Current Event Reports
This
notice was sent out on November 16, 2002, and examines the test of Carmel in
light of the ministry of Billy Graham and the book and movie, Awakenings.
Dear Remnant Bride Inquirer,
These are telling times
in which we live, but the signs are not being read as they should. People are
looking at things through the weak eyes of Christianity and the world,
evaluating such things as Iraq, Israel, and the church in a contorted, twisted,
even blurred fashion. But it now appears that a concluding event, or might we
say events, should soon come on the scene with the speed and decisive
fulfillment as that portended in the events surrounding 9-11.
That which we see
unfolding with Iraq is a good example of this distortion of man's assessment.
Christians and the world look at this event and see it as near-apocalyptic,
often tying it with their false prophecies and expectations regarding Israel.
But the Remnant know that Saddam Hussein intercessorally and fortellingly
represents Satan and his hold over mystery Babylon Christianity, and watch with
great hope and encouragement George W. Bush's second-Remnant-representing
determination to displace him! Nothing could be greater than for Satan to be put
away, and there is only one work that can do this - the truth revealing,
birthright possessing, first Remnant fulfilling, Elijah second Remnant.
The most important sign
taking place today is a nearly unperceptible and even disregarded occurrence,
and that is what is happening in the Remnant Bride. But I warn you, even as it
is written - do not despise small beginnings! Do I claim this out of my own
confidence? Not at all! But my confidence and expectation is in Yahweh and that
which His word reveals.
You recently received
the notice on the writing titled The Love of Money. That is an incredible writing,
revealing effectual truth that is vital for this time. But after writing that,
Yahweh continued to deal with me about this issue of holding all things in common;
and I continued to write, with results that were truly incomparable! This
newest writing is titled Upon What Foundation Will You Build?, and examines the return of
Yahshua and that which He said and requires regarding entrance into His
kingdom, addressing this with clarity and truth that has never before been seen
or presented.
From the outset, the
purpose of this writing was to critically evaluate this issue of selling all in
order to receive the kingdom, and the findings were beyond corroborative. What
did Yahshua teach about how to receive the kingdom? What did He mean regarding
the broad gate and the narrow gate, and few are those who enter the narrow gate
but many are those who enter the broad gate? An examination of this passage in
context clearly reveals what He meant and how it applies specifically to today.
Likewise, what did He mean when He said that He was going to kindle a fire upon
this earth? What might then be revealed in the two fires in the Gospels, one
where Peter denied Yahshua three times, and one Yahshua kindled Himself where
Peter affirmed his love for Him three times? And how could the burning bush at
Mount Horeb relate to the two recent President Bushes, separated by Clinton?
And incredibly, we will see that the events following 9-11 regarding the
anthrax deaths, directly relate to the fire Yahshua said He would kindle! And
did you know that the sword the angel used to keep man from the tree of life
was a drought? What could this mean? And why was a vital prophecy regarding Noah
never fulfilled? These items are only a stone's report as it skips across the
vast and deep waters into which you are about to enter when reading this newest
writing. And as you consume it, your life will hopefully never be the same.
No, man does not realize
that which is getting ready to take place, no more than he remotely expected
9-11 or the anthrax attacks. But you are about to find out what is undoubtedly
upon the scene, and even have the opportunity to be a part of it!
I will give the address
for Upon What Foundation Will You Build?, but before I do, let us note one other attesting
current event. On October 17-20 in Dallas, Texas, Billy Graham held what is
expected to be his last Crusade. Mr. Graham has Parkinson's disease, and it
appears that his public ministry is finished after 54 years of ecumenical
preaching. Why do I bring this up? Because even as I have pointed out before,
1948 began the test of Carmel between vast Christianity and the little Remnant,
with the Jews watching on the sidelines. These are the prophets of Baal, the
prophets of Asherah, and Elijah. In 1948, Graham began his "team" and
initiated in Georgia his ecumenical crusades and ministry that have impacted
the entire world. The year 1948 marked the beginning of the Latter Rain Movement,
and included other figures like William Branham, the initiator of the more
Pentecostal aspect of the movement, along with Oral Roberts and many others who
have followed. Of course the nation called Israel likewise began in 1948. And,
this writer was born in 1948. Thus, the test of Carmel was begun.
The single most
influential individual of Christianity since 1948 has clearly been Billy
Graham. It has been stated before by this writer that the test of Carmel is 55
years in duration, or from 1948 to 2003. How long did the prophets of Baal have
in their attempt to get their offering to be acceptable to their god? They had
all day. How much time did Elijah have? Only the evening, at the end of the
day. When the prophets of Baal were finished, Elijah had his brief opportunity.
Today, the chief prophet
of Baal has finished his work after 54 years, and there is less than one year
left in this test. Graham has Parkinson's disease, the disease that in a
related case caused a number of people in the early 1900's to enter into a
sleep-like state that made statues of them. This was reported in the book and
subsequent movie, Awakenings. In 1969, Dr. Oliver Sacks (or in the movie, Dr. Sayer)
administered a drug called L-DOPA to those sleeping ones, and during that summer
they came out of their long sleep. Why do I mention this? Because of its
unquestionably related prophetic message.
The disease that Graham
has is prophetic of that which has spiritually affected all kingdom men, much
the way in the Bible leprosy is prophetic of sin. Parkinson's causes one to
grow weak and lose control of his body, his flesh. In Awakenings, we find that an epidemic of
sleeping sickness caused these unique Parkinson's-like symptoms to be manifest
as a statue-like sleep state. This is the state of all Christians. They are
asleep and have lost control of their flesh.
Let me add some light to
this. What is the hope for Christians, both those who yet remain in the dead
body of Christ and must come out as the hidden Remnant Bride, as well as the
body of Christ? The hope is the Remnant. The word of truth that we have is the
L-DOPA, that which might seem foolish, but will shame the wise. This is the
truth that is awaking the sleeping and causing them to come alive! These are
the words of Yahshua that call a sleeping Lazarus (whose name has a numeric
value of 153) to come out of the grave. (Sadly though, the first Remnant were
the fulfillment of that which later happened to these in Awakenings. They first had the words of
life, the beautiful hope, they had the promise to not die, they had the promise
to sit on twelve thrones and judge the twelve tribes; but the breach began,
their awakening soon paled, their hope was cut short, and they too entered into
death/sleep.)
In testimony to this
work of the Remnant Bride, when Oliver (or the tree of life Remnant olive tree)
Sacks (or Saxon) was bringing these sleeping ones to life in the summer of
1969, I was marrying my own bride, Mavis Parkinson. I cannot relate here all
that has happened to affirm this, but testified in these true-life events is
the outcome of the marriage of the Bride to Yahshua - the sleeping ones have
their awakenings! And this is precisely that which is happening to the few who
are reading and understanding these writings, and will happen to many more as
we enter into 2003 - they are awaking out of death!
I have mentioned only a
few of the salient prophetic testimonies found in Awakenings, including the fact that my
wife's maiden name was Parkinson, the very disease associated with the sleep
state. On June 6, 1969, she simultaneously came out from being a Parkinson,
joined to her husband and receiving a new name. And I would also point out that
these awakenings all occurred under the practice of Oliver Sacks at a hospital
in New York, the name of which says it all - Mount Carmel Hospital! Thus we see
precisely the test we have identified here as the test of Carmel that began in
'48 - Who can bring the dead to life, who can awake the sleeping, and who can
ascend alive?
With the completion of
Billy Graham's ministry, can anyone look back over the last 54 years and say
that he has been able to get a people to ascend alive? Not at all, for all of
his converts have followed, and would continue to follow, in the ways of man
for 6,000 years - they all go to the grave, to Sheol, to the sea of death where
leviathan/Satan sports (Psalm 104:26)! In regard to the test of Carmel, Billy
Graham and all the prophets of Baal have failed! And quite appropriately for
this test, Mr. Graham is very likely the greatest evangelist that has ever
lived. He is Christianity's final and best effort. But as long as his or any
man's work is under the covering of Christianity, that work is certain to
remain a shortfall failure of Baal.
Now at the evening of
this 55 year test, in the final year, it is time for the Elijah work to present
its offering to Yahweh. Will our offering be accepted? Per all the works and
testimonies of Yahweh, our success is essential!
As I said at the
beginning, and now you will better understand, these are telling times in which
we live. The prophets of Baal have performed their works; it is time for Elijah
to perform his!
You can read Upon
What Foundation Will You Build? by going to http://www.remnantbride.com/foundation/foundation.1.html.
E-mail me when you
finish it.
To the glory of Yahweh,
Gary
PS - The most noteworthy
patient in Awakenings was a man named Leonard. When Leonard's awakening began to wane, he
started writing an autobiography that he said would bring him together,
"cast out the devils," and "bring everything into the full light
of day." After three weeks of writing during the first three weeks of June
(while I was marrying my bride), typing twelve or fifteen hours a day, which he
found gave him strength, he finished his autobiography with a very revealing
conclusion. Speaking for all of the patients who were a part of this
involuntary martyrdom, Leonard wrote - "I am a living candle. I am
consumed that you may learn. New things will be seen in the light of my
sufferings."
All the excruciating
suffering experienced by Leonard and all those who were a part of the miracle
of the summer of '69, was indeed not in vain. It was a prodigious price, with
wholly unexpected garnered results. They were in truth an intercession, a
foretelling testimony, a "living candle" so that we today might learn
"New things."
Clearly Oliver Sacks
learned from them, but undoubtedly the greatest gain we have from the imposed
sacrifice they paid, is the intercessoral testimony they provided concerning
the hope of the Remnant, the "new thing" (Jeremiah 31:22), even the
price paid by the first Remnant, and the marvelous "full light of
day" of our own awakening that we are receiving.
There is more that I
would like to tell you regarding this amazing testimony, things that mean so
very much to me, but it will evidently have to wait until I can see you face to
face, which I hope to do soon.
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