Persecution from Brethren - UBM [David Eells]

I had a dream that I was being persecuted by my fraternity brothers. (A fraternity is a Babylonish organization. When I was in college I was in a fraternity that was founded upon Christian principals but, as with the church that has fallen away to Babylon's lusts, so has this fraternity. These represent apostate Christians who persecute their brothers and sisters during the tribulation.)

Mat.24:10 And then many shall stumble and shall deliver up one another and shall hate one another.

Luk.21:16 But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends, and some of you shall they shall cause to be put to death. And you shall be hated of all men for my names sake.

During this trial I saw many on each side of me who were persecuting me. Act.4:25-28 Who by the holy spirit by the mouth of our father David thy servant didst say: why do the gentiles rage and peoples imagine vain things? The kings of the earth set themselves in array, and the rulers were gathered together, against the lord and against his anointed: for of a truth in this city against thy holy servant Jesus whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and peoples of Israel were gathered together to do whatsoever thy hand and counsel foreordained to come to pass.

I knew in the spirit that this was crucifixion that I had to endure. (As Jesus knew in the spirit that His hour had come, so will the people of God know when their cross is upon them.) I felt an overwhelming grace rise up within me to resist the temptations to come down from off the cross. (The anointing of the latter rain will empower us to endure our trials.)

I then heard a brother from the fraternity tell me he felt sorry for me and then I felt him embrace me and I him. (As it was in the days of Jesus when our Lord was dying on the cross, there will be brothers who will see Jesus in us by our sacrifice and will embrace their own cross to the death.)

(Note from Rex: As I read this, I felt in my spirit that this is just as Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss, which was a "brotherly" greeting even admonished by Paul to greet the brethren with a holy kiss. Remember it was "for the "JOY" set before Him He endured the cross. May this further add to your understanding.)

1Jn.3:16 Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: And we ought to lay our life down for the brethren.

Luk.23:42,43 And he said Jesus remember me when thou comest in the kingdom, and he said unto him verily I say unto thee, today thou shall be with me in paradise. Jon.15:13 Greater love has no man that this that a man lay his life down for his friends.

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