PROPHETIC MESSAGE TO THE CHURCH
From Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj, God’s prophet
from India
Delivered to the church in St. Louis, June of
2002 (Tape available upon request)
This evening I greet every one of you in the wonderful name of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Please, kindly, everyone
remove your shoes. Even the little
children in our midst, please kindly remove your shoes. From this moment onward until this meeting
finishes, please do not put your shoes on.
Bow your heads, and please look up to the Lord Jesus Christ right
now. The Bible says God is holy. And the people of God must worship him in the
beauty of holiness. We are coming before
a holy God. I stand before the presence
of the holy God with fear and trembling right now, for what I was shown and
what I was commanded to speak. The
seraphim and the four living creatures around the throne of God cry day and
night, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, who is, and who is
to come.” From the innermost of
our hearts, let us worship the holiness of God right now.
Holy Father, we stand before you holy presence, in the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ. Open our hearts, open our
ears, dear Holy Spirit that we may hear what the Spirit of God is saying to the
churches in these days. In Jesus’
name. Amen. Please turn your Bibles with me to the book
of Exodus, chapter thirty-four. I was
supposed to speak with you about the crucified life, as I mentioned last
night. But today, as I was here during
the worship service, an angel of the Lord came and stood before me, and he told
me to do something else. That is what is
happening right now. Exodus, chapter
thirty-four, verses five onward. “The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him
there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.
And the Lord passed by before Him and proclaimed, The Lord, the Lord
God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering and abundant in goodness and
truth. Keeping mercy for thousands,
forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin.
And that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquities of
the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, to the
third and to the fourth generation.” Please observe the last part in verse seven,
“visiting the iniquities of the fathers
upon the children and upon the children’s children unto the third and
fourth generation.”
I came well prepared to continue preaching on the crucified life. But as we were deeply worshiping the Lord, I
saw the chief prince angel over the nation of the United
States of America. He came and stood before me. I first began seeing chief prince angels of
nations when I went to South Africa. That was the first time that I ever saw a
chief prince angel that is in charge of overlooking the affairs of an entire
nation. And he gave me a word concerning
the nation, concerning the will of God, and what God’s purpose is for the
nation. From then onwards, for the many,
many nations that I would go to, the respective angels of those nations would
come to me and give me a word for the nation: what is God’s word, what
does God think about the nation, what has been happening in the nation, in the
churches, and what is going to come to pass.
Even sometimes, angels that are over churches will visit me, giving me a
report about what is the state of affairs in each church, the good and the bad,
and what is God’s word for that church.
So when the angel of the United
States of America came and stood before me,
…I tremble and quake every time I see an angel of a nation, I always
tremble and quake in my heart, because of the awesome anointing and authority
they have. When he came and stood before
me, he told me, “An awesome judgment is going to come upon America
very soon.” An awesome
judgment. When he spoke, I felt a fear,
a Godly fear running through my bones and my spirit. This is not a judgment that would destroy the
entire nation, but something quite similar to what happened with the twin
towers. But, it can all be prevented,
IF…RIVERS OF INTERCESSION FLOW IN THE NATION. This is the word that he told me to
speak. And I saw, that if you will take
this seriously and pray, a huge river flowing all throughout the center of your
country. If it flows --a river of tears,
rivers of intercession (and as the angel was speaking, I saw this huge white
river flowing from the east to the west)-- only that would prevent this
judgment that could come.
And then I saw this angel, where he was positioned and where he was
standing, guarding over the United
States of America. He was standing very near to where the Statue
of Liberty is. A huge, gigantic
angel! If you read in Revelation,
chapter ten, it is written, John saw an angel so huge and mighty that one of
his legs was on the earth, the other leg was on the sea, and he stretched out
his hand and he reached to the sun. Can
you imagine what a gigantic figure he must have been? Probably as tall as the Sears tower or the
former World Trade Center. …such a
huge, gigantic angel standing guard over the United
States of America!
My dearly beloved brothers and sisters, as he was speaking these words,
he said “this is the word that you should preach tonight.” And then I saw the heavens open, and from the
throne of God, this word came to me: “Visiting
the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s
children unto the third and to the fourth generation.” …the judgments of God.
Don’t you believe any of the false prophets who preach to you
after 9/11 saying, it was not a judgment of God. I tell you, as a non-American, and as a holy
prophet of God, what happened was a judgment from God. Two days before 9/11 happened, a dear friend
of mine, a very saintly prophet of God, was taken up in the spirit to Heaven. And while he stood before the presence of the
Almighty God, the Lord Jesus Christ called forth for a mighty, powerful
angel. He came and stood before the Lord
Jesus Christ. And a fiery torch was
given to this angel. As soon as the
angel held the torch, he became enflamed (engulfed) with fire from the crown of
his head to the sole of his feet. And
then, the command was given to the angel, “GO FORTH! And cast this fire
down upon the nations of the world.”
And the angel and this prophet came down, and they stood in the
mid-heavens. And the angel told him, now
see what happens. And the angel took the
fiery torch in his hand and cast down fires in several parts of the earth. And when the fires were thrown, the angel told
him, “From now onward, there will be bombings, fires and destructions in
many, many nations around the world.”
That (vision) was (given to this prophet) on the seventh of September
(of 2001). On the eighth of September,
when he was conducting a fasting and prayer meeting in his church, the same
angel came and stood by his side again, and repeated into his ear, audibly,
word for word, every event that he saw the previous day. And the angel commanded him, “Now,
declare to your church everything that you saw and you heard.” And with great fear and trembling, he shared
what he saw and what he heard. And they
all prayed. Several days later came the
judgment upon America. It was not an ordinary terrorist attack.
If you read in the Old Testament, the five books of Moses, every time Israel
would go away, go astray from the commandments and laws of God, the Bible says
very clearly, “God will turn her enemies against her.” The hornets and the wild beasts will be let
loose to come and create havoc in the land
of Israel among the
Israelites. If God can do that to the
chosen nation, the chosen people, how much more YOU? God removed his protective cover, removed his
protective hand, because you constantly turned your back against the Almighty
God.
You know, when I first came to America,
in 1991, on the fourth of July, your Independence
Day, I was in a conference scheduled to speak.
As I was worshiping the Lord, I saw the heavens open before me, and the
Lord Jesus Christ stood there, and He told me, “Now I am going to give
you a word for this nation.” Among
the three things that He showed me, they all have come to pass, but I will tell
you one thing that concerns you right now:
I saw the flag of America. -- you know, I have never seen a people like
the Americans, who love their nation so much, and who are so patriotic about
their great nation. That is good. When I traveled in your country, I use to see
these huge, gigantic flags that fly so majestically in some parts of the
country. I feel very proud, as if I
myself was an American. The same
American flag, I saw in the heavens. But
instead of flying in the right direction, it was flying in the reverse
direction. And the Lord Jesus Christ was
standing at the flag and knocking …on the flag. And as He was knocking, I saw the words,
“LAST CALL” flashing. Last
Call was flashing and flashing. Then the
word of the Lord came unto me, “This nation -- the flag that you see
flying in the reverse direction is the heart of this nation that has turned
away from righteousness, and is walking toward unrighteousness. She has turned her back towards Me. Yet, I am still calling her. Last call, last call, last call.
And for the three months that I was in the U.S.
during that period, every church and every conference that I went to, I was
commanded to share this vision. And ask
the American people to pray for your country.
But you know, I was very aghast to notice that the Americans, especially
American Christians, take very lightly such words, because you think that the
non-Christian Americans deserve God’s judgment. You really don’t love your
country. You think you love your
country, but deep down in your heart, you don’t really love your
country. You have such a self-righteous
attitude, thinking that the non-Christians deserve the judgment of God, and you
deserve Heaven. Don’t you think
that when the twin towers came down, many Christians also perished? When the economy of New
York City came to a standstill, how many Christians
also suffered economic losses, job layoffs.
Thirty-thousand Indians working in New York City
were sent back home. Overnight, 30,000
Indians lost their jobs. They came back
home, among them, many Christians. They
wrote to me for prayer. When the
judgment of God comes, remember: even the righteous may have to suffer.
When God’s judgments came upon Israel,
and she was taken captive to Babylon,
righteous Daniel was among them! He was
a captive. When Israel
was under the captivity of another foreign nation, righteous Jeremiah was
there! Righteous Nehemiah was
there. The righteous saints also go into
the captivity! Don’t you forget
that. Don’t forget that. You have been duped by all the false teachers
and false prophets in your country, deluding you and deceiving into thinking
that no matter what happens, you will always be protected. As a result, you are suffering from spiritual
lethargy, hearing only that which you want to hear and switching off when you
don’t want to hear. You know, of
you it is written in the Bible, “…those who have itching ears, only
wanting to hear pleasant words.”
My dear brothers and sisters, the judgments of God are real. The countdown has begun. You know, India
and Pakistan
came this close to an all-out nuclear war.
If the war took place, the whole of Pakistan
would have been wiped out. Four northern
states in India
would have been wiped out. And the
defense analysts predicted that Pakistan
would have been uninhabitable for thirty years because of the nuclear dust that
would be hanging over the country. The
whole of north India
would have been wiped out. Nepal
would be wiped out. Tibet
would be affected. They came this close
to an all-out nuclear war. Somehow, God
spared us.
My dear brothers and sisters, if you read the Holy Bible, forget about
church doctrines, forget about vain traditions and teachings of men who only
want to bilk you out of your money. I am
declaring to you the oracles of God right now.
From Genesis to Revelation, if you read the Holy Bible, it shows very
clearly two things: redemptive
judgment. God judges! …because He is a good God. From the garden of Eden all the way up to the
book of Revelation, you will see these two themes: love and judgment. Not just love and love, and bless me and
bless me. This is how your prophets and
teachers are teaching you today. And
they have not only corrupted the American church, they are corrupting the
Indian church. They are corrupting the
Eastern church, they’re corrupting the African church and they’re
corrupting the European church. It (unbalanced teaching) has been exported! As much as God loved His first creation, His
first-born son, Adam, HIS HEART PAINED when He had to pronounce a judgment,
“GET OUT!!!”
Couldn’t He have done something else to keep Adam there? NO! He
said, “GET OUT!!” You can
never stay in the garden of Eden. GET
OUT! From the protective nest, like
new-born babies, thrown out, how could they survive? Although the Lord judged Adam and Eve, that
judgment had a redemptive aspect. At the
same time, the Lord clothed them with coats of skin, and gave them access to
forgiveness.
Now come to Genesis, chapter six.
For a hundred and twenty years, this righteous and perfect man, Noah
preached to the world. 120 years! He was a preacher of righteousness. For 120 years, God was long-suffering toward
the people. He was patient for 120
years. Patiently, hoping and waiting,
that they would repent. As much as he
was preaching for 120 years, he was also building the ark at the same time. As the cross is the sign of redemption, so
was the ark in that day. Even if they
would not believe Noah, the people had a visible judgment, an evidence of
judgment right before their eyes, …this huge ark that he was
building. They could not deny the ark
that they were seeing with their own eyes, yet they chose not to believe the safety,
the redemption that was right before their eyes. They ridiculed, they insulted, they made fun
of Noah. Not a single person believed
him. For 120 years, the Lord gave them
space for repentance. Even until the day
when Noah entered into the ark, the Lord waited patiently for another seven
days, hoping against all hope that the people would repent; that at least one
would repent, that they would enter into the ark.
Finally, there is a time…when the door of grace will be
SHUT. And the Bible says, God shut the
door from the outside. Why? Why didn’t Noah shut the door from the
inside? When the rain starting coming
down, when the first drop of rain came, everybody’s eyes were opened,
that Noah was right for 120 years! And
guess what happened, they all went and battered the door of the ark! Noah, open the door! Noah, open the door! The cries of little children screaming,
“Grandpa Noah, OPEN THE DOOR! OPEN THE DOOR!” How your heart would feel if you were
Noah! Wouldn’t you run to open the
door? Noah must have felt like
that. When God closes the door, no man
can open the door. That is the reason
why God Himself shut the door. He never
allowed Noah to shut the door, because Noah might have opened the door. Only one family was saved. Only one family from an entire
generation.
My dear brothers and sisters, in the judgment that came upon the whole
world, love and redemption preserved one family. Now come to the book of Jonah: an entire
nation walking in gross sin… but before we go there, let’s go to Sodom
and Gomorrah. Two great cities of gays and lesbians. An entire city dedicated to the gods of
homosexuality, worshiping homosexuality as their god, with no other god beside
that. They were so gross in their sin
that they even wanted to have sex with the two angels that went to spy out the
land. Can you imagine how grossly,
indecently corrupted, everything within them was corrupted with lust, so much
so Lot had to step in, and was willing to sacrifice his own daughters, to
protect the two men (angels). The
judgment of God came down -- one family was spared. Redemption in judgment. But let me warn you right now, you can be so
close to redemption and yet lose it in the end.
Look at Lot’s wife. She was spared from judgment, running toward
redemption, and she missed the boat at the last moment.
Let her story be a warning to you.
In fact, the Lord Jesus Himself said, “Remember Lot’s
wife.” Why did He say that? Because many people teach, “If you are
once saved, you are forever saved.”
That is a teaching from the pit of hell.
Once saved is not forever saved.
(Technically, I do believe that, but not practically.) Not from the viewpoint of God, because it is
written in Matthew 24:13, “He that
endures until the end, only HE shall be saved.” …Enduring until the end! Lot’s
wife did not endure until the end. As
she was on the road to redemption, she left behind her heart in Sodom
and Gomorrah. Her heart pulled her back. And she turned and she saw, SAVED but then
suddenly DESTROYED! Don’t be
deceived! I tell you one more time with
great love and all humility, don’t be deceived that once saved is always
saved. Don’t be deceived that just
because you are a tongue-talking Christian that you will be saved and caught up
in the rapture. Don’t be
deceived. He that endures until the end,
only he shall be saved.
Look at the story of Nineveh. Jonah went there, preaching. It took three days to walk around the whole
city. For three days, he was crying out,
“REPENT! If not, then in forty days
you will be destroyed!” From the
king to the animals, they all fasted for forty days. They repented in sackcloth. God’s heart was moved with
compassion. Judgment was delayed, but Nineveh
was eventually destroyed because she only repented for a season, like you (America).
After 9/11, the whole nation appeared holy and repentant for a
season. Now you are back to normal. You are back to your filth. You are back to your corruption, you are back
to your sins. You have forgotten the
repentance you did after 9/11. The vows
you have made unto the living God after 9/11, you have forgotten! The altars that you had repaired after 9/11,
you have forgotten! And they are back in
ruins again! The Scriptures say, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever.” My spirit shall not strive with man forever.
Now come with me to the New Testament, in Luke, chapter nineteen. The Lord Jesus Christ looks at the city of Jerusalem,
His beloved city, His own city, He has no other city except Jerusalem. He looked at the city, and He beat His face
and He cried, and cried and cried. No
one had ever seen the Lord Jesus crying like that before. This was even before He cried at Lazarus’s
tomb. He was beating His face, beating
his breast and crying bitterly.
Why? Because the very people for
whom He came, as the very personification of redemption, they were going to
reject the Messiah. And what would
result from that rejection? Judgment. The Lord Jesus predicted, “Oh Jerusalem, you are going to be destroyed! They are going to siege you around! You are going to be utterly destroyed! Your city will be burned, you will become
ashes!” He cried, like a mother
crying for her baby. Thirty-three and a
half years after the Lord Jesus Christ was crucified, Jerusalem
was burned to ashes. Not one time, but
three times, the city was burned to ashes.
My dear brothers and sisters, did she repent? Did the church repent? In the book of Acts, when the church was
born, born in fire, born in the power of the Holy Spirit, the foundation of the
church was the power of the Holy Spirit and the purity of God. While the church was growing, just as pride
entered into the heart of Lucifer in Heaven, sin came into the church in the
form of one couple, named Ananias and Sephira.
In trying to win good favor in the eyes of their senior pastor, Peter,
they sold their property, kept half the money, and brought the other half of
the money and lied to Peter, that this is all the money, the entire proceeds
from the sale of our estate. We are
bringing it and laying it down at your holy feet. If you read Acts, chapter five very
carefully, you will find that before Peter pronounced judgment upon them, upon
him firstly, there was a space for him to repent. Peter asked him, “are you sure it sold
for this amount of money?” He
said, “absolutely, yes, Peter.”
ONLY THEN, the judgment of God came down, and Peter said, “HOW
DARE you lie against the Holy Ghost.”
Peter did not even say, how dare you lie against me. He said, how dare you lie against the Holy
Spirit. Peter said, “DROP
DEAD!” Ananias dropped dead
immediately.
After three hours, his wife came around. Mercy and redemption were stretched out
toward her. Peter asked her, “Tell
me the truth, did you sell your property for this amount of money?” What could she have said? “No.” An opportunity was given to her to
repent. Please take note of that. An opportunity was given to her to
repent. Did she make use of it? No.
She continued in the delusion.
She continued walking in the lie.
She continued believing in the lie that she and her husband
invented. And she dropped dead next.
My dear brothers and sisters, let me lovingly tell you with great love,
God never judges before giving space for repentance. Even when He judges, it is toward
redemption. Judgment is redemptive, not
destructive.
Now come to Acts, chapter twelve.
King Herod proudly poses upon his great might (and power). And an angel of the Lord came and stood by
his side, drew out his sword, and (smote him).
In the natural, he dropped dead on the floor. The doctors would have classified that as a
heart attack. But what happened in the
spiritual realm? An angel of the Lord
struck him dead. How many of your
preachers have died suddenly? If they
die suddenly for some medical reason, you may think it happened that way. But I tell you today, Acts chapter twelve was
repeated many times: angels of the Lord standing there, striking them
dead. If you read the book of Obadiah,
chapter one, verse three and four, you will read the prophet prophesying there,
“Though you fly up and make your nest
among the stars, oh you eagle, you will be brought down low.” Who do you think that is talking about? Though you make your nest among the
stars… How is your flag? “Though
you make your nest among the stars, you will be brought down low.”
…because you have been deceived by the pride in your hearts. …the arrogance in your heart, not by
anything else.
America
is good. A good nation, a giving nation,
a helpful nation. And at the same time,
a prideful, arrogant nation. She thinks
that she has become great by the power and strength of her own might. She has forgotten that it is the Lord God that
has lifted you up, blessed you, made you strong and mighty, but you have forgotten
your creator.
Look at the Book of Revelation, chapter two and three, the seven
messages to the seven churches that were existing at the time. None of them, except the church in Smyrna,
received a (good) word from the Lord Jesus Christ. The rest of the six churches were receiving
conditional judgment. If they repented,
it would be well and good. If not, I
will even remove, the Lord said (to one particular church), “I will remove your candlestick and you will be destroyed.”
I was once preaching in a charismatic church in Singapore. The pastor invited me to his house for
Christmas Day dinner. Together with me
were his two church elders. After
dinner, before I left, he said, please bless our family before you leave. I stood to pray for his family. And the Lord Jesus Christ came and stood
beside me and said, “For three years, I have been coming to his church
and looking for fruits, and none are bearing.
Right now, I am going to cut this tree.” Then I fell on my knees, and I interceded for
the church. For twenty-five minutes, I
cried to the Lord. “No Lord,
please don’t. Please don’t. Spare them Lord for one more
year.” The Lord Jesus heard my
prayer and He said, “Because you asked, I will spare them for one more
year.” After the prayer, I called
the pastor privately and I told him this word (from the Lord). And I totally forgot about this entire
event. But, 365 days later, exactly to
the day, the Lord Jesus Christ appeared to me and He said, “The one year
is up.” I totally forgot about
it. He came and reminded me. “The one year is up. And during that one year, she did not bear
any fruit. NOW, the reapers will go and
will cut the tree.” From the
moment the Lord Jesus spoke that word, I saw the tree of this church withering
day by day, by day. Today, it does not
exist. Even the pastor is no more the
pastor of the church. The church totally
closed up. This is just one example that
I have told you. I could tell you
examples of many other churches where the Lord came and removed the candlestick
from the other churches.
(Another) church with whom I had a very close affiliation, it’s
like I was a mother giving birth to the church (I gave birth to the
church). But the very mother who gave
birth to the church, -the very mother-, had to use a dagger to stab her, like
Abraham did. One day when I was in your
church, the Lord Jesus appeared to me and He said, “I am going to remove
their candlestick.” When I told
this to the pastor, he laughed at me. He
said, “Brother, we are in the New Testament. We are under grace. How would God ever do like (what you have
just said)?” I looked at him and I
said, “If I am a true prophet of God, and if that word truly came from
God, it will come to pass.” And I
shook off the dust off my feet that day, and I never went back to that church
again. But one year later, the
candlestick was removed from the church.
And that church is no more in existence.
My dear brothers and sisters, don’t take your salvation for
granted. Don’t take your freedom
for granted. Don’t take the mercy
of God for granted. Don’t take the
redemptive grace of God for granted.
Several years ago, I was preaching at a conference in Sydney,
Australia. You know the city of Sydney
is exactly like the city of San Francisco. The very sins in San
Francisco are the very sins in Sydney. The very sins that you see in New
York City are the very sins in Perth. Two identical cities, on the east and west
coast in your nation are the same (in these spiritual respects) cities in Australia,
east and west coast. They are always
gateway cities. While I was there, one
evening an awesome angel came and stood before me. I am usually never fearful in the midst of
angels, except when I started seeing the chief princes of nations. But that particular angel, when he stood
before me, I trembled and quaked like a leaf.
And he had like a bowl in his hand.
And he looked at me with a fierce look in his eyes, and he said,
“I am one of the two angels that was sent out to spy Sodom
and Gomorrah. And I have been sent here to spy out the city
and pour this vial of judgment upon the city.” Only then I understood why I was
trembling. With fear, I fell on my face
before God. I prayed and prayed for the
city of Sydney. I said, “Lord, not now. There is still three more days for the
conference, Lord. I will gather all the
Christians to repent for Sydney, to
pray for this nation.” For a long
time I was lying on my face. Finally,
the countenance on the angel’s face changed. He became calmer, and he said, “I am
leaving now for a season.” And he
left.
That night I went to the conference.
Seven hundred people had come, and I shared with them what I saw. All the 700 people fell down on their faces
before God. For forty-five minutes --
there was no message that evening -- for forty-five minutes, they were all
crying, beating their faces, beating their breasts, and beating the
floors…. The whole auditorium was
reverberating and echoing with their tears and with their cries. Everyone from the oldest to the youngest were
on their faces before God.
My dear brothers and sisters, I tell you one more truth today. As the chief prince angel of the United
States of America stood before me, he said,
“Like the angels that went out to spy out Sodom
and Gomorrah, a host of angels are
walking the length and breadth of your country, spying out the land in a
similar manner to how the two angels did (at Sodom).” I tell you, when the white missionaries go to
the East and to Africa to preach, we hear the gospel. We turn away from our millions of gods of
wood and stone, and we turn back to worship the true and living God. But the gods we give up, you are now
embracing, and you are bowing down and worshiping them. So who is the greater heathen, tell me? The nations in the East? No way!
Because we are turning back to the righteous God. And the supposedly Christian nation is
becoming a heathen nation where you have all kinds of abomination. You know, none of the Muslim nations in the
Middle East will allow (except for Bahrain, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates,
except for these three countries) -- the rest of the countries would never
allow a Christian church in their nation.
The largest Muslim mosque outside the Middle East
is in the United Kingdom. In fact, the headquarters for their European
operation and American operation is in the United
Kingdom, a supposedly Christian nation. And the churches in the U.K.
open their doors to allow the Muslims to come in and use their very premises
for the propagation of Islam. Would they
(Muslim countries) do that? They will
not even allow you (to practice openly in their country). They consider Christians infidels. They will not even allow us into their
churches. They will not allow us to
build churches in their nations.
Whereas, we, in the name of the First Amendment, -- you know, your very
freedom has become your curse. The very
First Amendment that you use to promote “freedom of speech” has
become your very curse. That’s
what the gays are now using. The First
Amendment. We (the gays, in this case)
have the right to speak what we want, and you (the church) cannot disagree with
us. Your freedom, your liberty, has
become your curse.
My dear brothers and sisters, unless you weep for your nation, great
judgment is going to come. Unless rivers
of intercession flow in your nation, unless tears of repentance flow from your
eyes, flow from your churches and water this nation, judgments have been
pronounced. You know, there is a certain
group of angelic beings called the Watchers.
We only read about them in one book of the Bible. The book of Daniel, chapter four, verses
thirteen and twenty-three. This specific
group of angelic beings are in charge of executing and overseeing the plans of
God and judgments of God over each nation.
At their command, they can execute judgment.
I was in the nation of Indonesia
in 1998, just after the fall of a dictator that ruled that nation for
thirty-two years. On the first day that
I was in that nation, the chief prince angel over Indonesia
entered into my room, and he said, “Whatever has happened in this nation
has been decreed and ordered by the watchers in Heaven. They decreed and they said, let there be a
change.” And overnight, the
dictator of thirty-two years was overthrown.
Overnight -- it did not happen over a long period of time. Overnight, he was overthrown -- decreed by
the Watchers. The same decree has been
passed. However, -- you know, when a
person is sentenced to death, he can have one last final appeal to the
president. Do you have this in your
country? We have this (law) there. It is called the “President’s
pardon”. If the President chooses
to pardon, the person sentenced to die can be (have their sentenced reduced) to
life in prison. You (America)
are in that stage (or situation) right now, and your only appeal is to the
Heavenly Father. The final pardon is in
His hands.
If not (if the church in America
does not give enough intercession and weeping), 9/11 was just a sample. It will be repeated…and repeated. I was sharing this with our dear sister,
God’s prophetess, Nita Johnson, what this angel shared with me. And she shared with me what other things that
she and other prophets, true prophets, have received. I believe she will share with you from
tomorrow onwards.
My dear brothers and sisters, God loves you. If he did not love you, an angel would not
have come to give that word. Let me tell
you today how God works. If He wants to
execute a judgment, He will just carry it out without informing His
prophets. He would do that. Why does He tell His prophets? Amos, chapter three, verses seven and eight
say, “God will not do anything before
He tells His prophets.”
Why? So that they will pray. God wanted to destroy Sodom
and Gomorrah, but why tell Abraham
beforehand? So that he would intercede
and pray for the salvation of Lot. He (Lot) was under the
same curse. He (God) could have just
destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Why inform Abraham first? Even today, God follows this same principle. Why is God informing you? So that you can be saved. So that you will repent. So that you will cry out to God. So that His entire pronouncement can be
overturned, and mercy can come upon your nation.
You know, it is not so much God’s wrath, but the hardness of your
hearts, the hardness and sins in your hearts that must be changed, and the
nation will turn back from unrighteousness to righteousness. You have an awesome call upon your nation. You know, the symbol of your nation, a flying
eagle, was not chosen by your forefathers by accident. An eagle is a Heavenly bird. It’s supposed to be up there in the
heavenlies with God, not down on the ground like a vulture, eating flesh. But you, the mighty eagle, have now become an
ugly, flesh-eating vulture. The church
is no better. The standards of the world
have crept into the church. Are you
pure? You are filthy and stinking! When I first came to America,
the first television program that I ever appeared on was in Chicago. And after interviewing me, the host of the
program asked me a question. This was my
first visit to America.
I was asked (what I thought of the church in America…)
When there’s a gay pastor standing in the pulpit, when
there’s a gay bishop in the pulpit, and they sanctify same-sex marriage
in the church. Wouldn’t you think
the church would stink? And in the name
of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, you stand in the pulpit and you
declare all kinds of false prophecies and all kinds of filth, and someone
declares (from the pulpit), “God told me to marry my secretary and
divorce my wife.” Wouldn’t
this stink? And in the name of Christ,
Christians are adopting many worldly practices, including body-piercing. What is the difference between you and the
world? You are called to be
separate. You are called to be
peculiar. What is so peculiar about you
if your lifestyle is exactly the same as the world? What is so peculiar? Why then should non-believing Americans get
saved? Why?
When the church is stinking, why should they get saved? That is the reason why many are embracing
Islam. They are embracing Buddhism.
Did you know, let me tell you truth, Buddhism is the fastest growing
religion in North America. Not Christianity, which is decreasing in
size. The church in Europe
is decreasing in size. Islam is the
fastest growing religion in Europe. What’s happening to you? The church is growing in the East. The church is growing in Africa. But you are shrinking. Why?
Because (your lack of loyalty or fidelity to the teachings of Christ)
stinks. Why should they, a non-Christian
American, get saved and become like a pig?
They are (already like this) in the world. Why should they be transformed into pig in
the church? Tell me now in all
honesty. Do you think that you deserve
the grace of God? You don’t. Do you honestly believe, as you see your own
condition better than I do, do you honestly think that you deserve the mercy of
God? No.
Yet, God is good God. His mercy
endures forever. (The passage in
Scripture states), “The Lord, God is good, merciful, forgiving, merciful
to a thousand generations. In the many
names of God that are mentioned in Scripture, three times it talks about His
goodness. Only one time it says that He
will judge, which means His goodness is three times greater than His
judgment.
My dearly beloved American brothers and sisters, the Lord Jesus Christ
loves you very much. But He cannot
accept a corrupted church. He loves you. If not, this meeting would not have been
held. He loves you very much. But He cannot accept a compromising
church. He loves you, but He cannot
accept deceiving teachers, and lying prophets.
But the wheat and tares have been allowed to grow at the same time. He has allowed it, patiently waiting, hoping
against all hope that you will repent.
…Every little judgment that He sends to you, hoping against all
hope that you will repent. But you are
not. You know, I fear that your fate
will be as exactly what happened to Jerusalem. The Lord Jesus said, “Prophets after
prophets were sent to you, Jerusalem. Instead of embracing them, you stoned them to
death. And (as) the final prophet, I am
coming. You have not known the hour of
your visitation, oh Jerusalem. And now, therefore, the hour is coming when
you will be sieged all around, and you will be desolate. What would you like to choose?
Let’s all bow our head for a word of prayer. What will you choose? Will you cause a river of intercession to
flow in your nation? Will you cause a
river of intercession to flow in your nation?
Or are you going to just sit here and let this word run down your back
like water on a duck’s back? Can
God count on you? Can all the hosts of
Heaven count on you that you will intercede?
That you will weep like Jeremiah?
Can He count on you? If you are
willing, get up from your seats right now, and fall down on your face before
God. And lift up your heart and cry for
your nation now! Lift up your hearts and
cry for your nation now! Lift up your
heart and cry for your nation. Oh, America,
oh beautiful America,
won’t you repent? Tear you
heart! Tear your heart! And cry for your country! I am not asking you to cry for India! Cry for your own nation! Tear your heart…..Cry out to Him for
His mercy! Tell Him, We have sinned
Lord! We have sinned, Lord…. We have turned our backs against you,
God! Cry out to Him…Cry out to Him
now! Let the rivers of intercession flow
now…Oh you daughters of America,
let your tears flow now, let your tears flow.
Cast away your good-for-nothing pride!
Cast away your pride. Your
military might is nothing before God.
Cast away your arrogance. Cast
away your sexual sin! Cry, cry, takes (America’s)
sins onto your shoulders, and cry now.
Let your tears flow like rivers now.
Let your tears flow like rivers.
The children in the East are repenting and turning back to
righteousness. Oh My children in America,
will you be destroyed? Will you perish,
while they who are sitting in darkness are turning back to righteousness and
light? Oh ye, that were of light and
sitting in the light, why have you embraced darkness? Why have you allowed your understanding to be
darkened? Why have your beauties turned
into corruption? Cry out to Him. Cry out to Him now…
The Spirit of Christ is telling me now; the only way that righteousness
can spring up in this nation is if the church will turn back to
righteousness. And she will weep and sow
righteousness into the land. Oh you
daughters of America,
don’t just mechanically pray.
Don’t just pray because I asked you to pray. Tear your heart! Tear you inner heart! And turn back to God with weeping, with
fasting, with repentance. Turn back to
God!
(Spirit of grace and spirit of supplication, come and abide in
us!)
(Forty-five minutes or so of weeping and intercession is offered. Then Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj returned to offer
these additional words.)
The angel over the United
States of America is still standing
here. And he showed me that all your
intercession (just offered) is just a drop in the bucket that he has in his
hand. And the word of the Lord that has
just come to me is this, “If My
people who are called by My name will humble themselves, seek My face and pray,
and turn back from their wicked ways, I will hear their prayers, I will forgive
their sins and I will heal their land.” Lift up your hands to God,
America.
(The following words were spoken by prophetess Nita Johnson at the end
of Mr. Selvaraj’s message.)
I saw this
angel and he had the American flag in his hand.
And you know that crown that is on the Statue of Liberty was upon the
head of this angel. And tears were
flowing down his face. And he said if
you love your nation as I love your nation, you will weep like this. And you will weep and you will weep, and you
will not cease to weep until you break through in God for your nation. Those of you who are here who attend the
gatherings, I want you to know that this does not negate anything we are doing
in the Gatherings. The whole plea from
the beginning was to gain people who will weep for America. God said He wanted tears to cover this
land. Tears of repentance, tears of
intercession for America. And He said if He did not get it, He would
destroy America. Not the devil, but God. The child that He loves, He will destroy if
He does not get the tears of repentance and intercession that He requires. Those of you who aren’t sure if you
want to believe the word that Sundar gave, I could go right back through his
word and give you date and time when I have received visitations from angels
and from the Lord Himself with the identical word, over the last fifteen
years. This word is very serious, but it
is a precious treasure. It is a precious
treasure given to you from the throne of God.
He does not cast His pearls before swine. So He trusts you to do something with the
word that was given. Don’t (just)
receive it today, weep, and think you have done your part. You have not done your part until America
is in glory instead of destruction.
You have got one call tonight.
What is it? Weep. Weep, and weep, and weep, and weep, and weep
some more. I talked to one pastor of a
very large church, asking him to get involved with the healing of America. A very large and popular church. He was absolutely indignant. He wanted to know why he should have to weep
before God. And why he should have to
fast. He had an illness. This should break your heart, because these
are the leaders you are listening to.
These are the leaders you are following, and that is why your eyes are
dry instead of weeping. The prophetic
word, when it comes, the clear, concise, pure and holy word cuts like a knife,
doesn’t it? The fear of God grips
your heart, and you feel like you can hardly breathe. And it is a new experience for the church. But it is a necessary experience. We can’t keep running to the shepherds
who want to stroke us when America
is burning. So the angel said, if you
love America as
I do, you will weep, and you will keep on weeping until you break through to
God. How many of you will not stop
weeping tonight, you will keep weeping until God forgives America
and heals our land? Bless your
hearts. Weep for yourselves first, then
weep for America.
From: Bob Chittenden at RichChittenden@... .