| From the Desk of Steve Shultz:  Dear Elijah List Readers,
It's important to receive from our European prophets. Here is an important word by Arleen Westerhof. I don't normally put in a personal correspondence between other prophets and myself, but I felt it would give you a flavor of how we all communicate at times like this. So here it is...from Prophet Arleen Westerhof: Dear Steve and Derene, I hope you're both doing well and are at peace in these tumultuous times. We've talked a few times at the Global Prophetic Consultation meeting in 2018 and at the ACPE meeting in Dallas last November. You've published several of my prophetic words in the past. Back then, I led the Netherlands Prophetic Council. Now I also co-lead the European Prophetic Council together with Dr. Sharon Stone. I want to say "thanks" to you both for getting life-giving prophetic words out there when hope and perspective are so badly needed right now. Here's my contribution to the mix. It's called: "This shaking is not for destruction, but for transformation." Abundant blessings to you both, Dr. Arleen Westerhof,
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http://www.elijahlist.com ************************************* "This Shaking Is Not for Destruction, but for Transformation" Arleen Westerhof, Amsterdam, Netherlands  Concerning the coronavirus, the Lord would say, "When I am lifted up I will draw all men unto Me" (John 12:32). This text refers to Jesus being lifted up on the Cross. As I waited on the Lord, however, I kept seeing the replica of a poisonous bronze "snake" being lifted up on a pole: "So the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and many were bitten and died. Then the people came to Moses and cried out, 'We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take away the snakes.' So Moses prayed for the people. Then the Lord told him, 'Make a replica of a poisonous snake and attach it to a pole. All who are bitten will live if they simply look at it.' So Moses made a snake out of bronze and attached it to a pole. Then anyone who was bitten by a snake could look at the bronze snake and be healed!" (Num. 21:6-9). The Serpent and God's Judgment on It The book of Genesis tells us that it was the serpent that was responsible for death, destruction, sickness and disease entering the world. The serpent lied and Adam and Eve chose to act independently of God: "'You won't die!' the serpent replied to the woman. 'God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil'" (Gen. 3:4-5). This is the same spirit that Isaiah talks about: "How you are fallen from Heaven, O shining star, son of the morning! You have been thrown down to the earth, you who destroyed the nations of the world. For you said to yourself, 'I will ascend to Heaven and set my throne above God's stars. I will preside on the mountain of the gods far away in the north. I will climb to the highest heavens and be like the Most High'" (Isa. 14:12-14). Jesus' attitude was completely different: "So Jesus said, 'When you have lifted up the Son of Man on the Cross, then you will understand that I AM He. I do nothing on My own but say only what the Father taught Me. And the one who sent Me is with Me – He has not deserted Me. For I always do what pleases Him'" (John 8:28-29). In Numbers 21 God took the very thing that was the source of death and destruction, and by His power, transformed it into a source of life. Much later, Jesus' death on the Cross and resurrection became the ultimate source of life for us all. God's judgment on the snake in Genesis 3 was clear: "Then the Lord God said to the serpent, 'Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all animals, domestic and wild. You will crawl on your belly, groveling in the dust as long as you live. And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel'" (Gen. 3:14-15). God is busy exposing the works of this serpent (death, destruction and destabilization) in our times. What I hear God saying on both a macro and personal level is this... (continue reading) Find us on:
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