Korean Forerunners

30/June/2007 03:06 Filed in: Outreach/Conference

I recently came back from South Korea ministering with Lesley Anne Leighton of Holy Given School and Shara Pradhan of IRIS. I was privileged to see what the Father was doing in South Korea and the hunger and thirst for the Kingdom reality amongst young-Koreans. It was totally a mind-blowing visit. I was physically tired but my spirit was pumped and still couldn't believe what the Lord was doing in Korea and continues to do. It was real exciting! God surely is mobilizing His young-army and expanding the hearts of mothers and fathers to support them in their sovereign destiny in our Heavenly Father!

When I was in Korea, God clearly showed His love and calling of Korea as a nation for His heavenly purpose. Their hunger in these meetings was unprecedented, and the Lord really came in a dynamic way. By the end of the conference, lives weren't just touched, they were radically changed. South Korea is well on its way to revival!!

God also did amazing things for me as gifts to me and to show that He was with me from the very beginning of my life, even before it was forming in my mother's womb!!! God spoke to me about my visit to Korea already last year; however, I didn't see how that had anything to do with His purpose since I had no ministry connections in South Korea. Once again even in my doubt, God opened a door through my precious friend Shara who invited me to join for a conference in Seoul, Korea. This was only the beginning and the minute I landed on Korea, the Lord led me through a whirlwind!! It was almost like I was not myself and I was completely overshadowed by Holy Spirit that I felt like I was an undercover discovering the heart of God in Seoul as the Spirit of God led me to people that I would never imagined meeting in Korea. I did pray to the Father that I only wanted to see what the Lord was doing and met with whomever the Father wanted me to meet in Korea. I didn't even have a jet-lag and everyone was amazed by how supernaturally I was physically well day after day of 12-13 hours of ministry and was able to go place to place even before the meetings and meet people as God led me. The Father was so awesome! Well, in the midst of all this, the Father opened many doors for me to see the very little glimpse of the vast plans of the Kingdom!!!! How glorious!!!

God connected me with the most important sector of Korean Media and Publishing Company! who have already started this incredible vision of the Kingdom for the end time. I will share the vision in another update. However, to share one important aspect of this connection, I met with a professor who has been appointed as the vice-president of Pyung Yang University of Science and Technology and others who are involved in this divine strategy!!! God is blowing a mighty wind of fire over these people. One incident that happened just about a month ago was that this publishing company which employed about 100 employees was hit with the mighty glory of Holy Spirit that all of employees received a gift of tongue in one day within 2-3 hours!!!!! Holy is the Lamb!!! Since then God has been wrecking this place and turning inside and out of the CEO of this company and the CEO couldn't speak as he shared this with us because he was so overwhelmed by the Spirit of God even when he was sharing. I saw the HS totally gripping him and I wept and wept for the glory of God as the HS was also gripping me with joy and glorious presence of my lover, Jesus! I, then, met with this "rising media star" in Korea, an executive producer who is greatly influential in Korea and again saw how God was strategically placed him for a such time as this! It was just over my head!!! It was beyond my knowledge and surely surpassed everything I could have expected!! God is moving mightily in Korea and He is sweeping the market place to raise-up leaders for the end time! This time was not just about Korea, but it was the Father's heart for every tribe, every people and every nation to come together and worship the One who is altogether beautiful and lovely! in one accord as the heaven comes down to glorify Him. The harvest time is near and there sure is plenty to harvest!!!

As we all know, Korea is a divided nation - North and South. South Koreans have one of the strongest intercession-anointing in the world today as they contend so deeply in the Spirit against demonic principalities surrounding North Korea and China. They powerfully hold open the ancient heavenly gates for the King of Glory and are valiant fighters.

Here is a vision that Shara shared during one night of the conference:

Right before I, Shara, preached, God took me into a vision/visitation where I met this prisoner being tortured and flogged in North Korea. It was as if I was there watching him scream out in prayer. I saw the most upsetting vision. As the blood was spilled from his mouth, it shot out and became fiery missiles of missionaries.

I saw a global map, as arrows of intercession were being shot from the persecuted church in North Korea. Their intercession and blood cried out. The drops of blood transformed into flames of fire in South Korea. From South Korea, fire shot to Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan and Japan, forming a net around North Korea. God showed me that the demonic stronghold in NK was so strong that it would take a movement of unity across Asian nations to combat it. I saw how displeased God was with the division in Asia. There is deep seeded bitterness, remnants of imperialism, and nationalistic pride which have formed walls of historical hatred between Asian nations. I realized that these walls had to fall with forgiveness in order to reach NK. We have a common enemy and it is definitely not each other. The prisoner turned to me in this experience and said, "WHEN WILL YOU BECOME THE VERY ANSWERS TO YOUR PRAYERS SOUTH KOREA?"

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When I heard this I was undone!! I had a similar vision in January of this year at Onething conference in Laguna Niguel, CA during B2J session. My vision didn't involve other surrounding nations of Korea, but how this division in Asia, especially in Korea, didn't please the Father and He was weeping to see who would care and who would embrace the people of NK and raise the hearts of the fathers in S. Korea.

Another vision the Lord showed me before I left for Korea and again confirmed in Korea was the orphan spirit and the fatherless generation amongst Asian-Americans, especially amongst Korean-Americans as well as young- Koreans in Korea.

I have been getting convicted strongly in Korea about Mal 4:2 in relation to verses 5 and 6. Part of the promise of The Spirit of Elijah being released on our generation for the turning of the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children back to their fathers is for "The Son of Righteousness to rise with healing in His wings" (verse 2 before 5 and 6). I believe that as we step into a greater measure of reconciliation between generations, we will see God touch down on whole cities. May God release a revival which is across generations, as families rise up together.!!!!

Ex 14:13-14: "Do not be afraid, stand firm… The Lord will fight for you; you need only be still. The battle is the Lord's." Striving is a major stronghold in Korean culture (wanting to be self-sufficient from an orphan spirit). Second night of the conference, Lesley felt led to do a repentance of the West versus East, similar to what those missionaries did 100 years ago that was a catalyst of the 1907 revival in Korea . During this time of repenting to the Asians, God showed us that Asian nations had judged the West for the worldliness/infiltration of their culture. In judging the West, they then ate the root of their judgments. Now, Seoul is one of the most materialistic cities in the world (third most expensive to live in). Pastor Sam Kim, Iris Korea Director who helped bring the Toronto Blessing to Seoul by being a bridge to all these speakers for 13 years, said that he has never seen this in Korea before.

Another night of the conference, Lesley shared about the encounter with Jesus which completely wrecked me inside. Lesley saw Jesus’ robe that was covering the whole earth and the robe was so beautiful and glorious. In that vision, she saw that robe was made out of all of us, the body of Christ and the robe was all weaved together without any one/thing sticking out, but all smoothly weaved together as the body of Christ stood together. “The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea” (Habakkuk 2:14). I, immediately, fell on my knees and started to weep and repent for I knew it was the most humbling message of God. God was calling me, us to be the glory that His Son will receive as His reward! Then I saw a vision that showed most clear crystal river of love flowing out of the throne of God! The Father wants all nations, tongues, tribes to come together to realize the true glory and that glory to overflow through us to the rest of the world!

It was one of the most intense weeks, but it was truly amazing what God did to mobilize youth in the whole B2J vision (with this Olympics focus). May God raise-up a generation who will not only die for Him, but truly live. Who will proclaim the good news and give the Lamb the full reward for His sufferings.

Some pictures from Korea are attached!!! Hungry, hungry and thirsty people of Korea for the glorious presence of God!!! "Thy Kingdom Come and Thy will be done as it is in Heaven!"

In The Lamb of Love,
-Jean Rhee