THE SINGING CITY.

Sis. Geraldine.

I had an encounter with the Lord, where he showed me in a vision, a part of heaven I never knew of before. I had kept this for a while, but now the Lord is leading me to share it.

It was a very tough time in my life. I was on a program, waiting on the Lord and seeking his face. I faced many battles and spiritual afflictions during this period, as the enemies tried so much to discourage me. It was a very hard and trying time. But when the program was coming to an end the Lord came and comforted me in an unusual way.

That morning I was just happy and grateful to God as it's just 2 days left in the program. I happily went to the bathroom about to take my bath. I was so filled with the joy of the Lord and Instead of bathing I found myself singing and worshiping, thanking the Lord.

Then the spirit of God came over me, and I bent myself down and squatted, worshipping in the spirit. The atmosphere suddenly changed and there was this weight upon me. I was there for a while just worshiping. Then I started to sing another song that I don't know. I didn't know what I was saying, as it was in tongues. I was chanting something in a language I don't understand, but I just kept singing it. And then the holy spirit gave me the meaning of the words. It was a chant saying "Holy One" and I found myself saying it over and over again.

My hands where shaking, with tears streaming from my eyes. I then knew that something was happening to me. I could not understand what was happening, but the spirit of the Lord was very heavy on me. And soon my body began to shake and as I couldn't compose myself anymore, I then surrendered to the Lord in the spirit. Although I was squatting on the bathroom floor, it felt as though I was not there anymore. I began to experience the presence of another place.

Then I saw a man like an angel, stretch forth his hands to me, and he said "I want to take you out of here" I have had encounters with the Lord before, but not in this manner, this was different.

As I took his hands, immediately I saw a place, it was white like glass with white clouds. And immediately I started hearing another song, it was different. It was like the Angels singing a heavenly tone. There was no utterance of words just pure sounds mingled together with different tone's and pitch. It was so harmonious and heavenly, it was as though a thousand Angels were singing together.

I was trying to voice out the song I was hearing but I could barely make a sound. They were many voices and many sounds put together, in perfect harmony. The pitch of the voices were not human at all. I opened my mouth to sing along, but i couldn't sing out. My voice could only come out at the point when the pitch would be low. But there were very high pitch that kept going higher and higher, it went so high I felt like my head would spin.

There is no word to describe the sounds I heard, it was beautiful and powerful. I had to stop trying to sing along and listen. Then at a point the holy spirit started to give me interpretations of some tone's and I would know the meaning of that tone. Some were saying "Eternity" I also heard "Holy", "Glory", "Beginning and End". These sounds were pure heavenly worship to God, with each sound composed of words of worship that cannot be uttered or even understood. It was nothing I've experienced before.

Then I was wondering, where are the thousands of Angels that are singing, because the song was resonating in the entire place but I saw no one there. Then the man I saw before, stretched forth his hands to me again, saying "Come". And I saw us go up through stairs that was like white clouds. We went up to the very top of the place with speed and then I saw the structure of the entire place.

It was like a glass city, it was very big. Everything there even the ground, was like glass, like it was made of diamonds. When I saw the entire place from above the city, the song became more audible, like the entire city was singing. The song was rising up, above the place to the Lord. Then the man, started to talk to me.

He said this is a part of heaven. He said the song I'm hearing is not from angels, it is the place that is singing. He said the song is coming from everything in this place. From the walls to the ground, that every single thing that exists here is producing a sound. The city itself is worshiping God. He said everything in heaven is living, even the ground and the walls has life. Because the spirit and the glory of God is in everything and everywhere in the kingdom of heaven.

He reminded me the scripture that says the heavens Praise him, he said this is what it means.

The host of heaven Praises him means the habitat of heaven, the Angels and the saints.

Psalm 148:2 " Praise ye him, all his angels, praise ye him, all his hosts"

But where it was written, the heavens Praise him, mean the entire heaven sings and worships the Lord, both the structure and the host of heaven. Psalm 148:4 "Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens."

The entire city were producing sounds, and each tone is a heavenly language of praise to the Lord. I saw clear water sparkling like crystal, it was sparkling with light. The water was also making tinkling sounds. The air, the plants, the walls, the ground, everything was making a tone, and each were different, it was so harmonious and beautiful. Nothing I've ever experienced before. I felt a great peace in that place, It was so peaceful and the sounds filled my soul. I could feel the presence of the Lord everywhere there. And all I wanted to do was to worship him.

Then the angel told me. He said all the gospel songs on earth that was Inspired by the holy spirit are being produced in heaven. Its a song registered in heaven. When true gospel songs are to be created on earth the holy spirit brings inspiration from heavenly songs.

This is why some songs are so anointed, when we sing them it's as though the whole heaven and the angels are singing along with us. And the people singing the songs will be so moved to worship the Lord. This is because heaven recognizes that song, it's a song that came from heaven. And if the heart of the people are one with the spirit during worship, the glory of God comes down mightily.

I also got to understand that those heavenly songs are sung in heaven by heavenly language, that man cannot understand. But when they're released to us on earth, they are translated and interpreted into the language of man, that we understand.

This was why, when I first heard those songs they sounded like different tones harmonized together. I couldn't understand what I was hearing, they just sounded like the most beautiful and mysterious sounds in a different language. But until the holy spirit interpreted them to me, that I understood the meaning of some of them.

But not all gospel songs are inspired from heaven, not all are from the holy spirit. As some songs we call gospel songs are polluted, while some are singing from carnality and their focus is no longer completely on the Lord. We must always learn to discern by the spirit.

A song made you so emotional that you even cried, is different from a song connecting your spirit to the presence of God. Because even worldly and secular songs can make you cry and emotional also. We must rely of the holy spirit of God, in every thing we do, to ensure we bring glory to God and God alone, not our flesh and not the world. We must worship in spirit and truth. Our souls must sing and commune with the Lord during worship, not just our lips.

I realized that true worship and praise is a deep spiritual activity. It's not just about listening or singing the songs, its about connecting our spirit with the spirit of the Lord and focusing our attention on him in praise and adoration.

This place I saw, made me realize the beauty of worship. The kind of worship I heard from that place filled my soul that my whole body was reacting to it. The Lord loves it when we worship him and when we worship in spirit and in truth his glory always comes down upon us. The glory of the Lord was upon everything in that heavenly place. The light there, the atmosphere, it was glorious.

If a place in heaven can worship the Lord like that and his glory fills the place that way, how much more my soul which is the temple of the Lord. The Lord seeks those who would worship in spirit and truth. He seeks them, despite the praises of the angels and the whole heavens. He still desires that of man and delights in it.

I noticed that this place I saw was empty, I didn't see anyone there, and I wondered how that city would be like, filled with saints. Though the angel didn't tell me, but I can only imagine what it would be like for the saints to gather there in harmony, pouring out pure worship from our souls to the King of Glory. Who is so worthy.

Brethren when you're in the presence of the glory of the Lord, there is nothing else that matters but him. Your consciousness dies and it's just Jesus. And this is what the Lord wants from us everyday of our lives. Let our lives be a worship song to the Lord, a song that only speaks of him and adores him, not our flesh.

The tone of the song I heard there was still in my head, but after the encounter, when the presence left me, it just went away. I couldn't remember the tone of the song, and I felt like going back and didn't want to get up. But then I realized how long I have been squatting there in the bathroom, and my legs had become very stiff and painful. Yet I didn't even notice until the presence left me. For I have been squatting there for about an hour or more.

There are times when we hear a symphony in our spirit, and we start humming the song in glory to God. Those sounds we sing just keeps coming like we know them, but after that moment, sometimes we can't even remember. Sometimes when this happens to me, I start singing a lyrics to it as the holy spirit gives. But then I totally forget everything after a while. This usually happens to me countless of times, I find my self singing a song that just gets in my head, and I would be so soaked in it, feeling the love and presence of God.

But that day the Lord decided to show me what it's all about. And that not just the Angels sing to him in Heaven, the entire Heaven itself worships him. And at times when we're really connected to him, he allows the holy spirit to whisper these songs to our spirit and we join the heavens and that Angels at that moment to sing to our Lord.

It was an encounter I never expected, especially not in my bathroom. The Lord really filled me with peace, and thought me to always worship. No matter the situation, no matter where I am. When I feel the spirit of God calling me to worship I begin to worship, whether I'm bathing, cooking, eating or walking.

I pray that the Lord Jesus would fill everyone with the grace to truly worship him in spirit and truth. It is the most beautiful thing. And the Lord wants us to truly understand what worship and praise means to him. After this experience I've always longed to be there and not here. Although it's just a gleams, but it's enough for me to buckle up with my Christian race. Because I don't wants to miss it, no one should miss it. Even just being there in his presence alone is the greatest reward. God bless you in Jesus name, Amen.

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