The Lord showed me a 40 year season and then a 21 year season. This vision covers only the 21 year period starting 1994. The Lord revealed three 7 year seasons within the 21 year vision regarding the church in South Africa.
First 7 years (1994-2000)
The Lord says, “The first seven years will be the time the church comes out of bondage or the place of limitation. Too long the Church has been deceived and walked in darkness regarding its calling. During the first seven years My people will come together to mount Zion, the mountain of the Lord, to meet with Me. It is going to be a move of intercession and unity where My people will begin to seek My face. This will take 7 years to happen. From 1994 for 7 years. It will be a move where I will raise up prophets and apostolic intercessors to stir up the church to come to the holy mountain. There many will come together from different groups and denominations and find one Lord. Many of them will look at one another and say: ‘But I didn’t think that you would be here?’ Yet from all over people will come in their hearts; people who are hungry for the Lord. There is coming a great division between darkness and light in South Africa. The division is increasing day by day, year by year. There is a spirit of religion that he hates and He is slowly breaking it down. That spirit of religion caused the spirit of apartheid and the Lord is breaking it down.
“I am not breaking down My church,” says the Lord. “I am destroying the division in My church. Many will fall to the side. Many denominations will simply slide back into the dark ages. Yet, many others will come out and press forward. From many denominations they will press into the mountain of God to hear from Me. Surely there is a day coming that you will meet Me and I am calling all My people to come forward, to come out of the place of bondage and limitation. Come out of Egypt and worship Me at My mountain and seek My face. For those who will come I will accept as My own people and I will carry them. They shall be unto Me a nation of kings and priests who will serve Me and carry My name.
“The call is now, the call is now, the call is now. Come, come. Come as one to seek My face. Come as one to hear My voice. Come as one to know Me. For many have searched and asked. Yet, they have asked with idols in their hearts and I did not hear. Now is not the time to seek and to ask, now is the time to seek Me. Now is the time to come and meet with Me, for I need to impart new things to My people.
“I will do a new work in My Church. New foundations must be laid. Even for those who think they have attained much, it is only the beginning. I am laying deeper foundations. I am digging deeper for I will use this nation as an example of what gold and diamonds and precious stones can come forth if My people will humble themselves and allow Me to walk with them and train them. Then My people will see what gold and diamonds will come from this nation; and what fire will burn from here. The pressure that I am putting on this nation is for a reason. It has been increasing day by day by the enemy, but this is going to backfire on him. This pressure is going to bring forth gold and diamonds.”
The Lord says, “Those who will go up to the mountain; those who will seek My face – them I will lead. I will accept them as My people to protect and guide. I will be their hope.”
Second 7 years (2001-2007)
The second 7 years is going to be like 7 years in the desert, where the children of Israel were traveling around.
The Lord says, “The purpose for those 7 years is that you might be humbled and forget the past. You will make a new resolution in your heart of what I have called you to do. The purpose of this nation – the purpose of South Africa – I will clarify and purify in the hearts of My people. Many will come and seek My face. They will go forth from My presence when I have imparted My redemptive plan upon them. It shall be a time that I will purify your hearts; a time that I will take out of you the gold, silver and diamonds that are in your hearts. I will remove the greed and pride. I shall humble you and you shall walk with Me as a people who only have one God. For these seven years I shall keep you. You will see My power and My glory day by day as I lead and guide you. I will keep you during that time. But it shall be a time that I will be working in the hearts of My people. Many will run away and fall to the side. Many will say: ‘Lord, we cannot enter in – there is no Canaan. The giants are too big, Lord. The giants are too big’. But those who will be faithful and stand fast in their hearts, who will walk with Me and put their faith and trust in Me; to them I shall give a revelation of who I am and when the enemy comes they will say: ‘Yes there are giants in the land, but our God is greater. We know Him; we know who He is. He will deliver us’.
“It will be a time of unity. People from all over will flock into stadiums; different denominations, cultures and races. From all over they will come and they will flock into stadiums and big conferences. It shall be a time of humility; a time that people will weep; a time that people will be purified. My fire is going to burn. My fire is going to burn. A time of tremendous prayer and travail. Many will not understand what I’m doing; many will cry out as if they are desperate; many will cry out because the desert is too hot, but for those who have discernment; those who walk with wisdom, they will see that it is a work of the Lord.”
For the Lord says: “Truly in this nation I shall bring forth the message of the cross. Truly from this nation forth My cross shall be preached. From here shall come a company who will say: ‘No matter what happens, we’ve already laid down our lives. What happens in the natural is not important, because we have already surrendered all. We have already crossed over. We are no longer of this world. Nothing in this world can hold us nor persuade us. We are walking as dead men for the glory of God.’”
“After those 7 years there will be such power in this nation that men shall come from all over. As they minister and visit this nation, they shall be astounded at the amount of grace and power that I am pouring out on this nation. At the end of that 7-year period I shall have pure prophets and apostles that will speak with boldness and go into the nations of this world and shake them. They shall shake the nations, because they have truly learned to trust and walk with Me.”
Third 7 years (2008-2014)
“The third seven year season is going to be a time of battle. A time that My light is going to break forth. A time that My servants is going to be trained in warfare; they are going to be trained to fight with faith and by the word of the Spirit they shall overcome. And it is going to be 7 years that I will fight in this nation. No longer will you fight like you do now, for the ways and schemes of men will pass away. The darkness will be dark and the light, lighter. The darkness will be utter darkness. The world will say: ‘Yes, darkness has come, but My church will say: ‘Wait, wait the light of the Lord has risen upon us’’. It will be seven years that I will press into this nation. No longer will they fight, but I will fight for them. As long as My church and people will walk in unity, I shall fight for them. As long as they all go forth with one purpose and mind to fulfill the call that I have placed upon them and walk in unity and boldness I shall bless whatever they do. And truly there shall be a purity that will shine from My servants. Men shall come and fall down on their faces, because of the purity and power that will radiate from My church and people in this nation. Truly this redemptive work, the fighting in the spirit and the conquering of the land shall not stop on the borders of South Africa. It will cross like a flood and flow to the rest of Africa. It shall flow, flow, flow. The darkness will be scattered and it will flee as the light and power of God comes. This will be supernatural, but remember the battle that is at hand will not be fought in the flesh, but in the spirit, with My power and grace. I shall send my angels and Spirit forth. If My servants and church will humble themselves, walk in love, humility and unity, I shall bless them. I shall conquer for them. I shall break down the walls and places of captivity. I am raising up a Joshua generation that will take the land. Revival is not going to be in isolated places. Revival is not going to be in one denomination or amongst individual groups or amongst certain ethnic groups. Revival will be all over. It is going to spread from the south and run like a fire. My spirit shall burst like fire as I release My apostles and prophets. It shall burn like fire; it shall burn, it shall burn. Even men in authority shall tremble when the servants of the living God enter their presence. They shall fall down and cry because of the light and the power that they will see. The power and wisdom of God shall blind them. They shall not be able to comprehend My work and power, but it shall blind them. They shall not know where to go, for I shall strike the enemy with blindness in that day. I shall break forth in this country. I shall break forth in this nation. I shall come and establish what I have purposed from the beginning of the earth to be accomplished in South Africa.
“From here it shall spread like fire into Africa. From the south to the north it shall burn. Now is the time that I am preparing My people, those that are faithful today, and I am releasing into the continent of Africa. I am preparing the highways and by-ways. I am linking up people and establishing relationships. I am doing this for a purpose, because when the fire falls, it will run on the highways. It will spread like a wild fire into Africa. No longer will one place burn and they send out a couple of people to go and plant fires. No, the revival that I am bringing is going to burn here and tomorrow it will be a 1000 kilometers away and burn just as bright. And it will come in a moment. I will break forth within a day. I will do the things that need to be done within a short space of time. I will do it because it is My plan and purpose.”
After the 21 years
The Lord says, “After that time I shall come and flood Africa with My grace. Those that are first shall be last, and those that are last shall be first. And I shall do such a thing that has never been done on earth. It shall not be a thing that will be in one country. It shall not be one country that will be turn around, but it shall be a whole continent that will burn with fire. Now is the time that I am preparing My people. Those that are of faith will be faithful. Press in. Those who are filled with fear, those who have not seen My face will run. But to those like Joshua and Caleb who saw Me and that I am bigger than the giants in Canaan will bow the knee and enter the promised land.
“I am calling My people and servants to take hands. If you do not take hands now, you will not be able to stand in that day. If you do not take hands now, you will fall away. If you do not take hands today, My power will not be sufficient. I am bringing My people together for a purpose. Together My people will seek My face, and see that I can surely do what they thought is impossible. I shall bring My people to walk together no matter what denomination they belong to or what structure they have. I will bring them into unity and they will speak with one voice. They will flow with one heart and act one purpose. And the world will see that out of many different nations, tongues and cultures I can bring one spirit, one language – the language of the Sprit – the language of love. The decision is whether you are going to surrender to press in or whether you are going to be stubborn and fall away. The call is now, the call is now, the call is now.
Received in 1993 and June 1998
[...] 21, 2008 by Johan 2008 marks the beginning of the last seven years of the 21 year vision which I received in 1993. Through the years I have received many different visions and words, and [...]
The first 7-year period from 1994 to 2000 coincided with the time when the Internet started and came into its own as a new means of communication for the world and for the Church. The home-church movement was there before that but the fellowships were mostly unknown to each other. The Internet brought many into contact with one another and the Church outside of the denominations began to emerge as a very significant section, an invisible army of believers. In the second 7-year period (2001 to 2007) the home-churches linked on the Internet were involved in intensive thinking and discussion about their purpose and reason for existence. It was, I think, at the end of 2007 that I started to feel that the “ChurchWithoutChurches” network that I had started had run its course, that its mandate from God was at an end. In discussion over coffee with some brothers in Christ, we decided to end that List and look for a new direction for the movement as far as we were involved in it. Now reading Brother Johan’s 21-years prophesy again, so much of that seems to fit in with it. That is very encouraging as we look forward to its fulfilment also in the next 7-year period.