Update from Jerusalem
- December 2005
Nuggets About the Seven Thunders
December 16, 2005
Dear Friends in Y'shua,
This is my last opportunity to send you an update before
I go to Alabama for Pastor Shelley's Winter Campmeeting. The
theme of the Campmeeting this year is "Celebrating the
Season of Miracles!" We are looking for many miracles and you
probably are, too!
I know that it would be a blessing for you to
commemorate Hanukkah beginning the evening of December 25th through
January 2nd. The Jews celebrate the miracle of
the multiplication of the oil for the newly purified Temple
during this time. Y'shua was most likely conceived in Mary's
womb during this Feast of Lights or Feast of Dedication.
See Pastor Shelley's sermons on "The Birth of Jesus at
Succot":
http://www.revival.org/sermon.jsp?id=788
http://www.revival.org/sermon.jsp?id=789
The Winter Campmeeting is December 31 - January 8,
but I will be leaving Jerusalem Dec. 24th and returning Jan. 12th in order
to take advantage of an almost free flight with frequent flyer miles!
Hallelu-Yah!
Needless to say, everyone is filled with excitement and
anticipation for what the Lord will do and say during these meetings!
All are welcome to come! Go to this link for more
information:
http://www.jerusalemrevival.com/campmeetinginvitation.html.
December 24th is also the 40th
anniversary of Bro. William Branham's Homegoing. It marks
the end of a 40-year harvest cycle where the seed goes in the ground
and comes forth producing seed just like the original, but in
abundance! This great man of God was a first fruit of the
many-membered Bride that the Lord wants to bring forth now in our day to
show forth His character and power!
Ten years ago the Lord said that there would be
great change in December 2005. Are you
ready for great change to take place in you?
Nuggets About the Seven
Thunders
In the last update I shared about the trance vision
(posted on our website) that Pastor Shelley recently experienced where he
was brought before the Throne of Y'shua in the Eternal City of God. Among
other things, the Lord told him that He wanted him to spend some time
alone with Him before the end of December. So Pastor Shelley has
now returned from a ten-day stay in the Smoky Mountains with his family
where he was able to spend quality time with the Lord while his wife took
their children out to enjoy the many things to do in that area.
Pastor Shelley spent much time studying the Word and the
sermons of Brother William Branham at the Lord's direction. The Lord
even showed him which sermons to take with him. He felt impressed to
compile "What We DO Know About the Seven Thunders" in a similar
fashion to what he did last year on "What We DO Know About the Seventh
Seal."
In many of the services between now and the Campmeeting,
he plans to share what we DO know in order that a foundation will be
laid for the Lord to perhaps reveal during the Campmeeting some of what we
don't yet know about the Seven Thunders!
(If you are a new subscriber to our updates, you
are most welcome to send me an e-mail requesting a few prior updates to
give you some background for this one.)
In the Saturday evening service after he returned from the
mountains, Pastor Shelley shared a few nuggets from his studying and time
with the Lord. I have posted to his website major excerpts from
his preaching that night entitled "Nuggets About the
Seven Thunders." You would be blessed to read it at:
http://www.revival.org/sermon.jsp?id=848.
Here are some key quotes from this message:
Some Quotes
Bro. Branham said, "The Bride has never had a revival
yet." He said, "It’s going to take those Seven Unknown
Thunders to wake her up."
Bro. Branham said, "It’s not the mystery of it -
it’s that missing supernatural element."
But a few things that have struck me so powerful is the
very word "Patmos" means "my killing." God had to place John, the
beloved, on the Isle of Death.
So, John wasn’t seeing his day. John was seeing our
day, the Time of the End, like Daniel saw in his vision. And how
was he able to hear the Voice and to enter into the place of the
Spirit? He had to die.
He said this is the same Book – the Book that that mighty
Angel . . . came down from heaven with a rainbow about His head, put one
foot on land and one foot on the sea – which could not be speaking about
the Second Coming nor the Rapture. It has to be speaking about
something entirely different. It has to be speaking about Christ
coming down in the fullness of His Word.
And God was telling us through John, this is not the
Coming that you’ve been looking for. This is a Coming that you’re
not expecting. But without this Coming, you
won’t be able to prepare yourself for that Coming.
Without the fullness of the revelation of the Word of Jesus Christ in our
lives, without God’s Word becoming a revelation and an open Book to us,
we’ll miss it.
Brother Branham specifically said, "This is the same
Book that was in His hand and it was once sealed, but now it is an open
Book."
And what did John do? He ate it. And what
are you and I going to have to do to be ready for the Rapture?
Eat the Book.
And are we going to eat a Book that’s all sealed up with
mysteries that nobody can figure out what they’re saying? No.
We’re going to eat a Book that’s open.
Is that Book always going to be sweet, and everything’s
going to be beautiful and make everything wonderful in our lives?
No. Will our belly have a different reaction from our taste
buds? Yes. But will it produce something in us?
Yes. What will it produce? The character
of Jesus Christ.
But I heard him say that we cannot
have a revival until the supernatural element that’s missing from this
revelation is among us. And then we will have what we
need to have a revival for the Bride of Jesus Christ. And God
is surely laying the foundation and the groundwork for the whole world to
hear it when it comes.
Let’s go with John to the Island of Death. Let’s ask
the Lord to let us camp out on the Island of Death until we come to
that place where we can hear His Voice when it says, "Come up higher,"
and we do it.
That mystery is that God would open
up the way for the nations of the world to be grafted in to His Covenant
that He has made with Israel.
It’s happening right now that God is bringing together
that "one new man."
And he said John, like Daniel before him, picked up his
pen and was ready to write, and guess what a Voice spoke out of heaven and
said? "Write it not. Seal it up. It is not for this
day."
Brother Branham said in 1965 – ’63, ’64 and ’65 –
"I believe that when we need it, it will be
revealed." And he said, "Wait till that little
church that stays with the Word . . . wait till she gets it."
And Brother Branham said fifteen times or more,
"They’re not even written at all." Two times Brother Branham
explained that very carefully, and he said, "It will fit the continuity
of the Scripture."
He said, "If it were written, the devil could get a
hold of it and imitate it." And that really makes a man
think. Because in order for you to be able to imitate something,
it must be action involved.
He said, "That’s the reason why the third part of the
Seventh Seal went by me in an unknown language." Because he
said, "If the devil ever got a hold of that he could make a big mess of
things."
Well, how are we going to be ready to meet the Lord
if we don’t know the day we’re living in? And how are we going to know
the day we’re living in if we don’t know the Message for this day,
what God would speak to us for this day?
Lord, I’m looking for deliverance. I believe
that preaching the revealed Word brings the atmosphere for deliverance to
take place. Some haven’t learned that yet. But I believe
there’s deliverance that comes by revelation.
The Eagle's Cry
As I told you in my last update, the Lord has opened an
incredible door for Pastor Shelley to share what the Lord has given him
during his 30 years of preaching the Gospel. His new program, The
Eagle's Cry, is now being aired three times a week to over 80 nations
on the Gospel Channel via satellite TV from Iceland.
(For more information see:
http://www.jerusalemrevival.com/the_eagles_cry.jsp)
We are hearing wonderful testimonies from people in
many different nations whose lives have already been touched by the
things that he has shared and by the Anointing from the programs.
One man from Wales called the church office in Alabama in
tears and said that he was going to commit suicide until he felt the
wooing of God through Pastor Shelley's program. Another lady called
from England and said, “I had to call you and tell you that it has been
many years since the Anointing of God has filled my home like it just
did. And it’s still here.”
Feeling the urgency to update
www.revival.org, the
New Hope Revival Ministries website, Pastor Shelley is working with a
talented and dedicated brother in the church to redesign and add
content to the existing site. It should be ready soon.
His anointed sermons currently go through a careful
transcription and editing process beginning in Alabama and ending here in
Jerusalem, where they are also uploaded to his website. The
sermons are constantly being added gradually (not always at the end), so
check back often.
Micah 4:2 says, "... for the law shall go forth of Zion,
and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem."
Pastor Shelley only taped 12 programs while he was
recently in Iceland. In order to tape programs from his church in
Alabama, better lighting, digital cameras and computer editing equipment
are needed. They are working on purchasing used equipment and
are believing God for the finances to do it!
(If you would like to have a part in
making it possible for this very anointed servant of God to preach the full
Gospel to the nations of the world, even to Muslim countries, please see
the end of this e-mail for donation details.)
It Has To Do with the Seven
Thunders
A little over three years ago, Pastor Shelley came to
Jerusalem at the direction of the Lord. He had only been here
one time before as an eleven-year-old boy. When the Lord told him to
go, he argued with the Lord, saying that he now had a family and it sounded
like it was dangerous in Israel. He pressed God for a reason.
The Lord told him that it had to do with the Seven
Thunders. That settled the matter for him and he
obediently came.
He has been seeking the Lord over these last three years
to try and get a deeper understanding of the Seven Thunders, but it seems
that this is the Lord's appointed time to begin to reveal more about
them. John was not allowed to write what he heard them say
because they are meant for our day. That is so awesome to me!
And the Lord has made a connection between the Seven
Thunders and Israel. So we anxiously wait to see what the Lord
will unfold and reveal!
Prayer Requests
Once again, Pastor Shelley and the
saints will pray over all recent prayer requests, donation envelopes and
printouts from online donations received before the end of the year at an
especially anointed time during the Winter Campmeeting.
We are really expecting a great Anointing and believe that God will anoint
our faith along with yours and give wonderful
breakthroughs, even to those who live far away.
We want to again thank those who gave donations to help us
meet our rent payment and Jerusalem city tax obligation for last
month! We really praise God for you! Our next rent payment
will soon be due again as well as payments for our monthly taxes, utilities
and food!
I promise you that I get excited and praise God for every
donation! We are totally dependent on God to provide for us
through his saints who are standing with us to enable us to fulfill our
mandate in His Bridal City.
If you have been blessed by these updates,
would you please consider sowing a year-end seed into this
Jerusalem revival ministry, no matter how big or small?
In the natural, this is sowing time in Israel. The
fields have been sown with seed awaiting more of the "early rain."
The harvest will begin to come after the winter "latter rains."
Sow this year in good Jerusalem soil and watch God give
you your harvest in the first part of next year! (Please see
the end of this update for donation instructions.)
(Zec 10:1) Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of
the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them
showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
Pastor Shelley's Schedule (God
willing)
Pastor Shelley is tentatively planning to come to
Jerusalem with some brothers the last week of January and the first two
weeks of February.
Then he hopes to bring his family to Israel for four
weeks in April in order to celebrate Passover here for the first time.
He has scheduled special Shavuot (Pentecost)
meetings in Alabama for May 30 - June 4.
And next year's Summer Campmeeting in Alabama will
be July 23 - August 6.
He is hoping to be in Israel for Succot (Feast of
Tabernacles) next year.
You would be so welcome to attend any of these special
meetings and Jerusalem services. If you have a broadband Internet
connection, you can stream Pastor Shelley's Alabama services live
through your computer. Just go to www.revival.org and click on
the box for "Live Services." You will be asked to register the first
time, and you can do that ahead of time (even now) to receive your user
name and password.
I will not be able to send another update until I return
to Jerusalem after the Campmeeting. If you are hungry to know
sooner than that what the Lord is revealing and doing, you may want to
consider streaming the Alabama services! Even better would be
to go to the Campmeeting yourself!
In Closing
The Lord put it on my heart that I should bring to
Alabama the two silver trumpets that hang crossed in the front of our
little underground chapel in Jerusalem. These trumpets are
fashioned after the ones that were used at the Temple, and we purchased
them three years ago in obedience to a vision the Lord gave us at the
time.
To us, they are prophetic of the ministries of the Word
and the Spirit sounding forth. Inscribed on each one is "Holiness
Unto the Lord." We will keep them in Alabama for a season as the
Lord directs.
There are several uses for the two silver trumpets
described in the Scriptures, which Pastor Shelley shared about in a
sermon, Beha’alot’cha - Numbers 8:1 - 12:16, on June 21, 2005. You
can read it at:
http://www.revival.org/sermon.jsp?id=840.
Blowing these silver trumpets is
prophetic of calling the Bride together at the direction of the Lord to
hear His Voice in this Time of the End, preparing us for the Bride's
Revival!
Listen carefully in this season of
miracles as the Thunders roll and the Trumpets sound!
(Rev 10:4) And when the seven thunders had uttered their
voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto
me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them
not.
(Rev 10:7) But in the days of the voice of the seventh
angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished,
as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
Blessings from Jerusalem!
Nancy Bergen
Jerusalem Revival Center
PO Box 1402
Jerusalem 91013, Israel
Tel. & Fax: 972-2-5825301
JRC@jerusalemrevival.com
www.jerusalemrevival.com
I am including this section for those who might wish to
use it to send offerings and receive products that we have available.
For Secure Online Ordering and Donations:
Go to
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fill out all of the appropriate information. Or be sure to at
least indicate that your donation is for Jerusalem and if you want the
complimentary worship CD offered below. (If you have any problems
using this link, please either send us an e-mail or call the NHRM Alabama
office at 1-334-732-0050 to give us your donation information.)
You can use this same link to make a donation to New Hope
Revival Ministries to help them purchase the technical equipment they
need for Pastor Shelley to make anointed programs in Alabama that will be
aired on the Gospel Channel to the nations of the world! (One of
the satellites sits over Israel!) Just indicate in the description
box that your donation is for NHRM video equipment.
Donations may also be wired to our bank in America.
Simply e-mail us for details.
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and mailed to:
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USA
All donations and prayer requests
received in Alabama by the end of the year will be prayed over at an
anointed time during the Campmeeting. We are expecting
the Lord to hear and answer in His wonderful way!
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the Shadows, Revealed In Your Bride," sung by Nancy Bergen.
Also available:
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CD, "Campmeeting 2005 - Trance Visions," 6 sermons by Pastor Steven L.
Shelley preached at the New Hope Revival Center ($20 US includes
shipping). In these sermons, Pastor Shelley shares in detail the
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include ____________ for the new MP3
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This series is about returning to our Biblical
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include ____________ for the new MP3
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Shelley, preached at the New Hope Revival Center ($25 US includes
shipping). This series focuses on "What We DO
Know About the Seventh Seal."
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include ____________ for the MP3 CD "Passover Meetings 2004 - A Teaching on the First Six Seals," 12 sermons
(21.5 hours) by Pastor Steven L. Shelley preached at the New Hope Revival
Center ($25 US includes shipping).
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usher in revival in Jerusalem!
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