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Vision: Flowers Coming Forth
by Deborah Shipman
debangel@suddenlink.net
As I was in prayer I began to hear this explosion as if something was breaking forth. I could not understand what this explosion was so I continued on with praying. As I continued on spending time with Jesus I then began to hear a popping and I saw seeds popping open everywhere. Millions of them opening up and flowers beginning to come forth from them as if what was in them had just been waiting for the right time to come forth. It was not a slow process as the seeds would pop open at all. It was as if fully grown flowers we coming forth from the seeds like they had grown within the seeds and now were coming forth. Beautiful flowers of every kind were coming forth everywhere and then I saw angels began to water the flowers, lovingly touching them gently, stroking them and caressing them. Strong these flowers were and so full of life.
Then I began to see this darkness come forth all around the flowers as if trying to kill them. I saw these flowers being stomped on by huge boots that were trying to squash them and trample them underfoot. Yet as they would be squashed a wonderful perfume began to come forth from the flowers that were being squashed by the boots. This perfume began to rise toward heaven as a sweet savor and filled the air. I then began to hear coughing all around as if those who had been trampling the flowers were now choking on this wonderful perfume that now filled the air. Yet it did not stop them from continuing to stomp the flowers as if they thought stomping the flowers would stop the wonderful perfume that was filling the air as it arose toward heaven. They could not seem to understand that their stomping the flowers was what was bringing forth this wonderful perfume that they were choking on for they thought killing the flowers would stop the wonderful perfume.
It just continued to fill the air as it arose and then I began to see people sniffing this wonderful perfume and arising as if from the dead. Inhaling its beauty and coming to life. As these ones would inhale the perfume and come to life I would hear more seeds breaking forth, popping open and flowers coming forth. This made the ones stomping the flowers become even more determined to kill out the flowers yet in killing them out, stomping them under their boots, it just brought forth more of this most wonderful perfume that continued to bring forth life from those that inhaled it and did not choke.
I began to see angels scooping up the flowers after they would be trampled on. Gently picking them up and carrying them away. I could sense the love they had for these flowers that had been trampled underfoot, the tenderness with which they so very gently held them was evident as they went forth, carrying them away from all that had trampled them.
I then watched as these angels would bring them to the throne and lay them before the father. As they would lay them before the father he would gently pick them up and hold them, cradling them gently in his arms. As he would hold them they would begin to come to life as if waking from a sleep and then once they were fully awake he would begin to stroke them and as he did healing would come bringing forth a beauty that had not been seen before. Then I saw Jesus take the flowers and make a beautiful bouquet that he held gently in his arms, cradling it as he went forth to what I knew was the marriage supper of the lamb.