Spring
1983
A Solemn Prophetic Warning
If memory serves
this was prophesied at Elim about 40 years ago and was prophesied
by Stanley Frodsheim. The words of this prophecy are now being
fulfilled before our eyes all across Northern Africa, the
Middle East, South East Asia, the Islands in the Pacific,
the EU, and Canada. There are those who desire to retreat
from all reality and immerse themselves in articles about
the blessing of the Lord, on articles about deeper spirituality,
and God calling them to greater depths and heights -- but
the fact of the matter is that the purpose of God in all of
this is not to make you happy in your sins, and certainly
not to give you a way of escape from the Words and Commandments
of Jesus Christ as His disciples. For those who continue to
do so THEY SHALL BE REJECTED BY THE LORD.
It is
our solemn duty to declare this to be so. The purpose of all
of these writings and teachings in The Banner and elsewhere
is to prepare a people by bringing them into right relationship
with the Lord -- that is repentence and deep cleansing. To
bring a people into a place of hearing from the Lord for themselves
-- that is prayer and waiting upon the Lord daily. To bring
a people to the place that they can discern good from evil,
that which is of the Spirit of God and that which is not --
that is to immerse yourself in the word of God and the meditation
of it day and night and begin to exercise themselves in right
judging and right judgment. And to prepare a people that will
stand out and be lights and witnesses of the truth in the
great darkness that is coming -- the great darkness is great
persecution, it is the great tribulation, it is the Great
Shoa. All that have prayed for the great revival that is to
come make no mistake -- this is what you have been praying
to come. It shall be a time of the great seperation from the
sheep and the goats. Who are the sheep those who follow The
Lamb of God withersoever He goeth (To what ever nations in
darkness He leads) -- to be conformed into His image and His
likeness even unto His death. (Who love their lives not even
unto death, and will not fear men for they can only kill the
body but fear God who can kill the body and cast it into hell.)
We are called even as He to be sheep before the slaughter,
and to be witnesses of His mighty works and deeds that we
have seen with our eyes of Him, heard with our ears of Him,
and handled with our hands of Him. Amen and Amen.
Editor
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It is written: “Despise not prophesyings. Prove
all things; hold fast that which is good.” (1 Thessalonians
5:20, 21) The following are excerpts from prophetic words
given to one who was under a heavy anointing. We believe all
who read these solemn warnings should take diligent heed to
them. “Believe on the Lord your God, so shall ye be
established. Believe His prophets, so shall ye prosper.”
(2 Chronicles 20:20)
Great darkness is coming upon the countries that
have heard My gospel, but no longer walk in it. My wrath shall
be manifested against all ungodliness. It shall come with
great intensity. My judgments are literal, and not a thing
to be lightly passed over. Before I visit the nations in judgment,
I will begin at My house. When I do cause My wrath to come
upon the cities of the world, My people shall be separate.
I desire a people without spot or wrinkle, and such shall
be preserved by Me in the time of My wrath coming upon all
iniquity and unrighteousness.
I am going to prepare you for the coming days by
a hard path that will cause you to cry out continually unto
Me. For when the going is easy, men do not seek Me, but rejoice
in a temporary blessing. And when that blessing is removed,
they so often turn this way and that way, but do not come
to Me. I am showing you these things that you may seek Me
continually and with great diligence. As you seek Me, I will
open up truths to you that you have not seen before, truths
that will enable you to stand in the last days.
COMING GLORY AND DECEIVING SPIRITS
When I visit My people in mighty revival power, it
is to prepare them for the darkness ahead. With the glory
shall come great darkness, for the glory is to prepare My
people for the darkness. I will enable My people to go through
because of the visitation of My Spirit. Take heed to yourselves
lest ye be puffed up and think that you have arrived. Listen
to the messengers, but do not hold man’s person in admiration.
For many whom I shall anoint mightily with signs and miracles
shall become lifted up and shall fall by the wayside. I do
not this willingly; I have made provision that they might
stand. I call many into this ministry and equip them, but
remember that many shall fall. They shall be like bright lights,
and the people shall delight in them. But they shall be taken
over by deceiving spirits, and shall lead many of My people
astray.
Hearken diligently concerning these things, for in
the last days shall come seducing spirits (1 Timothy 4:1)
that shall turn many of My anointed ones away. Many shall
fall through diverse lusts and because of sin abounding. But,
if you will seek Me diligently, I will put My Spirit within
you (Ezekiel 36:27). When one shall turn to the right hand
or to the left hand, you shall not turn with them, but keep
your eyes wholly on the Lord. The coming days are the most
dangerous, difficult and dark, but there shall be a mighty
outpouring of My Spirit upon many cities; and many shall be
destroyed. My people must be diligently warned concerning
the days that are ahead. Many shall turn after seducing spirits;
many are already seducing My people. It is those who do righteousness
that are righteous. Many cover sins by great theological words.
But I warn you of seducing spirits who instruct My people
in an evil way.
Many shall come with seducing spirits and hold out
lustful enticements. You will find that after I have visited
My people again, the way shall become more and more narrow,
and fewer shall walk therein. But, be not deceived, the ways
of righteousness are My ways. For though Satan comes as an
angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:13-15), hearken not to him;
for those who perform miracles and speak not righteousness
are not of Me. I warn you with great intensity that I am going
to judge My house and have a church without spot or wrinkle
when I come. I desire to open your eyes and give you spiritual
understanding, that you may not be deceived, but may walk
in uprightness of heart before Me, loving righteousness and
hating every evil way. Look unto Me, and I will make you to
perceive with the eyes of the Spirit the things that lurk
in darkness, that are not visible to the human eye. Let Me
lead you in this way that you may perceive the powers of darkness
and battle against them. It is not a battle against flesh
and blood; for if you battle in that way, you accomplish nothing.
But if you let Me take over and battle against the powers
of darkness, then they are defeated; and then liberation is
brought to My people.
THE WAY OF DECEIVERS
I warn you to search the scriptures diligently concerning
these last days. For the things that are written shall indeed
be manifest. There shall come deceivers among My people in
increasing numbers, who shall speak forth the truth and shall
gain the favor of the people. For the people shall examine
the scriptures and say, “What these men say is true.”
Then when they have gained the hearts of the people, then
and then only shall they bring out these wrong doctrines.
Therefore, I say that you shall not give your hearts to men,
nor hold people’s persons in admiration. For by these
very persons shall Satan enter into My people. Watch for seducers
(2 Timothy 3:13). Do you think a seducer will brandish a new
heresy and flaunt it before the people? He will speak the
words of righteousness and truth and will appear as a minister
of light, declaring the Word. The people’s hearts shall
be won. Then, when the hearts are won, they will bring out
their doctrines, and the people shall be deceived. The people
shall say, “Did he not speak thus and thus?” And
did we not examine it from the Word? Therefore he is a minister
of righteousness. This that he has now spoken we do not see
in the Word, but it must be right for the other things he
spoke were true.
Be not deceived. For the deceiver will first work
to gain the hearts of many and then shall bring forth his
insidious doctrines. You cannot discern those who are of Me
and those who are not of Me when they start to preach. But
seek Me constantly, and then when these doctrines are brought
out, you shall have a witness in your heart that these are
not of Me. Fear not, for I have warned you. Many will be deceived.
But if you walk in holiness and uprightness before the Lord,
your eyes shall be opened, and the Lord will protect you.
If you will constantly look unto the Lord, you will know when
the doctrine changes and you will not be brought into it.
If your heart is right, I will keep you. And if you will look
constantly to Me, I will uphold you.
The minister of righteousness shall be on this wise:
his life shall agree with the Word, and his lips shall give
forth that which is wholly true, and it will be no mixture.
When the mixture appears, then you will know he is not a minister
of righteousness. The deceivers speak first the truth and
then error to cover their own sins, which they love. Therefore,
I exhort and command you to study the scriptures relative
to seducing spirits, for this is one of the great dangers
of these last days.
I desire you to be firmly established in My Word,
and not in the personalities of men, that you will not be
moved as so many shall be moved. I would keep you in the paths
of righteousness. Take heed to yourselves, and follow not
the seducing spirits that are already manifesting themselves.
Diligently inquire of Me when you hear something that you
have not seen in the Word, and do not hold people's persons
in admiration, for it is by this very method that Satan will
hold many of My people.
THE WAY OF TRIUMPH
I have come that ye might have life and have it more
abundantly, that you may triumph where I triumphed. On the
cross I triumphed over all the powers of Satan and I have
called you to walk in the same path. It is when your life
is on the cross that you shall know the victory that I have
experienced. As you are on the cross and seated in Me, then
you shall know the power of the resurrection. When I come
in My glory, the principalities and powers in the heavenly
places shall be broken. Fear not, for I have given you power
whereby you may tread down the powers of darkness and come
forth victoriously. It was on the cross that I triumphed over
all the powers of the enemy. My life shall flow through you
as you enter into these precious truths. Look unto Me, and
appropriate My life. As your eyes and desires are toward Me,
and you know what it is to be crucified with Me, then you
shall live, and your anointing shall increase. It was not
in My life that I walked upon the earth, but it was in My
life when I was upon the cross that I openly spoiled principalities
and powers (Colossians 2:15).
I am showing you truth that shall cause you to overcome,
to have power over the wicked one—truth that will liberate
you and those around you. You shall know also the fellowship
of My sufferings. There is no other way whereby you may partake
of this heavenly glory and reign with Me. “If we suffer
with Him, we shall reign with Him” (2 Timothy 2:12).
I desire to make these truths real within you. As you keep
them before you, you will liberate many who are in bondage.
You will have revelation of those in darkness and will have
the keys to liberate the captives. Many seek to liberate,
but they have not the keys. Upon the cross continually you
will know the power of My resurrection that you may also partake
of My glory. As you are willing to walk with Me and rejoice
in your sufferings, you shall partake of My glory. Look unto
Me., for ye have need of power to overcome the wicked one
and the bondages in other lives.
If you will indeed judge yourself, you shall not
be judged (1 Corinthians 11:31). As you seek My face and desire
to be cleansed by Me in all truth and sincerity of heart,
I will judge you in the secret place, and the things that
are in the secret place of your heart shall not be made manifest
to others. I will do it in the secret place, and no man shall
know it. And the shame that shall be seen on many faces shall
not be seen on your face. Therefore, in love and mercy I am
instructing you. And, therefore, have I said that if a man
judge himself, he shall not be judged. It is not My good pleasure
that the shame of My people be seen by all. How can I judge
the world if I judge not first My own house? Hearken unto
these things I am telling you. If you will not hearken unto
Me, they shame shall be evident unto all.
GOD’S PART AND OUR PART
I would have you consider My life on earth—the
anointing upon Me was great. Yet the temptations were great
on every side, in one form and then in another, offering Me
first the glory of the kingdoms of the earth, and then reviling
and persecuting Me. There will be great glory given to My
people, and yet the temptations shall be intensified from
every side. Think not that with the glory there shall be no
temptations or persecutions. The glory to My church shall
be great, and so shall the temptations from the enemy to turn
My people from My paths. I am warning you that when the glory
shall be manifested, the temptations shall be great, until
very few that start shall finish. First, there shall be offered
them great worldly possessions, and then great revilings and
unbelief.
Consider your Lord, that as He walked, so it shall
be for you. There shall be need of great intensity of purpose.
At times, everyone shall rise up against you; simply to turn
you from the course that I would put you in. It is written
of Me that I set my face as a flint to go the direction My
Father had prescribed for me (Luke 9:51; Isaiah 50:7). If
you will finish the course the Lord has laid down for you,
you will have to set your face as a flint with great determination—you
must walk in the course laid down for you. Many of your loved
ones and those who follow with you shall persuade you and
try to turn you from the course. With many words that seem
right in the natural will they speak to you. Did not Christ
rebuke Peter, who would turn Him from the course God had prescribed
(Matthew 16:22, 23)?
Understand these two things and meditate upon them
solemnly: the persecution and the darkness shall be as great
as the glory, in order to try to turn the elect and the anointed
ones from the path the Lord has laid down for them. Many shall
start, but few shall be able to finish because of the greatness
of grace that shall be needed to be able to endure unto the
end. The temptation and persecution of your Lord was continuous.
He was tempted by Satan in many forms throughout His entire
life, and even on the cross when the ungodly cried out, “If
thou be the Christ, come down from the cross.” Think
not that there shall be a time of no persecution, for it shall
be from the time of your anointing unto the end. Difficulties
and great persecution to the end. The Lord must prepare you
to be an overcomer in all things, that you may be able to
finish the course. The persecution shall increase, even as
the anointing shall increase.
In paths of judgment and righteousness shall the
Lord God lead His people and bring them into that place which
He has chosen for them. For the Lord has chosen a place for
His people, a place of righteousness and holiness where He
shall encamp round about them, and all who will be led of
the Lord shall be brought into this holy place. For the Lord
delights to dwell in His people and to manifest Himself through
His people. The holiness of the Lord shall be manifested through
His people. Let the Lord lead you in difficult places. He
led His people of old through the place where no man dwelt,
where no man has passed through: in a place of great danger,
and in the shadow of death. The Lord will indeed lead His
people through such places, and yet He will bring them out
into a place of great glory. Understand that the way toward
the glory is fraught with great danger, and many shall fall
to the right or to the left; many shall camp on lesser ground.
But the Lord has a place of holiness, and no unclean things
shall dwell among His people.
Put your trust in Him, and He will bring you into
a place of holiness. He desires to bring His people into great
glory, the like of which has never been seen: what the Lord
will do for those who put their trust in Him. It is a place
of darkness and great danger that separates His people into
the place He would have them walk in. He will protect them
from the voices that would turn them from His path. He will
bring them through the dark places, and through the treacherous
paths, out into the light of His glory. He will rejoice greatly
over His beloved, and cause you to be filled with joy unspeakable.
He seeks to lead His people into a new place of grace and
glory where He will indeed encamp among them. Put your trust
in Him, and He will surely bring you into this new place.
Fear not the days to come, but fear this only: that
you shall walk in a manner pleasing to the Lord. In this time
I am ordering and setting up My church, and it shall indeed
be pure, without spot or wrinkle. I will do a work in My beloved
that has not been seen since the foundation of the world.
I have shown you these things that you may seek the Lord diligently
with all your heart, and that you may be a preserver of His
people.
Run not to this one nor to that one, for the Lord
has so ordained that salvation is in Him alone. You shall
not turn to this shepherd, or to that one; for there shall
be a great scattering upon the earth.
Therefore, look unto Him for He will indeed make
these things clear to you. You shall not look here nor there,
for wells that once had water shall be no more. But, as you
diligently seek Him, He shall increase your strength and your
faith that He may be able to prepare you for this time that
is coming.
The truths that I have revealed to you must become
a part of you, not just an experience, but a part of your
very nature. Is it not written that I demand truth in the
inward parts? It is the truth of the Lord expressed in your
very being that shall hold you. Many shall experience the
truth, but the truth must become a part of you—your
very life. As men and women look upon you, they will hear
not only the voice, but see the expression of the truth. Many
shall be overcome because they are not permitted the truths
to become a part of them. I am showing you these truths that
you may be prepared and having done all, to stand.
“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the
Spirit saith.”