A TIME OF CONVERGENCE – HELP COMING FROM ALL DIRECTIONS – WHO IS ARIEL? – DISCERNING THE SUPERNATURAL OF GOD – 11/8/21

Transcription of the prophetic word that the Holy Spirit gave to Annamarie Strawhand, which she delivered during her broadcast of Life in the Faith Lane on November 5, 2021.

Watch the video, and then read the transcript below.

 

SUMMONING THE LION OF GOD!

ANNAMARIE: “Chutes and ladders. Chutes and ladders. Chutes and ladders.” Thank you, Jesus. I see parachutes coming down, ladders going up. What is this, Lord? “Chutes and ladders. Chutes and ladders.” It’s not the game. No, these are actual parachutes coming out, uh, down. Military. Mm, Jesus. Military coming from top; military coming from the bottom. “Chutes and ladders!” Thank you, Holy Spirit. Wow. Mm, thank you, Jesus. He keeps saying it’s chutes and ladders, chutes and ladders, parachutes coming from the air down, and then coming up from underneath. Chutes and ladders. Parachutes. Is this the 82nd Airborne again, Lord? Jesus. [Inaudible whisper] Mm, he’s showing me parachutes coming down, military, and ladders coming up from underneath the military. 

“This is the time of my four winds,” says the Lord. “My angels from the east, from the west, from the north, from the south, my angel armies are converging from the four corners of the earth. Arise, sons and daughters, for your time has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. It’s time to emerge, for I’m blowing my breath upon you. Get up and fight! YOU who have thought you lost in your run for office, do not take their word, for the Lord has said YOU are victorious! Keep fighting for your city! If I have called you up to be a leader, it doesn’t matter who’s name is on that office. YOU, your name is written in the heavens and the earth to be a voice for your city, for I, the Lord, have voted for you! Do not run away! If you are passionate about your city, GO and be a leader! I am the one that ordains the leaders and the kings,” says the Lord. 

Yes, Lord. There’s someone here that wanted to run for public office, but it got too difficult. I don’t know if this is Gene Ho, could be more than one person. But he’s saying, “Like I said to Elijah,” says the Lord, “come out of your cave and go BACK, and stand up for my righteousness for your city! Get into the face of those Jezebels and Ahabs and tell them who the Lord God is!” For the Lord is saying, “I’ve ordained you to be a voice for your city. Even if these voting have been in the fix, I sent you to be a voice. Do not go into your cave and hide! Go back, like I said to Elijah! Come out of your cave!”

Yes, Lord. I’m thinking that’s for Gene Ho, but it could, it could be for more. Thank you, Lord. 

“Ariel! I’ve called on Ariel! Ariel!” Archangel Ariel, I do not know what his assignment is, Lord. Is it his timing? I do not know. He’s calling out his name. Thank you, Lord. Oh, my goodness. This is a complete and total side-by-side convergence with our military of America with God’s. I mean, this is, whoa, it’s coming in from all sides. It’s coming in from all sides. It’s coming in from all sides. 

That’s why I said do not fear, do not hide in your caves. We got to, we’ve got to fight too. He’s calling up the sons and daughters of God, along with the angels that are coming in, along with the military. This is all coming to a … what’s the word … like a crescendo. This has been set in time. I see it coming from all directions—parachutes coming in, coming in from north, south, east, west. I see angels coming in. I see military coming in. He’s saying, “Those who’ve been called up to lead and get in the face of the Jezebels and the Ahabs, do not run away! Get back out of your cave and go in and get in their face. This is not the time to retreat.” 

He’s reminding me what Gene Ho said to me, the man who was running for mayor of Myrtle Beach. “Storm the beaches. Storm the beaches. Storm the beaches. Storm the beaches. Storm the beaches. Storm the beaches.” This is coming from all directions. I can’t even get a direction on this, and he keeps saying Ariel, and I have no idea, biblically, what that angel’s job is. 

He’s saying, “Sons and daughters, rise up! This is not the time to retreat! Get back out of your cave and go back and get in the face of Jezebel and Ahab!” Oh, this is strong. I’m shaking. Lord. Oh, my gosh. It’s soon. He’s summoned Ariel. I, I, he’s summoning him. He’s been summoned!

Lord, I want to understand what you’re saying. Give me understanding. This is coming air, sea, land—it’s coming from everywhere—military, the good guys. Plus, those who have been called up to be soldiers of the Lord, this is not the time to retreat, he’s saying. My goodness, just, I’m just, I don’t know. Uh, this is big. This is really big. Pray. Pray! Pray for our military. “Storm the beaches. Storm the beaches. Chutes and ladders. Chutes and ladders. Storm the beaches. Chutes and ladders. The four winds. The angels of the four corners of the earth. Ariel has been summoned. Those who’ve been called up to lead and be a bold voice for this time, get out of your caves! Go back! Get into the face of Jezebel and Ahab. Do not hide!” 

Oh, my gosh. Mm. There’s more, but I, I feel like, I, my whole body is shaking so bad. Please pray for me right now that I can get this out. Lord, please help me release this whatever this is. Help me, Holy Spirit. 

“Do you not see the volcanoes?” Oh, the birthing is happening. The birthing. Yes, Lord. Sons and daughters of God are being birthed. It’s time. [Inaudible] uni, “that UN, that UN, UN, UN, you smell like old urine, UN.” Ooh, it’s a stench to his nostrils. They have mocked God. It’s not going to be good for the UN. It’s not going to be good for them. [Inaudible] 

Thy will be done, O Lord. “You evil ones who have sat at your buffet tables try to give sloppy seconds to my people, YOU are the ones that will have the slop!” The Lord is saying, “My people shall have the delicacies. My people shall be honored. Their homes shall be filled with blessings. Those who have honored me,” says the Lord, “shall be honored. YOU TRY TO STEAL THEIR THANKSGIVING! HA! No, I will give them DOUBLE PORTION! They will still give thanks to me! YOU, O YOU EVIL ONES WILL NOT STOP THE VOICES OF MY PEOPLE GIVING ME THANKS, AND I WILL BLESS THEM!”

Thank you, God. Thank you, God. Oh. The Lord is angry about Thanksgiving and what they’re trying to do. He’s saying but he knows his people will still give him thanks. He will bless your tables. He says, “Do not fear.” He will bless your tables. He will bless your tables. Thank you, God. Now I feel the Father’s heart right now. He is, he is coming for those who have hurt his children. I feel the Father’s heart strong. Those who’ve tried to take food out of his children’s mouths, tried to feed his children sloppy seconds, he keeps saying, “Sloppy seconds, who do they think they are?” 

Please pray for me. There’s more. There’s more. I’m trying to get it out. There’s more. Holy Spirit. “Space man, space man.” Space Force? Please pray for me that I get out what God wants to say. Lord, help me. Thank you, Jesus. He says, “Look up; look up; look up.” Things are happening in the skies, in the heavens that have been prepared for this time. He has aligned it. He has ordained it, the Lord. Do not fear. Be bold and courageous. He is with us. Yes, Lord. “Did not my son say he saw Satan fall like lightning from the sky? You will see things falling from the sky, but do not fear. It is for the good.” Yes, Lord. “It is for your safety. I’m cleaning the heavens. I’m SWEEPING them clean!” Yes, Lord. 

He’s saying, “I’m teaching you in this time how to get your households in order. This is a time of cleansing, of renewal, of cleaning the clutter.” He says, “I’m cleaning the clutter too! There’s work to do for my ecclesia!” Yes, Lord. Thank you, God. “I will protect my children.” 

Thank you, God. He’s showing me the scripture. He’s showing me a scripture. He’s showing me the scripture. He’s taking our captivity captive. Those who’ve tried to hold his children captive, he’s taking them captive. 

“Do you not know how the story of Esther ends? My Esther! Do you not know how her story ends?” Yes, Lord, I know! It’s good! “Yes, it’s a happy ending. Did I not tell you to say yes to Esther, that I will always come through for my faithful ones, for my bold ones? Divine reversal. I take those who have tried to take you captive. They are the ones that shall be captive.” Yes, Lord. We did say yes to Esther, Lord. We did. We did. We proclaimed it. We did. You told us to watch your brilliant plan how it all unfolds. You told us divine reversal. 

[Gasp] That’s right! I just saw, he just showed me how Sight & Sound Theater in Pennsylvania, there’s only like two more weeks of that Esther play, and then they’re wrapping up the Esther play. And did the word for Pennsylvania go forth, Divine Reversal – Yes to Esther, there’s only two more weeks left in that play. Is that an alignment? [Gasp] Sean Feucht was in Lancaster bringing in the glory. He was in that field in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where the Esther play was playing. He was in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The Esther play is in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He was actually in a harvest field bringing hundreds and hundreds of people to the salvation of the Lord Jesus Christ. The glory’s there, the glory. He ushered in the glory. 

There’s a timing going on here. There’s a timing going on here. Sight & Sound Theaters, they’re wrapping up that Esther play. There’s only two more weeks of it. It’s in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. God gave us that word, Yes, to Esther. It was alignment with that Lancaster play in Pennsylvania. Divine reversal. Sean Feucht was just there two weeks ago having a big revival meeting in the middle of a field that just had harvest. There’s, it’s a marker. There’s a marker. This is all, this is all happening at once. 

That’s right. We got to wear our crowns like Esther. We cannot retreat. We got to stay awake. These are the days of Elijah. These are the days of Esther. And he said, “I take my captivity captive.” Take those, he’s taking those, he’s taking our captivity captive. We’ve been held captive. Oh, my goodness.

Okay, I’m starting to feel some relief now. That was, whoa. That volcano erupted. He said, he just said what it was. What did he say? He said something about the volcano. He just said it. Birthing. Birthing. It’s the earth birthing the sons and daughters of God, us now! It’s a sign of us arising. 

Ooh, I just feel like I just had a baby. Oh, [Inaudible] That was intense. Whoa. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Jesus. It’s not a tsunami. Lord already told us three weeks ago the tsunami is the outpouring of his Holy Spirit, and that any flooding that comes in is a cleansing of his Spirit. He’s already told us that. Wow. [Inaudible] Whew, this was strong. 

Father, I thank you and I praise you for your holy word. I thank you, God. We’re asking now for prophetic confirmation and understanding of this word. We thank you, Father,  and we praise you. We thank you, Father God, that  you are our defender. We thank you, God, that you have come in with your mighty right hand, and you are saving your children. We thank you, Father, that you are destroying all evil, that the battle is yours, Lord, and you are, you are avenging the evil for your children. That we, yes, Lord, we will be faithful. We will not retreat. We will stay bold and courageous. Father, protect our military. Protect your people. Protect those bold ones that are standing up for your kingdom and your glory. Protect those that are getting in the face of Jezebel and Ahab. Thank you, God. Father, your glory is our covering. Thank you for sending your angel, Ariel and Michael and all your angel armies, God. We thank you, God. We praise you. Thank you, [Inaudible].

My friends, I don’t know; there’s a lot here to piece together. I have to go back and listen to it myself because a lot of times when this is coming forth and coming out of me, um, I don’t realize all that’s being said, es, especially the Spirit is speaking, of the Lord, I have to go back and, and put it together. I’m going to ask my, my scribe, uh, Goose, to go through and scribe this. The Lord loves to come and speak to us after communion. We invite him, and he, he, he comes and he speaks, and we’re coming to a crescendo in time. But do not fear. Stay faithful. Keep your eyes looking up. Do, do not, do not listen to any gloom and doom. Know that God is here with us. The Lord is here with us. He’s saving us. He’s saving his children. He, he is avenging those who have hurt us that are his children because he’s a good, good Father. 

And I just , ooh, I just, uh, I’m asking you to pray for our military for their protection. Pray for the good guys. Pray for the plans and purposes of God to go forth. When we get a prophetic word, we must pray. Pray that those that have been called at this time to stand boldly for the Lord, that have been called to be the Elijahs to get into the face of the Jezebels and the Ahabs to, to not run away and hide right now. Turn back around and fight and do not fear if you won’t have, if you’re afraid you won’t have much on your Thanksgiving table. God is saying he’s going to provide and to just give him thanks. Okay? All right? 

Oh, my goodness, was this the first prophetic word that was spoken in here, in this room? Thank you, God. Thank you, God. You are so good and faithful, Father. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Holy Spirit. I feel like it’s all come forth. I feel that release. I feel that relief, but there’s still something stirring here right in the center of my spirit. It’s just like a, a expectation, like it’s coming. It’s coming. More is coming. More is coming. Not in a fearful way, but like get ready, expectation, you’re about to see the glory of God. 

My goodness, wow, wow, that was a lot. My friends, our prayers have gone up to Heaven. The Lord has heard us, and Father God is coming in and woe to those, woe to those who have taken food out of his children’s mouth and have hurt his children. Woe to those who try to ruin his children’s Thanksgiving.  Woe to those at the UN. Oh, my goodness. Oh, oh, my goodness. We prayed for them. We’ve prayed for them to turn from their wicked ways. Gosh, I’m still shaking. Thank you, God. Thank you, Father.

I’m trying to see what y’all are saying. Does anybody know the assignment of the angel Ariel from the Bible? I need a biblical meaning. Biblical meaning of Ariel. Lori? The Lord said one, in, in, in, he’s going to sweep it! I saw like a big, giant [Sweeping sound effect]. Is that what Ariel does? Mm. I’m still shaking. Whew! What is the biblical meaning of Ariel? What does that angel do? He’s summoning, he said he’s summoning Ariel. Thank you, God. And he said Chutes and ladders, it’s coming from the top down [Inaudible], oh, the enemy’s not going to have anywhere to go. I’m telling you. My whole body is shaking right now. [Sigh] 

Okay, Renee Foster says, “Ariel is over nature, Lion of God, air, wind, fire, water.” Oh, my goodness. [Gasp] Lizella Ornelas says, “God calls on the place of Ariel to wipe out the evil coming from the ground up in Judah.” 

Oh, my goodness. I can’t stop shaking. This … thank you, God. Thank you, God. Oh, my God. I’m so grateful to you, God. Ariel, the lion of God, chief man, sent by Ezra. Oh, my goodness. Ariel’s an angel who punishes the demons—the punisher. Ariel’s the punisher. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Thank you, God. Pray for me. Pray for me. I can’t stop shaking. 

[Gasp] The picture behind me, the lion and Jesus, the lion and Jesus. Something told me to bring this picture out here today. So, the Holy Spirit told me to bring this picture out here today. The Holy Spirit told me to bring this picture out here today and put it behind me. I almost felt bad because I thought, “Lord, I need to leave it in the house in my living room. I need to leave this picture in the house in my living room.” Jennifer Klinger gave this to me for my birthday this year, and we had a powerful communion when Jennifer was here and we held this up, this picture, and I love it so much. And I thought, “Oh, you know, I really need to keep it in my house,” but the Holy Spirit said to me this morning, “Bring it out and put it behind you today.” Thank you, Lord. He’s so faithful. He’s so faithful. I felt guilty about that I thought I need to leave something in the house, you know, just, but I thought, “No, this is the house. This is all still attached to the house. This is not separate. This is still the whole house.” He wanted, he wanted to be, he wanted, he wanted this sign to be here, this whole sign of him being the lion of Judah, the lion. He comes back as a lion, and the angel Ariel is with him. 

Oh, my goodness; oh, my goodness, it’s 3:26. It’s almost 4 o’clock. Oh, my goodness; oh, my gosh, I had it just here behind me. I’m just going to set it on my desk here, so it doesn’t fall over. Oh, my goodness. 

Wow. Whew. My friends, our God is a mighty God. This is incredible. You see, you invite him, and he comes. And he knew that this would be a day that he wanted to speak this powerful and profound word to us because we give him a place to speak where he wants to just flow here. I just, I’m in awe. I’m in awe of our Lord. I’m in awe of God.

I don’t know. Jennifer, how can you get this portrait? I don’t know. Jennifer Klinger got this for me. Jennifer, if you’re still on here maybe you can share where you got this from. I just absolutely love it.

And, um, remember, Jesus is coming back in all majesty. He’s coming back as a lion, my friends, and the Lion of Judah is here and the angel Ariel represents that, and that’s, this whole thing is just incredible. I’m just sitting here in awe of God. I just don’t know what to say other than our God is a mighty God, and he is here, and he is saving us, and he’s heard our prayers.

So, my friends, stay faithful. Our Father God loves us so much, and he’s protecting his children. Judah, behold the Lion of Judah. My goodness, hallelujah. What are y’all saying? I do, I have to go down and rest. I’m, I’m just completely, just everything is just drained out of me right now, but in a good way. So I’m just going to ask my scribes, my scribe, uh, uh, if, uh, Goose, and, uh, if you want to take that word and scribe it, and we’ll put it together, and I need to go back and watch it because I’m still trying to just understand. I’m still trying to just wrap my head around it. I just don’t, uh, what’s coming is going to be, this is our Father God coming in for us. 

My friends, I blessed you all in the name of Jesus. I just thank you all for being here today, and, um, I’m going to go rest and, um, I just want to thank you so much, and, um, God is good. He’s faithful. He’s heard our prayers, and I bless you all in the name of Jesus. And I just, I’m just in awe of God and his goodness and his faithfulness, and he’s such a good, good Father. He’s such a good Father. I love you all so much, and, uh, and I will see you Monday unless he has something else he wants to say over the weekend, and my team will be sending out, uh, emails and, and, and things of, uh, other words that we’ve had and prayers and, so make sure you’re on the, the, uh, prayer, or the, oh, my gosh. I’m so overwhelmed right now, my friends. Make sure you’re on my email list to get those. Okay? 

And, um, just remember when you’re looking up angels, and you’re looking up Ariel, only the Bible only. Angels are not female. They’re only male. So if you’re looking up things about the angel Ariel on Google, and it says that it’s a she and, no. Be careful what you look up. Those angel numbers and calling the angels female is New Age. Stay away from that, please! It would be irresponsible of me not to tell you that information because you’re being deceived if you think the angels are female and that they have angel numbers. No, that is not of God! 

God’s angels are huge warriors, and they’re male. I’ve gone to God with this many, many, many times. You know what he says to me? “Are there any in my word with female names?” And I said, “No, Lord; they’re all male.” We do not pray to angels. We pray to the Father God in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus is the only way to the Father. Angels are servants of God and servants of us, the redeemed. And God has archangels with specific major assignments that are wrote, written of in his word. 

Stick with the word of God only. Do not get led down a path that is not of God. I’ve already told you the book of Zechariah. Go back to my Zechariah teaching. I’m getting weary. I’m getting weary. I’m not, strengthen me, Lord. What God says in the book of Zechariah, that he’s going to take the spirit of wickedness and stuff it into a basket, stuff it into a crate and put a talent of lead on top of it and seal it, and he summoned two females with wings like storks. 

People think that that means they’re female angels. No, they’re not! They’re demons! Even the demons have to be subject to Jesus Christ. Even the demons have to be subject to God. God summoned two demons to go and take out their own trash. Storks are unclean birds, so when he says, he summoned two females with wings like storks, they were not female angels. They were two demons that he told to come and take this basket of wickedness. God stuffed the spirit of wickedness into a basket, sealed it with a talent of lead, and told the demons to come and take out their own trash. 

Go back to my Zechariah teaching. So this is where people get deceived. They think, “Oh, angels must be female because of what Zechariah says.” NO! Those were demons! All of God’s angels are male, and I’m not being sexist because God is not sexist. God made his angels mighty warriors. They’re masculine. Archangel Michael, Ariel, Gabriel, they are major, huge, fierce angels with specific assignments. Gabriel is the messenger. Archangel Michael is, uh, the, the head of the, God’s army. Right? He, he, he’s the one that shoved Satan into hell. And Ariel is also a huge male angel that has a huge assignment. So all these paintings with female flowy angels, that isn’t what they look like. 

And I’ve already told you my experience in California when I saw the warrior angel that was over that region of California, and when I was in San Luis Obispo, California, and that the angel of the Lord revealed itself to me. And he was huge, in battle armor, and he was one big, tough … These are warriors. They’re fighting demons. They’re fighting the, the evil fallen angels. Okay? 

So stick with what the Bible says, the word of God says about his angels. And be careful of what you read online. I’m only going to go by what Lori said biblically about the angel Ariel, what the Bible says. If you’re seeing an angel that looks feminine, that’s a familiar spirit, or it could be something of your imagination based on what you’ve seen in paintings. But when you see a real angel, you’ll know because you’ll feel it in your whole spirit, and you will feel the awesome strength of that angel. They’re powerful. They’re warriors. They serve at the pleasure of King Jesus, and they’re no nonsense.

Thank you. Somebody gave me the scripture Isaiah 29:1-8. Ariel means Lion of God in Hebrew, also synonym for bravery and courage. Thank you for the Hebrew meaning. We know that’s important too. Also a symbol for the Tribe of Judah. Ariel is one of the names for Jerusalem and the temple of Jerusalem. Wow. 

The Cherubim that are around God’s throne are, are big too and powerful. They’re not little baby angels that look like cupid. That’s idolatry. The Cherubim, the Cherubim, they pull God’s chariot. Read Ezekiel. You know how big God’s chariot is? Huge. 

President Trump is called the punisher. That’s right; that’s right, and the Lord just said that his angels are partnering with those warriors here. It’s all aligning. It’s all aligning because God’s angels have specific assignments. 

I got, I have to go rest. I just want to make sure you all know the truth. There are some people that get mad at me when I say that. I’ve got a lot of people get angry at, at me when I tell them the angels of the Lord are not female, but you can’t look at it in your earthly way, like, “Oh, it has to be fair. It has to be male, female.” That’s, that’s man’s way. You see? We got to look at it as God’s way. Do you understand? And I have to share truth with you whether people get mad at me or not. I’ve gone to the Lord with this over and over and over and over again, and he’s brought me back to his word over and over and over again and says, “Is there any angels in my word that are with female names?” And I was like, “No.” 

And then ex, when I went to Zechariah, I said, “What about these two females with stork wings?” And the Lord said, “They’re demons that I summoned to take out their own trash.” Go back to that Zechariah teaching. And we’re in the Zecharia right now. God is taking the spirit of wickedness and stuffing it into a basket and making the demons take out their own trash.

[Gasp] Sweeping! Oh, my goodness, didn’t he just say that he’s sweeping? He’s sweeping all this … Zechariah, Zechariah, Zechariah, Zechariah, Zechariah. He keeps telling me we’re in Zechariah. He says in Zechariah, “I will take the spirit of wickedness and stuff it into a basket and put a lead of talent on it and seal it, and, and tell the demons to come and take it out.” Right? He’s going to summon those two women with stork wings and tell them to take it out. He’s sweeping out the trash and putting it into a basket and sealing it with a talent of lead. Do you know what a talent of lead looks like? It looks like a hubcap. Uh, not a hubcap. It looks like a, a, um, what are those things that cover the sewers? Really heavy. Manhole cover. Thank you, Piccirillo. He just said he’s sweeping it. 

We are living in amazing times, my friends, amazing times, amazing times. I bless you in the name of Jesus. I have got to go lay down. I can barely sit up anymore. Please pray for me that God will renew my strength. I’m going to go and rest and, O Lord. I bless you all in the name of Jesus. Thank you for being here. This has been an incredible time. I love you all so much. Thank you to my team. My team is so dedicated being here all this time, spending all these hours. Thank you all for being here spending all these hours. I bless you all in the name of Jesus, and we will, uh, take these words and, and the precious of the Lord. My scribe will put them together, and, um, continue to pray. Our God is faithful. 

Remember, all of Heaven is cheering you on, and I’m cheering you on. We’re the heroes of the faith now, and we have to stand up boldly for the Lord. And if you’re feeling depleted, just get back into the word, get back into the Lord, and he will renew your strength.

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UPDATE: After this broadcast, the Holy Spirit began to unpack this word for me and give me clarity on the biblical meaning of Ariel. Ariel is another word for Jerusalem and also means Lion of God. He led me to Isaiah chapters 29-31 and this book, Isaiah, by John F. A. Sawyer, beginning on page 236, which was very helpful in learning what Ariel means to us in this hour.

You can watch the follow-up broadcast below where I explained what the Holy Spirit revealed to me through these scriptures, the book, and confirmations over the next couple of days.

I encourage you to keep asking, keep seeking, and keep knocking. Go to God with  this for your own confirmation and deeper revelation. God’s word tells us, “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.” – Matthew 7:7 (NLT) We are, again, reminded to search things out in Proverbs 25:2 – “It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.” (NKJV)