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You don't get it. The SUN is not spiritual. The moon isn't. Heaven itself is not a spiritual place. We are too familiar with this earth of ours that we sometimes forget about our true origin. The things u see now are not real. The once in the realm of the spirit are more al. The streets of gold in heaven are more real than any real matter u can think of. Most of the mansions are made with solid saphire, onyx, diamond etc- read ur Bible man. These are SOLID metals in their PUREST form

OTHER VISITS FROM JESUS

Another time I saw Jesus, I was about 11 years old. This time, He walked in through the front door while I was watching the comedy, "Laverne and Shirley" on television. He came over, sat down beside me on the couch, and kind of glanced at the TV set.

Everything in this natural world clicked off. I could not hear the television or the telephone. All I heard was Jesus, and all I saw was His glory. He said, "Roberts, I want you to study the lives of My generals in My great army throughout time. Know them like the back of your hand. Know why they were a success. Know why they failed, and you will lack nothing in that area."

Jesus promised me certain things that day. He said, "Roberts, if you will be faithful in this thing, I will promote you." The Bible says you must be faithful first of all in small things. (Matt. 25:21-23.) I had to leave the television set alone after that. I had to turn my back on school sports. I had to leave everything, even my best friend, and do what was required of me to follow God in order to fill the office He has for me.

He made me another promise that day. He said that if I would be faithful in these studies, He would see that I met the great generals of this day. And God has kept His promise. He has brought me in contact with them. If you let God do it, things will happen in His time. Everything will work out all right—everything. For God has a timetable that He runs on. We need to run on His timetable.

Jesus got up, walked back out the door, the TV clicked back on, and I resumed watching—for that day, anyway. After that, I studied carefully the great ministers of the past, along with some who were not well-known, to find out why they succeeded or failed. I began by reading a book my grandmother had on British evangelist Smith Wigglesworth.

Then I studied the lives and ministries of such men and women as John Alexander Dowie, Charles Finney, Maria Woodworth-Etter, John G. Lake, Aimee Semple McPherson, Kathryn Kuhlman, and many others.

Most of the time, we are running from the devil. But I found that the great preachers of the past lived on the offensive. They were not afraid of anything. We can learn much from the examples of these great men and women, who are now with the Lord.

As I read a book during those years I was studying what Jesus told me to study, the Holy Spirit taught me. He would tell me what different people were like. He would say, "Did you notice that? Did you notice how they said that—how they moved with Me in this way?" (Robert Liardon)

Pastor Olu T: I will sure get back 2 u!

U guys are very funny. God is a Spirit, yet He's sheltered in His throne. He made us in His Image. When we get to heaven, we'll be given HEAVENLY bodies not this terrestial one that CAGES us on earth. Guys, know ur origin! All u see is not all there is. Satan really fought hard to blindfold man from knowing this reality. Pls receive Jesus as Lord if u've not, else on that DAY, u'll B without EXcuse!!! Just what if I'm right! It won't cost u much to turn to JESUS

MANSIONS ARE PREPARED FOR US

As we walked up what looked like an unpaved, dirt path, I
saw a gigantic house above the trees. Even now, as a grown man
remembering that house, I know that it was a mansion. (John
14:2.) This structure did not just look huge because I was a little
boy.
Jesus talked to me the whole time we walked up the path
toward the house. Jesus is a Person, and you can talk to Him
about everyday things. He is our friend, as well as a member of
the Godhead Who rules and reigns. We do not have to make a
visit to heaven to talk to Him, either! Jesus is with us here on earth. He would never leave us nor forsake us. (Heb. 13:5.)
The Trinity—God, the Father; Jesus, the Son; and the Holy
Spirit—have emotions. Otherwise, we would not have emotions,
because we were created in their image. (Gen. 1:26.) However,
unlike most of us, They are not at the mercy of their emotions.
They are not ruled by "feelings." They operate by doing what is
right to do, regardless of how they feel. So while we have
emotions, we shouldn't be ruled by them.
When someone hurts our feelings, we get into self-pity, we
get angry, and many times, we retaliate in some way. Jesus can
be grieved at our attitudes, but He never changes in the way He
loves us or treats us. He has no self-pity, no anger on his own
behalf, and no retaliation.
We were not created to operate in negative emotions. Those
became part of us when Adam and Eve disobeyed God and had
to leave the Garden of Eden. But we ought to be extremely
careful not to grieve Jesus, the Holy Spirit, or the Father, because
we love them. There is no way we can love them as much as they
love us, but we ought to love them as much as possible.
His love permeated everything Jesus said or did with me
during my visit. I will never forget the revelation of what love
really is.
When we got to the door of this mansion, Jesus walked up
and knocked on the door. That is part of love—being considerate
of other people's feelings, time, and privacy. People in heaven
were very polite.
We waited about three minutes, and then He knocked again,
before anyone ever came to the door. Then a little gentleman
opened the door, stuck his head out, and spoke to us. I did not
see anyone just "floating through the walls."
He said, "How are you doing, Jesus? And how are you doing,
Roberts?"
I almost took off running. That man knew my name!
I thought, "How does that man know my name? No one but
Jesus knows my name up here."
However, I found that everyone we met who talked to us
knew my name. The conversations were just as they are on earth.
People asked questions and answered them.
I looked up at the man in shock, but I answered him politely,
as I had been taught, "Well, I'm doing okay."
And he invited us inside, so Jesus and I walked in and sat
down. Now the couches in heaven are different than here. Earth
furniture sometimes becomes uncomfortable. In heaven, comfort
finds you. I sat down on a black velvet couch, and comfort
reached up and cuddled me. I was so comfortable, I never had to
move once.
After we finished talking, the man took us through the
house. His mansion seemed just like houses on earth, but it was
total perfection. The windows had curtains over them. The walls
were decorated with paintings, which in this particular house,
reminded me of modern art on earth, except better.
Also, there were photographs of the man's family members,
and there were plants everywhere. In addition, the mansion was
filled with beautiful furniture and luxuries. Some things I did
not recognize.
Each mansion was suited to the person who lived there, for
every child of God has his or her own mansion in heaven. (John
14:2.) This one had different rooms, such as dining room, living
room, kitchen, den, and so forth. (I am sure there were
bedrooms, but I did not go upstairs.)
The man gave me a large fruit to eat, that looked something
like an apple, and it was very delicious. Afterwards, we said
goodbye and left through the back door. I cannot tell you why,
but that is the way we went out. There were other people in the
house, and they hugged and kissed us before we left.
Eating in heaven is something many people seem to have a
problem with believing. Yet, the Apostle John wrote about the
marriage supper of the Lamb. (Rev. 19:19.) Also, John wrote of
seeing the tree of life which has 12 kinds of fruit that it yields
every month. (Rev. 22:2.) In addition, Jesus ate fish and bread
with the disciples after he was resurrected and had a transfigured
body, the kind we will have in heaven. (Luke 24:42, John 21:9.)
Every person I saw looked in perfect condition and in the
prime of life. Everyone appeared as if they were in their 30s.
Perhaps that is because the Bible says we shall be like Him (1
John 3:2), and that was His age when He was resurrected and
taken back to heaven. I did not see any children; however,
somehow I knew there were children. Apparently, they were in
another part, and I did not go there.
Also, I found that people's age is reckoned according to their
spiritual maturity, not their physical maturity on earth. When
you get to heaven, you will be the age you are spiritually in the
hidden man of the heart. (Robert Liardon)

GET ADVICE FROM DEEP SPIRITUAL FRIENDS AND QUIT GRUMBLING AND COMPLAINING

Christians often try to get advice from other people instead of listening to what God has said about the subject. If people— even preachers—cannot advise you from the Word of God, their advice is very poor. Sometimes we can get into real trouble by following the well-intentioned advice of fellow Christians who are not carefully attuned to God's Word. I did once, and almost died.

After having pastored churches for a number of years, I felt called of the Lord into a field ministry. This was the Lord's choice, not mine. I would rather have gone on pastoring. There are rewards in pastoring which a field ministry does not offer, including a certain amount of security. More important, our children were small, and I would have liked to have stayed at home with my family. But I sensed God speaking to my spirit, and I finally obeyed and went out on the evangelistic field.

When we set out to do something God has called us to do, we needn't think that things are always going to run smoothly. Furthermore, we can't judge if we are in the will of God by whether or not things are going well. If that were the case—if circumstances alone determined the will of God—then Paul never was in the will of God and missed God from beginning to end!

No, the devil is the god of this world, and we will have him to contend with when we make a decision to go on with God. After seven months on the evangelistic field—months of meeting the devil at every turn and facing severe financial battles —I decided to return to pastoring. (Notice I said "I decided," not "the Lord decided." A rather large, prosperous church in East Texas called me to come preach for them and consider being their pastor. They paid their pastor between $750 and $1100 a month—and this was in 1949, when money was worth more than it is now! The church also furnished a parsonage.

From the natural standpoint, it was an attractive offer. I had preached in this church before. I liked the people and they liked me. They believed in the moving of the Spirit with the manifestation of the gifts of the Spirit in their midst. Miracles were a common occurrence. If God had led me in this direction, there was nothing I would have liked better than to pastor this church. Without even considering God's wishes, I thought, I'm going to accept their invitation and at least go preach for them.

Soon afterwards, I had a Sunday free and my wife and I drove to a neighboring church. We arrived in time for Sunday School. As I sat in the class, I was struck by how much the lesson applied to me. The subject was Moses and how he had disobeyed God by striking the rock when God had told him to speak to the rock.

The teacher also brought out how the children of Israel had become discouraged because of difficulties along the way. I squirmed in my seat as I thought of how much this seemed to fit my circumstances. Suddenly my heart stopped beating and I fell from my chair to the floor! Then my heart started beating erratically with a rapid pulse—it was running like a trip hammer. It seemed to me as if it were racing two hundred or three hundred beats a minute.

It was going so fast there was no way to time it. Some ministers who were present felt my pulse and said, "We cannot distinguish a beat—all we can feel is a flutter." I became as cold as ice all over my body. I had been dead twice when I suffered with heart trouble at the age of 16, so I knew when death came over me this time.

They carried me to the parsonage and summoned my wife from the women's Sunday School class. As soon as she came into the room she knelt beside my bed and wept, saying, "I feel this is all my fault." Then she told me she had been grumbling and complaining to the Lord about my long absences from home. She never had mentioned a word of it to me, however. She said one day as she was washing dishes she had heard a voice saying, "I could take him away where he could never come back." She was startled, but dismissed it as her imagination playing tricks on her. Kneeling beside the bed she prayed this prayer of submission: "Lord, if You will just spare my husband, I don't care how long he is gone or where he goes in your will. I will not complain about it again."

Then the Lord showed me where I had missed it, too. When each of us had made a new consecration to the Lord to do His will, whatever it might be, I was instantly healed. I jumped out of that bed completely well. How did I get into that predicament? Instead of listening to God and putting His Word first, I had asked the advice of various pastors. All they could give me was natural advice. They had said, "Your first obligation is to your family. You have small children, and you should be home with them. You shouldn't be out on the field."

One preacher after another told me that, so I took their advice. I tried to do what they suggested—what I wanted to do in the natural—andI nearly died. I finally learned that a man can fulfill his obligation to his family and still obey God. (Kenneth E. Hagin)

obadiah777: that statement was not referring to the whole world. that was the first fruits. the elect. the rest of the world has to work out their own salvation till death. and then they are saved. you hold on to the truth till you or die or till christ returns whichever happens first. then you are saved and your works carry through with you until the second coming. you stay in your lane.

We are in a dispensation of grace, not works like the OLD Testament. The Apostle Paul said he doesn't want to be found with his own righteousness, but with the Righteousness of Jesus Christ. Your works or righteousness is like a filthy RAG. U n I need to trust in the righteousness of the Lord Jesus. The moment U receive the Lord Jesus as Saviour, His BLOOD cleanses U from all SINS. U know what? THE GREATEST REGRET AND TORMENT FOR THE INMATE OF HELL - IS THAT THE CROSS OF JESUS MADE IT SO SIMPLE FOR THEM TO COME TO BE WITH JESUS IN HEAVEN BUT THEY REJECTED THAT OFFER PREFERING TO BE WITH LUCIFER IN HELL

LOOKING INTO HEAVEN

In January 1983, I was awakened by an angel at 5 a.m. The angel said, "Look!" And I looked into heaven. This was a spiritual vision. There is a difference between leaving your body and going to heaven and looking into heaven. I did not go back this time, I only looked.

Heaven sits on top of the universe—you have to go that far to reach it. You see, the universe is expanding at the same rate God spoke it into existence, and the universe begins outside of heaven's gates. As I looked into heaven, I recognized the place where I had seen tens of thousands of chariots when I was 8 years old. Although these chariots probably were drawn by horses, I did not see the horses.

I turned around and asked Jesus, "What does this mean? Why did You notify me? Why did You have the angel show me this?"

"Remember the covenant you made with Me?" (While in heaven the first time, we had made a covenant.) "This is My part, so I am showing you that the chariots are gone. They have gone to earth and brought the power.

"The next move of God has arrived on planet earth. You no longer have to pray for it to happen. It has arrived!" So people no longer have to say, "I am praying for the next move of God to happen."

We are in it! We are in it! We are in the moving of God for this hour of time, and we are just beginning to realize it is here..... each time there was a move of God, new "weapons" always were released first.
(Robert Liardon)

ROBERT @8 SAW JESUS

...Jesus took both my hands in one of His, and placed His other hand on top of my head. He said, "Roberts, I am calling you to a great work. I am ordaining you to a great work. You will have to run like no one else and preach like no one else. You will have to be different from everyone else."

In other words, He was telling me not to copy others, not to try to fit into religious attitudes and patterns, but simply to do and be only what He wanted. "Hard times will come," He warned me, "but take them as stepping stones, not as stumbling blocks. Go with power and with faith. I will be beside you wherever you go. Go, go, go! Go and do as I have done."

The first time Jesus said, "Go," the anointing and the fire began to flow from Him into me. That fire went from the top of my head to the soles of my feet. Now, every time I talk about God, whether it is to one or 3,000, I am set afire all over, such as Luke 3:16 says: John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire.

The Church needs to get within the fire of God. That is what burns out all of the chaff in your life. Hebrews 12:29 says: For our God is a consuming fire. If you will let the fire of the Holy Spirit shoot through your body and make you pure, you will be able to walk before God boldly with a clean heart and a clean mind. You will know you can walk into His presence where you belong without being destroyed by His glory.

After praying for me and ordaining me, Jesus took a step backwards. I looked down at the palms of my hands. They were as red as blood. As Jesus stepped back from me, he pulled down a big screen out of the air. On this screen He began to show me my past life.

At eight years of age, I did not have much of a past life, of course. When Jesus began to show me my ministry and the people who would be saved through it, however, I did not want to miss reaching a single one of them—even if it does mean living to be an old man.

A greater miracle than even raising Lazarus from the dead is the miracle that occurs when someone is born again, raised from spiritual death and rescued from eternal damnation. I saw myself preaching in various places. Then I knew it was time to go. I was turning to leave through the nearest gate, when Jesus said, "Roberts!" And I turned back very quickly. There stood Jesus with tears coming down His face and His hands outstretched. He said, "I love you."
When He said that, I left heaven and returned to my earthly home. (Robert Liardon)

HEAVENLY RECORDING
Saints, be aware that every time you give money, every time you pay tithes, everything you do for the glory of God is recorded in heaven. I remember this so well because when the Lord showed me His mighty glories and powers, it made an impression that will never be erased from my mind.
During my trips, I noticed that many angels came to heaven with reports from all over the earth. They would go to a certain room with a recording angel in charge. The messenger angel would read the report, and the recording angel would ask, "Are you a witness? Did you see this take place?" When the report was confirmed, it was logged in a book. These books were eventually taken to the throne of God. But first, they had to go through a special process.
I vividly remember that the Spirit of the Lord moved continuously in heaven. It was greater than anything on earth.
Things on earth are patterned after things in heaven, but the earthly things can only be shadowy reflections of those in heaven. Unbelievable music, unhindered praises, and other glories that the earth can never imagine abound in heaven.
God wants people to praise Him. From the opening of Genesis to the close of Revelation, God expressed His desire
for a family to love Him.
As you read this book, remember that heaven is a place God has prepared for those who love Him. Someday I am going there. Someday you are going there if you are born again, if you have repented of your sins, and if you have Jesus Christ in your heart.
He can wash your sins away through His precious blood. (Mary K. Baxter)

Those in HELL presently are forever lost. Nobody is there accidentally. All in HELL had the Gospel preached to them. Nobody can deny d fact that they here the Voice of Jesus in their heart. God is wise n He's perfect in His judgement. B4 d world began He knew those who'd accept His Son n chose 2b wt Him. Right now He's waiting for those whom He knew would accept Him - some are even Christians who had backslidded but would come back. Hell is real. I guess my earthly father is there. He died 92, without Christ- in ma own opinion.
In d bk of Pet, Jesus went to hell to preach to those who went there wt out hearing d gospel. Then there was no Bible, no Law unlike now. He specifically pointed out that dose in Noah's day had d opportunity to hear d Gospel. That was then. Now dose in Hell are doomed eternally.

THE END IS FAST APPROACHING

I was sick for many days after I was left in the jaws of hell. I had to have the lights left on when I slept. I needed the Bible with me at all times, and I read it constantly. My soul was in severe shock. I knew now what the lost endured when they went to hell to stay. Jesus would say, "Peace, be still," and peace would flood my soul. But a few minutes later I would wake up screaming, hysterical with fear. During this time, I knew I was never alone-Jesus was always there. But even with that knowledge, I sometimes could not feel His presence. And I was so afraid of having to go back to hell that I was fearful to even have Jesus near me sometimes.

I tried to tell others about my experiences in hell. They would not listen to me. I begged them, "Please, repent of your sins before it's too late." It ' was difficult for anyone to believe what I told them of the torment that I had been through and how Jesus had told me to write about hell. The Lord assured me that He was the Lord who healed me. And though I believed I would never fully recover, healing did come. And then it happened again. Again I was in the spirit with the Lord Jesus, and we were soaring high up in the sky.

Jesus said, "I want to show you the love and goodness of God and parts of heaven. I want you to see the wondrous works of the Lord, which are so beautiful to behold." Ahead of us I saw two giant planets, beautiful and glorious in all their splendor. God himself was the light there.! An angel met us and said to me, "See the goodness and kindness of the Lord your God. His mercy endures forever." There was such a strong sense of love and tenderness about the angel that I was about to weep when he spoke again, "Behold the power and might and majesty of God. Let me show you the place He has created for the children." All at once there was a large planet looming before us, a planet as large as the earth. And then I heard the voice of the Father saying, "The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost are all one. The Father and the Son are one, and the Father and the Holy Ghost are one. I sent My Son to die on a cross so that no one needed to be lost. "But," He said with a smile, "I was about to show you the place I made for My children. I care greatly about all children. I care when a mother loses a child, even as the fruit of your womb, My child, was cast before its time. You see, I know all things, and I care.

"From the time there is life in the womb, I know. I know about the babies that are murdered while they are still in their mother's bodies-the aborted lives that are cast off and unwanted. I know about the stillborn and those children who are born with crippling defects. From the time of conception, that is a soul. "My angels go down and bring the children to Me when they die. I have a place where they can grow, learn and be loved. I give them whole bodies and restore whatever parts they are missing. I give them glorified bodies." Allover the planet there was a feeling of being loved, a sense of perfect well-being. Everything was perfect. Here and there amid the lush green grass and the pools of crystal clear water were playgrounds with marble seats and highly polished wooden benches to sit on.

And there were children. Everywhere one looked, there were children going about all kinds of activities. Each child wore a spotless white robe and sandals. The white robes were so bright they glistened in the magnificent light on the planet. A profusion of color everywhere
accented the whiteness of the children's robes. Angels were the keepers of the gates, and the children's names were all written in a book. I saw children learning the Word of God and being taught music from a golden book. I was
surprised to see animals of all sorts coming up to the children or sitting beside them while they were in this angelic school. There were no tears and no sorrow. Everything was supremely beautiful, and joy and happiness were everywhere.

Then the angel showed me another planet which glowed like a great light before me. The light shone with the radiance of a million stars, and everything on the planet was beautiful and alive. In the distance I saw two mountains made of pure gold, while closer to me were two golden gates embedded with diamonds and other precious stones. I knew that this was the new earth and that the city which lay in splendor before me was the New Jerusalem-the city of God come down to earth. And then I was back on the old earth-earth as it was before the final fires that would purge it and purify it for God's glorious purpose. And here too was a new Jerusalem, the capital city of the millennium. And I saw people coming out of caves and from the mountains and making their way toward this city. Here Jesus was King, and all the nations of the earth brought Him gifts and paid Him homage. Jesus gave me the interpretation of my vision. He said, "Soon I will return and take back with Me to heaven, first the righteous dead, then after them those that are alive and remain will be caught up to be with Me in the air. Following that, the Antichrist will reign upon the earth for an appointed time, and there will be tribulations such as have never been before, nor will ever be again.

"And then I will return with My saints, and Satan will be cast into the bottomless pit, where he will remain for a thousand years. During that thousand years I will reign over the earth from Jerusalem. When the millennium is past, Satan will be released for a season, and I will defeat him by the brightness of My coming. The old earth will pass away. "Behold, there shall be a new earth and a New" Jerusalem coming down upon it-and I will reign forever and ever." (Mary K. Baxter)

EVERY TRIAL IS TO BRING YOU TO A GREATER POSITION IN GOD

I received several letters and telegrams about a certain case, but when I arrived I was told I was too late. I said, “That cannot be. God has never sent me too late anywhere.” God showed me when I went that something different would happen to anything I had seen previously. The people I went to were all strangers. I was introduced to a young man who lay helpless, and for whom there was no hope. The doctor had been to see him that morning and had declared that he would not live through the day. He lay with his face to the wall, and when I spoke to him he whispered, “I cannot turn over.” His mother said that they had had to lift him out of bed on sheets for weeks, and that he was so weak and helpless that he had to stay in one position. The young man said, “My heart is very weak.” I assured him, “God is the strength of the heart and thy portion forever. If you will believe God, it shall be so today.”

Our Christ is risen. He is a living Christ who indwells us. We must not have this truth merely as a theory, Christ must be risen in us by the power of the Spirit. The power that raised Him from the dead must animate us, and as this glorious resurrection power surges through your being, you will be freed from all your weaknesses and you will become strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. There is a resurrection power that God wants you to have and to have it today. Why not? Receive your portion here and now.

I said to these people, “I believe your son will rise today.” They only laughed. People do not expect to see signs and wonders today as the disciples saw them of old. Has God changed? Or has our faith waned so that we are not expecting the greater works that Jesus promised? We must not harp on any minor key. Our message must rise to concert pitch, and there must be nothing left out of it that is in the Book. It was winter time, and I said to the parents, “Will you get the boy’s suit and bring it here?” They would not listen to the request, for they were expecting the boy to die. But I had gone to that place believing God. In Romans 4:17, we read of Abraham, “(I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.” God help us to understand this. It is time people knew how to shout in faith as they contemplate the eternal power of our God to whom it is nothing to quicken and raise the dead. I come across some who would be giants in the power of God but they have no shout of faith. I find everywhere people who go down even when they are praying simply because they are just breathing sentences without uttering speech, and you cannot get victory that way. You must learn to take the victory and shout in the face of the devil. “It is done!” There is no man who can doubt if he learns to shout. When we know how to shout properly, things will be different, and tremendous things will happen. In verse 24 we read, “They lifted up their voice with one accord.” It surely must have been a loud prayer.

We must know that God means us to have life. If there is anything in the world that has life in it, it is this Pentecostal revival we are in. I believe in the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the speaking of tongues, and I believe that every man who is baptized in the Holy Ghost will speak in other tongues as the Spirit gives him utterance. I believe in the Holy Ghost. And if you are filled with the Spirit you will be superabounding in life-- living waters will flow from you.

At last I persuaded the parents to bring the boy’s clothes and lay them on the bed. From the natural viewpoint, the young man lay dying. I spoke to the afflicted one, “God has revealed to me that, as I lay my hands upon you, the place will be filled with the Holy Ghost, the bed will be shaken, you will be shaken and thrown out of bed by the power of the Holy Ghost, you will dress yourself and be strong.” I said this to him in faith. I laid hands on him in the name of Jesus and instantly the power of God fell and filled the place. I felt helpless and fell flat on the floor.

I knew nothing except that a short while after the place was shaken, I heard the young man walking over me and saying, “For Thy glory, Lord! For Thy glory, Lord!” He dressed himself and cried, “God has healed me.” The father fell, the mother fell, and another who was present fell also. God manifested His power that day in saving the whole household and healing the young man. It is the power of the risen Christ we need. That young man is today preaching the gospel. Dare you take your inheritance from God? Dare you believe God? Dare you stand on the record of His Word? What is the record? If thou shalt believe thou shalt see the glory of God. You will be sifted as wheat. You will be tried as though some strange thing tried you. You will be put in places where you will have to put your whole trust in God.

There is no such thing as anyone being tried beyond what God will allow. There is no temptation that will come, but that God will be with you right in the temptation to deliver you, and when you have been tried, He will bring you forth as gold. Every trial is to bring you to a greater position in God. The trial that tries your faith will take you on to the place where you will know that the faith of God will be forthcoming in the next test. No man is able to win any victory save through the power of the risen Christ within him. You will never be able to say, “I did this or that.” You will desire to give God the glory for everything. (Smith Wigglesworth)

TEARS IN HEAVEN?
...At one point I was taken to a particular place where the angel stopped and said to me, “God wants me to show you the room of tears."
Many times you may have read in several passages in the Psalms about our tears and about how God cares for us.
The angels catch our tears and put them in bottles (Psalm 56:. Many times I had wondered about what this meant.
I know that many of you reading these words have cried many tears for your loved ones, your children, your mate, or your family. Especially if you’ve gone through a separation or a divorce, you have felt like all hope was gone.
You have grieved over your lost loved ones.
I want to tell you that God showed me a room of tears. It was so beautiful. The angel took me to a grand entranceway that had no door.
Looking inside, I could see that the room itself wasn’t large, but the holiness and power radiating from it amazed me. Lined with crystal shelves, the inside walls glowed with light.
On the shelves were many bottles, some of which were in clusters of three and looked like clear glass. Under each sparkling cluster of glass-like bottles was a plaque with a name on it. There were many of these bottles in the room.
Then inside the room I saw a man who appeared to have been glorified. His deep purple robe was very beautiful and looked like velvet.
An elegant table, which was made of a rich-looking material and glowed with majestic splendor, was just inside the door. The lavish display I saw astonished me!
Books were lying on the table, and they looked as if they were sewn in the most beautiful silk-like material I have ever seen. Some had diamonds, pearls, and lace on them; others had green and purple stones on them. All of them were intricately made.
I thought to myself, “Oh, God, how beautiful these books are!" I love books. These books especially appealed to me. They were stunning. As I gazed about, I was overcome with wonder.
At this point the man in the room said to me, “Come and see. I want to show you this room, and I want to explain to you about tears. This is only one of many rooms like it. I am in charge of this room." As he talked, a large angel came through the entranceway. The beauty and majesty of this heavenly being astounded me. I noticed that he wore a white, glistening garment with gold-edged trim that went all the way down the front. He seemed to be about twelve feet tall and had very large wings.
The angel held a small bowl in his hands. The golden bowl was filled (see Revelation 5: with a liquid. The man in the room told me, "He has just brought me a bowl of tears from the earth. I want you to see what we do with this."
The angel handed him the bowl, along with a piece of paper. The note held the name of the person whose tears were in the bowl.
The man in the room read the note and then went over to one of the places where the bottles were kept. He read the plaque under the bottle, and I knew it matched the person from earth who was named in the note.
The man picked up the bottle that was nearly full and brought it over to the bowl. He poured the tears from the golden bowl into the bottle.
"I want to show you what we do here," the man said to me. "Tell the people on earth about this." Then he took the bottle over to the table, picked up one of the books, opened it, and said, "Look!"
The pages in the book were completely blank. The keeper of the room said to me, "These are tears from the saints of God on earth as they cry to God. See what happens."
Then the man poured a drop from the bottle, one little teardrop, on the first page of the book. When he did, words began to appear immediately. Beautiful words, elegantly handwritten, started appearing on the page. Each time a tear fell on a page, a whole page of writing appeared. He continued doing this page after page, time and time again.
As he closed the book and spoke, he seemed to be saying to all humanity as well as to me, "The most perfect prayers are those that are bathed in tears that come from the hearts and souls of men and women on earth." (Mary K. Baxter)

JESSE DUPLANTIS TRIP TO HEAVEN
IN August of 1988, I was preaching a revival meeting at Magnolia Christian Center, a wonderful church pastored by Paul Troquil in Magnolia, Arkansas. I was staying at the Best Western Motel there in Magnolia. One morning the pastor called to say he would pick me up around noon and we would have some lunch. When I got up that morning, I knew something unusual was going on. I could feel a disturbance, an unrest, in my spirit. In the natural, it was a feeling of nervousness, with Adrenalin flowing, but for no apparent reason. I had no inclination of what was about to happen. But I can always sense when God is about to do something with me. The pastor picked me up at the motel and we went across the street to a steak house. After we had ordered lunch, I felt compelled to go back to my motel room. I sensed an urgency. Immediately I said to the pastor, "I don't mean to be rude, but I have to go back to the motel. Something is up. I just don't know what." He asked, "Is something wrong? Are you sick?" "No, nothing is wrong. I just have this compulsion to get back to my room. I'm sorry. Please excuse me." I got up, walked out of the restaurant and crossed the street to the motel. When I got back to my room, I hung a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door knob and closed the door. I looked at the digital clock. It was one minute before one o'clock. I had no idea what was going on, so I was ready to pray and allow the Holy Spirit to make intercession. I thought to myself, Maybe He wants to talk to me about tonight's service. I pulled off my coat and knelt down beside the bed. As I did, the digital clock flipped over to show exactly one o'clock. I said, "God, what's the matter? What's wrong? What's happening? What?"

Suddenly I felt a suction as if I was being pulled up out of the room. But I didn't look back to see myself leaving my physical body, as some people have described. I heard a sound, Whoosh! And I was pulled up out of the room! I gasped, "Aaah...." I don't know whether I was in my body or out of my body. I did know I had left that room and I was zooming along at a phenomenal rate of speed, being carried in something like a cable car. It was a chariot without a horse, but not like one of those chariots we see in the movies—I was completely closed in. I could see through the windows that the chariot was racing along, but I had no idea how it was being operated. Then I looked up. There stood another being. I realized that it was the blond-headed angel who had visited me in the bedroom that night in Jonesville, Louisiana. I asked, "Where are we going?" He smiled and said, "You have an appointment with the Lord God Jehovah." I felt the chariot slowing down; then it came to a stop. When the door opened, I experienced the shock of my life: I was in heaven!
It Was a Gorgeous Place! Heaven must not be too far away. It didn't seem as if I had gone out of our galaxy. Of course, I'm not an astronomer, so I really don't know for sure. As I stepped out of the chariot, everything I saw was so beautiful. I had always thought that when I went to heaven I would see only a city. But the first place I saw was Paradise; it hadn't been destroyed. Paradise is a big place, completely surrounding the Holy City. It is like being on another planet. I fell down on the ground and began praising God, saying, "Glory to God!" The angel also fell down, saying, "The Most High God Jehovah! Hosanna in the highest!" Together we just worshipped God. I was so excited. I kept asking that angel, "Where am I? What am I doing here?" He said, "You have an appointment with the great God Jehovah. We must go to the city. You shall soon find out." As I stood to my feet, I saw light that I had never seen before in my life. Looking around me, I realized that God has with Him in heaven some of the things He created on the earth. I was surrounded by lush, gorgeous valleys, lots of mountains and streams of water. I even saw snow, yet it wasn't cold. I was amazed. There were flowers in heaven that I have never seen before in my life and fragrances I have never smelled. I have never seen colors quite like those I saw there, either. There were reds, greens, purples, blues, yellows. The gold looked gold, yet it was transparent like crystal. It was a beautiful land. Trees were lined up alongside the River of Life as it flowed throughout Paradise. Thousands of people were standing around under the trees. They all had been brought there in those chariot-like vehicles, the same as I was.
I had always thought that everybody who went to heaven was grown up. But I saw children too. I also noticed horses, dogs and large cats like lions. Everybody seemed headed toward God's Throne in the Holy City, which I could see way off in the distance. His Throne was high and lifted up, and it could be seen from every direction. ....(Jesse Duplantis)

THE GLORIES OF HEAVEN
When Jesus Christ revealed heaven to me, I was taken there for ten visits by the power of God Almighty. It happened immediately after the time He showed me hell.
The divine visits began during the Easter season. Jesus appeared to me from 2 A.M. to 5 A.M. every night for thirty nights, showing me the destination of those who reject Him. Before I saw heaven, He took me into the center of the earth and showed me the abode of the dead. I wrote A Divine Revelation of Hell, in which I related my experiences in hell. After those thirty trips into the depths of horror, for ten nights Jesus showed me heaven and its glories. Additionally, there were many other visitations from the Lord.
This is a true account of what happened to me. The Spirit of the living God revealed to me everything I am telling you.
When Jesus Christ took me on these journeys, I was fascinated because in heaven, there is no sorrow, no death, no dying, and no grief. In heaven only joy, peace, happiness, and the fruits of the Spirit are everywhere.
I was also fascinated by the angels of God who were there by the thousands. Some had wings; some didn’t.
I noticed on every one of my journeys to heaven that the angels were always busy. The angels performed tasks and took care of details constantly. It seemed to me that each angel had his particular assignments and certain jobs to do. But all of them were always praising God and performing their duties happily as they went about their business.
All of the angels are constantly occupied with their duties. For example, when new souls come to heaven, angels meet them and lead them immediately through the River of Life. The angels escort the new souls to a place where other angels outfit them with gowns of salvation, which are robes of righteousness. Then the angelic guides take them to the room of crowns, where each person is fitted with a crown.
All of these things are done in beautiful, perfect order. The angels are perfectly happy while doing them.
I never saw bells in heaven, but I heard them ringing constantly. I was told that every time a bell rings, a soul on earth was just saved. This is called "the glories of heaven." (Baxter K. Mary)

Pastor Olu T: (Kenneth E. Hagin)

Is this actually a quote from Kenneth?
I will like to know which of his book i can find this, and i will also want you to shed more light to the sin that are unpardonable, like give examples. Though i quite agree that there are unpardonable sin but its not the ones believers commit, for once a believer ask for forgiveness he will be pardoned.

Firstly a sinner or an unsaved person can not commit the unpardonable sin.
In Heb 6v4-5 the Lord Jesus told us thru the great apostle Paul those who can commit the unpardonable sin;
1- the person must have been ENLIGHTENED - ie coming to a state where he/she knows that he/she is a sinner n needs
2- the person moves the tasting the HEAVENLY GIFT - which is accepting the Lord Jesus as Saviour
3- PARTAKING or becoming SHARERS wt d H0LY SPIRIT - this 3rd stage is wen the person receives d infilling of the H0LY SPIRIT wt d evidence of speaking wt other tongues
4- PARTAKING D GOOD WORD OF GOD level. This is a superb level. A level where u constantly feast on d Word daily, compulsorily n consistently. Some devours d bk of Mark @ a seating n eats God's WORd that way then u'll necessarily enter d LAST LEVEL;
5- PARTAKERS OF THE POWERS OF D WORLD to come. @ dis stage, Jesus d head of d chch now permit u to taste of the powers of the World to come. U command the Power of GOD.
Anyone who reaches this 5-level can NEVER be brot back into d faith if such one REJECTS Jesus. Ie Is d SIN AGAINST d H0LY GHOST. Its not for baby-christians.
Also a Christian can sin dis SIN unto death, d unpardonable sin or sin against d Holy Spirit by condemning the miraculous acts of God in another's ministry due to envy n jealousy. D Pharisees knew that Christ was really anointed of God, but purposely accused of using Satan's pwa to cast devils. Jesus sternly rebuked them telling them d implication of such acts.

Pastor Olu T: (Kenneth E. Hagin)

Is this actually a quote from Kenneth?
I will like to know which of his book i can find this, and i will also want you to shed more light to the sin that are unpardonable, like give examples. Though i quite agree that there are unpardonable sin but its not the ones believers commit, for once a believer ask for forgiveness he will be pardoned.

Firstly a sinner or an unsaved person can not commit the unpardonable sin.
In Heb 6v4-5 the Lord Jesus told us thru the great apostle Paul those who can commit the unpardonable sin;
1- the person must have been ENLIGHTENED - ie coming to a state where he/she knows that he/she is a sinner n needs
2- the person moves the tasting the HEAVENLY GIFT - which is accepting the Lord Jesus as Saviour
3- PARTAKING or becoming SHARERS wt d H0LY SPIRIT - this 3rd stage is wen the person receives d infilling of the H0LY SPIRIT wt d evidence of speaking wt other tongues
4- PARTAKING D GOOD WORD OF GOD level. This is a superb level. A level where u constantly feast on d Word daily, compulsorily n consistently. Some devours d bk of Mark @ a seating n eats God's WORd that way then u'll necessarily enter d LAST LEVEL;
5- PARTAKERS OF THE POWERS OF D WORLD to come. @ dis stage, Jesus d head of d chch now permit u to taste of the powers of the World to come. U command the Power of GOD.
Anyone who reaches this 5-level can NEVER be brot back into d faith if such one REJECTS Jesus. Ie Is d SIN AGAINST d H0LY GHOST. Its not for baby-christians.
Also a Christian can sin dis SIN unto death, d unpardonable sin or sin against d Holy Spirit by condemning the miraculous acts of God in another's ministry due to envy n jealousy. D Pharisees knew that Christ was really anointed of God, but purposely accused of using Satan's pwa to cast devils. Jesus sternly rebuked them telling them d implication of such acts.

SIN UNTO DEATH AND THE SIN NOT UNTO DEATH (1Jn5:15-16

John is saying here that if we ask God to forgive someone, this is according to His Word and according to His will, and He will do it. Some years ago, I was holding a meeting near my hometown in Texas when I received a call that my grand-mother had fallen into a coma and was near death at her home. Each night after the evening service I drove back to her home and would sit up with her through the night. She never regained consciousness.

The third night as I sat there I prayed, "Dear Lord, I'm so sorry I didn't pray with Granny the other day when I visited her." I knew Granny was a Christian and loved the Lord, but there are sins of omission as well as commission and I could see where she had missed it. (Others can see where I have missed it. We can see where others miss it sometimes better than we can see ourselves.)

So I prayed, "Lord, I wish I had prayed with her. Just let her revive so I can have a word of prayer with her. (She was elderly and I knew in my spirit she was going to go.) Let me make sure there isn't any unconfessed sin in her life." As I prayed, Someone said, "Why don't you ask Me to forgive her?" It was so real it startled me. I jumped out of the chair and the Bible on my lap scooted across the floor and under the bed.

"Who said that?" I asked. I thought someone had heard me pray-ing and was teasing me. However, I found no one when I looked around the room and outside the door. I sat back down and began to study, but I couldn't concentrate, so I started to pray again.

"Lord, why don't You bring her out of it and let me have a word of prayer with her to see that she doesn't die with any unconfessed sin in her life?" Again that Voice said, "Why don't you ask Me to forgive her?" I jumped again and said, "Someone is playing tricks on me." But a check into the bedrooms of everyone else in the house revealed that they were sound asleep.

I went back to Granny's bedroom and tried to study, but I could not, so I began to pray again. When I did, He said the third time, "Why don't you ask Me to forgive her?" This time I had the presence of mind to remember that Eli had told the child Samuel to answer when God called. I realized it was the Lord, and I answered, "Me ask You?"

He said, "Yes, you ask Me. Don't you know that my Word says in First John 5:16, 'If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them...' ?"

I turned the pages of my Bible to that Scripture and read it. "That's right. That's exactly what it says! All right, Lord, I ask You. Please forgive her. You can forgive her of these things that I can see of omission, and of anything else that she didn't see or I don't see, You forgive her." He said, "All right, I have."

I thanked Him for it. To me that settled it. Can't you see that this was according to His will? The last part of that verse does make an exception, however. It says, "... there is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it." How will we know if a person has committed this sin unto death? We will only know this as the Holy Spirit reveals it to us.

This has happened to me only two times in my life when I have been praying for someone and the Lord showed me that there was no need to pray for them, because they had sinned the sin unto death.

What is this sin unto death? First, John is not talking about physical death here, but about spiritual death. This isn't a sin that an unbeliever can commit. It is a sin only a Christian can commit, for he used the term "brother."

Let us look into the Book of Hebrews to find out more about this. HEBREWS 6:4-64For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

HEBREWS 10:26-29 26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 28He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three wit nesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

The sin God is talking about here is not the sin of lying, cheating, or something like that. God offers forgiveness for such sins. There is no forgiveness, however, for those who have "trodden under foot the Son of God.. . . "

The Hebrew Christians to whom this book was written were under great persecution and were tempted to go back to Judaism. When they accepted Christ, they were cut off from their families, ran into financial hardships, and faced numerous other trials. But God warned them in these Scriptures that to go back to Judaism was to deny Christ. It was to say that they would be counting "the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing," or, in other words, that Jesus' blood was just common blood like any other man's. Let us remember that as long as a person stays in Christ, he is eternally secure. But we don't want to forget that there is a sin unto death. (Kenneth E. Hagin)

WHAT HAPPENS TO UNBORN OR ABORTED CHILDREN

This part of heaven is really going to thrill many people. Many people have criticized this, but I know that God showed it to me. It happened during one of my trips into heaven.
I was with the great angel with mighty rainbow-colored, triangle-shaped wings. The angel wore a white, glistening garment, and his hair was like spun gold. His features were beautiful and glorious. Light and power were all over him.
He said, "Come and see the glory of God. God has said that I must show you the place where children go and what happens to them when they die." I want to clear up something right now. When the Lord Jesus showed me hell, I did not see any children at all.
There were no little children or infants in hell that I can remember.
This may not agree with the theories of other people, but I am going to tell you what the angel of the Lord showed me about heaven and hell and the place where children go.
I was just praising God and traveling with the angel. We were high in the atmosphere when we stopped and the angel said, "I must show you these things."

REMEMBERING
When I was with the angel of the Lord, many things occurred that I do not remember now. I was not allowed to remember some of them. There were many events that happened on my trip to heaven-things I was shown but cannot recall. However, what I am permitted to remember is enough to motivate me to tell you about heaven!
Daniel had complete understanding of all of his visions and dreams. However, when the Lord took me into heaven- oh, my- there was such glory and power! Things were going on that were not explained to me, and I was only taken into certain parts of heaven. To me the most wonderful part was for babies and little children.

UNBORN BABIES
When the angel of God said, "Come and see," he moved his hand in the air, and a vision of a hospital appeared. I saw a woman in the labor room, having a child.
The angel of the Lord said to me, "She is having a miscarriage. The baby is only three months old."
As I took in the scene, two beautiful angels appeared by her bed. In their hands they held what looked like a basket made of white marble and pearl. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. It opened up in the center and closed on each side.
The angels were praising God. I could hear them. When the woman had the miscarriage, the baby’s spirit, like a vapor, arose from that little, teeny baby. The angels of God caught it, put it in the basket, closed the lid, and raised their hands toward heaven. The angels began to shout praises to the Lord. They acclaimed Him and extolled Him as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Creator of all things in heaven and earth. They shouted, "To God be the
glory!"
As they came past us, they said again, "Come and see." We went back through the gate into heaven. Oh, my! This seemed to be the most beautiful part of heaven! I had not been in this side of heaven or through this entrance.
I remember going with the angels to a certain place in heaven. I was accompanied by the angel who had been escorting me. We went so high up I could see the throne again, and I could hear the shouts and the praises of God.
This time we seemed to approach from the left side of the throne.
I remember coming around this way and thinking, "Oh God, how beautiful You are. How wonderful You are." The high praises of God and the glory and the shouts were everywhere.
You know, the Holy Scriptures talk about the angels so much. Here are some examples: Bless the LORD, you His angels, who excel in strength, who do His word, heeding the voice of His word.
(Psalm 103:20)
The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them.
(Psalm 34:7)
And behold, there was a great earth quake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow.
(Matthew 28:2-3)
Jesus talked about being carried by the angels to heaven: So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also dies and was buried.
(Luke 16:22)
ANGELS OF GOD
There are many references to angels in the Word of the Lord. I was just thinking about how His Word proves
things over and over. But when a revelation is given to someone, it just sheds more light on it.
My primary calling in God is dreams, visions, and revelations. My testimony is that I am just a handmaiden of the Lord, and I just love to tell this story about the children.
Oh, the glory that we saw and the voices of praise that we heard! Around the throne were lightning and thunder and a rainbow. There was an image of a Man inside the cloud of glory that covered the throne.
The angels set the basket they carried down on the throne and bowed. Their wing tips went up. Shouts of "Glory!"
and "Hallelujah! and "Praise God!" sounded all over heaven.
Again it seemed like we were in a huge arena. Large angels were blowing trumpets as if they were announcing something.
Now, I did not see God, but I saw the similarity of God just as Moses did. (See Exodus 33:17-23.) Then I saw a hand open up the basket. I am sure that it was the image of God’s hand.
Dear one, I’m telling you, if you could only see the glory and the power of God just like He revealed it to me! His power was so dazzling and beautiful and wonderful! I saw the hand come out of the cloud and open up the basket. It took that little soul out of the basket and laid it on the altar. Then I saw hands begin to work on this little soul.
When the task was finished and completed, the most beautiful, perfect form of a human began to appear. It continued to develop until it became the most handsome young man I have ever seen.(Mary K. Baxter)

IN GOD’S CARE
There are no defects or marks of sin in heaven. The Scripture about Adam’s creation came to me. Then the Lord said, "There are no imperfections in this place. Everything that was lost by the first Adam was restored by the second Adam." It is my firm belief that the only signs of sin in heaven will be the scars in Jesus’ hands and feet and side. This will be a reminder for ever and forever that our blessed Lord paid the price for our redemption. Then I saw what I perceived to be the top of God’s head- it looked like wool (Revelation 1:14). A marvelous transformation took place as God breathed into this little baby, and it became a fully perfect creation.
The angels began to shout and praise God. As I watched this mighty manifestation of God’s power, all of the questions that I have ever had about what happens to infants and children vanished completely. Now I know without a doubt that they are in the hands of God, being made into perfection!

CONCEPTION
From the time of conception, a baby is an eternal soul. If a baby is aborted or miscarried or somehow dies, God knows about it. He has given His angels charge over them. "We bring their little souls to heaven, and God completes them. It doesn’t matter if a baby has been aborted or dies naturally. It is fashioned and formed into perfection by the mighty hand of God.
"If the parents of these children will live righteously in Christ Jesus, when they come to heaven, they will be reunited and will know their precious loved ones. They will meet them at the gates of glory!"

BEFORE, NOW, AND AFTER
At this point in my vision, the angel of the Lord began to reveal things to me that I had often wondered about previously. He began to tell me about a great mystery.
He said, "God has spoken, and I am to show you before, now, and after. The things I am going to show will give you great excitement. I am going to reveal to you what happens when a person is born again. I will show you how a person’s sins are washed away by the blood of the Lamb in the record rooms.
"I am going to show you what happens when a born-again individual dies on earth and his soul comes to heaven.
Come and see the glory of your God."
We traveled from heaven at a fast rate of speed, and soon we were back over the earth. I could see the earth as in a vision, and the angel said to me, "Look and behold."
As the angel allowed the vision to pass before me, I saw a beautiful little church in the country. Now, I don’t know where the church was located geographically, but it was a rural church, way out in the country.
With the assistance of the angel of God, I was allowed to look into the building. I could see about thirty people seated in the pews. The pastor in the pulpit preached on this passage: Seek the LORD while He may be found.
Call upon Him while He is near. Let
the wicked forsake his way, and the
unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and He will have mercy on him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
(Isaiah 55:6-7)
As I gazed on this scene, I saw a mighty angel standing over the church. The guiding angel beside me said, "A large angel is stationed at every church. This angel is in charge of all the other angels of that church."

ANGELS AT CHURCH
Two angels with books stood outside the door of the church. I could see people going in and out of the church.
Then my angel guide signaled with his hand, and it seemed as if the roof rolled back, and I could see inside the church.
An angel stood on each side of the pastor at the pulpit. Beyond those two were two more angels. This made four angels around the pulpit.
Two angels stood at the back of the church, behind the congregation. Two more stood about halfway up the aisle, and up near the altar stood two more angels. So there were quite a few angels in the church, and several of them had scrolls and pens in their hands. The angel said to me, "I want to show you what happens."
The pastor began to speak, and the ushers started to take up the offering. As the offering was received, the angels recorded the people’s attitudes in giving. They recorded the contributors’ thoughts-whether they begrudged giving to the work of the Lord, or if they enjoyed giving the offering and viewed it as an act of worship. The angels logged it all in their record books.
Then the two big angels in the front of the pulpit nodded their heads at the other angels.
These activities of the angels were invisible to the people in the church, but I could see it all clearly. Then my
guide said to me, "I want to show you something else. Watch closely, and you will be blessed."
Suddenly, it seemed as if I had been moved behind the pastor. As he was preaching on the sixth verse-"Seek the LORD while He may be found. Call upon Him while He is near"-I could see a host of heavenly beings inside the church. All the time the service was going on, the angels were rejoicing. The minister was anointed as he preached that message. One of the angels was pouring what looked like fire on his head. The glories of God were coming from the preacher’s mouth.
At the back of the church, a door opened, and a man who was very drunk staggered in. He came down the aisle,
saying, "I am the one you are talking to, preacher. I need the Lord. I need to be saved. I am an alcoholic." The man dropped to his knees at the front altar and began to cry out to God.
Two of the deacons went to the altar to minister to him. Putting their arms around him, they asked him, "Do you
mean business with God? Do you really want to be saved?"
"Yes, I want to be saved," the man said.
"I’m an alcoholic. I need to be set free."
A SOUL IS SAVED
Two more angels suddenly appeared. They had scrolls in their hands, and they began to write down what the man said. Then the deacons began to lead him through the process of salvation. I saw that this man was filled with sin.
However, as the deacons prayed with him, one of the angels touched his heart, and smoke as dark as a rain cloud came spewing out of his chest.
When I saw this, I recalled some of the Scriptures that talk about the vile sins that come out of the heart: A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
(Matthew 12:35)
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man "unclean."
For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony,
slander.
(Matthew 15:18-19 NIV)
As the man began to pray to God with up raised hands, I saw wide, black bands that were wrapped all around him.
He was in bondage to all kinds of sin, but especially to alcohol addiction and drunkenness. A deacon said to him, "You must confess these sins to God, so that He can forgive you, and so you can be washed in the blood of the Lamb."
As he began to confess his sins, an angel touched him. I could see fire come from the angel’s hands. The bands started to break and burst off of him.
This gave the man tremendous liberty. He raised his hands and praised the Lord. He stood up, and I saw the glory of God come down on him. I know the Lord sobered him up, because he began to shout praises to the Lord.
Then the two mighty angels looked at each other and nodded their heads. They came back through the air to where we were and said, "Come and see the glory of God."

IN THE RECORD ROOMS AGAIN
We traveled back to heaven with the other two angels very rapidly. After we entered through the gate, we went down a beautiful pathway that appeared to be made of gold. Quickly we were transported to a lovely room.
The angel said, "Come and see what we do here." The long corridor we were in led to many other rooms similar to the one we were entering. The angel said, "There are many of these rooms in heaven. These are called rooms of records. You will see what goes on in these rooms."
The angel said, "We are going to the room that contains the name of the man who was just converted on earth."
In the room I saw the angels from earth go quickly and give the report written on a scroll to another angel.
Several ladders were positioned along the walls in the rectangular room. Shelves covered the walls, and all the books were on the shelves. The scene reminded me of a library on earth.
Other angels, singing and praising God, stood in a line in front of a large desk. It was about eight feet across and four feet wide. A square cutout was in the center of the desk, which was overlaid with solid gold. It was so beautiful. It was carved with leaves and fruit.
It was the most beautiful desk one could ever imagine. I have never seen anything like it- or even a picture like it- on the earth. I was caught up with the glory and the majesty of God in this room.
Angels were going up and down ladders. They were continuously pulling books down from the shelves and returning them to the correct places. Several angels were standing nearby with reports from other parts of the earth.
I noticed that some of the books in the wall were different shades of color. Then I saw two of the angels from the church standing in a line with a book they had pulled from the shelf. It contained the record of the very man I had just witnessed being born again on earth.
The angel with me said, "Do you see the two angels from the church service?"
"Yes."
"Do you see the book in their hands?"
"Yes."
"That is the record book of the man who just got saved. They have retrieved it from the shelves. Now they must go to the angel in charge."
My guide explained that in every record room, there is an angel in charge. Everything that goes in or out of the room goes past that angel. All is done in order to the glory of God.
I was amazed to see all these things going on. The angel in charge wore a brilliant head dress that is beyond my capacity to describe. He had golden hair and a glistening, white robe with a lot of gold on it. This gorgeous angel had a wingspread of about twelve feet. He was the most beautiful angel I had ever seen. The angel was the main record keeper of that room.
The angel in charge looked at me and motioned for me to come to his side. The power of God moved me, and I was quickly standing by the angel’s right side.
He said to me, "You are allowed to be here so that we can show you what happens when someone on earth is born again. You are to tell the people on earth."
The wonder of it thrilled me beyond words!

KEEPING RECORDS
As I looked out in front of me, the high praises of God were going up all around. I could hear bells ringing,
although I could not see them. Delightful, laughing, glorious, happy angels stood with books in their hands, waiting to talk to the angel in charge.
I started to praise and magnify God anew for His wondrous power and His glorious acts.
"Do you see the two angels in front of the desk?" my angel guide asked me.
"Yes," I replied.
"They were present when this man was born again."
He pulled a message out of the scroll; it was like a marker in the book. I couldn’t see what was written on the paper or the scroll. Then the angel said, "Look at what is written here," as he showed it to me.
The message was written in an orderly fashion, and it was beautiful. I saw the name of the country, the name of the state, the name of the county, the name of the city, and the name of the church.
The angel showed me the name of the pastor and how many people were in the church. He showed me the order of the service. The entire record was written down. He showed me the people who participated in the church service and the details of the offering that was taken.
The name of the man whose salvation I had seen on earth was recorded on the paper. The message of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ that was preached to save his soul and the exact time to the very second he was born again- it was all written there. I shouted, "Glory to God!"
When the written account got to the point where the man prayed the sinner’s prayer and received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, the angel looked at the two messenger angels and asked, "Were you witnesses that this man was born again at this hour and this time?"
They said, "Yes, we were witnesses. We were there. He received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. We saw it
happen."
The noise of the glory, the praises, and the shouts that went up at that moment was astounding. All of heaven was magnifying God.
Then the angel wrote something in the book he kept and closed the pages. The book was very thick. He said to me, "Look behind you." I saw many people, redeemed saints, dressed in white robes and arrayed in splendor.

THE BLOOD OF JESUS
These redeemed saints of the Most High God were singing this song: Oh, nothing but the blood of Jesus Can wash my sins away.
Oh, nothing but the blood of Jesus Can make me whole today.
Oh, nothing but the blood of Jesus Can cleanse me today.
I’ve been redeemed
By the blood of the Lamb.
As I observed, the man’s book was handed to one of the rejoicing saints. Page after page of the old writings were washed away. They lifted up the pages one by one, and I could see that every page had been washed in the blood of Jesus. Nothing of this person’s sins remained. And this Scripture came to me from Isaiah: I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.
(Isaiah 43:25)
I thought, "Oh, God, how beautiful it is that Your Word still marches on. That man’s sins were washed away by the blood of the Lamb."
As I watched, the book was handed to another angel. This heavenly being had long, beautiful hair. The book was laid on a tray that the angel carried. The angels saluted each other, and shouts of glory went up.
The angel who accompanied me said, "Come and see the glory of your God." I began traveling with him at a very fast pace through the corridors of heaven.

THE LAMB’S BOOK OF LIFE
Again I stood before the throne of God. Dear ones, there were horns blowing, and the sound of trumpets blared. A cloud of glory, the Shekinah glory, illuminated the entire area around the throne.
There was much thunder and lightning. I could hear a multitude of voices saying, "Glory to God! Hallelujah!"
I watched this mighty scene, and I saw the angel lay the book on the altar of God and bow down low. The voice of God resonated loudly through the air, yet I understood every word. God said, "Another soul has been redeemed by My Son’s blood. Another person has received eternal salvation through the blood of My Son."
All the bells of heaven were ringing! All of heaven’s populace was shouting! I bowed down and began to praise God.
I saw the Lamb’s Book of Life (Revelation 21:27) on the altar of God, and I saw a hand come out of that cloud and open up the book that was laid there by the angel. Then the man’s name was written down in the Lamb’s Book of Life. Glory to God! Saints, our names are surely written down in the Book of Life, also.
As I watched this mighty scene, the angel of God said, "Come and see the glory of God." Immediately, I was taken out of heaven again at the speed of light. As I went with the angel, I thought of this passage from Isaiah: I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I, the LORD, who call you by your name, am the God of Israel. For Jacob My servant’s sake, and Israel My elect, I have even called you by your name; I have named you, though you have not known Me.
(Isaiah 45:3-4)

Looking Into Heaven
I got back into that chariot-like machine with David and the angel. Jesus had told them to take me by the mountains on my way home. As we went past the mountains, I could hear the children singing. I cannot explain how wonderful heaven is. I can only agree with Paul's words in 1 Corinthians 2:9,10: But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. When we were near the mountains, I saw people having picnics—just eating and enjoying themselves. Then I saw the family I had talked with before. One of them said to me, "Sorry you can't stay. But when you come, we'll eat together." I saw little apartments and condominiums (a block of flats). I asked David, "What are these things?" He said, "Jesse, every desire is given here. Every one of the people who live there have a home in the city but some of them like a place in the country, too. Not only do people live in the city, some like apartments as well as their homes, so the great God has provided it. Every desire of an individual is met here." I said, "Do you mean to tell me that people with mansions decided they wanted a place out here?" He says, "Yes. Would you like one? It shall be done, because the great God is merciful. Every desire is met." I didn't hear a sign of greed in this. The Lord was just blessing the people. Psalm 37:3,4 confirms: Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

I saw people of many different races there. Then I noticed a group of Oriental children being taught the oracles of God by a lady. I asked, "Are their parents here?" "Some are," David said, "but most of them are not. They come to an age when they have to accept or reject God. The parents may reject God and go the other way, but the great God is merciful; He doesn't reject their children. Sometimes children pass away at an early age, so we teach them and they grow." I knew parents who had recently lost a baby would be happy to know that they would meet their child here. Their child will be taught the oracles of God. I believe that if people could see the treasures that God has stored up for them in heaven, they wouldn't have such a hard time understanding God's will to prosper and heal them while they are on earth. There are leaves for healing in heaven, and prosperity is everywhere. Anything that you can think of, anything you could want on earth has already been given to you there. Mankind has a difficult time receiving what God has for us because sin has touched us. Sin still steals things from us by stealing our thoughts and confidence in God's promises. Have you ever noticed the word "gospel" is only in the New Testament? That's because gospel means "good news," and there isn't any good news in the Old Testament. Before Christ died for us, it was "do or die." The Old Testament only shows us the law that we cannot keep. But Christ was bruised for our iniquities and by His stripes we are healed! By His grace we can approach the throne of God and be reconciled to the Father and to His glorious plan to bless us. If you have ever wanted to do something for the Lord, you can tell someone that He is coming and that He wants to come for them. Help Him reach those who haven't heard His Good News. As I was leaving Paradise, Abraham said, "I shall see you again." Looking back at him, I felt like I could hardly wait for that day when like the beggar in Luke 16, verse 22, I will be carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. I said, "Thank you." Then I was on my way home again. (Jesse Duplantis)

A GLIMPSE INTO HEAVEN
It seemed most wonderful to me upon finding that I could converse with perfect ease and freedom with
anyone I met, although we had been accustomed to different languages and tongues while on earth, and
often had to speak through interpreters; but now I found, since I had laid aside the material for the
spiritual, I could easily understand the thoughts of anyone. As rapidly as he could think I could read his
thoughts. Matters of detailed explanation were not needed or required as I had been accustomed to while in the flesh, for if a subject was plain to any one with whom I was conversing, it seemed that at once it
was just as clear to my own mind, so I was quite surprised to find how rapidly I could take in a
knowledge of the spiritual realm, and yet a second surprise constantly met me: that of the great depth of
divine truth.
For instance, many things I had learned from the Holy Scriptures, while in my flesh, were now opened
with a depth of meaning I had never seen before. I could compare it to nothing better than to great layer
after layer and strata upon strata of precious mineral rock, so that the deeper down and the further on one
went, the more precious became the ore and the finer the metal. I said to the elder by my side, "How is
this?" He quickly and smilingly replied,
"God never gives the best He has to give; you will find later on,
that truth is unfathomable." I now felt myself like a little fish just launching out from the mouth of a
great river into a great and boundless ocean without a shore to be seen or depth that could be sounded.
My feelings were joyful beyond any power to describe to a mortal man of flesh and blood. It seemed
that my entire spirit was in a perfect rapture of delight. I asked the elder, who seemed to take delight in
remaining with me, how I was to account for this rapturous joy which was increasing so constantly in my
soul, until I felt I would break out into shouting and hallelujahs. He said, "The spirit of God is the
atmosphere of heaven; His joy becomes ours on a larger scale than what we ever knew while in our
flesh. The great joy that you feel now is only a little foretaste of what you will feel when you are
ushered into the city and about the throne."
Upon this I quickly remembered the Scripture where the prophet said: "In thy presence is fullness of joy;
at thy right hand there are pleasures forevermore." (Psalm 16:11)
A feeling of praise was continually crowding up in my soul for utterance. I wanted to praise God,
forever giving me an existence, and still more for my salvation from sin, for changing my heart and
bringing me into this glory. Nothing of an earthly character could have induced me to have gone back to
the world. I seemed to laugh at the thoughts of the fear of death, which fear belongs only to the
impenitent and the unsaved.
The elder, who seemed perfectly conscious of my desire, said to me, "You need not fear of giving
utterance to your feelings, for everyone praises God here. Those praise Him loudest and most who have
learned how to praise Him best while on earth,"
The elder, whom I found to be Joshua of olden time, and who had been taking such an interest in my
introduction into the heavenly state, now said,

"Let us go to yon cluster of trees and sit down a
moment. I noticed as we approached them that they were growing beside a great river whose waters
were clear as crystal and sparkling with a light of which I had but a faint idea while I was in the
flesh. The trees were beautiful beyond anything I had ever seen. Their form was so symmetrical and
lovely, with no dead or withered branches. The leaves had such an aroma that the fragrance spread over
everything and to all parts of the kingdom of God as I was told. Everyone was brought under its
influence. I had felt the power of this fragrance long before I knew the source.
The elder now said to me, "Look across to the other side of the river;" where I saw clusters and groves of
these trees lining the bank as far as the eye could reach. There I saw multitudes of redeemed souls
clothed in the purest white and all of them seemed filled with the same spirit of praise which I had felt so
constantly since entering the portals of the kingdom.

The elder again said to me, "Let us gather some of the fruit of these trees and then we will join that
company yonder." I replied, "I would be quite glad to do so, for I have eaten nothing since leaving the
body," and yet I felt no great sense of need. My hunger seemed more like what I had often realized
while in the flesh when I felt a longing to hear a good gospel sermon. My guide now said, "What kind of
fruit would you prefer? You can have your choice of things here just as you used to in the earth. If you
feel faint or weary from your long abstinence from food, this kind (pointing to a certain pear- shaped and
beautifully colored fruit) is what you need, for the tree has twelve kinds, as you see, upon it." I said with
feelings of deepest praise, "Oh, how wonderfully God has provided for us! Twelve kinds of fruit on
each tree, ripening their fruit every month, and the leaves never withering! Wonderful!"
"Here," said he, "pluck from the boughs on this side of the tree and eat." I did so, and much refreshing
and enlightening grace as they imparted to me, it is beyond the comprehension of mortal man to know; it
must be eaten to be understood. The taste of the fruit was delicious indeed. The earth never furnished
anything like unto it for taste, not the orange, peach, nor melon. Nor would the fragrance of the rose
compare with it. "When anyone eats of these trees," said the elder, "he can never die again, grow older
nor feel weary; death hath no more dominion over him. One of these trees grew in the Garden of
Eden. After our first parents had sinned against God, they thought to eat of the fruit of it also; but God
said, "No," for had they eaten of it they would always have lived in that sinful, dying state. So a flaming
angel was sent to guard it, and so man never eats of it until he has passed the boundaries of his earthly
life."
"Now," said Joshua, "let us cross over." To my great astonishment I found we could walk upon the
surface of the water, which seemed like a sea of glass, it was so transparent, and yet it was gliding and
rolling along as beautifully as any stream I had ever seen on earth. I quickly remembered the Word of
God by His prophet: "But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams;
wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby." (Isaiah 33:21)
As we walked along, I asked him, "How is it that we do not sink in the water?" He said, "You seem to
have forgotten that you have left your body behind you, and that you are now ready to be clothed upon
with a far more excellent body than you have ever known. Your spirit cannot sink in these waters. You
will soon find that you can go from place to place at will either in the air or upon the solid foundations of
the celestial country; but let us hasten," he said, for I was inclined to linger at every fresh object I came
in contact with, "for I must introduce you to that great company you see yonder."
As we went on, I glanced up and down the river and saw many other spirits, still later arrivals than I,
passing on toward the gathering legions of the blood washed. Among them was my friend, Bohemond
of Russia, whom I met as he stepped from the chariot only a short time before.
My soul was filled with such an inexpressible sense of praise to God for the unspeakable gift of eternal
life and for such a rational sense that it was I, myself, who once had lived in a world of sorrow and death,
the memory of which, with a conscious freedom from it, now filled my soul indeed with ecstasies of
eternal joy.
"Now," (Seneca Sodi)
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I HAVE COME TO ANSWER YOUR PRAYER

It was nearly five years later, 1957, when the Lord appeared to me again in my fourth vision of Him. My wife and I had just returned to our home in Garland, Texas, after spending 15 months in meetings in California. We then held a meeting for our home Full Gospel church in Garland. It was during the third week of this meeting that I had another supernatural visitation from the Lord.

At the close of my message one night, a spirit of intercession descended upon the congregation and we all gathered around the altar to pray. We prayed for quite some time. After a while I got off my knees and sat on the steps to the platform. I was sitting there with my eyes open, singing in other tongues as the Spirit gave utterance, when suddenly I saw Jesus standing about three feet in front of me. He said, "I have come to answer your prayer."

I knew exactly what He was talking about. I had been praying for some time for my wife, who had a goiter. It was growing larger and larger until now she was having choking spells. From the time we were first married I had sensed in my spirit that Oretha would die at an early age, and I thought that perhaps this time was approaching. I prayed the rest of the night about this and said to the Lord, "I have obeyed You and have done your will. I have left my church and my family and have been in the evangelistic field for many years. My wife has stayed at home and hasbeen faithful to raise our children. I am still a young man (at that time I was in my 30s), and we have been married for many years. Please let me keep my wife."

In the vision the Lord said to me, "I have come to answer that prayer. Tell your wife to be operated on, for she will live and not die Although I didn't mention it to my wife, I had felt all along that if she were operated on she would die. She later told me that she had known for several years that she would die when she was operated on for this goiter.

But the Lord said to me, "She will live and not die. It was divine destiny that she should die, but I have heard your prayers and have come to answer them. She shall live Then Jesus said something that absolutely melted me, and I have never been able to forget it. It blessed and helped me then, and it still blesses me.

He said, "I did this, son, just because you asked Me to. You don't know how I long to do for my children if they would only ask Me and believe Me. Many times they beg and cry and pray, but they don't believe. And I can-not answer their prayers unless they have faith, because I cannot violate my Word. But how often I long to help them if only they would let Me by taking Me at my Word and bringing Me their problems, trusting Me to undertake for them."

Again He said, "Tell your wife to be operated on, for she will live and not die." With those words He dis-appeared. Even though the doctors were greatly concerned about my wife's condition, Oretha and I had great joy through it all because we knew the outcome in advance. (Kenneth E. Hagin)

CALLED FROM THE WOMB

Jesus told me in the first vision, "I called you before you were born. I separated you from your mother's womb." This was contrary to my beliefs at that time. However, looking into God's Word, I read where the Lord had said the same thing to Jeremiah concerning his ministry — the Lord had called him before he was born, too (Jer. 1:5).

A week after this first vision, my mother visited me and I related the vision to her. I told her that the Lord had said to me, "I called you before you were born. I separated you from your mother's womb. Satan tried to destroy your life before you were born and has tried many times since, but my angels have watched over you and have cared for you until this present hour.

"I appeared to your mother before you were born and told her to fear not; the child would be born and would bear witness concerning my Second Coming." When Momma heard this, she almost jumped out of her chair. During the months before I was born she had experienced many difficulties. My father was away much of the time, and she didn't know where he was. She didn't have adequate food to eat. Her parents lived fewer than three blocks away, but because they had opposed her marrying my father, she was reluctant to go home and ask them for help.

"I was just too proud to ask them for anything," she told me. "Not having enough food, I became ill, and for the baby's sake I decided to swallow my pride and go to my parents and ask for something to eat. This was just a few days before you were born prematurely.

MY MOTHER'S VISION
"I started down the street, and when I got as far as the front of Aunt Mary's house, I heard a sound like wind blowing through the trees. I could hear tree leaves stirring, yet there was not a single tree anywhere near. I became frightened, and I looked up to the sky. It was a bright, sunny August day. Not a cloud dotted the pure blue sky.

"I walked on a few steps and heard the sound again like wind blowing through trees. I looked up again, and this time I saw one white cloud. At first it seemed to be hanging in the sky. Then it began to descend, and as it did, a form took shape upon it. Jesus came right down out of the sky and stood before me.

"Jesus said, 'Fear not. The child shall be born, for he shall bear witness concerning my Second Coming.' He was trying to tell me that my child would take part in the revival that would usher in the coming of the Son of Man. He would not be the only one, of course, but he would have a part in the last great move of God's Spirit. "I became so frightened that I began to run, and I ran the rest of the way to my mother's house. When I arrived there, pale and out of breath, my mother asked, 'What is it? You look like you've just seen a ghost!' I immediately told her what I had just witnessed, but I never told anyone else. And she never would talk about it, either. We just weren't used to such things, and we were afraid people would think I had lost my mind." As I listened to my mother tell of her experience before I was born, it fit right in with what the Lord had shown
me in this vision. (Kenneth E. Hagin)

HOW SATAN GAINS ENTRANCE INTO SOME BELIEVERS

In a vision I saw a woman. I immediately recognized her as being the former wife of a minister. I had been introduced to her and her husband on one occasion. Other than that, I didn't know either of them and I had no communication with either of them in any way.

I only knew that she had since left her husband. "This woman was a child of mine," the Lord said. "She was in the ministry with her husband. She was filled with the Spirit, and the gifts of the Spirit were operating in her life. One day an evil spirit came to her and whispered in her ear, 'You are a beautiful woman. You could have had fame, popularity, and wealth, but you have been cheated
in life by following in the Christian walk.'

The woman realized that this was an evil spirit and she said, 'Get thee behind me, Satan.' The spirit left her for a period.
"By and by the same spirit returned. He sat on her shoulder and whispered in her ear, 'You are a beautiful woman, but you have been robbed by taking this lowly walk of Christianity and living a separated life.' Again she recognized this as Satan and said, 'Satan, I resist you in the Name of Jesus,' and he left her for a while.

"But he came back again and sat on her shoulder, whispering the same things in her ear. This time she began to entertain these thoughts, for she liked to think she was beautiful. As she began to think along the lines the devil suggested to her, she became obsessed with that thinking."

Then in the vision I saw the woman become as transparent as glass, and I saw a black dot in her mind.

"That dot represents the fact that she is obsessed in her thinking with this spirit," the Lord said. "At first she was oppressed on the outside, but as she allowed the devil's suggestion to take hold of her thoughts, her mind became obsessed. She wanted to think, 'I am a beautiful woman. I could have wealth and popularity, but I have been robbed in life.' Still, it wasn't too late. She could have resisted; she could have refused to think those thoughts. Then the evil spirit would have fled from her and she would have remained free. But she chose otherwise.

"Finally she left her husband and went out into the world, seeking the fame and wealth which the devil offered. She took up with one man after another. After a time that thing got down into her spirit." In the vision I saw the black dot move from her head to her heart, and then the
woman said, "I don't want the Lord anymore. Just leave me alone."

I said, "Lord, why are You showing this to me? Do You want me to pray for this woman? Do You want me to cast the devil out of her?"
"No, I don't want you to pray and cast the devil out of her," the Lord answered, "because you couldn't anyway.
She wants that spirit, and as long as she wants it, she can have it."
"Then why did You show this to me, Lord?"
"I have shown this to you for two reasons: first, so you could see how an evil spirit will get hold of a person, even a child of God, if they will let him; second, I want you to deal with that spirit who is operating through that woman and harassing and intimidating the ministry of her former husband."
"How do I do that?" I asked. The minister was in the same state I was in, but the woman was in another state.

"There is no distance in the realm of the spirit," the Lord said. "Simply speak to that spirit and command him, in my Name, saying, 'You foul spirit that is operating in the life of this woman [calling her name], that is harassing and embarrassing the ministry of the servant of the Lord [calling her husband's name], I command you to desist in your operations and stop in your maneuvers this moment."'

In the Spirit I said those words, and immediately that spirit ceased to operate through her to intimidate that minister. From that day forward the minister never again was troubled by her or that spirit.

"Lord, what will happen to her?" I asked. "She will spend eternity in the regions of the damned, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth," He answered. And in the vision I saw her go down into the pit. I heard her awful screams. 1 John 5:16, Heb 6:4-6 (Kenneth E. Hagin)

Smith Wigglesworth said we should thank God that we are alive because we can learn. To our learning there should be no end. Cheers!

I SAW CHILDREN IN THE THOUGHTS OF GOD
I saw new lives of little babies singing and flying around God's Throne. It seemed to me that babies just came out of the breath of God. They looked like they were wearing nightgowns. They flew into the presence of Jehovah. I realized they were new souls who came from the thoughts of God. God thinks kids. Now I know why those newborn babies are so precious. Babies are gifts given to us directly from the Throne of God. I heard them saying to God, "Can I be a spirit? Would You send me to the earth so I can be a spirit? I want to be a redeemed person. Can I be a spirit?" And while I watched, I heard that mighty sound of God's power, Whooosh! I saw these babies leave the Throne by the power of God. I don't know how long I was there, but I felt that I couldn't stand it much longer. That's why I think that I was there in the flesh—that my body was physically there. Suddenly, the angel said, "We must go. It's too strong for you. Come." So he took me out from the Throne, and David walked with us. I got back into the chariot with David and the angel. As we were leaving, people were waving at me. I asked David, "Will we see Abraham before we leave?" "Yes," he said, "you will see him before you go back." People began going out from the Throne, back into the city and into Paradise. They were helping other people and being a blessing to them. I saw people discussing theological points about the Word of God among themselves.(Jesse Duplantis)

APOSTLE PAUL'S VISIT T0 THE 3RD HEAVEN

David led in the singing of the hymn. The chariot was moving slowly along. When we finished David
said to his charioteer: "You may drive past the children’s polytechnic, and let our brethren so lately come see what our Lord has prepared for the little ones of His kingdom." So, turning to the right, he guided the
chariot, not rapidly, for we had many things to talk about on the way.
The avenue was broad and lovely. We passed many gushing fountains and groves of the trees of
life. These were not for shade as no burning sun smites either the city or the blessed paradise.


On the way I said to Paul, who sat by my side: "It does seem so good to be here with you, it seems
indeed too good to be true. Fancy painted many fair pictures while we were in the world which were
made to glow on the canvas of our imagination in reference to the future, but none ever equaled the
reality."
"No," said Paul, "it was impossible for man to conceive of the glory while in the flesh. The Lord once
gave me just a glimpse into paradise while yet in the world. The glory was beyond my power to
describe."
I replied to Paul: "I have often wondered how it occurred, for we have a brief account in the divine word
on earth which you left concerning it." (II Corinthians 12:2)
"Well," said he, "while at Lystra in Lyconia I was stoned and dragged out of the city for dead, but God
raised me up, and I, with the brethren, went back to the city. (Acts 14:19) But that night I could not
sleep, being restless and burdened with the word of the Lord. I arose and, all alone, went out of the city
to pray. I ascended the side of old Karadogh, an extinct volcano. I seemed to be greatly helped, for an
angel constantly held my hand. When some little distance up the mountain, one of the chariots of God,
with a driver of light, appeared at my side. I was so enraptured by the presence and glory of God and
both overawed and overcome by the royal chariot and driver that I hardly could tell whether I had died or
was in a trance; but I soon found myself lying prostrate in the chariot and mounting far above the old
mountain. We arose above the pillars of the skies. I soon heard the strains of music from the third
heaven in the plains of paradise. They were singing some new songs, which as a mortal man, I had not
power to repeat. I opened my eyes just for a moment, glanced at the crystal river and heard a loud voice
proclaiming the mystery of the trees upon its banks. It was the closing words of a sermon uttered by
Moses to a vast company of Jews, as I was told by the driver afterwards, giving them light upon these
that they could not know while under the law and subject to an inferior experience, for you have already
found that we have preaching here in heaven as we used to have on earth.
"Only an instant we remained and the chariot darted with the speed of sound toward the earth. In a few
moments the old town of Lystra, lying at the foot of the mountain, with its streets and domes, shone out
with their best appearance under the light of the full moon beaming upon them; but the people were fast
asleep. I stepped from the chariot as the driver, with a pleasant wave of his hand, said, good-bye, and in
an instant it was gone. On the top of Karadogh I continued my prayer and praise to God until near the
break of day. I never could really tell while in my flesh whether I was loosened for the time being from
my body or whether bodily I was taken to glory. Ever after this I had a longing to go back and forever
remain; to depart and be with Christ. The words of the sermon and the strains of music could never be
forgotten, but were an element of strength in my life during the many afflictions God permitted to come
upon me."
"I remember the words in your Epistle," I replied: "For me to live is Christ and to die is gain. For I am in
a strait betwixt two having a desire to depart and be with Christ which is far better." (Philippians 1:21)
"Indeed," said Paul, "and had I known all the bliss and glory of the celestial kingdom, as it is, I could not
have been contented. I was greatly favored of God, and through so many revelations of His will and
manifestations of His power I was in great danger of being unduly exalted; but God always knows how
to deal with us for our greatest good. A man of most bitter wrath was turned against me, indeed he was a
thorn in the flesh to me. He was the messenger of Satan; but God’s grace then, as at all times, was
entirely sufficient for me, and I always found that all things work together for good to them who love
God."
"Oh, thank you much for your words. It seems as if God directed you to give me this little bit of your
experience. I have often wondered what the thorn was to which you alluded in the Epistle."
"Yes," said Paul, "but this messenger of Satan, as well as the prisons, scourges, beatings, betrayals by
false brethren, and sufferings of earth, only worked for my good. I am so blessedly free from them all
now. The contrast is so great it gives me an eternal appreciation of the blessedness of this kingdom."

"I see," said David, "we are coming near the children’s spiritual Polytechnic. Can you hear them
singing?" "Oh, most distinctly," and yet, the place was still out of sight. The streets were thronged with
the little ones, usually in company with the angels or faithful mothers or those having care over
them. They all seemed so joyous and their laugh of hilarity and joyful conversation bespoke perfect
contentment and satisfaction, and yet we knew that much the larger number had left their parents in the
earth; but there is no grief nor sorrow in heaven. If all mothers in earth could only see their children
whom they have lost, as they really are, they would weep no more, but make every provision needed to
soon follow them to those mansions of light"
Many older people were among them. Some were parents conducting their children. Some small infants
were carried by the angels, or precious women had them pressed close to their bosoms, for their infant
feet had never learned to walk.
At last our chariot halted just near the great entrance, where it seemed countless throngs were pouring in,
and of all this great host none had been within the compass of the heavenly domain but a short
time. Children soon grow to maturity in heaven. Your little babe, dear mother of earth, which left you
many years ago, is now with its harp of gold singing and praising God in all the maturity of its manhood
or womanhood.
We now stepped out and followed the great throng whither they went. (SENECA S0DI)

2 ND HEAVEN PLACEBO 3 The Way Home

When the angels decided that I had seen enough of the demons at work in this physical world, I was taken back into the Second Heaven just by passing through the dividing, dimension wall. Once back inside the Second Heaven, my escort guided me in the direction of the Third Heaven and I was happy at last. After all, this was where I had wanted to go all the time. Even at this stage, my physical life was still my primary concern. Suddenly we came to a most beautiful place. I know that I’ve already reported how terrible that the Second Heaven was, so you can imagine how surprising it was to find anything beautiful over there. God would not allow me to retain the memory of why this place was so beautiful. I do remember that it was the most beautiful place I’d ever seen. This place looked like a tunnel, a roadway, a valley or some sort of highway. It had a most brilliant light all its own and was completely surrounded with an invisible shield. I knew that the invisible shield was the protection of the Holy Spirit.

Walking in this tunnel, or along that roadway, or valley, or whatever, was what appeared to be human beings. I asked my escort who they were. He told me, “They are saints going home.” These were the departed spirits of Christians who had died on Earth and they were going home. Each of these saints was accompanied by at least one guardian angel and some had a whole host of angels with them. I wondered why some saints were accompanied by only one angel and others had many. I was watching as the saints passed through the way that all saints must take to go home.

Here it was, the passageway from Earth to the Third Heaven. I found that only “authorized” spirits were allowed in that tunnel. No demon was permitted there. When my escort had finished explaining to me about the homeward trip of the saints. I started into the tunnel. The angel stopped me and told me that we had to travel alongside the tunnel and not inside of it. I traveled, therefore parallel with but outside the tunnel where the saints were. While we were traveling alongside the tunnel, we did not move at the “speed of thought.” Instead, we traveled as if floating on a cloud. In other words, there was no cloud but the mode of traveling felt as if I were floating on a cloud.

I could see the saints at all times moving along inside the tunnel. They were in the form and shape of humans, yet I could not detect any race, age, or sex. They were all clothed alike with the garments appearing to be made up of two pieces. There was a blouse or shirt and a pair of slacks. The color of the garments was a pastel, baby blue with one of the garment pieces being a shade lighter than the other piece. The blue was so light that it was almost white. I realize that these saints I was viewing had not yet received their glorified body because that must wait until the first resurrection.

At first I was disappointed that I was not permitted to travel in the tunnel with the saints, but the disappointment was eased when I was told that we were going to the same place they were going. After all, I knew that if my physical life was going to be extended, I would have to appear before God. Even now, my physical life was still the uppermost thing to me. As we traveled along, I noticed all around me that the demons were beginning to drop behind. The Gates came into view and the closer we got to those Gates, the farther behind fell the demons. When we arrived before the Gates there were no demons in view. Although the Gates of the Third Heaven opened out into the Second Heaven, no demon could come close. Instead of allowing me to enter, the angel stationed me before the Gates, slightly to one side. He instructed me to stay there and watch as the saints were permitted to enter into Heaven. As the saints were allowed into Heaven, I noticed a strange thing. They were permitted to enter only one at a time. No two were permitted to enter those Gates at the same time. I wondered about this but it was never explained to me. I’ve studied about this often since I have returned and now I think I know why. I believe this is a tribute or a salute to the individual. After all, that individual made the choice with his own sovereign will. Remember, it had been pointed out to me specifically that we, as images of the Living God, possess a sovereign will through which we have the right to choose our own destiny.

As the saints were being admitted, I was wondering why I was not being allowed to do what I came to do. I was so impatient to get my request before God that I missed the whole point of what I saw. This point was so important that the Holy Spirit told me Himself. I watched the fifty saints enter Heaven, but the point I missed was the time frame involved. It was explained to me that at the same time those fifty saints died on Earth, 1,950 other humans also died; or only 50 out of 2000 made it into Heaven. That other 1,950 were not there. Where were they? That was only 2 ½ percent going to Heaven! Ninety seven point five percent did not make it! Is that representative of the entire world today? If so, 97 ½ percent of the population of this world today is not ready to meet God. The sad part, my friend, is that it is exactly representative of this Laodicean Church Age in which we live today. We are now in the time when the great majority of church goers are only “mouth–professors” and not “heart–possessors.” At the outset, I stated that I would not try to convince anyone of anything I said. However, I would like to offer as evidence the parable of the sower as told by Jesus in the thirteenth chapter of the book of Matthew. If you read this chapter closely, you will notice that three out of every four people who heard the gospel preached, turned it down. That is seventy–five percent anyway you look at it. I am talking about three out of every four people who bothered to hear the gospel, turned it down! The sad part about this is the overwhelming majority of the people that did turn the gospel down, do not know that they have turned it down! They have bought a lie of satan and have been deceived. They have been led to believe something that is not the truth and they been fooled by satan into rejecting the gospel! Place the seventy–five percent who turned down the gospel with those in the world who made no pretense of hearing the truth and you have the overwhelming ninety seven and one-half percent of the population today! As I contemplate this fact. I now understand the Lord’s disgust with the Laodicean–type Church.

I also clearly understand the verses of scripture in Matthew 7:22-23 that describes how many people will stand before the Throne at the Judgment pleading. “Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy Name? And in thy Name cast out devils? And in thy name done many wonderful works?” only to have the Lord say to them, “I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity…” (Pittman Howard)

A PROPHECY FROM JESUS TO ALL
‘’Watch and pray. Love one another. Keep yourselves holy. Keep your hands clean. Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church. Husbands and wives, love each other as I have loved you. I ordained marriage and blessed it with My Word. Keep the marriage bed holy. Cleanse yourself from all unrighteousness and be pure, even as I am pure.

The holy people of God have been led away by flatterers. Do not be deceived; God is not mocked. Understanding will come to you if you will open your ears and listen to Me. This is the Lord's message to the churches. Beware of false prophets who stand in My holy place and deceive with flatteries. O earth, My holy people have fallen asleep to the sound of false doctrine. Awake, Awake! I tell you that all unrighteousness is sin. Cleanse yourself from all sins of the flesh and the spirit.
My holy prophets lived holy lives, but you have rebelled against Me and My holiness. You have brought evil upon yourself. You have sinned and brought yourself into bondage to sickness and death. You have committed iniquity and have done wickedly and have rebelled against Me. You have departed from My precepts and from My judgments. You have not hearkened to the words of My servants, the prophet and the prophetess. Curses instead of blessings have come upon you, and still you refuse to return to me and repent of your sins.

If you will return and repent and if you will honor Me with the fruit of righteousness, I will bless your homes and honor your marriage beds. If you will humble yourselves and call upon Me, I will hear you and bless you. "Listen, you ministers of My Holy Word. Do not teach My people to sin against their God.
Remember that judgment begins at the house of God; unless you repent, I will remove you for the sins you have taught My people. Do you think that I am blind that I cannot see and deaf that I cannot hear?

You who hold the truth in unrighteousness and line your pockets with silver and gold at the expense of the poor - repent, I say, before it is too late. On the day of judgment you will stand alone before Me to give an account of what you did with My Holy Word. If you call upon Me in repentance, I will remove the curse from your lands and bless you with a mighty blessing. If you will repent and be ashamed of your sins, I will have mercy and compassion on you, and I will not remember your sins anymore. Pray that you may be an overcomer.

Awake to life and live. Repent to the people you have led astray and taught false doctrine. Tell them you have sinned and that you have scattered My sheep. Repent to them. "Behold, I am preparing a holy army. They will do mighty exploits for me and destroy your high places. They are an army of holy men and women, boys and girls. They have been anointed to preach the true gospel, to lay hands on the sick and to call the sinner to repentance. This is an army of working men, housewives, single men, single women and school children. They are common people, for not many noble have responded to My call. In the past they have been misunderstood and mistreated, abused and rejected. But I have blessed them with boldness in holiness and in spirit. They will begin to fulfill My prophecy, and to do My will. I will walk in them, talk in them and work in them.

"These are they who have turned to me with all their heart, soul, mind and strength. This army will awaken many to righteousness and purity of spirit. I will soon begin to move upon them, to choose for My army those I desire. I will search for them in the cities and in the towns. Many will be surprised at those I have chosen. You will see them begin to move across the land and do exploits for My name's sake. Watch and see My power at work. "Again I tell you, do not defile the marriage bed. Do not defile the body in which the Holy Ghost dwells. Sins of the body lead to sins of the spirit. Keep the marriage bed holy. I made man for woman and woman for man and decreed that the two should be united in holy matrimony. Again, I say awake.’’

Each new day we see is an opportunity for the saved to improve and for the unsaved the get-saved. Make that decision today. Accept Him as your Lord & Saviour.

VISUALIZE THE WORD: PICTURE YOURSELF STRONG & WELL

Once I went to pray for an elderly evangelist in Fort Worth, Texas. Many people had been saved and filled with the Spirit under her ministry. Now, at the age of 82, she had been operated on, and her doctors had found seven cancers in her body. They just sewed her up and told her she didn't have long to live. Months had passed and, although bedfast, she was still alive.

When I talked to her, she said she was old enough to die, but I encouraged her to let God heal her first, because she could still win many souls at her age. Then I read Proverbs 4:20-22 to her and told her to visualize herself well and preaching.

When I saw this woman eight months later, she was busy holding evangelistic meetings! She came up to me after one of my services, threw her arms around me, and hugged me. It startled me, and she realized I hadn't recognized her. She looked different because she had gained weight. She appeared to be in excellent health.

She told me she was so glad I hadn't let her die. She had done what I had told her to do: She had begun to picture herself well, and now she was out working for God again. She said she had evangelistic meetings scheduled for the entire summer.

I later heard that this woman lived to be 91 years old. She didn't die of cancer. She enjoyed many more fruitful years for the Master. Before her healing, she had pictured herself dead, but I got her to see herself with what God had provided for her. We have to see ourselves with the answer. (Kenneth E. Hagin)

2 ND HEAVEN PLACEBO 3 The Way Home

When the angels decided that I had seen enough of the demons at work in this physical world, I was taken back into the Second Heaven just by passing through the dividing, dimension wall. Once back inside the Second Heaven, my escort guided me in the direction of the Third Heaven and I was happy at last. After all, this was where I had wanted to go all the time. Even at this stage, my physical life was still my primary concern. Suddenly we came to a most beautiful place. I know that I’ve already reported how terrible that the Second Heaven was, so you can imagine how surprising it was to find anything beautiful over there. God would not allow me to retain the memory of why this place was so beautiful. I do remember that it was the most beautiful place I’d ever seen. This place looked like a tunnel, a roadway, a valley or some sort of highway. It had a most brilliant light all its own and was completely surrounded with an invisible shield. I knew that the invisible shield was the protection of the Holy Spirit.

Walking in this tunnel, or along that roadway, or valley, or whatever, was what appeared to be human beings. I asked my escort who they were. He told me, “They are saints going home.” These were the departed spirits of Christians who had died on Earth and they were going home. Each of these saints was accompanied by at least one guardian angel and some had a whole host of angels with them. I wondered why some saints were accompanied by only one angel and others had many. I was watching as the saints passed through the way that all saints must take to go home.

Here it was, the passageway from Earth to the Third Heaven. I found that only “authorized” spirits were allowed in that tunnel. No demon was permitted there. When my escort had finished explaining to me about the homeward trip of the saints. I started into the tunnel. The angel stopped me and told me that we had to travel alongside the tunnel and not inside of it. I traveled, therefore parallel with but outside the tunnel where the saints were. While we were traveling alongside the tunnel, we did not move at the “speed of thought.” Instead, we traveled as if floating on a cloud. In other words, there was no cloud but the mode of traveling felt as if I were floating on a cloud.

I could see the saints at all times moving along inside the tunnel. They were in the form and shape of humans, yet I could not detect any race, age, or sex. They were all clothed alike with the garments appearing to be made up of two pieces. There was a blouse or shirt and a pair of slacks. The color of the garments was a pastel, baby blue with one of the garment pieces being a shade lighter than the other piece. The blue was so light that it was almost white. I realize that these saints I was viewing had not yet received their glorified body because that must wait until the first resurrection.

At first I was disappointed that I was not permitted to travel in the tunnel with the saints, but the disappointment was eased when I was told that we were going to the same place they were going. After all, I knew that if my physical life was going to be extended, I would have to appear before God. Even now, my physical life was still the uppermost thing to me. As we traveled along, I noticed all around me that the demons were beginning to drop behind. The Gates came into view and the closer we got to those Gates, the farther behind fell the demons. When we arrived before the Gates there were no demons in view. Although the Gates of the Third Heaven opened out into the Second Heaven, no demon could come close. Instead of allowing me to enter, the angel stationed me before the Gates, slightly to one side. He instructed me to stay there and watch as the saints were permitted to enter into Heaven. As the saints were allowed into Heaven, I noticed a strange thing. They were permitted to enter only one at a time. No two were permitted to enter those Gates at the same time. I wondered about this but it was never explained to me. I’ve studied about this often since I have returned and now I think I know why. I believe this is a tribute or a salute to the individual. After all, that individual made the choice with his own sovereign will. Remember, it had been pointed out to me specifically that we, as images of the Living God, possess a sovereign will through which we have the right to choose our own destiny.

As the saints were being admitted, I was wondering why I was not being allowed to do what I came to do. I was so impatient to get my request before God that I missed the whole point of what I saw. This point was so important that the Holy Spirit told me Himself. I watched the fifty saints enter Heaven, but the point I missed was the time frame involved. It was explained to me that at the same time those fifty saints died on Earth, 1,950 other humans also died; or only 50 out of 2000 made it into Heaven. That other 1,950 were not there. Where were they? That was only 2 ½ percent going to Heaven! Ninety seven point five percent did not make it! Is that representative of the entire world today? If so, 97 ½ percent of the population of this world today is not ready to meet God. The sad part, my friend, is that it is exactly representative of this Laodicean Church Age in which we live today. We are now in the time when the great majority of church goers are only “mouth–professors” and not “heart–possessors.” At the outset, I stated that I would not try to convince anyone of anything I said. However, I would like to offer as evidence the parable of the sower as told by Jesus in the thirteenth chapter of the book of Matthew. If you read this chapter closely, you will notice that three out of every four people who heard the gospel preached, turned it down. That is seventy–five percent anyway you look at it. I am talking about three out of every four people who bothered to hear the gospel, turned it down! The sad part about this is the overwhelming majority of the people that did turn the gospel down, do not know that they have turned it down! They have bought a lie of satan and have been deceived. They have been led to believe something that is not the truth and they been fooled by satan into rejecting the gospel! Place the seventy–five percent who turned down the gospel with those in the world who made no pretense of hearing the truth and you have the overwhelming ninety seven and one-half percent of the population today! As I contemplate this fact. I now understand the Lord’s disgust with the Laodicean–type Church.

I also clearly understand the verses of scripture in Matthew 7:22-23 that describes how many people will stand before the Throne at the Judgment pleading. “Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy Name? And in thy Name cast out devils? And in thy name done many wonderful works?” only to have the Lord say to them, “I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity…” (Pittman Howard)

666 THE MARK OF THE BEAST
My Spirit will not always strive with man. Come and see the beast. During the last days an evil beast will arise out of the earth and deceive many from every nation upon the earth. He will demand that everyone receive his mark, the number 666, placed in their hands or on their foreheads. Anyone who takes the mark will belong to the beast and will be thrown with him into the lake of fire which burns with fire and brimstone.

The beast will arise to the acclamation of the world, for he will bring peace and prosperity such as none can remember. When he has gained world dominion, those without his mark in their foreheads or their hands will not be able to buy food, clothes, cars, houses or anything else that is bought. Neither will they be able to sell anything they own to anyone else unless they have the mark.

The Lord God expressly declares that those who take the mark have affirmed their allegiance to the beast and will be cut off from the Lord God forever. They will have their place with the unbelievers and workers of iniquity. The mark states simply that those who possess it have rejected God and have turned to the beast for sustenance. The beast and his followers will persecute those who refuse the mark and will kill many of them. Whatever pressures they can bring to bear will be used to force believers of the true God to be marked.

Children and infants will be killed before the eyes of the parents who refuse to take the mark. There will be a time of great mourning. "Those who possess the mark will be forced to turn over their possessions to the beast in exchange for a promise that the beast will meet all the needs of his followers. Some of you will weaken and surrender to the beast and receive his mark in your hand or forehead. You will say, 'God will forgive. God will understand.' But I will not repent of My Word. I have warned you repeatedly through the mouths of My prophets and ministers of the gospel. Repent now while it is still day, for the night comes when judgment will be set forever.

If you do not obey the beast and refuse to take his mark, I will take care of you. I do not say that many will not have to die for their faith in these times, for many will be beheaded for trusting the Lord God. But blessed are those who die in the Lord, for great will be their reward. "True, there will be a time of peace and prosperity during which the beast will gain popularity and esteem. He will make the problems of the world as though they were naught-but the peace will end in bloodshed and the prosperity in great famine across the land.

Fear not what man can do to you, but fear him who can cast your soul and body into hell. For though there is great persecution and though tribulations are multiplied, I will deliver you through them all. But before that evil day, I will raise up a mighty army that will worship Me in spirit and in truth. The army of the Lord will do great exploits and wonderful things for Me. Therefore, come together and worship Me in spirit and in truth. Bring in the fruits of righteousness, and give Me what is rightfully Mine, and I will keep you from the evil hour. Repent now and be saved from the terrible things which will befall the rebellious and the unsaved. "The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life. Call on Me while you may, and I will accept you and forgive you. I love you and do not desire that you should be lost. Believe this report and live. Choose you this day whom you will serve.