The world is scary and all of heaven is watching.
What I saw when I visited heaven.
God often reveals things to me through visions and dreams. I haven’t shared any yet because I haven’t had the go-ahead from Holy Spirit.
Until now.
You will want to read until the end.
Is the world scaring you?
It’s scaring me. But I think that is the point.
Scared Christians humans do one of two things:
We run and hide
Or we fight. But often in the wrong arena.
Both of these outcomes allow the enemy to keep winning, and it keeps us distracted from the real fight.
‘For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms’ Eph 6:12
The darkness is real.
The darkness we see covering the earth was prophesied about in Isaiah 60. It is meant to be dark and feel overwhelming for it is a real darkness.
For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; - Isaiah 60:2a
The assignments against those who bear the image of God are calculated, multi-pronged and meant to devastate.
Just one glance around our cultural landscape should be enough to make your knees buckle and bring you to the place of prayer, for the weight of the darkness that assaults His image bearers is almost too much to bear.
From war, to illness, to corruption in schools, health care, food production, and government. From ‘women empowerment’ that objectifies the body, to ‘male empowerment’ that exploits real issues, to the murder of unborn children and the legalisation of assisted dying.
There is no rest on the earth, and the only rational human thing to do is to run and hide, or stand and fight, but usually ineffectively.
But there is a third way.
The Way of Intercession.
The rest of that verse in Isaiah reads:
But the Lord will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you. - Isaiah 60:2b
He is the light that darkness cannot extinguish.
And there will be a day when all darkness is turned into light. But whilst we sit in the darkness of this age, it is our job to be the light.
“You are the light of the world… let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. - Matt 5:14/16
Our job is to be heralds of the coming Kingdom of light and life, for His glory to be seen upon us.
We do this in two ways:
Intercession through our everyday actions:
With our actions and words, we intervene. We stand between the assignment of death, darkness, shame, hatred, and its target, and we change the tide.
I was reminded of this type of intercession this last week.
But the type of intercession I want to emphasise today is:
Intercession through prayer.
The world is in chaos. And without the perspective of heaven, it will always look like chaos, no matter how many actions of light you partake in.
But with God’s perspective, you will see that it has less to do with how effective you are and more to do with how you are participating in the effective, unstoppable work that God is doing.
Because God has a very particular type of M.O. He specialises in taking what was meant for evil and turning it into good.
And even now, with all the destruction we see, He is working. And it is greater and more beautiful than we can ever imagine.
How do I know?1
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My visit to the heavenly council.
In February 2025, God showed me a vision whilst I was asleep. I can’t call it a dream because I didn’t wake up afterwards. I just sort of switched consciousness, from spirit realm consciousness to physical realm consciousness.
(If you know the actual definition of this type of experience, do let me know in the comments below.)
I was taken into what felt like a board room, but didn’t look like one. And I was with what I can only describe as the heavenly council. In the middle of the ‘room’ was a clock face, not on the wall but a large structure built into the ground. It was wooden, and under each segment was a deep dungeon.
One of the beings I was with lifted the lid of one of the segments, and inside I saw a beautiful and terrifying being. He looked up at me, blonde hair and blue eyes, slender, chizelled, chilling, and evil. He sat calmly, clearly with no authority or power to overthrow his prison.
He was an anti-Christ spirit,
and the clock face held many of them.
‘For a time and for a purpose’ were the words that I heard.
Each would be released onto the earth at a set time for a set purpose. Limited to their time windows and only allowed for a purpose. Their job was to deceive people and prepare the way for ‘The Watch’.
I would have stared at that clock floor for forever, equally mesmerised and terrified. But it was very clear that no one else in the council was that interested in the evil spirits that resided in those segments. The excitement and anticipation in the ‘room’ was clearly directed at something else.
‘The Watch, The Watch,’ I heard whispered excitedly all around me.
I had no idea what this was until I was shown a large board with what looked like a table on it. Only then did I understand what the watch was. They were not talking about a wrist watch but the name of the end times. A set aside period of time from the present until the end, filled with God ordained events.
It was called ‘The Watch’ because the whole of heaven would be watching.
The table was read from right to left, then from top to bottom and back up again It was a timeline with events, both spiritual and physical. Things like famine, elections, earthquakes, and war, each with a percentage next to them, starting from 1% and going up. All leading to a singular bright white square, where there was no percentage.
Each square is an event that has been ordained (not caused or made but allowed), and each percentage is the harvest of souls that will be saved as a result, a representation of the souls in the earth that will turn to the King by that event.
All the events were building up to the final event, the singular white square.
This square was the most glorious; it shone like a bright light, but the lack of a percentage was sobering. This square symbolised the event that all of heaven and earth groans for: The return of the King, the second coming of Christ.
Tears began to stream from my eyes as I started to understand what I was seeing. Every evil event on the earth was being used for the salvation of many. Heaven was in eager anticipation of the harvest that was coming.
Darkness was being allowed to increase across the earth so that the revelation of Christ would be given to many before He comes again.
Because when He returns this second time, there will be no harvest.
No harvest because there will no longer be a choice, no longer be a faith decision to be made, only the confession of a fact: Jesus Christ is Lord.
‘Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess’. But no more souls will be won.
Sobs erupted from my chest and my body began to shake as the words rolled out of my mouth over and over again: ‘it’s so beautiful, it’s so merciful, it’s so beautiful, it’s so merciful’.
Because God’s desire is for all to be saved.
And this is how I transitioned out of sleep, with these words on repeat from my mouth, and tears streaming down my face,
‘It is so beautiful, it is so merciful, it’s so beautiful, it’s so merciful’.
The Watch has begun.
The thing that was clear to me through this vision was that these events were not future events but ones that have happened or were about to.
We are in the period of time now that heaven is calling ‘The Watch’.
And though there is much to grieve over as we watch the world self-destruct, there is an excited chatter in heaven. They see what we cannot see, they prioritise what we often forget about, and they anticipate the harvest of souls that they have been longing for.
So pray, my friends. Not for world peace (though, if God leads you, then go ahead), but for the labourers!
“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” Matt 9:37-38
Pray for the raising up of everyday intercessors, both in action and in prayer.
Pray for heavenly insight so that the light of hope will burn brightly within you.
Pray for perspective so that we may partner with the anticipation and excitement of heaven in these dark times.
And may every prayer from your mouth be like lightning, bridging the heavens and the earth and illuminating the skies with His glory.
For darkness is overcome, and there is no stopping the light.
Whelp, that’s everything from me today.
I am praying for you all as you stand as pillars of fire in the darkness that surrounds us.
Until next time,
Love, Anna x
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The Battle of the Altars.
I feel nervous sharing this post. It’s the first time I have really debated whether I need to tone myself down. I suspect God has a real purpose for this imperfect post, and the enemy has a real agenda to stop me from sharing it.
When the spirit realms respond.
Last year, I shared about the prayer stand-off that we were having with our neighbours. The contending of two spiritual altars, one in my home and one in my neighbour’s home.
When scared, build an altar.
You know those promises that are so big that you can’t even really acknowledge them without acknowledging just how small you are.
Oh friend, thank you so much for being obedient in sharing your vision!!
The Watch has indeed begun. I am an intercessor with you in praying for more workers and an abundant harvest 🙌
This fills me with joy. Even before reading it this morning, my heart has been dancing with a song version of, “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And lo I am with you always, even unto the end of the age.” I’ve been in Japan for years and have never felt such anticipation of the movement of God, and it is wild to see so many prophetic people feeling the same thing in such a wide variety of ways. Come, Lord Jesus!