Visions: What the Preacher Saw

By Dianne Chatman

In the book of Habakkuk, the prophet Habakkuk was instructed by God to write the vision, and make it plain upon the tables, so that He may run that read it. When the Holy Spirit first began to give me, these wonderful visions, I shared them friends, and a few church members. In 2007, I received my Elders license from Bishop Samuel Holmes of Greater Tabernacle Pentecostal Churches of Christ. In 2013, I was invited to Bible study by a friend at her church. While sitting in Bible Study, the Spirit of the Lord, pressed it into my spirit, to write the visions. I had never written them down before, because they always stayed so vividly clear in my mind. Hesitant at first, the Spirit of the Lord, sent me many confirmations, as to what He was calling me to do. Emboldened by the Holy Spirit and the encouragements of others in Christ, I have taken on this venture. To share with the world, what God has given me. Later, in the year 2014, I was instructed by the Spirit of the Lord to move to Maryland, where I could continue the work, of writing the vision.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Feb 13, 2017
• ISBN: 9781512772951

Dianne Chatman

Dianne Chatman born in Augusta Georgia, 1957 came to know Christ was filled with the Holy Ghost in the year 1980. Called to the ministry in the year 2000, has definitely has had her share of trials, tests and challenges, whereas her Christian faith and belief, and stand of faith has been tested and challenged. Precious sacrifices have been made over and over again in her walk with Christ. Times where she has lost everything, even children. Suffered many health challenges, even challenges to her life whereas her Christian faith and belief were concerned. Through it all, she can testify, that God is able to deliver! And if He chooses not to deliver, He is well worthy of our sacrifice, for the reward is greater than the journey!

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1   The Vision of the Two Suns

Chapter 2   The Throne Room Of Jesus

Chapter 3   The Vision Of The Banquet Table

Chapter 4   The Prayers Of The Saints

Chapter 5   The Voice Of God: Thunders And Lightning

Chapter 6   The Windows In Heaven

Chapter 7   The Sea of Glass

Chapter 8   The Brass Doors

Chapter 9   The Catching Away of the Saints

Chapter 10   My Journey Into Heaven

Chapter 11   Hidden Away

Chapter 12   The Angel, and The Rope

Chapter 13   The Mountain, and The Valley

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First, I would like to thank The Father for giving us His only begotten Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who without Him, none this would have been possible, and The Holy Spirit for giving me, these wonderful visions, and experiences, and pressing it into my spirit, that it was time, to share visions, that I will be sharing with you, the reader today. May the Lord bless you. I also would like to thank my friend, Portia Bowman, truly an anointed woman of God, for being an ear for me to share this portion of my story with. Whose anointed prayers and witness, have blessed my soul, and increased my courage in the Lord, May God bless and keep you, my sister in the Lord, and a true woman of God. I also would like thank my sister, Ramonia Joiner, for allowing me to come into her home, and use her computer, while continuing to work in, this next calling in my life, and to all of those, whose prayers and encouragements, have kept me lifted up before Lord. Thank you for inspiring confidence in me to write. Thank you, and may the Lord continue to bless and favor you in this life.

- Dianne Chatman

INTRODUCTION

In the year that King Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

- Isaiah 6:1, (KJV)

When God wanted to get a particular message across unto men, he would often give them visions allowing them to see things heavenly, spiritually, physically and prophetically. These visions either foretold of upcoming events, or revealed a more clearer and truthful picture of present events that were not known. One example of this was in the book of Ezekiel in the seventh chapter. God wanted to show Ezekiel what the elders of Judah were doing at that present time that provoked causing Him to bring judgment upon Judah, for idolatry. The Lord wanted Ezekiel to see what was going on right then that He did not know about.

And He put forth the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate, that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

- Ezekiel 8: 3, (KJV)

So he would have an even better understanding as to the Lord’s displeasure with Judah.

In Isaiah’s vision, the Lord wanted to let Isaiah know who the true ruler over Israel was, and He was not dead, He was very much alive! God wanted Isaiah to understand that He was still Soveriegn over Israel. No doubt the vision gave great comfort and peace to Isaiah after king Uzziah died and it seemed like the nation was left without Godly leadership, and things seemed to be slipping back the way that they were before Uzziah had become king. With the people falling back into old sinful ways and habits, a state of self indulgence and moral decline.

God’s reassurance to Isaiah, was a sign of hope. That all was not lost and He was still on the throne and his presence was very much there with the nation of Israel. God will bring his people back to him. So the vision that the Lord God gave to Isaiah filled him with the assurance that God was still with them overseeing the affairs of the people of Israel. Just as He is today, God is still overseeing the affairs of man. Watching all that we do, carefully leading and guiding us from day to day.

As you read in the book of Isaiah, you will find that God gave many visions unto Isaiah. Many which have already come to past, some that are yet to come to past. So you see visions are real, especially when they come from God.

And it shall come to pass afterward, That I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

- Joel 2:2, (KJV)

God chooses whom he will to receive certain gifts, and callings upon their lives, even if the one that is called and blessed so with an assignment from the Lord, feels that they are the least likely one to be chosen, but everyone has a gift or gifts of something that can be used of the Lord. Sometimes we do not become aware of our gifts till after we are saved, and experience being born again. Our eyes, and our hearts, become open to God, and all that He has for us. Then there are those who are aware of certain spiritual gifts in operation in them even before the born again experience, but just don’t understand what it is. They may not understand the what and the why, but they are aware that there is a gift.

For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance

- Romans 11: 29, (KJV)

In other words, God does not take them back, they are irrevocable. Will they save you? No, they are just spiritual tools which the Holy Spirit gives us to help make our ministry more effective in reaching the lost, strengthening the weak and establishing the message of the gospel of Christ, Salvation for all.

In the following text, I am going to share some of the visions that the Holy Spirit shared with me over the years and some more recent. It is my prayer that you will find hope direction and courage in them just as I did when they were given to me. May you be blessed.

And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon the tables, that he may run that readeth it.

- Habakkuk 2: 2, (KJV)

Often times when I have shared my visions with others, I was told I should write them down so that others could be encouraged by them too. For a long time I was not willing to do this, for fear of being rejected. That has since changed. I am seeing now that more and more people are becoming bolder about what God has shown them or given them, without fear of being talked about or rejected. this has made me more confident about sharing what the Lord revealed unto me.

I have never thought of myself as no great person, just someone who loves the Lord with all her heart. Have I been the greatest Christian? No, but like David I believe in getting back up after I have been knocked down. Whether it has been by my own doing or someone, or something else’s. I do consider myself blessed.

Just to bring a little clarity to the matter before I share these particular visions. I would like to share with you the first time I began to notice that something was different. I noticed that I could see things that my other siblings could not see(or either they just did not let on that they could see), around me when I was a child. I knew things, that by all rights, I should not have known.

Once while we were living in Massachusetts, my stepfather often took us to New Hampshire, it was his favorite place to go. I enjoyed the trips, because it was a chance to see something I had never seen before. I always enjoyed looking at nature and its beauty, even as a child. It never ceased to amaze me. During one of those times, as I was starring out the window from the back seat, I saw a little white house sitting at the base of the mountain. I immediately got excited and yelled out to my mother, There goes that little white house sitting at the base of the mountain! My mother instantly replied, what little white house? Now, even more excited than before, because she did not seem to remember it, cried out, There to the right, sitting back off the road! From there I began to describe everything about the house and the mountain, and what we going to see further down the road. My mother quickly replied back, that we had never been this way before. I couldn’t understand why she was denying seeing the little white house before and the mountain that it sat at the base of. That was when my step father chimed in and said, that we had never been there before.

By this time I was really getting excited about it, I just knew we had been there before. I thought they were just picking at me and trying to make me feel bad, as if I were telling a lie. I told them of the black and white road sign that we were about to see on the side of the road perched on an old piece of wood that was leaning. The sign had the name of the next city that was coming up, and how there was going to be a fork in the road and we were going to go in the direction of that city because the map we were following. By that time my mother and my stepfather were both telling me to be quiet and to sit still or they were going to turn around and smack me. I was hurt. With tears rolling down my face, I sat quietly after that, convinced they were lying to me.

After we got home, my mother told me again how we had never been there before, and she could not understand how I knew about it and could describe the house and the area with such great detail. I was a child I did not know either. I just knew this, that I did not dream it. It was after that event I started paying attention to everything that seemed unusual. It is always amazing to me what the Lord will show you when you open yourself to him. Even as a child I had a very strong awareness of the Lord. I might not have been saved or born again then, but I always accepted that there was a God.

How often the Lord has tried to talk to us or show us something that could be of a help or warning to us and we have quietly ignored him like he just those not exist. I have found that even among the members of the body of Christ, there is still an element of unbelief when it comes to the workings of the Holy Spirit

It is because of the very prophetic visions in the Bible that we have hope today.

The revelations revealed in the visions that Jesus Christ gave John on the Isle of Patmos and the very descriptive visions that were given to Daniel, are the reasons why we know what is to take place in these last days for this world and the church.