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This changed the frivolity into fear. The wine became
bitter, the fun a farce, the song changed into a sing. The
wizards, the soothsayers, the astrologers and wise
men could not read the warning. Then entered God's
man, Daniel. He made the correct interpretation: "God
hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.....Thou
art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting"
(Dan 5:26,27).
The king at another period was shaken by
dreams. Again the smart men were speechless, but
Joseph got through to the king with his message from
the visions. (Have we already had our seven years of
plenty?)
It was when all hope was gone that Paul,
the brave preacher-prophetwhose prophecy of the
coming blast had been ignoredstepped into the tearful
mob to say, "Peace and safety if ye abide in the ship."
Isaiah spoke of a day when "a man shall
be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from
the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the
shadow of a great rock in a weary land." This is just
what the prophets are in the crisis hours of history.
God made the Assyrians the rod of His
anger (Isa 10:5,6). He sent them against the
hypocritical nation of Israel. Who or what will be His
rod against our generation? A total collapse in the
national economics? A foreign invader? More
earthquakes and devastating floods? More plagues,
such as the incurable "gay plague" acquired by
homosexual (Acquired Immunity Deficiency
Syndrome: AIDS) from which almost half the victims
die? Will God deal with our sins as He dealt with the
sins of Sodom, or will He just let us rot a little further? It
is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
"It is a more fearful thing to fall out of those hands,"
said Robert Louis Stevenson.
Before you hang your harp on the
willows, before you say, "How can we sing the Lord's
song in a strange land?" let me tell you, there is a way
out! The way out of this sinful mess is: Down on our
knees, then up through the skies in intercession; then
out to the world, fire-baptized in concern, compassion,
and conquest for the final outpouring of mercy before
the day of His wrath.
The way out of this awesome sin plague
certainly is not by human strategy. Despite more
money spent on education in the last twenty-five
years, we are lower in morality than ever before.
Despite our progress in science, we face famine on the
largest scale ever, right at this moment. Despite more
money spent on church buildings, our spiritual
birthrate is lower than ever.
Which way then? God's way! "Not by
might (strength of armies), nor by power (scientific
know-how and education), but by my Spirit, saith the
Lord" (Zech 4:6). The world knows not the Spirit. He
does not invade carnal hearts. We believers are His
channel.
God has said, "The yoke shall be
destroyed because of the anointing" (Isa 10:27). This is
the secret-the anointing! it is:
The enduement of power from on
HighPentecostal powerunearthly power to shake the
earth.
Divine equipment to shake the
strongholds of hell on earth.
Enduement to harass the devil and his
powers.
Power to break the yoke from the millions
bound in superstition and occult practices, manacled
by drugs, enslaved by drink, locked in lust.
Power to storm heathendom with the cry
of deliverance.
Power that will cripple the cults and set
the captives free.
Power that will cover His name with glory
!
Jesus is coming for a Bride, not for a
widow, not for a sick Church. He is worthy to receive
honor and glory and power now and forever. Against
this present world's onslaught of iniquity, the race is
not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. Here the
lame take the prey and to those who have no might, He
increaseth strength. He who heard the cry of Elijah
from Carmel and of Jonah from the belly of hell will
hear our cries for mercy and revival. "Call upon me and
I will answer thee." We plead or we perish !
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