Wendy,
"Operation Jesus Pictures," formerly known as "Table of the Remnant" is a small, fringe group led by "Apostle" Char Tierney, that lives a communal lifestyle on shared adjacent properties in rural New Mexico (Moriarty, NM). This group is heavily involved online and its main "ministry" involves publishing and exporting prints of a well-known painting supposedly based on measurments taken from the shroud of Turin for donations. OJP has ties to missions in Uganda and Rwanda.
(See: [
www.youtube.com])
OJP has changed its website considerably over the years, having removed most of its inflammatory and controversial material so that it appears on the surface to be more in the mainstream. This is especially true after end-times prophecies regarding President Bush and Sadaam Hussein did not pan out in 2005.
(See: [
pub40.bravenet.com])
Belying the updated appearance of their website, Operation Jesus Pictures' is highly exclusivistic: "...As remnant brothers and sisters, we have fellowship with Him, our Bridegroom, and also with each other, who truly love Him, but this does not have to be in a church building. The Father calls the Table of the Remnant a fellowship. It is a calling together of those of like mind, of like Spirit, who love Jesus, who want to do His will in this day and hour. Together we see what is on the table from the Father, we pray for one for another, we encourage one another, as we see the state of the world from the Holy Spirit's perspective, and as He shows us the plans and schemes of the enemy. Because the church is failing Him in love, (as He said when He gave the series of warnings to the church) the remnant cannot fellowship within the fallen church freely, just as the early Christians could not fellowship freely in the synagogues with the Jews who rejected Jesus."
(from: [
pub40.bravenet.com])
Here are a few still functioning 2003 "Table of the Remnant" links from which numerous other links can be followed which will also bear this out:
[
www.angelfire.com]
[
www.angelfire.com]
[
www.angelfire.com]
Most of links found on the above 2003 website are broken;however, the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) link is still functioning and warrents a close look:
[
pub40.bravenet.com]
For instance, the link to "Warfare on Earth and in Spirit" cited above and the link to "Hearing Jesus' Voice" indicates more clearly than most recent sites that followers are expected to receive direct revelation as did the Biblical prophets:
(http://pub40.bravenet.com/faq/show.php?usernum=3371157015&catid=4053)
A key teaching of this group is that "the church" (meaning generally other established churches) has failed in that it points people to knowledge about Jesus through the Bible, but away from personal relationship with him. To OJP, "the church" propogates the great lie that Jesus is not speaking directly as he did to Abraham, Job, Paul, etc. and so only perpetuates religiosity, not saving, loving, personal relationship.
Table of the Remnant/OJP focuses heavily on prophetic visions and dreams, and seems especially interested in politics as the extension of spiritual warfare (especially in matters pertaining to Israel), and preaches an immanent end times scenario involving war, percecusion, and nuclear weapons. Group followers spend excessive time and money producing pictures and other tasks and the group leader has used children to further goals. One young boy in particular was encouraged in his supernatural gift of prayer healing. (seen in a now dated video recording posted on youtube: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDHCrLfAl7Y at 48:30). Other videos are on OJP's youtube channel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68WDIYFLQDE). Interestingly, OJP forms the nucleus of the "East Mountain Tea Party" and as such, networks extensively in local and state politics, leading some in the local community to raise questions as both groups apparently solicit to the same P.O. Box (http://nm-central.com/blog/?cat=50).
Table of the Remnant began referring to themselves as "Operation Jesus Pictures" as they believe the painting they mass copy and produce, supposedly based on measurements from the Shroud of Turin is indeed a Holy Spirit inspired likeness that acts as some sort of channel for direct conversation with Jesus. OJP produces many thousands of these pictures as they claim it is God's will and major work on the earth that they are distributed to every person possible. As expected, miricalulous stories are associated with this picture:
"...He [Jesus] is present with the picture, to reach out to people. There have been miracles, after people passed out these pictures, and after they received them. This is the Holy Spirit showing His presence. The enemy would not pass out a picture of Jesus to people. He would rather people go to church and are very religious, then that they come straight to Jesus, as they may do if they look at a picture of Him, especially one annointed by the Holy Spirit."
(http://pub40.bravenet.com/faq/show.php?usernum=3371157015&catid=3826)
The reason any given person does not hear Jesus talking directly to them is because of lack of faith, which is blatant manipulation and of course, anything a follower "hears" from God has to be validated by and in line with the leader. The leader of this group is Char (Charolette) Tierney, who goes by the title "Apostle and Administrator." The other co-founder, Silvana Lupetti, recently died of cancer, but went by the title "Prophet of the Father in the United States". According to their testimonials, both of these ladies left families, believing God called them to travel the United States together and eventually ended up in rural New Mexico.
[
www.angelfire.com] (Char's testimony)
[
www.angelfire.com] (Silvana's testimony)
Here are links to blogs from the OJP site circa 2005-2009:
[
the-table.blogspot.com] (Char Tierney blogs 2005-2009)
[
silvanas-blog.blogspot.com] (Silvana Lupetti blogs 2006-2009)
Again, "Table of the Remnant"/"Operation Jesus Picture's" old material that has largely been removed was more blatantly exclusivist than you will find on their present site. Here is a longer, but useful quotation:
"...Now there are new plans being laid concerning how Jesus and His army will attack the religious strongholds that are in place. The enemy has helped the religious church to erect these strongholds. I am not referring to a particular building or denomination. The strongholds are the lies and false doctrines, fostered by the enemy, and accepted by man, that separate people from Jesus. The enemy's stronghold is not wherever it is that he dwells, but his strength is in the lies that he leads others to believe. This is why the Father says the lambs are being poisoned. The lambs are separated from Him. They can't come to Him by faith and know Him, because faith comes by hearing and the church has not been speaking these words to them, so the lambs are not hearing them. How can they believe when they have not heard? The disobedient church does not teach that you can know Jesus and you MUST know Jesus. Because of these doctrines from the enemy, many religious people will stand before Jesus expecting reward, only to have Him say, "DEPART FROM ME. I NEVER KNEW YOU."
"Lambs are taught to come to church and read their Bibles. Of course the Bible is from God. It was written by the Holy Spirit and is true. However, the Bible will not return on a white horse with its robes dipped in blood. The Son of God will. His name is Jesus and He is not happy about the fact that so many do not know Him because the church has allowed this "doctrine of demons" to be believed and accepted in such a wide-scale manner. Lambs are not even being taught by the disobedient church, to call Jesus by His name. They constantly refer to Him as "Lord." Do you always refer to your husband by his title, or do you call him by name because you know him and love him? Why would it be any different with Jesus?
"He has sent His Spirit to call the Remnant to come to Him, wait on Him, and hear His plans of warfare. Some will see visions, some will have dreams, some will hear Him speak, but all must come to Him, fasting and praying, and wait on Him for His will. And His will right now is WAR.
"The Holy Spirit gave a prophecy earlier called "THEY DARE TO OBEY," in which He talks about His prophets who have had spears, labeled "false prophet" thrown at them by those in the church. Now He is showing the Remnant throwing those spears back at the church, (which is full of religious people) and the enemy. The Father showed a large spear prepared to be thrown into the enemy himself, and on it was written the word "LIAR."
"The page He told us to put on the web site, which exposes false doctrines is a part of this. One of the weapons of the Remnant is light, which exposes the works of darkness. The Remnant, and those who are religious, are going to come to words and arguments, because sides are being drawn in the spiritual realm. The example that Jesus gave to us is the uniting of Herod and Pilate. They had been enemies, (Luke 23:12) but they became friends on the day that they united to crucify Jesus. That was a bond forged by the enemy. The same will (and is) happening now. There is a bond being forged (by the enemy), which unites the religious who reject the judgement Jesus is bringing to them.
"Jesus says, "The church has failed Me." The religious say, "Those who bring this judgement are false and deceived and not of God." The religious are coming against the Remnant, who in obedience to the Father, are pointing out the truth and are bringing the judgement which is on His table to their door. Instead of repentance, they will choose to fight the Remnant armies which are led by the living God. Sides are being drawn.
"This Council of War has to do with plans on the part of the Father as to what He will have His Remnant do, the words and warnings He wants them to give, and etc. (I don't know what the etc. part is.) He will reveal these plans, which are now being laid in the heavenlies, to His Remnant.
"Concerning the mists that surrounded Jesus: The Holy Spirit had shown through a prophecy entitled, JESUS CLEANSES HIMSELF, Jesus washing Himself clean of the prayers of the selfish, disobedient church. Now, He shows that the mists are representative of the passionate cries and prayers and tears of His Remnant, who see the state of the fallen church, and the lambs, and the world, and who are crying out to Jesus for HIS WILL. These cries and tears are precious to Jesus, and He carries them with Him everywhere. He promises to answer these heartfelt prayers.
In Jesus' name,
Char Tierney
"P.S. I also saw some colors in the mist surrounding Jesus. The three colors that I saw were blue, green and pink. (The pink was a pale purple.) Later the Holy Spirit showed a brother in Jesus what the colors represent. The blue represents revelation, the green represents growth (maturity), and the pink represents health. These three colors are promised to the remnant who loves Jesus. Revelation is what the Holy Spirit will give us as we wait on Him in the throne room of God. Maturity is to become mature and see the truth from His perspective. The health is the healing promised to those who were obedient and left the fallen church..."
(from: [
www.angelfire.com])
I hope this information helps.
~Peace