Missionary
to Tibet, China, and Formosa Such a powerful outpouring
of the Holy Spirit onto little poor Chinese Orphans, showing
what is only possible when God's anointing is at work. This
book documents the visions and miracles that happened when
revival broke out in their midst. The children saw angels,
demons, heaven, hell, etc. They related their experiences
to missionary H. A. Baker and his wife Josephine, who oversaw
the orphanage where the children lived. The visions changed
the children's lives and behaviors. The children would lay
or sit still for hours as if in a trance, and would reported
their visions to the Bakers, who faithfully documented them.
Young children (new believers) who were untrained and ignorant
of spiritual truths, spoke in the 1st person of Jesus with
such boldness and eloquence, and as powerful as any old
testament prophet, demonstrating the power of God on those
who are surrendered to Him.
The children and young people upon whom came this
outpouring of the Holy Spirit and through whom came these visions and
revelations were members of the Adullam Rescue Mission in Yunnanfu,
Yunnan Province, China. For the most part, these children had been beggars
in the streets of the city. In some cases they were poor children with
one or both parents dead and had been brought to the Home. There were
also some prodigals who had run away from their homes in more distant
parts of this or adjoining provinces.
But from whatever source they came, these children,
mostly boys ranging in ages from six to eighteen, had come to us without
previous training in morals and without education. Begging is a sort
of "gang" system in which stealing is a profitable part. The
morals are what would be expected of a "gang" in a godless
land.
The Bible is carefully and daily taught in the Adullam
Home, and the gospel is constantly preached. Since the children coming
into the home have always been open to the teachings given, before the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit recorded below, some of them were doubtless
converted, while many had a very good knowledge of the main themes of
the Bible.
All who received the Holy Spirit knew enough to believe
in one God and to trust in the blood of Christ for salvation. They also
prayed for the fullness of the Holy Spirit. They sought Christ. We did
not see any one seeking visions or any of the manifestations that were
received day by day as all single heartedly prayed and praised the Lord
Jesus. He alone was sought and magnified throughout all the weeks of
the Spirit's outpouring. In this visitation from the Lord all were treated
impartially. The oldest and the youngest, the first arrivals and the
latest comers, the best and the worst, all sitting together around their
common Father's table were alike treated to His heavenly bounties.
This giving of the Promised Spirit was clearly a love
gift of grace "apart from works" or personal merit. It was
not something that was worked up. It was something that came down. It
was not the result of character building by man from below. It was a
blessing of God that came from above.
The Experiences Herein Related
are Unexplainable on Natural Ground
The experiences of these Adullam children that are
herein related cannot be explained on natural ground, because:
1. These wonders could not possibly have been the
product of the natural minds of these children. Such uneducated, mentally
untrained, unimaginative boys as these could not themselves have conceived
of such things.
2. These spiritual experiences, visions, and revelations
could not have been the working of the subconscious mind. Many of these
children were too young, too ignorant, or too recently rescued from
heathenism to know the Bible teaching on these subjects.
3. Then, again, these things cannot be explained by
the psychology of mental suggestion from others. We ourselves had never
seen such visions, never been in meetings where there were such, or
read or heard of such visions as were given these children. These experiences
were new to all of us.
4. Furthermore, the children did not get these things
from one another. When the power of the Lord fell in our midst many
children were filled with the Spirit at the same time. Those who were
in different rooms sometimes had simultaneous visions of the same things.
There was no possibility of comparing one with another.
5. The complete harmony of these visions covering
numberless details is beyond any natural explanation. Even the most
ignorant children, who could easily be confused on cross questioning,
whether questioned singly or in groups, gave as clear and uniform answers
to questions covering great numbers of details as could possibly have
been given by eye witnesses of anything.
6. Neither can these experiences be explained as any
sort of mental excitement, religious frenzy, natural emotion, nervous
state, nor any sort of self-produced condition. This outpouring of the
Holy Spirit came upon normal children in a normal state of mind free
from all the conditions just mentioned.
The Visions and Revelations Given
Adullam are Consistent Supernatural Experiences in the True Church
Supernatural visions and revelations are foundation
rocks upon which the Church was established and upon which it stands.
The whole Bible, Old and New Testament, is a supernatural revelation
from God.
In the Old Testament, God revealed his will to men
by speaking through prophets by direct inspiration in which the mind
of the prophet had no part. The Lord appeared to men and spoke to them
in a "voice" with "words." He thus spoke to Moses,
as man speaks to man face to face.1 In the Old Testament, God revealed
himself to men in dreams, in visions, and in various kinds of supernatural
revelations. Angels brought messages to men and were continually active
as God's ambassadors in carrying out His plan of redemption on earth.
The New Testament, likewise, claims to be a superhuman
revelation. Paul said of the gospel he preached: "Neither did I
receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through
revelation of Jesus Christ" (Gal. 1:12). What he wrote in all his
epistles was simply a part of this supernatural "revelation of
Jesus Christ."
Without such working of the Holy Spirit and without
such visions and revelations as were given Adullam there would be no
Christianity at all. The true Church, begun in this manner, exists to
the present day because just such supernatural manifestations formed
the cradle in which it was born and nursed into vigorous life. When
Herod would destroy the baby Jesus, the wise men were "warned of
God in a dream.''2 An angel appeared to Joseph in a dream. One like
a man of Macedonia appeared to Paul in a vision. At Corinth the Lord
spoke to him "in the night by a vision." When he was praying
in the temple at Jerusalem he fell into "a trance" and saw
Jesus, who spoke to him, giving him directions for his work. Peter also
fell into "a trance" while praying on the house top. He saw
a vision and heard the Lord speaking to him in a voice with words. An
angel appeared to Cornelius in an open vision by day. The whole book
of Revelation was given to John as a supernatural revelation when he
was "in the Spirit." It is a revelation from the Lord who
spoke to him in "a great voice," and it is also a record of
visions given in the Spirit and through the ministry of angels. Paul
either died and went to heaven "out of the body" or was in
vision caught up to heaven like our Adullam children and there saw Paradise.
He had such an abundance of these supernatural revelations that the
Lord had to send him a thorn in the flesh to keep him humble.
Angels, also, had a large part in the work of the
first church. The early disciples were often protected and directed
in their work by the angels. In this way they were delivered from imminent
danger from earthly powers. An angel spoke to Philip, directing him
to Gaza. An angel stood by Paul and talked with him, encouraging and
directing him. Cornelius, his household, and his friends were led unto
the way of salvation and into the baptism of the Holy Spirit through
the words of an angel who came to him. This angel, appearing in bright
apparel, talked with him, directing him to send for Peter and then departed.
When Peter was in prison an angel rescued him. This angel loosened the
chains from Peter's hands, told him to put on his garments and shoes,
opened the prison door and the city gate that was locked, and led Peter
into the street.
Greatest of all the supernatural manifestations in
the early church were those of the mighty Holy Spirit, who came to that
Church just as the Lord had promised He would come after Christ ascended
to the Father.
That first church did not read prayers. Neither did
that first church say prayers. That first church prayed to God from
the heart, and God directly and supernaturally answered these heart
cries. When the disciples were in danger they got together and prayed
to God. This was not formal praying; it was not a cringing, heartless,
carefully worded prayer meeting for men's ears. Everybody prayed at
the same time; everybody cried to God in a loud voice. This was a special
prayer meeting for one great need.
When God answered, everybody knew He answered. The
Holy Spirit shook the house in which these people were praying, and
every one was "filled with the Holy Spirit," with a mighty
superhuman power. They then went out spreading gospel fire in the very
face of death.
The early church had a living God. Through the Holy
Spirit they had Christ in their midst. He worked in them and through
them supernaturally by gifts of the Holy Spirit: "For to one is
given through the Spirit the word of wisdom; and to another the word
of knowledge; to an other faith . . . ;to another workings of miracles...;
to another gifts of healings . . .; to another prophecy . . .; to another
discernings of spirits . . .; to another kinds of tongues . . .; and
to another interpretation of tongues" (I Cor. 12 :7-10) .
Where is the Living God who brought our fathers up
out of Egypt with a mighty hand before the eyes of the heathen? Where
is our God who once answered in a voice that men could hear, yea, whose
voice shook the whole earth? What has become of the God who from the
time the earth was created sent his angels to walk and to talk with
his people?
What has become of the angels?
And the Christ of the Bible? Where is He? Have they
taken away our Lord, so we cannot find where they have laid Him?
What has become of His "Promise"? Christ
said that if He should go away it would be better than ever for His
people, for God would walk with them more than in all the ages past.
His Promise was, "It is expedient for you that I go away, for if
I do not go away the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go,
I will send Him unto you." "He that believeth on me, the works
that I do shall he do also."3
Our Lord has gone. Where, oh, where is the Holy Spirit
that was to come to take His place; to carry on His uncompleted task;
to work in the midst of His Church in signs and wonders and gifts of
the Holy Spirit? Has God died ? If so, when? Or has God withdrawn so
far away that He cannot hear? Can not God talk any more? Have the angels
deserted us for some other universe? If so, when did they forsake us?
After all, is the Holy Spirit, this great power of God, this great substitute
for the miracle working Christ, the Christ whose words the winds and
waves obeyed, whose words burst the tombs, is this Great Substitute
just a gentle influence? Where is the Holy Spirit who shook and filled
a whole house of praying disciples and through them shook a world?
If ever there was a Living God, if ever there were
angels, if ever there was a wonder working Christ, if the Holy Spirit
was ever given, if the Bible is a supernatural revelation from God,
then such trances, visions, revelations, and workings of the Holy Spirit
as have been given Adullam are supernatural visitations from God such
as we should expect.
These trances, visions, revelations, and supernatural
manifestations are normal experiences in the supernaturally founded,
supernaturally filled, and supernaturally directed Church of the New
Testament, the only Church the Bible tells or foretells anything about.
Morning prayer meeting was lasting longer than usual.
The older children left the room one by one to begin their studies in
the school-room, while a few of the smaller boys remained on their knees,
praying earnestly. The Lord was near; we all felt the presence of the
Holy Spirit in our midst. Some who had gone out returned to the room.
Such a mighty conviction of sin—a thing for which
we had prayed so long—came to all, that with tears streaming from their
eyes and arms uplifted they cried unto the Lord for forgiveness for
their sins, which now seemed so black. One after another went down under
the mighty power of the Holy Spirit until more than twenty were prostrate
on the floor. When I saw that the Lord was doing a most unusual thing
in our midst, I slipped over to the school room and told the boys that
if they felt led to come and pray they might be excused from their school
work. In a short time the Chinese teacher was left sitting alone by
the table. All his pupils having returned to the prayer room, they were
whole-heartedly praying and praising the Lord. When the teacher realized
there was nothing for him to do, he started for his home. I had not
invited him in with the children, for, although he has been with us
a long time, he seemed utterly dead, rather, not yet alive to any spiritual
conception of the gospel. Having gone but a short distance from the
house, he returned. When he entered the prayer room nobody noticed him,
for every one was intent on his own business with the Lord. The teacher
went to the farthest corner of the room, where, for the first time in
his life, he knelt down and tried to pray.
As the Lord's power was so very manifest, I felt it
best to leave the young man by himself and not to intrude on what I
knew must be the work of the Spirit and of the Spirit alone. It was
not long before I noticed the teacher with arms uplifted, tears on his
face, pleading with the Lord to forgive his sins, which I heard him
say were so very, very many. He being proud, for him to humble him self
thus in the presence of his pupils meant a real Holy Spirit conviction
of sin.
The meeting went on hour after hour, the children
showing no desire to leave. I had nothing to do or say; the Lord seemed
to have complete control; I just tried to keep out of His way.
As the children in visions saw the awfulness of hell,
the anguish of lost souls, and the indescribable hellish power of the
devil and his angels their agonized crying was beyond anything I had
ever heard or imagined. It was all real to them. Many saw themselves
bound and dragged to the very brink of hell, which to them was no myth
but an awful reality. Condemnation for sins and the power of the devil
over them was terrorizing in its reality. But freedom from this evil
power through the grace of the Lord Jesus was just as real. When they
experienced this loosening power from the clutch of the evil one their
salvation was as real as had been their condemnation. Their joy, laughter,
and peace of soul in the knowledge of what they had been saved from
gave them an experience from which I am sure they will never be able
to depart.
Since from early morning they had all been in the
very presence of the Lord, by the time their late afternoon meal was
ready I thought surely the service for the day was over. Not so. Some
left the prayer room for a short time, but all were soon back, saying
they wanted to wait upon the Lord all night. This was something decidedly
new to us, for previously an hour service was too long for some of them.
We had long wanted them to pray more; now that they were willing, why
refuse them? Not a child went to sleep until a late hour that night;
not until six o'clock the next morning were the last voices stilled
in the prayer and praise service that had lasted over twenty hours with
scarcely a pause. Josephine Baker.
Continuous Weeks of the Latter
Rain
After the first two days of the mighty outpouring
of the latter rain there was not the manifestation of the power of God
there had been. We therefore went back to the regular order of work,
expecting to spend more time in the evening, tarrying before the Lord.
The boys went to their school work, and I went out to call on some people
to talk to them about the gospel.
Our morning prayer meeting began at about half past
seven. As usual, we all prayed at the same time, and each went out when
he pleased. Upon returning at twelve o'clock, I heard some one praying
in the prayer room. Going in to see who it was, I found our quietest
and most timid boy, Wang Gia Swen, a boy of about eight years of age,
hidden behind the organ praying in a loud voice and weeping as he confessed
his sins to the Lord. He had been praying continuously since the morning
service without stopping for breakfast.
As I came out of the prayer room the boys came out
from their school. They were then to go to the garden or to the other
kinds of industrial work for the rest of the day, but some of them wanted
to know if they could stay to pray. Having been told that those who
wished to might remain and pray, a few went to work, and all the others
went into the prayer room and began praying. Almost at once there was
another mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit. This outpouring was so
continuous that for over a week no more attempts were made to do regular
work. We did only necessary things. Every one spent the rest of the
time taking in the great blessings from God.
In the first days no one paid much attention to eating
or sleeping. Whenever the young folks began to pray the power of God
would fall, prostrating many to the floor. It was impossible to have
meals at regular hours without interfering with the work of the Holy
Spirit. After the power of God lifted from different ones they would
go out for a time to rest or to take some food and then return to the
prayer rooms soon to be under the power of the Holy Spirit again. These
manifestations of the Spirit were so continuous that nearly all day
until late in the night some were under His power. When things became
quieter at nine or ten in the evenings, we would suggest that all go
to bed and rest until the next morning. Usually several would want to
pray and wait on the Lord longer. As these continued in prayer nearly
all who had gone to bed would get up and return to pray. During these
nights there was not much sleeping. Some of the boys never left the
prayer rooms all night. They did not want to sleep. When they got sleepy
they rested on the floor awhile and then got up to seek the Lord again.
Soon they were lost once more in the things of God.
One thing is certain. This was a Holy Spirit outpouring
that demanded nothing on the part of us missionaries except our keeping
out of the way taking care not to interfere with His wonderful work.
Our part was to open up our own hearts that we, too, might be taken
deeper into the heavenly blessings that were falling in such mighty
showers.
Our presence or absence in the meetings made little
difference. One of the first mornings we were delayed in getting downstairs.
Without any call to prayer meeting, one after another of the children
had gone into the prayer rooms and begun praying and praising the Lord.
When at last we were able to get past the many interruptions and go
down to the prayer rooms we found several of the younger children prostrated
under the power of the Holy Spirit and singing in other tongues as the
Spirit gave them utterance.
From the very beginning the manifestations of the
Spirit, the visions, and the revelations carried everything into the
supernatural realm so far beyond our own limited knowledge or experience
of supernatural matters that Mrs. Baker and I confessed to each other
that these things had already passed to the place where the only resource
we had was to believe that God was bigger than the devil. We took refuge
behind the promise of God that we had before found safe, the promise
that those who sought the Father for bread would not get a stone; those
who sought a fish would not get a serpent; those who sought an egg would
not get a scorpion; those who with pure motives, like these children,
sought the Holy Spirit would not get evil things or demons, but would
get exactly what they sought, the Holy Spirit (Lu. 11 :13).
In all the succeeding weeks God proved that promise
true. Since He had proven that promise to us before, it set us free
from anxiety as we saw and heard the wonderful things of God that took
place in our midst, every day different, one wonder succeeded by another,
as our wonder working God took His Adullam refugees from stage to stage
and from glory to glory in His school of the Holy Spirit.
CHAPTER 2 SUPERNATURAL MANIFESTATIONS OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT
Many of the most marvelous manifestations of the Holy
Spirit were given to those who knew little of the Bible teaching on
the subject, thus confirming the supernatural nature of these visions
and confirming the reality of the outpourings of the Holy Spirit recorded
in the New Testament.
Some children who had never heard us speak of the
present day outpouring of the Holy Spirit as "the latter rain"
in this outpouring upon Adullam actually experienced it as
The Latter Rain
As we all prayed and praised the Lord together with
closed eyes some of the children seemed to feel water drop ping upon
their heads. They were so busy seeking the Lord they did not want to
hinder the blessing by opening their eyes to look around. At the same
time, in their hearts they wondered how it could be sprinkling rain
on them when there was a roof and a floor between them and the sky.
But with the sprinkling their hearts were refreshed. As the dropping
of water seemed to increase and the sprinkling became a shower it all
seemed so glorious that the wonder of how it could rain in a downstairs
room was forgotten. The sprinkling became a shower, the shower became
a great downpour, the downpour became a deluge filling the room and
rising higher and higher until the fortunate seeker was submerged in
this wonderful life-giving flood from heaven.
At different times several children experienced this
sense of the downpouring of rain. Six months after the great outpouring,
and after a "dry spell," the flood gates of heaven were opened
again, and there was another down pouring of the Holy Spirit. Again
two of the small children experienced rain, "the latter rain,"
that seemed to fall upon their heads, penetrating and flooding their
whole beings.
Through Bible study and through direct revelation
by the Holy Spirit, Adullam is now coming to understand the meaning
of this "rain." They understand that "this is that"
spoken of by Joel the prophet: "He hath given you the former rain
moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former
rain, and the latter rain in the first month" (Joel 2 :23).
The "former rain" was upon the first church,
the seed church, sown on the earth on the day of Pentecost and the succeeding
two or three hundred years. The "former rain" was the rain
in the autumn upon the grain that was sown in the ground. Then came "the
great falling way,"4 the long winter of the dark ages, the grain
sown in the earth—the Church in the world—apparently dead. Then came
sprinklings of the "latter rain" in the first month in the
spring through Luther, Wesley, Fox, Finney, Moody, and other servants
of God. Salvation by faith, the born again experience, holy living,
first the blade and then the ear, began to come forth. Now the sprinkling
is becoming a shower. Healing through faith in Jesus has come again.
The Lord is again casting out devils, healing the sick, raising the
dead, proving Himself the Almighty God in the midst of those who believe
Him. The hope of the Coming King has revived. The Lord is again baptizing
believers with the Holy Spirit as in the beginning, the former rain,
so that they speak with other languages and prophesy as the Holy Spirit
gives utterance (Acts 2 :4) .
The harvest is near. "The former rain," "the
seed rain" (Rotherham), came moderately; "the latter rain." "the
harvest rain" (Rotherham) will come abundantly to ripen the grain,
to perfect the Church. There will be deluges of rain, the latter rain
of the Holy Spirit. The greatest revival the world has ever seen is
just ahead. The greatest miracles, the most wonderful wonderworking
Church the world has ever seen is near. The downpouring of latter rain
is at hand; the clouds are now filling the sky. According to promise
the Lord will soon pour out his "Spirit upon all flesh." The
church that was sown in the time of the "former rain" and
fell into the earth and died has come forth. It will soon be the full
corn in the ear. Beyond anything Pentecostal days ever saw, "Your
sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions," "and
also upon the servants and upon the handmaidens in these days will I
pour out of my Spirir" (Joel 2 :28, 29; Acts 2:17-21). Because
of this final and greatest outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the church
in the full ear will have restored to it the years eaten by the locust,
the canker-worm, the caterpillar, and the palmer worm (Joel 2:25). The
fruits and gifts of the Holy Spirit will all be restored to the true
church of blood washed believers. In its supernatural life and supernatural
ministry, multitudes will be converted: "The floors shall be full
of wheat and the vats shall over flow" (Joel 2:24); multitudes
which no man can number will come into the garner "from all nations
and kindreds and peoples and tongues" (Rev. 7:9). If you read Acts
2 you will see that this outpouring upon "all flesh" is for
to-day. Our Adullam people, at any rate, are sure of this. Many times
has the Lord stood in their midst, made to them the same promises He
made to first believers, and commissioned them with the same commission
to carry the same gospel in the same power with which He sent forth
the first disciples in the days of the "former rain." We know
that "the latter rain" that fell on Adullam is like the former
rain, but it is the last rain that will bring the wheat and tares to
full harvest and separation and will usher in the return of the Lord
of the harvest to gather the wheat into his barns and burn the tares
in the furnace of fire.
The Holy Spirit has on different occasions and by
different Adullam people been seen as a
Tongue of Fire5
upon the head of each one in the room. In some instances
more than one person has seen this vision at the same time. Of course,
all who are familiar with the Bible know that the things of God are
not equally revealed to all.
When the Spirit has fallen in our meetings many have
felt
The Holy Spirit as a Wind6
blowing upon them, flooding their souls with peace
and power. These breezes from heaven have sometimes been in such power
that we have no difficulty in believing the record that when the first
disciples met together and "lifted up their voices to God with
one accord, when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were
assembled together, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost.''7
Many times have older and younger children seen
The Holy Spirit As Seven Lamps.
At times of special outpouring of the Holy Spirit
these seven lamps of fire were seen let down from heaven into the room
in our very midst. At other times in the visions of the throne of Christ
in heaven, children saw the "seven lamps of fire burning before
the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God" (Rev. 4:5). We
all knew that the seven lamps meant the Holy Spirit in our midst.
In the first days of the outpouring of the Spirit
one small boy spoke in pure prophecy when in the Spirit he seemed to
be in heaven at the feet of Jesus. The Lord spoke through him in the
first person clearing up many things the children did not understand
and telling them how to tarry and how to seek the Spirit. At that time
the Lord said, "When the Spirit is in your midst do not open your
eyes, for that will hinder; the Holy Spirit will descend to give you
power to preach the gospel, to cast out demons, and to heal the sick;
the Holy Spirit is in seven colors, red, blue, and other colors."
One of the older boys then said that when the Spirit had been upon him
he had seen a great, red light and other colors. The word from the Lord
explained this to him and others who had seen different colors. Of course
I know light is made up of seven colors but I had never thought of the
seven lamps before the throne of God, the Holy Spirit, as seven colors.
All light comes from God, and God is light.
These Adullam people have also seen
The Holy Spirit Brighter Than
the Noon-Day Sun
This manifestation of the Holy Spirit as a great light
has been very common. Some children, having opened their eyes to see
if it was something about the electric light, could scarcely discern
the lights in the room because of the exceeding glory of the light of
heaven which seemed to fill the place. These children know what Paul
meant when he said that on the Damascus road the light that shone about
him was "a light from heaven" that was "brighter than
the noon-day sun" (Acts 26:13). After their visions of heaven and
this great light brighter and clearer than any they had seen on earth
Adullam people know why in heaven "there shall be no night; and
they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth
them light." Through these manifestations and revelations these
one-time-beggar children in this dark land on this dark earth know beyond
a doubt that in the New Jerusalem in heaven "the city has no need
of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in it; for the glory of God
lightens it and the lamb is the light thereof" (Rev. 21:23).
That this outpouring of the Holy Spirit is from God
can be clearly seen in that it exactly fulfils the prophecies in the
Bible that foretell what results will follow outpourings of the Holy
Spirit. We mention some of these results. One of these that was to accompany
the work of the Holy Spirit and that was first manifest among us was
a
Clear Assurance of Salvation.
Through visions or other workings of the Holy Spirit,
sin and the lost condition of each one was made so real that every ground
of hope was banished unless the Lord in undeserved mercy would answer
prayer for the lost and save him. Then the Holy Spirit made the wonderful
salvation and grace of God as real as had been the lost condition. One
after another soon came through to a clear "I know" experience
of salvation. This made such a transformation in the lives and testimony
of the Adullam family that there was no mistaking that the Home was
made up of many who were
Born Again.8
The whole atmosphere of the place was changed. The
joy unspeakable and full of glory came in until it bubbled over. As
the boys were at their work in opening ground for a garden they praised
the Lord so much that some of the boys in the neighborhood, mocking
them said, "Praise the Lord," whenever they met our boys.
When one boy went into a store to buy nails, before he realized it he
said, "Hallelujah! I want some nails." The tribes boy has
had a wonderful experience from the start. One day on his way to work
he danced down the street in the joy of the Holy Spirit, praising the
Lord somewhat like the style of Billy Bray. Being cleansed from sin
and born again of the Holy Spirit and still seeking more and more of
the Lord, the children were carried into these deeper things of God
until over twenty of the Adullam people
Spoke in Other Tongues
as people did on the day of Pentecost; as they did
when the Holy Spirit was poured forth at the House of Cornelius; as
they did when they received the fullness of the Spirit at Ephesus; as
the apostle Paul did; and as the Samaritan Christians undoubtedly did
when they received the Holy Spirit in mysterious power and manifestation,
so striking and wonderful that Simon wanted to buy it.
Although most of these Adullam people had never seen
any such demonstrations, having been taught to seek the Lord for the
Holy Spirit, they were not only rewarded with a great "joy unspeakable
and full of glory" in their own hearts, but they got the "I
know" satisfaction about the baptism of the Holy Spirit. They know
they received it the same way the New Testament saints did in the beginning,
as shown by the only five recorded passages of scripture just mentioned
which tell how the apostles and first disciples received the Holy Spirit
and what they did when they were fully immersed, or baptized, in the
supernatural Spirit.9 These Chinese boys and girls were saved by the
same Lord and baptized with the same Holy Spirit in the same way as
the first disciples, for like them, they not only spoke with other tongues
but also
Prophesied as the Spirit Gave
Them Utterance.
No one present at the time has ever doubted that the
Lord spoke to us by direct inspiration in the first days of the outpouring
of the Spirit when He spoke through one of the smallest and humblest
of the children. There was something about the voice, the penetrating
power of those words, a heart-gripping power that cannot be described.
We had never heard such a gripping voice from God in any sermon in all
our days. We all knew we were hearing directly from the Lord. Quite
a number of the Adullam people later spoke in prophecy, insomuch that
we marveled more and more at the miracles that were taking place as
the Lord spoke the wonderful things of God, revealing His plans and
purposes in picking the outcast "nothings" of the earth, who
were recent beggar boys, to make them the mouthpieces of the living
God, speaking through them by direct inspiration, edifying and building
up this little group of simple blood- washed believers so recently saved
out of hopeless physical and spiritual despair.
Another most striking result of the work of the Holy
Spirit was the way in which, according to the Word, He fulfilled the
promise that when He, the Comforter, came He would take of the things
of Christ to show to His disciples and would show them "things
to come."10
It seemed most wonderful how the Spirit revealed to
these simple believers, who had only heard of the Bible for a few months,
the things of Christ, His salvation, and the things of the future by
Visions of the Unseen Worlds.
Many of these visions were given to several at the
same time. Nearly all of the visions were seen by quite a number of
persons. In many cases the children came to ask if the Bible said anything
about certain things they had seen in vision.11
The visions, seen by even some of the smallest children
six years of age, as well as by the older boys, were seen while they
were under the Power of the Holy Spirit, not as a dream but as real
life.
Some of the visions seen were: Christ tied to a post
and scourged; Christ bleeding on the cross while scoffers looked on;
the body of Christ taken from the cross, carried to the tomb, placed
in the tomb, and the tomb closed; an angel opening the tomb and Christ's
resurrection; His appearance to the women, to the disciples by the sea,
and to those in the upper room; the ascension of Christ and the descent
of the two angels; heaven; detailed visions inside the New Jerusalem
in heaven; angels; the redeemed; hell; the condition of the lost in
hell; demons; the devil; the great tribulation and things pertaining
to saints and to the subjects of the beast during that time; the battle
of Armageddon; the binding and imprisonment of Satan in the pit; the
binding of the Anti- Christ; the devil cast out of heaven; the Great
Supper of God and birds eating flesh of kings and captains of the earth;
the coming of Christ with his angels; the sun and moon changed; heaven
quake and earth quake and destruction that attended the coming of Christ;
the resurrection of the righteous; the marriage supper of the Lamb in
Paradise; detailed views of our mansions in heaven and other heavenly
scenes.
This work of the Holy Spirit through visions, as well
as in the heart, created such a great interest in
Bible Study
that even the smaller children wanted to know if they
could not stop studying "earthly books" and study the Bible
only.
Since the unseen world became so real, it is no wonder
that there was a change in the life of
Prayer and Praise.
While not all the Adullam people spoke in other tongues,
all except those who were too dull of mind to understand much of anything
were anointed and filled with the Holy Spirit in a much greater measure
than ever before, so that Adullam was often lifted up to heavenly places
in Christ to joyfully praise and worship the King. Although there were
times when a person almost wondered if these heavenly citizens would
come "down to earth" again, there was no need to fear. This
any one would have seen who could have been in one prayer meeting where
boy after boy in real intercessory prayer pleaded with God for the lost,
praying that God would use us all as real warriors for Him in this battle
of righteousness. The experiences already related have made prayer more
than a formality. All know now that our foes are spiritual hosts of
wickedness in heavenly places.
Preach in the Power of the Holy
Spirit
After two or three weeks of the Lord's dealing with
them, nearly all the children wanted to preach, even the younger ones.
There was some real preaching in the power and demonstration of the
Holy Spirit. Some of both the younger and older boys hardly seemed like
our boys when they preached under the real unction of the Holy Spirit,
not timidly and apologetically as before, but as having authority. Hell
and heaven, the devil and his power, Christ, His blood, and His salvation,
were no myths to these boys. They knew the Lord told them to preach,
and they were given the message, "Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven
is at hand." As we listened to some of these messages preached
with great assurance, warning people to flee from the wrath to come
and showing them the wonderful salvation in the love of Christ, our
hearts rejoiced within us. When the Power of God was especially great
in our midst there was some unusually miraculous preaching.
At the Chinese New Year, when the streets were filled
with all classes of people out for a holiday, we Adullam people, having
circulated thousands of tracts, formed a circle on the street to preach
the gospel.
One of the older boys had prepared a sermon on a New
Year theme. But when the preaching began, the power of God so fell that
this boy suddenly began speaking in other tongues, while another person
interpreted. One small boy after another preached as interpreter. As
soon as the Lord was through with one interpreter he would step back
and another feel the unction to preach. As soon as this one stepped
into the circle he would get the interpretation. This went on for an
hour or two while as many people listened as could get near enough to
hear. There were some people of the type that seldom listen to the gospel
who now listened most attentively as these boys spoke with an earnestness
that must have seemed strange and unusual. As we came away from that
service conducted by the Holy Spirit in such order and beauty, each
preacher being of the Lord's appointment, each one speaking the message
from Him under direct inspiration, we could but ponder in our hearts
at these wonders of God. We seemed to see something of what the preaching
of the church was in the beginning and what it seemed so clear the Lord
wanted it to be in the end.
Not that preaching through other tongues and interpretation
was in the beginning or subsequently to be the regular order of preaching,
but, as I Cor. chapter 14 clearly shows, such preaching constitutes
a part of the Lord's method of preaching the Gospel in the power and
demonstration of the Holy Spirit.
In such preaching the mind of the speaker is entirely
inactive, and before utterance he does not know what words the Spirit
will speak through his lips. This is pure prophetic preaching.
In the preaching of the gospel to the nations of the
earth and in the building up of believers in the church the mind of
the speaker may be active and know, at least momentarily, before utterance
what the Spirit will speak through him. The message may be an exposition
of the Scriptures, as in the sermon by Stephen, or otherwise. Peter
on various occasions "being filled with the Holy Spirit preached
as the Spirit gave him utterance."
Although preaching the gospel under the direct unction
of the Holy Spirit is not exactly pure prophecy, it is nevertheless,
prophetic when definitely guided and directed by the Holy Spirit.
There were a few other instances of preaching with
tongues and interpretation in some of the villages.
The Lord was the preacher on several occasions in
our little street chapel. For two or three nights the youthful preachers,
under the real unction of the Spirit, preached the most inspiring sermons
I have ever heard from Chinese evangelists. It seemed as if those sermons
would stir any one to real repentance. God showed his love in still
greater power a few nights later. When a boy in his teens was preaching
with real power his eyes suddenly closed and he began to
Prophesy like an Old Testament
Prophet
under direct inspiration of the Holy Spirit in pure
prophecy. The manner of the preacher suddenly changed; the form of the
Chinese sentences became rhythmic and perfect; the address changed to
the first person, such as, "I am the Lord God Almighty, the one
true God, who made all things, who now speaks to you through this boy." "Against
me have you sinned." The penetrating words, the sense of having
been ushered into the presence of God, I cannot describe. The seats
of our little chapel were soon filled, while as many people as could
see gathered about the door, listening in awe and wonder. If there was
the least commotion the Lord commanded order, speaking through that
boy and saying, "Make no mistake in this matter. Listen carefully
and understand. I the Lord God, have all the authority in heaven and
on earth. To me every man and every demon must give account. I know
all about every one of you. I know all your sins. I know how many hairs
are on your head. There are fifty-six of you living in sin here to-night.
Repent to-night, and I'll forgive you." For half an hour or more
we verily were in the presence of a prophet, as the Lord in this way
rebuked those people for idolatry, ungodliness, and all their vices,
until there was no ground for hope left anywhere. Then, as in the case
of the Old Testament prophets, God spake of the glories He had prepared
for His people. Like a loving father he pleaded with them to repent
that night. He spoke of the coming of distress upon the nations and
of the destruction of this ungodly race in the day of God's wrath. All
these things were repeated several times with exhortations to listen
to every word as from a God who would hold every person present accountable
for his own soul after that night.
When the prophecy was finished the boy sat down. There
was not a move or a whisper. It seemed to me that every person must
know that God was speaking. Nearly all present had come in while the
boy's eyes were shut. When the Lord spoke saying there were fifty-six
present bound by the devil and sin, one of the boys carefully counted
those not of our own Christian boys. There were just fifty-six.12
A striking instance was that of a man from whom
Two Demons Were Cast Out.13
The Lord had told the boys through prophecy and direct
revelation, "Demons must obey me." They saw the Lord prove
His word. Had we space to give details, we could prove beyond any other
possible explanation that actual living demons were cast out of one
devil-possessed man. It would take too long to give the history of this
man. We had known him a number of years, and he has since been with
us six months. In short, he had been, for many years, the victim of
melancholy. Because he was so bound in chains of darkness that he was
ready to take his own life we had kept him with us to prevent this.
He was always sad. All effort to lead him to any knowledge of salvation
through Christ was of no avail. His mind was blind to everything pertaining
to the blood.
The Lord used three people in casting out the demons.
One demon the size of a man had an awful, black appearance. Several
children saw him come out. While being rebuked through the Lord's using
one suddenly "filled with the Holy Spirit" for the particular
occasion, the demons put up a final fight for the man of their possession.
The man's hands clenched together; his eyes shut tight; his whole body
became rigid and resisting.
Finally the Holy Spirit enlightened the man's heart;
his body relaxed; his hands went up to God in praise.
Angry Demon Grabs School Teacher
Several children saw the demon after he came out,
rushing about in great anger, seeking whom he might enter or tear.14
All the children having rushed in from where they had just sat down
to their meal, stood about with uplifted hands, thanking and praising
Jesus. Among these the demon saw no opportunity, for they were all looking
to Jesus whose blood covered them. The school teacher, who was not truly
converted, also came in and was looking on in curiosity but was not
praying. The angry demon, seeing his opportunity, seized this man and
threw him to the floor with a thud. There the second demon sat upon
him, so that the teacher could not rise. Several children saw this.
Our gardener, who was some years ago miraculously delivered from opium,
saw this too. He was suddenly filled with the Holy Spirit and cast the
demon out of the room.
I saw only the two men, the one unbound and set free,
the other suddenly fall beside him. I supposed the school teacher was
prostrated by the Holy Spirit of God that was present in great power.
I questioned him when he was able to arise as to why he wept and why
he fell. He said, "I wept from sheer terror. Something awful happened.
Every thing became black; I saw myself about to go into a black pit
at the base of a terrible mountain." When on the floor, he saw
himself being bound by demon chains and about to be carried off into
terrorizing darkness, but he was set free again.
The physical appearance of the man from whom demons
were cast out changed at once. He testified that he had peace and joy
in his heart. He was given a vision of heaven at the time he was delivered
from demons. When he lay in bed in the evening thinking about the Lord
he got so happy that he wondered if it was right for him to have such
great joy.
The Bible tells us the heaven of the redeemed is "the
third heaven."15 The future home of the people of the Lord is a
place in the third heaven. This place is a city. The name of this city
is "The New Jerusalem." This New Jerusalem is not "a
figure of speech." It is not a combination of ideas skillfully
clothed in earthly words of the Lord to give man a false conception
of something it is not. The Bible says this New Jerusalem is a real
city with a real foundation which God himself laid.
This celestial city is foursquare, one thousand five
hundred miles on every side, surrounded by a wall two hundred feet high
with foundations of twelve kinds of precious stones, the most beautiful
precious stones known to man. The wall itself is jasper, which sends
forth a brilliant jasper light. Twelve gates lead into the city, the
streets of which are like burnished gold.16
In this city are the homes of the redeemed, the abode
of angels, Paradise, and the throne of God.
Why should not the New Jerusalem be a real city with
streets of real gold and with jasper walls and with foundation stones
of precious jewels? Did God so exhaust his material when he made the
universe that he had no gold or jewels left for heaven? If God could
make a world, could he not suspend a city in the sky beyond the stars?
Here and there a little impure gold in a fissure of a distorted rock
of this cursed and perverted earth or here and there the discovery of
a precious jewel hidden in the debris of earthly ruins are only lingering
reminders of the reality of which these are merely shadows. The real,
the imperishable are in the city whose builder and maker is God.
What we see on this perverted, degenerated earth are
only shadows. "The creation fell into subjection to failure and
unreality" (Rom. 8 :20) . The gold we cherish, the jewels we adore,
the cities and mansions we build are only copies of the real in the
city that is soon coming down.
The Adullam children were caught up in vision to this
city of God. How they could see the city I do not know. How Abraham
saw it I do not know. How Paul could be caught up to Paradise, either
in the body or out of the body, I do not know. These things are beyond
natural order. We need not, at present, know the How. We know the Fact.
John was shown the city. He was told by the Lord to write the things
he had seen and send them to the Churches.
In the Spirit Adullam children were caught up to this
city time after time, not as in a dream but as a living reality. Their
visits were so real, in fact, that the children supposed their souls
actually left their bodies to go to heaven and return, or that in some
unaccountable way they had gone to heaven soul and body just as they
might in daily life visit some distant place. Frequently when in Paradise
the children were plucking and partaking of the heavenly fruit they
gathered some extra to tuck in their garments to bring back to earth
for "Muh Si and Si Mu" (Pastor and Mrs. Baker).
They knew they were only on a visit to heaven and
soon to return. Upon returning, when the Spirit lifted from them, finding
themselves in our Adullam rooms they proceeded at once to search in
their garments for the delicious fruit they had brought back to please
us. Not finding this fruit in their garments, a look of great surprise,
confusion, and disappointment came over their faces. They could not,
for the time, believe they had not bodily gone to heaven and come back
with the fruit tucked in their garments.
Walking on the streets of the New Jerusalem was to
them as real as walking on the streets of a Chinese city. One day, when
walking down the street in bright sunshine, I asked the boys if the
visions were as real and as clear as what we then saw. "Just as
real," they said, "but much clearer due to the light in heaven
and the white garments and the cleanliness everywhere, all adding to
the brightness."
When in the Spirit, the children were usually lost
to their natural surroundings. In many cases, although they supposed
they were in heaven, they talked aloud, describing what they saw, thus
carrying on conversation that we all could hear. Often they acted out
before our eyes what they supposed they were doing in heaven.
Caught up to the Third Heaven
The Adullam children said they went to the third heaven.
As they passed through the first heaven they felt air on their faces.
Having passed the second heaven, they looked back upon the stars in
their wonderful beauty, much as from a mountain height a person might
gaze down upon a beautiful, light-studded city below. From this starry
heaven they passed on into the third heaven until they
Came to the Heavenly Jerusalem.
As they approached this heavenly city they saw its
light in the distance. Coming nearer, they saw the beautiful wall radiating
its wonderful jasper light. The foundations were of indescribable beauty,
sparkling with red, yellow, orange, purple, blue, green, violet, and
all the other colors of the twelve most beautiful jewels.
This city in the sky the children saw as three cities
in one: one city suspended above another, the largest city below, the
smallest city on top, making a pyramid. Since this city John saw is
surrounded by a wall, and since the city is one thousand five hundred
miles high, Bible students have supposed the heavenly city is not a
cube but a pyramid. Our children, however, knew nothing of this, neither
had I ever thought of the New Jerusalem as three cities, one suspended
above another. God who suspends the worlds in space can suspend these
cities in space. The Bible does not tell us the internal order of the
city.17
One of our small boys spoke in prophecy when in vision
at the feet of the Lord the Lord was talking to him. In this prophecy
the Lord said that he had made heaven big enough for everybody, that
he had made it in three cities one above another, and that at present
his throne is in the upper city.
Since time and distance are nothing in the heavenly
realm, there is nothing impossible in such an arrangement of this city
of God. There are three heavens. There were three stories in the ark,
where God preserved the present creation. God is three in one. Why should
not the city of the Great King be three in one? Why should not the King
reign from the top of the pyramid of all the universe, since "the
stone which the builders rejected was made the head of the corner,"
the capstone of the pyramid of all creation?
By the Gates into the City
Adullam entered by its pearly gates into the city
of golden streets. Angels in white guarded the gates and welcomed those
entering in. No beggarly reception this. Here the one-time rejected
off-scourings of the earth were welcomed as kings by these angelic hosts.
Had not the Savior promised the weakest and humblest of his children
a kingdom where they shall reign with the King of Kings for ages and
ages?
Through the gates into the city! Out of earth into
heaven! Out of the mortal into the immortal! Out of death into life!
All the old life behind and below! All the new life ahead and above!
Inside the gates! Angels, angels every where. Angels talking, angels
singing, angels rejoicing, angels playing harps and blowing trumpets,
angels dancing and praising the King. Such a scene no mortal ever saw;
such floods of inner joy flooded the whole being as no one ever knew
except when filled with the Holy Spirit, the eternal life, the heavenly
life of God, "the earnest," "down payment" of heaven.
The children clapped their hands in rapture. They
shouted for joy. They sometimes rolled on the floor in unrestrained
laughter and jumped and danced in great delight, while their faces were
so transformed by this heavenly joy that the glory of the celestial
city seemed to shine upon us. There was no sorrow in this city; no mournful,
long-faced religion there; no funeral dirges in the hymns. This was
a city of joy, "joy in the Holy Spirit," "joy unspeakable
and full of glory."18
With Innumerable Hosts of Angels
Inside the city, the children knew the meaning of
the Scripture which says, "Ye are come into the city of the living
God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels"
(Heb. 12 :22) . Not only about the gates of the city were these happy
angels, but also throughout the city everywhere were these heavenly
hosts. Angels were always ready to escort the children from place to
place throughout the city; angels walked with them and talked with them;
angels explained to them the meaning of things they did not understand,
even as they talked with John and revealed to him the things of God.
Often in these experiences with the angels our children were given harps
and taught to play them and sing as the angels did. They were also taught
to blow the trumpets and were taught
The Music and Language of Heaven.19
When we saw the children, with closed eyes, all dancing
about the room in rhythm, we found that in vision they were dancing
with the angels in heaven and keeping time to the heavenly music. When
we saw them apparently blowing a trumpet or going through the motions
of playing a harp, we found that in vision they were joining the heavenly
orchestra in the praises of the King. We could not see the heavenly
harps or trumpets. We could not see the angels' joyful dance or hear
their song. We could hear only the children singing heavenly songs.
It. was a daily sight to find some child off in a corner by himself,
lying comfortably on the pine needles, going through the motions of
playing a harp. Upon going near, we could hear him singing a new song
we had never taught him. Approaching still nearer, we would discover
that the words were as strange to us as the tune. The singer was singing
in the heavenly choir. His song was the song the angels taught him.
The words of the song must have been in the language of angels.20 Seeing
the children singing in this heavenly angelic choir was a sight not
to be forgotten. Sometimes several of them in some place in the heavenly
city or its wonderful Paradise would decide to play and sing together.
With closed eyes, while fully under the power of the Holy Spirit, three
or four of them would get off by themselves. If we were near, we would
hear a consultation as to who would play the trumpet and who would sing.
After all was decided and everybody was ready, the heavenly hymns began.
The trumpeters held their hands up before them and blew as though blowing
trumpets. The harpists both played and sang, while those without instruments
joined in the singing. In these cases they always sang in languages
we did not understand, unless by mutual agreement they decided to sing
one of those hymns they "used to sing down on earth." In that
case they sang in Chinese.
Seeing and Worshipping Jesus
The climax of all heavenly joy and wonder was "seeing
Jesus" and worshipping Him who had saved them by His blood.
Soon after entering the gates of the city the children
were escorted by the angels to "go and see Jesus." We could
hear these children talking about "going to see Jesus" and
see them as in vision they were approaching the throne of Christ. When
they came into the wonderful presence they stood reverently gazing with
love and devotion upon the Lord of all creation, who was also their
Savior. First of all they thanked Him, and adoringly worshipping Him
they joined their hands before them, bowing in true obeisance. Then
they knelt and bowed their faces to the floor in true worship "in
spirit and truth,"21 which few if any know on earth who have not
the baptism of God's Holy Spirit.
The Throne of God and the Throne
of Christ
The throne of Christ the children saw as did John
when he was "in the Spirit": "And behold there was a
throne set in heaven, and one sitting upon the throne; and he that sat
was to look upon like a jasper stone and a sardius: and there was a
rainbow round about the throne, like an emerald to look upon. And round
about the throne were four and twenty thrones: and upon the thrones
I saw four and twenty elders sitting arrayed in white garments: and
on their heads crowns of gold,—and there were seven lamps of fire burning
before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God." Rev. 4:3-6.
Jesus Preeminent in all Things
in Heaven
No matter how amazed were the children at the wonders
of the golden city, no matter how happy in the pleasures of Paradise,
no matter how joyful in the presence of the angels, Jesus was never
forgotten. His name was mentioned in all the conversation; his praise
was mingled in all the enjoyments; he was always magnified everywhere,
in everything, and in everybody there.
Houses by the Golden Street22
On either side of the beautiful golden streets were
buildings side by side, a room for each person, every room opening onto
the street. Upon the door and about the front were precious jewels so
resplendently brilliant that the building shone with light and glory.
The name of each occupant was above the door. Angels led the children
into the rooms. Within all the rooms were the same kinds of furnishings:
a beautiful golden table upon which was a Bible, a flower vase, a pen,
and a book; by the table was a golden chair; there was also a wonderful
golden chest and a golden bed. In each room was a jeweled crown, a golden
harp, and a trumpet. The walls were gold. From the Bible, made of such
paper as had never been seen on earth and bound with gold, light and
such brilliant glory shone forth that the whole room needed no other
light. The visitors were told that when they came to stay after death
they could go out into Paradise and pick any flowers of their choice
to place in the beautiful vase on the golden table.23
In these visits to heaven the children could go to
their rooms at pleasure to read their Bibles or to play their harps
and trumpets. Sometimes they took their trumpets or harps out into the
streets or out into Paradise to play and sing with the angels and the
redeemed who are now in heaven.
In these excursions through heaven the children, though
lost to their real surroundings on earth, were always conscious that
their visit to heaven was temporary. They knew they were there only
to see what was prepared for them after death, so they might go back
to earth again to tell others. Angels and the Lord told these heavenly
visitors that, if they believed and obeyed, all these things would be
theirs. They not only knew they must come back to earth again, but they
sometimes knew when they were coming.
One boy, after enjoying the glories of heaven, hung
his crown and trumpet up in his room so he could have them again after
he died and went to heaven to remain. He then came back to earth. The
power of the Holy Spirit left him. When he opened his eyes he was in
our Adullam room telling the wonders of his trip to heaven.
Can we suppose the Lord saved these boys, baptized
them with the Holy Spirit, and then fooled them by showing them a figurative
and mythical heaven? Impossible!!! An earthly father may deceive his
children with false hopes and false promises. Our Heavenly Father shows
his children what he has for them (I Cor. 2:10), promises he will give
these things (Rev. 3:21), and then gives the very things which He has
promised (Lu. 11:9, 13).
When these children saw the heavenly rooms of their
Adullam friends they clapped their hands, laughed, and shouted with
great joy, calling each one by name to come and see his room. The one
in the Spirit was passing along the streets of the New Jerusalem, reading
the names above each door.
In Heaven Meet Adullam Boys Who
Died
The first day when the Holy Spirit fell upon the children,
and one of the boys was caught up to heaven, with angels who came to
welcome him came also the two Adullam boys who were undoubtedly saved
and who died the year before. These two, "Hsi Dien Fu" and "Djang
Hsing," had with them in heaven a little girl who died in Kotchiu
four years previous, whom our children had forgotten.
These who had died and gone on before led those who
were caught up in the joys and wonders of heaven. They led them to see
Jesus, first of all, and to worship and thank Him. After this they were
shown their dwellings and escorted around the city or led out into Paradise
to play.
All who went to heaven were given white garments.
The angels, also dressed in seamless garments of spotless white, had
wings, but the redeemed did not have wings. There was a clear distinction
between the two.
Later on many more of the children saw these Adullam
boys who are in heaven. Heaven did not seem far away as, caught away
in the Spirit, they acted out heavenly visions before our eyes. With
closed eyes and radiant faces they clapped their hands and shouted for
joy to these boys who died that year, calling them to hurry over to
see some dwelling, some golden street, some new scene among the angels,
some new discovery in the garden of Paradise, or to come and play the
harp and sing with them the praises of Jesus. These boys who had died
were so constantly seen in heaven and their names were so frequently
shouted in our midst with ecstasy and joy that they did not seem far
away— just out of sight. Heaven was so real, so near, so wonderful,
so certain, that if one of our children had died in those days the others
would have envied him his privilege.
The step to heaven after death or at the coming of
the Lord seemed so small and the coming of the Lord so near that it
removed from our minds all mystery as to why the first disciples could
sell their possessions and face persecution and death without wavering.
Our kingdom is not of this world. Our citizenship
is in heaven, whence also we wait for our Savior. Our life, our work,
our service, our hardships here are only brief and passing incidents
on the way to the true life, the true city, in the true kingdom that
cannot be shaken.
Scripture Teaches the Regeneration
of Natural Creation
Before telling about the visions of Paradise we wish
to show that such a Paradise as these children saw is in accord with
the Father's plans for his children, as revealed in his written word.
When the Lord created the first perfect man and his perfect bride he "planted
a garden eastward" in Eden, in which he put the man whom he had
formed. "And out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow every tree
that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, the tree of life also
in the midst of the garden" (Gen. 2:9). Hence, in the beginning,
the Lord planned for man to dwell in the midst of all the beauties of
nature. He was given a home in the garden in the eastern part of Eden,
the wonder "park" that God himself planned and planted. In
that order there was no sin. There was no sickness or death. There was
no thorn or thistle. There was no curse. That was a different world
from this. That world was a heaven on earth with man enjoying what might
have been eternal life, in dominion over a whole world of trees and
flowers "pleasant to the sight," a whole world of beauty and
glory such as the present earth has never seen. God planned all these
things for man's eternal happiness.
When sin entered, man's enjoyment of this creation
became a limited, temporal enjoyment. The first Creation of birds, and
flowers, and trees, and animals, that were in the first world and its
Eden in an eternal state, fell into a lower order that is not eternal. "For
the creation fell into subjection to failure and unreality." Sin
lost to man his Eden "park" and his Eden God.
Restored from sin, man will be restored to his Eden
God and his Eden "park." But man will be restored to more
than the primal order. He will be born again into the new spiritual
order.
The first order was earthly; the last is spiritual
but real. It is similar to the earthly, even as Christ after his resurrection
was real and similar but still spiritual and different from the earthly
order. He still could eat and drink with his disciples.24 He still had
flesh and bones that could be felt25 and hands that could serve fish
and bread to His hungry disciples.26 But in the resurrected order the
Lord was not subject to the limitations of the material world of time,
and space, and physical bounds. Even so the world with its natural order
of animal, bird, and plant creation is to be born again into a higher,
spiritual order similar to the first creation but also different from
it. It will be the real order not again subject to corruption and unreality
(Rom. 8:20, Weymouth). The natural creation is to be born again through
the resurrection of Christ. Christ saves more than man. He saves the
whole creation that fell into unreality in the fall of man. For "all
creation, gazing eagerly as if with outstretched neck, is waiting and
longing to see the manifestation of the sons of God . . . There was
always the hope that, at last, the creation itself would also be set
free from the thraldom of decay, so as to enjoy the liberty that will
attend the glory of the children of God" (Rom. 8 :19-21 Weymouth).
If this does not mean that the present natural order of plant, animal,
and all natural life looks forward to being set free in the same resurrected
order and the same liberty the saved are to enjoy in a new estate, what
does it mean? All nature looks forward to the new spiritual regeneration
that belongs to the redeemed, for Christ ''brought us forth by the word
of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of His creatures.''27
Christ himself "is the image of the invisible
God, the first-born of all creation.''28 How is Christ "the first-born
of all creation" unless it be that in his resurrection into the
new order animal and plant creation will eventually follow in this order
as the full harvest of which Christ was but the "first-fruits"?
Even the earth itself is to be a regenerated in the new order, since "according
to his promise we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth
righteousness" (II Pet 3:13). Will not that new earth have trees
and flowers and animals and birds and all the beauties of glorified
nature in a higher incorruptible order that shall abide forever?
"The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and
the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young
lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them"
(Isa. 11:6).
These things are as certain as the word of God, for "he
that sitteth on the throne said, Behold I make all things new,"
and he said, "write for these words are faithful and TRUE"
(Rev. 21 :5) .
John "saw a new heaven and a new earth,"
and he also "saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out
of heaven" to the New Earth.
As there was an Eden park of pleasure and fruits on
the first earth so, also, in a higher, regenerated, resurrected order,
the New Jerusalem will contain an Eden park on the New Earth in the
new order. This Eden "park" is already in heaven in the New
Jerusalem that has not yet descended, but is soon coming down.
Paradise is a "Park'' of
Plant, Animal, and Regenerated Nature
Perhaps the revelation of such a Paradise in heaven
as Adullam saw will be as new to most of the readers as it was to us.
This is because we are so dull of mind and slow of heart to "believe
all that is written in the scriptures."
We did not teach these children about this Paradise.
The children taught us. Some of the smallest children, who were naturally
most ignorant of these matters, were our best teachers. That they got
these things from the Lord is clearly evident, as you will see by a
comparison with the teaching of the Bible. It teaches there is just
such a Paradise in heaven as these children saw. Paul said he knew a
man who was "caught up even to the third heaven" and that
this person "was caught up into Paradise."29 In the messages
of Revelation "the Spirit saith to the Churches, to him that overcometh,
to him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise
of God" (Rev. 2:7). Of the heavenly scene we are also told that "on
this side of the river and on that was the tree of life bearing twelve
manner of fruits.''30 Hence there is a Paradise in heaven with flowing
water and trees of fruit.
This Paradise is a great "park" of surpassing
wonder; that is just what the word "Paradise" means. "Paradise"
means "Eden." "Eden" means "Paradise." "Eden"
is a "park ;" "Paradise" is therefore a "park."
Peloubet's Bible Dictionary says of "Paradise," "This
is a word of Persian origin, and is used in the Septuagint as the translation
of 'Eden.' It means an orchard of pleasure and fruits, a garden, or
pleasure ground something like an English park." But this "park"
in heaven is only "some thing like" a park on earth, because
it is as much greater than earthly parks, in extent and beauty, as God's
thoughts are greater than man's thoughts. Man's most beautiful parks,
with their picturesque landscapes, their flowing streams, their crystal
pools, the wooded nooks, the verdant greens, the fragrant, variegated
flowers, the carolling birds, and animal pets, are only imperfect imitations
on the part of man to reproduce the Eden that was "in the beginning."
If God did not put into the heart of man this love
for nature and this desire for natural parks of pleasure and fruit,
whence came this universal love of nature, that has been in the heart
of man from the days of his earliest history? Is all man's efforts to
preserve a little of the vanishing natural beauties of this cursed and
perishing earth only a vain fancy to be followed for only a few fleeting
years? Is a love for the birds, and animals, and flowers, and trees,
and mountains, and valleys, and lakes, and streams, and all this handiwork
of God just a passing amusement given by the Lord to cheer us a little
on this pilgrim journey? Are not the finest combinations of all that
is beautiful in nature just mere fore-shadows of the unperverted and
unlimited realities in the Paradise of God in heaven?
These natural beauties are not just scenes passed
on a pilgrim journey. They are guide ways of God, pointing to the Eden
of beauty at the end of the way. Love of nature may become an eternal
love, enlarged beyond all natural limits for all who overcome by the
blood of the Lamb, who, by faith in him, enter by the gates into the
city with its Paradise of God, the Eden park in heaven whose beauty
sin will never mar.
Adullam Children See Paradise,
the Heaven Park
You will be interested, as we were, in what our Adullam
children saw in the Paradise, the Eden, in the city beyond the sky.
One of the young men was in Paradise almost as soon as he entered the
heavenly city. There he was met by the two Adullam boys who had died
in Hokow. These boys, taking him through Paradise and the other parts
of the Holy City, soon came to a great, lawn like, grassy, open plot
surrounded by magnificent trees, golden and sparkling.
The whole scene was so entrancing the young man said
to his two glorified friends, "This is good enough for me. There
cannot be anything more beautiful. I will stay right here." The
boys who had preceded him to heaven said, "No, do not wait here,
for there are much greater marvels." Going on a little farther
they came to still more wonderful trees, some of them bearing fruit.
The whole park-like surrounding and the grassy lawn beneath the trees
were enticing beyond any earthly understanding. The young man said, "I
must stay here, I cannot go on and leave this great beauty. I am so
happy." "Come on," said the others, "there are many
things in heaven exceeding this." "You go," he replied, "but
I shall remain right here for awhile." The others left him on the
grass under the trees with the great, open, velvet-like grassy space
before him. Floods of joy and happiness he had never known on earth
flooded his whole being. He was in the land of joy, "joy unspeakable
and full of glory," "the land that is fairer than day."
Frequently an angel came walking by, playing a harp and singing. The
angel smiled, offered him the harp. "I cannot play," he said.
The angel passed by. Soon other angels came, smiling to him as they
played and sang.
The angels were dressed in seamless garments of white;
their faces were perfect; one was not more beautiful than another. "When
they smiled—Oh, I can't describe that," the boy said, "there
is no way on earth to describe the angels' smile."
Similar and surpassing beautiful scenes in Paradise
were seen, repeatedly seen, by a large number of Adullam children. In
Paradise they saw trees bearing the most delicious fruit, and vistas
of most beautiful flowers of every color and hue, sending forth an aroma
of surpassing fragrance. There were birds of glorious plumage singing
their carols of joy and praise. In this park were also animals of every
size and description: large deer, small deer, large lions, great elephants,
lovely rabbits, and all sorts of little friendly pets such as they had
never seen before.
Playing with the Lion and Other
Animals in the Heaven Paradise Park
The children held the little pets in their arms and
passed them from one to another. Or perhaps they found the lion peacefully
Iying beneath a tree. In that case they climbed on his back, ran their
fingers through his shaggy mane, brushed his face, and put their hands
in his mouth. If they so desired they curled down beside him to enjoy
together the love of their common Maker. Why not? Some where "the
wolf also shall dwell with the lamb and the leopard shall lie down with
the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and
a little child shall lead them. Their young ones shall lie down together"
(Isa. 11 :6-8).
Little children rode the small deer, while older children
rode the larger deer or the friendly elephant. All was perfect love.
All was great harmony. Such shouts of joy! Such happy childish laughter!
Who but our Father in Heaven ever thought of or planned such a Paradise?
Eating and Drinking in the Heaven "Park
of Pleasure and Fruits"
When hungry, the children ate of the wonderful fruit
or gathered freely the sweet tasting, refreshing manna that was scattered
all about. Were they thirsty? Here and there trickled little brooks
of the stimulating and refreshing water of life.31
Adullam Sees the Bible Saints
in Heaven
In the open, lawn-like vistas amidst the trees and
flowers and birds of Paradise Adullam saw companies of the redeemed
dancing and playing trumpets with the angels.
Sometimes they joined this happy festival group, in
which were small children, larger children, and adults, but where no
one was old. What heavenly scenes! What heavenly singers! What joy among
the angels and the redeemed! The angels pointed out Abraham, David,
Daniel, the prophets, the saints, and the martyrs of old. They saw Peter,
James, Paul, and others of whom the world was not worthy. Our boy from
the poor Miao tribe saw his aunt and his own little sister who had gone
ahead to the land "over there." Taking our boys by the hand
our little Chinese Mary, who died in Kotchiu, now joined them in heaven.
One Boy Was Given a Vision of
The Death of a Christian
As relatives and friends gathered about the dying
one an angel stood by the bed, awaiting the liberating of the Christian's
soul. When the man was set free from his bodily encumbrance, the angel
took him by the arm and ascended with him into heaven. The principalities
and powers of evil hosts in mid-heaven in their attempts to hinder the
passage of the angel and his charge were overcome by the angel's faith
and praise as the ascent continued toward the heavenly city.
Having been welcomed at the gate, this new arrival
was received by hosts of angels, singing, dancing, rejoicing, all uniting
in giving him a royal welcome into the eternal city of the redeemed.
Outpourings of the Holy Spirit upon Adullam children
and young folks have always been attended with visions of angels in
our midst.
In this connection it is well to remember some scriptural
teaching about angels. The Scriptures teach that angels have a part
in the ministration of the Holy Spirit. Since "the spirits (or
angels) of the prophets are subject to the prophets" (I Cor. 14:32),
angels have some part in prophetic utterance when a prophet speaks under
the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. The visions John saw on Patmos and
the revelations he had there when he was "in the Spirit" were
given him through an angel (Rev. 1:1, 10). Angels therefore have something
to do with being in a trance, seeing visions through the Holy Spirit,
and getting revelations through the Holy Spirit.
Each true church has, perhaps, a special angel to
minister to that particular church (Rev. 1:20). Every saved person has
an angel to minister to him (Heb. 1:14, Acts 12 :15) . Every child has
the ministry of angels, for the angels of children have constant access
to the throne of God in heaven (Matt. 18 :10).32 Angels always see us,33
though we seldom see angels. Angels differ in rank (I Cor. 4 :9) .
Both The Old and New Testament furnish sufficient
proof for the reality of angelic ministry in the Adullam Home. We have
already told of the visions of angels rescuing children whom demons
had bound with awful chains and were dragging to hell. Angels, then,
apparently have a part in saving the lost. Since angels led these children
to heaven and escorted them through the golden streets and the glories
of Paradise, it seems that angels have something to do with the visions
given Adullam. As most of the children who spoke in other languages
did so when they were dancing and singing with the angels it may be
that angels have something to do with speaking in other languages, for
it is possible to speak with "the tongues of angels" (I Cor.
1:13) at times of mighty outpourings of the Spirit.
The children also had wonderful visions of multitudes
of angels flying in the heavens, and sometimes they saw them fly from
heaven to earth.
Angels in the Midst of and about
Adullam
At the times when the presence of the Holy Spirit
was especially manifest many of the children saw angels near by or in
the room. When they were hindered by demon power they saw angels come
to their release. On occasions of the most blessed sense of the presence
of the Lord in our midst and of the sweetest harmony and love in the
meeting, just above the room was a large angel, while the room was entirely
surrounded by smaller angels standing side by side, each touching the
other to the right and left, so there was not a space in the whole circle
for the entrance of any demon. On these occasions, when one or more
of the children saw our angel garrison about us, there were never any
visions of demons in the room, as was very frequently the case. One
evening when our angel guard was about us in such perfect rank children
said they could hear demons outside the circle of angels, making an
angry commotion because of their inability to hinder the blessed fellowship
in the Holy Spirit that was within the angels' circle. Boys in Kotchiu
had also seen this circle of angels. I shall never forget the blessed
sense of the very presence of God that was in those meetings in which
the children saw the angel just above our happy, Spirit-filled people.
This angel looking down upon us, smilingly turned from side to side
to look at the angels that encircled us and to see that there was not
an entrance for the powers of darkness. I wondered if the angel above
us was not the special angel of Adullam and if the smaller angels of
lesser rank around us were not our individual guardians. At any rate,
the children saw the angels. Their eyes were usually closed when they
saw them, but sometimes they saw them with wide open eyes. We could
believe, without question that we were indeed in the presence of angels.
No careful observer could have been with us during
those weeks of the mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit and doubted
that there are two Kingdoms in constant conflict. As surely as angels
minister and the Holy Spirit leads to a real Kingdom of light, so surely
do demons hinder, while the devil presides in a realm of evil spirits
in a kingdom of real darkness. One kingdom was made as certain to us
as the other. Man was clearly revealed as the battle ground.
The Bible teaches that there are "the lower ranks
of evil spirits and the higher" (Rom. 8:38. Weymouth) and that
our conflict is not "with mere flesh and blood but with the despotisms,
the empires, the forces that control and govern this dark world"
(Weymouth Eph. 6:12) . Both Old and New Testaments teach the reality
of a Kingdom of darkness and the reality of demons.
Demons
We related how demons were cast out of one man and
how the larger demon was seen to rush about the room in great anger,
finally seizing upon an unguarded school teacher, who was looking on,
and throwing him to the floor. In this instance two boys saw this big,
black, man-like demon enter the man of his possession. Several children
saw the cast-out demon, chased out of the room by a Spirit filled young
man, take temporary refuge behind some small trees in our court. This
demon and the accompanying one about half his size were seen by children
who were praying with closed eyes and by some whose eyes were open.
But all saw the same things at the same time. The appearance of the
demons was the same to each individual.
In the Adullam Rescue Home we had a young girl who
very evidently was open to demon activity. She said that before coming
here she was subject to "fits," or spells of unconsciousness.
A short time after she came she and some of the other girls went for
a walk outside the city. On the way back one of the new girls who was
half-blind and half witted lingered behind and lost her way. The older
girl, having gone to find the one who was lost, was returning home with
her when she saw three demons before her, a few steps away. One was "as
tall as a door" and was accompanied by two others about the size
of a boy twelve years old. All these demons were dark in appearance,
with big eyes and awful faces. The two smaller demons being apparently
subject to the large one, obeyed and followed him. The girl was frightened
at what she saw. The large demon, coming near, seized her by the head.
She became dizzy and almost unconscious. She could scarcely walk. She
could hardly see the street and had to be led home by the other girl
whom she had gone to seek. Upon reaching home she was better for a time.
A little later, while we were at supper, some one came in saying that
the afflicted girl was in her room unconscious. We found her prostrate
on the floor, breathing as if in a peaceful sleep, but we could not
awake her. After praying for her we all assembled in the regular evening
prayer meeting. Soon the girl came in perfectly well.
She said that she seemed to be bound by chains and
dragged by demons farther and farther down a great dark road, while
all the time she was silently praying; then she suddenly realized that
the Lord had set her free and she was able to rise. At once she became
conscious, and her mind clear. As she sat on her bed alone in the room,
she saw the three demons whom she had met on the street now in the room.
But now she felt no fear, for she knew that the Lord was Conqueror.
Accordingly, she drove the demons out of the room in "the name
of Jesus." As they reluctantly receded step by step she followed
in the name of Jesus until she drove them along the walk out of the
large Chinese door at the entrance of our compound. In the several succeeding
months that she was here she had no more "fits" or unconscious
spells.
I have given these two instances somewhat in detail,
because the effect of demon activity in both cases was so evident that
any kind of an observer could have told that something supernatural
had taken place. We might tell of many instances of demon activity that
have come under our observation the last few years, but these two are
sufficient in this connection; we want to tell something of the demon
activity in connection with the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
When there were manifestations we did not understand
we kept praying and trusting the Lord, but decided not to interfere
unless we clearly saw something that was harmful or sinful. After eight
weeks of wonderful manifestations of the Holy Spirit we were most thankful
that we had allowed such liberty among the children. We saw how marvelously
the Lord had led them, and things we did not understand at first proved
to be part of the Lord's plan in giving us some of the most wonderful
and precious revelations.
Among these unusual revelations were those of the
Demons the Children Saw.
While some of the children were having a blessed time
in the Holy Spirit, others went to sleep when they tried to pray. Those
under the anointing could often see demons by those who were drowsy
and could not pray through. They saw demons coming in through the open
window or the door. Sometimes they saw demons lazily reclining under
the table or upon a couch that was in the room. Under the anointing
of the Holy Spirit, the children, with closed eyes, in the Name of Jesus
would rout the demons out of their places and follow them until they
went out of the door or window.
They frequently followed these demons out of the room,
opened a front or back door to the compound, and chased the demons off
the premises. When demons appeared on the scene they were often seen
by several persons at the same time.
Some of the children had seen demons before. We found
that in spite of all our teaching about the Lord they were still so
afraid of demons they dare not go to their rooms alone at night, and
they covered their heads when they slept. Through these revelations,
however, the children found that the largest and fiercest demons were
unavailing against the smallest child covered by Jesus' blood, so that,
for the first time, we had a happy lot of Chinese children who had lost
their fear of demons, were not afraid in the dark, and were not afraid
to sleep with uncovered heads.
You may wonder
What the Demons were Like.
The demons seen are best described as resembling the
demon idols in Chinese temples. According to the Bible34 and according
to the Chinese much idolatry is demon worship. Making idols of the demon
type is an attempt to reproduce the likeness of demons that have been
seen.
The children saw demons as "high as a door,"
with pointed chins and warty heads. There were others of different appearance
too, some half this size. There were smaller ones two or three feet
high and little ones a few inches high, following the larger demons
about.
The large, big-eyed, fierce-looking demons are the
ones to be feared as having power to bind and take captives to hell.
The Principalities and Powers
of the Air
The hosts of the powers of the air and their works
of darkness in co-operation with demons on earth were seen by various
Adullam witnesses, whose testimony is as follows:
The government of the hosts of evil is in mid-heaven.
Here are thrones from which the devil's angels exercise their Satanic
government over the earth. These rulers of darkness vary: some are larger
in stature than others; there is variation in dress, crowns, facial
expression, disposition, and authority. In all respects they are as
devilish in appearance and acts as the hosts of Satan are expected to
be.
These rulers of evil are in constant contention among
themselves, each resenting the authority of those higher in power, each
jealous of the other and all covetous of the seats of highest rank.
Those in higher rank hold their positions, not by consent of the lower
orders, but solely through their own superior fierceness and power.
Cliques and individuals are in constant conflict and quarrels.
All have crowns that represent various orders and
ranks. All desire to sit on the thrones above and supervise the work
of evil on earth, rather than descend on delegated duties to further
the demonical powers below.
Those of highest rank sit on thrones in the mid-heavens,
ruling over innumerable hosts of evil spirits, from whose number delegations
are constantly dispatched to earth to entice its inhabitants, to withstand
the forces of righteousness, to strengthen weak places in the demonical
forces of earth, and to bind and to drag the souls of evil men to hell
when they die.
Although these wicked angels fly in high heaven to
the very gates of the New Jerusalem and although they descend to earth
and fly in its air, the center where they congregate in countless numbers
is in the region of the thrones of authority in the mid- heavens. Here
evil hosts of wicked spirits of all sizes fly hither and thither or
move about more deliberately. A certain halo surrounds the wicked angels
of higher rank.
All are similar in some respects: All have wings,
all have crowns, all belong in the heavens. The delegated messengers
go to earth only temporarily. Their evil errand finished, they again
return to the heavens.
The hosts of evil spirits on earth are very different
from the devil's angels. These on earth do not have wings; they can
walk and run rapidly; and they move freely but apparently do not leave
the earth. They vary in size from a few inches to ten feet in height,
wear gaudy colored clothes of many stripes, and have fancy caps of various
shapes and colors; some, on the other hand, wear rags or filthy garments.
Some of these demons on earth have very little power
and are of a rather harmless order. Others, however, are large in stature,
fierce in appearance, and have great power. These on earth withstand
the work of righteous men and the work of angels among men. In one of
their conflicts with an angel, earthly demons of highest rank, assisted
by others of lower rank, gathered about the angel, trying to strike
him with clubs, swords, and other weapons. Through faith and praising
the Lord, the angel so with stood this onslaught that no blow fell upon
him nor could an evil hand touch him. The demons of less power, standing
at a little distance and watching the conflict, upon seeing their companions
unsuccessful in their attack, besought the powers of evil in the heavens
to send a re-enforcement of the devil's angels from the air. In response
to this entreaty a detachment of ten angels were sent down. As these
approached the earth the demons below clapped their hands in joyous
welcome. When the wicked angels from above reached the scene of conflict
these less powerful demons, receding a distance, stood in respectful
quietness in the presence of the Satanic delegation from above, who
now took up the conflict with the angel. These forces the angel also
withstood with praises and faith until suddenly the Glory of God descended
and entirely routed all the hosts of evil.
The boy who saw a Christian die also saw
What Takes Place When the Unconverted
Die.
When one man who did not know the Gospel died, his
soul, after being liberated from the body, wandered about unhindered
from place to place on earth, until one of the devil's angels, descending
from the sky with chains, bound him and forced him down to hell. The
death of a professing Christian who had known the Lord, but had not
truly repented, was still more terrible. When this man was dying, demons
by his deathbed waited in fiendish delight for the liberation of the
soul of this hypocritical, one-time professing Christian. The demons
began to bind him before he was entirely out of the body and completed
the binding of their captive the minute he drew his last ungodly breath.
The hypocrite did not enjoy one moment of freedom to wander about the
earth. An object of ridicule to his demon captors, in terror he was
at once dragged and pushed into hell.
One such ungodly man was the special sport of demons
who, having bound him in chains, dragged him along on the earth, again
and again jerking him up on his feet only again to drag him down and
haul him along like a dead dog. After furnishing amusement for his captor
the man was dragged down the dark road to the infernal regions.
There was
A Boy Dragged from Adullam to
Hell
because he had been so bad he was discharged as errand
boy by an officer in the army. After seeing him begging on the street
for several days we took him into the Adullam Rescue Home. He promised
to reform, made an outward showing of decency, heard the Gospel for
a considerable time, and professed repentance.
Different articles disappeared from the Home, but
the thief was not found until this boy was caught on his way to sell
the stolen plunder. We then put him out of the Home.
After several months of beggar life, during which
time this boy repeatedly promised to reform if only we would allow him
to return, we gave him another chance. The Lord also gave him another
chance, for there were manifestations of the Holy Spirit and supernatural
revelations sufficient to make the way of life clear to the most simple.
This boy himself had anointings of the Holy Spirit, when the Lord dealt
directly with him about his sins and showed him the better way. In spite
of all this the boy ran away and joined a street gang of beggar-thieves.
A few months later he fell and broke his arm, infection set in, and
he was about to die when he was picked up by a hospital worker. In the
hospital he was so hopelessly disobedient that he was thrown out and
was soon in a dying condition on the street. Coming to us with promises
of repentance, we pitied him and took him in once more.
Day by day he neared the end of the way. The night
before he died I was awakened by unearthly shrieks that sounded like
uncanny howls of some wild animal or of some fiend. The next day when
the boy died I was away from home. As he lay in death throes, delighted,
awful hellish demons gathered about him. When his soul was leaving his
body the boy seeing his captors, wept, yelled, shrieked, and cried at
the top of his voice in wildest terror; "Mr. Baker, help! help!
help! O, Mr. Baker, come quickly ! Mr. Baker, Mr. Baker, Mr. Baker!
Help, they are all about me with chains! They have come for me. Help,
help, Mr. Baker, help! Oh, oh, oh, help! help! help! They are binding
me with chains. Help! help! Oh, oh, oh, help! Oh—h—e—l—"
Visions of Hell
Over and over again children had visions of hell and
the lake of fire. The first time any one was under the anointing of
the Spirit he usually had a vision of hell. He was bound in chains by
demons and taken through a region of darkness. Some children could hear
demons all about them in this region. If taken far, they could see a
dim light in the distance which proved to be reflections from the lake
of fire. Some children were forced so near they could see the lake of
fire ahead. All the time they were pleading the blood of Christ, asserting
that they would not obey and would not be subject to the slavery of
their captors. They believed Jesus would surely save. We have already
told how at this climax, before the lake of fire was reached, the Lord
did intervene with His blood- bought salvation.
The Bible pictures hell as a place of blackness and
darkness,35 and it teaches that part of the devil's angels are now reserved
in chains of darkness awaiting judgment.
The children saw not only darkness in hell, but also
The Lake of Fire
that was always approached through a region of stygian
darkness.36 In vision they were led to the edge of a great lake of molten
fire in a semi-dark pit from which arose clouds of smoke. When the smoke
settled low the fire in the lake was less distinct. When the smoke lifted
a little, the burning lake with red and greenish flames and its inmates
could be distinctly seen.
When the children were peering down into this pit
in hell we saw them taking a firm hold on some piece of furniture or
getting down on their hands and knees, cautiously bending forward to
peep into the infernal regions. They looked a moment and then drew back,
afraid lest they fall in. They were horrified at what they saw. Then
very cautiously they looked again and drew back. Sometimes the children
lay flat on their stomachs, lest they slip and fall while looking over
the brink of the lake of fire.
The lost were seen going into hell. Some fell in,
some walked over the brink, and some were bound by demon chains and
cast into hell by demons. One boy saw groups of the wicked bound in
bundles, ready to be cast into this furnace of fire.37
When the fire abated and the smoke settled down the
moans of the miserable could be heard. When the fire at intervals increased
in intensity and the smoke lifted a little there were shrieks and wails
of agony.
One person was rolled on the floor and caused to cry
out as would a suffering soul in hell.
In the lake of fire were oceans of hands reaching
up for help. Those below appealed to those looking in upon them to come
to their rescue. We could hear the children talking to them just as
you can hear some one talking over the telephone and get but one end
of the conversation. We could hear one end of a conversation like this: "I
can't help you." "No, I cannot do anything for you." "But
when you were alive you would not obey the gospel." "No, it
is too late; before you got here I preached to you, but you made fun
of me and despised Jesus. Now you know I told you the truth." "No,
I cannot do anything; this is the judgment of God." "If you
had obeyed, you would now be enjoying heaven with us." After some
such conversation the children were led away to enjoy the presence of
Jesus in heaven or the glories of the golden streets of the Paradise
of God.
Lazarus could see the rich man in hell tormented in
flames, and the rich man could talk with Lazarus, but he could not cross
the gulf. When Christ reigns as King of Kings upon the earth the redeemed
nations will look upon the lost.38
One boy saw his grandmother in hell, whom he had tried
to win to Christ. She was once a sorceress and murderer who had withstood
the gospel she heard in her village and caused many to refuse the light.
Other children also had visions of relatives in hell. This tribal boy
who saw his grandmother in hell was the boy who saw his little sister
and his believing aunt in heaven.
There was no vision of any one in heaven or the name
of any one on the mansions by the golden streets who did not trust in
Jesus. Those in hell were all unbelievers. One night when the Lord spoke
through a small boy in wonderful prophecy, among the things he said
was, "There will be no one in heaven except those who believe the
gospel."
After the Lord had taken the boys and girls through
most wonderful and systematic lessons in the Holy Spirit they nearly
all came at last to
The Parting of the Roads.
In this vision, repeated until it seemed the impression
could never be forgotten, the one in vision seemed to be standing by
the cross at the parting of the two great roads. The one was the narrow
way of life that leads to heaven and glory; the other was the broad
way to hell and destruction.
Great, busy, hurrying multitudes—multitudes hustling
with business, carrying great loads of sin and rushing along with the
affairs of life—were passing by in endless streams and countless numbers.
The child was the preacher at the cross roads. Again we heard one side
of the conversation: "Hello! my friend! Please wait a minute; I
want to speak to you. Say, do not go down that broad road; it leads
to hell and ruin. I have been down that way and have seen hell for myself.
Stop here by the cross and let Jesus wash all your sins away. From the
Cross of Christ here you can start up this other road that will lead
you to heaven and everlasting life and joy. Oh! that fellow does not
believe it. There he goes on down the broad road. What a pity! I will
stop this other man and see if he will believe. Hey there! Just a minute!
Say, do not follow that crowd. They do not know where they are going.
That road leads to destruction; that is the road to the lake of fire.
Please don't go on. I came out here to stop as many of you as possible
and give you fair warning. Better turn aside here, let Jesus wash your
sins away, and go with us up the road to heaven where God is. Oh, there
he goes, too!
"Here is another. Wait a moment! Say, come out
of that crowd. Cannot you see there is no one traveling back this way?
They all go down that road; no one ever comes back. That is the broad
road to hell. Stop here by the cross, believe the gospel of salvation
through Jesus' blood, and you will be safe. There is no other road further
on. This is the only road to heaven. Turn in here or you will be lost
too.
"Oh, what a pity he does not believe me. There
he goes with the others."
Sometimes the youthful preacher would decide that
if no one believed him he would follow the willful crowd to see what
happened. When he arrived with the crowd at the brink of the lake of
fire in hell, we heard him say, "Look at that crowd falling into
hell! Not one escapes. Everyone goes in." Slowly drawing near the
edge of the pit and leaning over and looking down into the lake with
its suffering multitudes, the preacher said: "I can not help you
now. I told you all about this back there at 'the gospel cross roads,'
but you would not believe. No, you would not believe, even if I could
help you out. No, I am helpless now. If you had listened when I warned,
the Lord would have saved you; you came on and fell in because you would
not take advice. No, I can't. I am going back to the cross roads to
see if I can find some one who will listen, and stop a few at any cost."
He was occasionally successful in persuading one to
listen. Then he would say, "Now, you get down there at the foot
of the cross of Jesus and pray. Oh, you don't know how to pray? Well,
you say what I tell you. 'Jesus, I am a sinner! I was on my road to
hell. I am only fit for hell. The big load I carry is only sin. Forgive
my sins and teach me to live only for your glory. Amen'." There
was rejoicing then as the sinner was saved and started up the narrow
road, while the preacher went out to try to rescue another deluded traveler.
These visions, with some variations, were repeated
many times, making it clear that salvation was only by repentance and
belief in the blood of Christ, through the preaching of the gospel;
that the many were called; that few were saved; that the road to destruction
is broad and multitudes pass that way; that the way of life is narrow
and few there be that find it.39 It was made equally clear that the
Christian is to stand in the gap at the parting of the ways and persuade
and warn to the limit of his ability.
We have told how the boys, even the small boys, went
out at that time and preached on the streets with unction of the Holy
Spirit, sometimes under direct inspiration such as we had never before
witnessed. I will close this chapter with the story of
The University Student Who Went
by the Cross Roads.
Opposite our front gate lived a university student
who was to have graduated from the university that year. After moving
here I talked with him, asking him to come over and discuss the Bible
and Christianity in a friendly way. He came a few days, and I felt certain
he was convinced of the truth of what I said. The questions he raised
seemed to be answered to his full satisfaction.
Through him I managed to get a chance to talk with
some of the other university students during their vacation. I had been
going to their rooms ten days, when there came the mighty outpouring
of the Holy Spirit upon Adullam. The students were friendly, and I felt
that the student I have mentioned saw clearly the truth of the gospel.
I could see that, although he was polite, he was not disposed to accept
the truth and did not seem to like the friendly way the other students
responded to the Bible discussions.
One morning when one of our girls was out at our front
gate it happened that this young university student was out there too.
The girl began telling him he ought to be a Christian, in a simple way
urging him to believe in Jesus to save him from his sins, make him a
good man, save him from hell, and lead him to heaven.
"What's the use of my being a Christian ? I do
not need to be saved."
"You might die suddenly in your sins, and you
would go to hell."
"Who are you?" scoffed the student. "You
are a little snip of an ignorant girl, just a sort of useless beggar.
What do you suppose you are trying to do? You are trying to teach me
something when you are not worthy to even talk to me. I am a university
student. I am wise. I have read many books. I have been many years in
Peking. I can speak and read English as well as Chinese." He then
spat in her face and told her to mind her own business.
Two weeks later hearing a funeral commotion in the
front alley, I was surprised to learn that they were carrying this university
student to his burial; I had seen him on the street a few days before.
One of the boys said that as we were going out to preach, a few days
previous, he had offered this young man a tract, but he would not take
it.
I knew nothing of this conversation with the girl.
About a month later this girl was in a trance under the power of the
Spirit. After seeing visions of heaven and the glories of the redeemed
she stood still and bent over as though looking into hell. This is what
I heard: "Ah! There is hell. No, I cannot; I have no power to help
you now. You certainly are in an awful plight. It is you who are worse
than a beggar now, all dirty, all filthy, and suffering in the lake
of fire. In fact, you look worse now than any beggar I ever saw. I thought
you told me you were rich and that you had a great education. Where
is your education now? Well, I cannot help you now even if you do apologize.
That may be, but I have no power. No, only Jesus can save you, but when
I told you about Him you made fun of Him and cursed me.
"Look what we beggars who believe in Jesus have
received in heaven: all is joy, all is happiness; all is love in the
city of golden streets with its wonderful Paradise of God."
The Righteous Scarcely Saved
Then the girl seemed to be crossing the lake of fire
over a narrow bridge. We saw her walking as though she were walking
a rope, placing one foot carefully in front of the other while extending
her arm on either side until she recovered her balance. With a sigh
of relief she said, "My! this is dangerous! But the Lord will help
me. I will get across to the other side." Then she carefully brought
the other foot forward and nearly lost her balance again. She praised
the Lord until she recovered her balance and proceeded as before. In
this way having crossed the room, she seemed to be safely in heaven,
past every danger of ever falling into the lake of fire.
Whatever the effect of relating these visions may
have on others, these things have taught us in Adullam to believe more
assuredly than ever in the reality of heaven and the Kingdom of God
and the reality of hell and the Kingdom of the devil. More positively
than ever do we assert that the way through this life that leads over
the dangers of the lake of fire, the way that "over-comers"
must travel, is like walking a rope which must be traveled step by step
with fear and trembling.40 Only the Lord Jesus can sustain us in the
balance so that we may not topple in to the right, or escaping that,
fall to the left. We are surer than ever that God means for us to stand
by the cross at the cross roads to point sinners to the narrow, little-traveled
road that starts at the cross and leads by it on up to heaven and the
life the Lord has prepared for them who love Him. How can any be saved
without this salvation; how can any escape who neglect this salvation? "For
if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression
and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; how shall we
escape, if we neglect so great a salvation" (Heb. 2 :2, 3)?
CHAPTER 8 END OF THIS AGE AND THE RETURN
OF CHRIST
During the mighty out pouring of the Holy Spirit,
by vision and prophecy we were repeatedly warned that the end of the
present age and the return of our Lord is at hand.
The Holy Spirit made this great climax at the consummation
of the present age so vivid and real that no doubt was left in any of
our minds that the Lord God was bringing last and supremely important
messages to his people.
The Scripture teaches that the present age will end
in the greatest tribulation the world has ever seen and that immediately
after that tribulation the Lord will return to destroy the wicked and
reward the righteous.41
The Scriptures also teach that this age will reach
its climax at its "end" in the harvest when the tares will
have reached full fruition and when the wheat will have passed from
the leaf and the blade to the full grain in the ear. When both the wheat
and the tares are ripe the angels will come with the Lord to gather
the harvest and to separate the wheat from the tares. In other words,
when the Kingdom of the devil is at its worst and the Kingdom of God
on earth is at its best, in its purest form the evil ripe and the good
ripe—then will come the harvest.42 The Bible further teaches that evil
will reach its climax in the incarnation of the devil in control of
a demon-deceived and tormented world and that this devil-possessed world
ruler, the super-man, will be destroyed by the Lord at his coming.43
There may be those who take exception to the above
remarks, but, without detailed discussion of these matters, I will relate,
as best I can, the visions and revelations given Adullam children, who
knew little or nothing of the theology involved.
Pestilence and Wars
Time after time they spoke in prophecy, saying that
a time of famine, pestilence, war, and desolation is coming and that
it will be attended with persecution of the people of God, whom He will
especially equip and protect in this crisis.
One boy saw our school teacher trying to buy a measure
of rice. So great a crowd surrounded the granary that the teacher could
only hope for success in making his purchase by pushing with the crowd.
Only one measure of rice could be bought by each man.44
In vision one ignorant, uneducated boy was transported
to our civilized lands and saw the peoples getting ready for war, making
bombs, cannon, and implements of destruction.
The coming of the devil and his incarnation in the
Antichrist was prophesied many times, as well as seen in vision.
Visions of the Devil and Antichrist
The children saw the dragon, the devil with seven
heads. One boy saw angels fighting with him and seven of his angels.
The devil and his angels were overcome and flung out of heaven to earth.45
Adullam boys saw the super-man the world is wishing
for, the great subject of worship that Buddhism, Theosophy, Mohammedanism
and other religions expect. In him they saw the devil incarnated as
a handsome, strong man in the beauty and strength of young manhood.
They also had visions of the image that in due season
this God-defying Antichrist will erect according to prophecy as an object
of worship, the image that will be able to speak and to deceive the
world.46 I asked how they knew this handsome man of power was the Antichrist.
They said that a host of demons followed him everywhere, obeyed his
every command, advanced at his word, and halted at his order.
This Antichrist was also seen upon a plain as a beast
with seven heads. Again I asked how they knew this was the Antichrist,
and the children said the angels told them. I have already explained
that, as to John, these revelations were given through angels when the
children were "in the Spirit" in a trance and that, like him,
they carried on conversation with the angels and by these heavenly messengers
were told the mystery of many things they did not understand themselves.
The Saints Under Persecution
During the reign of this super-man in his God-defying
power the saints of God were standing true and bearing faithful testimony
in spite of every hardship and every danger. They saw the two witnesses
in Jerusalem, and they saw the saints, as well as these two, endued
with mighty supernatural power to fight with and to resist the power
of darkness in that awful time, the like of which has never been upon
the earth—the time when the devil and all his angels and demons will
be turned loose upon the earth, having great wrath, knowing their time
is short. During this time, when no one but a true Spirit-filled saint
could stand for a day against such Satanic power and supernatural Satanic
miracles and manifestations, the children saw the saints filled with
the still greater supernatural power of their God, the Spirit of him,
who is greater than "he that is in the world." They had visions
of preaching the gospel in the midst of great persecution; but they
were given such power that by a word from them, enemies smitten by plagues47
or death. This power seemed to issue from within and came out of their
mouths; with it they rebuked and slew their enemies. They were exercising
the power the Lord had promised his disciples, power to do the works
He did and greater works.48 In some cases, after giving a testimony
in a town that rejected them and having left it a distance, fire from
heaven descended and destroyed the wicked place, even as Sodom and Gomorrah
were swept away. When persecution was bitter they were some times caught
away bodily by the Holy Spirit as was Philip49 and as the prophets supposed
Elijah had been (II Kings 2:16). They were thus by the Spirit carried
away to a place of safety. In time of hunger and need food was miraculously
provided—manna, fruit, and other food. Angels ministered. Strength and
boldness were given to bear a fearless testimony. The Christians had
power to speak with tongues in the languages of strange and unevangelized
tribes. When in vision the boys or girls were thus preaching in the
Spirit we ourselves could see how this might be true, for while one
speaker preached to the people of a strange language whom he saw before
him, another interpreted for him (I Cor. 14:28). Both spoke in other
tongues. One spoke a few sentences, then the other interpreted. They
were preaching to some of those of every tribe and language.
John saw an angel flying in heaven with the everlasting
gospel to be preached to all tribes and tongues, just before the fall
of Babylon the Great.50 He also saw a great multitude no man could number,
people of every tribe and language, who had washed their robes in the
blood of the Lamb and had come out of Great Tribulation.51 Must it not
be in accord with the Scripture that, as the children saw in these visions,
the gospel will be preached again under angelic ministration in the
miraculous power of the Holy Spirit in a supernatural way, far exceeding
that of the early Church in the days of its persecution? May it not
be that the harvest outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the latter rain,
will far exceed the seed-time outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the former
rain, the outpouring on the Day of Pentecost?
The Final World War
At the conclusion of the final testimony of the most
perfect and supernatural church the world has ever seen, in the midst
of the greatest persecution by the greatest concentration of Satanic
demonical power and devil-controlled human power that any age on earth
has ever experienced, the Adullam children saw the Antichrist, the devil-
man, the super-man world leader, marshalling his forces for the final
world war of the age.
They also saw the war in the spirit realm. In this
they saw a man on a white horse, leading his army of angels dressed
in white.52 They also saw a rider on a red horse, the rider dressed
in beautiful dark colored array and followed by his host of demons in
black.
Some visions of the war on earth were also seen. Children
saw battleships destroyed by bombs thrown from airplanes, and they saw
the ships with all aboard enter their watery grave to be seen no more.
Armies were seen gathered from all the earth, engaged in the great and
terrible struggle. The children watched the awful battle. Poison gas
and deadly instruments of war slew their victims in countless numbers.
At first the dead were buried, but later the slain, being so many they
could not be taken care of, were piled in heaps or left to decay as
manure upon the face of the earth, as the prophet has foretold.53
In the midst of all these things everything was interrupted
by
The Sudden Return of Christ.
The sun became dark and the moon red like blood.54
The stars fell in showers. The heavens shook and seemed to roll together
as a scroll. There was a great earthquake that rent the earth asunder.
Great crevices opened and people were swallowed alive. Buildings were
shaken down, collapsing like children's toy houses, killing and burying
the inmates. While these things in heaven and earth were taking place
the Lord appeared in the heavens. Old and young, rich and poor were
overcome with deadly fear. They fled in every direction in wild confusion.
Men fled from their shops empty handed, without a thought of their valuables
that a few moments before had seemed of great importance. Families rushed
from their homes without even a glance back upon the luxuries that had
been their life passion. In one moment all men became one in purpose;
they had only one desire; they sought only one thing. That one desire
was to flee from the face of the returning Judge; they sought only a
place of refuge to hide from the visible King of Kings. Some who were
not killed by falling houses or who did not tumble into the opened earth
tried to flee to the mountains for safety; some leaped into the rivers
and perished; some slew themselves with their own weapons.
Everywhere was wailing and shrieking. Everywhere was
riot and terror. Anything to escape from the wrath of the Lamb, for
the great day of His wrath was come.
After this there were visions of
The Great Supper of God,
where the beasts and birds were bidden to eat the
unburied dead that lay scattered over the ruined earth. Dogs and wild
animals were seen feeding on the carcasses of men. Birds and scavengers
of the air joined in this supper prepared by God.
While the boys were witnessing this great feast we
could hear their remarks and see their movements as the scene was described
and acted out before us. One would say, "Look at that eagle eating
that rich fellow. See it picking his fancy clothes from his body. Look
at that! It has taken a piece of his flesh and flown away.''55
Another said, "O, look over there; a vulture
and a crow both eating at that man. The vulture has the most courage.
He just picks and picks away, gorging himself, never taking time to
look up, but the crow is afraid; he takes a bit and looks around to
see if he is in danger. 'Ai ya,' do you see that? Look at the birds
standing on that well dressed fellow and digging into him." Then
the boys suddenly with one accord wheeled around with their backs toward
the repellent scene, while their remarks, as well as their motions,
made it clear enough the sort of abhorring scenes that will characterize
the final feast of the earth. Here will be the rich and mighty, the
captains of the earth, the captains of industry, the captains of wealth,
the captains of war, and the captains of all Christ-rejecting enterprises
and religions. They will not be there as honored guests, but as the
food for the scavengers of the earth over which they have lived in selfish
luxury.
Thus the Adullam children have already seen and described
in terrible reality the culminating scenes of our boasted material civilization.
They have seen the fruit of godless sowing and the answer to the question
of our Lord, "What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world
and lose his own soul?" The Word of God says, "All the nations
that forget God shall be turned into hell." These simple children
believe without a doubt, because they have been shown by God and the
angels what is also written in the Word of the Lord, that the climax
and consummation of the present world with its human systems of education
and its boasted organization and wealth will be "the great supper
of God," where the flesh of the dead will be more of a prize than
will be the splendor and culture that is now the pride of the living.
The Antichrist Bound and the
Devil Cast into the Pit
The children saw the Lord and his angels bind the
Antichrist hand and foot, preparatory to casting him alive into hell.56
There were visions also of the devil taken alive to
the mouth of the pit; a box-like lid was lifted up, and he was cast
down into the black well-like shaft of the abyss; the lid was shut down,
and the Lord locked it with a great key.57
The Descent of the Lord and the
Last Trumpet
We have written of the visions of the return of Christ
as related to the wicked. There were equally clear visions relating
to the saints. Adullam saw the heavens open and the Lord descend in
glory attended by His angels. On either side and following the Lord
was this great army of attendants in white. Those in front blew beautiful
trumpets as with the blast of trumpets the Lord and His army descended
in perfect order, every one keeping in his proper place and rank. As
the Lord thus descended toward the earth there were wonderful visions
of the
Resurrection and Rapture of the
Saints.
Graves burst open as from an explosion. Bodies came
out of the graves and were suddenly clothed upon by the heavenly tabernacle
of the resurrection glory life. In some cases bones were seen to come
together as the children expressed it in Chinese idiom: "one bone
from the east and one from the west." These scattered bones, having
become clothed with flesh and transformed into the resurrection body,
were caught up to meet the Lord in the air.58 One boy saw a funeral
procession where a Christian was being carried to his burial. On the
way to the burial ground the trumpet sounded, the Lord descended, the
coffin opened, the dead sat up, arose transformed, and ascended into
the air.
I have already told how our children had visions of
some of our Adullam people already dead and now in heaven, clothed in
white and enjoying Paradise and of their seeing the saints of old clothed
in white. The Scripture teaches that between death and the resurrection
the saints have spiritual bodies and that the saints are clothed in
white before the time of the resurrection.59 When I cross-questioned
the children as to how they knew whether the saints they saw in heaven
had been resurrected or not, they said they did not know until the angels
told them that they saw only the souls of the saints and that their
bodies had not been resurrected. I questioned and cross-questioned in
some of these matters and always got a uniform testimony: the children
always saw the saints in white; the saints never had wings; all of the
angels had wings; there was no difficulty in distinguishing between
saints and angels.
In summary, then, Adullam saw the saints in white
now in heaven, with access to Paradise, and enjoying the fellowship
of Christ and the angels; they saw the descent of the Lord with "all
his holy ones"—all his angels—at the sounding of the last trumpet;
they saw the resurrection and transformation of the bodies of the saints
and their ascent into the air. They also saw
The Marriage Supper of the Lamb.60
Great tables were spread in Paradise in the midst
of its magnificent trees, its wonderful flowers with enchanting fragrance,
its glorious birds of every plumage that sang their carols of praise,
where all redeemed animal and vegetable creation was one harmonious,
spirit-filled, God-praising whole. Here, then, in this indescribable
Paradise of God in open spaces were spread the tables for the great
Marriage Supper. Angels and the glorified saints skipped about everywhere
playing harps, blowing trumpets, singing, and praising the Lord. Some
of the children acted out these scenes before us. They hurried to their
jewel bedecked home to get their harp or trumpet and joined the spirit
inspired music of the greatest of all festival scenes, the climax of
all the hopes of the ages. Great companies sang, and danced, and praised
the King. Others hurried about preparing the tables or the seats and
carrying the golden dishes of food.
There was abundance of food, everything having flavor
of its own, exceeding anything that could be imagined.
When all was ready, the call was sent forth and the
saints of all past ages gathered around the tables to celebrate the
wedding of the King's Great Son. The consummation of all their hopes,
the realization of all highest joy in heaven itself, came to its highest
point when the harlot, the beggar, the sinner, and the one-time off-scourings
of the earth came from the east and the west and sat down with Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob at this festal table in the Kingdom of God.61 As all
arose and expectantly reached its greatest height, the Son Himself came
in and sat down at the tables surrounded by his blood bought and white-robe
clad bride the redeemed of every nation, and tribe, and tongue and drank
with them the fruit of the vine.62
Adullam saw
The Books Opened and the Day
of Judgment.
They saw the books in which the deeds of men are recorded
and saw the Judge upon the throne before whom all men were judged out
of the books. The righteous were set apart to stand in one great company
on the one side, while those whose names were not in the book of life
were gathered into another great company to stand on the other side.
The one company was separated to enter the Kingdom of God and the life
of the ages; the other group was doomed to go into the fire prepared
for the devil and his angels.63
A few were privileged to have visions of
The New Heaven and the New Earth.
The New Heaven was so filled with Shekina glory that
the children could not carefully look into it.
The New Jerusalem, the city four-square, occupied
the central position in the New Earth. They saw the celestial city with
its Paradise as it is now, but descended upon the New Earth. The whole
New Earth was much like the Paradise that is now and will then still
be in the city of God, the Bride of the Lamb.64 It was the earth God
wanted for His children, more than restored by Him who is more than
Conqueror. It was the New Heaven and the New Earth that had passed through
the new birth65 and that will never pass away, the earth where God will
again pitch his tent with men, where he will forever be called their
God and they shall all and always be His Children. Amen.
In fulfillment of the Scripture that "in the
last days. .. your sons . . . shall prophesy" (Acts 2 :17), one
of the little ten-year-old beggar sons of China was used as the mouth-piece
of the Lord to bring us a message by direct inspiration.
A few months previous this boy, ragged and dirty—in
fact, more nearly clothed with filth than with garments—came to our
door with his two companions to ask if he might come in. When bathed
and dressed, the boy looked like a guileless little fellow, and such
he proved to be. He at once took every Bible story and sermon to heart.
He soon learned to pray, and we could hear him praying in bed very earnestly
every night. When the Holy Spirit fell upon us this boy was among the
first to receive the baptism of the Spirit, speaking with other tongues
as on the Day of Pentecost.
As surely as ever God spoke in the past, when men
were moved upon by the Holy Spirit, so that Scripture was inspired of
God and prophets declared their message to be "Thus saith the Lord"
with such assurance that they were ready to back their convictions with
their lives, even so surely the living God still reigns and speaks to
the children of men by direct prophecy, when the circumstances demand
it, and faith and other conditions are according to His divine will.
One night the power of the Lord was present in an
unusual manner. Heaven seemed not far away. Then it was that our one-time,
little, friendless beggar-boy seemed to leave this filthy earth and
to be caught up to heaven. Ushered into the presence of the Lord Jesus,
he fell prostrate at His feet in humble adoration and worship. As a
matter- of-fact, the boy lay prostrate in the middle of the room surrounded
by his companions, who sat about him on the floor, listening intently
to a message that came through him from the Lord. Such gripping, heart-searching
words I have never heard. While the boy sobbed and wept with deepest
grief the message was given, a sentence or two at a time, in a clear
strong voice. The language came in rhythm; the choice of words was the
simplest and purest. The intonation of the voice, the choice of language,
the penetrating power of every word was such that no person who heard
could ever doubt that this little simple minded Samuel was speaking
by direct supernatural inspiration from God.
Prostrated in vision at the feet of the Lord, the
boy said, "Lord Jesus, I am not worthy to be here or to be saved
at all. I am only a little street beggar." Then Jesus addressed
the boy. The boy did not know it at the time, but the Lord actually
spoke through the boy as a mouth piece, using the first person and addressing
us and the children sitting about him. Here is the "Thus saith
the Lord" that we wish might grip your hearts as it still grips
our own.
The Message from Christ
"I weep tonight. I am heart-broken.
I am in deep sorrow because those who believe in me are so very few.
I planned and prepared heaven for every one, having made room for all
the people in all the world. I made the New Jerusalem in three great
cities, one above the other, with plenty of space for all men. But men
will not believe me. Those who believe are so very few. I am sad, so
very sad. (This message was given between heart-rending sobs and floods
of tears from the boy.) Since men will not believe me, I must destroy
the wicked earth. I planned to visit it with three great calamities,
but it is so wicked that I have added a fourth. "If you have any friends, tell
them to repent quickly; persuade all men as rapidly as possible to believe
the gospel; but if people will not listen and will not accept your message
the responsibility will not be upon you.
"Get the baptism of the Holy
Spirit. If you will tarry and believe, I will baptize you. The devil
deceives you by making you think you will not receive the baptism, but
wait and seek and I will baptize you, and give you power to cast out
devils and to heal the sick. Those who receive the seal of the Holy
Spirit are to preach and testify, and I will be with you to help and
protect you in times of danger.
"If you think perhaps you will
not get to heaven, that thought is of the devil. I will not destroy
my own children; I will protect and save every one; not one of mine
will perish. I will overcome. Pray for Mr. and Mrs. Baker and I will
give them power to cast out devils and to heal the sick. The children
in the home should obey. Do not fight. Do not lie. Live at peace. When
you pray, pray from the heart. Do not let your love grow cold. "Tell
other churches they, too, should seek the Holy Spirit. All churches
must press forward.
"The devil is coming to earth
in a few years, and there will be great tribulation. Do not worry; I
will protect and care for you.
"People everywhere will gather
together and fight in one place, after which I will come to punish the
earth. You must not fear, for those who believe in me will be caught
up to blow trumpets and to play harps.
"I will destroy two of every
three. When I come everything must obey my voice
(Chinese, "Yang yang du yao ting
o dy hwa"). Houses
will tumble down; mountains will fall; trees will be destroyed. There
will be utter destruction where I will not leave one blade of grass
(Chinese, "Ih gen
tsao du buh liu".)
Those who worship idols will perish. All sorcerers and spiritist mediums
shall be cast into hell. Only those who believe the gospel will be saved."
Thus hath the Lord spoken to Adullam and, we believe,
to all to whom we may be able to pass this message of prophecy. This
message from our risen Lord was given in Chinese as above recorded,
the sentences spoken slowly and distinctly with pauses between. I wrote
them as they were given, often repeated a time or two so there could
be no mistake on the part of the hearers; there was ample time to record
without mistake every word the Lord spoke through this little inspired
prophet of His choice.
The message complete, the little boy arose and told
us he had been at the feet of Jesus. He did not know that the Lord had
spoken through him as well as to him in the first person. He repeated
the prophecy, saying, "Jesus said that, Jesus said this,"
etc.
This prophecy already heard, already written, and
then again repeated from the little prophet's memory item by item, made
it easy to see how in days of old the prophets spoke as moved by God,
how a scribe might record every word as it came from the lips of the
prophet, or how the prophet himself could record his own messages, truly
saying, "thus saith the Lord."
In days of old, when religious and worldly men had
departed from a simple faith in a personal living God who spoke to men
and when their unbelief and wickedness was such that "in those
days there was no open vision" (I Sam 3), God found a pure-minded
little Samuel and spoke to him in an audible voice a message that was
fulfilled to the very letter. Accordingly, we believe that God who is
still the same living God that has spoken to and through others in the
past has, in this day of wickedness and unbelief, given to us through
our little Chinese Samuel a "Thus saith the Lord" that will
shortly come to pass, a message to be heeded to our eternal joy or neglected
to eternal sorrow.
Through this outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon these
Chinese children much light was thrown upon the writing of the Word
of God.
Prophecy Fulfilled
Such an outpouring of the Spirit, attended with such
supernatural manifestations, is in itself a testimony that the Bible
was written by God. He alone knows the future. Fulfilled prophecy was,
in the mind of Christ and the apostles, sufficient proof of the hand
of God in the writing of the Scriptures.
In what we have recorded about this outpouring of
the Holy Spirit upon these children ten prophecies of the Scriptures
were fulfilled: (1) such a baptism was prophesied for believers
of the present age; (2) it was to be accompanied by speaking in
unknown languages and by (3) prophesying as the Spirit gave utterance.
(4) In fulfillment of prophecy these children were shown "the
things of Christ." (5) The reality of "things to come"
was also shown them. (6) True to prophecy, they were "born
again" of the Holy Spirit, receiving the witness in their hearts
crying, "Abba Father." (7) The visions seen by these children
fulfilled the written Word that in the last days "young men shall
see visions." (8) Demons were cast out, and (9) the sick
were miraculously healed, just as the Bible said they might be, by the
power of the Holy Spirit. (10) A miraculous change took place so
that things once loved were hated and things once hated were loved.
The Ignorant Confound the Wise
It is to be recalled that, according to the Bible,
the revelations of God and the writings of the Scriptures are independent
of natural ability or of acquired education. An uneducated Amos, or
Peter, or John, inspired by God, wrote more profoundly than the wisest
of this world.
In what the Lord has done and revealed to these despised
and outcast beggar boys and girls can we not see a proof of the Word
of God? While "not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty"
follow the old-fashioned, narrow way of simple faith in God, He still
can and does choose these "that are despised," even these
simple Chinese children of the streets and gutters, to "bring to
naught the things that are" supposed to be so learned and wise,
in this age of godless reason and worldly knowledge.
While the wise of this learned (?), proud, and stiff
necked generation that resists the simple Word go on groping around
in the darkness of their own self-sufficient delusions, it must be true
in this day, as in the past, that in the midst of so much confusing
of man's wisdom, Jesus can still say, "I thank Thee, O Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou didst hide these things from the
wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes" (Matt.
11 :25).
As a whole, the educated and the rulers of the days
of Christ did not understand His miraculous works and life, or "they
would not have crucified the Lord of Glory" (I Cor. 2:8). The rulers
and the educated of the days of the apostles did not understand the
miraculous working of Almighty God through simple men endued with the
power of the Holy Spirit, or they would not have killed the Spirit-filled
saints of the early Church. The profound revelations to these Chinese
children "not having learned" in the schools of worldly letters
is a corroboration of the written word of God that it came, as it claims
to have come, through open hearted men independent of natural ability
or acquired education.
Eye Witnesses of Past Bible Events
Some clear light was thrown on the way Bible writers
might have had an eye-witness knowledge of events already past. One
of our naturally most ignorant and untalented boys was, on more than
one occasion when "in the Spirit," an eye witness of the principal
historical events of the Old and New Testaments. He saw the plagues
of Egypt: the frogs in the King's palace, the flies in Pharaoh's food,
the locusts, the eldest son dead with the whole family in consternation.
He also saw Elijah and Elisha cross the Jordan, the chariots of fire,
and Elijah's ascension. Daniel was seen in the lion's den with his angel
guard, and other Old Testament events were likewise seen.
This boy was also given visions of the miracles of
Christ. He saw the temptations of the Lord. The devil in the form of
a handsome young man led the Lord to a high mountain and in vision showed
Him the Kingdoms of the world. Angels followed Jesus where ever He went.
There were visions of Christ walking on the water, healing the sick,
and opening the eyes of the blind. This boy and others saw the passion
of the Lord Jesus, His resurrection, and His ascension.
At first I wondered at these visions of past events.
I then remembered that with God there is no "past," "present,"
and "future." He is the Great I AM. All things are alike present
with Him. Since the Holy Spirit is His Spirit, by visions and His revelations
of the Spirit, "past," "present," and "future"
may, in God's economy, be made "present" to any individual
to whom the Lord chooses to make such revelations.
These revelations of the past to Adullam corroborate
the inspiration of the Bible. It was easy for God to take Moses and
others by visions through events already past or through future events
as an eye witness sees present events and for them to be able to record
the past, the present, and the future in the one and only Book that
records the end from the beginning and the beginning from the end.
Recording Revelations from God
The Holy Spirit showed us by illustration how some
parts of the Bible became divine records of supernatural revelations.
When the children were "in the Spirit," de scribing scenes
they were seeing in vision, the Spirit caused one boy, who was also
in a trance lost "in the Spirit," to sit down and go through
the motions of writing item by item what the others were seeing and
describing. Thus anyone should be able to see how easy it was for God
to write a Bible. One could record what another saw and described.
If God can now take an ignorant, illiterate beggar
boy from a dirty Chinese street, or a half wild little tribes boy from
a remote mountain solitude, can fill him with the Holy Spirit, and have
him "in the Spirit" escorted by angels see as an eye witness
the things beyond the veil—things of the present, things of the past,
things to come––has it not always been just as easy for God by visions
to reveal everything that is written in the Bible to any vessel of His
choosing and have a Barak sit by his side to write just what was seen
and revealed, recording word for word any and every prophecy just as
it came from the Lord God?
If our boys can be caught into the presence of the
Lord and come back saying, "The Lord said," could not prophets
of old even record their own prophecy or visions and say with absolute
truth, "Thus saith the Lord?"
How God, with whom past, present, and future is all
the same, can reveal past, present, and future events as present events,
I do not know. The Bible says he can. The Bible says He did. Adullam
knows He still does.
If men ever spoke in prophecy as they were moved by
the Holy Spirit, if men were ever "in the Spirit on the Lord's
Day" and caught up to heaven, if men were ever given visions "in
the year King Uzziah died," they can still be moved upon by the
Holy Spirit and prophesy. They can still be caught away "in the
Spirit" and see the unseen worlds beyond the veil. They can still
see visions any number of years after King Uzziah died.
The same God is still on the same throne, reigning
over the same world, dealing with the same kind of evil hearts, through
the same sort of men, with the same kind of dispositions and passions
Elijah had.
Since God does now in this day reveal Himself through
prophecy, vision, and revelations—as He is revealing Himself all around
the world—he has, therefore, revealed Himself just as the Bible says
He did in days of old to the prophets and saints.
In this wicked age, in the midst of this present unbelieving,
perverse generation, the Lord can and will prove that what He has written
in the Bible is the word of the living God. He can and does move in
the midst of a believing people in supernatural ways through gifts of
the Holy Spirit, confirming the word with signs following (Mark 16 :1520)
.
In view of what we have written, it is clear enough
that the Lord has used every means that is necessary to assure us that
in the Bible we have "the sure word of prophecy" to which
we should take heed.
It has also been made clear enough that the great
purpose of that former word of prophecy and the present day visions
and prophecy in our midst is that we may know as a certainty that there
is a wonderful homeland just beyond the veil. No "stranger,"
no "pilgrim" is ever satisfied. The satisfying portion is
at the end of the journey.
It may be that as the journey leads over difficult
pathways and exhausting mountains the pilgrim becomes so wearied with
his heavy burdens that he can scarcely hear the singing of the birds,
sense refreshment from the way side flowers, or find any great happiness
in the fellowship of his fellow pilgrims. But it will not be so at the
end of the way.
The stooped and wearied bodies of life's pilgrims
will be renewed by a bath in the fountain of youth when they reach their
home in the homeland. "In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye
we shall be changed." "This corruptible will put on incorruption."
Old age will vanish. There are no old men in heaven, no faltering steps
of the aged. No dimmed sight, no deafened hearing, no crippled body
encumbers any of the people in the whole of that bright city.
There is a city that never gets dark, nor does it
need the sun by day or the moon by night. Its golden streets require
no sweeping. Its jewel-bedecked dwellings need no repair. There is a
city that has no doctor signs, no diseased and disabled, no sickness
or sorrow; a city with no crepe on its golden doors, no funeral processions
on its golden streets; a city where melancholy and all mourning is done
away; a city where all death has been swallowed up by life and that
more abundantly; a city of pure unbounded joy. There is a land of unclouded
day where storm clouds never rise. In that happy land there is no bread
line or struggle for survival. There is no selfish competition. There
is no self-seeking to engender unloving suspicion. No one is anxious
as to what he shall eat or what he shall wear. The garments of white
will never grow threadbare. The trees with the fruits of life will never
be barren.
The water of life will never run dry, and whosoever
will may drink.
All the joy and enthusiasm of the most joyful youth
is the inheritance of everybody in heaven. But in our most happy days
we are still in a vessel of clay. In our highest moments we sense a
still greater joy and a happiness almost within the reach of our hands,
but ere it can be taken we are dragged away by the weight of the clay.
Children frolic and play. They run, and roll, and they leap for joy.
They sing and they shout. At times their joy and happiness seem complete. "Of
such is the Kingdom of heaven." But the highest exuberant joys
and the most ecstatic thrills of bliss of the happiest youth on earth
are to be superseded by the greater joy that is "unspeakable"
when this body of hindering clay has been replaced by the body that
is real.
In the New Jerusalem everybody is "in love."
Every body is in love with everybody else. Being "in love"
on earth is as nothing compared with being "in love" in the
land of glory. Not a flaw, not an imperfection, not an unlovely trait
will detract from being perfectly and altogether "in love"
with everybody.
On earth in our encumbrance of this depraved tabernacle
there is a song in the soul. In its struggle for expression there are
times it seems to break out of its restraint for a second, but as quickly
the perfect chord is lost. When God made man He put music in his soul.
But the discords of the mud have spoiled the harmony. The lost chord
will never be found until it is found in heaven when we are clothed
upon with the tabernacle that is from above. The finest, the sweetest,
the most perfect music on earth is but a seeking for the lost chords
and harmonies the redeemed and the angels sing in heaven. The finest
instruments of music that have been made on earth, from the days when
the sons of Adam began to "handle the harp and pipe" until
the present day, are as mere imitations of the trumpets, the harps,
and the instruments upon which "the lost chords" are restored
in the golden city and upon which all the music of the liberated soul
can find its fullest expression.
Much of the music and the rhythm the Father placed
in the souls of His children has since been turned by the devil into
evil channels for pleasures of the lusts of the perverted flesh. From
the wildest barbarians in the mountain fastness to the pleasure intoxicated
wild men of the fashionable ball, men dance in musical rhythm to find
sensual pleasure that is of the lusts of the flesh. In heaven, to the
tune of music that is holy and pure, the redeemed and the angels dance
in "joy" that is beyond all earthly or natural "pleasure"
in the rhythm to which the stars are swinging and singing in their orbits.
There is a park in the city, an Eden "park of
pleasure and fruits." Here, where the unreal has been replaced
by the real, in all God's animal and plant creation there is nothing
that hurts or destroys in all the holy mount.
On earth we see little and understand less—of the
beauties of God's creation. The dirt and the dust of the earth have
clouded the windows of our soul. We scarcely see through the glass even
darkly. When God has brushed away the encumbrances and opened the eyes
of the soul, for the first time will we really look upon and appreciate
the glories of God's wonderful creation. All this will we do in the
Eden over there.
There is a park where the birds of all plumes are
ever singing; there is a land where every ear will be tuned to hear
their soul-stirring anthems; there is a land where flowers of every
hue are ever blooming; there is a land where every eye will be opened
to see them in their beauty; there is a land where the fragrance of
the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valley mingle with a thousand
perfumes that over our world have never blown.
Sometimes we seem to see the light of the city beyond
the sky, but our vision is lost in the blur of imperfect sight. Sometimes
we seem to hear the enchanting music of a different sphere, but the
strain is lost in the discord of sounds that are nearer. Sometimes we
seem to sense an upward pull away from all that is enslaving, but the
attraction of earth holds our feet like stocks in the fetters that are
earthly. Sometimes the soul would fly to "the land that is fairer
than day," but it falls back in disappointment because of its broken
wings.
He who declares his freedom to walk alone to the city
of freedom finds his pathway hopelessly blocked by the things of this
world, the flesh, and the devil with no power in himself to overcome.
There is only one way. Christ is the way. "No
one cometh unto the Father but by me."
Man is not the way, man can never make a way, nor
does man ever know the way to the golden city. The city and the way
to the city are altogether revelations from above.
Christ, who is the way, is not from below. He is from
above. It is "He that descended out of heaven, even the Son of
man who is in heaven," who is "the Great God our Savior Jesus
Christ."66
Man does not travel toward the happy city of pure
delight. He travels away from it. The longer he walks the farther he
gets away from this heavenly city. Children belong to the Kingdom of
God. They play and frolic at the gates of the city. When they begin
to walk alone they always walk away from the city, away from this happy
Eden home. The farther they wander and the more they reason — whether
they walk alone or follow the crowd—the farther they get from the city,
until its light is but dimly seen or lost forever. The only way to reach
the city is to turn back. "Except ye turn, and become as little
children, ye shall in no wise enter the Kingdom of Heaven!''67 But the
farther man walks alone, the older he gets, the richer he becomes; the
more he studies with his natural mind, the more he passes turnstiles
in his self-conceited course until, at last, the farther turnstiles
refuse to move, that should turn him back to a simple faith. He finds
no way of returning to a heart like "a little child."
"The world through its wisdom knew not God."68
Man by study will never find God. The man who trusts the workings of
his own mind or the minds of other men will never see the city of God.
Man on the merits of his character will never walk
the golden streets. What a man is, what a man does, or how a man lives
has nothing to do with his salvation. On the basis of how "good"
he is, the best man on earth has no more hope of heaven than the worst
man on earth. Man who trusts in his own character, his own moral goodness,
is only a modern Pharisee with eyes blinded to the truth. The publican,
the drunkard, the harlot will enter the city of God, while that “good”
man will be cast into outer darkness where is weeping and gnashing of
teeth.
"By grace" we are saved, "apart from
works." Salvation is something God gives. It is not something man
is or is not. Salvation is from above. It is not from below, or from
within, or from among men.
That which is born from below is flesh and born by
the will of man. Those born from below, no matter how wise or good or
bad they may become, must be born again from above. They become the
children of God "who were born not of blood, nor of the will of
the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.''69 "Except one
be born anew he cannot see the kingdom of God."70 This birth, that
every accountable man must have who will ever see God or sing the songs
of the redeemed in the city beyond the sky, is a supernatural birth.
It is altogether from above. Joining Church, singing hymns, reading
or saying prayers, working in or for the church, preaching from the
pulpit, or giving all one's body to be burned has nothing whatever to
do with the new birth. The new birth is something that God gives by
grace regardless of works.
The finest pulpit orator, the most formal churchman,
the most protesting protestant has no more hope of heaven than the most
reckless sinner, unless he be born again.
How to Find The Way Back Home
The Lord was so anxious to have me return that He
made the way simple and plain. I was a sinner living selfishly and not
alone for the glory of God. I had turned to my own way. "All have
sinned and fallen short of the glory of God."71 "There is
none righteous—no not one." "They have all turned aside."72
I was among the number.
Jesus came from heaven to save "sinners,"
not "righteous people" with good characters. Thus I had my
chance. I should have suffered the penalty of my sin, but Christ loved
me and died in my stead. He bore my "sins in his body upon the
tree."73 Christ died on the Cross the Sinless One instead of the
sinner. He "who knew no sin" died in my place on the cross
where I should have died. I, the sinning Barabbas, the punishment deserving
sinner, was set absolutely and unconditionally free. "He who knew
no sin was made sin in our be half.''74 God punished Jesus, so He will
not punish me. Because He forsook Jesus He will not forsake me. All
I had to be was to be a sinner. All I had to do was to do nothing. I
simply believed that Jesus did it all. He that believeth hath eternal
life."75 "He that believeth hath passed out of death into
life."76 To them that believe he gives "the right to be come
sons of God."77 Having believed that Jesus did what He said He
did and having accepted Him as my substitute and as my sin-bearer, He
I accepted me as His child. I He sent His Holy Spirit into my heart,
so that I was born from above. The Holy Spirit in my heart bore witness,
crying, "Abba, Father."78 Before that, I had worked. Now God
worked in me to will and do His good will. The things I once loved I
now hated, and the things I once hated I now loved. Now the more I try
to be good the worse it goes. The more I believe God works in me and
for me the better it goes. The Lord has shown me the light of the city
ahead. "I know Him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that
He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that
day.''79 I shall surely enter by the gates into the city to share the
joys of those who overcome by simple faith because of the blood of the
Lamb.
Christ finished salvation. He died for the sins of
the whole world. Eternal life is a "gift." "The free
gift of God is eternal life."80 This gift is free. All we have
to do is accept it or reject it, take it or ignore it. We must be like
one or the other of the thieves on the cross: either believe that Jesus
is God and can save a sinner who acknowledges his condition, and spend
eternity with Christ in Paradise, or be like the other thief and disbelieve
that Jesus is God, and die in our unrepented and unforgiven sins away
from God.
Christ saves any and all who are saved because of
their belief. "Whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but
have eternal life.''81 Those who believe and are thus saved,
Christ keeps. They hold not the Rock, but the Rock
holds them. They do not hold Christ; Christ holds them. They are saved
by grace through faith apart from works. They will be kept by grace
through faith apart from works. "This is the victory that overcometh
the world even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world but he
that believeth that Jesus is the son of God."82
The saved by grace and the kept by grace live lives
of repentance, do the works of righteousness, and perform religious
duties because they are saved already, but not in order to get saved.
The work of value they do is because of what God has put in them from
above.
The saved have become "partakers of the divine
nature."83
"If any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he
is none of his."84 "All of Christ's children have the Holy
Spirit in their bodies and hearts and have been born again. "I
no longer live but Christ liveth in me."85 Christ within causes
all my works that please him, "For it is God who worketh in you
both to will and to work for his good pleasure."86
The saved are heavenly citizens who love not the world
nor the things of the world. They have as much of the "heaven life"
now as they have of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the heaven life,
the life of God, the eternal life. We have the "earnest,"
or down payment, of heaven. Through the deeper experiences of the Holy
Spirit heaven may become more real than earth, so that the child of
God may, at times, almost walk by sight as well as by faith on his pilgrim
journey to the city whose builder and maker is God.
Our Adullam message is now complete. This testimony
is sent forth, not because of any natural superior knowledge, but because
of these things that have happened among us as "God revealed them
through the Spirit." 87
The best we know we cannot write. The best to be known
can only be known directly through the revelations of the Holy Spirit
to one's own self. More we would write, but more we cannot now write.
But what has been written, we have written that you may believe and
that "believing you may have life in His name." Or, having
life, that you may be encouraged to press onward until you receive more
and more of the abundant life, the life through the baptism and fullness
of the Holy Spirit, the life the Lord has planned for each of His children,
the foretaste and fore-life of the Great City of the King, the city
of God where all things are made new.
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References:
1 "Jehovah spake unto
Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend."
Ex. 33:11.
2 "Being
warned of God in a dream." Matt. 2:12. "An angel
of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream." Matt.
2:13. "A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There
was a man of Macedonia standing . . . " Acts 16:8-10. "The
Lord said unto Paul in the night by a vision." Acts
18:9. "When I had returned to Jerusalem, and while
I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance." Acts
22:17. "Peter went up upon the housetop to pray. And
. . . he fell into a trance." Acts 10:9, 10. "And
there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter . . . and a voice
came unto him again the second time." Acts 10:13-15. "Cornelius
. . . saw in a vision openly . . . " Acts 10:1-3. "I
John . . . was in the Spirit . . . and I heard behind me
a great voice . . . saying What thou seest, write in a book."
Rev. 1 9-11 "But I will come to visions and revelations
of the Lord. I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago
(whether in the body, I know not; or whether out of the
body, I know not: God knoweth), such a one caught up even
to the third heaven . . . He was caught up into Paradise."
II Cor. 12:1-3. "By reason of the exceeding greatness
of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch
there was given me a thorn in the flesh." II Cor. 12:7. "An
angel of the Lord spake unto Philip." Acts 8 :26. "There
stood by me this night an angel of the Lord whose I am,
whom also I serve, saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand
before Caesar." Acts 27:23,24. "Cornelius . .
. saw in a vision openly—an angel of God coming in unto
him and saying to him . . . " Acts 10:3. "And
behold an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined
in the cell and he smote Peter on the side, and awoke him,
saying, Rise up quickly: And the chains fell off from his
hands. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind
on thy sandals." Acts 12:7,8. "When they had prayed,
the place was shaken wherein they were gathered; and they
were all filled with the Holy Spirit." Acts 4:31.
3 Jn. 16:7; 14:12.
4 "Now we beseech
you brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and our gathering together unto him . . . it will not be,
except the falling away come first." II Thess. 2:1,3.
5 "There came from
heaven a sound as of the rushing of a mighty wind . . .
and there appeared unto them tongues parting asunder, like
as of fire, and it sat upon each one of them. And they were
all filled with the Holy Spirit." Acts 2 :3, 4. 6 Acts
2:1,2. 7 Acts 4:21,31.
8 "Jesus answered
and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except
one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
John 3: 3 "Ye received the spirit of adoption whereby
we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit himself beareth witness
with our spirit, that we are the children of God."
Rom. 8:15, 16. "Hereby we know that we abide in him
and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit."
I John 4:13. "He that believeth on the Son of God hath
the witness in him." Gal. 4:6.
9 "And they were
ALL (the one hundred and twenty) filled with the Holy Spirit,
and began to SPEAK WITH OTHER TONGUES as the Spirit gave
them utterance." Acts 2:4. "While Peter yet spake
these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all them that heard
the word, and they of the circumcision were amazed, as many
as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was
poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit: For they heard them
SPEAK WITH TONGUES and magnify God." Acts 10:44-46. "Paul
having passed through the upper country came to Ephesus
and found certain disciples and when Paul had laid his hands
upon them the Holy Spirit came on them; and they SPAKE WITH
TONGUES AND PROPHESIED. And they were in all about twelve
men." Acts 19:1, 6, 7. "Now when the apostles
that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the
word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John. They laid
their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit. Now
when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles'
hands the Holy Spirit was given he offered them money saying,
Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay my hands,
he may receive the Holy Spirit." Acts 8 :14, 17-19. "And
Ananias departed and entered into the house, and laying
hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who
appeared unto thee in the way which thou camest, hath sent
me, that thou mayest receive thy sight, and be FILLED WITH
THE HOLY SPIRIT." Acts 9:17, 18. Having been "filled
with the Holy Spirit" Paul said, "I thank God,
I SPEAK WITH TONGUES MORE THAN YOU ALL." I Cor 14:18. "Go
ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole
creation . . . and these signs shall accompany them that
believe . . . In my name they shall cast out demons: THEY
SHALL SPEAK WITH NEW TONGUES." Mark 16:17. 10 "When
he, the Spirit of truth is come, he shall guide you into
all the truth . . . and he shall declare unto you THINGS
THAT ARE TO COME . . . He shall glorify me: for he shall
TAKE OF MINE AND SHALL DECLARE IT UNTO YOU." John 16:13,
14.
11 "And it shall
be in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my
Spirit upon all flesh: . . . and your young men shall see
visions." Acts 2:17.
12 "And it shall be
in the last days, saith God, I will pour forth of my Spirit
upon all flesh and your sons and your daughters SHALL PROPHESY."
Acts 22:17. "Now there were at Antioch in the church
that was there PROPHETS and teachers." Acts 13:1. "Knowing
this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of private
interpretation. For no PROPHECY ever came by the will of
man: BUT MEN SPAKE FROM GOD, BEING MOVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT."
II Peter 1:21, 22. 13 "He that believeth on me, the
works that I do shall he do also." John 14:12. "And
these signs shall accompany them that believe. In my name
shall they cast out demons." Mark 16:17.
14 "And one of the
multitude answered him, Teacher, I brought unto thee my
son, who hath a DUMB SPIRIT, and whensoever it taketh him,
it DASHETH HIM DOWN: and he foameth, and grindeth his teeth,
and pineth away; and he answered. .. Bring him up to me:
And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him straightway
THE SPIRIT TARE HIM grievously, and HE FELL ON THE GROUND,
AND WALLOWED foaming . . . Ofttimes it hath cast him both
into the fire and into the water to destroy him. And when
Jesus saw that a multitude came running together, he rebuked
THE UNCLEAN SPIRIT, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf
SPIRIT. I command thee, come out of him, and enter no more
into him. And having cried out, and TORN HIM MUCH, he came
out: and the boy became as one dead- insomuch that the more
part said, He is dead. But Jesus took him by the hand, and
raised him up; and he arose." Mark 9:17-27.
15 "I know a man
in Christ . . . such a one caught up even to the third heaven."
II Cor. 12:2. "I go to prepare a place for you."
John 14:2. "But ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto
the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem . . .
and to the spirits of just men made perfect." Heb.
12 :22, 23. "For we have not here an abiding city,
but we seek after the city which is to come." Heb.
13:14. "By faith Abraham . . . looked for the city
which hath the foundations whose builder and maker is God."
Heb. 11:10. All the saints of old died desiring "a
better country, that is, a heavenly: Wherefore God is not
ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he hath prepared
for them a city." Heb. 11:16. 16 "And he carried
me away in the Spirit. . . and showed me the holy city Jerusalem
coming down out of heaven from God . . . her light was like
unto a stone most precious, as it was a jasper stone, clear
as crystal, having a wall great and high; having twelve
gates . . . and the wall of the city had twelve foundations
. . . and the city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof
is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with
the reed, twelve thousand furlongs (1,500 miles): the length
and the breadth and the height thereof are equal . . . The
wall thereof a hundred and forty-four cubits (216 feet).
And the building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the
city was pure gold, like unto pure glass; the foundations
of the wall of the city were adorned with all manner of
precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second,
sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; the
fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite;
the eighth, beryl, the ninth, topaz; the tenth chrysoprase;
the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst. . . The
city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine
upon it for the glory of God did lighten it." Rev.
21:10-23.
17 From visions seen by
other heavenly visitors it is evident that there are also
arrangements of sevens in the heavenly order. Apparently
there are series of plains as well as series of arrangements
on each plain. No one need suppose that in vision anyone
has seen more than a fraction of heaven. See my book, "The
Three Worlds" for further visions of the New Jerusalem.
18 "The kingdom of God
is . . . peace and joy in the Holy Spirit." Rom. 14:17.
19 "Ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full
of glory." I Peter 1:8. 20 "If I speak with the
tongues of men and of angels." I Cor. 13:1.
21 "The hour cometh,
and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the
Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek
to be his worshippers." John 4:23.
22 "Your minds must
not be troubled, . . . There are many rooms in my Father's
house.” John 14:1, 2. (Goodspeed.)
23 Since the first edition
of this booklet, a letter from a woman in England has been
received, saying that ten years previously both she and
her son had visions of this street and of these dwellings
both confirmed the visions of this street and of these dwellings-
both confirmed the visions of the Adullam children regarding
the external appearance and interior furnishings of these
rooms by the golden street.
In a distant part of the
Province of Yunnan a tribes boy who did not know of these
other visions also saw this street.
These rooms by this golden
street may be the thrones which John mentions; "I saw
thrones and they sat upon them." (Rev. 20:4)
Adullam children have
had visions of other parts of the New Jerusalem with its
spacious parks and elaborate mansions. Tribes people have
also seen this part of the city.
An account of these visions
with others of the New Jerusalem and the teaching of the
Scriptures regarding this city and the New Heaven and the
New Earth is given in detail in a book entitled "The
Three Worlds." You will want to read of these other
wonderful revelations that cannot be given in the limits
of "The Visions Beyond the Veil." You will be
more than repaid by the reading of this book. 420 pages,
200 illustrations.
**The Photo, shown in
the PDF file, is a photo of the way he came into the Adullam
Rescue Home and the way he left it to into heaven. The change
in his inner life had been as great as that of his outward
appearance. Two weeks before his death, while in good health,
he had wonderful visions of heaven with its city and Paradise.
He was reluctant to return. Before he died he was unconscious
of his surroundings and apparently in great pain. As hands
were laid upon him and prayer was made, his body relaxed,
all evidence of pain disappeared, joy came into his face,
and he seemed to be as lost in the things of heaven as he
had previously been when in vision he was there. He had
this happy experience for about an hour, smiling and occasionally
laughing outright from sheer joy, when with this happy smile
on his face, he stopped breathing. He was truly in heaven
to return to this filthy earth no more.
When under the Holy Spirit,
the Adullam children frequently saw Djan Hsing in heaven
in the enjoyment of indescribable happiness.
24 "Him God raised up
the third day, and gave him to be made manifest . . . unto
witnesses . . . who ate and drank with him after he rose
from the dead." Acts 10:40-41.
25 "See my hands
and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for
a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye behold me having."
Lu. 24:39.
"And they gave him
a piece of broiled fish. And he took it and ate before them."
Lu. 24:42.
26 "So when they
got out upon the land they see a fire of coals there, and
fish laid thereon, and bread . . . Jesus cometh and taketh
the bread, and giveth them, and the fish likewise. This
is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples,
after that he was risen from the dead." John 21:9,
31.
27 "Of his own will
he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should
be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures." Jas. 1:18.
28 "Who is the image
of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation."
Col. 1:15.
29 "I know a man
. . . caught up even to the third heaven . . . how that
he was caught up into Paradise." II Cor. 12:2, 3.
30 "And he showed
me a river of water of life, bright as crystal proceeding
out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the midst of
the street thereof: and on this side of the river and on
that was the tree of life, bearing twelve manner of fruits."
Rev. 22:1, 2.
31 The scriptures teach
that there will be eating and drinking in the kingdom of
God in the resurrected state, and hence there is such eating
and drinking in heaven as seen in vision by these children.
Jesus said, "I appoint
unto you a kingdom . . . that ye may eat and drink at my
table in my kingdom." Lu. 22:30 "But I say unto
you, I shall not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine,
until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's
kingdom." Matt. 26:29. Thus Jesus said he would drink
the fruit of the vine with his disciples in the ressurrected
state. Jesus himself ate and drank after he rose from the
dead. "Him God raised up the third day, and gave him
to be made manifest—unto witnesses that were chosen before
of God even to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose
from the dead." Acts 10:40, 41.
The Bible distinctly says
there will be eating in this heavenly Paradise of God, for "He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to
the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give
to eat of the tree of life, which is the Paradise of God."
Rev. 2:7. "To him that overcometh, to him will I give
of the hidden manna." Rev. 2:17.
The "tree of life"
is a general term that covers a variety of fruit-bearing
trees in unstated number, the fruit having a "life
giving quality particularly adapted to man in his sinless
state. The "tree of life" is not just a single
tree with a single kind of fruit, for the scripture clearly
states that in this "park" in the New Jerusalem
in heaven John was shown "a river of water of life,
bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and
of the Lamb, in the midst of the street thereof. And on
this side of the river and on that was the tree of life,
bearing twelve manner of fruits." Rev. 22:1, 2.
32 "Are they (the angels)
not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for
the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?" Heb.
1:14.
The disciples believed
not that it was Peter knocking at the gate. "They said,
It is his angel." Acts 12:15. "See that ye despise
not one of these little ones: for I say unto you, that in
heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father
who is in heaven." Matt. 18:10.
33 "We are made a
spectacle unto the world both to angels and men." I
Cor. 4 :9.
34 But I say that the
things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons,
and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion
with demons." I Cor. 10 :20.
35 "Jesus said:—"And
the rich man also died, and was buried. And in Hades he
lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham
afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said,
Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that
he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue;
for I am in anguish in this flame. But Abraham said,—between
us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that they which
would pass from hence to you may not be able, and that none
may cross over from thence to us." Lu. 16:22,26.
36 "These are springs
without water and mists driven by a storm; for whom the
blackness of darkness hath been reserved." II Peter
2:17.
"The king said to
the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into
the outer darkness." Matt. 22:13. "God spared
not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell,
and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto
Judgment." II Peter 2:4.
"And angels that
kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation,
he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the
judgment of the great day." Jude 6.
37 "Again the kingdom
of heaven is like a net, that was cast into the sea, and
gathered of every kind, which when it was filled, they drew
up on the beach . . . The bad they cast away. So shall it
be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth,
and sever the wicked from among the righteous, and shall
cast them into the furnace of fire." Matt. 13:47-50.
"I will say to the
reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles
to burn them . .. As the tares are gathered up and burned
with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world The Son
of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather
out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and
them that do iniquity and shall cast them into the furnace
of fire." Matt. 13:30, 40-42.
38 "All flesh shall
come to worship before me, saith Jehovah. And they shall
go forth, and look upon the dead bodies of the men that
have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die,
neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be
an abhorring unto all flesh." Isa. 66: 23, 24.
39 "Enter ye in by
the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the
way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that
enter in thereby. For narrow is the gate, and straightened
the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find
it." Matt. 7:13, 14.
40 "For the time
is come for judgment to begin at the house of God: and if
it begin first at us, what shall be the end of them that
obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous is scarcely
saved, where shall the ungodly and sinner appear?"
I Peter 4:17, 18.
41 "But immediately
after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened,
and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall
fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be
shaken: and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man
in heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn,
and they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of
heaven with power and great glory." Matt. 24 :30, 31.
42Let both grow together
until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will
say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind
them in bundles to burn.
"And he answered
and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of Man;
and the field is the world; and the good seed. these are
the sons of the kingdom; and tares are the sons of the evil
one; and the enemy that soweth them is the devil: and the
harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.
As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire;
so shall it be in the end of the world. The Son of man shall
send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his
kingdom all things that cause stumbling and them that do
iniquity, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire:
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then shall
the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their
Father. He that hath ears, let him hear" Matt. 13:37-43.
43 "Now we beseech
you, brethren, touching the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and our gathering together unto him . . . let no man beguile
you in any wise: for it will not be except the falling away
come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,
he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is
called God, or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in
the temple of God, setting himself forth as God . . . for
the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only there
is one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the
way. And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the
Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and
bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming; even
he, whose coming is according to the working of Satan with
all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceit
of unrighteousness for them that perish." II Thess.
2:1-10.
44 "And I heard as
it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures
saying, A measure of wheat for a shilling, and three measures
of barley for a shilling . . . " Rev. 6:6.
45 "And there was
seen another sign in heaven: and behold a great red dragon,
having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his head seven
diadems. And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels
going forth to war with the dragon; and the dragon warred
and his angels; and they prevailed not, neither was their
place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was
cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil
and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast
down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him
. . . Woe for the earth and for the sea: because the devil
is gone down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that
he hath but a short time." Rev. 12:3, 7-9, 12.
46 "And he deceiveth
them that dwell on the earth by reason of the signs which
it was given him to do in the sight of the beast; saying
to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an
image to the beast who hath the stroke of the sword and
lived. And it was given unto him to give breath to it. even
to the image of the beast that the image of the beast should
both speak, and cause that as many as should not worship
the image of the beast should be killed." Rev. 13:14,
15.
47 "And if any man
desireth to hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth
and devoureth their enemies; and if any man shall desire
to hurt them; in this manner must he be killed." Rev.
11:5.
48 "He that believeth
on me the works that I do shall he do also; and greater
works than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father."
John 14:12.
49 "And when they
came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught
away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more." Acts
8:39.
50 "And I saw another
angel flying in mid heaven, having eternal good tidings
to proclaim unto them that dwell on the earth and unto every
nation and tribe and tongue and people; and he saith with
a great voice, Fear God, and give him glory; for the hour
of his judgment is come." Rev. 14-6, 7.
51 "After these things
I saw, and behold a great multitude, which no man could
number, out of every nation and of all tribes and peoples
and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb,
arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands. And one
of the elders answered, saying unto me, These that are arrayed
in the white robes, who are they, and when came they? And
I said unto him, My Lord, thou knowst. And he said to me,
These are they that came out of the Great tribulation, and
they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood
of the Lamb." Rev. 7:9, 13, 14.
52"And l saw the
heaven opened; and behold, a white horse, and he that sat
thereon called Faithful and True; and in righteousness he
doth judge and make war . . . And the armies which are in
heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen,
white and pure. And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp
sword, that he should smite the nations . . . and he treadeth
the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the
Almighty." Rev. 19:11, 14, 15.
53 "A noise shall come
even to the end of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy
with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh:
as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword saith
Jehovah. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, evil shall
go forth from nation to nation, and a great tempest shall
be raised up from the uttermost parts of the earth. And
the slain of Jehovah shall be at that day from one end of
the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall
not be lamented neither gathered, nor buried: they shall
be dung upon the face of the ground." Jeremiah 25:31,
32, 33.
54 "But immediately
after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened,
and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall
fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be
shaken . . . and they shall see the Son of man coming on
the clouds of heaven with power and great glory." Matt.
24:29, 30.
"And I saw when he
opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake;
and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole
moon became as blood; and the stars of the heaven fell unto
the earth, as a fig tree casteth her unripe figs when she
is shaken of a great wind. And the heaven was removed as
a scroll when it is rolled up; and every mountain and island
were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth,
and the princes, and the chief captains and the rich, and
the strong and every bondman and freeman hid themselves
in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains; and they
say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us and hide
us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and
from the wrath of the Lamb: for the great day of their wrath
is come; and who is able to stand?" Rev. 6:12-17.
55 "And I saw an
angel standing in the sun, and he cried with a loud voice,
saying to all the birds that fly in mid heaven, Come and
be gathered together unto the great supper of God, that
ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains,
and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and
of them that sit thereon, and the flesh of all men, both
free and bond, and small and great " Rev 19:17, 18
56 "And the beast
was taken, and with the false prophet that wrought the signs
in his sight, wherewith he deceived them that had received
the mark of the beast and them that worshipped his image:
they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth
with brimstone." Rev. 19:20.
57 "And I saw an
angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of the abyss
and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon,
the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound
him for a thousand years, and cast him into the abyss and
shut and sealed it over him, that he deceive the nations
no more, until the thousand years should be finished: after
this he must be loosed for a little time." Rev. 20:1-3.
58 "For this we say
unto you by the word of the Lord, that we that are alive,
that are left unto the coming of the Lord, shall in no wise
precede them that are fallen asleep. For the Lord himself
shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice
of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead
in Christ shall rise first; then we that are alive, that
are left shall together with them be caught up in the clouds,
to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with
the Lord." l Thess. 4:15-17.
"Behold I tell you
a mystery: we all shall not sleep, but we shall be changed,
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump:
for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible
must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality."
I Cor. 15: 51-53.
59 "And when he opened
the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of
them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the
testimony which they held: and they cried with a great voice,
saying, How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou
not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the
earth? And there was given them to each one a white robe;
and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for
a little time, until their fellow servants also and their
brethren, who should be killed even as they were, should
have fulfilled their course." Rev. 69:12.
The instance of the rich
man and Lazarus shows that the dead have bodies between
the time of death and resurrection. See Luke 16: 19-30.
60 "And he saith
unto me, Write, Blessed are they that are bidden to the
marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These
are true words of God." Rev. 19:9.
61 "I say unto you,
that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall
sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom
of heaven." Matt. 8:11.
62 "But I say unto
you, I shall not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine,
until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's
Kingdom." Matt. 26:29.
63 "Then shall the
King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of
my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the
foundation of the world . . . he shall say also unto them
on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal
fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels."
Matt. 25:34, 41.
64 "And I saw a new
heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first
earth are passed away: and the sea is no more. And I saw
the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven
from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband."
Rev. 21:1, 2.
65 "And he that sitteth
on the throne said, Behold I make all things new."
Rev. 21:5
66 John 3 :13, Titus 2
:13.
67 Matt. 18:3
68 I Cor. 1:21
69 John 1 :13
70 John 3:3
71 Rom. 3:23
72 Rom. 3:11, 12
73 I Peter 2:24
74 II Cor. 5 :21
75 John 6:47
76 John 5: 24.
77 John 1:12.
78 Rom. 8:15, 16
79 II Tim. 1:12
80 Rom. 6:23.
81 John 3:16
82 I John 5 :4, 5.
83 Gal. 2:20
84 II Peter 1:4
85 Rom. 8 :9
86 Phil 2:13
87 I Cor. 2:10
Book Notes:
The 12th Edition in English
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books published by Osterhus Publishing House. It is the sole reason
that I have been able to reproduce this book without any legal problems.
I have made every effort to keep the contents of this book accurate
and without error.
It is my intentions to republished this book (and
hopefully others by this author), so that readers may see and understand
the power of the Holy Spirit as it fell among the children of the Adullam
Rescue Mission in early twentieth century China.
The graphics in this book are reproduced at the same
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