GN649_3: THE LORD'S ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONS ABOUT SEX FOR SENIOR TEENS!
--Prophecies from Summit '95
11/94
1. (Peter prays:) We're very thankful for the wonderful freedom that You've given us, Lord, through Thy Word and Thy Law of Love. This sexual freedom allows us to have fellowship with one another that is so precious and so tender and sweet. It greatly unifies us and strengthens us and makes us all feel as one, really married together. It's a very special blessing, and we're so thankful for it.
2. As Your Word says, "All things are lawful unto us, but all things are not expedient" (1Cor.6:12). We are praying about what freedom is best for the senior teens, and we're not sure how much to allow, as far as expediency and the application of the Law of Love goes. We want to give them as much freedom as we possibly can, so that they can have great joy and real freedom in serving You--freedom of the Spirit and the freedom of the flesh too--all that You've given us.
3. We do acknowledge, though, that there can be problems with the shepherding side of it, and it can be quite volatile emotionally. It can be like an emotional roller coaster when these freedoms are allowed. We are trusting that our senior teens are strong enough, understand Thy Word enough, and will allow themselves to be shepherded in this freedom. We want them to grow and to get stronger in these matters; we want to see more sharing and love and affection between them. We just don't know how much we should or should not limit it, and we can't figure it out either. There's no way to know without Your help.
4. So we come before You, Jesus, and ask You to speak to us very clearly. Please help each of us to set aside our own ideas and to open our spiritual ears and eyes to You. Please give us clear channels and show us very clearly what Your will is concerning the sexual contact the senior teens should be allowed in the Charter. Do You want the senior teens to be allowed to have sexual intercourse if they wish? Or do You want them to be allowed to have intimate sexual fellowship but not intercourse? Or should they be more restricted and have no skin-to-skin touching of the genitals? We need to know what Your will is in this matter, and we know that whatever You show us will work out.
5. We commit this question into Your hands, Lord. We come before You and we claim that as we open our mouths wide, You will fill them, that our tongues will be the pens of ready writers, and that if we call unto You that You will answer us and show us great and mighty things that we know not. In Jesus' name!
Prophecies:
6. "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not to thine own understanding. Have I not said that if thou dost acknowledge Me I will direct thy path? For where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. Have I not said that there hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man? Do not put temptations upon My young people that they cannot bear. Do not put restrictions upon their showing of love and affection, for where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.--That is the liberty that they hunger for.
7. "They desire to show that they are responsible. Some might fail, some might fall, but through that fall they will learn lessons. So fear not what could happen; fear not man, neither the opinions of man. But stand strong in the liberty which I have given you."
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8. "The law is good if a man use it lawfully, and I have sent My Love to fulfill the law, not to abolish it. Therefore, whatsoever thou doest in word or in deed, do all to the glory of God. Keep thy heart with all diligence, for if thy motives be ruled by love, then thou shalt bear good fruit. Acknowledge Me in all thy ways and I shall direct thy paths."
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9. "Stand strong in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made you free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Ye have been given this freedom, therefore be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may please Me in the liberty which I have given you through the words of your Father David.
10. "Ye must not place upon your little ones burdens that are greater than they can bear. Do not rescue them prematurely, but stand strong in the liberty which I have given you. Have I not said that with great responsibility comes great anointing? Though they may fall, they shall not be utterly cast down, for I will uphold them with My hand. And they will learn lessons from it, for out of seeming defeat come some of your greatest and most precious lessons and growth and maturity."
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11. "These young ones have need of shepherding, but take not upon yourselves a yoke too heavy, which instead I would bear. For I shall be their Shepherd. My Word shall shepherd them, and their stumblings and fallings will draw them close to Me.
12. "Ye say, 'What about the pregnancies and what about the jealousies and what about the hurt feelings?' Do not ye yet battle these same things yourselves at your old age? Do they not draw you closer to Me? Do ye not yet stumble in these ways yourselves and are ye yet perfect? But each time, your stumblings draw you closer to Me.
13. "How shall they learn unless I am allowed to teach them?--And how shall they resist the temptations of the world where they will be boldly witnessing, unless they know they can receive love and comfort amongst clean folds and safe sheep, where they receive not the afflictions of the perversions of the Egyptians? How can they glow with the love that I would have them show as a witness to the world unless they are being recharged in heart and mind and spirit and loving fellowship in their own folds?--Where they can answer boldly: 'My God hath supplied all my needs according to His riches in glory! I need none of your whoredoms and your temptations, for the pleasures of the Lord's Kingdom are greater than the pleasures that the world would bestow upon me!' So trust in Me. These are Mine and I shall not allow them to be tempted above that they are able, but will with the temptation make a way to escape.
14. "Allow each one to operate according to his or her own faith. Have I not said unto you that ye must learn to flow to the faith of those within the Family, that they may seek Me and know Me in a personal way? What greater way can there be for them to be desperate with Me than through these affairs of the heart which shall cause them to be desperate and look to Me for My Word and My answers, My comfort, My wisdom?
15. "Think not that ye must have all the comfort or all the wisdom or all the guidance within yourselves. It is not necessary for you to have all this wisdom and strength and counsel, for I have already put it in My Word. These trials and testings and experimentations will make My Word come alive to them in ways that it has never been known to them before. For it has only been theory to them--theory which is cloudy and muddled and confused and twisted in their minds.
16. "Give them the meat of the Word wherewith they shall have the strength to fight these new battles. Indeed, the days are short, the days are evil, the times grow darker. Ye have not that many years left wherewith these may grow into the full maturity that I would have them to grow into. So hold them not back, for I shall be their Shepherd.--And they shall not fall, but they shall rejoice and they shall love thee and thank thee and kiss thy hand and weep upon thy neck and say, 'Thank you, thank you for trusting me. Thank you for trusting me even when I looked like I would fall. I will not fail thee.'
17. "My Words shall not return void, but they shall accomplish that which I please and prosper in the thing whereunto I send them."
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18. "Will you trust Me for that which might be brought forth into the world? For have I not said that that which is loosed in Heaven shall be loosed on Earth, and that which is bound in Heaven shall be bound on Earth? Therefore, fear not to trust your little ones, for your Maker is in charge. I have My plan and My program and it is not for you to carry the burden and the weight of My plans and My programs. But it is for you to lead and guide--to be there, to shepherd, to hold the hands up, to comfort those who are partakers of the plan that I have ordained for them. Therefore, do not fear that thing which may come forth from their time together and their union one with another. For your Heavenly Father hath ordained these things. I have ordained it for their good, that they may learn, that they may grow, that they may prosper and that they may understand.
19. "For I see things differently than ye see them, for things seen from Here (in Heaven) are much different than things down there. We see things differently up here than how you see them down there. For the time that ye have is but a moment in time, but the lessons shall last for all eternity. They shall grow and they shall prosper and they shall be thankful for those times of learning, whether they seem to be for good to you or whether they seem to be evil to you.
20. "Therefore, judge not the hand of your Father, nor the things that He would bring forth in their lives. For am I not in control of thy life? Have you not passed through many trials and tests and experiences, and are you not the better and the wiser and the stronger for it all? Would you go back and undo that which you have done and lose the lessons that have been brought forth from those times? Therefore, hesitate not to follow the leading of My Spirit, and forbid them not to marry, for they shall learn of Me through these things.
21. "In all your ways acknowledge Me and I shall direct your paths.--And as they acknowledge Me in their ways, I shall direct their paths. Some shall fall by the wayside, and some shall be hurt, but many shall be profited. Those that are hurt shall be mended, and the broken hearts shall be restored and the tears shall be wiped away. The misunderstandings shall be made known, the sorrows shall be turned into gladness, the envies into thankfulness, the jealousies into love. And I shall bring forth sunshine and blue skies for the rain and the sorrows that they may be subject to.
22. "It is a good thing that ye sit in counsel on these matters and that ye seek My face and that ye lean not to your own understanding, but that ye hearken unto the voice of My Spirit, and the Words that I have given unto you through your Father David. For he hath answered your questions through his Words. It is but up to you to read them, to study them, and to listen to the voice of My Spirit as I interpret and lead you through them.
23. "For I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot yet bear them. Therefore, trust in Me with all your heart and lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Me and I shall direct thy paths."
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24. "Whoso commiteth sin is a servant of sin, and the servant abideth not in the house forever, but I abide forever. If I therefore have made them free, they are free indeed. And how shall ye bring them again into bondage whom I have already set free? For if it be of grace and freedom, then how shall it be of works and the law? For the two cannot be mixed. Only I would that they use this liberty lawfully.
25. "But what is the law? Is it not the Law of Love that I have given unto you? This is My Law, that ye should love one another as I have loved you. And this is the fulfillment of the law, that ye shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And the second is like unto it, that ye shall love your neighbor as yourself. And this is the law which I have given to your young ones, and this is how they shall fulfill the Law of Love.
26. "But how shall they fulfill it if ye bring them again into bondage and place burdens upon them which they are not able to bear? And how shall they fulfill My Law of Love if they are not given the freedom to live it to the full? For whom the Son shall make free is free indeed!"
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27. "Two are better than one, for they have a good reward for their labor, and if one falls, the other shall pick him up. I can shepherd My young ones better these days when they have little ones in their care. For there are many that go unshepherded and many that go uncared for, and many that seek so many other things besides the will of God. Through this one gift that I could give to them they could be united, they could have someone to care for them and someone to help them learn the lessons together--learning and growing, learning and growing. It takes so much time. And if I bestow this gift upon them, with it comes a great responsibility.
28. "I see in My picture, in the crystal ball that is placed before Me, many young ones getting together and caring for many little babies and going into the future more mature.
29. "They yearn to grow and they yearn to take on so much more responsibility, but they do need much care and shepherding; and I can lead them and I can guide them if they are bound as one, as couples together with little ones in their care. First there was one, then there was two. 'First there was you, then there was me, then there was baby, then there was three!'--And a three-fold cord is not easily broken. For by this I shall win them, and I shall bring them into greater service in My Kingdom.
30. "But lead them and guide them and shepherd them. The more responsibility you place upon them, the more they'll draw close to the bosom of David and to the Words that I so desire to pour into them. For they are My young knights and princes and princesses, and I will send them into great battles.
31. "But there is so much for you children to learn. Listen and hearken. Would you receive this great gift that you so desire? Would you receive openly this greater freedom? Then you must take it seriously, for you have much to learn. Much has been placed in your hearts and much has been placed into your care, into your thoughts. Search diligently the Scriptures, and draw nigh unto David and draw nigh unto the warmth of his bosom and unto your mother, Maria.
32. "For you should covet more earnestly in your hearts these other gifts that I have given you--the gifts of being princes and princesses, the gifts of being knights and ministers of My Kingdom--for this is the greater gift and the greater calling. These other freedoms that I may entrust unto you, bear them with maturity so that you are not a reproach to one another, nor a stumbling block to one another, nor a stumbling block unto the Kingdom of God."
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33. "Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth. These liberties and these responsibilities will help your young ones to remember Me and to seek Me in a greater and a deeper way during these days of their youth. For milk is for babes, but strong meat is for them that are of full age. Do you look at these as babes, or do you look at them as of full age? I say unto you that I look upon them as those that are of full age, whom I have nurtured and strengthened and brought into My ways for many years.
34. "I have imparted unto them great wisdom and great strength and great teaching and great training. There may be those among them that are babes, and these may need greater shepherding. But My young ones for the most part are those that have come of age and can be entrusted with this meat. And these liberties shall not become a stumbling block, but shall become a strength to them. It shall be a dew of refreshing and a rain of refreshing. It shall restore their hearts and be a moisture and a feeding and shall draw them close to Me."
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35. "Behold the days of Heaven in which ye live, that I have given unto My Family. Say not, 'The Kingdom of God cometh with observation,' for behold, the Kingdom of God is upon you. Ye are the Kingdom of God, as are these that I have entrusted with the freedom that I have entrusted unto you. Give as it has been given unto you--good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For I restrained you not and I withheld not from you.
36. "Give unto these precious little ones the joy and the freedom that has been given to you. For the love of Christ shall constrain them and they shall be given the wisdom, the knowledge and the restraint that will be needed for these freedoms which I have given to you. Only be diligent to know the state of your flocks and look well to your herds. Lovingly shepherd these precious ones, for a wise man learns from his mistakes, and yet a wiser man--your children--can learn from the mistakes of others.
37. "Have not the love of God with respect of persons. Give as it has been given unto you."
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38. "Behold these, My beautiful, lovely green shoots, upon whom I do bestow great love. Many kisses to these, My green shoots. Kisses, many kisses to these, My young people. Behold how they grow so glorious, so marvelous in My sight. They are so beautiful in My eyes, these young beautiful green shoots.
39. "How I do long to bestow upon them great freedom and great love, great care and great beauty, that they might experience My love to the full and that they might know Me as they have never known Me before. For these are My beautiful ones and My mighty ones, My precious ones upon this Earth, My lovely little children of David.
40. "How I do long to love them and caress them and kiss them and comfort them and unite them and teach them My ways of love. How I do long to pour into them My Spirit and My Love, and to embrace them that they might feel Me and experience Me, that they might know in their hearts and believe this Law of Love, that they may feel the love of David as never before. For they are My precious, precious ones. They are My beloved, so dear unto Me and so needed, and so in need of love and affection and tenderness.
41. "These must be protected. As green shoots, they must be protected from the winds and the rain and the hot sun. Ye must place them where they can grow carefully and peacefully and easily, that they be not buffeted, that they be not blown upon, that they do not experience extreme elements that they are not able to bear. They must be cared for and protected, shepherded. Ye must put your arms about them and protect them from these strong elements which they are not yet able to bear.
42. "For behold, these young ones are on the threshold of great change, monumental change in their lives, and many will fear. Many will fear the future, for they feel insecure in themselves, and they feel that they are not yet ready. They stand before the great, mighty, wide ocean of My Law of Love, and there are those who would just put their toe in, and there are those who would wade out ever so carefully, and there are those who would dive in! For there are those who are at different levels, and each one must have his or her choice. They must not be forced, and they must not succumb to peer pressure or the desires of others, but each one must walk according to his own faith.
43. "For without faith it is sin. Each one must live this Law of Love according to his or her own faith, for only in this will they be able to experience and feel the warmth of love that I want them to feel. For it is My desire that this be a good and a beautiful experience, that it not be a breaking, that it not be a tumultuous emotional upheaval, but that it be a good and beautiful, warm experience.
44. "There are many who have questions in their heart. They wonder, 'What is this Law of Love?' They have heard so many things--not only from the outside and from the media and from enemies, but even from each other. They have many questions, and they wonder if they could do it, if they would be able to bear the burden and the experiences that their parents bore. They wonder if they would have the same strength to be able to take it.
45. "Therefore, I say, make this a good and a beautiful experience, that they may grow into the Law of Love, that their faith may grow in the Law of Love, that they may experience the Words of David, as they are beautiful and as they are loving. Therefore, I say, guide them and shepherd them step by step and slowly, that each one may operate according to his or her own faith and that none be forced and none be embarrassed.
46. "For what truly is the freedom that I want to give? Is it freedom in the flesh? Is it freedom only for sex? Is it freedom only for touching this or that part of the body? Nay, I say. Truly, the freedom I want to give is freedom in the Spirit, freedom to serve Me, freedom to love Me and to exercise your gifts, freedom to be honest, freedom to witness, freedom to have conviction and to stand up for the truth, freedom to speak in tongues and freedom to prophesy, freedom to help one another and freedom to counsel one another and lift each other up, freedom to speak the truth, and freedom to love Me and not be affected by negative peer pressure or the opinions of others or the cares of this life. This is truly the greatest freedom--freedom to love Me, freedom to serve Me, freedom to grow into your ministry and to be that which I have called you to be!
47. "Freedom in the Spirit, that is what you must seek! That is the true freedom! This freedom in the flesh is only a minute part of the freedom that I want to give you. It is beautiful and it is wonderful; it is needful and I do want you to have it. But it is only a tiny part. It is a stepping stone and a door through which you pass that you might experience the true freedom of the Spirit, that you might experience the love of the Wild Wind and the spirit of David and the spirit of Maria! That is the freedom that I want you to have!
48. "Yes, I want you to know freedom of the flesh, freedom to love and feel My Spirit and revel in My love and know what it is to give yourself to another, to love unselfishly, to care for someone else, and to love even when you feel you have no love, but nevertheless you love because I say, 'Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.' I want you to know this sacrificial love. But even more so, I want you to know My love and the freedom of My Spirit and the riches of My Spirit, which come from serving Me and loving Me above all things."
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49. "Behold! Behold a great cry and the rejoicing of your youth! For they shall understand the Words of David, and they rejoice to see the standard of the Words of David lifted high--that it is clear, and that they may follow, rejoicing that they too can truly live these Words that I have given unto My servant David that have set you apart from all others. For ye alone do partake of these wondrous beauties of My love in freedom and in lack of sin.
50. "Your youth have been confused, and they do not understand. But there shall be a great cry of rejoicing that they too may live the Words of David. They shall know, for they now seek to see the direction that My great Family shall take with the passing of David. They wonder in their hearts how it shall be and what shall happen. But they shall rejoice greatly that the Words of David are upheld and are held high that all may see, and that there shall be no shame, and that all shall be able to partake of this, My great love.
51. "They shall stand with conviction! They shall stand and shout from the housetops that they, too, are the children of David, and that they are the soldiers and warriors of David! For they shall go forth to fight, and they shall go forth with renewed conviction, knowing that they too are living these Words of David." (End of prophecies.)
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52. (Peter prays): Thank You Lord for speaking so beautifully and clearly. We're so grateful that You're there. You're always available, and it's a real testimony that we can hear from You, and that if we will just stop and look and listen, You will show us what to do, the things that will work. We really are grateful, Lord. Thank You Jesus!
Verses and Visions:
53. I saw a sheepfold which had a wooden fence around a big pasture. In the pen were the full-grown sheep with wool that was thick and mature. There were also others who weren't quite full-grown, but they also weren't babies anymore; they were old enough to want to imitate what the adult sheep were doing. They were gamboling and jumping and playing and learning by imitating the older sheep.
54. The impression I had was that the fence was the border, the division of what makes a voting member according to the Charter, which is age 16. Those full-grown sheep were the adults, and the younger ones were the 16- and 17-year-olds who are listed in the Charter as voting members. I felt this vision indicated that the young people will be getting help and counsel from the adults and also through experimenting amongst themselves while within the confines of our Homes.
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55. "The love of Christ shall constrain them."
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56. I saw a picture: There was a boy standing beside me on the left. He looked like he was about 16 years old. He was completely naked, and he was looking at a teen girl his age who was behind me, who was much more timid. She was clothed in a white gown, like a light nightgown.
57. He was looking at her and obviously trying to get her to come to be with him. She really wanted to be with him, but she had a lot of reservations and inhibitions. So he took her hand and they walked ahead. He was talking to her and asking her what she would be willing to do with him. She told him that she would only be willing to lie beside him and touch him. So he agreed to that, and they lay down together and she was touching him, and she masturbated him and made him come. He was really sweet to her, and asked her if she'd like to take her clothes off. She said that no, she didn't want to.
58. Then the scene changed and it was a while later. I saw her going around talking to different people--talking to a woman and talking to a man. She was obviously getting different counsel. Then the next time they were together, she still had some fears, different things that she was concerned about. That scene with the boy and girl was repeated several times, and each time, he was quite understanding with her.
59. I believe through this vision the Lord was trying to show our senior teens an example of the right way to go about their initial sexual encounters with one another. The teen couple demonstrated a lot of love and sweet concern for one another.--The teen girl was willing to help satisfy the teen boy's sexual desires, and while the teen boy asked her what she wanted to do and if she'd like to take her clothes off, he didn't pressure her to do so when she told him that she didn't want to. The teen couple in this vision showed a lot of love and maturity when they communicated with one another honestly, when the teen boy was understanding of the girl, and when they wisely sought counsel from the adults.
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60. One picture I got was from the movie "Lady Jane," where the young man and woman were together as king and queen of the country for just a few days. In their idealism and desire to do right, in that short time they tried to change things in the country to be more like they should be; they tried to do everything right. The impression was that that's the way our young people are. They may be immature in some ways, or lacking in experience, but in their idealism they want to do the right thing and they want things to be the way they're supposed to be.
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61. During the prophecy session I was remembering how the Lord has set a cornerstone in the foundation of the Family, which is the Law of Love, and that cornerstone separates us from the System and all the other churches. The impression was that with this generation of young people living the Law of Love, we are going to be even further separated from the System. Even they have to pay the price for believing and living the Law of Love. This is a stumbling block for other people, but it is part of our foundation and one of the cornerstones (2Cor.6:17,18; Jn.17:16,17).
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62. At one point when I was giving my prophecy the words came: "We see things differently up here" (para.19). Right away I had a view from way up above the Earth looking down, like I was seeing things from Heaven. Heaven was white, but the Earth was black and a mess. There was a little white dot on the Earth, which I believe represented the Family--the white dot was the same color as everything in Heaven--all white. The impression was that the heavenly host were looking down and wishing that we, the Family, lived exactly like they do in Heaven, and that we're their representation on Earth of what it's like in Heaven. The impression I had was that we're supposed to do what they're doing in Heaven.
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63. When the prophecy was being given about the many kisses to the young people (para.38), I got that song, "Oh, how they kiss, rejoice and dance to the Words of David!" As the prophecy continued, it was almost as if I could hear a heavenly chorus of angels singing that song very strongly. It was like our young people were rejoicing and kissing the Words of David.
64. I also got: "Are not these those who have gone down and spoken with the enemies in the gate and have fought for the Law of Love?" They've picketed, they've demonstrated in front of consulates around the world, and they've actually laid their lives on the line for it, so they should be allowed to live it more to the full.
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65. During the prophecy about how Jesus was longing to touch them and kiss them (para.40), I got, "But I have no hands but their hands and no lips but their lips." Because the rules in the Charter are very clear as far as who can and can't touch and kiss the teens, I was getting that they're the only ones that can physically show each other that Jesus really wants to love and kiss them.
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66. I also got three little quotes or verses about wisdom. "A wise man learns from his mistakes and a wiser man learns from the mistakes of others." This was in the context of the teens being wiser than us, as they are able to learn from our past mistakes and won't necessarily have to go through as many of the same things as we did. If we are able to shepherd our young people closely enough and provide them with counsel, it will make it a more beautiful or an easier experience for them.
67. I also got the verses, "Walk in wisdom towards them that are without" (Col.4:5), and James 3:13: "Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom." To me this meant that it will take a fair amount of wisdom for us shepherds or parents or adults to help them through this.
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68. I saw a stable of horses, and in the middle was a trainer. He had a young horse on the end of a training line, which was obviously the counterpart of a 16- or 17-year-old. The horse was a couple of years old, and there was a big corral full of other horses of the same age. There was a very light harness on the horse. I recalled the Daily Might about the love way, which has a picture of a horse on it. It says the best way to train a horse is to "gentle" it. The parallel I was getting was that imposing more restrictions was like breaking or forcing a horse, but you don't get the best horse that way, one that follows out of love. There was some slight restriction there, but those slight restrictions, as opposed to the strong restrictions, really "gentled" the horses.
69. I also was getting how the opposite extreme would be wild mustangs running through a valley.--I felt that pictured what would be the case if we failed to shepherd the teens. And it would be like saying, "Anything goes!" The impression I had was that if we were to do that, then what we'd end up with would be just a bunch of wild horses that can't be useful, they don't get any training.
70. Finally, I had the impression that every horse was a little different, and it does take some individual training. Personal shepherding will always be part of our lives, and each horse needed that personal touch.
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71. During the prophecies I saw a picture of a lot of knights in the olden days, going to battle. They were huge, with huge horses, and they were all riding together. The older, more experienced knights on their horses were in the front and around the sides, and the younger ones--like the senior teens--were also knights, but they were more in the middle. The outer men were protecting them and being the first contingent, the strongest in the battle. I took it to mean that the younger knights had the same freedoms, but there was also that element of protection and care from the older ones, like shepherding.
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