My Recent Lion of Judah Vision

Unmasking The Lion Contradictions & An Ending Poem

History was often written by the loud—by the clamor of swords and the shouting of decrees. But in the celestial architecture of the Bible, power wears a different face. It is a face that is at once terrifying and tender, ancient and electric.

The Living Compass

The image of the Lion doesn’t appear by accident—it is woven into the very geography of faith. In the Book of Ezekiel and again in Revelation, four living beings surround the throne of God: the Lion, the Ox, the Man, and the Eagle.

Centuries before John saw these in heaven, the tribes of Israel camped in this exact formation around the Tabernacle. The Tribe of Judah, bearing the standard of the Lion, stood at the front and always moved first. It was a living compass, an earthly shadow of a heavenly reality.

The Lion Personality: Authority at Rest

We associate lions with the hunt—the prowling, the pouncing, the violence. But the first time the Lion of Judah is mentioned in Genesis, the patriarch Jacob describes something counterintuitive:

“Judah is a lion’s cub… like a lion and lioness he crouches and lies down… Who dares to rouse him?” (Genesis 49:9 ESV)

This reveals the true ‘Lion personality.’ A lion is the only creature in the wild that can afford to sleep deeply in the open. He or she does not pace nervously or look frantic or desperate as they find a resting spot. They just plop down and rest. This is the image of leadership and unquestioned authority.

When we consider a lion as the apex predator, the absolute top of the food chain, we see a creature with no natural enemies, entirely secure in its dominion. In the same way, Christ answers to no higher authority. He rules a spiritual kingdom where His power is absolute and His sovereignty is unchallenged.

Earthly rulers sometimes scream to be heard or use force to validate their status. But the true King simply exists in His power.

When Jesus walked the earth, He didn’t need a crown to be a King. He spoke to the storms with the calm of a confident lion waking from a nap, and the waves obeyed. He possessed a “mussed,” untamed holiness that made religious leaders uneasy and the broken-hearted feel safe.

The Shadow and the Substance

Throughout the Old Testament, lion encounters served as prophetic echoes. When David rescued a lamb from a lion’s mouth, he was practicing for his role as the Shepherd-King who would protect God’s people. When Samson found honey inside the carcass of a lion, he proved that “out of the strong comes something sweet”—a hint that from the fierce victory of Christ would come the sweetness of eternal life.

Even the story of Daniel in the Lions’ Den serves as a parallel to the Resurrection. A righteous man, falsely accused, is sealed behind a stone in a pit of death, only to walk out untouched in the morning light. Daniel survived the lions, but Jesus is the Lion. He is the one who enters the den of death and shuts its mouth forever.

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Here are some other ‘contradictions’:

The Apex Predator who is the Ultimate Protector

In the wild, the lion is a lethal force of nature. However, the male lion’s primary role in the pride is not actually hunting—it is guarding. He patrols the perimeter and absorbs the brunt of any attack to keep the cubs safe.

• The Christ Connection: While He has the power to destroy, He uses that apex strength to stand between the prowling enemy predator and us. The most dangerous Being in existence becomes our safest Refuge.

Lethal Weapons vs. Velvet Paws

A lion’s paw is a marvel of engineering: it contains claws that can disembowel an opponent, but those claws are retractable. A lion can strike with 100% of its force, or it can bat a cub with a velvet touch, keeping its weapons hidden to ensure it doesn’t harm what it loves.

• The Christ Connection: This is the definition of meekness (power under control). Jesus could have summoned legions of angels to destroy His accusers, but He retracted His claws. He possesses the ‘fur-osity’ to end a rebellion, yet He chooses to touch us with the softness of grace.

Solitary Majesty vs. The Heart of the Pride

Lions are the only truly social cats. While other top predators (like tigers or leopards) are loners, the lion lives in a family. He is a King, but not a hermit.

• The Christ Connection: God didn’t stay distant in His solitary majesty. He created a ‘pride’—the Church, His family—and chose to live in the middle of it. He is the High King who refuses to be a King without His people.

The ‘Lazy’ King vs. The Ever-Watchful Sovereign

Lions can spend up to 20 hours a day resting. To an observer, the lion looks lazy, but that rest is actually a display of total confidence. He isn’t worried about being hunted, so he doesn’t need to stay busy.

• The Christ Connection: This is Authority at rest. He isn’t a frantic God. He isn’t worried about the news or the state of the world. He sits on the throne with a calm—proof and in total trust of His complete victory.

The true Lion of Judah does not roar to scare His children. But I did recently learn that he roars to call us and also to declare His triumph.

The Roar of Command vs. The Purr of Intimacy

A lion’s roar can be heard up to five miles away; it is a sound designed to claim territory and shake the soul. Yet, that same lion uses gentle vocalizations—grunts and huffs—to communicate deep affection within the pride.

• The Christ Connection: He is the Voice that shatters the cedars of Lebanon, yet He is also the One who speaks in a still, small voice to the broken-hearted. He commands the cosmos, but whispers your name.

My Lion of Judah Vision

Last week, I had a vision. It took me almost a week to work through it and decipher what He wanted me to share with you.

I looked up, and for the first time, I saw the Father.

He stood with a power that strode straight into my soul. His eyes were gold-hazel fire—penetrating, beautiful, and utterly mesmerizing. His face bore a striking resemblance to Jesus, yet He carried a different kind of ‘wild.’ His white hair was mussed, crackling with the energy of live wires. His beard was fuller, a medium-cut frame of white that spoke of ancient, uncontained beauty. He wore it almost Amish-style, up the sides of His face to His hairline. It wasn’t the look of a scientist in disorder, nor Jesus’ soft tresses around a loving and open face, but of a Creator in His element.

One Who has waited for a very long time.

In the glow of His presence, I saw my younger self (with no ‘big hair’) gazing up in pure adoration. Then, the Divine Countenance transformed. The skin became fur. The gaze became the Mighty Lion. His eyes remained the same. His hair and beard transformed into a gorgeous mane. He opened His mouth in a roar that defied the word power, and showed powerful jowls and large, strong teeth. Yet His whiskers twitched with a secret, joyful mirth as He glanced at me. It felt like a wink. I didn’t tremble—I laughed.

He shook His mane and moved with purpose—calling us forward. As He turned to lead His people into the deep reaches of Heaven, I stepped into His wake without hesitation. I placed my hand on His warm, soft, golden back and let the Lion lead me Home.

Here is the symbolism provided in my vision:

The live-wire hair and the Amish-style beard of the Father (who works alongside His people) paint a portrait of the Ancient of Days that is both primordial and pulsing with vitality—a rejection of a static, ‘statue-like deity’ in favor of a Creator who is the very Source of all energy. The specific structure of the beard highlights a patriarchal authority rooted in wisdom and humble work, while the mussed hair suggests a wild, abandoned beauty that refuses to be tamed by human expectations of order. In many biblical encounters with the Divine, God’s presence is associated with energy, fire, and light (the Burning Bush, the pillar of fire, the tongues of flame).

Within this encounter was a restoration of innocence, as my younger self appeared without the big hair or cultural markers of a specific era, glowing in the light of His gaze. In the presence of the Father, we are stripped of the masks and trends of the world and returned to our original design. He sees us in our purest, most joyful forms.

Most profound is the morphing of the Father into the Lion. This visual shift reveals that the Lion of Judah is not a mask God wears, but an overflow of His very nature. In Revelation, the Lion is revealed to be the Lamb. It’s the same message here. God’s ultimate omnipotence isn’t found in a show of force, but in the strength of His love and sacrifice.

When He roars, it isn’t a separate act—it is the Father expressing His heart through the Lion’s strength. The fact that His whiskers twitched with mirth indicates that God’s power is never disconnected from His joy. It is a wink to the believer that His roar is not a threat to His children, but a protective declaration and calling over His Pride/Family.

My lack of fear when faced with the powerful jaws and teeth of the Lion is a testament to a Spirit of Sonship—the deep and confident knowledge that the Apex Predator is my Father. While the rest of the world might see the roar as a sign of impending judgment and tremble, I laughed because I heard a shared secret, a joyful invitation to follow Him into the depths of a Kingdom where the Lion’s strength would serve as the ultimate refuge and we would never be apart again.

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P.S. I wrote out my vision before finding pictures of lions. I had no idea that many lions have hazel-golden eyes. The one above was perfect.

A Lion’s Roar, A Father’s Wink

He does not pace a gilded cage,
Nor fret beneath the weight of years;
The Ancient One, from age to age,
In wild, abandoned grace appears.
His hair, a crown of living light,
Like wires of white and holy fire,
A face that puts the sun to flight,
The end of every soul’s desire.

The Apex King, the top of all,
With golden eyes of hazel depth,
Who hears the wounded sparrow fall
And gave the stars their rhythmic breath.
He wears a mane of silvered mist,
A longer cut than Jesus wore,
By thunder and by lightning kissed—
The Spirit’s "mad" and beautiful roar.

He retracts the claw to touch the child,
The Predator who protects the prey,
With 'fur-osity' both fierce and mild,
He drives the prowling thief away.
The mouth that shakes the mountain’s base
And makes the proudest kingdom blink,
Now twitches with a mirthful grace—
A Lion’s roar, a Father’s wink.

Please read this post from Randy Kay. It's entirety is at this link.

“I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.” — Zechariah 12:3

'Notice what this verse does not say. It does not say some nations will injure themselves by opposing Jerusalem. It says all. Every nation that aligns against Israel in the last days injures itself. Not as a future possibility — as a present, ongoing, accumulating reality. The nations trying to ‘move’ Jerusalem — to resolve the Jewish question, to internationalize the city, to divide the land — are not just failing. They are being broken by the attempt...'
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If you are wondering why Randy and I cannot shush, it is because we have both been to Heaven, and we have a testimony that God told us to share. To me, the Lord said, 'Don't just write it, speak it' (LOL. He knows me well.) And to Randy, He asked Him to hold the message in his heart for many years before giving him permission to speak it. Jesus told me that 'they' had reserved it 'for such a time as this.' 

Revelation 1:1- Testify all that you have seen.
Matthew 24:46- It will be good for those the Master finds studying when He arrives.
Revelation 6:9- For those who had been slain because of the Word of God and the testimony that they maintained.
Revelation 12:11 - And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony...
Matthew 24:14- And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
Luke 21:12-15 (in the middle of listing the end days signs): Settle it therefore in your minds not to meditate beforehand how to answer, for I will give you a mouth and wisdom...

Do YOU have a story to tell? I am compiling more Heaven visions, NDE's and encounters for Book 2. Because God has given me a complete outline and direction for Book 2, I'm pretty sure that it will be published. I am not as confident (timing-wise!) about Book 3. Complete this form here, and please DO restack and/or pass on to others who might finally be feeling ready to share their story. 

Love, Jules
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