Comments by Joan Boney:
In Revelation 4:1-2, the apostle John said: After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and ONE sat on the throne.
2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and ONE sat on the throne.
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Something like this happened to me twice:
It was in the night while I was sleeping. I was "transported" into heaven. I was with God and Christ and the Holy Spirit.
(I saw no images. I think it must have been "in the spirit" as the apostle John described in Revelation 4.)
I was merged into the body of Jesus, made one with the Word of God, God and the Holy Spirit witnessing.
A few nights later, the exact same thing happened a second time.
Several months later, God made it clear to me that I was called to be a minister in two offices: apostle & prophet
And God began teaching me how to do the work of these two offices.
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My aunt told me of a similar experience.
She was taken into heaven and she said it was all golden.
Revelation 21 (John said)
11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
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Men who say they are pastors often send me emails asking me to be a "mentor" to them.
But I believe if they are called by Jesus and placed in the ministry by Jesus, then Jesus will be their "mentor" and teach them what to do and what to say.
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