I often have Visions, almost daily!

Today was no different. I was sitting quietly when the Vision started.

It was short, sharp, and apparently it was to the point. As I sat, not thinking about anything specific, but as always, sipping a fresh coffee, the Vision started.

I saw a Candle, a lit Candle. The flame gently waved to and fro — as they do when there’s no wind or draft.

Suddenly, the flame seemed to be caught in a bit of a breeze as it fluttered back and forth. The breeze increased and the flame began to stutter and die away — only to spring back to life again.

The breeze finally won the day as the flame appeared to die — but, but, but . . .

You know how a self-lighting candle sparks and stutters back to life again? As I watched this candle, it did just that.

It spluttered, sparked, and stuttered back to life again. Somehow, the flame appeared to be bigger, stronger than before — in fact the flame jumped to other, previously unseen candles nearby and lit them too!

That was it! Vision ended!

What was that all about, I wondered.

I asked The LORD — here’s what He said and showed me.

The Candle is your Church, in our case that’s in Burton upon Trent. The Flame represents its wellbeing at the moment.

The Flicker represents the time of testing beginning, then increasing and finally, snuffing the Flame out — effectively extinguishing the Flame altogether.

However, like the analogy of the self-lighting candle, it refuses to die. It sputters back to life again! And in the process lights other candles planted nearby!

The LORD finally spoke, “This is a picture of your Church. You are strong, like the first flame, and you prosper.

Then the winds change and the first wind of persecution makes your flame flutter.

The wind of persecution, be it other religions or governmental persecution, seeks to extinguish your lamp.

It succeeds for a while, but your resilience reignites the flame and, after a few stutters, it hold good and strong. So strong, that it fires up other extinguished candles around you!”

I believe this is a warning to expect increasing persecution of The Church. Persecution that will cause the Church to ‘disappear’ for a while — I believe this will be when the church returns to the first century, house to house, model.

This will be successful to the extent that your flame is strengthened and it ignites others around you — be they existing Churches or new Church plants, and the result will be renewal and real revival on a huge international scale.

The Church is about to be judged (see 1 Peter 4:17), weighed, and ‘reignited’, and her various candles will rise or fall according to the strength of their faith.

Those that pass the test will bring in the next, short, golden age of end time revival perhaps until the “fullness of the gentiles” is gathered in as per Romans 11:25

” For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God? ” 1 Peter 4:17.

“For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.” Romans 11:25.

Candle image © Sezgin Kaya

~ Chris G. Bennett

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Chris Bennett came to salvation in 1962 but didn’t begin ministry until 2007 — a late-comer! Now mandated by The LORD to prophesy and open old wells of revival in the U.K., but especially in Wales. He has also operated Healing Rooms, and worked with deliverance teams, all with his wife, Linda. Happily now doing whatever The LORD asks of them! Founder, with wife Linda, of their ministry The Upper Room Encounter.

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