Chapter 16

Chapter 16 – The Dragon

God drew me to write this book to a place called Noto, Sicily.  I had only been to Sicily for a few hours on that cruise I mentioned.  And I loved it! 

Long story short, I bought two paintings on my cruise.  One that was similar to the square here in Noto and the other looked like the actual place where I would stay the whole time while writing.  I didn’t know that at the time that I­ was purchasing those paintings in Rome and Greece respectively. 

As I was boarding the plane home from the cruise, I got that burning again when I saw the main square of Noto on Facebook that not so randomly came up on my feed.  I knew that was where I had to go next.  I’m learning to just do it as they say…  Similarly, I found the B&B that God had directed me to that looked like the other painting and left right after the holidays. 

I got to Noto on New Year’s Day evening with a dead phone and no taxis at the bus station.  I looked to the right and there was Hotel Flora.  My mother’s name was Flora…  sweet little God winks.  I walked in and they had a plate for the change that said Hotel Flora with a ladybug, which has been my little sign from Him of protection and love.  Everything is going to be ok!  I was able to get a hold of the B&B and they came to get me. 

The next day I had to walk into the town for a charger, which is a whole book on its own featuring a road that I should not have been walking on, through hills with zero visibility cutbacks, going the wrong way, and more nice people helping me.  Talk about walking by faith.  I realized later the adapter that I had brought didn’t fit my notebook to write this book so a divine solution to a problem that I didn’t even know that I had.  Always a step ahead of us thank God!    

A few days later, I went back into town to actually see some of the sites and look at the Christmas lights before they took them down.  The sky started doing a crazy thing again.  So as I do, I took pictures.  Turns out, there was the dragon in the sky this time. 

I did take note at how small and insignificant the image was in the sky compared to the photo of Jesus that I took.  You can see the original image and then the upside down blown-up focused images. 

I looked up the astronomy report for that day on astronomy.com and here is what it said:

Earth reached perihelion this morning when our planet’s not-quite circular orbit brings us to our closest point to the Sun for the year.  Hmmm…

The moon passes .7 degrees north of 1^st magnitude Saturn (satan’s representative planet).  The two are 3 degrees apart with the Moon to saturn’s upper left in the sky and bright Venus (Jesus’ representative planet) to the lower right.

I’m not an astrologer but it sounds like something is going on up there…  and it sure looks like it from here.

Revelation 12:9-12 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.  And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.  And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.  Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

Luke 10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

I had a dream about Machpelah which is the cave where Abraham, Sara, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob and Leah are buried.  There is lots of speculation as well that this is where the entrance to the garden of Eden was.  I went there when I was in Israel, but did not really have any spiritual stirrings about that place at all.  It was strange that the tomb representations of Abraham and Sara were split with one half being a Mosque and the other side being a Synagogue.  You had to go out and around through a gate (guarded with machine guns) in between Israel and Palestinian held territories to view both sides. 

I started doing some research online and I had forgotten that Eden is also supposed to be sort of the door between Heaven and Earth.  Which got me thinking about this sighting of the dragon and why in the world God brought me here.  It makes sense if Eden is the door that he would be kicked out there. 

Sicily is one of the most beautiful places on earth I believe.  It is full of caves also, so I started researching those but didn’t really feel anything.

In the coming days and weeks, I had several people tell me that I needed to go to Malta.  I had done one pass of this book and felt the Holy Spirit leading me there. 

Malta is in the book of Acts, it was where Paul was shipwrecked on the way to Rome.  He was bitten by a poisonous serpent there that came out of the fire.  The people were amazed because he just shook it off back into the fire and continued teaching.  They marveled that he did not die nor seem at all injured. 

Side note that I learned while in Malta, that there have not been any poisonous snakes on that island ever since. 

Anyway, chasing the source of this dragon, it seemed that the island with the serpent coming out of the fire was a good place to go.  I was convinced that all of the mysteries of the Bible and religion that we had all been wondering about were going to be given to me there.  Zippo…

I came back to Noto feeling defeated and that I had somehow let God down and missed it.  He reminded me though of “The Way”…  I had a terrible trip there through severe storms that included an extremely rough three-hour tour on the ferry boat.  Getting the full Paul experience prior to the shipwreck! 

But, through that experience and some others that I considered frustrating at the time, were beautiful connections and powerful seeds planted.  I always think I know the purpose of things and I am almost always wrong.  It’s usually much more simple than my stupid flesh brain makes it and it’s usually not about me.  The last seed planted there in Malta was with a precious girl named Luz.  “The light” in Spanish.  I have no doubt she will be and I hope you read this, dear sweet special girl… 

There was one place that I didn’t go to on one of those hop on and off buses that I felt like I should have.  It was a cave that I had not heard of but was by that point in the day done.  I went back the next day and of course it was closed. 

I looked up Ghar Dalam when I got back to Noto.  Low and behold it is famous for its bees that live in the ground there.  This sounds crazy, but I had a bee stuck in my wall in my house by its stinger upside down.  I had been praying about it for God to reveal the meaning.  Could this be a clue?

That cave housed Malta’s earliest inhabitants dating back 7,000 years.  (About the time of this earth age creation according to the bible) The name Malta itself even comes from the Greeks calling it Melite which is the land of honey.  See what I mean by little breadcrumbs… 

Another strange “bee” clue was that that the city of Avola, near where I am staying, is actually laid out like a beehive in a hexagon shape.  6 sides, 6 points…  Also, very unusual.

Going back to the picture of the dragon.  That is the right direction to where Malta lies.  In addition to possibly Eden (which I am now thinking is Sicily), I believe Malta could also be Tyre or Tarshish.  That city was known for being the center of trade and satan was the king of it.  Malta is smack dab in the middle of the Mediterranean and all of the islands are full of natural harbors.  Making it a natural center for trade.  I found out now, it actually is a center for the drug trade in addition to all sorts of good coming from Africa, Europe, Greece and the Middle East. 

Isaiah 23:14-18 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

Seventy years.  Reminds me of the seven times from Daniel that the fallen angels are chained up.  I don’t know the starting point and no one else does either which is why only the Father knows the day and time.  But I am seeing these things. 

It’s also not lost on me that I am on the island with Mount Etna.  I just went to Santorini which is having multiple earthquakes a day.  They are evacuating that island for fear of an eruption.  Could it be that those fallen angels are chained up in our volcanoes?  Like I said, God is very natural.  It says they are chained up in the belly of the earth, and everything I’ve read about the fire and darkness that they would be in…  Well, it makes sense. 

Again, I think this could be those visions of the people/ants in the darkness crawling over each other trying to get out.  He led me to this one about that vision with Jesus interpreting it for you.  He has told us all things. 

John 10:1-18 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

The anti-christ will be supernatural and able to perform miracles.  How do you think he is going to deceive most of the world?

Revelation 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.

Revelation 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

If you are not prepared, you will be taken in by this fake christ.  Just get set that he is coming first and will perform miracles.  There are a couple of things that he can’t do… He can’t read your mind, and he can’t raise you into a spiritual body.  I think most other things are on the table though so beware.  He is a master illusionist.

Both sightings of Jesus and the dragon in the clouds were followed by major storms.  With thousands of lightning strikes in them.  Again, I don’t fully understand what is going on there.  But, baal was a canaanite god that was evil and associated with the devil, likely was the devil.  He was also known as the storm God.  The lightning bolt was even the symbol for him.  It says satan can make lightning come down from heaven and the bible says thunder is the voice of God.  So, I think these storms are actually battles taking place in heaven.

One of the storms in Noto after the dragon sighting even produced a tornado just down the street from us…  God’s protection.  In going back over my notes, I realized that strangely I started a fast that same day.  I had felt God pulling me to do that. 

I believe fasting is a way to push down your flesh so your spiritual eyes can be opened.  You will be surprised by the clarity that it brings.  (Take note: You do have to build up to fast… if you are going to try it, research and start small and then continue to do it every several months when you feel God’s leading)

As per usual though, there was more than one reason.  I believe it had to do with warding off not only the physical attack of that tornado, but dealing with the visions that I am now going to tell you about.  These are not meant to scare you but to prepare you and teach you how to deal with our enemy when he comes to you.  There is nothing to fear because God has already defeated him. 

Jesus disciples could cast out demons, but there were some that they couldn’t cast out.  And, when they asked Him why?

Mark 9:29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.

Like I said, I’ve had visions before.  This was different.  I’m not going to lie, it was scary.  I was not asleep, as a matter of fact I had just turned the lights off to go to bed.  So, I was not dreaming. 

Night 1 of visions:

The ceiling started to change colors to greenish red and started swirling.  Then, I saw things out of the corner of my eye.  It looked like a cave wall with holes in it and scary things in them.  I never looked at it directly.  Because it scared the crap out of me! 

So, as I’ve told you to do, I cast it away from me in Jesus’ name.  That seemed to work after a couple of minutes and started to fade away.

Then, there appeared an ancient presence on the ceiling.  It looked like a monster with rigid skin but regal at the same time.  Staring at me and just sort of hovering and sort of swirling itself.  I don’t know how to really describe it other than that.  Terrifying, that’s another way. 

I was casting him out and it wasn’t working.  God then put in my mind a song.  So, I started singing How Great Thou Art and it was making me cry.  It didn’t like that at all and started recoiling.  So, I kept worshipping and praying and talking about how much I love God, and it swirled away slowly.  

A pink-looking cloud filled the room and then came over me like a weighted blanket.  It felt soothing and safe.  It was also swirling and enveloped my face, but I could still breathe.  I just laid there for a bit thanking God over and over again and telling him that I love Him.

Then, that started to dissipate, and the ceiling was reddish again with what looked like clouds.  My whole bed was swirling and then there was a serpent lying there.  His head was moving and trying to inch towards me the whole time.  Chomping at air but something was holding him behind an invisible line that he could not cross.  His head was bigger than my hand.  I cast him away in Jesus’ name and rebuked him and he was gone after a few minutes. 

After that, I saw the same repeating vision of the bodies that looked like ants crawling on each other but this time it was like a wall or screen of them, and they were moving sort of as if with a breeze. 

Night 2 of visions:

This time a scene of all white – Holy.  There was a throne, but I couldn’t see faces as it was far off.  But I could see other people there in the throne room.  Below it looked like those same people crawling on each other, that is my repeating vision.  But this time, they were trying to crawl up there into the throne room.  Then again, it was like a wall of them swaying like water or in a breeze.

Then I saw a concert.  I couldn’t tell who it was, I just saw a guy with the guitar walking around in the audience.  Then it was chaos.  People getting beat up and mass panic with people running everywhere.

Scene then moved to someone in their home being violently beat up by several people. 

Morning 3 visions:  

I was sitting outside in the sun and I saw the clouds start to come together in a strange manner.  The sun got really bright and out of it came a figure all in white with sparkling gold around it holding a book.  It was beautiful and I said “Lord, how beautiful you are”.  And he just stayed suspended there for a while and then went away. 

I closed my eyes and the same pink that surrounded me in bed I could see.  Movement with rays all around it then rising and rising.  It turned into a pink, cloudy tunnel with light at the end of it.  Not unlike what the people in my visions are crawling over each other trying to get to. 

Then I see the bad guy, the bad eye, the serpent/dragon staring at me.  I asked God to make him go away.  Then there was a lamb.  But he was off to the side, and I couldn’t see him real clearly.  I believe this to be the dragon pretending to be the lamb as I’ve warned you guys. 

After, I saw the white image with the gold right next to the sun again. 

Night 4 of visions:

Many, many evil visions.  Most were things that I had seen before and already described here.  A new one was a serpent coming down from the ceiling.  I believe all of this is preparation and testing so that I won’t be (and you won’t be) afraid in the future.  The whole time, I was just singing, praising, praying and worshiping with whatever the Spirit gave me in that minute.  My favorite one that I blurted out towards the end was, “bring it on because you can’t do anything to me unless He allows you to!!”.  And, you know what?  That’s the truth! 

This was the scripture on my journal that day:

Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation – who shall I fear?  The Lord is the strong hold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid? 

I then saw the bodies again…  This time it turned into a big orgy with bodies all over each other.  They were then thrown down into the underworld.  I didn’t see flames, but it was like a hot cave of banishment and I could see bodies being dragged off. 

Morning 5 vision: (5 is the number of Grace by the way)

The next morning at sunrise, I saw that same pink that had been comforting me all around the sun and then going up as high as you can see.  There was a figure inside that went all the way up into the sky.  The sun was just a tiny orb underneath him.  Truly majestic and beautiful… there was even shimmering inside the pink.  I believe there really is just a thin veil between this world and heaven.  

Ephesians 4:10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.

This was obviously the real thing.  The other small, white, gold, shiny thing was fake the other day, but even I called him Lord.  He was coming out of the sun.  Pray constantly and keep your spiritual eyes open. 

Another beautiful revelation on this sunrise.  If you stare at the sun in the morning, you will see a tunnel of love begin to manifest in pinkish colors.  Then, the sun will have a bright light that will begin to encircle it.  Not unlike conception or our big bang.  Everything with God is pregnant.  A new creation every…  single…  day.

I broke the fast the next day (a total of seven days).  The day after that, we went out for pizza as it was my friend’s birthday here where I’m staying.  That evening as we were driving home after pizza, a ball of fire (a foot around) about 4 feet off the ground went across the road in front of us.  She didn’t see it, so I didn’t say anything.  I have no idea what it was or even what to say about it, but God wanted me to put it in here so there you have it.   

Well, as usual, He always keeps you guessing.  About 2 weeks later, He asked me to fast again.  I had been having trouble sleeping.  (Imagine that after those visions!)  I prayed every night for protection and repented of my fear.  But, I was still struggling.  So when He asked me to do it again, I wasn’t happy about it.  But of course, I had to be obedient at this point.

Five days and nothing but sweetness.  The same pinkish/redish beautiful eye that follows me inside mine when I shut my eyes with love and peace.  Total comfort and security.  I interpreted that to mean that He wanted to change my memories of fasting.  So that I wouldn’t be afraid to do it again.  That is why He did it.  And it was a beautiful experience.  The details of that are for me.  I just realized the five days… and five is the number of grace.  He loves us so much. 

The next night after I broke it, here come the visions again.  Apparently, you don’t have to be fasting.  Of course, He is God, He can make you see anything, anytime He wants to!  I, in no way, pretend to know what any of this means because I even had trouble writing it all down immediately after.  But, He instructed me to put it in here so…  this is exactly how it reads in my journal:

Many visions tonight.  So many I’m not sure what order or even if this was all of them.

The next day He highlighted this scripture for me.

2 Peter 2:17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

Also, having had several of these “dark” visions, I started to get a little bold and mouthy.  Probably so far as you could even call it tempting the devil.  I was convicted this morning by Him that I am NOT to do that.  Even the angels don’t do that, and I am (and you are) to follow Michael’s example in Jude. 

Jude 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

Jannes and Jambres have been put before me by the Holy Spirit many times in the last few months.  By tradition, these were the two chief magicians that went up against Moses and Aaron in front of pharaoh.  But their names are not mentioned in Exodus, only 2 Timothy.  Exodus only says there were many wise men and magicians.  What I didn’t remember was that for many of the miracles/plagues that God sent, the magicians were able to do them also.  This is all summarized from Exodus 7-11:

Aaron’s rod became a serpent; Magicians rods became serpents and Aaron’s serpent ate theirs.

God through Aaron’s rod made the waters blood; And the magicians did so with their enchantments and pharaoh’s heart was hardened.  

God through Aaron’s rod made the frogs come out of the waters; And the magicians did so with their enchantments (Here pharaoh asked Moses and Aaron to ask their God to get rid of them) Then, after God had killed them, and there was respite, pharaoh’s heart was hardened.

God through Aaron’s rod brought lice from the dust of the land; And the magicians did so with their enchantments and could not.  They then told pharaoh this is the finger of God, but his heart was hardened.

God sent the flies upon them; pharaoh agreed to let them go and then hardened his heart after Moses asked God to get rid of the flies and He did.

God sent the plague on the cattle killing the Egyptian’s cattle but not Israel’s; pharaoh’s heart still hardened.

God sent the boils through Moses’ sprinkling of ashes toward heaven in pharaoh’s site; and the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils.  This time it says:

Exodus 9:12 And the Lord hardened the heart of pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had spoken unto Moses.

The LORD in control this whole time and hardening the heart of pharaoh. 

God then sent thunder, hail and fire through Moses hand extended towards heaven; Again, pharaoh asked Moses to ask God to stop it which he did and then hardened his heart.

God told Moses to stretch out his hand to bring the locusts and he stretched out his rod; Again, pharaoh asked Moses to ask God to stop it which he did and then hardened his heart. 

God told Moses to stretch out his hand toward heaven to bring the darkness for three days; He considered letting them go and then again, his heart was hardened.

God took the firstborn of everything but spared anyone with the lamb’s blood over the door. 

All of this to say that the first couple of plagues, the magicians could emulate.  You can be assured that satan loves to pretend to be God and will have all of his magic on full display.  So, be prepared to see “miracles” from the first christ that comes along.  It will be very convincing, but you will know better because you have read the Word and heeded the warnings by Jesus.

I actually believe the whole story of Exodus is an example for our lives today and what is about to happen.  You are living under slavery to sin held in place by satan whether you are aware of it or not.  I believe you could literally insert satan for pharaoh and that is what you are going to see.  (with a rapture thrown in there) Yes, Jannes and Jambres and the other magicians could keep up for the first couple of plagues.  But then God, in all His majesty shows them without a doubt who is in charge. 

Like pharaoh, God will harden satan’s heart.  Yes, he controls him too.  God has to go through all of this to get the very, very stubborn of his children to turn back to him.  They need a show for them to have faith.  Remember, He lost not a one.  And He won’t. 

Jesus was in control of satan even during his betrayal before the crucifixion.

John 13:2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;

John 13:21-27 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.He then lying on Jesus’ breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.

A lot of people think that there will be wars at this time.  Actually, Jesus states the opposite. 

Matthew 24:6-8 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.  For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.  All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Sorrows are birth pains (or plagues).  The birth pains of God’s kingdom coming into being. 

Daniel even goes a bit further and says that the devil will come in peacefully and prosperously.  By peace he shall destroy many…

Daniel 8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.

These are very serious times, and you do not have the power NOT TO CHOOSE this time.  There is no sitting on the sidelines.  You either choose life or death.  Time is short…

Chapter 17