By Rick Joyner

The Morning Star E-Journal • 1 Table of Contents Honor the Queen by Rick Joyner . 3 Beyond Our Perceptions by Jorge Parrott . 5 Reward at the End: Hope for the Gadarenes by Eric Lucas . 9 Signs of Those Days by David White . 13 A National Check-Up, Part 2: The Economic Crisis by Rick Joyner . 15 Partners Letter . 24 MFM Directory . 36 2 • The Morning STar E-Journal Honor the Queen by Rick Joyner was once walking around Buckingham Palace in London when I heard the Lord ask me what II would say if I ran into the queen. I braced myself because I thought this question was to prepare me to actually meet her, and I did not know the protocol. I resolved to simply treat her with as much respect as I knew how. The Lord then said that I must always remember that the church is His queen, and to always treat her with the utmost honor and respect. I got the message. Even if you have to bring some correction to a church, you do it with respect—she is the Lord’s queen. It is an unfathomable honor to be a part of the church. How much more so to be one of her ministers or servants? She may have many problems right now, but she is still His bride that He loves. She will become awesome as the times unfold. God is in her; she is the temple. As Einstein considered it an endeavor worth his whole life to be able to comprehend even a tiny portion of the Reason that manifests itself in nature, we have been given much more than that! The prophets of old longed to see just a tiny portion of the knowledge of the mystery of God that has been given to the least of the saints in these times. We are also told that this great mystery is the union of the Lord with His bride, the church. This great mystery will now capture more and more hearts, resulting in the manifestation of it in His people. The bride is also an army. She is an awesome queen! She is glorious and beautiful and will grow in passion for her King. Even so, she will likewise be growing in a fierce, irresistible devotion to truth and the biblical standards of morality and integrity. She will know how to keep her vessel with the honor and dignity like true royalty in the earth. She will walk in “the beauty of holiness” that is so compelling, the rest of mankind will begin to marvel at her and be drawn to her and to her King. Let us resolve to honor God by honoring His queen. We should honor her with our devotion for such a great honor as He has given us—to know His salvation, to be a part of His bride, and to be alive in the greatest of all times to serve Him. He has saved His best wine for last. Those who have eyes to see and ears to hear will begin to stand out in radical contrast to those who do not. Because the queen is destined to stand out, to be the light of the world and the bearer of the glory of God that the nations will come to, we must have the courage to be different. That our difference is so contrary to the present trends is a great opportunity. We must never compromise the sure Word of God and His ways. If we do not stand out, then we are not really standing up for the truth. This is the time of great separation, and the great distinction will become increasingly clear. One way that this distinction between the true servants of God and the pretenders will be manifest will be by the spiritual food that we eat. It has been said that an army marches on its stomach, or that it has to be fed to have the strength to march, much less to fight. We are living in the times of the best, richest spiritual food. We must partake of it daily for the spiritual strength we need for these times. Those who do not will weaken and fall behind. The Morning Star E-Journal • 3 Only those who devote themselves to growing in the Lord will grow. They care enough to seek Him, to seek spiritual food, and He provides for them. Those who do not care enough to do this will fall increasingly behind. They have set their own judgment by what they really worship, which is what they give themselves to more than the Lord and His purpose in their lives. We are in the times when the distinction becomes more clear between true disciples who follow the King and those who fall away. Does that sound hard? Maybe too serious? Our life on this earth has always been a serious matter, and we are coming to the end of this age that will be the most serious time yet. We must get use to it. The spiritual drill sergeants are being released to get the army ready for battle. The less you like your drill sergeants when in training, the more you will love them when you get into battle. Like it or not, the battles are already being fought, and many more are looming. Those who are obedient are assured of victory, but those who do not follow the King will pay a most terrible price. Follow the King. Be a part of His queen. Find your place in His church. RICK JOYNER is the founder and executive director of MorningStar Ministries and Heritage International Ministries and is the senior pastor of MorningStar Fellowship Church. He is the author of more than forty books, including his latest, I See a New America, as well as The Final Quest, a worldwide bestseller. Rick is the president of The Oak Initiative, an interdenominational movement that is mobilizing Christians to be engaged in the great issues in our time. Rick and his wife, Julie, have five children: Anna, Aaryn, Amber, Ben, and Sam. 4 • The Morning STar E-Journal Beyond Our Perceptions by Jorge Parrott hat does it feel like when you miss something that was right in front of you? Our human Wnature often misses what can seem painfully obvious later. Our Lord is the God of surprises and even on the road to Emmaus Jesus was unnoticed until He broke bread with them, then He was gone from their sight in an instant. At least at the end of their encounter with the living God, they recognized who was with them. In these crucial times ahead, we will need to increase our sensitivity and expectation of the holy presence of God showing up. Jehovah “Sneaky,” as Larry Randolph once said, loves to surprise us. He has been with us since we first believed. We read in Ephesians 3:20-21: “Now to Him who is able to do exceed- ingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever .” I have heard there are more than four hundred prophecies in the Old Testament pointing to the coming Messiah, and yet when Jesus walked in the midst of the Sadducees and Pharisees, most did not even realize whose presence they were in. Our sensitivity to the ways of the Lord shapes our perceptions of who He is and can even open the gate to our own deception if we are not pressing in to His presence continually in His Word and His fellowship. Remember when He was in Nazareth. In Mark 6:4-6, we read, “But Jesus said unto them, a prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house .And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them . And he marveled because of their unbelief . And he went round about the villages, teaching” (KJV) . The people in Nazareth expected little of this Jesus they grew up with. He was just a carpenter’s son in their minds. What could he do? Their perception and expectation could not “see” in this familiar face anything unusual. He would have to go where people were not limited by their frail perceptions and unbelief, that which is not based on heaven’s reality. In preparation for the great harvest that is coming, let us examine ourselves to determine what areas in our line of sight need to be honed and sharpened so we may see accurately the opportunities and hazards which lie before us. We see in part and prophesy in part. In the days ahead, our gathering together and covering each other will become even more crucial to our survival, balance, and maturity in wisdom. We need trusted and loyal friends to lovingly reveal our own blindspots. Do not forsake the fellowship with others in the days ahead. How do we embody the anointing of the sons of Issachar so we may discern the times and the seasons we have been in and the seasons of hyper-change we are entering? What got us through before will be insufficient for our survival in the days ahead. Thankfully, we know the Captain of the host of the army of God, Jesus, who sent the Helper, the Holy Spirit, and assures those who overcome the world by faith, will enter into His eternal joy, rest, and reign The Morning Star E-Journal • 5 with Him.

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