We are entering the times that the prophets and righteous of old desired to see, and we have been chosen to live in them. In 1987, I was given a two-and-a-half day experience in which I was shown an unfolding panorama of world events that I wrote about in my book The Harvest. Many of these events started coming to pass within a couple of years of the vision, and the greatest of all that I was shown will soon be coming upon us.
The greatest of all of these events was a harvest of believers into the kingdom that would come in two waves. The first wave began just a couple of years after I received this vision, and though it hardly touched North America and Europe, it swept more people into the kingdom than any previous move of God in history. This next one will not miss North America or Europe.
The higher the calling, the more severe the discipline is. As we are told in James 3:1, “Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we shall incur a stricter judgment.” This does not mean that it will be more difficult for teachers on the Day of Judgment, but rather it refers to the more strict discipline in the lives of teachers because the Lord wants His household to be given the best spiritual food. There is a difference between the training of a cook at a fast food restaurant and one who cooks at the White House. Serving God’s children is far greater than that.
This year the judgments of God will increase in the world. This is a good thing for all who love righteousness and justice because with them will also come revival. God’s judgments are just and righteous, and the world is going to learn righteousness because of them. The judgments of God are actually His mercy and His grace, and He does remember mercy in the midst of them. God’s people are going to be set free because of them, and ultimately the whole world will be set free from its slavery to sin because of them. As we are told in Psalm 98:8-9:
Senior Pastor. Grace Int'l Church