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HEARKEN!

 

 

(A Word received from the Lord on Wednesday night, March 1, 1967)

 

"Hearken, for the voice of your God [speaks] to you a message—a message of comfort and encouragement to those whose hearts are open to me, and a message of warning to those who are careless and at ease in Zion. For I speak to my own this night, and not to the world. The world slumbers on, and this is to be expected. They of the world shall not be awakened except by the thunder-like peals of clashing arms and the exploding bombs; but to my own I speak, that those who are asleep might be awakened, and those who are awake might prepare their hearts for that which is shortly coming. For I say to you my people, I am about to move by my Spirit to do a work among my people that they might be prepared to receive a mighty outpouring which is coming. For even this spring, of the year 1967, I will begin a new and fresh move among my people, to bring about a further development in that spiritual Body which I am raising up.

 

Hearken, yes hearken, my people, for this is a sacred hour in which you live. This is a time when my people should seek me as never before. For I move, yes I move by my Spirit to work a mighty deliverance among my people; for is it not written that the anointing breaks the yoke? (Isaiah 10:27). I will especially anoint certain vessels of my choos­ing that they may be used to bring deliverance to my peo­ple. Especially keen shall be the spirit of discernment, for my people have come under many deceptions and oppressions of the enemy, and there is need of a great cleansing and liberating work among my people. Therefore give yourself to me quickly and unreservedly, that you may be used to help cleanse the Body of Christ from all the defilements of the flesh and of the spirit (II Cor. 7:1). For I shall send a great refreshing, even in this spring time of the year, that my peo­ple may enter afresh into the quickening and resurrection power of my Spirit. Even now, as you read these words, am I moving to do a peculiar work among my people. Will you not this very moment open your heart to receive this quickening, and will you not even now receive afresh from your God the resurrection life of the Son of God.

 

My people, the hour is late, for even now do the thun­der clouds of tribulation hang heavy over the earth. Arising out of the east is a plague, yes a dread scourge, which shall bring great havoc in the earth. And from the south there are rumblings of discontent. For verily I say to you, a mighty earthquake is now in the making in the nations south of your border—an earthquake which shall completely disrupt the social, political and religious fabric of the nations in the south. And yet my people seem to want to slumber on. Must I awaken you with thunder peals and mighty earthquakes? Must I treat you like I treat the world? Can I not expect more of my people than slumber and ease at this time in hu­man history? Surely the time is at hand for a greater number, of my people to awaken to that which I am doing in the earth.

 

Is it not written that the Kingdom comes not with ob­servation? (Luke 17:20). Must I show you mighty things in the earth that you can observe before you awaken? Can I not expect you to be discerning enough to behold that which is seen not by the world, but comes only to those who are open and yielded to the moving of my Spirit? Hearken, yes I say hearken my people, not to hear the thunder-peals and the earthquake rumblings of east and south, but to hear the still small voice of my Spirit speaking to you in this hour. For yet a little while that which is of the east and the south shall be stayed. But now is the time for my people to move afresh into the anointing of my Spirit, and I will cause them to speak forth my Word as never before.

 

Again I would have my people consider that which I am doing; for it is my strange work (lsa. 28:21), even a work that so few understand. Did I not send Elijah into the depths of the desert to wait on His God. Did I not cause my hand to overshadow him and lead him to Horeb, the mountain of God? (I Kings 19:8). Was it not the same mountain that Moses was led to as he brought my people out of the bondage of Egypt? And am I not preparing to bring a people out of the enemy in this hour? I say, consider that which was be­held by Elijah as he waited at the mountain of God. (I Kings 19:11-12). Did he not see the result of a mighty wind which rent the mountain and caused the heavens to grow black with ominous peals of thunder? Have I not spoken in my Word of the east wind, even that which so often brought with it storm and plague? (Ex. 10:13, Ps. 48:7, Jer. 18:18, Ezek. 19:12). Even so does the wind which Elijah beheld represent that scourge which is arising out of the east. And did not Elijah also behold the rumbling of a mighty earthquake? Have I not spoken in my Word about the mighty earthquakes which are coming? (Isa. 29:6, Lk. 21:11, Rev. 6:12, 11:13, etc.). And have I not just called your attention to the rum­blings which are now beginning in the nations of the south?

 

Now consider, says the Lord, there was yet one more thing which Elijah observed, and that was fire. What is the fire says the Lord? Have you not beheld in your day the un­leashing of the atom and the mighty fire-power which it spews forth? This is the fire which Elijah saw, and even as it encompassed the mountain, so shall the fire-power of the atom's unleashed fury encompass this earth. (Isa. 29:6, 30:30, Joel 2:30, Rev. 13:13, 16:8-9). And even as I have spoken of the wind and storm clouds from the east, and the rumblings of the earthquake from the south, even so do I warn of the coming destructive fire from the north.

 

Now I have spoken to you of that which can be ob­served; but again, is it not written that the Kingdom comes not with observation? Then hear my word! After the wind, the earthquake and the fire, Elijah heard a still small voice, even the voice of his God. (I Kings 19:12). It was a picture of the Kingdom coming, but not with observation. Only those who are attuned to my Spirit, and are open to hear my still small voice, will be able to see that Kingdom which is even now within you and encompassing you on every hand.

 

Now I would speak to you of one more thing. I have already spoken to you of that which comes from the east and the south and the north. Shall I not also speak to you of that which comes from the west? Did I not dwell by means of the Shekinah Glory within the cubicle of the Holy of Holies in the westernmost part of the Tabernacle? Now be­hold, says your God, the pattern that is laid down in my Word. When Aaron and his sons were consecrated to serve me in the priestly office, I did cause them to wait before me at the door of the Tabernacle for seven days (Lev. 8:33). Then on the eighth day (Lev. 9:1), certain sacrifices were placed on the altar in the outer court near the eastern gate. Then, when all was in readiness, fire came out of my pres­ence from the Holy of Holies and consumed the sacrifices on the altar (Lev. 9:24). Notice, says your God, the fire came from the west in the Holy of Holies to the altar in the east. Now hear my word! I will move by my Spirit in a way that the world has never yet seen. This is the fire which came out of the Holy of Holies. Not a fire of destruction but a fire of my Spirit, to fall on all those who have pla­ced themselves on the altar as a living sacrifice. And as the fire came out of the west, so shall I move by my Spirit from the west coast of this nation until the fire of my anoint­ing has encompassed the entire land. I say, this fire of my Spirit shall fall on my people before the fire of the atom's unleashed fury falls on the land. For I am ready to do a work that you could not fully believe if I were to tell you.

 

Now behold, says your God, the mighty prophet at Horeb. Will you be to me in this day a prophetic voice of authority in the land? Then wait before me until you know my still small voice, and move only at the directive of my Spirit. Count as nothing the abominations of this world and separate yourself to me. I am waiting, my people, even now. Will you not hear?”

 

(end of prophecy.)

 

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