Prophetic Words

As I was in prayer, studying and preparing in my prayer room, I picked up an old Bible and out of it fell a note I had forgotten I even had. As I read it, I found myself trembling and crying. The note was from a breakfast I had with Dr. David Wilkerson in 1986 at the Embassy Suites near the Dallas Fort Worth Airport.

... Brother Wilkerson opened his Bible to Isaiah 24. He said, "every house will be shut up, and no one will be coming or going. The city of confusion is broken down, and every house is shut up that no man may come in (v, 10), all entrances and exits to the city are gone (v.12). In other words, there will be no place to escape. God has shown me that a calamity is coming beyond humankind's capacity to respond. This judgment will devastate the world's economies. Every restaurant and bar will be shut down, and all the drinking and merrymaking will end. All entertainment and churches will be shut down. Isaiah says in the 24th chapter, verse 9, "they shall not drink wine with a song." The mirth of the land is gone. All sports will be shut down. But the prophet Isaiah also saw a great shaking of the olive tree coming in Isaiah 24:13. In other words, God's shaking everything that can be shaken... a time of overwhelming darkness as He exposes the world's idols.

But in the midst of this terrible shaking, a song is heard, a chorus of voices singing praises to the majesty of God. "They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea," (Isaiah 24:14). That's the beginning of the Great Awakening. And then in Isaiah 24:15-16 it says, "from the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the Righteous One." Lukewarm Believers are going to come back to their first love. Their souls will be flooded with godly repentance, falling on their knees with repentance. There will be a great awakening. The song of revival will be heard from the uttermost parts of the earth. From Israel to Indonesia, Africa, from the east to the west, from the north to the south, from China to Arab lands, all parts of the earth will rise up in the midst of this plague.

They'll be feasting on the Word. The idols are coming down. They will see in horror the idols they have worshiped that have blocked them from the power of the Holy Spirit...idols they put their faith in. The greatest cry of repentance will come from God's remnant.