ANOTHER 20-Year-OLD PROPHECY - Andrew Strom
Posted by: prophetic <prophetic@...>
Several weeks ago we published a prophetic word taken from my
1996 book, 'THE COMING GREAT REFORMATION - New Insights
into the Coming Worldwide Shaking, Reformation and Street
Revival.' Below is another prophecy taken from the same book-
"SMASHING DOWN the WALLS" - by Andrew Strom
"God is going to use this Reformation and Revival to smash down
the dividing walls that separate the Christians. Jesus has never
stopped desiring that there be only "one" undivided body. Today,
however, just amongst the Pentecostal/Charismatic Christians
alone there are so many divisions, "streams" and denominations
that it is almost impossible to count them all. Each division has
it's own `label', and in many ways they operate like competing
corporations, selling the same "product" under different labels
(with slight variations)...
God is going to smash down these `walls' in this Revival. How?
By bringing His people out from underneath all these "labels"! In
one very significant vision several years ago, a NZ prophet saw
God firing "flaming arrows" into the churches. These flaming
arrows were `on-fire' ministries, speaking the word of God. However,
the Pastors were rushing around trying to damp down the flames!
God then sent a "mighty wind" to fan the flames, and suddenly
the doors of the churches burst open and all the people flooded
out onto the streets to become one huge throng. I believe that this
is an exact picture of what is about to take place, and in many
ways it also illustrates the whole concept of "Reformation"...
Another local intercessor was also shown a vision relating to this
several years ago, while deep in prayer. The first thing she saw
was church buildings of every kind - stained glass, steeples, plain
and modern, etc. This part of the vision was in black and white.
The churches all looked abandoned - like a ghost town, with birds
nesting in them and doors and windows askew, etc. And in each
church, the intercessor saw a huge old curtain or `veil' that was
in absolute tatters.
The second part of the vision was all in colour. She saw hundreds
of Christians outdoors (with guitars, etc) fellowshipping together
in the open air. She knew that these Christians had abandoned
their church buildings and `divisions', and were now fellowshipping
freely out-of-doors. When she asked God what the huge tattered
curtain in each of the abandoned churches represented, she was
told that when Jesus was crucified, the veil/curtain in the temple
was rent, thus allowing the people free access to the `holy of
holies'. However, the churches had raised up this veil once again.
But now these structures had been abandoned, thus allowing the
common people free access to God's holy-of-holies once more.
What an astounding vision!
There can be no doubt that God desires a loving, militant "street-
level" Church today. After all, isn't that what the early church was
all about? I believe that it will become common for incredible signs,
wonders and miracles to be performed on the streets as a result
of this coming Revival. In fact, I believe that we are about to see
a demonstration of God's glory in the area of the miraculous that
will be even more powerful than the book of Acts.
Enormous love, enormous boldness and `joy unspeakable' will be
just some of the characteristics of this Revival. And everything will
be bathed in prayer. In fact this Revival is going to be BUILT on
prayer. As Charles Finney said, "Revival comes from heaven when
heroic souls enter the conflict determined to win or die... `The
kingdom of heaven suffereth violence and the violent take it by
force.'" There is no substitute for faith-filled, Spirit-fired "agonizing"
prayer. Only those who are prepared and praying will be involved
in this Revival from the beginning. As history shows, great
blessing can only ever fall when the people of God learn to seek
His face with all their heart."
-Source- 'The Coming Great Reformation', 1996.