This is the FULL BOOK TEXT of 8+Splash, no gimmicks, no tricks. If you want to buy a print copy it is on Amazon Here!, and I hope you do! But you can also read this for free, and if you appreciate what we are doing you can even donate to us directly or buy me some rice or a tray of eggs for the kids—or just pray for us in the mission field instead. And I believe if I am owed any money Jesus will personally make it up to me—I am fully convinced of that! No worries!
And you can also download this book as an ebook in epub (zipped) format here or PDF format here, yes, again for FREE. I lose some money this way, that’s true—but there are too many people who want to learn about the Kingdom and just can’t figure out e-commerce and may not be able to buy a lot of books. I don’t want to put any obstacles in their way to learn about Jesus’ Kingdom and things like prophecy which is what he told me is his heart on the matter as well.
So if you like this you can donate, or pray or you can buy a print copy from Amazon, etc., and I hope you do! But I have freely received and want to freely give, even if it costs me a little in between.
But before we get into it, let me also add a brief …
DEDICATION …
The number of people who influence us, help and support us is so numerous I always feel a risk in singling out a few names for my thanks, especially in print for what may be posterity!
We learn so much and benefit a great deal from struggles and difficulties sometimes, and even learn important lessons from people we dislike and often disagree with! Should I acknowledge and give thanks to the people who persecuted us, the hardships that we suffered through, or the hard-fought battles that we sometimes lost?
God turns all things around for good for the people who love him and are called by his purpose, so yes, even the hard times and difficult people end up deserving our thanks in some way. So thank you, even all you my enemies!
There are some people who I mentioned in this book but whose names I had to change who helped me, blessed me, trained me and loved me—but with whom I had a bad falling out with or parted ways with on bad terms and not to diminish the pain and frustration but to acknowledge the good they did, I not only must thank these people but admit I owe them a real debt of gratitude, despite how things turned out in the end. In heaven we will look back on this and laugh and so if it’s going to be funny then it must also be funny now! There are no hard feelings! God bless you and thank you for the role you played in my journey!
But finally there are people who did stand by me and were true inspirations, family and friends whose relationships with me gave me nothing but joy and happiness. My daughter, Tiara, is one of them. And so many of the kids and young adults I’ve lived with. I also include my ministry supporters and prayer backers like Daniel, Robin, Esther, Alan, Will and other co-laborers and servants of God who have fought the good fight of faith alongside us. Some may not even know how much I am thankful for their friendships in my life. God knows my heart and will surely bless you all.
But mostly if it were not for the support and encouragement of my amazing wife, Lilie Ann—the prophesied ‘Special Woman’ God promised me so long ago—well, I would not even be able to write a book such as this God told me. It was her love in my life that I needed to be able to write my future (which I will share with you soon in the vision Barns on a Hillside) … it was not her editorial assistance but her love in my life that empowered me. Ann, no thanks will ever be adequate to your love, friendship and companionship. God will reward you more than my thanks can ever convey. But I honor and thank you to the depths of my soul as well.
But now Jesus, I can say this is my best effort to do what you asked me to do in writing a book on how I learned about prophecy. I tried to be honest but gracious, especially for the times of strife or betrayal—and vulnerable and transparent in times of embarrassment—and hopefully clear and coherent in conveying what you told me. I hope you can use this to train your next generation of prophetic ministers so they won’t be beset by the corrupting influences of Man’s ways so prevalent in the Body right now. I’m so grateful for the opportunity to serve you in this way—even when it was really hard those few times but we too will look back on this and laugh.
So I guess I just want to give you a hearty Thank You, Jesus! I am your workmanship and I’m so thankful for the good works you prepared for me to do, especially in the realm of teaching people about prophecy!
So I’ll just say it again—Thank you, Jesus! Amen!
The CONTENTS are below, which link to the chapters (but not the subsections), but first I’ll mention I‘m using NKJV version for this text, so if a quote is unattributed it is NKJV. Copyright stuff is included, and yes, this work is Copyright © 2024 Edward Johnson, and All Rights Reserved. However, we encourage you to use this material to help spread the Kingdom of the Lord and to equip the saints, and so no permission is required to make copies of this material for non-commercial use within small ministry or training groups. We in fact encourage you to do so. We can also assist you with print-ready artwork, bulk orders or custom print runs.
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Contents–with Links to Chapters
Introduction, original book page 1
The Lord asked me to write . . . 1
A literary companion 2
But “8 … plus … splash”… ? 3
Chapter 1: Called out of Darkness, original book page 6
The Nicene Creed Came to Life 8
Powerful in the White Light 10
Cursed to Die 11
Telling Me Things I Knew Not Of 13
Poetry 14
Ignorance sans the Bliss 15
Ron the Dreamer 16
As the Dreamer Dreams his Dreams! 18
Per Severe Ants 18
The Dawn of Hope 20
Dream: Here We MAKE Recompense 20
Chapter 2: The Hair of your Head is Like Purple, page 22
Hearing God’s Voice for the First Time 24
Jim’s Miracles: Patience and Love 24
You’ve Got Mail 25
No Pain, No Gain 27
Christ IN you 29
Meet the New You 29
“A Chain Across my Head and Chest” 30
Chapter 3: On Hallowed Ground, page 31
Going with What God Gave Me 31
The Future Has Come Today 32
The Caribou Hunter 34
Prophesying to the Prophets 35
Jumping Horses 38
Is God Over-Complicating Things Here? 39
Let the Others Judge 40
Chapter 4: On Uneven Ground, page 43
Oh Deer! 44
Flesh and Spirit 45
Apt to Teach 46
Deep Calls to Deep 48
God Chooses as WHO wills, exactly? 50
The Future: So Much More Than Just Teaching 52
But what exactly is the Flesh? 53
Dream of a Church of Cockroaches 54
Discernment, By Any Other Name 56
For Whom? The Bell Trolls! 57
Rebuking a Fever 59
Lights out for the Power Team 60
Chapter 5: On Shaky Ground, page 62
A Special Woman for You 63
Trapeze Dream 64
Barns on a Hillside 66
Zeal without Wisdom is Not Good 67
God’s Word will Endure 69
Everything Linked into ONE BIG PICTURE 71
Chapter 6: Some of Ye May Prophesy! page 72
Trusting in Jars of Clay 74
A Few Other Dreams and Visions … 76
The Promise of the Sun 76
I Sat By The Lamp And I Realized Faith 77
A River Guide 78
Uphill, Both Ways 79
Prophetic Bike Ride 80
Twenty Years Later I Understand 81
Angels 82
Pizza Angel, Please Come to Me! 82
The 80’s Lady Angel 84
Chapter 7: I’ll Give You Whatever You Ask For, page 86
Jeanny mackers! It’s the Oyrish! 89
Sharing a Mantle 91
Vaughn Gerald: Arizona? 93
A Catalyst for Change 94
Doctrines vs Attitudes 97
I Only Teach the Word of God!—Are You Sure? 98
Just Remember, These Were Good People 99
Castaway Without a Sail 100
Chapter 8: You Will Travel Far From Home, page 101
Falling 102
Avoiding the Rubble at Nubble 104
Having an In-Body Experience 104
Jumping Water Bowls and Saltwater Aquariums 108
No Adequate Magazine for Filipinas 110
Promoduck, Asian Lawyer, Planet Build 112
Speedflex – Round Three – TKO!! 113
Chapter 9: The Blessed Village, page 115
And Now: A Word from Jeremiah 115
SARS 1 117
An Expat Enclave 119
Jesus, Take the Stage 120
A Career Move 121
Chapter 10: 2005 … And thus it begins … page 124
Rising Out of the Forest, the Purple Puzzle Piece. 125
Is the Puzzle Solved? 125
God’s Desire … for a Mainstream Christian Magazine 126
Her Sacrifice Bore Immediate Fruit 127
Learning to Quiet Myself Down and Listen 128
Chapter 11: “You can be a Prophet, if you want to.” page 130
God the Provider 131
You Are Not a Failure 131
Vision of Satan’s Fortress 132
Can We Build With The Same Materials? 134
Still Too Much to Share 135
How God Sees Annoying People! 135
You WILL Eat Adobo! 136
Teresa Seputis and Shandy 137
“You Are to Release the Captives; Don’t Forget the Vision—It’s Important” 137
Setting the Captives Free 139
Halloween Dream…. 140
Orca Jumping—Dessert with Disney 142
Chapter 12: Have a Talk with God, page 143
And a Dialogue about Intimacy: 147
How do you Claim a Promise from God? 149
God is Telling Us to Dream Big 149
About Doing Sales Calls: 151
A Test of Faith is a Test of Character 152
I Have Prepared a Beautiful Way Out. 152
A New Paradigm was Dawning 153
God’s Soul 153
Faith is the Key to Fulfilled Promises 154
Realizing God Could Teach Me 156
Chapter 13: Class is Almost Over, page 157
Angel at Adrian’s House 158
My Daughter saw an Angel in Armor at Adrian’s 159
God Provided to Print the Magazines 159
Tree of Life Church Foundation was Built on Sand 160
Prophetess Linda Hartzell 162
Prophet Jim Smith 163
Just Because I’m Near You 163
Everything Before—Was Done in the Flesh 164
Standing in a Heavenly Council 164
You Don’t Even Know Him!!—Submit Under Him 166
Chapter 14: Fitting Right In! page 167
Serving the Filipino Ladies 168
Home 168
Gates of Provision Shut 169
HKI—Journal of Prophecy and Intercession 170
More Than You Can Write Down 171
Not Ready for Mature Intimacy 173
You Should be Ministering 174
Grace: Strength to Overcome, Not Permission to Sin 174
Cleansing Stream to Hearing God in ‘Communion’ 176
40 Days in Heaven 178
Class is OVER! 179
You are Released! 181
Did I Just Get Fired? 181
You Said You Wanted to be a Prophet, Right? 182
“2008 by 2008” Church Vision Was Not From God 182
“My People Do Not Know How To Repent.” 186
More Than I Can Write Down 187
Jesus, The Word, Speaks NON-STOP 187
Vegetable Words and Fruit Words 188
HKI Launch 2007 189
Authority to Forgive Sins 190
Small Beginnings and God speaking through T-shirts 191
It’s not Arguments but Love that Opens the Heart 192
Bring All Ideas Before The Elders 194
Starting ‘Prayer Mountain’ Ministry and the Discovery of The Mind of Christ 195
The Perfect Storm 197
The Great Falling Away—The Apostasy 198
I’m Inviting You to Bohol—You Will Conquer Bohol! 199
Hope Restored 200
Chapter 15: Words for the Tree of Life Church 1:
Pergamum: Where Satan Has His Throne, page 202
The Flesh’s Last Stand 203
“My Word for the Tree of Life IS Pergamum, and I’m SERIOUS.” 203
Pergamum: to Exalt Man / Be Joined to the World 205
Where Satan has his ‘Throne’ 207
Antipas, who Opposes the Regime 208
The Nicolaitans, whom God Hates 208
Balaam, who was Rebuked by a Donkey 209
So in Pergamum We Have: 210
Overcoming Pergamum 212
The Result? Repentance, Right? 214
Making the Nazirites Drink Wine 214
Chapter 16: Words for the Tree of Life Church 2:
Sinking in Quicksand, page 216
An Abusive Gorilla 216
Remove The Idol!! 217
They Ask For a Sign, the Sign is … Someone Will Die ‘In a Day’ 218
The Time Has Come To Be Holy 219
“The Tree of Life is Going Into the Wilderness.” 220
It Will Delay No Longer 222
Kurt Tomlinson’s Vision—the Tree of Life Church is Built on Quicksand and is Sinking 222
Two Giant Snakes in the New Building 224
What It Will Be Like If You Stay 224
Chapter 17: Words for the Tree of Life Church 3:
Three Final Words, page 226
Murderous Pirates Stealing Money 226
The Tree of Life is Sinking 228
A Friend’s Word: The Tree of Life is Sinking 229
Other Voices Share Confirmation Words 229
Shooting Bears in a Boat 230
Three Final Words 230
Reflections 233
Passing the Torch 234
Chapter 18: Pastoring Mui Wo Village, page 236
Like an Open Heaven 237
Demonic Harassment in our Relationship 238
Sign of 33,000 Lightning Strikes 239
More Personal Warning Words 241
Dividing Sheep from Goats 244
A Petition—GRANTED! 245
His Ways are Higher 246
The Bear claims Victory 247
A Time to Refrain from Grieving 248
The Floodgates of Revelation Open 249
Three Visitors at Christmas 250
Prophets Training School 251
Carrying His Presence 252
Skin and Bones 253
Assault, Police Corruption and Finally Eviction 254
A Vision of Hope 258
Sympatico Castle and Theme Park 258
A Key to the Future 260
New Season, New Assignment 260
The Pearl and Mango 261
Escaping from the Belly of the Whale 262
Chapter 19: Being Taught by God, page 264
#1: Dream of People ‘Fleeing Their Habitations’ 264
People Fleeing The Places God Provided
For Their Safety And Training … 265
Interpretation: This Is What Will Happen To God’s People!! 267
#2: Dream of ‘The Mountain Valley Vision’ 279
Entering a “Works” Zone—the Works of Faith 283
Mountain Springs: Higher Springs of Discernment 284
Seeing God AS HE IS—No Illusion 286
#3: Prophetic Word: ‘Emotions, Covering, Submission to False Authority’ 289
“Emotions” 289
“Covering” 290
“Submitting to False Spiritual Authority” 291
Chapter 20: Isaiah 61: The Model of Your New Life, page 292
Spiritual Building Blocks 293
To Heal the Broken Hearted 297
Freedom for the Captives 299
Release from Darkness 301
A “Year” of Favor 303
A 3-fold Freedom 304
If the Enemy has a ‘Walled City’ in our Hearts 304
The Day of Wrath / Day of Revenge 306
To Comfort and Provide for Those “In Zion” 307
A Seven-Fold Blessing—Gives 21 Effects 308
I … shock 312
From Salvation to the Kingdom 313
New Goals, Methods and Tools 313
Chapter 21: A Promised Land, page 316
Hitting the Ground Running 317
Meeting the Angel of the Revival 319
Overture in Anda 320
Shaking, Yelling, Breaking, Cracking, Shouting 322
God, Your Promises Failed! 324
A Special Woman for You 325
Well, What About Me? 326
Promise Kept 327
And About My Writing… 329
The Puzzle Gets Solved 330
What do I really Think about Prophecy? 332
What does God Himself think about Prophecy? 332
About the Author—and
Other books from Edward Johnson . . 311
