Jean Darnell - Vision for Britain 1963/4

I saw the British Isles, as in a bird's eye view. A kind of haze was over the whole, like a green fog. And then the pinpricks of light began to appear from the top of Scotland to Land's End. Then the Lord seem to draw me closer to these lights and I saw that they were fires that were burning. They were multiplying from the top of Scotland to Land's End. Then I saw lightening come and strike those fires, the brightest spots particularly, and there was a kind of explosion, and rivers of fire flowed down. Again, the sense of direction was from the top of Scotland to Land's End. But some of those rivers of fire didn't stop there. They went right accross the Channel and spread out into the Continent.

The third time this vision apeared and I figured the Lord was showing me or trying to tell me something. Over the next couple of days the Lord spoke to me very clearly. When I say the Lord spoke to me, I don't mean it was an audible voice but it was a knowing. That strong knowing, like reading at the end of a book and knowing exactly what was going to happen. And you can't change it: it is written. And so it was wriiten on my heart, the meaning of this vision.


PHASE ONE: THE GLOWING FIRES

The Lord impressed on my heart that those fires I saw were groups of people whom He would make intensely hungry for New Testament Christianity. They would start reading their Bibles and saying, for instance, as they read the book of Acts, "Well, where is this happy church? Where are these people so full of the power of the Holy Spirit? Where are these miracles? Where is this growth, this vitality, this courage, this boldness that these people had? Is this for today - can we have it today? Should the church be this way?"

And as these questions were being planted in their hearts, the Lord Jesus said that He would make hem very hungry for the Holy Spirit. He would fill them with the Holy Spirit, and out of those gifts would flow ministries that would enrich the Body of Christ. The whole concept of the Body of Christ would come alive, and barriers between denominations and different types of Christians would break down as people met each other.

The Lord said He would move these people all over the country. After He had taught them gifts, He would move them to another place where they would carry the fire, and where they would meet others who are also being renewed by the Holy Spirit. He would put them in different situations from what they were used to so that they would get to know people of other denominations, other cultures and other classes, and be able to commniate to them the blessings the Lord had given them.

PHASE TWO: THE COMING OF THE LIGHTNING
Then I asked the Lord, "What does the lightning stand for?

And He said, "Unlike the first part in which I will be speaking to Christians and preparing My church and renewing it and reviving the saints, the lightning represents a second part of the vision, in which I will bring a spiritual awakening to the nation that will be a witness to the unsaved, to the un-churched, to the non-Christian.

Through these believers I will bring a witness to this land. They will be an army of witnesses. And I will begin to release their ministries so that when they give their testimonies there will be apostolic signs following and accompanying their testimonies. Where ears have been deaf and hearts have been hard and eyes have been blind, I will touch the people of this land and they will begin to hear the testimony of My people; they will begin to see the manifestations of My power, and their hearts will begin to believe.

Thousands and thousands of people are going to come into My kingdom through this army of witnesses, through this people movement - not characterised by any particular evangelist or great organisation at the front but just My people rising up, led by the Spirit and beginning to move forward with a new faith for evangelism, a new zeal to share Jesus with others. And as they give their testimonies I will release their ministries of healing and miracles and here will be signs and wonders accompanying their ministries. So many people will be saved, in the villages as well as in the cities, in the schools, in the government, in the media, in industry. It will affect the destiny of this nation; it will determine the course of the times.

PHASE 3: STREAMS ACROSS THE CHANNEL

Then I said, "Lord, what about these streams that go on across the Channel into Europe?" And He said, "That represents people who will rise up in the midst of this people movement, the army of witnesses in Britain, whom I will make My communicators."

Now I hadn't used that word very much in my ministry, said, "Lord, what do You mean by communicators?" And He said, "They will not only be people endowed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit with strong faith, but they will also be people talented in the arts. They will be writers, musicians, singers and actors, and also technicians in television, radio and the mass media. I will call and send them and put them in strategic places. I will bless their natural talents with My Spirit and they will be good, they will excel. They will be leaders in their fields. I will send them into Europe where they will meet other people in the media and through them I will release the word of God very fast in Europe. The result will be another wave of a spiritual awakening, with thousands coming o Christ throughout Europe."