Many Christians have different interpretations of the piercing of the side of Jesus. John 19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and immediately there came out water and blood. My understanding is the body=flesh, blood=sacrifice; the flowing power of life’s energy in the flesh, and water=element that brings forth life, spirit in manifestation form.

I understand that the people were preparing for the Sabbath, and they didn’t want the crucified to be on the cross on the holy day. To speed up the death of the crucified they would break their legs, but when it came to breaking Jesus’s leg, instead the soldier pierced his side, because he saw that Jesus was already dead.

To me, everything about Jesus death can be described as a spiritual interpretation that I have come to understand. Jesus, on the way to the cross, was already traveling between dimensions; Heaven and Earth, communicating with God the Father as the Angels propped Him on every side, to make it to the cross to fulfill the scriptures, that he will die on the cross and rise again in three days. For example, Jesus said, ”I thirst.” and they give him vinegar to drink John19:29. The meaning of vinegar symbolizes the water that would make us thirst again. In the story of the Samaria woman in John 4:7, Jesus asked her for water to drink at the well. In understanding the story of the Samaria woman and Jesus, it is impossible to visualize, Jesus of all people asking for water at His crucifixion. It depicted his humanity [flesh] crying out, because remember Jesus said,”whosoever drink of the well of Jacob shall thirst again,” John4:13. But in John 4:14 Jesus added,” whosoever drink of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst.” Jesus wasn’t thirsty for water as we know it. He was thirsty for the well of water springing up into everlasting life, as His spirit was slowly slipping away from His flesh.

The water and the blood is very significant to the flesh [body]. The blood and the water was the power and the victory over the flesh, that once it was poured out of Jesus, it was the key to unlocking the gates of hell that bind us to sin and set us sinners captive-free. The water and the blood had to be poured out for us and on us. Glory be to God for His mercy endure forever. The blood and the water was the beginning of unity between humanity and spirituality within.

Matthew 27:50-53 Jesus, when he had cried with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom, and the earth did quake, the rocks rent; the graves were opened and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after Jesus resurrection, and went into the holy city and appeared unto many. Let’s not forget in Matthew 27:45 From the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour. All that happened at the point and time of the crucifying of Jesus from the darkness, veil, earthquake, rocks and the grave was Jesus’s spirit had leached on or dispersed into the world with such great force of power that there was nothing left untouched by it. The darkness had to come so He could take it all away.

What is really important to our salvation was the death and the resurrection of our Lord and saviour Jesus. Romans 6:23 The wages of sin is death. Jesus was born without sin that’s why death could not hold him down. His spirit had been received into the Father’s hand once he had given up the ghost. Luke 23:46 Jesus after being placed into the Sepulchre[tomb] was once again being ministered unto by the angels and communicating with His father waited for His body[flesh] to reconnect with Jesus the spirit being without having to be born of a woman again. John 20:17 Jesus said, ”Touch me not, for I am not yet ascended to my Father, but go to my brethren and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and your God.”

The piercing of Jesus side also showed us that it was not by man hands that He’d perished, He was already dead. John 19:33. Jesus chose to give up the ghost [die]. Jesus’ death and resurrection is not the same as Lazarus John 11:4 Lazarus sickness was not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the son of God might be glorified. John 11:25,26. Lazarus was never meant to die. He was meant to be a martyr to represent the ability to overcome sickness and rise up from the dead through Jesus Christ our saviour. Jesus said, I am the resurrection, and the life, he that believe in me though he were dead yet shall he live. And whosoever live and believe in me shall never die.”

I’ve often wondered what happens to the innocent when they are killed accidently or deliberately, like for example the people at the Charleston shooting. The images that pops into mind is horrific. But this passage in the Bible about the stoning of Stephen gives me a much consolation of what each and everyone of us as Christians shouldn’t be afraid of when dying, especially if we are on a pilgrim journey for God like the old timers used to say, ”Heaven is your home.”

Acts 7:55,56,59 and 60. But he [Stephen] being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. Stephen said, ”behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. And they stoned Stephen as he called upon God, and said, ”Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” He knelt down and cried with a loud voice, ”Lord lay not this sin to their charge.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

This has given me so much peace’ peace in my dreams and in my mind. God never leaves us, he shows up; in life and in death.

Jesus came down from Heaven and stepped into Earth with all His glory and maintained it. I don’t know if I could say it was easy for Him, but after all, He is God in the flesh. For us human beings to step into God’s Glory with all its mysteries it is very difficult, because God is never changing and we are. We cannot sustain the glory of God because of its power and the weakness of the flesh. Through the power of the almighty it can be sustained for a short period of time; with prayer, fasting and true faith we can we can try to win the battle and maintain it but even Jesus admits that He in the flesh is not  good, except God; Luke 18:19 ” Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is God.”

There are always battles to overcome as a human being trying to sustain the Glory of God when we are called. This battle had begun in Genesis 3:15, I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”

Mankind has been preaching the Bible for centuries because, for many, that’s the only reference or proof to the true existence of God. Today, without the Bible I believe many religions cannot or would not exist. Notwithstanding, for people like myself, and I know that I can’t be the only one, it was the power of the Holy Ghost that allowed me to step into God’s Glory, which granted me his  wisdom, knowledge and understanding. This is not something that can be taught by reading the Bible or going to church alone. The Bible declares, ”God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” John 4:24 Jesus said, ”But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26 Jesus said again, ”But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me.”

My Comforter came as the one thing that I could identify myself with: being a mother; something that I hold dear to my heart and always knew from a child that I wanted to be. This is the reason I believe Mother Mary came to me. I love all children even those that aren’t mine and I would take care of them as though are. To step into the Glory of God, understand that we have to love and  care for all God’s children ( human beings) as our own, no matter race, religion, atheist or culture.  John 21:15-17 If you love me feed my lamb, fed my sheep. Matthew 28:19 ”Go ye therefore, and teach all nations.” Mark 16:15 ”Go ye into the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” John 3:16′ ”For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. ”

What I’ve also learned from stepping into God’s Glory is, Isaiah 55:8-9 ”For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” God is love, compassion, humility, forgiveness, discipline, understanding, He is everything, both good and even bad. For instance, when one has to correct or discipline it is never considered being good, think of it especially from a child’s point of view. But even in being bad God is good, because although His way is not our way, he must show us what is right. Another example would be to ponder why he would let so many bad things happen; especially to good people. But this is not because God allows it but because Genesis 2:16-17 “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat. But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shall surely die.” God didn’t want us to eat from the tree of Good and Evil because he can handle the bad and we cannot. Yet still today, metaphorically speaking, we continue to indulge in the forbidden fruit and continue to wonder why we experience the consequences. Yet out of every tragedy and every bad thing that has ever happened, there is always an outcome of change. This is not God doing this, this is us doing this because we are refusing to accept and have Faith in God’s bidding until all else fails though he has never and will never leave us neither forsaken us.

The devil is a busy adversary seeking whom he may devour. Tragedy like the Charleston shooting is to put enmity between race. People we’ve come to far to turn back now. Don’t allow this tragedy to lead us in the valley of despair. We are overcomers because we know to pray. Psalm 121: I will lift mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help… This happened to destroy any hope of reconciling racial tension, it is like pouring gasoline on a fire that is already burning, …but the devil is a liar. For all who is wondering if this young man acted alone or not, especially you Christian people, can you not see the legions in his eyes? Luke 8:30: I looked at his picture and I could only imagine the voices going on in his head. Ephesian 6:12: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the ruler of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. My prayers goes out to the families for comfort, healing, peace and love, but most of all stay strong in faith.

Brothers and sisters, God has promised us that He would never destroy the world by water or flood again (Genesis 9:11). What we are experiencing now is Mother Earth in labour. Her water has just broken. That’s why we are seeing so much hurricanes, rain and floods. Earthquakes, tornados and volcanos are her contractions. She is giving birth to change. We are just seeing and feeling what’s going on from the outside. But there is more in depth powers flowing from the Heaven (mind) and the core (womb) from the Almighty God. Transformation is occurring in everything. There’s going to be new species of creatures, animals, plants, life, weather changes, geographic changes, even to us; our mental and physical abilities. No matter what, we need to be still and know that God is God (Psalms46:10).

“And it shall come to pass afterward
That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions. (Joel 2:28).”

My name Empress Joanne is not some sort of connotation for royalty or my beauty. My name is my anointing not only to elevate me but to humble me for the road I am to walk. I received my name in a vision. I was given this name not only for spiritual elevation, but for humility, in a dream. I was warned I shouldn’t tell anyone about this dream when I had mentioned it innocently. So here is where fear set in me. “Why?” I asked; “because many people are killed for this knowledge,” I was told by a man and woman of God. I was given the Crown of Heaven, the Crown of Earth and the Crown of Crucifix altogether as one crown and then given the Infant Jesus.

Crown of Heaven: the glory of God

Crown of Earth: whatever is bound on Earth is bound in Heaven

Crown of Crucifix: suffering with Christ

Infant Jesus represents all of mankind to be responsible for. So in receiving the Infant Jesus, just as God found favour in Mary and she was chosen by Him, He found favour in me to take on the role of being a woman, a mother, a wife, a leader. Like Daniel in the last days, “And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, for the men who were with me did not see the vision; but a great terror fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. (Daniel 10:7).”  Many are called but few are chosen. But to whom much is given, much is required (Luke 12:48). I’ve been battling and it has been a fight but this is MY higher calling.