E. R. Lindsey, even as a
child, was blessed with visions from God. At the age of 12, a vision, in
which he saw a boy in danger of drowning, was responsible for saving a
child’s life.
He was frequently visited
by an angel of the Lord. When he was 16, he went camping with three other
boys. They pitched their tents in a dry stream bed under a bridge. At
midnight the boys were awakened by strange lights flooding the camp.
Though still a lad, he recognized it as "the Angel of the Lord" and told
his companions that they were being warned to move at once, for in the
nearby mountains a sudden cloudburst would soon transform the dry stream
into a raging torrent. A half-hour later, the bridge, which had sheltered
them only moments before, collapsed as an angry wave of churning water
smashed into it.
After marrying and starting
a family, he went to Hawaii as a missionary. On Nov. 15, 1941, while
conducting a prayer meeting, a breeze filled the room even though the
windows and doors were closed and the lights grew dim until they went out.
But a brilliant light bathed the person of Dr. Lindsey.
Within moments, everything
was back to normal. Dr. Lindsey revealed to the prayer group that the
Angel of the Lord had warned him to leave for the U.S. on the very next
ship, for in the first week of December, Japan would launch a surprise
attack on Pearl Harbor.
He immediately contacted
the military authorities at Pearl Harbor, but their opinion was that there
was not a chance that Japan would attack, and that surely he must have had
a bad dream. He returned with his family to the U.S., and true to the
Angel’s timely warning, the surprise attack came right on schedule.
In 1947, a storm in
southern Georgia completely destroyed a huge Gospel tent Dr. Lindsey was
using in his evangelistic work. He was critically injured when one of the
center poles knocked him off the platform. During a four-day
hospitalization in which physicians regarded him as well as dead, he
experienced one of the strangest events of his life. To all appearances he
was lifeless, with no sign of pulse or breathing; however, he remembers
being aware of all that doctors said and did, although unable to move even
an eyelid.
During the second day,
through closed eyes, he saw a beam of sparkling white light streaming
through the ceiling, which immediately lifted him out of his body. As he
looked back, he could see his physical form lying on the hospital bed, and
he thought that the end had come for him. However, he was aware of new
freedom. All the pain was gone. Peace flooded his soul. Thus began an
amazing tour which took him into the realms of the beyond, with an Angel
of the Lord as his guide and teacher. He beheld indescribable grandeur and
beauty beyond mortal understanding.
From this vantage point, he
could see the earth below and observed that in all of God’s creation, it
was the only planet out of tune with the melody of the Universe.
Among the many glorious
truths revealed to him during his tour of the heavenlies, he was shown the
catastrophe soon to befall our beloved country and the entire world.
Simultaneously atomic
explosions covered the earth. Intense heat swept the land, destroying most
of the civilized world as we know it today. But this atomic fire had a
cleansing effect upon the earth as well, purifying it of much that was
harmful.
Only too soon it seemed,
Dr. Lindsey’s unusual journey was over and he saw himself returning to his
physical form lying on that hospital bed, but now the injuries were
miraculously healed. He could see the doctors standing around amazed and
dumbfounded. Not a trace of his wounds remained.
In September of 1958, Dr.
Lindsey was ministering to the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Sacramento,
California. He had been fasting and prying for several days. He suddenly
felt a flood of power saturate his body. His mind became clear as crystal
and his vision expanded until he beheld the planet earth spinning in
space. Events of the future unfolded before him.
That evening, God gave him
a prophetic message specifying coming calamities, earthquakes, floods,
tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, tidal waves and many scientific and
governmental events.
He indicated that a new day
was dawning and "soon the kingdoms of this world shall become the KINGDOMS
OF OUR GOD AND HIS CHRIST." (See Rev. 11:15). But before that glorious day
is ushered in, many events are yet to take place. He then quoted the
prophecy of Jesus.
"For nation shall rise
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there shall be famine,
and pestilence’s, and earthquakes, in diverse places."(Matt. Chapter 24)
He reminded the
congregation that it is the function of the Holy Spirit to open our
understanding of not only the past and the present, but the future as
well. "When He, the Spirit of Truth is come, He will teach you all things,
and show you things to come." (John 16:13)
He then detailed scores of
specific events to be fulfilled from year to year for the following ten
years up through the year 1968. Many of these prophecies have been
literally fulfilled in precisely the year indicated. Verification of the
fulfillment of these prophecies has not yet been obtained, for in many
cases they deal with scientific discoveries which because of their nature,
would be immediately classified "top secret" in the interest of national
security.
Beyond 1968, two major
events are predicted; however, Dr. Lindsey was not given to know just when
they would occur. In previous ages God in His mercy warned these who loved
and served Him of coming disasters.
Surely the Lord God will do
nothing except he revealeth his secret to his servants the prophets. Amos
3:7
In the day of Noah, God’s
warning was heard, but the people refused to heed the message. Likewise in
this day God is warning his people through these visions and revelations,
the clearest warning of all will come exactly one year before the greatest
disaster of modern times strikes the earth.
This prophetic warning will
come in the form of three signs. These three events will occur in
different parts of the world at the same time.
Australia will experience
its greatest earthquake. A volcano will erupt in the Mediterranean Sea,
resulting in a huge tidal wave. A minor earthquake will occur in
California causing only negligible damage, but it will crack walls in both
the city halls of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Exactly one year from the
simultaneous occurrence of these three events, a great convulsion will
shake the whole earth. In California, the San Andreas fault will spit and
the land west of it will sink into the ocean. This will create 150 feet
tidal waves which will encircle the world, inundating most coastal cities
of the earth. Huge cracks will appear in the ground. Many volcanoes will
erupt. The whole earth will shake. Believing that the United States is
helpless to defend herself, the Communist Block will launch their atomic
rockets upon the free world. The attack will last for three-and-one-half
days.
The combination of these
terrifying events will annihilate a third part of the human race, as well
as a third part of all that grows.
In the aftermath of this
calamity, out of Syria will come a man with a plan of peace, which the
whole world will accept and total peace will reign for three and one-half
years, with undreamed of progress being made in the greatest
reconstruction program ever undertaken by the human race.
A relatively small group of
faithful followers of Jesus Christ have come through all these calamities
unharmed, for the protecting hand of Almighty God was upon them. Now they
are free to proclaim the message of the Kingdom with great power and
anointing with no interference.
At the conclusion of these
three and one-half years, this man of Syria who is really the "Man of
Sin," the "Anti-Christ" will impose Martial Law upon all nations. The
identification mark, No. 666 will be required of every man before they
will be permitted to buy or trade.
This, of course, will bring
into clear focus this small group of faithful servants of Jesus Christ,
numbering one gross thousand, who are proclaiming the message of the
Kingdom. They will refuse to take the mark of the Anti-Christ and
therefore will not be allowed to buy or sell.
But God will do with them
as he did with the children of Israel in the desert. Heavenly Manna will
feed them. Eventually, all who refuse to accept the mark will be
persecuted. Many will die, others will flee to the wilderness and seek
refuge with the company of the True Church, where she has been established
by obeying the warnings and signs prior to the great disaster. Here she
abides secure under the shadow of the Almighty.
The Man of Sin, will
declare all-out war upon these two groups, the Man-Child group of the one
gross thousand and the True Church in the Wilderness.
These two "witnesses" will
be slain and left lying in the streets for three days, after which time
the Spirit of God will enter into their bodies, and raise them up into
IMMORTAL CREATURES of God’s Kingdom.
Because of this
resurrection miracle, millions will obey the message of the Kingdom.
At the conclusion of
another three and one-half years, Jesus Christ will personally return to
this Earth to sit upon His rightful throne as King of Kings, and Lord of
Lords. The dead in Christ will be resurrected and those who are awaiting
His coming will be caught up to meet Christ in the sir.
The forces of Anti-Christ
will be chained and helpless while God’s faithful witnesses will help
restore the Earth to its Eden-like paradise, as God originally intended it
to be.
By Daniel Carlson,
"Heartbeat" pg 25-26, Jan 1972
