I was interceding with the Lord and I said "Lord, truly the Church is great."
And the Lord in the Spirit said "Yes, I will make the Church the greatest of all the Earth."
But the Lord in Christ said "Amen, the Church will be the greatest of all the Earth."
So the Lord in God said "Peace, but the Church cannot be both the greatest of all the Earth both now and later, it would not be merciful. What does the Devil say?"
And the Devil spoke and said "I will make the Church the greatest of the Earth regarding the past. What will the Beast say?"
And the Beast said "I will make the Church the greatest of the Earth in the present and future. What will the false prophet say?"
And the False prophet said "I will make the Church the greatest of the Earth and I will keep it a secret. Who will say anything?"
And God said, "Who will say anything? But I want people to say something! Therefore I will keep the greatness of the church a secret, in the present, regarding the past."
And God in the Lord Jesus said "Rule that the Church that it be the greatest of the Earth, in secret, in the present, regarding the past."
And God in the Holy Spirit said "Pray that the Church be the greatest of the Earth where it will be secret and in the present and able to regard the past."
So I prayed and the Lord heard my prayer that the Church would have a place that was secret, in the present and able to regard the past.
But the Lord warned me and said "That is the Devil there. What will he do when you tell him that the church is a secret?"
And I said "I do not know," but by the Spirit I said "probably, he will not be happy because he cannot be praised for what is a secret."
And the Lord said "So it is, that the Church will fall into apostasy if they go after the Devil, because they will not want to remain in secret."
And so I prayer and the Lord heard my prayer that the Church would hold fast to the witness it had of Jesus Christ.
And the Lord God was pleased with me. And when I saw that the Lord God was pleased with me, I said "But Lord, how will the Church witness if it is secret?"
That was what I asked of the Lord.
And thus says the Lord "This is a mystery. Though the church is secret, in witnessing it will be manifest. In this the Church will be manifest for my Name's sake."
And we will be pleased together.
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