The Avengers – Answering the Cry for Justice

The Avengers – Answering the Cry for Justice

By: Susan Deborah Schiller

In that foggy state between dreaming and waking I heard that quiet inner voice say, "Some people think I don't intervene and rescue them, when in reality I set in motion a plan to save every family and individual on earth. It's called "The Avengers."

Have you ever wondered why it seems God is silent in the face of suffering? Every day I am part of a group of survivors who are in various stages of recovery from domestic violence. In many cases our suffering is silent, because the perpetrators deftly use psychological torture behind closed doors combined with threats to keep their victim silent.

While the world sees the perpetrator as a good-looking, charismatic person who says all the right things and appears to be doing good, the victim's pain is rarely noticed.

In fact, we blame the victims. Sometimes the abuse occurs right in public, but no one seems to know what to do or say, so they turn their heads. This further abuses the victim, who is left to think even God has abandoned her.

There are plenty of victims in the world, but where are the avengers?

A couple of years ago there was a blockbuster movie called, "The Avengers." In this movie, God began to paint a picture of deliverance.

I've never been a big fan of super hero movies, but this one caught my attention when Chaos poured down from the sky through an open portal created by an instrument of the gods, called a Tesseract. It seems the humans were bent on using this "gift" to create super-guns in their ever-increasing military operations but it quickly spiraled out of their control. This seems a pretty fair description of life on earth today!

To counteract this Chaos, super heroes, both past and present, were united: Captain Marvel, Iron Man, Thor, The Hulk, and more.

Each hero was intent on saving the world all on his own. Not one of them was accustomed to team work. I thought they were going to kill each other, at first, while the bad guys got away with subjugating humanity. But as Chaos was unleashed in an overwhelming rush, and with human lives at stake, the super-heroes pulled together in a circle, all facing outward, and began fighting "as one."

I don't want to spoil the story for you if you haven't yet seen "The Avengers," but I do recommend the movie because of the ending. As the credits spill down the screen, a voice is heard bemoaning his loss. His booming otherworldly voice speaks on behalf of Chaos, complaining that he had been convinced Earth was going to be an easy takeover. He didn't expect to find people who were not easily subjugated and super-heroes who could fight together. He was taken by surprise by their courage and selfless cooperation.

It felt like I was briefly seeing the world – all the pain and suffering – through God's eyes. After seeing the movie and watching Chaos pour down through an open portal in the skies, I recalled another dream and its message very similar to "The Avengers" movie.

In the dream I was observing with a sense of alarm unusual black clouds in the skies, and out of the clouds poured down evil creatures, like rain. Beside me I felt the presence of God so I asked, "Father, can't we stop this Chaos pouring down from the skies?" He replied, "What you are seeing is a visible result of people's choices. I've given them dominion over the earth, along with the power in their words to rule it." In the dream I continued watching the Chaos as it poured down from the skies and quickly flooded the earth with a malignant darkness.

I saw in my own life and in the lives of my friends, how our choices, actions, and words have called into being this Chaos.

Chaos comes through good people who just don't understand the power of their thoughts, words, and actions. Simple phrases like, "I can't…" or "My cancer"… or "Damn you"… or "You're ugly"… "I hate…." or the thousands of careless things we call ourselves and others are manifesting in the circumstances of our lives. Statistics show most of us have negative thoughts 80% of the time!

Chaos is also unleashed when these same nice, good people close their eyes to evil or worse, silence the victims who dare to cry out for justice.

My counselors told me I was the most abused woman they had met in many years of counseling. I doubt anyone would want to compete for that title!

But God has a justice system, and whatever it is that has defeated you in your own life, is the very thing you are designed to defeat. With every problem there is an equal or greater provision. Each dilemma is equipped with its own solution.

It's time to make the leap from "victim" to "avenger."

Jumping back to the dream message, "Some people think I don't intervene and rescue them, when in reality I set in motion a plan to save every family and individual on earth. It's called "The Avengers."

I had never heard the phrase before, so I looked it up. In the Old Testament, a blood avenger is someone related to you by blood, or a kinsmen. Their job is to protect your extended family.

Hit man and body guard, all-in-one. Every family had an Avenger. In fact, God had to institute "cities of refuge" so that murderers would have a safe place to await trial.

The safety and protection of families was so much uppermost on God's heart that He instituted a plan that both protected the victims and the criminals… real justice, real solutions.

Putting it all together: "The Avengers" movie with these two dream messages…

I believe God is saying that He's not worried about the end of the world. He's got some surprises up His sleeve. Maybe one of those surprises is you and me…. and like the superheroes in "The Avengers," maybe we just all need to learn to cooperate instead of fight.

"Divide and conquer" is the number one strategy the real version of Loki, the evil superhero, uses. Diversity is great and makes us stronger. But political and religious walls separate us all into our own little castles with moats, protected by ever-growing military forces. It is not the solution we need.

The Chaos we are presently seeing has been growing since the beginning of Time and is getting worse despite our technology and sophisticated security measures. Up till the End of Time there will be wars and rumors of wars, but we are very close to the End. And the End is only a New Beginning, and it's very close.

It's the sequel to Calvary, and I'm guessing that we have a big role to play, for He handed us the keys to the Kingdom at the end of the last scene and gave us ALL authority on earth! I mean, did we miss that somehow? He gave us ALL authority to take dominion of the earth. Instead, we have built all these little kingdoms at war with each other.

There comes a time when victims need to take responsibility for the Chaos in their own lives, personally and corporately. The only time we have guaranteed is NOW.

We are royalty, not mere subjects of earthly kingdoms. We are immortals clothed in mortal body wear, created in our Father's image. What if you and I, just ordinary people, are the missing Avengers? Warrior princes and princesses. 

It is said that in order to enter the Kingdom of God we must become like children. To be a success in God's Kingdom is to know and express the highest form of love: the daily action of laying down our own lives for the sake of loving the people who we may feel least deserve our sacrifice. That, to me, is being a true "Avenger".

When the true Avengers quit squabbling among themselves and quit building their own kingdoms (churches, ministries, political factions, etc)… quit feeling they have a corner on the market of Truth… and begin cooperating, fighting "as one" we will see great changes on Earth, beginning in our own personal lives.

Together we are that great cast of characters in this movie called life and we are co-creating this world, for good or for evil. Each of us is needed to play our part well. We must know our true purpose and destiny and then focus all our effort on fulfilling that role.

Today, I have republished this article, originally written in the summer of 2012, to remind myself that God has a plan when all hell breaks loose. He's creating something beautiful out of this chaos, and He bids me to co-create with him, by intentionally writing my story in such a way as to reframe the past and rewrite the future. What we speak is what happens.

Here and now, I recall all of God's promises and I embrace the Truth. I am eager to employ these promises in creating a new family legacy. I will answer the cry for justice. With God nothing is impossible.

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With all my love,

Sue

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