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| Prophecy for san francisco and los angelesWORD FOR SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELESTHE BAY THE BAY THE BAY THE BAYTHE SHAKING – THE JUDGEMENT IS COMING FIRE AND WATER - SAN FRANCISCO AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA IDOLATRY - THE GOLDEN GATE FALLS – LOS ANGELES – REVIVAL FIRE
Dear Friends I was awoken in the early hours of the morning to hear the words ringing out -' THE BAYTHE BAY THE BAY THE BAY' – As I currently live in the UK and am not at all familiar with the West Coast I did not know even know what The Bay meant other than that I knew the Lord was saying CALIFORNIA - but once again I sensed a strong red alert for San Francisco. It was only a day LATER that I discovered that the Bay area covers San Francisco. I knew the Lord was trying to get my attention. Words of judgement are often not well received and I have held back on this word for several weeks to weigh it intensely, but under the fear of the Lord I feel I must deliver it now so that those with a burden for the West coast can pray, so that many, many will come to repentance in this present hour and also that God's faithful servants will know his supernatural protection in the times to come. This is what I saw. THE BAY THE BAY THE BAY THE BAY - ANGELS OF JUDGEMENT CARRYING GOLDEN SCYTHES I saw two huge Angels of Judgement carrying what seemed to be huge golden threshing instruments that looked like scythes. They were crying out in loud voices: ‘THE BAY THE BAY THE BAY THE BAY’ and again they cried out - 'THE BAY THE BAY THE BAY THE BAY.' I did not know what that meant except that I knew that it was CALIFORNIA and I had the same dread for San Francisco that I had experienced before when I had received the ‘West Coast’ Prophecy. And I saw a mighty shaking and trembling begin under the earth And the Lord said – 'From under the Pacific it shall come – in Fire and in water – it shall come.' It was hardly noticeable at first but it was as though the whole city froze as one and then the shaking and the terror and THEN THE FIRE CAME I saw a horrifying inferno -- A literal inferno. I saw ravaged land - ravaged, ravaged cities. But one city received the full force of this terror and earthquake and this is what the warning was crying out ‘THE BAY – THE BAY’ And I saw the heavens were black – blacker than black and there was no light – all light was extinguished. And the smoke continued to rise and thousands upon thousands of this city were killed at the first strike But I saw a second strike. A second strike And I saw water - water devastating parts of the West Coast – to the NORTH – THE NORTH – beware the NORTH – THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIAN COASTLINE I still saw plumes of smoke rising from charred buildings. There was not just one city affected. It was more than one - on the Northern California Coast. People were bleeding and dying. The emergency services were hindered greatly from reaching The Bay in good time – they were prepared but no one could prepare for this and the suffering was intense. I heard many cursing God – even in their suffering instead of crying out for mercy they were cursing God But I also heard those crying out in desperation for His mercy and the Angel of the Lord spoke the Word of the Lord And I heard him say ‘And these ones I shall by no means cast out.'
EMPTY CISTERNS – EMPTY CISTERNS – SCALES OF JUDGEMENT FULL And the moon turned a strange colour of crimson. And the haze hung over the bay for many days and nights. And the city was silent. Thousands of people were left crushed - drowned. I felt this was further up the coast than Los Angeles – more to the North, though Los Angeles was shaken it was not as devastating as The BAY the Lord was talking about. EMPTY CISTERNS I saw written in the sky EMPTY CISTERNS above San Francisco – and the scales – the scales of sin and judgement were full – so full that judgement could not be withheld over San Francisco.
LOS ANGELES – A SPIRITUAL FLAME –ANGELS ON THE WIND – REVIVAL BREAKS FORTH And then I saw Los Angeles – and it seemed a different scenario – and I knew that the Lord held in great esteem and looked down with a great and enduring compassion on His servants - His prophets –His intercessors - His servants who had stood in the gap for Los Angeles. And I saw many intercessors who had stood in the gap day and night for Los Angeles and California and I wondered if these faithful servants of God were the reason that in the former vision I only saw a partial devastation of Los Angeles – great swathes of Los Angeles were PROTECTED. But San Francisco and along the northern coast seemed to receive the full brunt of the ferocious shaking. There was a great scale in the sky and I saw one side of the scale weighed right down with sin and iniquity. I still remember being shocked because I still heard many in San Francisco still cursing God - and I knew that was a reflection of how sin and rebellion against the most high God had blackened the hearts of men in this city.
LOS ANGELES And I was taken back to Los Angeles. And I saw a spiritual flame burning from Los Angeles and the Southern Coastline of California. And I saw Angels on the wind over Los Angeles with a banner REVIVAL BREAKS FORTH And a connection with LAKELAND – this seemed to be happening in a second timeline that was not the same timeline as the former vision but was more in the present season. But it made me wonder if this calamitous event was not coming quicker than we knew or thought.
PART TWOSAN FRANCISCO – GOLDEN GATE ALTAR OF HARLOTS AND IDOLATERS – BAAL - IDOLATRY But then I was led back to San Francisco and the great devastation ahead in the future – And I saw a sign in the sky that read THE GOLDEN GATE – ALTAR OF HARLOTS AND IDOLATERS – And I saw the words BAAL and IDOLATRY – LASCIVIOUSNESS – LUST – SODOM AND GOMORRA And I saw the face of the Angels of Judgement were set fiercely against this city and the word of the Lord came forth saying – ‘For I have set my face against this land – and even in a moment I shall smite it' – and I saw the fall of the Golden Gate - cut in two and how the mighty were brought to the ground even in a moment. And I saw above the Golden gate bridge written IDOLATRY. And I saw the city of San Francisco a devastation – blackened and even to the coastline to the North of San Francisco – ‘CRY OUT, CRY OUT!’ cried the Angels of the Lord –‘CRY OUT, CRY OUT to the Most High God for surely your idols have fallen – every one – and no more shall they rise.’ RAINBOW RISING FROM THE STRETCHES OF NORTH CALIFORNIA OVER SAN FRANCISCO TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – I SHALL ESTABLISH IN THIS PLACE MY GOLDEN GATE And then I saw a rainbow – the most glorious sight – it rose from the stretches of Northern California and over the devastated city of San Francisco and then over to Southern California and it blazed with every colour as bright as the sun and out of the radiance I saw a GOLDEN GATE – it seemed so huge and so glorious it looked as the gates of heaven – and I heard the Lord say – 'And now I shall establish in this place MY GOLDEN GATE – A gate of repentance – A gate of revival – A gate of cleansing – A gate of Holiness'. And I saw a remnant in that charred city come out from under the angel's robes – and over their heads was written FAITHFUL and TRUE –and The Lord said 'These are those who stood for me in this city of San Francisco- These are those who have wept and pleaded and interceded for this city day and night without ceasing. These are those who were My gate keepers of this city – who heralded in revival – and poured out My Spirit even in the face of great opposition and persecution – these are those who are greatly BELOVED by me.' And I saw that the Lord Himself had placed them under the angel's mantle and that these faithful pastors and apostles, these intercessors and prophets had been divinely protected by the Lord's own hand from this harm and I saw the Father's hand pick them up and set them on high with heaven's Golden Gate – as His chosen gatekeepers for the new move of His spirit that would sweep through the Northern parts and coastline of California. And I heard the Lord say 'REDDING - REDDING ' – and I saw a vast thick elixir like golden river flowing from REDDING to San Francisco - San Jose and on to Los Angeles – and these forks in the river were all connected.
LOS ANGELES – SEVENTEEN HUGE BLAZING LIGHTS A SIGN READ - MORE TIME – REVIVAL FIRE A GREAT GRACE SHALL ARISE FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Then the Lord directed me to look back to Los Angeles – and I saw Los Angeles shaken but by no means devastated or destroyed. And I saw as the rainbow encircled Los Angeles great swathes of light beaming up into the night skies – these were blazing beams of light almost as from monstrous searchlights. And there were thousands of them – some were very small like pinpricks but others were so huge and filled the night sky. And the Lord said – 'This is the reason My hand has been stayed for yet a season for Los Angeles. For these are My servants – HOLY and TRUE. ' And once again – it seemed I was taken back to a second timeline more in this present and coming season before the devastation that was to come And I saw thousands of the tiniest of lights were small groups of intercessors meeting in their homes – one on one – in small groups – piercing the heavenlies, then the brighter lights were fellowships' of churches all across Los Angeles and California – but there were seventeen of the strongest monstrous searchlights – I saw around five in Los Angeles itself, the rest were across Northern and Southern California – and the Angels' of the Lord cried ‘HOLY HOLY ARE YOU LORD – HOLY IS THE LAMB.’ And I sensed that these were the blazing lights of those who had followed the Lamb wherever He went with great sacrifice to their own lives and their own agendas – and it was because of these ones that the Judgement over Los Angeles would be stayed and I saw a sign that read – MORE TIME - REVIVAL FIRE – And I sensed a GREAT SHIFT IN THE SPIRIT CENTERING ON LOS ANGELES AND CALIFORNIA – THIS WAS HAPPENING NOW IN THIS PRESENT SEASON – I sensed the Lord was IN THIS PRESENT SEASON about to turn His FOCUS and INTIMATE ATTENTION on Los Angeles and California – and it was a BLAZING FOCUS – I felt the Fathers eyes were as hot coals blazing with His Mercy, His Judgement yet with His infinite grace upon the West coast and especially Los Angeles – that He had been deeply stirred by the cries of His people. AND I SAW ANOTHER SIGN THAT READ – REVIVAL FIRES IN THE WEST and I saw the streams from Redding join with several of the streams in Los Angeles. And a fiery molten stream from LAKELAND. This stream was literally so intense – hissing and burning with the fire's of the Ancient of Days - it was blazing red hot coals everywhere it passed. And then I saw different streams emanating from some of these light bearers and I saw molten silver river flow and a molten ruby fire river flow from another and from another flowed a river of diamond like molten fire. And I realised that where the Lamb was worshipped and adored, the Lord was about to JOIN some streams together and it was out of this that California's revival fire would come. And I saw the words – A GREAT GRACE – A GREAT GRACE – and the Lord said - 'A GREAT GRACE SHALL ARISE FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT SHALL IMPACT THE NORTH EVEN TO THE STATE OF WASHINGTON – EVEN TO SEATTLE,' SAYS THE LORD – 'AND TO VANCOUVER IT SHALL BLAZE
THE PACIFIC – KOREA – SINGAPORE – I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN YOU and the Pacific – the Pacific' says the Lord – 'across the Pacific these fires will go – ASIA.' And I saw CHINA and JAPAN and KOREA lit by streams of these molten rivers from Los Angeles – and I saw a molten river from CHINA – a different river - the river from China was the only river that had live jumping fish swimming upstream – and I seemed to sense the fish represented a huge catch of souls – that evangelists from China had some part in evangelism of the West Coast –and this river was flowing back to the West Coast also - even a great outpouring on the Chinese communities in California ahead - and South Korea but also the North – North Korea – 'And SINGAPORE', says the lord – 'Singapore – you have worshipped mammon – you have worshipped that which has been built with bricks and mortar –that which has been by your own hand and you have turned away and have forgotten me – but I am coming to SINGAPORE – even in a moment – and even as the stocks and the shares of the east shall shake and stand in the balance – so Singapore I shall yet show you my love for you – for I have commissioned you to proclaim my gospel even to the far reaches of the East – even to Mongolia your evangelists will go,’ says the Lord – 'To Malaysia, Indonesia and far beyond –for I have not forgotten you, Singapore - and you shall yet see the King in his beauty even in your land.’ - WA
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| A Company Rising A Company Rising by Greg Austin www.gregaustin.org
There is a breathing, living and moving Company of those who "have an ear" that is rising up - invisible to the institutions of Religion and unseen by the tradition-bound. It is World-wide, Simultaneous and Spirit-led. This Company has no formal name, wears no crown of importance, and moves through alley ways and byways instead of parading down broad avenues. It is the Faithful Remnant, the Wise Virgins; the True Bride awaiting her Groom. It is the Faithful Steward, the Lone Leper returning with thanksgiving. It is the church of the Latter Rain, the Temple more glorious, the Church of the living God against whom the gates of hell cannot prevail. This Company travels on its face, feasts on His grace, moves at His bidding, speaks His voice, and carries the DNA of His Son. It is invisible that He may be seen, silent that He may be heard. Its leadership derives from the True Head, its humility comes from knowing both Who He is and Who we are. Its strength comes from knowing both what we are and Whose we are.
This Company appears, not in neon lights or before television cameras, but in humble homes and in office buildings and in streets filled with desperate, dying men. Its appearance will only be as a Traffic Sign, pointing the way to the boulevard of mercy and the avenue of grace: Guiding lost souls along the highway of longsuffering and the freeways of goodness and truth.
If you “hear” and receive this message in your heart, you are part of that Company, glorious in His Righteous Robes, resplendent in the aura of His Glory, magnetic with the perfume of His presence.
Keep walking in the way He has ordered. Watch for Him to appear - where the institution least expects Him. Two thousand years ago they anticipated He would emerge from a Temple, and to appear as Royalty. They least expected Bethlehem, and a Stable and a Feeding Trough, yet this was the Place of His choosing, the Place His Presence was ordained to begin. So in the humility of a home - a place for family, a place of shelter and sustenance and laughter, will He once again appear, emerging to captivate the hearts of the multitudes in this hour of His choosing.
I encourage you, keep moving forward. The rising up of this Church will soon shake the world!
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| A prophesy from Mt. Carmel IsraelKim Clement: "I Will Restore Inspiration that Will RAISE THE DEAD," says the Spirit of God! Prophesied From Mt. Carmel, Israel - May 12, 2008: A Sound of Triumph
"There is a sound; there is a sound that is coming forth not from religion or manmade doctrines. There is a sound of Christ coming to the earth as it has never come before," says the Lord. "There is a sound. It came in the Upper Room because of the sound of Christ, then once again the sound of Christ shall beat down the politicians of Baal. The sound of Christ will beat down the politicians of Baal. And My people shall be baptized with a fire, with a fire, with a fire, with a fire," says the Lord! "Once again, there shall be a sound - a sound of triumph; for what is about to come upon the earth shall annihilate the forces of religion that have dictated how My people shall live. I'm raising up Daniels and Davids, Ruths and Esthers," says the Lord. I Will Not Exclude Israel God said, "I will begin upon this very holy place where once gathered together the people who faltered between two opinions. And the prophet Elijah said, 'How long will you falter between opinions?' The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!" "Though there is division and there are many opinions, I will begin to break down walls; I will break down walls. Can I do it again? Walls of division, walls of suppression - even as we have gathered on this mountain, I will send the same fire, I will send the same rain that I sent thousands of years ago. "And I will not exclude Israel. I will not exclude My people. I will bring it upon this nation and upon the nations of the earth. The sound of Christ shall go into every home and the young men and children will begin to prophesy to dead bones in the valley and they shall say, 'These bones will live.' "I'm raising up the Ezekiels of this time. A prophetic anointing is coming, a great prophetic is coming. Even as Elijah said, 'Draw near to me, draw near to me, oh Israel,' so once again, it is not the priests that will bring unity; it is the prophets that will bring unity within the nations," says the Spirit of God. "For My altar which has been broken down shall be rebuilt by the prophets, not the priests," says the Lord of Hosts. "When My prophets stand upon the mountains of this nation and the nations of the world and they say, 'Make way,' God said, 'I will make way.' When the prophet Elijah said, 'Come here, come here,' there is an altar that must be built. It is an altar not to be built with man's hands." Is There Somebody Who Can Stand? But God said, "I will take 12 - 12 great expressions of Christ, even as Elijah took 12 stones and he placed them on the mountain and he said, 'Gather together and I will take the 12 tribes of Israel.' No, I will take 12 sounds of Christ; 12 expressions of Christ. The Rueben of Christ to see, the Simeon of Christ to hear, the Levi of Christ to be one and to be in covenant with, the Judah of Christ to praise, to praise, to praise." Lift your hands and praise Him! God said, "I will send My fire from this very place. I will send an abundance of rain. I will give blessings, for they have spoken so much to these end days and end times of tribulations and of executions." My God tells me in the presence of the great cloud of witnesses: "Tonight there are those who will obtain a testimony." Watch, like Elijah, "Is there somebody who can stand in the presence of the Baals and bring fire?" Daniel watches and says, "Is there somebody that can stand before a king, the Babylonian king and tell him his dream?" David stands and watches and says, "From these great battlefields - is there somebody with one stone that can bring down the principality?" That stone is Christ Jesus! Moses stands with the great cloud of witnesses, and speaks to this people in this day through the Holy Spirit. These are the words he says, "Is there somebody that can stand before a pharaoh and make declaration, 'Let these people go!'" Is there somebody that can strike a rock and bring water from it? There's a Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego - they are watching. Is there someone that can find a fourth man in the fire? I Raise Up The Standard "For from this place," says the Spirit of God, "I will raise throughout the earth, a generation of Daniels, Davids, Esthers." Do you have a child, do you have a grandchild? Give it to the Lord. Is there a Samuel in your house? God says, "From this place and throughout the nations of the earth, tonight, I take the stones, I take My Church, and I raise up the standard of Davids, Daniels, Ruths, Esthers, Marys, Moses' - I raise it up." And once again in Christ, they shall slay giants. In Christ, they shall bring victory to nations. "I will raise up Josephs who will prophesy to kings of the East. Middle East, you have no choice, I have selected you, set you aside for My fire and My voice," says the Lord! The Spirit of God says, "As you pray tonight, I will honor this territory. As you pray tonight, I will honor this entire territory and send throughout the earth the fire that I once brought upon the altar. I will send once again the fire that is necessary to destroy the destroyer and bring life to your families. "As you pray," God says, "Fire shall come and consume the enemies that have stopped your children, that have stopped your business, that have stopped your ministries." The Spirit of God says, "As you pray, I will bring a restoration. There will be a revival of anticipation, there will be a revival of expectancy, there will be a revival of inspiration. "Your children will say, 'We want to go to the house of the Living God. We want to go to the house of the Living God. We want to go to the house of the Living God!'" The Spirit of Lord says, "Hear your prophet tonight: I will bring an anticipation, an expectation back into the homes of the nations of the earth. No one will be excluded, but your children will want to go into My presence," says the Lord. "For there is a restoration of My divine presence that is coming back to My house and to your homes to your children, to your families," says the Lord. I Will Restore Inspiration that Will Raise the Dead "I will send back what has been isolated. There has been an isolation of inspiration, but now, I will restore inspiration that will raise the dead," says the Spirit of God. "And the places that they say there are revivals," God said, "I will turn them around; I will raise the dead. I will do unusual miracles if you will just ask Me," says the Lord. "For tonight, I shall begin with you and your house," says the Lord! God said, "Surely tonight, the fire of God will consume your enemies and I will give you the flames of the Upper Room," says the Lord! I'm hearing God saying over and over, "They thought they had My presence, but My presence is about to engulf the earth as the water covers the sea; the presence that will bring about a mysterious influence that will draw fish to your nets, so that your nets will begin to break." There is a valley of dead bones in every nation, but tonight, we are prophesying: "You are not dead bones - you are an army; you are an army." We are prophesying to our children: "You are not dead bones - you are an army." We are prophesying to our families" "You are not dead bones - you are a mighty army." We prophesy to the nations from this place: "Fire, fire, fire, fire, fire!" I'm hearing the Spirit of God say, "I want to hear them pray from Carmel. I want to hear them pray in Israel. I want to hear them pray throughout the earth." Kim Clement | | |
| ATE Jerusalem !!!Strategic Partnerships for World Revival We believe there will be a great revival in the end times leading up to the second coming of Yeshua (Jesus). "It shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh…" – Acts 2:17 (Joel 2:28). We also believe that God is building strategic partnerships in order to help foster this world revival. As Messianic Jews, before we can take part in this great revival and in these strategic partnerships, we must receive and adopt the "great commission" as our own. "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be witnesses of Me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, even unto the ends of the earth" – Acts 1:8. As Messianic Jews we cannot say that our part is to re-establish Jewish culture, and that the commission for world evangelism does not apply to us. This year our team at Revive Israel/Tikkun have sent emissaries to Japan, China, India, Africa, western and eastern Europe, Turkey, and the Palestinian territories. (That, of course, is in addition to our "first" calling to Jerusalem and Judea – local evangelism, discipleship, and congregational planting in Israel.) This requires an enlarged heart of love (II Corinthians 6:11, 7:2), prayer, faith, generosity, and administration (Romans 10:15). We as Messianic Jews must realize that our "choseness" is to be a blessing to all the nations of the earth (Genesis 12:3), and this blessing is to share the gospel with them. Yet no one can fulfill the great commission alone. There must be cooperation and team work. We at Revive Israel want to be part of the strategic partnerships that God is putting together in our day. One example is the network relationship of IHOP (with Mike Bickle), The Call (Lou Engle, Che Ahn) and God-TV (Rory and Wendy Alec). We were privileged to work together with them last month at "The Call, Jerusalem." One might ask why such large and successful ministries would want to have anything to do with us. I believe they understand that world revival and evangelism leads up to the second coming of Yeshua; and that His coming will take place at Jerusalem in the midst of great spiritual warfare. Therefore these men of God see a kingdom purpose in being "covenantally linked" to a local Israeli Messianic Jewish apostolic ministry team. Another example of this strategic partnership can be seen in our recent participation in the all-European Aglow conference. We have been praying for revival in Europe, but we haven't seen how we could produce anything with good results. We see much potential in the Aglow branches throughout Europe. Jane Hansen and the leadership of Aglow have also been praying for revival in Europe. They believe that because of the roots of anti-Semitism in the Church, they needed to join their efforts in Europe with a Messianic Jewish ministry team as well. Therefore, last week Youval and I traveled to Spain to take part in this conference, with Aglow representatives from 22 nations in Europe. Our only desire was to inspire and impart an empowerment of the Holy Spirit to bring revival to their nations. The gospel first came to all Europe on the basis of one meeting (Acts 16): a small women's prayer meeting led by Lydia together with a small apostolic team from Israel led by Paul (Saul). According to that pattern, we prayed for God to work through these dear sisters to spread the gospel across Europe today. Another key strategic alliance is the "Silk Road" and the "Isaiah 19 Highway." Over the past 20 years a great revival has taken place in the underground church in China. By the sovereign hand of God, the Chinese believers received a vision for what they called, "Back to Jerusalem" - that Chinese Christians would preach the gospel throughout Asia, (particularly to Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists), and then bring the gospel back to the Middle East and Israel. We have had opportunity to share with both Father Chen and Brother Hyun, two of the leaders of the Chinese underground church. The Asian vision has been sharpened over the years, and is called by many now, the "Silk Road," meaning that the gospel will naturally follow the historic trade routes stretching from China to the Middle East. Many of the Korean missionaries have adopted this vision as well. One of the key leaders of this movement is apostle Samsun Kim from Almati in Kazakastan. This week we were able to meet with Kim and a number of his leaders from 12 different nations throughout Central Asia. Mike Niebor also joined this meeting with us. Mike is a key leader in the "Isaiah 19 Highway" vision (Isaiah 19:23-25, which speaks of a revival in the Arab nations in the Middle East, as well as reconciliation between those nations and Israel. This revival and reconciliation is made possible by a spiritual "highway" running between Assyria and Egypt through Israel. That highway is a network of relationships between true believers in all of these nations. This network or "highway" is already forming; God is building strategic relationships between Messianic Jews in Israel with true Christians in these Muslim controlled nations. As the Silk Road becomes linked to the Isaiah 19 Highway, the world wide loop of the gospel is getting ready to finish its course into Israel. The Isaiah 19 vision for the Muslim nations in the Middle East must ultimately be connected with the Isaiah 2 vision concerning the destiny of Jerusalem to be the center for world outreach in the end times. "It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established on the top of the mountains… and all nations shall flow to it. Many people shall come and say, 'Come let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways, and we shall walk in His paths,' for out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem" (Isaiah 2:2-3). In order to complete the mandate for world evangelism, the Lord is bringing leaders in the body to Jerusalem. Here we share with them our vision for a Second Pentecost, in which the same fire that fell in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago in Acts chapter 2 will fall again; this time for a revival that will touch the whole world. ("His Spirit will be poured out on all flesh.") It's the same fire but in a greater dimension. We pray for the great commission of Acts 1 to be completed and for the revival fire of Acts 2 to be spread to all nations. As part of the Messianic Remnant of Israel, we are seeking to build strategic partnerships with godly men and women to foster world revival in these end times. Please join us! | 
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| The True ProphetThe prophet in his day is fully accepted of God and totally rejected by men.
Years back, Dr. Gregory Mantle was right when he said, "No man can be fully accepted until he is totally rejected." The prophet of the Lord is aware of both these experiences. They are his "brand name."
The group, challenged by the prophet because they are smug and comfortably insulated from a perishing world in their warm but untested theology, is not likely to vote him "Man of the year" when he refers to them as habituates of the synagogue of Satan!
The prophet comes to set up that which is upset. His work is to call into line those who are out of line! He is unpopular because he opposes the popular in morality and spirituality. In a day of faceless politicians and voiceless preachers, there is not a more urgent national need than that we cry to God for a prophet! The function of the prophet, as Austin-Sparks once said, "has almost always been that of recovery."
The prophet is God's detective seeking for a lost treasure. The degree of his effectiveness is determined by his measure of unpopularity. Compromise is not known to him.
He has no price tags. He is totally "otherworldly." He is unquestionably controversial and unpardonably hostile. He marches to another drummer!
He breathes the rarefied air of inspiration. He is a "seer" who comes to lead the blind. He lives in the heights of God and comes into the valley with a "thus saith the Lord."
He shares some of the foreknowledge of God and so is aware of impending judgment. He lives in "splendid isolation."
He is forthright and outright, but he claims no birthright. His message is "repent, be reconciled to God or else...!" His prophecies are parried.
His truth brings torment, but his voice is never void. He is the villain of today and the hero of tomorrow. He is excommunicated while alive and exalted when dead! He is dishonored with epithets when breathing and honored with epitaphs when dead.
He is a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, but few "make the grade" in his class. He is friendless while living and famous when dead. He is against the establishment in ministry; then he is established as a saint by posterity.
He eats daily the bread of affliction while he ministers, but he feeds the Bread of Life to those who listen.
He walks before men for days but has walked before God for years. He is a scourge to the nation before he is scourged by the nation. He announces, pronounces, and denounces!
He has a heart like a volcano and his words are as fire. He talks to men about God.
He carries the lamp of truth amongst heretics while he is lampooned by men. He faces God before he faces men, but he is self-effacing.
He hides with God in the secret place, but he has nothing to hide in the marketplace.
He is naturally sensitive but supernaturally spiritual. He has passion, purpose and pugnacity. He is ordained of God but disdained by men.
Our national need at this hour is not that the dollar recover its strength, or that we save face over the Watergate affair, or that we find the answer to the ecology problem. We need a God-sent prophet!
I am bombarded with talk or letters about the coming shortages in our national life: bread, fuel, energy. I read between the lines from people not practiced in scaring folk. They feel that the "seven years of plenty" are over for us. The "seven years of famine" are ahead. But the greatest famine of all in this nation at this given moment is a FAMINE OF THE HEARING OF THE WORDS OF GOD (Amos 8:11).
Millions have been spent on evangelism in the last twenty-five years. Hundreds of gospel messages streak through the air over the nation every day. Crusades have been held; healing meetings have made a vital contribution. "Come-outers" have "come out" and settled, too, without a nation-shaking revival. Organizers we have. Skilled preachers abound. Multi-million dollar Christian organizations straddle the nation. BUT where, oh where, is the prophet? Where are the incandescent men fresh from the holy place? Where is the Moses to plead in fasting before the holiness of the Lord for our moldy morality, our political perfidy, and sour and sick spirituality?
GOD'S MEN ARE IN HIDING UNTIL THE DAY OF THEIR SHOWING FORTH. They will come. The prophet is violated during his ministry, but he is vindicated by history. There is a terrible vacuum in evangelical Christianity today. The missing person in our ranks is the prophet. The man with a terrible earnestness. The man totally otherworldly. The man rejected by other men, even other good men, because they consider him too austere, too severely committed, too negative and unsociable.
Let him be as plain as John the Baptist.
Let him for a season be a voice crying in the wilderness of modern theology and stagnant "churchianity."
Let him be as selfless as Paul the apostle. Let him, too, say and live, "This ONE thing I do."
Let him reject ecclesiastical favors. Let him be self-abasing, nonself-seeking, nonself-projecting, nonself- righteous, nonself-glorying, nonself-promoting.
Let him say nothing that will draw men to himself but only that which will move men to God.
Let him come daily from the throne room of a holy God, the place where he has received the order of the day. Let him, under God, unstop the ears of the millions who are deaf through the clatter of shekels milked from this hour of material mesmerism.
Let him cry with a voice this century has not heard because he has seen a vision no man in this century has seen. God send us this Moses to lead us from the wilderness of crass materialism, where the rattlesnakes of lust bite us and where enlightened men, totally blind spiritually, lead us to an ever-nearing Armageddon.
God have mercy! Send us PROPHETS!
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