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The Promise of Heaven for
This Young Generation
Paul Keith Davis -
June 1, 2004
Bob Jones had an experience many years ago and received from the Lord a
personal promise in a face-to-face encounter. The Lord pledged to him
that he would live to see a generation of youth emerge in great power,
purity and authority.
On August 7, 1975 Bob was shown an incredible vision that illustrated the
escalation of homosexuality and a deadly disease that would be communicated
from it. Furthermore, the vision also illustrated how the act of
abortion would develop to such a degree that science would eventually
develop a pill that a woman could swallow that would abort the child.
These revelations were quite profound for the mid-70s.
The day following this incredible insight, August 8, an evil spirit appeared
to him. The wicked messenger threatened to release the spirit of death
against Bob if he shared publicly the demonic plans of the future that he
had received from the Lord the day before. Initially, Bob did not
believe the evil spirit would have the authority to take his life.
Therefore he immediately prophesied the revelations concerning these two
vital spiritual issues. Surprisingly the evil spirit made good on his
promise. The spirit somehow touched Bob's body causing, what the doctors
believed, was the rupture of an artery.
Bob began to profusely hemorrhage from his mouth and nose. The lower
part of his body hardened as it filled with fluid creating incredible pain.
The prognosis from the doctors was not good. They prescribed
medication to help relieve the suffering and agonizing pain. Bob lay
on a bed and covered his face with a towel to help capture the blood that
was pouring from his mouth.
Suddenly the pain lifted. However, he soon discovered that it wasn't
because of the medication. He had passed from this life into the eternal
realm.
A Visit to Heaven
Bob found himself in a tunnel of light with the angel the Lord to his right.
He looked at his garments and discovered that he was wearing a sparkling
clean white robe. It was at that point that he realized the evil
spirit had taken his life. There was a great sense of relief and joy
at the realization of his pure heavenly garments.
The gladness turned to a brief moment of grief as he was allowed to watch
other people who had perished in precisely the same moment. Unfortunately,
they were not shrouded in garments of light. Instead, he observed as
97 % of the people who had died descended into the bowels of hell. Each was
somehow clothed in the things that had been their god on the earth. It was a
devastating sight.
The Door of Heaven
There were three people with Bob as they ascending toward a great Light that
embodied the door of Heaven. He was the fourth in line and watched as
they proceeded towards the Light that was above them. The prominent
Light they saw was the Lord Jesus Himself present to greet the new arrivals.
The first in the line was a young 11-year-old girl who was filled with the
love of God. It had been her lot in life to lie on her sickbed suffering
from a terminal disease. However, she utilized that time to express
the love of heaven through prayer and intercession for others. She
entered the gates of glory with great reward. The Lord asked her, Did
you learn to love? There was a resounding yes and she entered
His heart to abundant blessings.
The next woman in the line to be embraced by the Lord and enter the gates of
Heaven was a heavy black sister. She was surrounded by a large number
of angels. Bob asked the angel of the Lord standing to his right why she had
so many ministering spirits with her. He was instructed that she had
been an evangelist on the earth. The messengers assigned to her
co-labored in her ministry.
As she prayed and interceded for the salvation of others, the ministering
spirits would be commissioned to go to those for whom she was praying. They
were empowered with the mandate and authority of heaven released through her
prayer to bring that individual into the kingdom. Great was her reward
also. The Lord asked, Did you learn to love? Again, a hearty yes and
she passed into His heart.
The next lady standing directly in front of Bob was a 93-year-old woman with
the appearance of having been crippled with arthritis. Because of the
hardships and failures that occurred in her life, the gall of bitterness had
entered. She maintained her love for God. Unfortunately, she was not
able to express the love of God to others. The root of bitterness had
defiled her soul. Though she entered heaven as her eternal home, she
carried no fruit or victorious
testimony as her reward.
The Lord asked, Did you learn to love? She responded that she loved
Him but that was all. She had not learned to love others. In
that place it is impossible to lie. The only answer she could give was
the truth. She entered but will no fruit to present to Him.
A Divine Pledge
Bob was next to join the Lord's heart and enter the gates of heaven. So he
thought! The Lord pointed His finger at Bob and proclaimed, "You must
return." Needless to say he was surprised that he was not allowed to
enter as those before him. The Lord declared, you have not completed
your course and the enemy has violated the destiny of heaven created for
you. Satan had intruded upon his life by prematurely attempting to
cause his death.
The imposition of the adversary was not because of some rebellion or act of
disobedience on Bob's part. Instead it was an unjust act attempting to
abort the plan and strategy of heaven. It was a vile attempt to end a
prophetic voice that would help prepare a righteous generation to
demonstrate the kingdom of heaven on earth. Because of this violation,
the Lord was now released in His justice to impart a great blessing.
What the enemy had intended for evil, God was going to use for a noble
cause.
Like those depicted in Hebrews 11 the hardship imposed by the adversary had
allowed for the obtaining of a promise. n this face-to-face encounter,
through his death experience, Bob was given a pledge by the Lord Jesus
Christ Himself. The Lord promised to demonstrate in unprecedented ways
the virtue of heaven in a soon coming young generation.
The Lord said to him, "you must return to the earth to touch a few of my
leaders and prepare them for the harvest that I am going to bring in the
last days. I am going to glorify Myself beyond anything that has
happened previously in the world. I am going to bring one billion
souls to Myself and this plan of Heaven will begin in the year 2000."
The Lord specifically promised that end-time purposes would be launched in
greater measure and accelerate at this strategic time. It would mark the
beginning of a call to maturity of the body of Christ. The Lord
continued by informing Bob that by the year 2000 there would be 5 million
people dying of the disease that he had been prophesying. Furthermore,
the Lord also instructed him that those numbers would exponentially escalate
until there was sweeping
repentance for this sin.
Returning to Earth
For the promise of spiritual awakening and the harvest of souls, Bob was
willing to return to the earth and continue the prophetic ministry entrusted
to him. The Lord instructed Bob that before his death he would see
God's glory coming to the earth producing a harvest of souls in numbers
difficult to calculate. He was told directly from the Lord that the
incredible miracles, signs and wonders that we read in the Scriptures are
only a tithe of what's coming. Every supernatural ministry, prophetic
gift and heavenly endowment that we discover in scriptures will be
functioning in amplified ways during this expression
of kingdom reality in the earth.
Bob had obtained a promise from the Lord. Almighty God will faithfully see
to it that the promise is fulfilled- He cannot lie. There are many like
those who are among the cloud of witnesses pressing through the oppressions
of the adversary to come before the Lord. To them pledges and vows are
granted for revival, restoration and revelation of the glory of Heaven.
Resurrection Angels
There was a very interesting validation that was given to his death
experience. As Bob was brought back into his room he observed his body
lying on the bed covered in a bloody towel. The spirit of death was standing
in the corner of the room. However, there were two angels adjacent to his
bed. These were "resurrection angels." We likewise discover two angels
at the tomb of our Lord at the time of His resurrection. When the Lord Jesus
chooses to bring someone back from death, there is cooperation with heaven
through ministering sprits who carry resurrection power.
Bob was allowed to listen as the two angels conversed with one another
concerning future events. One angel announced there would be a meeting
in Harry Truman Sports Complex of 50,000 Christians. The other
responded that a larger gathering of saints would take place in Washington,
DC. He affirmed the number to be brought together in Kansas City would
only be a tithe of those to converge on Washington.
The angels specifically articulated that the first meeting would be held in
Truman Sports Complex to honor this president for the position he took in
the establishment of Israel as a recognized nation. That act captured the
attention of heaven and pleased the Lord. Though there may have been
many mistakes made by this president, that one thing was of monumental
importance. Because of his willingness to stand with Israel, God
honored his name and allowed a strategic meeting to take place at that
specific location.
After gaining his strength Bob shared publicly on the following Sunday the
things that were spoken to him in his death experience. He prophesied the
meeting that would take place in Kansas City and the subsequent one to occur
in Washington, DC. In 1977, two years later, the initial gathering
took place to fulfill the prophecy and validate the revelations gained in
the experience. The NARSC assembly in July 1977 in Truman Sports
Complex was an initial fulfillment. The greater meeting took place in the
1980 Washington for Jesus rally. Approximately 500,000 people gathered
to pray for national revival and spiritual awakening.
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