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THE STRANGE EFFECTS OF FAITH by Joanna Southcott------booklet 6,
volume 1 (Reviewed
by E.M.) It is written that the Saints must
judge the earth from the foundations of the world. I Cor. 6:2) --"The
saints shall judge the world" Suppose, saith the LORD, that I had
never made the woman. Do you suppose that the devil would have never found some
other day to work on Adam man? How could I have proved I created a greater
race, than fallen angels, if I had not made them liable to the same
temptations? Answer me that O’ (Adam)
man. But now it is done---all is done
so that the scriptures might be fulfilled. If it were not for prophecies how
could I try all men in the end? For I
said--"All of the righteous blood should come on this generation from the
blood of Righteous Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachich, whom
they slew between the temple and the Altar. (Luke 11:51) (All of this required
of this generation.--Who?--The Edomite Jews) Now the blood of all has fallen on the
Jews. And if it were not for prophecies
how could I try the Gentiles (Nations)? But I will try all and all shall come
back on that ALL that mock the prophecies of the LORD. How could I do justice
to fallen Angels, if I had not given them a fair trial on earth? Thus I show my judgment is a strange work,
but a fair one, saith the LORD. (So once again do you think that the devil
would not have in any case found a way to tempt (Adam) man who was dead to the
knowledge of God under the fall?) (Once again, Joanna is still trying to
drive home the truth that (Adam) man cannot come to salvation until the woman
(Israel) is restored to thrust the
sword into the heart of the enemy, the devil. Christ came the first time in the
form and fashion of a man but with the power of the spirit. At his second
coming he come in the power of the spirit to the woman. Thus, imperfection must put on true perfection.
And the bone of the Christ,--that is the spirit of Christ,--must come in the
same likeness as the bone of man did. And this must first be completed before
Man's redemption can come, or the fall of (Adam) man be repaired. Now Joanna has promised to drop this
subject at least for the present. This
has been repeated many times so as to bring the wise to weigh their bibles
deep. Now Moses lifted up the fiery serpent on
a pole when Israel was in the wilderness. (Warning Israel of who was making the
complaints and complaining about their God.) Then when Jesus came before the
Jews, he said, "Hereafter ye shall see the 'son of man' sitting on the
right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. (Matthew 24:30 and
26:64 and Mark 13:26 and 14:62) At this the high priest (now and Edomite Jew)
rent his clothes saying,--He hath spoken blasphemy. And the judges said, He is
guilty of death. Then they spit in HIS
face, and smote HIM with the palms of their hands. They also mocked HIM on the
Cross saying, HE can save others, but cannot save Himself. The spirit of truth then answers
this:--The shadows and substance of this is here answered. This serpent of
fire, which I commanded Moses to lift, is by foreknowledge a type of the 'son
of man' to be lifted up as salvation for all who believe. Brass is considered
an emblem of boldness. And this then was to identify what was bothering the
people here in the wilderness. And I tell you that if you would destroy the
works of the devil then you must cut him down to his own likeness. For the cure
of the sting of sin, must bring him in the likeness and manner of the Serpent.
Thus, I will bear the blame of sin cast on ME.
And now Lucifer, ---Satan, thou must bear the blame the woman cast on
thee, and then I will cure the sting of sin. All things must be proved in earth
as they are proved in heaven, just like the 24 elders. Do you think they are
only in heaven? Joanna then is told that 12 men are
to test her writings and they should gain 12 more before they are thru with
their judgment. And in this way their language will find that when that when
the Bible is revealed it will be with Revelation. And they will be convinced they have been as Adam was thought to
be the knowledge of God. Just so in
every man under the fall, but as in Adam all died, even so in Christ shall all
be made alive. The man strengthened the woman's hand
by the fall. And he must now strengthen her hand to bring it back. What God
designed at first, HE will accomplish at last. Nothing can change that. Here at
her time the judgment of Joanna's writings must take place. Never before has
there been such writings. This is a knowledge known from the first but which
shall be understood before the end can come. (Now do you see why I said that
Joanna's writings were the forerunners of Dr. Swift's ministry?) Booklet 7--- In this booklet then we see that some of these ministers
are now coming to believe that Joanna is speaking from the 'spirit of truth'.
And now she says:---You will recall that it is written that the knowledge of the
LORD shall cover the earth as the waters cover the great deep. All shall know
the LORD from the greatest to the least. They shall know him and follow him for
the kingdom of heaven is in you. (Meaning the race--his children.) Letters then begin to come into Joanna
addressed:--My dearly beloved sister in the LORD and Savior--Jesus the Christ.
Thus men of the church began to listen and to think as Joanna had expounded on
the consideration of the scriptures. Some even to send her money to help with
the expense of publishing the writings. Joanna forgave all the evil, which had
come against her. For she knew now that they could not know before the 'spirit
of truth' brought knowledge of the Bible to their hearts. Joanna is told that
friends in London will now begin to help her in her work and thus life will get
easier. England at that time also became blessed by the stopping of bad weather
until the crops were harvested. Now a few ministers were beginning to
stand up for her, as they understood what she was saying. Then she receive this
from the Spirit:--- As male and female were but one perfect man before the
separation of Eve from Adam's side. So I conceived the regeneration of (Adam)
man as the new heavens and the new earth, or Christ's glorious kingdom of Peace
which must commence with that last best work of creation--lovely women, being
united with man in principal, in spirit and in love. This is the leaven that
will leaven the whole lump. Next seven good and worthy gentlemen
came to Exeter to examine the writings of Joanna, and to give their opinion on
this 6th booklet she is now writing. They agreed that she was writing words
from the voice of 'the spirit of truth'. They then wrote that they joined with
the woman in praying God would now come to cast the blame on the Dragon, that
old Serpent which is the devil or Satan. That she, the woman laid upon him at
the fall. And to ask Christ to execute
the sentence upon the devil that he pronounced upon him at the fall. One of the men then wrote:---The
reasoning contained in this 6th booklet, in favor of God's wisdom in placing
the man as he did in the creation, shows justice in putting down the kingdom of
Satan, and mercy in the redemption of man from everlasting punishment under the
power of darkness. And taking on him self the blame and punishment due to
man---are so conclusive that I cannot but acknowledge to be from God. Signed Thos.
Webster. Reverend Thos. P Foley then
wrote:---How wonderful of God to reveal this knowledge to babes and sucklings,
when the wise and learned of this world he has denied it. We rejoice that we
now see that the Bride hath made herself ready. And by her perfect obedience,
our deadly foe--Satan with his hosts will be cast from the earth. And that
promise---'of the seed of the woman (Israel) bruising the Serpent's head will
soon be finished. Thus went the writings of the seven
men who had come to examine the writings of Joanna Southcott. All acknowledged
that this was the knowledge from the 'Spirit of truth' given now to (Adam) man
by the Woman (Israel). Remember that the first call after the
fall was from YAHWEH saying, "Adam, where art thou?" Adam, remember,
was hiding. His conduct bespoke his
shame that he had sinned. Adam was naked and covered with fig leaves. And the answer he gave the Father here in
the garden was ‘the woman thou gavest me, gave me of the evil and I did
partake.’ Here he cast his blame upon his frail partner. Where as the woman and
the man had ought to have been one in spirit and in innocence. The man (Adam)
should have gone further and laid the axe at the root of the corrupt tree and
said, ‘The Serpent beguiled us and we did eat.’ If Adam had said thus, he would have then and there shamed, and
cast the blame and bound the devil. But
alas! His posterity has suffered and the devil has reigned unto this time on
earth triumphant. However the
LORD would set this straight as to how this picture was to be played out. For
the LORD would pay the price of (Adam's) redemption, and Satan then would bear
the Woman's blame. Then Joanna writes:---All ends as the
midnight hour comes,---Where art thou 0 Satan? Where are thy heads and horns,
and Dragon's tail which slew and hurt the LIVING STARS? Where are thy rays of
fire, thy watery floods?---Behold they are passed away. The woman's fears of thee are over, the
wilderness receives her child whose iron rod now will be felt. The pit has opened its mouth, thou now are
cast, shut up, and sealed. The Saints
now judge the earth. The omnipotent one
is here in power in spirit and in word.
The sword, the white horse, the King of King's has drawn the flaming
sword. Rejoice you Saints, rejoice! The beast,
the dragon, the mountain, the tree are no more. And no longer shall hurt,
devour, or becloud the Saints, the gold and the vine. The gold and gems appear.
The mighty earthquake now displays the hidden son of God. Six denotes the
suffering time, to show 'the son of man', the sign within the sun. The fowls
now feast on thee. Then where is thy
former reign? Now see great David's throne and reign,
the temple's stones un-hewn by man in those days, unite the King of Peace
amidst the seven in oil unite. And a stone with seven eyes thus appears. (The
stone kingdom cut out of the mountain without hands.) The bond of union now has come, the
Marriage ring appears, and the Bride comes. The Bridegroom now receives the
marriage seal. The law and Gospel (Old
and New Testament) now unite and the sun and moon appear. Where art thou now
Canaanite? Where is all thy madden crew?
Tremble and flee. ---All is done, and the seals are burst--the vials
poured out and they end thy destiny. (We ask you. Is this not the same message from the Star Bible which Hale-Bopp
pointed out as she moved thru the heavens, a messenger for you to see?) Joanna, then in verse, went on
further. (In summery) she said:---The
woman now is clothed with the sun, and now the mystery is clear, for Christ is
now to come:-- The seventh is
past, the law of God has appeared. As with the law,
the seven I compared. But mark, the
8th, now with the Gospel joins To bring the
revelations to mankind. Right is the judgment in the 8th
thought found, and now let four more appear and thus we have the number 12. And then the marriage ring to all I'll
clear,---(This is the marriage of Christ and his kingdom people.) The seven men who came to judge the
work of Joanna are as the seven spirits of the LORD. The spirits of God are but
one spirit. The wise virgins allude to the five Evangelists who then came to
this knowledge. Being joined to the aforesaid seven men thus making 12 spoken
of in Revelation, to bring in the 12 tribes of Israel. And Joel's words
must first come true Before I make an
end; The revelation
to your view Must make the
learned bend. The woman
clothed with the sun You'll find must
first appear. The marriage of
the lamb must come My seal it must
appear, For all this is
done by my command. Then judge your
summer nigh For my Elect
shall ever stand And Abba, Father
cry! 'Tis spoke of
thee, let all men see, That such a one
must arise, So if your
bibles plain you now see, There's none can
blind your eyes. For what
impostor can take place, If wisely you
discern? 'Tis but a dark benighted race That fool's can
ever harm. The first eight pages of this book
of letters are hastening on. The prophecy of that book are deeper than any man
can imagine and she will speak of them later. Joanna
Southcott.