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ChurchWatch 07/07/10

Portals of Revival: A Heavenly Encounter

The purpose of the ChurchWatch blog is to try to keep people informed of news and trends of importance to Christians. That information comes to my attention from various sources. Sometimes through phone conversations. Sometimes through news releases. Sometimes through interviews.

And sometimes I share information that comes through a supernatural source.

This is a very New Testament thing to do. The Apostle Peter received the revelation that it was o.k. to evangelize the Gentiles in a transe during a time of prayer (Acts 10). The Apostle John was "in the Spirit on the Lord's day" when he received his famous Revelation. (You can learn more about the many ways that God communicates to believers in my article "Seven Keys to Hearing God's Voice: Tuning into God's Frequency").

Recently I was at a church in our local area when the worship leader, Heather Martin, who is also the wife of the Senior Pastor, shared a similar supernatural encounter that she had during a time of worship and prayer. I believe this is a significant vision that is for all of the Church, so I asked Heather to share it with you.

I encourage you to prayerfully consider what the Lord showed Heather in this vision regarding revival in America and around the world.


Heather and Jacob MartinRecently, during a Wednesday evening service, I went into a trance as I prayed. During worship, while I was singing in tongues, I felt in my Spirit that something unusual and mighty was going to happen to me. I was sitting in a chair on the platform and singing in tongues when my body literally went into a paralytic state. I could not move even if I wanted to. My face was numb, my body was tingling and I could not see the church or the people in it. I was fully aware that it was a ‘GOD’ thing that was happening to me, so there was NO fear.

I don’t know how to correctly verbalize what happened next, other than my spirit felt like it was being ‘sucked’ up in a vacuum. It was not painful, but it was powerful! While that was happening, I could not move or see. I asked God, “Why am I paralyzed. Why can’t I move or see?” God spoke these words clearly to me, “You are paralyzed in your flesh so that I can take control of your Spirit.”

He literally shut off my flesh so He could have my Spirit!

At that moment I was taken up into Heaven where I met my angel (I have seen him before so I knew who he was). We were standing in what felt and looked like the most beautiful field of every kind of flower you could imagine. I saw butterflies and birds flying around. The colors that I saw were far more beautiful than what I’ve ever seen. I couldn’t paint what I saw because the colors would not capture the beauty of what my eyes were seeing.

I remember thinking, “This is more beautiful than anything I’ve ever seen or could imagine!” I had a feeling of great peace and joy! My feelings were overwhelming in the most beautiful way.

When I had a moment to observe my surroundings, I was directed by my angel to look down. As I did, I saw the United States of America. It was huge and I could clearly see every state, lake, river, mountain, and valley. All I saw was America. I asked my angel, “Why am I looking at America, what should I see?” Before he could answer, I saw a glowing ember begin to grow over the state of Virginia. It was an angel the size of the state of Virginia, and he was standing on the border of Virginia and North Carolina. He was facing north.

His wings were huge, and flapping and clearing all kinds of debris. As I watched him, other angels popped up all over the United States. There were specific states – Virginia, Texas, Florida, California, and Minnesota that stood out among the other states. There was an angel for each state, and their size was comparable to the size of each state. The angel for Texas was bigger than the angel for Rhode Island, and the angel for Maine was bigger than the angel for Connecticut.

All of the angels were facing north and all of them were flapping their wings. Their size and the flapping of their wings was a magnificent sight. They were of one mind and one purpose and that was to CLEAR the ground.

I asked the angel, “What am I seeing, what are they doing?” He spoke to me that they were clearing the United States of all the debris that has built up (fear, doubt, unbelief, sin, anything and everything NOT of God). The angels were clearing a way for God’s GREATER GLORY!

As I watched the angels flap their wings and watched the debris being removed, I asked, “When will we know it is time for the GREATER GLORY to be poured out?” At that moment, each angel stopped flapping their wings and they each took a ‘war-like’ stance… all in unison all in one accord! It was powerful! All at once they began to clap their hands; it was a thundering sound that was heard! They continued to clap in rhythm and unison, and the earth shook.

At that moment, a portal opened over the state of Virginia. The best way I can describe it is that it looked like a portal of liquid gold coming down into the Hampton Roads area. The power and pressure at which it was pouring down caused it to splatter and soak Virginia and surrounding states. This is when I saw a similar portal open over Texas, Florida, California, and Minnesota. The spillover of the liquid gold impacted the surrounding states until ALL of the United States was covered!

I asked, “What does this mean?” The angel spoke clearly to me the following, “Everything that you have been through (good and bad) up until this very moment will pale in comparison to the GREATER GLORY that is getting ready to be poured out.”

This message was for everyone!

At that moment I was taken back into my body, I was still paralyzed and could not see the church or the people in it! As I waited to see what God was going to do next, I had snapshots pop up in front of me. These snapshots included things from my past and from and the history of our ministry.

They also included snapshots of the future. I saw snapshots of radical miracles. I saw snapshots of my husband, Jacob, and I doing crusades in other countries and the Glory of God being poured out like liquid gold. I saw roadblocks to avoid, and other specific things that I am not yet released to share.

The Lord spoke that every revival that has happened to date has been just a morsel of what He is getting ready to do. We’ve had glimpses of revival and His glory, but the revival that is getting ready to take place will be His GREATER GLORY!

God is going to use ‘no-name’ people and ‘well-known’ people. He is going to cause this GREATER GLORY that is going to be poured out in the United States to have a Global impact!

When I came out of the trance it took several hours for me to get full feeling back in my hands and face. I want to say that there was nothing emotional or manipulated by what I saw and felt. This was a true heavenly encounter. I will never be the same, and it will happen again!

In Christ, Heather E. Martin

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