Understanding Spiritual Signs
As our bodies come alive to the spirit world,
what does it all mean?

Today God is making people alert and aware of a world that they have no senses to perceive. The Age of Spirit has been coming, and God has been moving to prepare people for a higher spiritual level.  We are living at the threshold of the manifestation of the sons of God, the first resurrection, and the glorification of the believer’s body.

God is releasing a great amount of awareness of the whole spirit age before us, a day in which we are seeing the heavens opened, and a conjunction of the natural realm and the spirit realm.

This is a time of restoration, and the Spirit that raised up Jesus from the dead is beginning to give life to the mortal body. 

The simplest scriptural explanation of the signs is found in Romans 8:11:
"The Spirit that raised up Jesus from the dead is quickening our mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwells in us."   This verse is not speaking about resurrection or about immortality,  it actually means the Spirit will give life to your mortal bodies, because these mortal bodies have been dead.

As the Spirit within you becomes alive to the realm of Spirit, and as you grow in your revelation and knowledge, you will find that these signs convey to you, in a limited way, an insight into that realm.   Although these signs come to get your attention, you will still need the revelation of the Holy Spirit to understand specifically what the signs mean for you.  We rejoice that we have come to the threshold of a wonderful new day, and it is time to fully enter in and receive our inheritance.

There are various categories of signs coming in the End Time: Symptom, Assault, Impartation, Ministering, Devil, Angel, Divine Presence, and Restoration signs to name the primary ones.

Be hungry to know.  Be curious to seek, feel around.  Don't underestimate signs; they are a sign of God's presence.  Look to the scriptures to interpret or shed light on the signs that you are receiving.  Signs come differently in different people and may come differently to one person at various times in his life.

In response to a letter asking for further teaching on Signs, we answered as follows…

A:   In Numbers chapter 12 Aaron and Marion were upset because Moses had married a black woman and they rebuked him by reminding him that he was not the only one who could get a message from God. Whereupon God called all three of them out in front of the tabernacle. God asked Marion and Aaron if they were not a little bit afraid to rebuke His servant Moses whom He spoke to face to face. In verse 6, "if there be a prophet among you I will speak to him in dreams and visions: and in verse 8 He also said that he would speak to his prophets through dark speeches and signs. God also punished Marion with Leprosy, which Moses lifted off from her through prayer.

From this time on God spoke to his Prophets by revelation and He would confirm it by some sign or in some cases an Angel. I have been in the Charismatic movement since the 70's and have not heard one man of God say that God spoke to him audibly, or face to face.

1Corinthians teaches that in the Church there are five basic ministries for the perfecting of the saints IE Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers. These ministries may move in the nine gifts of the spirit at any time. These ministries are for perfecting the Church or Saints. There are some people (police trained) who can walk or drive down the street and be aware of everything that is going on around them, will note suspicious looking characters, be able to describe this person or persons, including clothes and license plates. Others, like me, will remember nothing. That is their job.

If our function is to perfect the Saints we must be aware of everything that is Spiritually going on. These gifts are not to demonstrate our spirituality but to minister. Paul encourages us to practice the presence of God. If we are encouraged thus, we need something more than a gut feeling. First we need some sort of confirmation plus a revelation that He is present. The Jewish priests used their uplifted hands to manifest this feeling. If we are really interested and practice this, some parts of our bodies will become attuned and manifest His presence. We will remember this and the next time we are in His presence the same feeling will occur. Now we have the tools with which to practice. This is of prime importance because our ministries should also reflect this presence. I once found myself in a group in which Satan himself was being manifested. I have been in the presence of rotted corpses but I have never experienced rottenness or death to that degree. The scriptures describe Satan as death and a murderer. I did not need to look that one up. I have also smelled the presence of Angels, which have a beautiful aroma which was indescribably gorgeous. From experience as councilors we have learned that the person being ministered often times has no idea of the nature of his problem and his opinion often cannot be trusted. It is far better that God reveals the problem by revelation which then raises the person’s faith to that of healing.

Through those dark signs that we are given we have the tools of confirmation. If we are in a Church it is very comforting to know whether the person or persons speaking are anointed or just talking through their hat, thereby tickling your ears. Using our experience and doing a little experimenting we have found that when in the presence or listening to an Apostle accompanied by the presence of God resulted in the thumb of the right hand becoming alive. When in the presence of a Prophet, the next finger would come alive often. When in the presence of a spiritual teacher an anointing of the ring finger of the right hand became anointed and consequently the presence of a pastor resulted in an anointing of the little finger. Many of these signs were developed by the fact of practicing the presence of God.

Due to the fact that ancient Kings wore a signet on their thumb and used this signet as a seal for affixing their authority to a document of judgment and the fact that Joshua and other leaders always cut off the thumbs of captured enemy kings signifying that the king had lost his authority to judge. Thus when the thumb of the councilor becomes anointed in a certain manner it signifies that something in the life of the person or persons being ministered to is under judgment.

Prior to kings, the Israelites were ruled by Judges. There was one woman judge by the name of Deborah in the book of Judges chapter 4. There was an enemy leader of ten thousand men who eventually lost the battle. This leader named Sisera was alone and was seeking refuge. He fled to a tent where a tent peg was driven through both of his temples with a hammer. Sometimes one to whom you might be ministering will have sign or pain on both temples. This could mean that he or she is under a deceptive judgment. And when detected may be delivered from such.

Many of the signs develop from experience. Ask questions. Always keep track of your experience in order to build up your repertoire.