in the past.

Apparently it begins in 1927 with a supposed angelic messenger appearing to an Otto Fetting.

In the first message given, he was told, supposedly by the angel John the Baptist, that the temple (at Far West?) was soon to be built, and a specific year of 1929 was given.

Anyway, it is now 2001 and that temple is yet to be built. I suppose you and others who believe in these revelations have your reasons for dismissing or explaining this away. It just seems to me that if the whole foundation of this supposed "word of the Lord" is so far off, then why place so much spiritual credence and energy in what came subsequent to that? Here you are in 2001 still promoting this.

I guess there is such a case of "itching ears" that anything that purports to be from the throne of God and half-way sounds like it could be and incorporates scripture-like themes is fair game for the longing heart of man to go after it.

There are tons of so-called "revelations" like this one floating about the world. They have a ring of scripture to them, and speak in terms that resonate with the people that adhere to them.

I suppose a people could worship a rock, and if their hearts were right it would bring them closer to God at least for a time, exploring the various "truths" or metaphors of life contained in that rock. And the "religion" or "denomination" surrounding that belief would no doubt have instances of good fruit by which its adherents would be inclined to perpetuate its dogmas as a whole, even though it would be the slivers of truth found within that belief system that would be responsible for the good fruits, not the dogma as a whole.

As I read the introductory material for "The Word of the Lord," it seems clear to me that not only do the adherents view this as a "revelation," but they see in it a fulfillment of Moses' prophecy in which he said, "A prophet shall the Lord God raise up unto you, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things."

It is, in essence, not just another revelation, but essentially amounts -- in our vernacular -- to a purported fulfillment of the Davidic Servant role in the latter-days. It is yet another claimant to be the ultimate fulfillment of that calling as outlined at
http://www.greaterthings.com/Davidic_Servant/

Apparently you view yourself as the third successor to the mantle of Fetting, and that you are now supposedly called to fulfill a continuation of this Elijah message -- the mouthpiece for John the Baptist in our day, the fulfilling of Moses' prophecy.
http://www.trios.org/fireinzion/tenmessages/

The first of ten messages received through you is replete with language to this effect.

Purportedly, you are the mouthpiece, and the word you provide will cause all the souls of men living in our day to hang in the balance for salvation or damnation.

I remember reading the above page some time ago. It is just now that I am putting two and two together -- you, and these words.

As I mentioned the other day, your post introducing yourself, telling of your days of hitchhiking, of being in and out of mental hospitals and jail, of being redeemed from this hell by the Lord, of seeing his face, and then of a street preacher saying to you, "You are John the Baptist" (meaning. as I saw it, that you have that mantle), touched me deeply, as it is a wonderful illustration of the prodigal son scenario.

Now as I review this with added information from reading further in your website, I am not so enthused about what now shows as a very strong agenda which is not wholly in line with truth.

Certainly, as a child of God and foreordained warrior in these latter days, you have much to offer the world, including your revealing new and important understandings that can be a blessing for all.

However, it is my perception (and I don't claim to have a perfect perception, for I am working out my own salvation with fear and trembling along with the rest of you) that by overextending the scope and grandeur of your mission, despite your words of professed humility in that calling, you are opening yourself to deception.

This 'one mighty and strong' calling of the latter days is composed of a large cross section of individuals called of God. Each of the 144,000 are after this order, if I understand correctly. Some roles might be more 'grandiose than others in terms of their visibility and immediate impact, but in the spirit of the body of Christ, none are 'better' than another. Certainly none are the lone culmination of all truth; and so long as any of these individuals think that their particular piece of the puzzle makes up the entire puzzle, they will not be able to be fully blessed in their callings, but will hinder their own work to which they are called by turning away people who might otherwise give them credence. They see you and your weaknesses, and the holes in your paradigm and the lack in your words, and they turn off your entire ministry. You alone do not measure up to the grandeur of the prophecies of the one like unto Moses to come in the latter days.

Take your calling, for example. You certainly are talented and have received wonderful insights and have had magnificent experiences. But you don't have all truth. I hope sincerely that you do not think otherwise. I would gauge by our interaction thus far that you do not think this.

It is only in the synthesis of all these 144,000 working as one that a 'fullness' is achieved. Until then, we only have individual pieces fitting together one at a time, here a little, there a little. It is when we are thus combined that the prophecy of Moses is fulfilled, for the latter-day ministry is not about leaning on one man standing in the stead of God, but by finding the gifts latent in each of us, hearing God for ourselves, and drawing upon that gift of God in union with others, to bring about a wholeness. This is the ONE SHEPHERD that will be over us in the millennium of peace. It is the truth found in each of our hearts working in harmony with others. Yes, God him(&her)self will be in our midst, but so will the understanding that in each of us is a calling to full godhood, and that the conscience rooted in each, from which our decisions are made, is ultimately the arbiter of our fate and perfection, in concert with others who likewise are seeking this fullness.

We don't have to speak in scriptureesque speech for our words to be the word of God. We don't have to say, "thus saith the Lord" for our words to have a divine stamp of approval. You don't have to claim that a person must hearken to the words brought forth by you specifically in order to make it into the circle of God's elect and not be cut off from among them. In fact, to do so would not be entirely true, for you are but a piece of the whole.

I know I alone certainly do not fit the grandeur of the description of this latter-day David or Moses or Messiah. Yet I know that I have been called and prepared and have done many things already that are included as a partial fulfillment of this prophecy, notwistanding my weaknesses and mistakes. But my work, like any other, is not meant to stand by itself, but is to be supplemented by the other 144,000 who are likewise called and prepared and have done many things toward the fulfillment of this prophecy.

When we join together as a team, then will our weaknesses be overcome by virtue of the strengths of others. So long as we remain divided, insisting upon the exclusivity of our individual paradigms, then our weaknesses impair the work we are called to do -- together.

144,000 is a lot of extremely neat people! Furthermore, according to my understanding, 144,000 it is not a precise number as much as it is a description of an order or a quorum. The actual number might be more or less than this. Still, I would not be surprised or disappointed if it was exactly that number when completed on this earth. Ironically, it is a little more than a tenth of a tenth of the number of members of the LDS church, according to the statistics being given today.

As long as those who are called after this order do not recognize or acknowledge that their work is but a part of a whole, but think instead that their work is the epitome and complete fulfillment of that role of one mighty and strong, then they will wane in frustration, desperation, and deception; yet still spurred on by the glory of the piece they are given, for each role is in itself glorious as a beam or ray from the throne of God. But if we can realize that there are many of us out here, and that we are meant to work together, then I believe we will begin to fulfill this prophecy in power, for the blessing of all mankind, and to the damnation of those who refuse to hearken -- 'damnation' not being a word meant to cut them off forever, but to indicate their lack of progression at this time because they refuse to receive the blessings of greater things that God is extending to them. Some people are just not far enough advanced in their spiritual journey to be able to handle the rigors of hearkening. But some day, perhaps on some galaxy far, far away, in a time that seems eternally distant, they will finally hearken, and they themselves will become one with the one mighty and strong -- which is God.

What a glorious time it is in which we live. May we each be faithful to our individual missions in life, and may we seek to work in harmony one with another, that we might achieve together that which we are destined -- to be One, Mighty and Strong, in extending mercy even to the undeserving, exacting justice where necessary, being filled with love, lifting the hands which hang down, bringing down the prideful to repentance, causing the blind to see, the deaf to hear, the dead to be raised, and coming to a knowledge of all things -- together, as a united team, as ONE.

Sincerely, your co-laborer in the Lord's vineyard,

Sterling D. Allan
www.greaterthing.com
www.patriotsaints.com