(Rev
10:8)
And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me
again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open
in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the
earth.
(Rev
10:9) And I
went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And
he said unto me, Take
it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy
belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as
honey.
(Rev
10:10) And I took
the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was
in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly
was bitter.
(Rev
10:11) And he
said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples,
and nations, and tongues, and kings.
Do
You Know What Time It Is? Now!
One of the many reasons why many of us have great
expectations for the Tucson conference is because the
last day of the conference, February 28th,
is the 46th anniversary of when Bro.
Branham was caught up into a cloud of seven angels
while in the mountains near Tucson and given the
commission to preach on the Seven Seals from the
Book of the Revelation!
In a service on November 29th, Pastor
Shelley shared the Lord's answer to a question he had been
asking Him. The answer was related to this
supernatural experience. Here are some highlights from
Pastor Shelley's message:
I am 100% sure that we have entered into a
cycle at the turning of the Jewish New Year to 5769 to a
cycle of events leading to the coming of
Christ. It is
no longer for us to say that the days of miracles are coming. They are here. The signs are among us that
God is fulfilling His Word.
And He is showing us in token form. We think this is such a big
transition that we have new people coming, but this is not the big
transition. The
big transition is going to be in you and whether you will be willing
to rearrange your lifestyle to be a part of what God is
doing.
If I had to say what a
critical hour this is, what event in history would I compare this
to?
Would I go way back to the Ohio River where God spoke to a
prophet? I
asked the Lord this question for three days. He showed me we are standing in a place that is very
similar to Dec. 30,
1962.
This was the first time publicly that Bro.
Branham preached about the opening of the
Seals. In his
message entitled "Sirs, Is This the Sign
of the End?" he said that he did not understand everything that
is transpiring, but was going to lay out what he could. The Lord showed
me that is where we are standing
now.
He was talking about the vision that he had
before it was later fulfilled on February 28th of being caught
up in a cloud of seven angels. The things that took place from that sermon to March
1963 changed people’s understanding of
Scripture.
It was similar to Azusa Street
where God changed a whole generation’s understanding. In John Wesley’s day, the
understanding of sanctification changed beliefs. Before that was Martin
Luther’s revelation of justification, and it changed church history
forever.
The revelation from the preaching of the Seven
Seals in 1963 was able to be lined up with Scripture. I wonder what it
would have felt like to sit in that service at the end of
1962 when Bro. Branham told six dreams that people had
about him going west.
He told them for the first time
that he was moving to the West (Tucson). There must have been a
tremendous sense of anticipation that something was going to
happen that would change their lives
forever.
After he had the experience, he
came back in March and preached about the Seals,
and the Angel of the Lord came to him each morning to open
the Scriptures.
The Lord said we could
compare these times now to Dec. 30, 1962. There are a lot of changes
needed for us to come together spiritually so we can hear the
Lord.
Last week, I told you I experienced the
Lord transcending the laws of nature when I was in New
Zealand. Do
you believe that there is a system of supernatural laws that
supersede any natural law?
If I throw this book out there, if it goes up, something
supernatural has happened because the law of gravity would pull it
down.
Logic says that cancer keeps eating away until it
takes your life away, but I have seen the power of God turn it
around and give people their lives back. A whole multitude of people
were fed by a few loaves and fish. There are days
coming on this earth where we will have to trust the Lord for a
supernatural provision. We are going to have to
believe.
We are in trouble. Social security is in
trouble. The banking
system is in trouble. The
government is bailing out our banks. Our nation has survived on
credit, but is in debt and pouring out money they don’t have by
making more money. Over
time, it has no value.
If there is a problem, it does not work. Gold may be safer, but it is
not safe.
Something will have to happen out there for
people to find God.
This world needs a squeeze because people are too
comfortable. There will be signs and wonders for the
Bride, but the squeeze will cause people to reach out of
their comfort zones and come looking for something to
satisfy.
Men of God have said that we have seven
years for the harvest of harvesters. Beyond that they are
not sure.
Harvesters are those who are chosen by God to reach out to
hungry people.
If we knew we had another twenty years,
God would still be saying that now is
the time.
You can’t party up until the last moment.
It is time to throw yourself onto the altar
and make sure everything is right with
God.
The sons of God are
about to manifest, partaking of the divine
nature.
The Lord told me to compare this time to Dec. 30,
1962.
Now, we are waiting for the
fulfillment of that, the unveiling of God. That unveiling of God was to
produce a masterpiece that would come forth with the nature of
Christ. We
are about to see things.
The Lord told us that any place where the Spirit of
God is being poured out and is not founded on the Word could
not survive.
Only a revival for the Bride
could
survive.
I am finding it more and more difficult to
function in this dimension. This is a good thing. This is only one side of who
I am. We are dual
beings. We are created to live in two
realms.
During worship tonight, I was experiencing
something higher than where we were. I got carried away and was shocked
when I came back because I thought we had been singing the same song
for a long time, but we hadn’t. Every time we step into the
spirit, we receive from His hand.
You can no longer hold back the economy of
God. We have
crossed a threshold. The
Kingdom is
coming.
God was speaking to me about the word “now.” He wanted me to be
careful about speaking about things coming. I asked, “When will these things be?” He kept saying,
"Now."
Now is the
time. I
spent a lot of time studying the word, “now,” in the Bible. One of the words in Hebrew
and Greek means it is right now. This now is THE now
that is going to place us in our moment of
maturity.
The word “now” appears over 1300 times in the
Bible. There is
something that God wants to do in your life now, this
morning. We keep
putting Him off. It
could be too late tomorrow.
One day could make a tremendous
difference.
I heard about some people whose lives changed
overnight, like children waking up no longer able to talk. One accident can
change everything in your life. It is also possible in the
positive realm.
One shake of God’s finger in your direction could
change your life in a
moment.
He said, “I am that I
am.”
That is a now expression of God. “I am more than enough for what you have need of right
now.”
The following morning, Pastor Shelley continued his
message by sharing a dream he had of a man exaggeratingly
looking at his watch. In the dream, Pastor Shelley
asked him, "Well, what time IS
it?" The man answered, "It's Zechariah
10:1!"
To watch an 11-minute video clip of
Pastor Shelley expaining the meaning of this dream, click
here, and then click on the picture
above "What Time Is It?"
We Are Close to the Return of the
Pillar of Fire
On November 23rd, Pastor Shelley shared this awesome
experience that he had the night before.
We went home last night and had peace. As I started to doze off to
sleep, I saw flashes of light through my
eyelids.
A fear came over me, but it was a holy
fear. I talked to
myself and said, “In a moment, I am going to open my eyes, but first
I am going to prepare myself, Lord.” I finally had the courage to
open my eyes.
I saw what I believe was a
portion of the Pillar of Fire moving in figure
eights.
The Holy Presence of God
came. I asked
the Lord to be able to understand this. The
Lord indicated that we are closer to the return of the Pillar of
Fire.
I remember when we would see the Pillar of
Fire bouncing from wall to wall years ago. Lives were changed,
and people were saved and received inner healing. The children would receive
the baptism of the Holy
Ghost.
God is going to manifest His Glory in our
midst. The Lord
is coming for a Bride like the church at
Pentecost.
The Pillar of Fire is the manifest Presence
of God. It is more than a feeling – it is
God. It
is the Pillar of Fire that came down to the Israelites in the
Wilderness.
On the Day of Pentecost, the Pillar of Fire
came in and divided itself. There is a portion of that
Holy Ghost Fire in you right now. The Pillar of Fire appeared with Bro. Branham and was
captured on
film.
If God would come this morning and release His
Glory in this House and you would see with your own eyes the Pillar
of Fire, would you be able to bear the added
responsibility?
God has a provided way to bring His Glory. He had meticulous
instructions regarding the Ark of the Covenant.
You are carrying the Glory in a physical
Tabernacle.
There is a responsibility with
the manifest Presence. Fools walk with hobnail
shoes where angels fear to trod.
God is not coming down to our level. He is inviting us to
come into His.
