The Lord spoke to me in a dream about Isaiah 13. 1 would like to share it with you.

The first thing He said was: "My people must open their eyes, for the day of the Lord is close at hand."

Whither we like it or not, whither we want to believe it or not, we are at the end of the age, and as He said: The "Day of the Lord" is quickly approaching. Isaiah speaks of it in the thirteenth chapter.

In verse one he begins his reflection on Babylon and its ultimate end. Perhaps Isaiah at first considers a destruction in a more imminent future to his own time, but by the time he finishes the details of what he has seen, all readers realize he is talking about a much wider scope of time and events.

Babylon is a symbolic name as well as the name of an actual place. While the events that Isaiah foresaw many times regarding the literal place of Babylon have already taken place, the full and complete scope of events regarding mystery Babylon have not.

Isaiah reflects on some rather ominous images regarding the "day of the Lord" as it pertains to Babylon which in reality is -the same Babylon of Revelation ch. 18 and Jeremiah ch. 51. Isaiah cries out it seems, almost in anguish as he replays what he sees. "The Lord of host musters his host for battle." v4. Is. 13:6 "Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. v7 "Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt. And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them. They shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth. They shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruet both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners out of it."

He further speaks of the sun, moon and stars withdrawing their light. And the Lord tells him; "I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease". v12 I will make man more precious than fine gold. vl3 "I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of Host in the day of his fierce anger. vl8 "Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of their womb; their eye shall not spare children." He essentially concludes his warning with the fact that it will be as when God over threw Sodom and Gomorrah. What a disconcerting thought! As I mentioned earlier, John saw this same thing on the Isle of Patmos and recorded it in the book of Revelation.

We are about to see severe economic depression and collapse in one nation after another. The Lord revealed to me in a vision a couple of years ago I believe, that every nation is going to be set back in time about 30 to 40 years. This will effect economics, and materialism right at the core of every nation and all peoples. Further, we are going to as I mentioned in the first newsletter of this year, see a sharp increase of terrorism. I felt it would start by the end of the year. Whether that turns out to be the case or not, the word of the Lord is that serious terrorist attacks are going to begin to assail this country. I now feel that we have, as one man said, opened Pandora's Box, with our recent strikes in the Middle East. This could be the very trigger for the attacks we will start experiencing. Further, the nations of the world are going to enter a new and greatly increased measure of calamities, as an increased wake-up call to repentance. Finally, war is coming as the nations of the world are soon to be gripped with the labor pains of the last days.

Who or what is this mystery Babylon? Some say America, and that is true in one sense! Moreover, it is all nations and peoples of the world that refuse allegiance to the Lord. It is virtually a universal destruction of the sinner and the nations they inhabit. The only hope any man has in an hour such as we are about to enter, is to find his refuge in Jesus Christ. We must not only call Him Lord; He must be our Lord if we are to be kept safe from the most horrific storms, which are just ahead.

In respect to the Church, the prophet Daniel said: if we are pure, we would shine like the stars. On the other hand, if we continue to be lovers of the world, and the ways of the world, then we are constituted sinners and will there fore be destroyed with the world we love. Consequently, my dear friends, now is the time to make your lives as pure and holy before the Lord as you can, that in the coming hour, you may be found in the pavilion of His protection. When men are experiencing the greatest anguish ever known to man, you and yours will be safe, for you will belong wholly to Christ. That isn't to say that you will not pass through some rough times, as I just mentioned, you will! Many of you are, even now. Again, the times are going to get systematically more difficult, as we enter into times that are more severe than anyone has ever known. However, as I have shared many times there is no need for fear, for, even in that God will be your stay and support, if you are set apart from worldly lust unto Him alone.

As we watch the time clock of eternity continuing to click off the minutes, we are now looking at approximately 2 minutes to midnight. Midnight is the hour judgment will fall in a most severe way. So, be ready! Be holy, so you can be protected!

Before leaving the thoughts we are discussing in this article, I want to offer one encouragement. God's heart can be changed, and times can be altered. The Lord said to me, "even now as we are sitting at the door of this horrific wave of judgment, He is looking for a people who will cleanse themselves through repentance and separation from the world and will come before Him like Esther and plead on behalf of the nations of the world that He might feel justified in holding back judgement." In referring to the statement I just quoted, His preceding words were: "If My church would." I don't know how great a response He would expect in order to justify a favorable response. I shall seek Him on this. But, until He reveals His heart further, we must take action at least on behalf of our own souls, repent and turn away from the world with a real abrupt ness and not regret the cost. At least in this way, we and our families will be protected.

Nita Johnson
 

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