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L I/CIntroduction: This is by design and intent meant to be instructive and informative. Manyyoung prophets are demolished when the Word they receive is not realized immediately andoften time young prophets (and some more matured prophets) easily mistaken the

i mminency of things `in The Spirit' as speaking of imminent events `in this world'- - thetwo are not the same, not even close.

Visions, Words from the Lord GOD, Revelations , HOLY SPIRIT Insi ghts all come to

us by the Spirit of God and in and out of `In The Spirit where time as we know it does not

exist. In plain terms, the Past, the Present and the Future are all one 'In The Spirit' - aconcept we can accept but not understand. So the time frame of God's revelations that cometo us may seem "imminent" and we may be stirred to "believe" it is imminent, but in factthe actual timing is not revealed, unless the Lord God does something He rarely does,which is to give an earthly time frame with the vision.

Soul static - Another problem area for prophets, especially young prophets, is what I liketo call "soul static." A prophet receives a Word by the Spirit of God but it comes to usthrough our soul life and, being carnal, the soul will add to God's Word. The first time wesee this is in Genesis 3: 3. Here Eve adds to God's Word and this is an action that leads tothe woman being deceived by the Devil. One of the disciplines a prophet needs is to be able

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to die to self to the place they cease being subject to their own soul static. Again, thisdiscipline is a learned thing gained through trial and error where the prophet acquires thisdiscipline of the soul by hard knocks.

Most young prophets are destroyed for a lack of patience, compassion and understandingamong brethren in the church.

What do I mean by "destroyed"? The most common church reaction to young prophetsthat speak timing which fails or who sonIishly add to God's Word (which leads to failure

of that Word) is out and out condemnation. The young prophet who fails is called a "falseprophet" in a heart beat, condemned and is often required to repent of being deceived bythe Devil. The instant the young prophet repents of JESUS' Word and calls Him Satan, thebond they had with the HOLY SPIRIT is broken - they are destroyed!

Some slink off, head lowered in shame, while some get heady and resist correction slippinginto pride which destroys them. Others submit to man's authority in the church to the placethat they are no longer able to hear JESUS speak to them.

The point of being "destroyed" is that this prophet is no longer able to serve Jesus, nolonger able or willing to hear Him or is so devastated by condemnations that they slip intosin or outright rebellion against God.

What is a "False P rophet"? The most common definition at work in the body of Christtoday is that a prophet which prophecies something which does not come to pass is a "falseprophet."

However, prophetic accuracy is not the way "false prophets" are measured or found out.

We see in the Book of Jonah, chapter 3, verses 4-5 that on the Lord's bidding Jonahprophesied that Nineveh would be overthrown in forty days. It reads, " So the people ofNineveh believed God" (verse 5a). God then spared Nineveh. Was Jonah a "falseprophet"? Of course not Rather Jonah was true to the Lord.

A "false prophet" is someone who is not true to the Lord Jesus Christ. We are talking aboutan inward condition that is not visible to carnal eyes, but is only visible to and by the Spiritof God.

How long does it take the Lord to train a prophet? In my own experience it was aperiod of 14 years (1975 to 1989) and more. The Lord drew me to Him through His writtenWord and prayer starting in 1968, but in this time kept me away from the church up until1975, a period of 7 years. In that seven year period (1968-1975) I was firmly grounded inChrist and developed a sound, deep and resilient living relationship with the Father, Jesus

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and the Holy Spirit. Only after I was established in Him did He send me to the church.

Except I was grounded in Christ from 1968 to 1975 1 question if I would have survived asHis prophet to this clay. sii rr4R I jc [ d

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Th WAR TRAP

Today I can look back to 1980 and see current events that spring from the judgmentpatterns obser v ed some 24 years ago, some from 12 years ago. Some of the things JESUStold me in 1979 have come to a degree of fulfillment in 2001, 22 years later! What amazesme is the time that can pass from the date of a revelation to the day we see some level of

RESOLVING A REVELATION (continuedi fulfillment. Sometimes it is

shortly, only a matter of days or weeks. Sometimes it is a year or more. Sometimes it is tenyears or more.

Most young prophets are condemned if the Word they give does not come to pass insideof a few days, sometimes weeks if some brethren are feeling generous.

However, I can point to the Word and revelations of 1983 where the Lord God revealed acoming accidental nuclear attack and that the U.S. would have an anti-ballistic missiledefense system, that Iran would launch a nuclear-tipped missile atU.S. troops in the PersianGulf region wiping our army out in one blow, and that North Korea would invade SouthKorea in some future day.

Today, some 21 years later, that U.S. anti-ballistic missile defense system is no longer avision but a reality and more, and it works just the way the Lord God spewed me it wouldin 1983. Iran is building nuclear weapons and has threatened to launch a preemptive strikeagainst the U.S. if they feel threatened - exactly what the Lord shewed me they would doin 1983. Today North Korea is likewise rattling the war sword. The revelations of 1983 aretoday headline news - but it has been 21 years!

Here is another revelation to take a look at (below). Since 1968 I have made a habit ofwriting down everything JESUS tells me and also noting not on]y the date and time but thecircumstances under which the Word came. This recording of His Word has helped me

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RESOLVING A REVELATION (continued) learn to sort out "soulish input"from His Word and to be more yielded to His Spirit.

Here are my notes from JESUS' WORD Record dated March 23, 2003

JESUS to Chuck-JOHNELSunday March 23 2003 10 P.M.

We (Nancy-TONI and I) are at the 24 Hour Fitness club(working out) and briefly watchingTV news about the war in Iraq.

"Valley of death" comes to mind and I perceive the U.S. military is about to face a mega-battle then this Word comes:

"The 3 rd Motorized Infantry Division will enter the valley of death. The battle will befierce with heavy loss on all sides. The U.S. will break through at the last."

At this time the 3 rd Motorized Infantry Division was entering Baghdad, Iraq - I expectedthat they would run into a fierce house to house fight based on this Word.

Was I sure that this Word was the Lord's Word? Actually, no. I was not certain that thiswas His Word, but was careful to pray about it and then to see how it played out.

What made me cautious was the way in which this Word came. I was watching the battlereports and seeing U.S. forces advance rapidly into Iraq with little or no resistance. At somepoint I expected the Iraqi's to make a last stand and fight a bloody house to house battle.

Because I had these expectations I was not sure that my own soul had not gotten involvedand that it may have fed me something I expected to see happen. I believe I shared thisWord at an end-of-month meeting in Spokane and discussed the uncertainty that doggedme as well. It was one of those situations where I could not say it was the Lord and couldnot say it was not the Lord. The revelation came as a knowing more than anything else andin that knowing this Word came - not the usual experience. I finally settled on the positionthat this was the Lord's Word - it was now a "wait and see how it unfolds."

Today it is some 18 months later (from March 23, 2003) and what did and has happenedis worth taking a look at.

The 3 Motorized Infantry Division entered Baghdad and met no fierce resistance, insteadU.S. troops were greeted as liberators. It was not long after March 23rd, 2003 that the U.S.

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RESOLVING A REVELATION continued forces pulled down a statue ofSaddam Hussein in central Baghdad and Iraqi's went wild with joy! Hardly the thing Iunderstood would happen based on the Word I received on March 23, 2003! Again, by HisWord I expected to see street to street, house to house fighting.

THE WAR: MARCH 19, 2003 to APRIL 30, 2003

By April 30, 2003 Iraq had been overrun and the fighting stopped. The war was over or soit seemed.

NIGHTMARE IN THE SUNNI TRIANGLE

The "VALLEY OF DEATH" the U.S. military entered on March 23, 2003 was theBaghdad area of Iraq - and this area became better known as the "Sunni Triangle"(Sunniis the name of a religious branch of Islam). The "Sunni Triangle" consisted of the cities ofBaghdad, Samarra, Tikrit, Ramadi and Fallujah. Attacks on U.S. forces from the "SunniTriangle" began to escalate by Moslem fanatics with increasing numbers of car bombs,roadside bombs and outright battles.

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As we draw nearer to the November 2, 2004 Presidential Election the attacksin Iraq have intensified with loss of Iraqi's and Americans killed by Moslemfanatics on the increase. It was obvious to me that Al Qaeda is casting theirbullets in favor of John Ken-y.

The photo on the next page ('taken from the September 20, 2004 TIMEMAGAZINE) shows the devastation in Najaf, Iraq after heavy fighting by U.S.forces to drive out insurgents (Moslem murderers) - it shows the kind of

destruction I expected to see following JESUS' Word to me of March 23, 2003.It is in house to house fighting like this that U.S. forces will suffer high loss andthe enemy even greater loss.

Indeed, as JESUS told me on March 23, 2003, "THE BATTLE WILL BEFIERCE WITH HEAVY LOSS ON ALL SIDES."

Tt is only now, some 1 R months after having received JESUS' Word March 23,2003 can we see what He was revealing - something that would unfold andbecome visible over a period of many months, not in a period of a few days.

So while m y understanding of His Word was correct, the timing was way off -

it was not something that one could see immediately, but it is now visible toeveryone.

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Again, this picture (above) shows what I expected to see happen following the Word ofMarch 23, 2003.

[Photos and map used in this report were drawn from TIME MAGAZINE of September 24, 2404and October 4, 2004]

REVELATION AND SOME DETAILS

It has been my singular experience that whenever JESUS tells me something that appearsto be topical or can be applied to current events, I find that this is rarely the case. It seemsthat whenever my focus falls on a given area that in those times the Lord can and oftenspeaks to me within the context of that focus and outlines things to me that are almostalways for some distant day.

As my thoughts were focused on the war on March 23, 2003 I was truly uncertain if it was

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RESOLVING A REVELATION (continued) for now or if it was the Lordand not my own soul feeding me what I "thought" might happen. It is when you have astrong opinion about something that one needs to be especially careful that the Word youreceive is not out of your own soul. Thus my caution on March 23, 2003. 1 concluded afterabout a week of praying about it that it was the Lord's Word and then the war just came toan end - seemingly. At that point I figured I'd let it sort out as the Lord JESUS willed. Well,it is now 18 months later and it has sorted out, it was and is as Jesus said.

THE WAR TRAP ASPECT OF THIS

JESUS began issuing warnings of a WAR TRAP coming on America in 1979 and whenPresident George H. Bush led America to war with Iraq in 1990-91 I knew then that the wartrap had been snapped on our country. I knew that this war would go on and on, seeminglywithout end.

President George W. Bush sincerely struggled to get America out of this war trap but likethe proverbial hare caught in the tar, the more we struggled the more entangled in the tartrap we get.

How do we get out? The problem lies with the church more than anything else -not with the military, not the Moslems, not the political parties in America.

On January 23, 1991 JESUS told me this:

"IN THE EYES OF FATHER GOD IT IS AMERICA WHO SOUGHT ANDSTARTED THIS WAR. PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH* OPENED THE DOOR TOANTICHRIST, NO ONE CAN SHUT THIS DOOR UNTIL ALL HE BRINGSCOMES IN FULL MEASURE." (I asked "Lord JESUS, what comes?" JESUS replied:)"WAR AND GREATER WAR FOLLOWED BY WORLD WAR, THIS WHATGEORGE BUSH HAS TRULY UNLEASHED IN THIS WORLD, YET BEFORE HEDID, MY CHURCH DID."

*Note - JESUS speaks of George H. Bush here, not the current President but his dad.

Ultimately the solution to escaping this war trap lies in the church. How the Lord mighthave me give counsel to President George W. Bush is not known or to what extent it mightlessen the effect of the war trap or if it is even possible to escape the war trap without thechurch repenting.

What I do know from JESUS' Word of March 23, 2003 is that the U.S. will break throughat the last - meaning to me we will triumph over the Moslem murderers. But t at will notmean that we will escape the war trap - that is a different issue. God bless.

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SOME MAIL from our own N.O.P. Major Charles Andrews of LIVINGWATERS prayer Group who is also a Warrant Officer-3 in the UnitedStates Army (he pilots helicopters). Charles was deployed to Iraq this past

March of 2004.

Letterfrom CliarlesAndrews irz Iraq dated Se tember 5 2404 (Quote) "Chuck-JOHNELand Nancy-TONI, Greetings in Jesus Christ's Name. Thank you for your prayer supportand putting my name out to the NOP for prayer support. The last couple of weeks havebeen less stressful. I thank God for that. The military has been pretty active around here andof course we support them by providing Medevac suppo rt from Mosul down to Sam ara. Wefly patient transfers as far south as Baghdad. That trip is always fun. I am pretty sure myprotective Angels are definitely keeping me safe. The other night they got me into a landingzone that was extremely tricky. The most challenging landing I have had here.

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During the day this would bechallenging. Wearing night visiongoggles is a bit hairy. I aborted thefirst attempt. On the second attempt Ido believe the Lord's Angel pushedthe tail wheel down to the ground atwhich point I planted the aircraft onthe ground. Also got a brief glimpseof the ground. Landing like this welike to touch the ground before thedust cloud envelopes us. Did not havethe room for that. Also landing intothe wind is preferred.

We were able to get the soldier outand that's what counts. Our Mediclater told me that if we where notpicking up a patient there is no way hewould let us land. I tend to agree. Our

unit has about 5 months left on this deployment. I do look forward to getting back to theStates. I just got the updated prayer sheets, thank you.

I think it is possible our military will lose a lot of experienced pilots after this Iraq war. Iknow many senior pilots who are getting out. I know several pilots that are getting out aftertheir initial 6 year commitment is up. Same kind of thing happened in 1995 (the Clintonyears) except the military was pushing them out then.

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I prayed a lot for God's Perfect Will to be done during the hurricanes that hit Florida. PraiseGod the death toll was lessened! I pray that the two of you are well and blessed. Again,thank you for your prayers. Sincerely in Jesus Christ's Name, Charles Andrews.[freebird 1 Ous a@yahoo.com ]

P.S. I hope you got my absentee vote through Captain Dee F. She has been blessed by herappointment to Captain. Just mailed my physical absentee vote as well." ( Unquote)

Letter from Charles Andrews in Iraq August.. 2004 (Quote) "Hello and Greetings inChrist Jesus Name. Currently located in Talafar. Moved from Baqula to Tikrit to Mosul.Took two weeks leave to be with my family. Then back to Mosul then Tikrit and nowTalafar. I agree with some of those in the NOP that things have been tough in certain areas.I personally request prayer for stress and depression. At last here in Talafar it is kinda quiet.Almost like an old west outpost. About six months to go. We have already been told toexpect to return here a year or so after we get back to the US. It may be time to find a newprofession.

Most days I am able to pray the regular NOP Prayers as well as my deployment prayers.Mail is still a bit slow and do not have access to a phone here. Prayers from the NOP andothers have helped the soldiers here and we appreciate it. Tell everyone THANK YOU!God bless. Charles Andrews, NOP Major and U.S. Army helicopter pilot. (Unquote)

Photo (above) taken after a mission and lunch. Left to right: Sgt Cobb (Flight Medic),myself, 1st Lt. Blue (Copilot) and SPC Taylor (Crew Chief). Sgt Hubbard (Flight Medic)took this photo.