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How Long Revival?

Many sincere believers eagerly anticipate revival in Britain. A number of contemporary prophecies indicate it will come. But will it fulfil expectations? When will it come and how long will it last? Here is what one prophet and his family received from God on the matter.


I was at a non-denominational meeting of Christians in the south of England a few years ago, just minding my own business, when God spoke to me. He spoke in my head. It was a prophetic word.

The people there were all praying for revival and God answered their prayer. What God said to me was this:

"Revival will surely come. It will pass through and overflow."

I was a bit taken aback at first. Why should He speak to me with this word? I was only a visitor, and certainly no one of any repute. I was a builder for 17 years, and never sought anything to do with the ministry. In fact, I shied away from the limelight in any form. I still do.

I wrote down what I clearly 'heard' God say. It was not an audible word, but it was strong enough to 'feel' that it was an 'outside' prompt. It was not me conjuring up the words. And anyway, I certainly wouldn't have thought it up! I was somewhat 'green' about this thing of revival, and the last part about passing through and overflowing didn't make much sense to me.


Revival Will Pass Through

I mused on what this 'word' might mean, and as I did so, God revealed more to my mind. Since I have explained this more fully in the article True Revival in our journal Awake! Awake! of Jan/Feb 1996, I will not repeat that here, except to say this.

1. If a celebrity were to pass through your town, unless you were expecting him you wouldn't know of his coming.

2. When he arrives, if he isn't recognised, his visit will not be of any consequence.

There is a parallel for us to note about what God is about to do in the spirit.

1. He is the greatest Celebrity! But His coming is experienced by those with a particular expectation. Ironically, it is not necessarily those who have been seeking revival who will experience it! Only those who truly hunger and thirst for righteousness will be filled (Matt 5:6). Those who are seeking an experience will be disappointed. God is not primarily in the business of giving goose-bumps! He is in the holiness business.

2. God always surprises. He uses new people and new places. He raises up from the unseen those who will be His next 'crowd-pullers'.

For these and other reasons, this coming revival will pass through. It will not stay. The majority will not recognise the performers, and the message they will bring will not satisfy the ears of most.

God has a work to do, and His work is not to please the personal desires or aspirations of those who seek secondary matters. Primary matters on God's agenda involve preparing the Church in holiness.

Unfortunately, too much about revival has come to centre around 'performers' and 'performances'. Many are in danger of losing the real focus which is on God and becoming like Christ in disciplined Christian living. It's not primarily about being slain in the Spirit, laughing, crying, rolling around on the floor, or any other physical result of receiving a touch from God.

If those manifestations occur as a result of true brokenness in the one Jesus has touched, that is fine. But they are secondary. They are effects of revival, not revival itself. Revival has its core in the heart response of man to God's call.


First and Last Revivals

The Father calls and His children respond. This is the essence of revival. It always has been and it always will be. It is generated by God, not by man.

In John 6:44, Jesus states that God initiates anything to do with salvation. Revival does not come by the will of man (Jn 1:13). It is the result of a sovereign act of God. He initiates it by divine fiat. Our duty is to respond and gratefully accept what He gives.

It may shock some, but the majority do not want what is coming. The next revival will present challenges that most don't want to face. It's not going to be easy.

Nor was it easy for the early Church. Jesus' first major revival in the New Testament, of course, was that which occurred on Pentecost. You know the story, but one overlooked aspect is that they were keeping Pentecost. If they hadn't been, they would have been out of the will of the Father and wouldn't have received.

We know that Pentecost is the Feast of First-fruits and it pictured the coming of the Holy Spirit into believers to make them the firstfruits of God's harvest. But what if it had been another holy day which fore-shadowed that event? What if it had been, say, The Day of Atonement? The Church does not ordinarily observe that day, but it is in the same league as Pentecost. There is no difference in holiness between any of God's annual holy days (Lev 23, Deut 16).

God is telling us something very significant by using one of these occasions to pour out His Spirit on those who were ready! The Church, for the most part, has overlooked this matter. It needs to reform.

Then there is the matter of being ready. The disciples had been taught by Jesus for 3 1/2 years prior to this event. It was an intensive programme. And the end of it was humbling.

Peter was crushed after he betrayed His master. The other disciples were equally mortified to have to look back at how they disowned Him and fled.

God produced this humbling. It wasn't something that the disciples maintained by their own supplications. It was a fearsome thing that came upon them. Panic overtook them when their preconceived notions of how things would work out, utterly failed! All their ideas collapsed around their heads! They locked themselves into the upper room where they met out of fear that their end would be next!

Their world had come to an abrupt end.

The same must happen to the present Church, too. Renewal has come and gone, but renewal has not transformed the Church as fully as God desires. For revival to occur, God has to totally crush the preconceptions of..... dare I say it..... you!

Your preconceptions must be shattered. You have faith that the organised Church you see is in step with what God wants. But it is not! It is woefully out of step in many ways with what God intends. If I were to list some of the things which must be reformed in its structure and observance, you would shut me down at this juncture.

But the example of the disciples in about 33 AD should be sufficient to illustrate the point for now.

After they were crushed and humbled, God could pour out His Spirit. Elation followed.

That's the part that people like. It's the part that people are praying for. It's the bit they want and which they recognise. The trouble is, it's not coming before the painful bit which comes first, and too few may be really responsive to that!

The first NT Pentecost was the occasion of the first major NT revival. The last one in this era is mentioned in Revelation 7. Likewise a terrible crushing occurs first, after which there can be great rejoicing. John sees a mass of people, vast beyond number. He asks the angel who these people are. The angel replies:

These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb (Rev 7:14, NIV).

The Millennium soon follows when all people have their opportunity to receive salvation. God calls everyone to know Him then, unlike now.

What is interesting to note from John's account are the words about the ones who are accepted - "they have washed their robes". They DID something. They responded to what God asked them to do.

Revival hinges upon our willingness to respond to God's sovereign call. We have to put on the robes of righteousness Jesus offers us if we are to be part of His bride (Rev 19:7,8). He doesn't put them on us, as some claim. He gives them to us, but WE must put them on.

Too many preach an empty message of grace, as though Jesus has done it all for us. He hasn't. Otherwise anyone and everyone could be saved. James wrote that our faith is exemplified and amplified by our works (actually Jesus' works in us). Works by themselves don't save, but neither does grace.

The revival around the corner will only benefit you to the extent you put on the robes of righteousness He offers you then.


When Is The Revival Coming?

People always like to know when something is coming. Historians pigeon-hole events by dating when they occurred and we have a similar mind-set. But God doesn't give dates in the Bible - and rarely in contemporary prophecy, either - not surprisingly. If we knew when everything would occur in a nice neat sequence, we would tend to sit back on our laurels and fail to achieve what God wants.

However, He has given many indicators about the future. What we have received from God are published in Awake! Awake!, our regular journal.

One that we printed in September 1996 was a word God spoke to me in July 1996. It was very cryptic. He just said: This nation has three years left. I thought at the time that He meant Britain had three years remaining before the great tribulation to come. But it is possible He meant that its ability to morally reform will cease from 1999. Consequently, Britain is heading into 'deep water'. Perhaps her national troubles will begin to escalate during late 1999 and on into 2000 and 2001.

The turn of events for the worse often generates a certain seeking of God. And humbling caps it off. This national demise may well be instrumental in triggering the coming revival.

Paul Slennett and Clifford Denton have written in Earthquake in the City about a prophecy God has given concerning an earthquake which will ruin London and this country's economy. Other calamities and setbacks will also send shockwaves through the nation.

On top of that, a feature of the coming revival will be the raising of the dead. You may have read of the dozen or so people Smith Wigglesworth raised from the dead in his ministry. He died in 1947, so many of our generation have not heard of his exploits. But what is to come will dwarf those wonders by comparison.

God told us in 1993 that at least 50 people are to be raised from the dead! Then between 1994 and 1996 God gave various dreams indicating that Diana, Princess of Wales, would have some contact with us. I had sent her some of our publications and I wondered whether they would bear fruit. But the way God works is beyond our reasoning. Little did we know that she would die in a horrific car crash! It was even further from our minds that she would one day be brought back to this mortal life. But that is what God has said. (More details about those revelations are given opposite.)

I don't think there has been a personality that has captured the hearts of so many people than the Princess of Wales. If she is the tool God uses to grab the attention of this nation so He can proclaim His message to this people, who is going to argue with God? Would you? Do you disbelieve Him?

Remember Thomas? He could not bring himself to believe that Jesus would rise from the dead. There are many unbelieving 'believers' in the Church today who mock at this prophecy that Diana will be raised. They will see it. I hope they will believe then!

One last thing. God told us also that this revival will last two years. It will pass through and overflow.

Malcolm Heap, 12 March 1998

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Diana
Queen of Hearts

Around Midnight between August 30th and 31st, 1997, Princess Diana was fatally injured in a car crash in Paris. She died shortly afterwards. The calamity has stunned the nation.

I am writing this short note a day later, 1st September. Yesterday, Sunday 31st August, in an unprecedented move, the BBC cancelled all its regular programmes. Instead, it devoted the whole day's viewing to coverage of this traumatic event. Diana's death has plunged the nation into a state of deep shock.

Tributes are flowing in from all quarters. She has been hailed as the most popular public figure of our century, the greatest celebrity ever, and the greatest humanitarian Britain has had! The accolades are, to my mind, almost beyond belief!

Some even suggest erecting a memorial to her, alongside those of Queen Victoria, and Sir Winston Churchill.

There is no doubt that this young woman captured the hearts of the majority in this country and the hearts of many more around the world. Because of her good looks, position in society, and charitable heart she earned a very prominent place - which she didn't really want, because it caused her to be hounded by the paparazzi.

She lost her privacy and became the victim of so many people's scrutiny and fantasy. Yet she just wanted to be an ordinary person, and to be treated as such. Instead, she became a sacrificial lamb, slain on the nation's altar of desire because of its unfulfilled aspirations.


Indications From God

Over the past three or four years, God has given us certain prophetic revelations about Diana, which show that she figures prominently in His plans for this nation - and, by extension, the world. I will share those briefly with a few of you here. I am not sharing this with all, because most people would not understand. I hope you can grasp the scope of what God is about to do. It is almost mind-boggling!

1. The first 'word' about Diana was in 1994, when our son Richard received a prophetic word from God that she would one day meet with us in our cellar. He was standing in the cellar at the time when God spoke - while we were in the process of digging it out. (The cellar is to be used as a meeting hall to worship God.)

How could Diana meet with us in the cellar, unless Diana is raised from the dead?

2. The second 'bit' of revelation was given to our daughter Tonya on 7th January, 1996. She was given a dream of a little ship which depicted our ministry. Tonya was on the back of this boat. She saw Princess Diana sitting in a corner of the boat next to Helena. Many other people were sitting all around outside the boat.

What does that depict, if not the massive publicity which would come from Diana's return? It would give the gospel a great boost!

More than 8 years ago, my wife prophesied that the gospel would go to this land via publicity. The ordinary man will not listen to 'wafty' church leaders. He is not shaken by anything the Church says. But God has said that this nation will have a witness before it goes into captivity, and He knows how to shake it! He will shake it!!

3. On 9th March, 1996, Helena was given the following dream. Rather than type it out again, I am going to insert here the text as it was recorded at the time:

In this dream, Diana visited our home and was talking with Helena, who wanted to give her a drink of water. Helena was looking for a nice glass to offer her the water in, but didn't think we had anything suitable. Eventually she did find a suitable glass and gave her a drink.

Diana's hair was dishevelled and she was concerned to have it put right. She sat down in a little hairdressing room where there were people who could help her with her hair.

Then the scene changed. Helena was shopping. She saw one large slab of cheese from Albania and took especial note of that and determined to buy some. But she had no money in her purse so went to Richard and got the money and went back to pick up the shopping.

Then Richard was showing Helena a bright blue bottle. She said, "That's nice. Don't throw that away. We can put the pens in it."

Interpretation: This is the third dream about Diana being aware of our ministry. (We have already sent some small publications to her at Kensington Palace which her secretary has acknowledged.) In the future she will have contact with us, particularly Helena, who will give her spiritual help. Water symbolises the Holy Spirit. We may not think we have the right way to present what people need spiritually. But seek and you will find. There is always a way when it is God's will to reach a person who is in need.

Her consciousness about her hair is perhaps allegoric of her inner feelings of failure, and her desire to straighten out her spiritual appearance. She is all too aware of her own inadequacy and insufficiency as a wife and as an heir to the throne. She has blamed herself for her marital failure when she was not to blame. She has suffered feelings of grossly diminished self-worth, even self-hatred. She will need an understanding compassionate heart to help her receive the Holy Spirit and heal those inner wounds. Perhaps Helena is the only one who can help her initially drink in the Spirit of God. Then others can help her too (the little room with others present).

What the cheese from Albania means we don't know. Albania's people suffered horrific oppression, deprivation and injustice under an iron-fisted rule. It was the ultimate in despotic autocratic tyranny. Diana has suffered in that way too, in her recent personal life.

It looks like Richard will handle our money. We don't have any of our own anyway! We have debts, but no money. So, perhaps the dream reflects the way our son Richard (and elder daughter Tonya and others) are supplying our present financial needs.

The attractive blue bottle may represent a container for liquid and the Word of God. Blue is a royal colour. Perhaps, in spiritual terms, it could represent Diana. Possibly, it also represents our publications, some of which we can tend to take for granted and could carelessly underestimate the value they contain. If we have grown accustomed to their contents, we must not underestimate their full value to others. Perhaps it means we should be careful about the little things around us, not to dismiss them lightly just because they are familiar to us.

4. In another short dream which I (MBH) received earlier this year, Diana appeared at our doorstep disguised as someone else (presumably so she could escape the paparazzi). Jokingly she said, "Do I look like my look-alike?" There were some other details in the dream, which I don't now remember. At the time I received it, I didn't think it was significant enough to record it. The dream conveys her sense of humour and her desire to meet with us.

You may make what you like of these dreams, but there is only one proper overall meaning from God. What I believe He is saying is that Diana will not remain just a celebrity to be remembered. She will return again - be restored to physical life!

If that blows your mind, then read of the exploits of Smith Wigglesworth who raised (some say) a dozen people from the dead. His faith did not stop when their hearts did. His faith was centred on God. He saw beyond the natural, into the spiritual dimension, and what he saw he grasped.

I believe God wants us to see certain things from what I have related to you here. He didn't give them for entertainment, but as part of His grand design. The gospel is going into all the world for a witness before Jesus returns. What better personality to use to convey a final 'blast' to the United Kingdom and to the world than via Princess Diana?!

If you can see it, grasp it too, and the faith of the mustard seed will grow as it lives in you. Don't let your vision of Jesus die! Allow Him to stay alive in your heart, and when the time comes for this greatest 'publicity stunt' of all time to occur, He can use you to fulfil your part in it.

Remember:

  • All things are possible to him who believes.
  • God will shake all nations before the Desired of all nations comes.
  • The gospel will go to the ends of the earth before His return.
  • God always uses human instruments to reach others.
  • You are part of His team. He will use you, if you make yourself available and exercise what He gives you.
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Princess Diana To Be Resurrected!

The caption above may come as a shock and provoke disbelief. I dare say it will encourage ridicule and scorn. The statements of prophets from time immemorial have done that, so it is nothing new.

What is new is the revelation.

God speaks in many ways to us today. One way is through His prophets, as He has always done in the past (Amos 3:7).

New revelations to prophets precede and accompany new moves of God. There is a message God wants conveyed to His people as an essential part of this next move He will instigate. You will hear of this message, although it is not a welcome one to most. It will come on the wings of an eagle.

Diana will be raised to life also as a part of what God is about to do on the earth. We are reporting here what God has conveyed to us by way of dreams and other revelations. It is contained within the accompanying paper Diana - Queen Of Hearts.

It will be a sign from God. The appropriate response on your behalf is to believe the sign and believe His prophets (Jn 14:11; 1 Kings 17:24; 2 Chr 20:20).

Sincerely, in Jesus' name,

Malcolm B Heap

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Further Reading

Who is the End-Time Elijah? God promised to send us Elijah the prophet before the end of the Age and the Day of the Lord. Is he a man or more than a man? God is moving, and will do more! 52 page booklet. (£2.00)

The Controversy Concerning Law and Grace: This booklet explains the relevance of works in the believer's life. Most believers misunderstand the matter of God's grace and His attitude towards 'law'. His grace does not exempt us from moral duty! Here is the truth from the New Testament. It may surprise you! 56 page booklet. (£2.00)

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