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acceptance she felt from the host seemed like heaven filling her heart.
    The gathering erupted with tender thanksgiving and filled the room with brilliantly coordinated worship as they welcomed her vulnerability with much needed comfort. Their acceptance and love for Beloved filled the room with a protective shield of restorative power, bringing deliverance for her long-held burdened soul.
    Remaining, lingering in a state of unparalleled intimacy with the heavenlies – they all experienced the Father’s restoring power. There was something about the mountain that gave them strength and drew from each of them the best of their gifts and help as they ministered comfort and relief to one another.
    The room continued to fill as more seekers arrived to join them. And as they delighted in each other, Beloved knew she’d finally found them. She was, indeed, with the much sought after, yet hidden, prophetic host.
    T HE S HEPHERD ’ S A RRIVAL
    A sweet fragrance filled the room as heaven invaded. Beloved felt a great sense of relief blanket her when Jesus suddenly appeared.
    He broke into the middle of their meeting and every eye instantly turned to Him as hearts filled with expectation.
    As always, He filled the room with instant delight and, locking eyes with each person, He ignited the fire of the intimacy they each had with Him. He proceeded to express to them the importance of their function in the great battle they would all soon have to face and the significance of this hour.
    “The hour is great and there are few of you, but you will find the strength you will need in the harmony you share as you are united in Me.”
    His heart brimmed with emotion for each of them and the room filled with an intensity of purpose as they realized He was preparing them for battle. “The age we are now entering has been anticipated by the Father from the beginning. We are all excited and are anxious to see Him display His power. He is with us as we fight for Him, as He releases to us the victories of the white-horse rider.”
    “Before I leave you, there is a very important key you have that you will need to grasp before I can let you go.”
    They all cried out to Him in earnest, “Please, Lord. Give us the key!”
    “But, My friends, you already have it,” He delighted to tell them.
    They seemed very confused and determined to discover it.
    The Lord turned to Beloved as He shared with the room, “Beloved has something to share with you, My friends – the key to your victory in this hour.”
    “I do?” she anxiously returned, quite startled.
    “Yes, Beloved, you do! I gave it to you several years ago. Have you forgotten?”
    She struggled to remember, then realized He was referring to a vision He’d shared with her years ago. Oblivious to it’s importance, she had held it in her heart until she felt it was needed.
    Beloved stood as He reached out His hand to her and took her back into the vision of a very dark place…

Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth, but the glory of the Lord rises and appears over you.
    —Isaiah 60:2 NLT
    BELOVED FOUND HERSELF with Jesus again – He brought her back to the place He’d shown her previously in a vision…
    Beloved, now caught up in spirit with the Lord, remained yet within the inner room and shared the intensity of the darkness the Lord had shown to her. Those assembled listened in anticipation, waiting to receive as Beloved told them of the vision.
    She began, “I joined the Lord while He was at a gathering of the saints. I was so happy to see Him.I rushed to His side and wrapped my arm in His. My whole being came alive in His presence and overflowed with joy. His smile refreshed me. I felt loved, but somehow I knew this would be no ordinary encounter – something was troubling Him.
    “ ‘Come with Me,’ He urged. ‘I have something I want to show you.’
    “I was more than pleased to go with Him and felt no fear when He led me to the embankment of a