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A Wakeup Call to the Bride

Steven Shelley

Steven Shelley

New Hope Revival Ministries

November 1, 2004 · 16 min read

Throughout the years God has visited His people in waves of revival and seasons of refreshing. But this hour differs from all others. We are not just looking for another move of God or another stirring, we are looking for the change. It is a holy day, a holy season, a sacred time on earth.

We are swiftly approaching the time God’s people have longed for. Prophets, seers and sages have yearned to see this day. Heaven has recorded this hour, angels have waited for this season appointed. The Bride of Jesus Christ is coming into her finest hour. The highest honor in heaven and earth is being bestowed upon a little rejected people, God’s elect Lady. Highly favored of the Lord, she is moving into her ministry of perfect love.

“We are standing on the brink of the most powerful spiritual shaking the world has ever known.”

We are standing on the brink of the most powerful spiritual shaking the world has ever known. In every nation and people, kindred and tongue, a mighty wooing of the Holy Ghost is taking place. The time has come for the sons of God to be manifested. The Bride of Christ is moving into her adoption. She is coming forth to receive the most ultimate of all promises - to be just like Jesus, ready to do the quick short work by the power of the Spoken Word

Trained for spiritual warfare, schooled for the heat of battle, dressed in heavenly armor, the Bride of Christ is being summoned into the Throne Room to present herself in the troops of the army of the Most High God. She has been chosen to come boldly before Him, that He might reveal to her His will. She is gaining insight and is being trusted with classified information of another realm and the secrets of another dimension. Equipped for battle, she will not promote her own ideas or versions of events, but march in step with that which God has already shown in the heavens.

The prophet Joel saw this army invincible, “Like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. They shall run like mighty men; They shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march everyone on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks. Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk everyone in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.”

The Final War of the Ages

Nothing can prevent the Bride from climbing the steps of revelation, preparing her for her appointment to stand face-to-face with her heavenly Bridegroom. God ordained and purposed this greatest of events from the foundation of the world. The King is about to whisper to her His last secret of how she can step over the threshold, through the door, into His Glory and perfection.

The Bride’s Revival has struck the earth, and the Bride is answering the call of the Spirit. No longer intimidated by Satan’s tactics, she is zeroing in on pulling down strongholds. The final war of the ages is upon us, and we must counter-attack Satan’s every onslaught by the Word of God, by fasting and strategic intercession and prayer.

“The final war of the ages is upon us, and we must counter-attack Satan’s every onslaught by the Word of God, by fasting and strategic intercession and prayer.”

I have seen Satan’s final onslaught to prevent the Bride from stepping through the door of great Glory and perfection, holy and full of power. In vision I saw the raging battles of this last terrible, terrible war. Never has there been such time of intense fighting as this final struggle.

It was on February 18, 1996, when I saw this little woman dressed in her wedding gown. She was standing at the door. Her foot on the threshold, she was ready to step over. But Satan was there to hinder. He knew what was beyond that door. He has stood in that Presence before. For years he has held the Bride back by lying to her. He made her think she could not go in. He has told her it wasn’t for her. Sad to say, she believed him and she sat down.

Satan was angry. He thought he had her cornered, but he wasn’t counting on this revival. In vision I saw myself approaching the threshold when the very demon powers of hell grabbed me. They tried to drag me away from the door. I was afraid, but Jesus told me to call Satan’s bluff.

Finally, after a great struggle, when the Angel of the Lord saw I had no strength, only fear, He opened the door and let me see inside. Inside I saw the Glory of His perfection. I saw revival, real deliverance. I could see what was just ahead, and it gave me courage to stand. It wasn’t heaven. It was closer than heaven. It was the Capstone Ministry. Just inside that door were the manifested sons of God in their full adoption.

That gave me strength to stand firm against the enemy. I planted my feet and looked at him. He was a massive force, hideous, big. He projected a shadow larger than he was. It looked like that little woman in the wedding gown would be squeezed and destroyed. Satan’s presence was invading, the demon powers so oppressive. I could see it in the Spirit. I felt it in the physical.

Suddenly the Spirit of the Lord came down in the most powerful authority and anointing, and rebuked that beast. He went one way, his shadow went the other. I followed him with my eyes. He turned around to face me. To my surprise, my greatest enemy was in disguise. To my shock and amazement, this overpowering demon of destruction who had come to destroy us, who had threatened us and caused our hearts to race, our bodies to twitch with fear, he who tried to keep us out of the door to prevent us from crossing the threshold, he was about the size of an overgrown mouse.

God was showing me that compared to the authority of the Bride, Satan is no more than a little bitty rat. He knew the victory had been won, the door was now open. No more lies, no more attacks, no more fronts could stop her. She pressed in, put her foot on the threshold, and Satan ran for cover.

He ought to squirm. God has a punishment for the devil worse than hell. Day by day he must watch the Bride become more like Jesus. Every day he sees us winning more flesh battles. Cloaks of religion are coming off, and we are putting on the real divine nature. God is about to baptize His Bride with the purest of love.

Sickness must dwindle, divine health is coming. Depression must leave, and encouragement come flooding in. Sadness, bad attitudes and ugly spirits are dwindling, as the Holy Ghost floods us with the joy of the Lord. Satan must stand and watch us rise to the position of great power and authority, the position he has fought so hard to attain.

The Coming of God’s Divine Order

On April 11, 1999, the Lord allowed me to look into the heavens and see angels gathering for holy warfare. They stood in divine order, shoulder to shoulder in holy rank, with one mind, one goal, one purpose, and that was to fulfill the will of God. Even the ministry of Jesus in the earth could only be carried out by the things going on in the heavenlies.

I heard the Voice of God declare, “All that is happening in the heavens is being played out in the earth. When the Bride of Jesus joins herself together in holy pattern and synchronization of divine order, arrayed in the battle gear of the Spirit provided her by the Word of God, when she begins to stand shoulder to shoulder, I will reveal unto thee the final battle plan, the final war of the ages.”

“When the Bride of Jesus joins herself together in holy pattern and synchronization of divine order, I will reveal unto thee the final battle plan, the final war of the ages.”

He let me know that we are standing in the midst, not knowing the battle. “But yea, the Lord would say unto thee, an army doth not have need to know the plan of the battle until the army is prepared for battle.”

Angels began to move in circular motion, angelic host in holy union around the Throne in perfect rhythm and perfect order. Ezekiel had seen this angelic wheel circling around the Throne, with Jesus at the center. Wheels within wheels.

This perfect movement around the Throne symbolizes God’s perfect order that He is getting ready to reveal to His people in the earth.

“Because you have said, ‘I cannot live without knowing God’s perfect will,’ I am getting ready to reveal My perfect will and My perfect order from the Wheel in the wheels. The Word of the Lord has gone forth saying,

“Perfect order is coming for your life, and for the Body of Christ, and the ministry that I have raised up to reap the final harvest. Prepare yourself to receive the Divine Order and the perfect will of God. It will come as a revelation.” I beheld the beautiful sight of the heavenly host moving into the realm of perfect cadence, that same rhythm and movement God is calling His Bride into. The more we tap in by intercession and prayer, by praise and true worship to what is going on in heavenly atmosphere, the quicker we can be set in divine order for such a time as this.

“Prepare yourself, even as heaven is preparing. Let the saints arise, even as the angels have risen together. Then in that hour when you are standing in ‘Divine Unity and Purpose,’ I will reveal unto thee the final battle plan, the final war of the ages.

“And yea, the Lord would say unto thee, let Me whisper to you that the victory is yours. It belongs to My children. Rise and seek the will of heaven.”

Prayer Directives

A whole new concept has opened up to us in the Spirit since we have answered the call of the Holy Ghost to “Watch” in prayer every Friday night from ten PM to six AM. Our prayer life has been revolutionized as a Church Body. What began as a commitment by our local church is now spilling over to the nations. The saints who feel the urgency to pray and seek the Lord for revival in their own lives, deliverance for their families, or intercession for their country, have pledged to seek the Lord in joint effort against the enemy of our soul.

As the Bride universal we have been called to subdue forces of evil that hang over cities and neighborhoods, over nations and kingdoms. Power and authority has been given to us to subdue spiritual wickedness in high places. We have become men and women on a mission of purpose. Our ultimate commission is to step into a place of authority with the Father and pray in Christ’s stead. This is the day of answered prayer.

As with an earthly army, the saints report to duty by committing to pray for one hour to provide a prayer cover. As the military would receive war plans and instructions, zeroing in on their target sites, we as watchmen on the wall follow written prayer directives as our very own personal set of military plans with predetermined sites. We pray for particular needs expressed in prayer requests, or we focus on the things God’s searchlight has illuminated in the going forth of His Word. The Holy Ghost anointing on these directives gives guidance for us to pray strategically and specifically for the needs in the church and ministry. We decree and pray effectively with purpose and strategy.

Every intercessor is needed to line up on the battlefront with the intent to target the breaking and tearing down of strongholds. There is strength in number. God is mobilizing a search and rescue mission. Chains and shackles holding our loved ones must be broken. On our knees we are wrestling down demonic forces. These spirits have tormented and held captive long enough. Our enemy is real, our warfare certain.

This final battle we face is literal warfare. Not only is the devil out to hinder or just nip at our heels, he is out to ensnare, to destroy and devour. He has plotted our demise and destruction. As a unified army we are determined to destroy our vicious foe. Clad in army fatigues and combat boots we are stalking in the Spirit the haunts of our adversary. We’re asking the Lord for discernment and wisdom. Endued with the gift of intercession, we are going after the enemy of our soul. Through prayer and intercession, we have been commissioned to subdue strongholds of nations.

Several years ago, the Lord showed me a vision announcing the coming of the Bridegroom. I could see a transformation taking place in the little store building of our church. When I heard the voice of the Lord declare, “I am going to dress them in the wedding garment,” I expected to see the Bride of Christ veiled, robed in glistening white apparel. Instead I saw a people being changed, dressed supernaturally from their street and church clothes into army fatigues. Even the sisters wore dresses made of camouflage material. God was showing me that great warfare was involved. In His great army of soul reapers, we all must do battle in the Spirit.

Armies of the underworld are marching. Every demon of hell has aimed his gun at the Bride to keep her from her divine appointment with the Bridegroom. Every onslaught of evil is to block God’s hand from breaking forth, to cause her to be late for that great meeting. Forces of darkness have poised their arrows to target unity and love, to bring division. They have determined to prevent us from serving God and walking in deliverance. With their weapons rooted in the power of deception, demon spirits work to ruin lives, ruin ministries, ruin families, bring utter chaos and destruction to God’s elect. It is time we recognize what has a hold of us.

Without exception, we all have demons working against us. When we cannot love to the extreme, there is a stronghold influencing us. The lid of hell has been ripped off and thousands times thousands of demons have been loosed on the Bride. Spirits have troubled her, addictions have plagued her. Some have been driven into the deepest of depressions, fears and torment. Others have been attacked by spirts of jealousy, anger and bitterness. If lying spirits couldn’t overcome her, spirits of lust torment her, religious demons of self-righteousness moved in to attach themselves to people’s lives, stifling the very revelation of God’s Truths.

But no matter how heavy the cloak of religion draped around us, we cannot hide our sins under the cover of religion.

Corporate Fasting

Several weeks before our annual campmeetings we heard an alarming wake-up call. Spirits bigger, sneakier, wiser and slicker than any of us were working amongst us. And God revealed to us prophetic steps of most effective solution. “By prayer and fasting corporately, there will be deliverance,” He said. Real deliverance would come by corporate effort to loose the bands of wickedness and undo heavy burdens. Prisoners of war would go free. The Lord has decreed for this to be a year of reconciliation and a year of homecoming.

Not only has the Lord called us to a time of corporate prayer and intercession, a time of fasting here and there, but at the beginning of this year the Holy Ghost led our local church Body into a corporate fast of forty days. We are fasting for deliverance. Some pledged to fast several days, others skipped a meal here and there, yet others felt led to go on an extended fast. Again, precious saints from various nations joined us because they also see their need for their own deliverance. We’re asking the Lord to tear down houses and kingdoms, spirits and principalities. We must fortify our every wall against enemy attack.

A prophetic word of consolation came forth on January 29th, just before we began our corporate fast. The Lord promised to do a complete work in us. “It shall not be a half job. I will bring total deliverance.” Nothing would be left unturned in our lives. “I shall clean thee, I shall scour thee, I shall scrub thee with My anointing. I shall deliver you from the sins of your past, I shall deliver you from the sins of the present. I shall break everything that has even come down upon thee from generations beyond.”

Sinful curses passed down from our father and mother, even our grandparents. “I shall so completely set you free, that you shall for one time in your life know the meaning of My Word. “He whom the Son shall set free, will be free indeed.” He promised, “You will know the feeling of ‘free indeed.’

He promised not to leave us empty, but “I shall come back and remove the residue that sin has left behind. Even when the rebellion has been taken out of your life.”

The Key is Perfect Love

No nuclear bomb nor germ warfare, nothing on the drawing boards of terrorists could begin to compare with our weapon and arsenal for deliverance - the Word of God appropriated in perfect love. The strongest demon of the underworld is no match for the power of Jesus Christ. God has told us to raise His banner high above our heads, and He would give us strength to cut away chains and shackles, fetters and cages. Demon spirits run for cover when they realize their hiding place is about to be exposed.

Winds of deliverance are blowing, catching up the debris weighing down our lives. God’s army will loose bands by resisting the howls of the enemy.

Perfect love will rule this army. Brother will not stand against brother. They’re bonded in unity in love. Not just a casual expression, but the purest of love will cause us to feel one another’s burdens and pain. It will allow us to feel one another’s estrangements and division from God. His elected Lady will reach the deepest levels of intercession and prayer, until she will feel and experience the very pain others are experiencing. Her heart of compassion will cause her to reach inside people’s deepest hurts. She’ll recognize the hidden problems working in their lives, and touch God on their behalf. All infections must be released, all wounds be healed. Healing has to take place in the Body of Christ.

The Bride will so love Jesus. His Word will no longer be a detached history book to her, but every chapter and verse is like the opening of a precious box of love letters from our heavenly Bridegroom. God will have such a people.

His Word will no longer God is about to mend the breaches of our lives. He is bidding us to bring Him the shredded pieces of garments

My precious friends. The King is depending on us to continue to climb and achieve our highest calling, His perfect love. Jesus is depending on you and me to reach out to His Bride for deliverance, to love them without compromise.