Priscilla Williams revelatory paintings 2

Enjoy all thirty of Priscilla's inspired paintings appearing on these three pages, accompanied by Priscilla's guiding narratives as a starting point for understanding the symbolism and meanings of the images given to her in the Spirit.

These paintings have many levels of meaning, like parables. People respond in uniquely personal ways as the Holy Spirit speaks through the images into their lives. These are just some of the ideas and insights. Priscilla delights in hearing the variety of what people see and relate to in the symbolism depending on individual experience, perspective, and what the Holy Spirit unveils to them. They are grouped loosely by subject matter.

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Emmanuel Reconciliation

This painting began with a dialogue with God that went something like this: “Lord, you gave me the painting ‘A CITY ON A HILL’ right after ministering in France last year. Don’t you have a painting for me this year for after ministry in France with all that focus on reconciliation?”

For the first time I heard God change the way I receive paintings. He said so clearly to me, “Well, what would you like to paint?” I was so surprised and had to sit for awhile to get in touch with my heart. I did not want to ask for something foolish. I believe God gave me the desire to ask for what He wanted me to paint. I said, “I would like to paint what reconciliation looks like from Your perspective”.

The passage 2 Cor. 5:17-21 was the theme of ministry in France and is so for this painting.

Read Priscilla's complete narrative for 'Emmanuel Reconciliation' here.



Lamb of God (Version 1)

When I received this image layer by layer I originally saw the first layer as the old town of Bethlehem, because I knew God was wanting me to identify Jesus’ place of birth in the background.

As days passed I felt a disturbance with that image of Bethlehem. I still felt the prompting to paint the place of birth, however. So, I asked the Lord, “Why the disturbance? Jesus was born in Bethlehem.”

I got a sense of His reply. That Bethlehem was Jesus’ earthly location of birth, but not His spiritual location in being birthed into this realm.

HE WAS BIRTHED IN JOY.

Well….. that was a surprise to me.

I knew God called His people into His Rest, as if it were a place…… a “state of being” kind of place in God’s heart…… a place that you can only be in when you are right with God and completely trusting Him.

So this was not that much of a stretch to consider JOY a place to be born into and to live in. It is a fixed spiritual place, but all spiritual places require a huge struggle on earth to realize.

The apostle Paul said, “I have learned to be content in all circumstances…. whether in suffering and lack or in restful plenty”….. It was a learning out of the struggle and suffering for him, but he did it out of his intimacy with Jesus.

So all that allowed me to hear God take me into another sense of reality here in all the Christmas messages.

JOY! Its location is in the heart of God.

Hebrews 12 says …….“for the JOY that was set before him, Jesus endured the cross.”

There it was………. I saw Jesus remembering His birth place to be able to take us to be birthed in that same place of JOY. Christmas is about being birthed in that place of JOY with Jesus.

That is why in this painted image JOY emerged out of the star-filled cosmos. It was announcing the place of Christ’s birth just as the angels tried to sing it. YES, JOY TO THE WORLD. This very real place is now accessible through this one called the LAMB OF GOD.

Jesus was not just coming as a baby. Why was He born in a stable? “Behold, the LAMB OF GOD” said John the Baptist. Lambs know such environments and feel right at home there. Did we miss that revelation?

The stable was not fitting if Jesus was only a baby, but very fitting if He was the sacrificial lamb…………. AND HE WAS THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB FROM BEFORE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE WORLD. So the stable was only another proclamation or prophetic word from heaven to earth.

So that is why in this painting the lamb is in the “strawed” manger instead of the baby. This baby came with sacrificial destiny all over Him. It over-shadowed Him from before conception. Yes, there would be the walking out of what happened before the foundations of the world. And yes, suffering is part of what will reveal the true birth place.

Joy is not an emotion/it is far deeper than that. It is not happiness, yet it can cause happiness.

REALLY TRUE, STRENGTH-PRODUCING-JOY is a hidden place. It is the suffering and struggle that opens up that hidden place and allows others to see THE REAL THING……. THE JOY THAT IS ABSOLUTELY VICTORIOUS. It is a very rare gem. Unfortunately most Christians are NOT willing to pay the price for this rare gem.

The crown of thorns, the cross……… well, they will produce gold…… gold that will make the crowns that on the other side of this so-called reality we get to one day throw at Jesus’ feet crying out with all of heaven’s angels, “WORTHY……. WORTHY…….. WORTHY IS THE LAMB WHO HAS BEEN SLAIN FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD……. WORTHY…. WORTHY…. WORTHY!!!!!!!”

Yes, THIS IS WHAT CHRISTMAS IS REALLY ALL ABOUT.

IT IS AN INVITATION TO ENTER THROUGH THE OPEN DOOR OF JESUS CHRIST AND FIND ABUNDANT LIFE IN THAT PLACE CALLED JOY…………. ENDLESS, LIFE-GIVING JOY.

This is Jesus’ gift to you this Christmas season…….. It is offered with all the love of Father-God’s heart.

May Holy Spirit counsel and teach you how to live out of the place called JOY.

MAY JOY BE YOUR HOME PLACE.



Lamb of God (Version 2)

Christmas Eve Painting 12/24/08

This version 2 was painted 'live' in front of my church's congregration on Christmas Eve as an interactive process and experience.

There was much for me to overcome within myself to open up that way and share a very vulnerable and intimate process with 'an audience' accompanied by 'performance pressure' to produce the painting within a limited amount of time.

The painting captures the energy of that unique and intense experience. It turned out to be a highly emotional experience all around...

Version 1 shown further above was the original revelation, my chance to 'practice' creating the painting before the 'live performance'. I believe each has a different feeling and nuances that make them an interesting study in variations on the same themes...



The Bride's Release

The key to the full and powerful freedom Christ bought with His blood on the cross is HUMBLE WORSHIP.

When the Body of Christ, the corporate Bride of Christ humbly worships God, the shackles burst off. This could be a long process or an instant miracle.

When we fail to enter into humble worship the shackles lock back on the Bride.

Humble worship can be a constant state of being. It has to do with seeing oneself the way God sees, it is seeing oneself as cherished yet ever so small in the glorious presence of the Most High God.

Through humble worship the corporate Bride hears the call to come forth out of the grave and out of bondage to get ready for her wedding day. She grabs hold of the garland of praise (Isaiah 61:3), the key of humility and the Bridegroom’s wedding band. She dances on the ashes (Isaiah 61:3 beauty for ashes) and sets her sites on victory.

There is only one thing on this Bride’s mind and heart... her most magnificent Bridegroom. The grave cannot hold her back.



Forgiven

This painting for me describes the power of the atoning blood of Jesus on the cross and in the resurrection from the grave.

His atoning work calls me OUT OF MY GRAVE-BOX built often by my fears and insecurities. My sin nature has caused me to be self-referenced, small minded and rigid like a box. When I let Jesus into such a place and face my own condition with His truth and grace I open up to His abundant, life-giving, creative love. With every growth spurt in that direction all of heaven celebrates as if throwing a party.

I will always be bursting out of my mental boxes – parameters of what I know because throughout eternity I will be discovering the vast creative dimensions of our great God. His love, creativity and glory are endless. There is always going to be so much more of God to experientially know.

This painting exploded into my consciousness. May it do the same for you.

May the reality to which it points burn into your spirit, soul and body. Enter the healing and liberating realty of being COMPLETELY FORGIVEN. It is a one-way ticket into glorious eternal life.



A City on a Hill

Matthew 5:13-16 “You are the salt of the earth….You are the light of the world, a city on a hill that cannot be hidden…..let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and praise your father in heaven.

Isaiah 60:1-5 (calling to Israel) “Arise, shine, for your light has come.”

In a book by Ron Crawford called SEERS CATALOG, I read, “…the blood within our veins is composed of essentially the same qualities as that of light.” How easy does that reveal the reality of these scriptures? Moses went to the top of Mt. Sinai, face to face with God; Moses’ face shone.

Later in Exodus 34:7 “Moses was 120 years old when he died, yet his eyes were not dim nor his strength gone.” Moses was called the friend of God. There is so much about this city on a hill that is about keeping intimacy with God.

Philippians 2:14-15 “Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault……in which you SHINE LIKE STARS in the universe.”

Ephesians 3: 8-12 “……that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places”………….. The word “manifold” in its Greek origins means full of color, many shades, tints, hues and colorful expression (as stated in my book, Visual Encounters page 33). WE ARE TO BE THE FULL SPECTRIM OF GOD’S LIGHT TO ALL ON EARTH.

The Hebrew letters spell shalom.

The city on a hill has its foundation on the rock soaked in the Blood of Jesus Christ. The purple in the rock represents His royalty.

It is vitally important that we see who we really are in Jesus Christ.



Establish Shalom

This painting has one word and one phrase in Hebrew, and a Hebrew transliteration word, "Shalom". The Hebrew word means “shalom”. The Hebrew phrase means “establish peace” (sim shalom).

The Hebrew “Shalom” means far more than the English word for peace. Shalom has to do with total wellness, completeness, full alignment with God’s intended purposes, harmonious restfulness, tranquility, prosperity and righteous fruitfulness. This is a gift from God. It is a state of being that originates with God. It is an existence of absence of strife and conflict.

Establish Shalom has to do with our partnering with God for the “on earth as it is in heaven” peace. Establish Shalom is a command to hear from God what is needed for the alignment, the making things right with God and being an instrument through whom God works to make it happen.

To establish peace like this is quite costly. One has to give up a lot of lesser things, and there is great war against such powerful peace. One has to be ready for following such a command.



My Prayer

The holy, eternal, infinite God speaks SHALOM to us. The Hebrew language was given by God (His commandments written by His finger on Mt. Sinai is one place of direct writing by God Himself). It is the most unique, God-connecting language.

The largest Hebrew word painted says SHALOM.

The smaller Hebrew words say ESTABLISH SHALOM. This is MY PRAYER. I ask God to begin with Jerusalem and then from there to the outermost parts of the earth let your shalom rule over all that He has created.

This painting hangs high as a prayer over the Glory Gazing Ministries studio.



Perceptions From The Heights

There is a powerful gravitational pull to this earthly realm. We get so full of the earthly “stuff”.

There is a call to rise up as on the wings of the eagle (Isaiah 40:31).

As we choose to lift our gaze and press into the Presence of God through Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit Eagle dusts us off and all that earthly “stuff” falls back to the realm to which it belongs.

We soar effortlessly with no striving or grasping.

We rise above the battle in the spirit realm. We are protected. Our God is our fortress and shield.

“You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is fixed on You because he trusts in You.” (Isaiah 26:3)

Fixing the gaze on the Source of all goodness and wisdom brings great peace and ability to live on the earth with “perceptions from the heights”. When we see life from God’s perspective, we have the discernment to know what has true value and priority.

It becomes a life characterized by FLIGHT.



For Those Who Will Come / The Father's Heart / The Haven of Rest

The ships could represent individuals, the church in all its different facets, or parts of oneself moving toward wholeness in Christ.

There are nearly capsized ships headed for the dangerous rocky shore. They are tossed and nearly wrecked, yet, the Father’s heart, full of grace draws them in.

Givin steadiness and security the ships sail into the heart of God. Sprinkled by the blood of Jesus from the cross there is cleansing and stability.

The ships sail on to enjoy the Shalom, Haven of Rest. This is the Sabbath Rest God offers us. We do not have to live out our lives as ships near wreckage, full of stress, anxiety, fear, turmoil, danger and death.

There is a Haven of Rest provided for us by the Light of the World, at the cross. Holy Spirit is ever working to draw us into the Father’s heart of amazing love and peace.



Into-Me-See (Inti-ma-cy)

The surrendered worshiper falls at the feet of Jesus Christ with the overflow of gratitude for the debt He paid at Calvary. The Sacrificial Lamb’s blood still flows freely for the cleansing of all sin (the mind is covered in the blood....red color on the head). There is no other way to freedom from sin.

The humble worshiper can know His protection in worship. It can feel cocoon-like, womb-like, clef-in-the-Rock-like. There is protection from and even a put-togetherness in the midst of the fragmentation of the world around the humble worshiper. The worshiper’s mind and heart are filled with praise (the orange color) and it overflows so as to wash Jesus’ feet with praise. There is a sense of the Bridal Veil Covering over the worshiper as well.

This image kept coming to me in corporate worship for several months before I realized I was to release it onto canvas. It is a combination of painted tissue papers and paint. What else do you experience in this intimate image of the humble worshiper?



Father’s Delight

I was on my way to another painting that I thought He was asking for release……another painting I held for 2 years to release. I was confused on which canvas it was to be on. For an unknown reason I could not tell if this was to be on a smaller canvas or the larger one. Every time I advanced to one or the other it seemed there was a bit of confusion. A cherished sister and brother came to the studio to pray over the canvases. Both were anointed and prayed for.

The Sunday morning at the Strasburg Assembly of God before leaving for my 5 days of solitude in a cabin nearby, I saw some monthly church magazines as I was worshiping, laid out on the back of the sanctuary table. I followed the urge to leaf through them. There were images that seemed would make good references for the painting. So I took them along. Little did I know that Father God was just making sure I had what I needed to follow Him where I did not know I was going.

I set up for my painting time in this cabin. Just as I approached the canvas to once again try to discern which canvas it was going to be I heard Him say within, “Take the smaller one. I am giving you a painting before the one you thought you were going to deliver. This time I am not going to show you ahead of time what it is. You must explore with me and find the painting as you paint.” This is like painting blindfolded. I had never done that like this with Him before. I have painted many times not knowing what I was painting but not under specific orders with so many unknowns. Besides that He was requiring me to paint with new paints…..liquid acrylic. The problem with new media is that you don’t know without experience where the boundaries are. One does not know when they will turn to “mud” and be ugly.

The unfolding had a touch of excitement to it, until the interaction inside the heart shape was staying ugly too long. I always tell my apprentices that a painting must be allowed to get ugly before it gets beautiful. It is what imparts freedom into it. This “ugly stage” was taking a long time. Not knowing where I was going in the painting made it seem like I was lost and the painting was about to be ruined. I cried out to Him, “I don’t know what I am doing! I am going to ruin it!”

Then I heard Him address me, “Are you free to ruin a painting? “ To which I replied, “Not so much.” He then said, “EXPLORE WITH ME. Let me take it where I want it to go. Rest and enjoy the journey. Don’t be concerned about what it looks like, just let me lead and let me take full responsibility for it.”

This after all was part of the very message of the painting.

God honors all sincere worship in His name and He is near to the broken-hearted when they cry out in worshipful respect and pleas. Yet, there is something that makes His heart POP and TOTALLY SPILL OUT, when one worships with the heart of a child…….self abandoned wonder and awe and full delight.

Yes, that is the worship that spills God over! It kind of looks like Pentecost when we are in that place.

Worship is meant to focus not on our delight but FATHER / SON / HOLY SPIRIT DELIGHT. The title focuses on the Father person of the trinity because we are emphasizing the child-likeness.



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