REVELATION from CommunionFire

When We Feast on the Word Made Flesh and Drink In The River of Life. Then He Reveals His Glory and We are Transformed

At each CommunionFire Gathering we are "growing" through one chapter each week. Each group selects a book in the Bible reading and discussing one chapter a week. Surfside Beach Gathering is "growing" through the Book of Paul's Letter to the Philippians. The Murrells Inlet Gathering just started on the Book of Revelation. At the Myrtle Beach Gathering they are "growing" through the Book of 2 Corinthians. On the Sunday Morning gathering we just completed the Book of Ruth. 

As we read and share it is with the focus of recognizing Jesus, His testimony and the words, phrases and 'culture' that reflect Communion and CommunionFire. We follow the Bible dialog by coming to the Lord's Table to let Him wash our feet with His thanksgiving. Then He shares His life with us by the bread of His Body and the wine of His Blood. Its all about Jesus. 

Following the celebration of the Eucharist we each share in turn what our encounter with Jesus produced. Sometimes it is a feeling or a vision, a touch, sense or His voice or any combination of them. What happens is not something 'we concoct' in our imagination (because it happens much too fast to even think about). It is a supernatural quickening of the Holy Spirit. He lets us know we are in the presence of the Lord and we come hungry for all that He has for us. It is a time that is personal, intimate and results in ongoing experience of grace upon grace.  In His presence He transforms us from glory to glory to conform us to His image. Some of the encounters and experiences from this week are as follows:

The Bread of His Body and the Wine of His Blood
In The Fire of His Presence

Bob: I saw Ray, a friend of 40 years ago, singing "sea washed over me" and then the Holy Spirit said, "Write." When I wrote, I drew a tool that is used to create threading in making screws. 

As if: When the Lord re-acquaints us with individuals in Communion it is to help prepare us to fit where He needs us.

The Bread of His Body and the Wine of His Blood
In The Fire of His Presence

Karen: I said, "Here I am Lord" and Jesus said, "Take me as I am, I'm here." and then the angels all bore witness, "He is here". 

As if: the Lord wants us to know Him and to know He will never leave us and that He is waiting for us and thankful that we sit down to share His Table, life, love and peace. Even the angels are around us to confirm that.

The Bread of His Body and the Wine of His Blood
In The Fire of His Presence

Anonymous: I saw Jesus dealing with a sailor who was lost without Him and then I saw a gold star-like Cross shining bright in the night.  

As if: The Lord is always looking for us and keeping His eye on us even when we don't think about Him or even reject Him. He sets His light(s) in the sky to guide us and leads us even when we won't follow-Him or come to Him when lost. The gold was a sign of the purity of His love for us and that He is constantly 'sending beacons' to everyone to bring them to His Table. He is even constantly asking and knocking at the door of our hearts to find entrance. He wants to come in and dine with us.

The Bread of His Body and the Wine of His Blood
In The Fire of His Presence

Mary: Heard the noise of the fan and thumps upstairs and then Jesus saying "I am the way, the truth and the life and everything else is just noise!" Then I had two full gulps of wine from the Communion cup and the Lord said, "Have as much as you need!"

As if: There are lots of things trying to distract us from seeing and hearing the Lord when we have Communion with Him. But its just noise. Then there is another kind of Holy Noise - it is the joyful noise He creates inside us when we drink in the water of life - His Blood. It is a wine from heaven that has worship, praise and sounds of wonder. He wants us to drink until we thirst no more!

The Bread of His Body and the Wine of His Blood
In The Fire of His Presence

Deborah: I saw Jesus between two bonfires  Then I saw a Flute and a Piano. (See more below)

As if: There is Fire (one kind of glory) in the Flute and Fire in the Piano (another kind of glory) that gives birth to revelation through the music of the Spirit.

The Bread of His Body and the Wine of His Blood
In The Fire of His Presence

Camille: I saw Jesus as a little Lamb of God Then I saw Him coming in the clouds with white hair like wool. . 
As if: The Lamb slain has become the Victorious King to rule and to reign forever. Those that have this hope are made pure. Christ in you the hope of glory. He says to those who come to His Table and eat ad drink He will raise them up in the last day!

The Bread of His Body and the Wine of His Blood
In The Fire of His Presence

Jim: I saw two typhoons or maybe more (http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090610/full/news.2009.561.html) Then I saw porcelain with detailed patterns and I thought, "Is this useless?

As if: The Lord speaks from the middle of the whirlwind in CommunionFire and other times and displays His power. Yet, he also reveals Himself in the delicate patterns we encounter in CommunionFire. Those not sharing the Lord's Table say, "It's useless." Those experiencing CommunionFire know its value to be beyond measure.  (http://biblehub.net/search.php?q=whirlwind)

The Bread of His Body and the Wine of His Blood
In The Fire of His Presence

Sharon: Jesus is talking with me, 'Glad you noticed me!'" (He wants to be my friend.) Then I said, "Lord I am so glad you are my friend." Then as I drank the wine I saw Jesus laughing and laughing as he was shooting off roman candle fireworks. (As if this is so much fun - being friends)

As if: Communion is where the Lord can share personally with us. Its a friendship that we cultivate. He is very entertaining ad loves to have fun! That's the amazing thing about CommunionFire - we get to know Him as He really is - not who we think He is.

Joel 2:5  
"With a noise as of chariots They leap on the tops of the mountains, Like the crackling of a flame of fire consuming the stubble, Like a mighty people arranged for battle"

Holy Holy Holy Lord God Almighty .. [Agnus Dei]
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Same subject as the classic but a contemporary approach.

Understanding the overflow and how the Lord multiplies the life in one morsel of bread that continues to feed us more and more following the revelation He shares with us in His Glory! When we drink the wine of His blood we take a sip that then becomes a river and then the flood of the seas with waves of life that crash endlessly upon our hearts and lives. 

Listen to both and you will feed on the sounds that are hidden in the bread and in the wine. When we ask Him to bless the bread and the wine with thanksgiving a miracle happens. 

Like Deborah's Encounter - Jesus stands between these two fires.

He is glorified in both.

One has the sound of a piano and the other of an organ made up of 100 flutes! 

Revelation of Jesus is filled with His Glory: The sights, sounds, the music, the choirs of angels, the angelic beings, the saints, the lights and power of heaven. We catch a quick glimpse of something for a few seconds. This is what happens when we do as Jesus asked. To come to Him at His Table to Feed on Him. This brings us into His presence and His presence into us.

The bread becomes His flesh and the wine His blood inside us. The outward becomes inward. The natural becomes spiritual. The temporary becomes eternal. The wheat becomes resurrected flesh. The grape becomes the new wine of the Spirit in His Blood. 


The dead comes to life. The hidden treasure is opened to us. The darkness runs from the light. This life gives way to eternal life. The veil of blindness is pulled back that we might see. The curtain of restriction is torn from top to bottom so that we have access to His presence. The middle wall of division comes crashing down to allow us full holy Communion with Jesus. He meets us where we are and we see Him as He is. It happens in a flash, in a moment like lightening. The appearance has ongoing power to transform us because we cannot change or transform ourselves. It is impossible. And we are conformed to the image that we see and whose voice we hear and whose touch we feel and whose presence we sense. It is so real we can describe it in detail. That is the word of our witness to His story. He shares personally with us. That is how remembrances with Jesus are made. 

With Thanksgiving and prayer:
The bread of His Flesh: Do this in remembrance of Me
The wine of His Blood: Do this in remembrance of Me

Holy, Holy, Holy
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Author: Reginald Heber (1826)
Tune: NICAEA (Dykes)
Published in 1334 hymnals

1 Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee;
Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!
God in three persons, blessèd Trinity!

2 Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee,
Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea;
Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee,
Which wert and art and evermore shalt be.

3 Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee,
Though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see:
Only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee,
Perfect in pow'r, in love, and purity.

4 Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty!
All Thy works shall praise Thy name in earth and sky and sea.
Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty!
God in three persons, blessèd Trinity! 

[Spanish]
1 ¡Santo! ¡Santo! ¡Santo! Señor omnipotente,
siempre el labio mio loores te dará.
¡Santo! ¡Santo! ¡Santo! Te adoro reverente,
Dios en tres personas, bendita Trinidad.

2 ¡Santo! ¡Santo! ¡Santo! En numeroso coro
santos escogidos te adoran con fervor,
de alegria llenos, y sus coronas de oro
rinden ante el trono glorios del Señor.

3 ¡Santo! ¡Santo! ¡Santo! Por más que estés velado,
e imposible sea tu gloria contemplar;
Santo tú eres soló, y nada hay a tu lado
en poder perfecto, pureza y caridad.

4 ¡Santo! ¡Santo! ¡Santo! La gloria de tu nombre
vemos en tus obras en cielo, tierra y mar;
¡Santo! ¡Santo! ¡Santo! Te adorará todo hombre,
Dios en tres personas, bendita Trinidad.