AN AMERICAN EVANGELIST'S VISION For those of you who believe that the second coming of the Lord is drawing near, you will really be edified by this "unknown" Evangelist's vision several years ago. Those who love this country and give Praise to God for His blessings upon it will shed a tear as I did. The Statue of Liberty almost comes to life as the Evangelist tells us of his experience. This is very similar to the vision that George Washington had when our country was at war in his time. I will try to find the vision of George Washington and bring it to you later.. YES...I do believe that there are Children of God whom God entrusts with visions of accuracy and in depth information. This vision is scripturally sound. I have taught that the U.S. was in bible prophecy for years and that our country would indeed be brought down. Comments welcome: lou-JICS@webtv.net

THE VISION AS TOLD     The first time I read this, it made me so sad that that it brought tears to my eyes....It will take some time to retype it for you, but I want you to read it before I get into some of the prophetic scriptures of the old testament. This vision was recorded in 1954 and the evangelist is anonymous...it is in a book by Charles R Taylor, World War 111 and the Destiny of America. I knew I had this vision (as well as george washington's vision about the u.s.a.) but had forgotten which book it was in....when searching for a book about ww111 which I knew I had, I got this book and therein are both of the visions....both of which have to do with our country and both of which have similar details about the age in which we are now living. I will try to delete some of the words in the book to make this shorter...It is the story as told by the evangelist....who was not the author of the book......       "As I stepped inside the elevator at the Empire State Bld, I never dreamed of the experience which awaited me just 86 stories up. My ears began to close, due to the sudden increase of altitude as the elevator shot upward to the first observatory 86 floors above the ground.   (This was his first trip there and he wanted to see new york city as one could see for miles atop the building that is 1472 ft tall)     "As I stepped off the elevator and went onto the outside terrace expecting to see all of new york city, new jersey, manhattan, the bronx, and across the hudson river........little did I realize that God had an even greater view awaiting me there; as, through a supernatural vision, He would let me see that which is soon to take place on the whole North American continent.."     "As I stood there...just to the south of me I could see the Statue of Liberty illuminating the gateway to the new world. ...a symbol of liberty to people everywhere....given to the u.s. by freedom loving people of France in 1883... (I am going to paraphrase some...tell in my own words)..Looking to the east was the United Nations building where great statesmen of the world have declared we must remain at peace with one another or die...     The empire state bldg where he stood is so high that people in the observatories can see the sun rise a half hour sooner and set a half hour later than people on the street...     Famous people from every country of the world have been atop the bldg and looked out from the enclosed terrace of the observatory.     "As I stood there, I was aware that I was only one of 10 million people who have sisited ...but I still did not realize that I was to be the only one (who had visited) whom God had chosen to give such a revelation as I was to receive atop that great building"

"On the east side of the terrace there was a giant telescope where you can drop a dime and see for approximately 15 miles...I knew that I could see much farther for a dime than I could see with my bare eyes so I got a dime from my pocket and waited for the man in front of me was through viewing the scene so I could look through the telescope....As I stood there, suddenly the Spirit of the Lord came upon me. I was amazed that the Spirit of the Lord should so move upon me atop the Empire State Building. Why should I feel such a surge of His Spirit and power there?     "Then suddenly I heard the voice of the Lord. It was as clear and distinct as a voice could be. It seemed to come from the very midst of the giant telescop. ..but I knew it hadn't come from there, but from heaven!!   (It was a direct quotation from 2 Chronicles 16:9) get your bible out...there will probably be more quotes of scripture)..     "Immediately, when I heard the voice of God, I knew this was a quotation of Scripture...but never before had I had a thing come to me so forcefully by the power of the Spirit...I stepped to the telescope and dropped in my dime...     "As I swung the telescope to the north, the Spirit of God came upon me in a way that I had never thought of before. I seemed to be caught away in the Spirit...I knew the telescope itself had nothing to do with the distance which I was suddenly enabled to see, for I seemed to see things far beyond the range of the telescope,... It was simply that God had chosen this time to reveal these things to me, for as I looked through the telescope, it was not Manhattan Island that I saw, but a far greater scene...     "That which I was looking upon was not Manhattan Island...it was all of the north american continent spread out before me as a map is spread upon a table. It was not the East river and Hudson river that I saw on either side of me, but the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans...and instead of the Statue of Liberty standing there in the bay on her tiny island, I saw her standing far out in the Gulf of Mexico...between me and the United States (as though he was looking at North America from the northern coast of South America)     "There, clear and distinct, lay all the North American continent with all its great cities...to the north the Great Lakes...northeast was New York City...Seattle and Portland far to the northwest...Sanfrancisco down the west coast and Los Angeles.....I could see the great towering ranges of the Rocky Mountains and trace with my eye the Continental Divide...All this and more, I could see spread out b efore me as a great map upon a table"....

"As I looked, suddenly from the sky I saw a giant hand reach down. That giant hand was reaching out toward the Statue of Liberty...In a moment her gleaming torch was torn from her hand, and in it instead was placed a cup. A giant sword was protruding from that cup, shining, as if a great light had been turned upon its glistening edge. Never before had I seen such a sharp, glistening, dangerous sword. It seemed to threaten all the world. As the great cup was placed in the hand of the Statue of Liberty, I heard these words:     "Thus saith the Lord of hosts...Drink ye and be drunken, spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send...'     "As I heard these words, I recognized them as a quotation from Jeremiah 25:27..I was amazed to hear the Statue of Liberty speak out in reply, 'I will not drink.'       "Then as the voice of thunder, I heard again the voice of the Lord, saying: 'Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Ye shall certainly drink'...Jerimiah 25:28     "Then suddenly the giant hand forced the cup to the lips of the Statue of Liberty, and she became powerless to defend herself. The mighty hand of God forced her to drink ev ery drop of the cup. As she drank the bitter dregs, these were the words that I heard:     ' ...should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts'...(Jer 25:29)       "When the cup was withdrawn from the lips of the Statue of Liberty, I noticed the sword was missing from the cup, which could mean but one thing. The contents of the cup had been completely consumed!! I knew that the sword merely typified war, death, and destruction, which is no doubt on the way."

.I am copying this from a book I have and I am not sure how many pgs it will take for me to finish it...but remember, that the Statue of Liberty represents our country and our people here...As I listened to the words of this evangelist, I almost felt as though the Statue of Liberty was alive and I felt so sorry for her....but that is how we must feel about the people in this country....as well as our country... because Bible prophecy does confirm this vision that the evangelist recorded... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~       "Then, as one drunken on too much wine, I saw the Statue of Liberty become unsteady on her feet and begin to stagger and to lose her balance. I saw her splashing in the Gulf, trying to regain her balance. I saw her stagger again and again, and fall to her knees. As I saw her desperate attempts to regain her balance, and rise to her feet again, my heart was filled with compassion for her struggles. But as she struggled there in the Gulf, once again I heard these words:     'Ye shall drink and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more because of the sword that I shall send among you.'   (Voice of the Spirit)       "As I watched, I wondered if the Statue of Liberty would ever be able to regain her feet...if she would ever stand again. And as I watched, it seemed that with all her power she struggled to rise, and finally staggered to her feet again, and stood there swaying drunkenly. I felt sure that any moment she would fall again...possibly never to rise again. I seemed overwhelmed with a desire to reach out my hand to keep her head above the water, for I knew that if she ever fell again she would drown there in the Gulf."       "Then as I watched, another amazing thing was taking place. Far to the northwest, just over Alaska, a huge black cloud was arising. As it rose, it was as black as night. It seemed to be in the shape of a man's head. As it continued to rise, I observed two light spots in the black cloud. It rose further, and a gaping hole appeared. I could see that the black cloud was taking the shape of a skull, for now the huge gaping mouth was visible. Finally the head was complete. Then the shoulders began to appear, and on either side, long, black arms.       "It seemed that what I saw was the entire North American continent, spread out like a map upon a table with this terrible skeleton-formed cloud arising from behind the table. It rose steadily until the form was visible down to the waist. At the waist, the skeleton seemed to bend toward the United States, stretching forth a hand toward the east and one toward the west...one toward New York and one toward Seattle. As the awful form stretched forward, I could see that its entire attention seemed focused upon the United States, overlooking Canada, at least for the time being. As I saw the horrible black cloud in the form of a skeleton bending toward America, bending from the waist over, reaching down toward Chicago and out toward both coasts, I knew its one interest was to destroy the multitudes.

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