VISION OF NIAGARA

BY TERRY SOMERVILLE

While attending a meeting in Niagara Falls in Sept. 1988
the Lord gave me a word on the place of humanity in history
and the desperate need for revival in the church .


Vision At Niagara -  God's Call to The Front Lines


Introduction

Throughout the world the church is going through a great sifting, between those who will serve God and those who serve themselves. The world body of the Anglican Church just expelled the Anglican Church in North America over the ordination of homosexuals and same sex unions. Our own nation seems poised on re-defining marriage  to include same sex partners.  The United Church of Canada was the first mainline denomination to openly approve homosexual ordination  in August 1988, and the Lord spoke a clear prophetic call to his people at that time. It was not about the gay ordination issue, but a clear call to those who love and serve Him to leave the isolated towers and enter the work of  redemption. It is more important today than it was then.

The Vision
I was one of the directors of a renewal movement in the church and  in September many of us gathered in Niagara Falls and travailed in prayer. We were obviously at a significant point in the churches relationship to God, and our future in the ministry. One evening at about 10:30 the Lord urged me to go to the falls. As I approached it I saw it was illuminated so everything was in plain view. As I peered over the brink the Spirit of God began to speak to my heart..

"This is the sea of humanity going to eternity without Christ." I was quite shaken by this. I was watching how smoothly the water plunged into the abyss and heard the Spirit also say "notice how they slip by so smoothly and quickly, they are deceived." I looked out and saw the rapids breaking over the edge further off and the Holy Spirit observed "the rapids are like those in fear without Christ!" At my feet was the bank adjacent to the brink. The Spirit pointed out to me "the sides are too high and steep, and the water too fast to rescue them. They are too far gone."

Then I felt God beckon me to walk upstream. About two hundred yards above the falls I saw that at this point someone could be rescued. Again inside myself I heard the words "Set out a net to save some." At a quiet spot between an island and the shore the Lord observed "this is like the church, the a  peaceful shore, where some get out safely. It's easier for them here, but most are still slipping by."  I perceived  that faithful laborers worked from the shore to rescue the perishing by calling, throwing lifelines, using nets and even swimming to them.

Then I looked out and saw the rapids and rushing water beyond the island The Spirit impressed me that this was the idolatrous part of the church, caught up in the world. In great turmoil, excited, ears tickled, but in the gravest danger. In riotous living they charge toward the brink, approving unrighteousness and don't even know the danger.

Part II
Then everything seemed to change, and a new word began quite plainly as I watched the river rip by.  "This is the course of human history heading to the judgment." I looked up and saw the huge cloud of mist illuminated against the night sky. The scripture came to mind that says "the smoke of their burning rises day and night for eternity." Suddenly the lights went out, and the mist seemingly disappeared. The Lord impressed in my heart that in a revival the judgment is illuminated to warn the perishing, but in times of spiritual darkness it is not.

About 500 feet up the river from the brink was a spot I felt strongly represented the point we are in history. We are getting close enough to the edge to hear the noise and feel the spray, yet still far enough that most ignore it. (this was 1988 - now we are much closer and feel the shaking as well.  911, diseases, natural disasters, etc. all the shakings are here. ed.)

I looked up in the other direction and saw the two towers on the hill. The Spirit said "these are like my Spirit and my Word,  beacons to the perishing, calling them to shore." As those in the water see the beacons God has mercifully provided, they head to the shore and the rescuers draw them out. But  there was something wrong. At the base of each tower is an amusement complex. The Lord strongly indicated how Christians were gathering around the word and the Spirit for their own amusement, rather than reaching the perishing or manning the nets. Some even made entertainment at the edge of the falls where men fall off and perish while they watch, but few were at their posts.

As I headed back to my room I was sobbing, aching for the church to man the nets , yet my heart was filled with songs like "Rescue the Perishing" and Keith Green's words :

"Can't you see, can't you see, all the people falling down, No one aches, no one cares, no one even wears a frown. How can you be so dumb, not to care if they come. You just sit back and pretend the jobs done!"

Application
A great wave of God's presence is about to break upon the nation. The time is short, and Jesus saying "church, wake up, get ready! Many are about to awaken and you are are not ready to bring them in."  He is determined to purify and mature his church for the task to come. Those who have amused themselves around the towers of the Word and Spirit are no longer satisfied there. God is even shutting down the amusements in order to move His people  to the shore. Our purpose did  not stop at the beacon that drew us to shore.   A great separation is taking place.  It is already upon the church.  Many are needed to enter the marketplace, where the Kingdom is flowing, man the nets and rescue the perishing. 

 For many in the mainline church  the bank is dangerously unstable and
in constant threat of collapse. Many on shore will slip back in as faith gives way to the pressure of the present idolatry and immorality.
 To those laboring elsewhere on the shore, a word of perspective. Time is short. Remain faithful, press on. A mighty move of God is nearly upon us when the mist and smoke of judgment will be illumined by the Holy Spirit as He mightily convicts of sin, righteousness and judgment. Multitudes will head for the shore! Church be prepared! It is surely going to come!




TERRY SOMERVILLE
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