Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Moses Has a New Staff

The Father has been showing me two trials in the recent days. The first trial concluded and immediately the second trial began. It is about the Jewish Center in Seattle that suffered an attack in 2006 by a Muslim American. He held a gun to a young teenage girl and entered the Center. He shot 5 women, one mortally. One of the women was pregnant and when the gunman pointed his gun at her she put her hand up in front of her womb and was shot in the arm. The baby was saved by her act of courage. In watching the trial unfold, the testimonies of the women is deeply emotional and profound. I saw a picture of the woman who was murdered. In her late 50's with gray hair, smiling, holding two dogs on her lap. Here is a description of the trial.

SEATTLE, Washington – At the trial of Naveed Haq, the accused Jewish Center shooter, we got a glimpse of Dayna Klein’s “heroic” ability to composure herself under pressure. She repeatedly fought back emotion during a clear and compelling account of the events of that terrifying day.
Klein, who was pregnant at the time, recalled how she was shot in the arm and leg, and then dragged herself across her office floor to call 911. She stayed on the phone even though she knew the gunman had threatened to kill anyone who did so.
Klein also described the horrifying moments as she left the building. Police officers told her “Don’t look,” but she did anyhow, and saw her friend Pamela Waechter lying face-up on the steps, shot in the head.
“I asked the officers if I could please stay with Pam so that she wouldn’t have to be by herself until she was identified,” said Klein, sobbing on the stand. They did not allow her to.


I looked at these women and felt Jesus' compassion for them, His deep love. And I wanted them to know Him, their Messiah and friend. My heart felt bruised for them. And then the Father showed me something great. As I wondered "how they will come to know Him?", I saw Moses approaching, I knew it was Moses because he was as we think of him. He was striding towards the Father and I, he was holding his staff that the Father had given him. As I looked at Moses I felt the Father's eyes on me so I looked closer and saw that Moses' staff looked different.

Then in an instant I saw that the staff of Moses looks like a cross. The Father said: "They will understand in a instant who Jesus really is".

How glad am I that this vision will be given to His chosen ones so that they might understand the Father and the Messiah. Those women in that trial showed such courage and love, there are so many acts of personal courage we know about in the people of Israel. Thank You Father for Your everlasting love to all Your creation. May the day come when every knee shall bow and every tongue speak the truth at last: JESUS IS LORD.