The Rains of Revival as a Reward

from the book YHWH Is Calling

Before I go into more detail about the content of the Lord’s call, I will speak about the promised reward for those who pass through the sifting. Part of the Good News about the beginning of the new era is that the long-awaited outpouring of the mighty Spirit’s rain, preceding the Lord’s harvest, is truly near. We are in an age where the holy are being sanctified, while those who admire antichrist-like ways are plunging ever deeper into the lawlessness and apostasy foretold in the Word. To strengthen His own for the ordained time of tribulation still ahead and to provide them with the battle armor needed to stand against the spiritual forces of evil, the Spirit, which was set to rest in the North, will be awakened, releasing the widespread apostolic anointing with its miracles and signs.

To avoid misunderstandings, let me clarify the previous point. Of course, the Holy Spirit has been at work in the meantime, here and there, testifying that our Lord is the living God. This presence of the Spirit, the believers' Advocate, the Spirit of Truth, was promised to the apostles. The Spirit was poured out and made available to all who love Jesus on the first Pentecost (John 14:15-17). In this new era, however, we are talking about the manifestation of the Spirit's work in a broader and more global way, similar to the apostolic age. The activity of the Spirit will be necessary as the Lord frees His elect, who seek Him, from the bondage of the powers of darkness and as He cares for the brothers and sisters in the congregations amidst tribulation. Given our understanding that this era precedes the Lord's second coming and the time of Jacob's trouble, I would not want any congregation to be left without the essential protective presence of the Spirit during those times. No congregation can be built so strong in human strength that it could survive the future without the presence of the Lord’s Spirit and the miracles of the Spirit. For example, without the Holy Spirit, people will not be able to fully trust in the Lord for their sustenance during the times of tribulation. We will witness miracles of food multiplication where the name of the Lord is called upon and the Holy Spirit is present. Only those congregations in which the Holy Spirit is present as the powerful Advocate and encourager of God’s chosen ones will be able to survive the coming time of tribulation.

Naturally, the Lord will once again give people the free will to choose whether to respond to His call. The outpouring of the Spirit that the Lord will soon send will, therefore, be directed in its abundance of mighty miracles toward those who accept the Lord’s call to return to the original apostolic obedience to His Word. And it is not only a matter of the presence of miracles but of the very continuation of the existence of the congregations. Take note of and test in the Spirit the serious warning that follows the raising of the banner and the sounding of the trumpet.

“For so the Lord said to me, ‘I will take My rest,

And I will look from My dwelling place

Like clear heat in sunshine, Like a cloud of

dew in the heat of harvest.’ For before the harvest,

when the bud is perfect And the sour grape is ripening

in the flower, He will both cut off the sprigs with

pruning hooks And take away and

cut down the branches. They will be left

together for the mountain birds of prey

And for the beasts of the earth;

The birds of prey will summer on them,

And all the beasts of the earth will winter on them.”

Isaiah 18:4-6 (NKJV)

In a vision, the Lord revealed to me that these verses pertain to what will happen to those congregations that do not respond to the call in this coming era. The congregations that do not pass through the sifting will ultimately be the ones through which God ushers in the beginning of the age of judgment. For it is written that judgment begins with the house of the Lord (referring to all congregations worldwide).

Because the warning related to the Good News, as described above, felt quite serious, I asked the Lord to confirm the message He had requested to be proclaimed. As encouragement to test the message, I will mention the most recent confirmation, which took place on March 21, 2021.

While my prayer partner, given to me by the Lord, and I were in silent prayer, I silently made a request to the Almighty. I asked the Lord to confirm the message to be proclaimed during the prayer once more. I almost felt guilty for falling into unbelief, as I had already received several powerful confirmations from the Lord regarding this matter. As part of the whole picture, I had also recently been informed why several people working with visions had been receiving revelations about the trumpet for years. I had wondered why the Lord was speaking to me about the trumpet, since I had used my musical gifts in violin playing, not with the trumpet.

So, I asked the Lord for one final confirmation, and I received it. In our silent prayer, I posed a question to the Almighty, asking if this era of the Lord’s pruning hook truly meant such a serious threat of judgment and sifting for the congregations. The Lord acted immediately. I had not spoken a word about the Lord’s pruning hook to my sister in faith. Right after I silently prayed for the Lord to confirm the matter by giving my prayer partner a vision related to the verse, my sister interrupted our silent prayer. A bit confused by the vision she had received, she began to speak, saying that she didn’t have any idea what the Lord wanted to convey through it. She continued by describing how she had been shown a chainsaw, the tip of which radiated divine brightness, swinging like a pruning hook in the midst of deep darkness. I couldn’t help but smile broadly in the almost tangible presence of the Holy Spirit and joyfully exclaim, ‘I know!’ I had received my answer, and I no longer hesitate to fulfill my promise to the Lord to proclaim everything He has given me to say!

I have received all the confirmations I need, and I am ready to proclaim the Lord’s Good News as part of this serious exhortation to all Christian congregations around the world. Although this era includes a solemn warning about the sifting and the call to return to the original apostolic obedience, the Word encourages us to look toward the wonderful goal signaled by the raised banner—gathering as one sanctified people to witness the Lord’s arrival in Jerusalem.

“Go through, Go through the gates!

Prepare the way for the people;

Build up, Build up the highway! Take out the stones,

Lift up a banner for the peoples! Indeed the

Lord has proclaimed To the end of the world:

Say to the daughter of Zion,

‘Surely your salvation is coming; Behold,

His reward is with Him, And His work before Him.’

And they shall call them The Holy People,

The Redeemed of the Lord; And you shall be called

Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.”

Isaiah 62:10-12 (NKJV)