(摘自喬納word for the week, Week 1, 2019)
中譯：國度禱告網
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2018年十二月14日我做了一個夢，是關於各種攻擊將臨到美國。我看見那些被派出去的人彼此攻擊。
在夢中，我正排隊等著被派出去對抗其中一個敵人，有一個天使接近我，告訴我有不同的任務。我被帶到大型裝置，此裝置正在展示『從天堂角度來看美國共和國的歷史』。
正當我觀看時，我看見如果我穿越此裝置的表面，在我右手邊，時間正朝著現在前進。我決定走到盡頭來看天堂角度現在正發生什麼。當我到了現在，有一句話以閃閃發光的金色字體寫著：『美國第二次革命／內戰是無法避免的，是合宜的，而且會成功』。
當我走進現在所看見的，我明瞭為何此革命／內戰是『無法避免的』，為何是『合宜的』。當我反覆思想此，我覺得這可能是我被託付最重要的啟示，我醒過來。我感覺我被容許進入天堂角度的『美國共和國』歷史，我將回頭來看以得著更多瞭解，好協助我們預備即將揭開之事。
我們已經在『美國第二次革命／內戰』的第一階段，我知道這帶來許多問題，例如：『什麼方面？什麼問題？什麼是合宜的？最重要的問題是，從天堂角度來看，在這場戰爭中的成功看起來像什麼？
俗話說：『我們若不改變方向，最終會來到我們朝著的方向。』我們不需要成為先知就能看見我們朝著內戰前進；即便如此，在這個夢之前，我以為我們仍有很長的路才會走到『無法避免』的地步。在夢中，我看見我們已經越過那條線，內戰正朝著我們而來，因此我們必須改變策略，從試圖避免到贏得戰爭。要這麼做，我們必須擁有天堂對得勝的觀點。
從天堂觀點來看，我們並沒有贏得美國獨立戰爭。從天堂觀點來看，那場戰爭遠超過贏得獨立─乃是關乎人類政府的自由和革命，藉此建立並維護所有人的自由和正義。在這場戰爭中完成一些意義深遠的事情，但也有一些基本路線若以天堂觀點來看，離成功還很遠。倘若國家創立者真的相信人生而平等─這也是他們宣告尋求獨立的原因─那麼就不會有奴隸，內戰就可以避免。
倘若根據天堂觀點內戰是成功的，就不會產生民權運動（Civil Rights Movement），也不會有許多我們目前仍在抗爭的衝突。美國可能鎮壓了叛亂並結束奴隸制度，這是有必要的，卻沒有全然戰勝，建立全體性的公義與平等。除非有給所有人的公義和自由，否則我們便沒有完成身為國家的目的。這即是何以革命戰爭與內戰需要再次開打，直到得著根據天堂觀點的『成功』結局。
美國共和、民主與公平不單是因為種族而有所偏斜，乃是因著財富、名望、政治與其他因素而扭曲。倘若自由和公義完全被扭曲，就會有兩個方向。財富可能可以請得起律師，好讓他們可以全身而退，但他們的財富也會使他們成為攻擊目標，相同的也在名望、政治強人身上。
天堂沒有期待在這一世代地上萬物盡都完全；事實上，聖經上說就算地上最好的事物在天上也如同影兒一般，目前地上最好的仍是將要臨到的影兒。然而，當我們是某件事的影兒，代表我們非常接近真實的事物。美國共和國被呼召成為最接近給所有人的自由與公義，我們還沒達到。我們被呼召成為列國的榜樣，並不是像現在政府功能不彰的榜樣。
在戰爭上我們也必須擁有天堂觀點，我們傾向將戰爭視為常備軍之間的激烈戰鬥，但正在展開的戰爭不會像獨立戰爭或內戰那樣。與那些和我們時代有關的戰爭有些相似之處，但在許多方面又不盡相同。然而，這並非意味著我們現在所面對的會比較容易。整個世界正進入歷史上最艱難的時期，我們所被給予面對的是一個從上頭而來的確切盼望，結果將是『成功的』。
至少在2019年的第一階段，我將詳細說明我在此異夢中所看見的事情。
The Second American Revolutionary/Civil War
Week 1, 2019
Rick Joyner
On December 14, 2018, I had a dream about various attacks coming upon our country. I was also shown those who would be sent out to counter each one.
In the dream, I was waiting in line to be sent to fight one of these enemies when I was approached by an angel and told that I had a different assignment. I was then taken to a large device that was showing “A History of The American Republic from Heaven’s Perspective.”
As I watched this, I saw that if I walked across the face of this device, to my right the times progressed toward the present. I decided to go to the end to see heaven’s perspective on what was happening now. When I came to the present, there was a sentence written in brilliant glowing golden letters: “The Second American Revolutionary/Civil War is inevitable, it is right, and it will be successful.”
From what I had seen as I walked to see the present, I understood why this Revolutionary/Civil War was “inevitable” and why it was “right.” As I stood pondering this, feeling that this might be the most important revelation I had ever been trusted with, I woke up. I felt that I had been given access to this history of “The American Republic” from heaven’s perspective, and that I would be going back to it for more understanding to help us prepare for what is to unfold.
We are already in the first stages of “The Second American Revolutionary/Civil War.” I know this leads to many questions, such as: What are the sides? What are the issues? What is right about it? Most important of all, what does success in this war look like from heaven’s perspective?
As the saying goes, “If we do not change our direction we will end up where we are headed.” We don’t have to be a prophet to see that we’re headed for civil war. Even so, before the dream I felt that we still had a long way to go before it became “inevitable.” In the dream, I saw that we had already crossed that line and it is now upon us, so we must change our strategy from trying to avoid it to winning it. To do this, we must have heaven’s view of what winning looks like.
From heaven’s perspective, we did not win the Revolutionary War. From heaven’s perspective, that war was about more than just gaining our independence—it was about liberty and a revolution in the government of men that would establish and maintain liberty and justice for all. Some significant things were accomplished in this war, but there were also some very basic ways that it fell far short of what heaven viewed as successful. If the Founders had truly believed that all men were created equal—what they declared to be the reason for seeking independence—then slavery would not have been possible and the Civil War would not have been inevitable.
If the Civil War had been successful according to heaven’s perspective, then there would not have been a need for such things as the Civil Rights Movement or many of the conflicts we are still fighting. The Union may have prevailed in crushing the rebellion and ended slavery, which was essential, but it did not prevail in a way that established justice and equality for all. We will not accomplish our purpose as a nation until there is justice and liberty for all. This is why both the Revolutionary War and Civil War must be fought again until there is a “successful” conclusion according to heaven’s perspective.
In the American Republic, liberty and justice are not just skewed because of race, but they are also perverted by wealth, fame, politics, and other factors. If liberty and justice are distorted at all it will be in both directions. The wealthy may be able to afford lawyers that can get them out of just about anything, but their wealth can also make them targets. The same is true of the famous, the politically strong, etc.
Heaven does not expect anything on earth to be perfect in this age. In fact, the Scriptures state that even the best on the earth is but a shadow of the heavenly, and the best on the earth now will still be but a shadow of what is to come. However, when we are in the shadow of something, we are very close to the real. The American Republic is called to be much closer to liberty and the justice for all than we have yet attained. We are called to be an example of these to the nations, not an example of the dysfunction of government that we have now become.
We must also have heaven’s perspective on war. We tend to think of war as pitched battles between standing armies, but what is unfolding will not be like the Revolutionary War or the Civil War in that way. There are some parallels with those wars that will relate to our times, but many will not. However, this does not mean that what we are now facing will be easier. The whole world is entering the most trying times there has ever been. What we will be given to face them is a sure hope from above that the outcome will be “successful.”
For at least the first part of this year, I will be elaborating on the things I was shown in this dream.