THE LATTER RAIN MOVEMENT TODAY - ALIVE AND WELL

The Latter Rain movement, thinks they are winning souls to their “movement” which is to take over Earth and every inhabitant on the planet and return this planet to its former glory as it was in the Garden of Eden for Christ. (They were never commissioned to do this by the Jesus of the Bible.  There is no scripture to back up this belief.) Then, after accomplishing this, they will “call Jesus down from where He is seated next to the Father” (they consider Him as being held in heaven until their work is complete) and tell Him He can then return to the earth, that they have restored, in order to rule and reign.   I am going to quote their opinion on this very issue by citing Bill Hamon’s book Prophets and Personal Prophesy.  The following is how Mr. Hamon interprets Acts 3:21…”Acts 3:21 declares that the heaven until the times of restitution (restoration) of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all his holy PROPHETS since the world began.  There are Old and New Testament prophetic scriptures which must be fulfilled before Christ can return.  The PROPHETS have been given the anointing and responsibility to receive from Christ the proper revelation and application of these Scriptures.  They are hidden from the eyes of men until God’s time for that truth to be restored and established.”  (taken from page 21)  Now you read Acts 3:21 and see if you can find all that in that scripture!  These people DO NOT intend to go in the Rapture of the Church.  They are of the opinion that only those who stand in their way, those who do not believe in their interpretation of Holy Scripture, will go in the Rapture. I have read in other books written by men of this movement who actually call those who insist on the “old way of reading and interpreting the scriptures” as the “evil ones”, and trust me, they will take full credit for “sending us away” after the Rapture happens.  That will make them appear very powerful to the rest of the world won’t it?  (We pray and fully intend to be on the Rapture boat when it sails!  We do not believe in nor condone the twisting of Scripture to further one’s own agenda, so we can proudly be labeled as the “non-believers or “evil ones ” in the “movement” of the NAR [New Apostolic Reformation] and the Dominionists).

Although you will seldom hear the label “Latter Rain”, these movements (NAR/DOM) are firmly grounded in the beliefs and fantasies of the Latter Rain Movement.  You will seldom, if ever, hear anyone of these heretical movements claim any association with the Latter Rain  as the “Latter Rain” has been condemned for centuries as we will show you.  Why you ask?  It is because it is saturated with the occult and New Age philosophies.  Both of which are philosophies of men.  Men, who without proper study and time spent in recognized and “accredited” bible colleges, pass down this twisted philosophy.  A philosophy of how they perceive scripture, both as individuals reading the bible, and as men receiving “messages” from whom they perceive as angels or God Himself, as to how scripture is to be translated.  The only problem with these “messengers”, is  that they, if true angels from heaven, or the  Holy Spirit, or God Himself, the message would never contradict the written and established Word of the living God authored by the Holy Spirit.  And if they cannot find in the scriptures what they want to convey to suit their own intentions, they will tell us, as does Bill Hamon in his training course “Prophetic Training, anyone can prophesy course” that God has given them (him) parts of the bible that mysteriously vanished during the Dark Ages!  How convenient.  The KJV Bible that I read clearly states, and this is Jesus speaking, John 15:14-15 (KJV)
¹⁴ Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. ¹⁵ Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. This statement by Jesus clearly states that all He has told us all the Father has told Him.  If this same Jesus who prophesied the future was given this information by the Father, so was the Holy Spirit.  He is the author of this book.  And if in the future God for one moment thought that what we needed to know would be secreted away by man, He would have made that know to Jesus as well as the Holy Spirit and He would have made provision for that in the Word.  But he clearly did not.  If God had ever thought for even one moment that there were ANY men on earth that were capable of “making all things new” as in restoring the earth to it’s intended glory as in the Garden of Eden, His most precious Son Jesus would never have been sacrificed in the brutal way He was to pay for the sins of ALL men, past, present, and future!  He was and is the Lamb of God.  The greatest sacrifice of all time, past, present, and future!  But the Word also tells us that He will come again, not as a meek lamb, but as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, to set up His Kingdom on earth.  Set up means to “make it happen”.  It doesn’t mean to be summoned from Heaven by mere mortals, after mere mortals have beaten the world into submission and the acceptance of Christ as their Lord and Savior (how else did you think the Dominionist’s intend to make every knee bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord as is their intent!?  This is no better than the tactics of fanatic Islam!)  We have seen throughout history how fanatics and terrorists have beaten and killed and herded their prey into submission.  But did they ever turn their hearts to what they were forced to do?  Salvation only comes through a convicted heart, not a beaten, driven, and terrified one.  But, and I am sure they would have an answer for this question as they always have answers for everything. How do they intend to get the animals back to the creatures of peace and harmony that they were in the Garden of Eden?  Genetic engineering?  It all sounds crazy.  But this crazy is frightening, very frightening.  My Jesus does not frighten me.  He stands for love and peace and free will.  So are these NAR/Dom types saying that God lied to us?  Did God forget to put into scripture that the likes of them would come and make the world a better place?  Did God forget to write in the Bible how they would overcome the anti-christ?  The Bible that I read says that the anti-christ will be the beast.  BUT…the bible actually does speak of the NAR/DOM movement in the Book of Revelation.  The Holy Spirit refers to them as the “Great Whore”.  Revelation 17:1-6 (KJV)
¹ And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
² With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
³ So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
⁴ And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
⁵ And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
⁶ And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.  (The Great Whore refers to all the religions of the world that ever have been, which are devised by men as a substitute for “Jesus Christ and Him Crucified” and the Bible as it is written by the Holy Spirit.  There is nothing hidden.  Just the open truth conveyed to man by the Holy Spirit.  The “many waters” are a symbol for multitudes of people.  All have, over time, followed “religions” devised by men, and even the parts of Christianity that have been corrupted, are labeled by the Lord as “spiritual fornication” (Rom 7:1-4)  The part of the scripture that refers to “being made drunk” actually proclaims the addiction of religion which is the most powerful narcotic in the world!)

Now if you listen to the NAR’s interpretation of this scripture, you will find that they refer to the “Whore” as Israel.  In her rejection of Christ, he has polluted the world.  We certainly cannot speak of every man that has studied scripture and is a part of this “movement” (and if they have actually attended an accredited Bible College, shame on them for turning from the truth to heresy!)  but we can after looking long and hard at the educational background of Bill Hamon, state that he attended an unnamed “bible college” for a total of four months, and then by a prophecy and “laying on of hands” was sent out to preach and teach.  These facts were provided by his wife in the Preface of his book, Prophets and Personal Prophecy, pages 5 through 10.  His BA and Masters of Theology degrees were given to him by his own Christian International School, and his Doctorate which he uses shamelessly was only an honorary bestowal by “a well respected Bible College”, again no names given.  I recently asked a licensed and degreed Minister of the Gospel if they could get their “degree” or be sent out to preach and TEACH with only four months of schooling behind them.  They said it was not possible.  Well we know different. 
 But if you look at it from their perspective, (NAR/DOM) they truly believe that they are filled with "revelation" for their ears only by the Holy Spirit.  And now the evil fairy tales are being spread throughout the church.  Their eyes are blinded to all biblical truth as are those that sit and receive this heresy.  Those that receive this lie are dangerously lacking a true knowledge of the Word of God.  And their names will be erased from the Lamb’s Book of Life as written in the Book of Revelation.  And most sadly of all, so will the names of all those who follow these treacherous men.  Rev 3: 2-5  2."Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die for I have not found your works perfect before God. 3. Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent.  If therefore you shall not watch, I will come on you as a thief, and you shall not know what hour I will come upon you.  4. You have a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments and they shall walk with Me in white: for they are worthy. 5. He who overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white raiment and I will NOT BLOT out his name out of the Bok of Life but I will confess his name fefore My Father, and before His angels. (Emphasis is mine)  This scripture should eliminate any debate of "once saved always saved".  In this scripture Jesus makes it perfectly clear that He has the power to remove anyones name from the Book of Life.

Now I made a statement earlier that these men are not formally trained in accredited schools.  Most are not.  They have been “trained” in the doctrine of devils and had a “laying on of hands as an anointing of MEN” and were sent out into an unsuspecting world.  You see in times past everyone felt that their church was one place where they could find solace.  A place were they could find comfort and hear truth spoken by true men of God who would never dream of putting their own “spin” (lies) on scripture.  But as the world has waxes cold men seek earthly recognition.  Matthew 24:12-14 (KJV)
¹² And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
¹³ But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.  (Notice here that there is no mention what so ever that the “Kingdom is a in any way restored to a Garden of Eden by men.  It only speaks of the Kingdom as it exists in every mans heart as it relates to preaching the Gospel to all creatures, after they have accepted Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior.)

The general church population has let down their guard.  They have become lazy and complacent.  They stopped studying their Bibles.  They “trusted” without reservation those who were “in church”.  But Satan being who he is, and that is evil personified, saw his chance to awaken the lies that he had taught those of the Latter Rain so well, and brought it back into the churches where a scripturally challanged people would blindly follow the heresy.  The Latter Rain movement actually started back in the late 16^th century.  But by the end of the late 17^th century, the then still well educated churches exposed their blasphemous biblical philosophies for what they were, and the Latter Rain movement virtually disappeared from the public eye.  It was tucked away in Satan’s bag of tricks for a later and less educated time in church history. (That time is now!)  And as a result the Great Falling Away that the Bible warns us of is here!  This is a wake up call so please read these series of articles and print them off and take them to your Bible studies and give them to your friends that may still sit blindly in these churches.  Once you are aware of the deception you cannot merely say, “Oh, well, that is on them!”  We have a duty as Christians, commissioned to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature, to also point out lies that will bring death and destruction to unsuspecting souls sitting in what they believe to be “safe churches”. 

 “Don’t think for one moment that because the New Age has the word “new” in its title, that it is “new” in any sense of the word.  This bizarre philosophy has existed for centuries and has only become worse, even unto this day, because men’s hearts and minds wax more evil every passing day.  These movements have many members.  Some will come right out and tell you what “their” plans for mankind are, such as David Chilton (now deceased) in his book "Paradise Restored, A Biblical Theology of Dominion".  Again the twisting of scripture by virtue of “special incite” granted to these modern “self anointed and self appointed” Prophets is mindboggling!!  Their contention is that Jesus is being held in Heaven.  Spiritually chained where he sits at the right hand of the Father, until “they” restore earth to it’s former glory and then “they”, by their spoken summons, will loose Jesus from Heaven so that He may return to rule with “them”, who at some point in their endeavors on earth will be “transfigured” into the likeness of Christ.  They will be like Him, including His deity! Their contention is that they will all become “God” in oneness with Christ.  This is a perfect example of New Age philosophy polluting the Word of God.  I want to suggest that you all get a copy of the aforementioned book by David Chilton and as difficult as it will be, read it.  He is not trying to be gentle and slick like some of these new prophets and apostles of the NAR/DOM.  He just tells it like it is and you need to know “what it is”.  After you have read this book, you will be amazed at just how much of this philosophy you hear in your churches.  And you will see how our youth is being prepared for “battle”. 

I am going to give you an overview of all that we are telling you about the Latter Rain.  I could literally write for months on end about this poisonous heresy, but I will just for times sake give you this overview.  And then over the next several weeks, once you are familiar with all this movement is, I will write on more blatant and overt believers in this hellish philosophy, and the things they have done and said over the centuries, up to and including those of today.  I will be giving you examples of the scriptures that they have and still use to convince you that they are right, and then I will give you what these scriptures actually do mean.  I do this because I can draw on the knowledge of learned men and scholars who down through the ages have taught the truth of the Living Word.  I will not be calling on the wisdom of supposed angels and messenger visitations to convey their “truth” of God’s Word.

Here is the Overview:

LATTER RAIN – POST WWII MOVEMENT

The Latter Rain, also known as the NEW ORDER or NEW ORDER OF THE LATTER RAIN, was a post-World War II movement within Pentecostal Christianity which remains controversial to this day.  Here are some needed distinctions;

• The Latter Rain Revival (1948-1952)
• The Latter Rain Movement (1952-1960s)
• Sharon Schools (Global Missions)
• Other groups influenced by the Latter Rain

The names that you are now going to hear will shock you a bit…but it is all documented.

The Latter Rain Movement came to the forefront after World War II and became an integral part of the contemporary evangelical awakening that was occurring with Billy Graham at the forefront, and with the Healing Revival of Oral Roberts, (This will explain that when you pick up Bill Hamon’s book Prophets and Personal Prophesy, you will read a glowing Forward written by Oral Roberts himself!)  Jack Coe, and William Branham.  William Branham is often erroneously considered the founder of the Later Rain because those who started it were inspired by attending one of his meetings.  Several leaders of Sharon Orphanage, a small Pentecostal orphanage in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada, were inspired to look for a deeper dimension of Christianity after visiting Branham’s meeting and they began to fast and pray in search of it.  Later that year revival events occurred and news quickly swept across Canada and into the United States, deeply influencing some Pentecostal believers creating a fanaticism that continues to this day.  After a few years as the “newness” of what this so called revival brought, those Pentecostal’s that had been deeply influenced by this new doctrine formed groups which became know as the Latter Rain Movement.  Those who formed the (resurrected) movement emphasized “relational groups” as opposed to more accepted organizational structure.  The term “Latter Rain” has become a pejorative label, (one that is criticized or disapproved of), so many ministers who “practice” this movement, (conform scripture to meet their agendas and inject New Age philosophies into their churches), are very reluctant to associate themselves openly with the Latter Rain.  But if the public becomes more aware of their practices, they will not be able to run rampant over Christianity as they have, especially since the 1980’s.  And it is for this reason history has not been able to fully document the full extent of this movement.  However, in 2000 the Assemblies of God USA paper on End Time Revival, the Latter Rain Movement was rejected by what remain to this day classical Pentecostal denominations.  This is another reason that you will find this movement establishes itself in mostly non-denominational churches where you find “apostles and prophets” in leadership who will appoint “pastors” “prophets” and “elders” who have no formal training but that of the movement by a laying on of hands.  An ordination by the Latter Rain is only recognized by the Latter Rain.

In Part II, I will give you some history of this movement and for the sake of education and time will concentrate on the years 1948-1952.  I will then lay out the following;

• Beliefs
• Eschatology
• Joel’s Army
• Ecclesiology
• Pneumatology
• Controversies
• Leaders (Founders)
• MFI (Ministers Fellowship International)
• Disputed movements
• Other names linked to the Latter Rain Movement
• Institutions

I am trying not to get bogged down in this exposure.  I think that if you will get copies of the books I have and will reference in this Blog, you will see why reporting on this popular tripe is so depressing.  We love the true and unaltered, and un-tampered with Word of the Living God as written and inspired by the Holy Spirit.  It will quickly, as it has us while doing our research, move you from sorrow to near rage at the audacity of these men and women who have chosen to believe and spread doctrine given to them by “messengers”.  We will get into these “messengers” at a later time.  Overall, I found from a personal exposure to these “followers” an immature, almost playground, type personality.  If you confront them with the true scripture, and if they respond at all, they will say, “No, you are wrong”.  Playground fights consist of one child or group of children trying to control the swings and slides.  Those just trying to enjoy themselves confront the bullies and tell them they are to blame for the fighting.  The response of the bullies is simply, “NO, YOU ARE”.  It sounded stupid as children, the twisting of the bully’s words, and it is even more childish and silly today.  When you cannot make an intelligent stand, you just push the blame on the accuser and walk away.  Why then do so many choose to follow the playground bullies when now as adults their very souls are at stake?

Blessings…Patti