The Stoning of Saint Stephen

By Apostle Tonya

In the Book of the Acts of the Apostles, Chapter seven, it records of the stoning of Christ’ beloved servant, Stephen whom service unto Christ hath invariably intrigued me. Perhaps, it was Stephen’s prayer for his enemies as he lay dying from their brutal wounds. Stephen, in Christ, holily, and justly finished the race with admirable last breaths remembering those who stoned him, praying: “Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.”

For a season, I ofttimes prayed for the Blessed Master to respond to me in a similar manifestation of seeing Him in glory (as Stephen was granted before his stoning). Acts 7:54-56. Surely, I prayed our Holy Lord might even consider to speaketh in visions and the clouds, which the Scripture record is His Holy Footprints. And in His faithfulness, the Blessed Holy Spirit has caused me to entereth into a season wherefore He hath begun to speak in the manifestation of clouds in visions and prophetic dreams.

Speaking of thy Lord’s clouds, I might want to also share the fictional testimony of Linus wherefore I was most blessed to hear as I watched, “The Boy Named Charlie Brown”. In it, Linus along with his friends, Lucy and Charlie Brown were in awe of His Majesty’s splendor as they gazed at the clouds. Linus, in response to Lucy’s question to him on what he thinks he sees in the clouds, declared most smartly, “That group of clouds over there gives me the impression of the stoning of Stephen. I can see the Apostle Paul standing on one side!”

And so, I offereth you my testimony that on a most recent occasion I beheld a vision at night wherefore I gazed into an open portal. In this blessed portal, I saw the brightness of the blue-sky arrayed with the purest white cloud..

…which was formed like a star, and in the star, friends, I saw the Holy Countenance of the Risen Christ. Amen.