PROPHETIC WORD ON GOD’S MOVEMENT IN MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

Last weekend I spoke in Phoenix AZ, with Patricia King at (www.extremeprophetic.com) for a special gathering to pray for God’s movement in Hollywood. There I released a prophetic dream and word on what God is currently doing in media and entertainment. For those of you who are called to this mission field you must listen to this word given. For those of you who pray, you must watch this word to understand the importance of praying for God’s transformative power to change media from the inside out. As someone once said, “Whoever controls the media, controls the minds of a generation” it is time to influence this culture shaper with God’s creativity, with that which is truly good, true and beautiful..

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PROPHETIC DREAM ~ GOD’S MOVEMENT IN HOLLYWOOD AND ASIA ENTERTAINMENT

On Sept 26th morning I received a clear prophetic dream about God’s movement in the media and entertainment industry in Asia and Hollywood. There were two parts to this dream and interpreted the morning I received them.

Dream 1 ~ The Rise of Asian Artists in Hollywood & Asia

In this first dream I was in a high-rise, state of the art two-story office building. The building structure was contemporary, posh and everything on the outside and inside was glass. It had an angelic sense and purity to the design and décor. There were colors of white and deep green, it looked like a Hollywood office building in Beverly Hills.

On the bottom floor was a water fountain, statues of angels and neatly designed walkways leading to the front entrance. Then there was an escalator to the second floor where much business activity was happening. As I looked around the second floor building there were posters, portfolios and digital screen shots of different actors, actresses and artisans. Immediately, I knew in my spirit that the office was home to an entertainment and artist management company. As I looked around I saw different artists (many from GBS our “simple church” community in Hollywood) and they were all actively involved in producing new content, meeting with clients, consulting and were meeting in different rooms of the office floor. I then saw a media team from NewSong Church in Irvine coming into the office to film a TV show for the web and they were meeting in another room to discuss the production of the web TV series. Interestingly, everyone in this office working we’re mostly Asian, people I knew and were all professional and passionately driven in what they were doing in the creative arts.

Then in the dream, my office assistant came up to me and told me that I had an appointment with a female artist who wanted help in the direction of her career. I stood upstairs waiting for her, but she never came upstairs. I then get a notice from my assistant that the young woman is waiting for me downstairs because she doesn’t feel worthy to come up to the top level to meet me. I thought it was odd, so I went down the escalators to meet this young Asian artist and her name was “GRACE.”

When I saw her, my heart sunk, because she looked so insecure in her demeanor. She was dressed shabbily and had her head down when she came to meet me. She told me she didn’t know if she was good enough to come upstairs and was ashamed to meet me in my office. I then knew in my spirit that this young artist had an incredible destiny in God’s purpose, but she didn’t believe it or know it. At that moment I knew my role was to call out the greatness within her and I would have to bring her up to the second floor where others had found their purpose and assignments from God. I encouraged her and we ended up going upstairs together…. Dream ends.

Dream 2 ~ The Release of Righteous Role Models into Hollywood West that will effect Hollywood East

I then switch scenes from my first dream to a second dream. In this dream I was in a room with my two childhood best friends. One was Caucasian and the other was Asian. We were together listening to music off the iTunes player on my laptop and surfing the Internet together.  We then listened to the song “I’ll be missing you” the remake to the “Sting” classic by P Diddy after Notorious B.I.G. death. We commented on how the song was such a classic and how it touched so many lives for God.

Then we talked about how the original track that was sung by the Bad Boy camp “Get Money” was horrible and a wasted anointing, but then we thanked God He was able to redeem it by making a song like “I’ll be missing you.” My Asian best friend was also showing to me his Chinese lyrics that fit perfectly on a similar instrumental. I was also waiting to share with them both “Gratitude” (a new song off my upcoming album), which I knew would have the same effect as “I’ll be missing you” but then I waited. After the song was finished playing, it went to another popular rap song from the mid 1990’s.

As this was happening, I looked on my laptop and the website was youtube.com. As I stared at the screen the video enlarged and downloaded this popular game show. For some reason Michael J. Fox was the producer of the show. It was mostly white kids in a game competition. All of a sudden, in the dream was Ryan Seacrest interviewing a young girl that I recognized…it was a girl from IHOP (International House of Prayer) that told me 2 years ago she felt the Holy Spirit tell her she was called to be a missionary and actress in Hollywood.

Ryan was interviewing her because she had recently become a rising star in Hollywood and he wanted the audience to hear her story and her rise to fame. He said, “So you have now been a star in a hit sitcom, recently you’ve been a lead in a major blockbuster film and now you are back for a second season for the sitcom, but if I am correct you got your big break in a ‘Otis Redding” commercial in Kansas City is that right?

She got up and said yes… Then the spirit of the Lord came on her as she used the opportunity to testify about God. She started sharing a bit nervously, but under the strong anointing she shared boldly how she went to IHOP, then found Christ and God opened a door for her to be an artist in Hollywood. Ryan Seacrest could tell it was a bit awkward so he tried to end the interview early saying, “Well, thank you for sharing but…” She knew he was trying to stop her from testifying of God’s goodness, so right then she broke into tears on how she lost everything even her mom and friends but God saved her life from destruction. Then something supernatural and a bit disturbing happened. She paused for a moment and then grabbed her head, yanked it out and twisted it almost 180 degrees backward and then let it snap back into place. The whole crowd was shocked and started clapping, many moved to tears! She sat back down and on the front row was her friends from IHOP who were interceding and praying for her the whole time. I sat there watching stunned as I told my Caucasian best friend “I know that girl, she told me a year ago excitedly she felt called to Hollywood but I had no clue God would send her in with such favor so fast.

Interpretation of Dream 1

As I woke up from the dream, my friend from Asia called me up in real life right after I had awoken. I immediately shared my dream with my friend who is a mainstream artist in the Asian entertainment industry. As I began to share the prophetic dream the Holy Spirit began to give me the interpretations for both dreams…

In the first dream the two-story building represented a company of Asian artists that God was raising up in Hollywood to produce new media and entertainment for His glory. The building was high tech, a high rise, and high end meaning that this company of artists were going to produce creative content that was of the highest quality and caliber. Each of those on the second floor of the building we’re operating in their gifting, passions and callings. They all had specific assignments and were working in a spirit of excellence. They had all transcended the natural realm, and were operating in the supernatural realm (2nd floor) to produce God’s art and work. Many were famous, popular or mainstream stars as there were posters, film trailers and different press coverage plastered all over the office in different rooms.

The interpretation behind meeting the young artist “Grace” is significant. Grace represents many young aspiring Asian artists who have a passion for arts and entertainment field, but don’t have the faith, self-confidence or courage to believe that they are beautiful and possess the greatness to become what God has called them to pursue in the arts. Many of them like Grace, are self-conscious, ashamed and fearful to believe that they can really make a difference and shine their talent for the Lord’s purposes. Many were told when they were young that they were not beautiful enough, talented enough, or it would be foolish to enter into the arts and entertainment for fear of personal security. Her name was “Grace” because it was a reminder that it’s not about what these artists can do in their own strength, rather it is only what God can do in His grace and power to release them into the destiny for which He has created them for to fulfill.

The reason why I come down to the first floor to meet her is because my heart was broken when I realized she didn’t see the beauty and greatness within herself. My role was to encourage her, equip her and empower her to believe she could rise up to the calling for which God had called her to. The second floor of Asian artists were ones who had already transcended their fear of failure and were operating in supernatural faith and their God given anointing to do what He had called them to do. They were confidant in who they were and the God they served. They were moving in a spirit of excellence, creativity and faith that was changing Hollywood and the world.

Interpretation of Dream 2

In the second dream the Holy Spirit began to reveal to me what He is currently doing in Hollywood in raising up righteous role models who will affect the entire world with the Gospel of the Kingdom.

In the first part of the second dream I was listening to music on the iTunes player, which represents the current wave of digital music distribution. The times have changed, people are no longer listening to tapes, or even CD’s they are listening to digital downloads. I’m with my two childhood best friends one is Caucasian the other is Asian. These two friends represent my connection between Hollywood West (US) and Hollywood East (Asia), and how the West will effect the East more and more in the coming future.

We listened to the song “I’ll be missing you” because that was one of the first mainstream commercial songs that talked about life, death and God that became an international hit during the height of “hip hop” in the late 1990’s as we knew it. This song came at the tail end of the hip-hop golden era, marking a clear departure from gangster rap music and hip-hop turning into a commercial product and entity. The song was recorded with an honest heart, an acknowledgement of God and was written because of the tragedy of Notorious B.I.G. untimely murder and death. We then share how the other song “Get Money” produced by the same producer and company “Bad Boy” was a wasted anointing. Why? Because God showed me that in the 1990’s there was an anointing and gift released upon many artists, but because those artists chose to use that powerful gift and anointing for themselves, rather than to glorify God with it, the music, message and messengers of that movement destroyed millions of lives worldwide. In the 1990’s gangster rap music (2pac & Notorious B.I.G. etc), alternative rock (Nirvana, etc) took the world by storm, but produced the early deaths of its leaders and influenced an entire generation in violence, materialism, vanity and destruction. The anointing was wasted and misused for Satan’s purposes rather than God’s. We then thanked God in the dream that He was able to redeem the anointing for music that was lost, and turn it into a restored anointing on music that would touch the world with God’s music and power.

At that moment, my Asian friend shared with me his Chinese lyrics to the same song “I’ll be missing you” which represent how what comes out of Hollywood goes around the world as an expression of American culture and shapes the cultures of others (in this case Asia specifically as China’s film market is the fastest growing and fastest grossing market in the world currently). In the dream, I was also preparing to share with them a new song I had recently recorded that is similar to the message and sound of “I’ll be missing you.” It was a confirmation to me that the Lord was showing me that I could redeem the anointing to impact millions through music that was stolen by the Enemy, and repurpose that lost anointing for God’s purposes right now to once again impact the masses for eternity.

God is Raising Up Righteous Role Models

The dream then shifts focus. I am now looking at my laptop watching youtube.com. This, shift signifies not only the shift in how music is listened to today, but how Television and Film is watched now. No longer are people in this generation tuning into their Television sets to watch the latest and greatest, rather most young people are glued to their computers watching rich content on the Internet more than they do their TV sets. Again, we are shifting into an age of digital distribution, on demand, user based, and user generated content that has the potential to hook in and influence minds more than the modern TV set was able to do.

The laptop screen intensifies and the youtube.com page begins to enlarge and automatically downloads a TV show being shown on the site. The show is significant because it represents what the Holy Spirit is doing through American mainstream entertainment today. The show is a “game competition show” and is hosted by “Michael J. Fox” why is this important?

3 months ago, the Holy Spirit spoke to me and told me, “Jaeson I am giving you an assignment to minister and call forth celebrities and artists in the entertainment field to be righteous role models to the next generation.” (For the past 1.5 years I have been given a divine assignment to minister to many artists/entertainers in Hollywood and Asia in unprecedented ways, God has been saving and making disciples of many in the last 18 months for a divine purpose). The Spirit began to tell me that celebrities and role models both have rights, the celebrities right is to serve themselves, their name, acclaim and fame that is completely self focused and selfish. The role models right is only one right that is the right to serve others with their gifts, talents, decisions and actions to be a holy example of Christ to the many who follow them in order that they may ultimately follow Christ. It’s not about them it’s about God.

The Holy Spirit then showed me that it was no coincidence that many iconic celebrities had passed away in the last month, Ed McMahon, Farah Fawcett, John Hughes, Billy Mays and Michael Jackson. In many ways, these five were the spiritual father and mothers to the pop culture generation in the 1980’s. Ed McMahon produced and hosted the first American Idol “Star Search.” While Farah Fawcett deified the Hollywood sex goddess or independent sex symbol, John Hughes directed the infamous hit pop culture movies, Billy Mays being one of the first cultural pop sports icons and Michael Jackson was the first true “pop star” that inspired all the pop stars we know of today as the “King of Pop.” When these five died, it was because it marked the passing away of one era, and the releasing of a new era in pop culture and entertainment. The question is, “Who will these new pop stars be? How will the future of pop music and film entertainment impact the future generations in God’s end time purposes?”

The significance of the game competition show and Michael J. Fox being the producer is two fold. It hasn’t been until the last 5 years that we have seen TV competition shows rise to the top of viewer ratings. Shows like American Idol, America’s Best Dance Crew, America’s Next Top Model and others have soared through the ratings creating platforms for new talent to be discovered. Yet, if you pay attention closely to the majority of winners or famed contestants in American Idol and America’s Best Dance Crew, a lot of them are professed Christians or Christ followers. Some of them I know of their faith personally, others I have heard of their active faith: Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks, Kris Allen, Jawbowokeez, Super Cr3w, etc. to name a few.

Most of these stars were unknown one day, the next day they were catapulted to national and international stardom and prominence. Could this be by accident? Or is God preparing the way for His kingdom agents to shine for His glory in this crucial hour to prepare a global generation for His return? I believe God is using these game competition shows to create open doors that were not open before to those in the Christian community to gain favor and fame, not for themselves but for God’s ultimate purpose.

It is also significant that Michael J. Fox was the producer of this particular game show. Why him? Well, Michael J. Fox was the golden boy poster child of American entertainment during the 1980’s. He was about as famous as any child star could get next to MJ himself. But what happened? A few years ago Fox came down with Parkinson’s disease and realized how meaningless and short life could be. He decided to no longer use his fame, favor and finances as a celebrity for no good purpose; rather he began to fight for a cause he not only believed in, but he was willing to die for. He no longer sees himself as a celebrity; rather he is acting as a righteous role model to impact lives for a purpose that is bigger than himself. Fox represent a picture of what pop stars/icons are to be in this current hour. They are to fight for the freedom of mankind and use their platform of influence to become a platform of purpose to advance God’s kingdom in the earth.

In the pre-modern era the parents were the authorities and influencers of society because America was still largely a Christian nation based upon Judeo Christian and family values. In the modern era the teachers were the influencers of society because of the focus on the advancement of knowledge, science and enlightenment. But in the post-modern era, where truth is no longer absolute but relative, where young people don’t know who to trust, where young people are inundated with information overload by the media, who are the authorities and influencers of this generation? It’s not the parents, it’s not the teachers, it’s not the pastors; it is the pop stars and cultural icons.

Admit it, Barak Obama is not a president first he is a rock star first. That is why the youth came out in droves to vote for him. More young people will follow Bono of U2 and his crusade to end AIDS in Africa then they will be likely to listen to their youth pastor and go on a foreign mission trip to preach the Gospel. More young people look up to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie for their humanitarian efforts then they do to their schoolteachers or religious role models. So who are the new apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers of this age? They will not be only found in the four walls of the church most likely, rather they might very well be wearing ear rings, tattoos, and rocking clothes and hairstyles your grandmother would faint seeing if she saw them, because the new prophets and priests are the pop stars and cultural icons of our day. It’s not about going to church anymore it’s about being the church everyday, everywhere, wherever you are in whatever you do!

How the Spirit is Preparing His Artisans: New Prophets & Priests!

The next part of the dream is critical to our understanding of what kind of artists God is raising up in this hour to advance His kingdom through the arts and media. As the game competition show begins to play on my computer, I see Ryan Seacrest (who represents a neutral person in the world that God uses to promote his chosen ones) emceeing the TV program and introducing a young celebrity and rising star in Hollywood. In the dream, I was surprised because I knew who this young actress/singer was in real life. She was a friend of mine from IHOP (International House of Prayer in KC) and I remember her telling me only a few years ago that she knew God was calling her to Hollywood, but she didn’t know how God would do it, but she would be faithful to pray many hours a day in the prayer room until the Lord released her to the arts and entertainment field.

Now here she was, on a major network Television show being interviewed by Ryan Seacrest. He began to share how she had become so successful in the worlds terms, scoring a role in a hit TV series, a blockbuster film and then returning to another season. He then mentioned how she got her big break through auditioning for an “Otis Redding Commercial” in Kansas City. The “Otis Redding” bit is significant because one of my favorite songs is “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding an old soul song that is basically about sitting on a dock doing nothing, wasting time, etc. Why is this key?

It is key, because many people would think this young celebrity would have gotten her break into Hollywood by trying really hard at networking, getting together her headshots, finding an agent, hiring a manager to promote her talent, hustling in the entertainment communities, rather this song represented how this young celebrity before she became famous, got her big break through trusting in God, spending time daily at the feet of Jesus seeking His face and wasting her life at the foot of the Cross.

Instead of doing it mans way, she broke in God’s way. I always tell people, “God can do more in one day for you than you could do in 10 years working in your own strength for yourself!” It may also allude to “The Supernatural outpouring of signs, wonders and miracles at Bethel Church in Redding” as God will promote artists supernaturally and not naturally.

In the same way, this is Biblical in how God anoints, processes and promotes the ones He uses in history. Before King David became king of Israel he was a lowly shepherd boy, tending sheep, playing his harp and killing lions and bears in the back of a grassy field, unknown and completely content. As God sees that young David is faithful in the small things of seeking His heart the Lord gives him an open door to destroy the giant Philistine Goliath and overnight he is launched into a position of leadership and becomes a national hero.

In the same way, God is currently preparing His heroes and heroines, his artisans and warriors in the secret place of prayer, quietness and hiding. Those who will be faithful to God in getting first their spiritual life in order, will be promoted to national and international places of prominence overnight, so when the fame, favor and finances come, they will not be moved nor tempted because they know who they belong to and what their mission is. They have been prepared in the fiery furnace of intercession and worship, holding Jesus Christ as their sole reward and nothing else. Fame, acclaim, riches and honor mean nothing to them, because it’s not about them, it’s about only one thing: Jesus Christ.

Supernatural Power Turning Hollywood to Christ:

As Ryan Seacrest is interviewing this young celebrity, she recognizes that this is the moment she has been destined for; it is her opportunity to testify of God’s greatness and power in her life. She takes the microphone, and although she is nervous, the anointing of the Holy Spirit falls on her as she begins to testify of how she found Jesus Christ in the place of prayer. Ryan is taken aback, not knowing how to respond, he tries to play it off cool and move on with the show, but then she does something supernatural…

First, she breaks down crying sharing with the audience and the millions of viewers watching that although she had lost her mom in death and all her friends she still has joy because of Christ. She was not afraid to share from a place of weakness, pain and suffering, rather than sharing her faith from a place of strength. This is what this generation is looking for, they are looking for authenticity in our faith, not polished perfect Christians that judge, but ones that are real and meek.

The scene continues, as the audience does not know what to think of her bold faith, she does something supernatural. She yanks her neck out and then lets it snap backwards exactly 180 degrees, and then it snaps back into perfect position. When I first saw this in my dream, I thought it was a bit weird, but I understood that the interpretation was that she was not fearful or shameful to “stick out her neck” for the one she loved and worshipped: Jesus Christ. Her neck snaps back 180 degrees because that represents the “turning of heads” or the “changing of minds” as in repentance. Immediately, the audience erupts in clapping and cheering, many weeping under the presence of the Lord because of the supernatural power of her testimony.

In one moment, this young artist, celebrity, righteous role model, daughter of God shined her light for Christ by preaching the Gospel without shame and millions upon millions were impacted and had a supernatural encounter with God.

At the end of the dream I shared how I couldn’t believe how God sent her into Hollywood with such favor so fast. This is what the Holy Spirit is doing right now in this current time in history. In order to impact a global pop culture generation, the Spirit of God is raising up, calling forth, preparing now and sending in righteous role models, artisan warriors, the new prophets and new priests into Hollywood and mainstream entertainment with an anointing, a sound, a gift, a message so powerful, so pure and so penetrating that it will awaken the dead from their sleep in this generation and cause them to not only be saved, but to release a Holy Spirit revolution of love that will change history and shake the nations of the earth for God’s end time harvest.

I prophesy that the culture, spiritual atmosphere and landscape of Hollywood will begin to change dramatically in the coming days, there will be more and more believers placed into positions of prominence, this will happen for many overnight. Don’t try to make it happen, let God make it happen. Those of you who are called to Hollywood, don’t focus on the vision, but focus on the one who gave you the vision, seek Jesus above all things, go deeper into His presence daily, pray, fast and meditate upon the holy Word that will keep you from the temptations of Hollywood. Do not be swayed by fame, favor or the enticements of financial riches, rather seek to be holy in Hollywood by only obeying His commands and serving Jesus Christ alone. Seek to be nothing in yourself, but everything in Christ. The Holy Spirit will awaken many who never thought they could be great, but who will incredibly great in God’s grace. In the next 10 years many film companies, music companies and TV networks will collapse, infrastructures will be completely restructured reformed and renewed into God’s order. Hollywood will be a battle ground for truth and lies, light and darkness, there will literally be a righteous force, an army of believers that will overtake the Billboard charts at the top positions, blockbuster films that will glorify God, His beauty and creativity that will gross more money, sell more tickets than any human driven or produced films in the past, stadiums will be filled with people celebrating new kinds of music that will be anointed with God’s power and manifest presence, the lines between secular and Christian will no longer be drawn, rather God’s artisans will be at the forefront of music, film, and media creating the most creative projects, productions and products that will leave minds fascinated and hearts changed for eternity. More and more TV shows and TV series will be written by believers, God will release the anointing of the Scribe upon many, anointing them with scripts written by the hand of God, they will be given in dreams, visions and supernatural inspiration. The Christian base will be the most profitable, productive and looked at with respect rather than judgment, Hollywood will change and it will change quickly says the Lord!

China and Asia’s film market will rise in numbers it will become the biggest market worldwide for movie distribution and licensing. In 10 years China and the Asian countries will be producing films, music and television that will have global impact not only in the East, but powerfully and continually in the West. There will be a divine exchange of content between the East the West, their industries will be separate, but more and more connected as time continues on. There will be a new Hollywood in Asia, it will start in South Korea, but then it will eventually make its headquarters in China, Shanghai will be an international film center that will create and innovate in ways the world has never seen. Keep your eyes open, your ears alert for there is a coming wave of revival and awakening that will reform, restore and repurpose God’s original agenda for music, film and entertainment, it will be once again be used as God’s instrument of worship and for the promotion of the Gospel to all nations. It shall happen, wait, watch and see for a great awakening and powerful shift is happening before our eyes even now for a harvest of souls greater in number than anyone could imagine! In Jesus name, Amen.

Blessings,

JMA