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From: Abigail Cool
From: Abigail Cool
CRE Leadership Testimony on Calling for a Solemn Assembly
By Inspiration of the Holy Spirit-
On
December 27-28, 2019, the Chairman of the Conference and the
Coordinating Council of the Conference, set aside a 24-hour period to
pray and fast in order to seek the direction of the Lord for the
Conference planning of the year 2020. On the morning of December 27, a
dream was received that brought counsel to this group of men that the
Lord desired to call a Solemn Assembly, in accordance with the
instruction given in the book of Joel, chapters 1-3.
After
considerable prayer and discussion, there was common consent amongst
the 7 men present for the call of a Solemn Assembly. One member was
absent and endorsed this call later.
In
the intervening months, there has been continued fasting, prayer,
discussion, and study. It is our testimony that the call for a Solemn
Assembly has been so directed by the Lord, and confirmed by the Holy
Spirit.
- We believe this call to assemble together is for all people, of all ages, in harmony with the passages in Joel, 2:16-17.
- We believe this call to assemble is for all who are part of this gospel founded in 1830, and fully reorganized again in 1860.
- We believe this call to assemble is for all who are willing to repent and come unto Jesus Christ.
- We believe this call to assemble is for all who will share with a broken heart and a contrite spirit (D&C 17:7b).
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We believe this call to assemble is for all who will seek for God’s
purpose in their life, and have a desire to ‘spread the gospel of the
kingdom unto all nations’ before the end shall come.
We
now invite each of you to prayerfully consider and prepare your hearts
to gather in a solemn assembly this September. For now, we ask that you
simply keep the time period of September 20 thru September 27 available
as a possible timeframe.
Further
details concerning the solemn assembly are not available at this time.
However, we will be discussing the Solemn Assembly at this year’s
Conference and with other groups and will begin sharing more details in
July.
CRE Chairman – William (Vim) Horn
CRE Coordinating Council – Richard Neill (Chair), Jack Hagensen, Steve Kropp, Tom Mitchell, Brian Mundy, Mark Nunn, Howard Parker (Members)
CRE Coordinating Council – Richard Neill (Chair), Jack Hagensen, Steve Kropp, Tom Mitchell, Brian Mundy, Mark Nunn, Howard Parker (Members)
Dream
12/27/2019
Seventy Richard Neill
Early
on the morning of December 27th, 2019, I had a dream. I believe the
dream occurred around 5 AM just before awaking. I arose before 6 AM and
I could still recall the dream in detail. I went to our dining room
table and wrote the experience down. This is my experience.
I
was in a large body of people. The size of the room was like the size
of the CPRS auditorium. I was aware the room of people were excited
because the room was filled with the Spirit of revelation. The Spirit
restrained those who would prophesy and not be of the Spirit of the
Lord. I do not know how long the dream lasted. Since I was an observer
I only know that I was watching and feeling the excitement as well.
As
I was watching I was directed to look at the book of Joel in the Old
Testament to have a better understanding of what was taking place. (I read from Joel after the dream ended)
Joel 1:14-15 "Sanctify
ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the
inhabitants of the land (the church} into the house of the Lord your
God, and cry unto the Lord. Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord
is at hand..."
Joel 2:15-16 "Blow
the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly; Gather
the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the
children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom {Christ} go forth of his chamber, and the bride {the church} out of her closet."
Joel 2:25 "I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten..."
Joel 2:28-30 "And
it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out my Spirit upon all
flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men
shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: and also upon the
servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my
Spirit. And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth..."
Joel 2:32 "And
it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the
Lord shall be delivered; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be
deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord
shall call."
Joel 3:16-17 "The
Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem;
and the heavens and the earth shall shake, but the Lord will be the hope
of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. So shall ye
know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain;
then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through
her any more."
As
the dream continued I was now sitting at a table. There were men of
understanding at the table. I clearly saw my son, Andrew, not as he
looks now as an adult but like when he was 8 or 9 years old. His face
shined with a brightness, and as he looked at me he had a bright
countenance and a smile on his face. I then woke up from the dream.
As
a matter of observation. I knew during this entire dream that I was
having a spiritual experience. The words of Joel call the people to
repentance. I cannot adequately explain how I felt during this time. I
had feelings of great excitement but also feelings of trepidation. The
excitement was for what the Lord wanted to do. The trepidation was
whether we would be up to the task of doing it. I tell you I was
feeling much more to that we are ready.
Personal Testimony Sister J. Abigail Cool :
This
forum is not the place in which to divulge my entire testimony yet
suffice it to say, that due to the path the Lord has allowed me to walk,
I have witnessed first hand and heard with my own ears that the members
long to work together no matter what part of the vineyard that each
other comes from. This solemn assembly is for all to come together -
CoC, Restoration, RLDS, LDS, Bickertonite, Protestant, and anyone that
desires to fulfill what Jesus taught us in his example of prayer: "Thy
kingdom come, on earth as it is in heaven." May we together, in
humility and repentance to seek the grace, forgiveness, and mercy of God
for our past inability to work together as one in Christ. We have
allowed far too many breaches, even breaches of the covenant to be
broken after the example and love of Jesus Christ. May we come together
and lay our pride, our defenses, and our divisions at the feet of the
Savior and be the example of reconciliation to a world that aches to
have relationships restored. May we fast according to the fast the God
has called us to, to fast from strife, debate, and smiting with the fist
of wickedness and instead fast to heal the broken and wounded in our
midst, for Isaiah says that "they that
shall be of thee shall build the old waste places; thou shalt raise up
the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The
repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in." Isaiah 58:12
Let us begin to heal the breach of covenantal love that has long since
been a part of our heritage since the early days of the church, for the
promise is that "Then shall thy light
break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth
speedily, and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the
Lord shall be thy rearward.Then shalt
thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say,
Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the
putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; And
if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted
soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the
noonday; And the Lord shall guide thee
continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones;
and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water,
whose waters fail not." Isaiah 58:9,10,11
As
a member and your sister in the Lord, ask that we not focus on 'from
whom' this call came, but accept the call as from the God who calls us
to repent and love one another.
Please share with sisters in your congregations and abroad.
Sister Abigail
Triumphant Zion Ministries
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