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THE REWARD OF THE MARTYRS
As I finished quoting this scripture I sensed a wonderful presence entering my bedroom. Almost immediately I became very sleepy as I drifted off into dream land. To my amazement I found myself standing in the midst of the deepest darkness I have ever known. I could see clusters of people in every direction. I noticed that demonic beings were living inside of me and as well as these other groups of people. Every now and then people within these groups would commit wicked acts of depravity as gales of laughter filled the air. I could see people clapping in approval of each other as demons made their habitation within them joining in together with the people. I looked in front of me and saw at about the distance of a hundred feet a ladder standing upright radiating light. I found myself walking toward this ladder. As I got closer I could see how this ladder was suspended in midair as it ascended up through this darkness (Jacobs ladder). The light this ladder was radiating was somehow comforting my soul. I then heard a voice as if from heaven saying to me, “you must climb the ladder.” I proceeded to climb the ladder. The longer I climbed the stronger I felt. I must’ve climbed for a long time because at one point I stop to look back down and I couldn’t see where I began my ascent. I looked up from where I was and discovered that I was alone on this ladder. I then looked back down a second time and beheld thousands upon thousands of people climbing this ladder beneath me. They seemed like ants crawling upward toward me and right beneath me. I was a bit frightened as I looked up to begin climbing. I then saw many people ahead of me on this ladder. They weren’t moving but just clinging to this ladder. Suddenly I began to see people fighting each other and throwing each other off the ladder. Souls would plunge past me into the utter darkness below as their screams of terror echoed. I was frozen from fear when I heard a voice as if from heaven say to me, “use their bodies but do not throw anyone off the ladder.” So I proceeded to climb over those who were ahead of me clinging to their feet, shoulders, arms, legs and heads. I had climbed for awhile again when I came to this ladders top end which was suspended in midair. I saw a gray ceiling that stretched out in every direction as if forever. I also noticed there was a window that was on this ceiling right over this ladders end. The ladder was a few feet away from this windows hatch that was about three feet squared. I then heard a voice as if from heaven saying, “you must get through the window.” I wanted to wake up from this dream but somehow I knew the only way out of this dream was through that window. So I hoisted myself up to the end of the ladder and took a leap of faith. As I lunged upward I grabbed a hold of this windows ledge. I could see the ladder that was underneath me disappear as my body swayed back and forth from the momentum of the leap.
I then thought to myself this is easy (seeing that I was very agile and athletic) I hoisted my arms head and upper body through this sky window. Half of my lower body was still outside this sky window when a demonic being appeared standing before me. He had the body of a muscular man with hair all over it. He was pitch black with wide black eyes that were wild and sunk into his head. He had long wild un-kept hair like a woman with saber tooth fangs that were protruding from his mouth. His mouth was secreting a vile putrid liquid as he yelled obscenities and curses at me. His hands and feet were huge thick like animal claws. This demon began to strike my head and face with his claw-like hands and feet. With every blow I sensed strength being zapped from me. I was getting weaker and weaker with every blow. At one moment he saw how weak I was and he jumped on me digging his claw like hands and feet into my chest and shoulders area. He then began to maul my head with his fangs covering my head and face with the vile secretions he was spewing out. I was too exhausted to hold on as I felt my body slipping back down this window. I found my body dangling over the deepest darkest blackness I had ever seen. I let go of my left hand and was weakly gripping the windows ledge with my right hand only. I then spoke to God and said, “I can’t make it.” As soon as I said this I heard a voice from heaven say, “you can’t but I can.” Suddenly I heard a mighty rushing wind as if coming from heaven, it filled me and lifted me up with a strength that was not my own. My right hand immediately took a hold of the windows ledge and with the supernatural grace I was ushered in through the window by the Spirits wind. The beast that had assaulted me before was no longer there.
I found myself clothed in a sack cloth garment as I stood in this great hall whose walls were radiating a heavenly light. I turned to see if I could find the window by which I entered this room and there was no trace of it on the floor. I then noticed that my ten toes were missing. As I looked up I beheld two angels as they penetrated the farthest wall in front of me. Their faces were radiating joy as they flew toward me. They were holding a white gown between them. They flew directly over and above me as they clothed me with this white robe. I then turned to my left and saw a multitude of people who were also clothed in white. As we looked upon each other we could speak with our eyes. Our thoughts were pure without contention as we knew that we were called to worship the King. I then opened my mouth to worship the King and all of us erupted in a heavenly song whose harmony and unison was unearthly. I had never heard a song or a sound as this before. Our voices sounded like peals of thunder and melodies all in one, we were an army fused into the eternal Oneness of God. We could sense the atmosphere changing as the walls of this great hall were emanating heavens glow even brighter. We were singing the song of the Lamb unto our King. As we worshipped we were surrounded by this heavenly realm of Glory. We continued in this worship as heavens wind was blowing upon us and through us until it settled upon as an eternal dimension of Gods mighty wind. We all knew we were chosen for this and our King was being exalted in our midst. We then turned to our right as an army in great unison never breaking its stride and we beheld a second group of people in this place of great wonder.
As we looked upon them we could speak with one voice and our thoughts unto them was as one. Though we spoke we never said an audible word because we were able to speak with our thoughts. This second group of people included children, men and women from every nation tongue and tribe. Their bodies were mutilated, some were missing arms legs, bodies, heads yet they were all alive. As we looked upon them we knew that only the blessed of the Lord could enter this place and so we addressed them with our thoughts as if to say, “you have seen the gift our King has given unto us, what is your gift.” Suddenly they were given perfect bodies right before our eyes. They too were given sack cloth garments but only for a brief moment. Many angels seemed to appear ready to clothe them with white gowns. These angels were filled with exceeding great joy as a great silence and reverence filled the room. We then understood that each of these martyrs was given an indestructible eternal body of great virtue which emanated the Glory of God as their eternal reward. We looked upon them and they had built into their chest and back area a sort of diamond crystal that was clear. We could see into their chest area and each one was given an eternal flame of fire whose colors were dancing with every flicker. Each martyr had within their chest area colors that are unknown to man even as each one was distinct in their colors from the other. These dancing multi-colored eternal flames were emanating rays of light through their upper back and chest area as they lit up the walls of this great hall. The sight was breathtaking and indescribable, they were literally bright shining lights of the Holiness of our Gods Omni-Glory. They too seemed as an army never breaking its stride. As we looked upon their new bodies we were in awe at the amazing gift they were given. Their bosom (chest and back area) was sort of like a see through transparent pure crystal like diamond. Again it encompassed the whole chest and back area. We could see that embedded within the center of their transparent crystal like diamond chest was Gods eternal holy living fire whose multi-colored flames were dancing about. The hues of this multi-colored like flames are not found in the earthly realm of our color spectrum. In this way they were given to possess the eternal colors of Gods unimaginable Eternal Glory Fire. They were lighting up the room, each and every one in spectacular colors that were dancing off the walls. It was the most breathe taking spectacle anyone could behold. Then as an Army never breaking its stride they all turned to face different parts of every wall within this great hall. Then to our amazement each one levitated from the floor with indescribable grace drawing near to the walls of this great hall. These men, women, and children were levitating on the wind of the fullness of Gods Spirit. Each one then gently disappeared as they penetrated the walls of this room effortlessly. Disappearing into the walls of this great hall each one left a painted mosaic that carried the same colors that were visible within their chest area. As we drew nearer to these painted mosaics we saw how we could actually look into them. These living mosaics had a dimension that spoke an eternal message of the wondrous eternal treasures and Glory Life of our God. We could actually hear and understand the words of these living dimensional mosaics. These paintings were alive! These mosaics were all over the walls of this great hall emanating the very same living multi-colors shining forth their crystallized fiery chest. The sight was breathtaking with spectral colors of the Eternal Light of the Life of Christ our King! They remained painted on these walls forever as a living testimony for all to see, hear and experience. The expression of this message was unique from mosaic to mosaic and yet the same as if to say, “Behold the Glorious Eternal Life of God!” I knew in my heart that these martyrs were given the privilege to impart Gods life in this way as they were commissioned to travel into eternal dimensions not yet known to man. These eternal purposes are deeply embedded in the heart of God. My natural heart and mind cannot fully retain what I was beholding when I looked into these Living Mosaics.
Scripture is filled with biblical passages anchoring this experience I had with the Lord. Let us read some of these to get a clearer perspective from the Lord.
Romans 8:18
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us
1 John 3:2,3
Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. Everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.
Mathew 13:43
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Mathew 5:16
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Daniel 12:3
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
1 Corinthians 15: 35-38
But someone will say, “How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?” Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies. And what you sow, you do not sow the body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other grain. But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.
In light of this scripture we would do well in becoming a seed that faithfully dies unto our Masters service of love for the eternal reward awaiting us in that day so that we might obtain a better resurrection.
In being resurrected together with the Lord; even as He himself was resurrected we are given the most awesome privilege to live out in a very real way the Glory Christ possesses. This body of virtue given to the martyrs is a portion of the Glorious body Christ Himself possesses. The One (that is Christ) has become many. He has imparted unto us of Himself as the Eternal Bread of Life that comes from Heaven. Paul understood this when somewhere he stated, “that I may not neglect so great a salvation.” By this he meant not only being saved from his sins but also even as he saw into the eternal treasures awaiting the faithful and especially for those who die in the Masters service. In accordance with the scriptures Paul stated that, “he knew of a man in Christ above fourteen years ago…how he was caught to Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which are not lawful for man to speak. Of such a man I will glory; yet of myself I will not glory but of my weaknesses I will glory.” I have covered this extensive topic of, “being caught up,” in another teaching. In another portion of scripture we see Paul regarding his life as a drink offering esteeming his most valuable possession in life and in death; his Salvation in Christ. Here at the end of Paul’s life he declared with ready confidence his hope in the resurrection Christ not only promised him, but also showed him during the course of his life. The question must be asked and pondered deeply, how much do we really love His returning, His appearing, His coming and have we given everything in our lives for this His cause; His returning?
Timothy 4:6-8
Now I am ready to be offered up, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith: therefore now is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me on that day; and not only to me, but unto all of them that love his coming.
1 Corinthians 15: 40-44 and 51-54
There are heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory. So it will be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, yet it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, yet it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, yet it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, yet it is raised a spiritual body… Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I show you a mystery: We shall not all sleep; but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."
Hebrews 11:35-40
Women received their dead raised to life again, and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. And others endured the trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea moreover, of bonds and imprisonment. They were stoned; they were sawn asunder, were tempted, and were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented (of whom the world was not worthy). They wandered in deserts and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise, God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.
Colossians 3:1-4
Since then you have been raised with Christ, set you heart on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your affections (heart) on heavenly things, not earthly things. For you have died and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, that you may also appear with Him in Glory.
John 16:13,14
However when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth; for He shall not speak from Himself, but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak; and He will show you things to come. He shall glorify Me, for He shall receive of Mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine; therefore I said that He shall take of Mine, and shall show it unto you.
John 16:20-24
"Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also who shall believe in Me through their word, that they all may be one, as Thou, Father, art in Me and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me. And the glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them, that they may be one, even as We are one: I in them and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that Thou hast sent Me and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me. "Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which Thou hast given Me; for Thou loved Me before the foundation of the world.
1 Corinthians 2:7-14
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world for our glory, wisdom which none of the princes of this world knew; for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory. But as it is written: "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him. But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit. For the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? Even so no man knoweth the things of God, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God, that we might know the things that are freely given to us by God. These things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Interpretations:
In a certain part of this dream I was missing all of my toes. When a person is missing all ten toes they cannot balance properly. Even walking becomes a very difficult task and they most certainly cannot run. After this dream the Lord told me, “a prophet is not without honor, except in his home town.” This was symbolic of how my family was going to make my walk with Jesus very difficult. I have 5 brothers and 3 sisters, my Mom & Dad equaling 10 (10 toes) persons who are relationally attached to me. It is also interesting to note that I’m the 7th child born to my parents and the Lord saved me through the scripture Mathew 7:7. After this dream my life certainly unfolded this way. When my family found out I became a Christian they all rejected me for a season.
Interestingly enough I am still climbing this ladder. I believe this dream showed me the end of my earthly life here on earth and part of my reward as in heaven. Reason being is that I had entered into perfection with others who were found in this great hall. After the dream I somehow knew that some of these martyrs who were given their reward were still on earth and yet some had already died. A few years later through a series of other prophetic dreams the Lord gave made me a promise that I would not see death until His coming.
Another interesting thought is that until recently I hadn’t met any of these martyrs in person. Yet a few months ago I was brought into contact with a small number of Christians who feel they are called to die as martyrs. Each one has had several dreams where the Lord has shown how they would be beheaded for the cause of Christ.
In recalling part of this dream I was told to, “Use their bodies to climb over them, but not to knock anyone down.” I believe this represented a large majority of the body of Christ. I’ve met many believers from different denominations, movements, etc, throughout the years. I’ve always been able to learn something from them. Unfortunately many are stagnant and without a clue in regards to the prophetic end time drama we are all called to participate in.
I’ve come to understand in my walk with the Lord that I’m called to minister unto the body of Christ these eternal promises. I also understand that this is a grace I’ve been given and cannot be attributed to anything in of myself. In accordance to this dream and several others I’ve seen a large majority of the body of Christ in a stagnant state.
Though this may not be the over all condition of the body of Christ I believe a great portion is still fragmented, scattered, stagnant and not climbing up into our callings. These are the unfolding of Gods plan with eternal purposes. I believe this will change and that a, “Gideon's Army,” will arise in these last days. This Gideon's Army is not at all impressive in regards to human standards, but some of these carry within themselves heavenly impartations from Christ as in heaven. Others have yet to receive these impartations. Nonetheless the Bride will make herself ready and will be found without spot and wrinkle; prepared for her King & Mighty Prince of God, Jesus Christ...even so...come Lord Jesus, come! Maranatha!
Hidden In Him,
Prophet Rick Aramis Almodovar