THE COMMANDO ARMY

by Ron McKenzie.

{In December 1977, Ron McKenzie of Dunedin received the following prophecy. It was finally made public in July 1982 by David Pawson in Auckland, New Zealand. David had received his own word from God for New Zealand, concerning an economic crash that would precede a spiritual return to God, a Revival. He then prayed for confirmation, and received it in the form of this prophecy.}

    We are nearing a time of great spiritual battle. At

    present God is preparing a Commando Army which can

    fight and win under tough conditions with few

    resources. Then He will drop a bomb which will almost

    destroy the enemy army and will shatter the

    conventional forces in God's army.



    He will then send in the Commando Army which

    because of it's training has been unharmed by the

    bomb. It will defeat the shattered enemy army. It will

    treat the injured, and reorganise, re-equip and rejuvinate

    the shattered forces of God's conventional army. The result

    will be a mighty victory for God.

    

    The Commando Army is a small group in the church

    which God is calling into strict discipleship. They will

    reject the things of the world and live solely on what

    God provides. Their joy in poverty will be a witness to

    the world. They will be MIGHTY WARRIORS IN PRAYER. They

    will experience the POWER OF GOD, being able to minister

    to all people in all situations. Their sole motivation

    will be the love of Christ.



    When this Army is ready God will drop the bomb on

    New Zealand. It will be an economic depression on a

    scale which New Zealand has not seen before. It will

    make the depression of the 1930's look mild. God will

    shake the nation. It will have two effects.

    

    Firstly - it will shatter the church. The church has

    become a peacetime army unaware that an intense battle

    is raging. The people have been blinded by wealth and

    have become so satiated that they have sunk into

    apathy. They have taken a wordly attitude into the

    church and run it like a business, paying their fees and

    letting the minister do the work. They have become so

    wordly that they no longer provide a witness to the

    world. Under economic depression these people will be

    totally shattered. They found their security in wealth

    and now they will have none. They found their

    happiness in material goods and now they will have

    none. They run the church with money so it will grind

    to a halt. It will be a judgement on the church. The

    world forces will also be shattered. Satan has used the

    lure of money and material wealth to hold the people

    outside the church captive and the crash will mean that

    his hold is broken. Thus, we will have a situation where

    the church is ready for renewal and the nation is ready

    for revival.

    

    At this point God will send in His Commando Army.

    Because it's members have learned to live without the

    things of the world they will not be touched by the

    depression. They will minister to the church and preach

    to the nation. The people of the church will be

    shattered out of their complacency. They will see that

    their old lives lacked meaning and purpose. They will

    be looking desperately for something else which is

    meaningful and fulfilling and the lifestyle of God's

    special forces will be an attractive alternative. There

    will be a great renewal in the church, as people repent

    and turn back to God. Many will be ministered to and

    discover a wonderful new life in the Spirit through

    Christ. Thus God's glory will return to the church.

    

    At the same time the Commando Army will go throughout

    the nation preaching the gospel. The people will be

    looking for a new meaning to life and will be ready to

    receive the gospel. Thus as a result of a great move of

    the Spirit many people will be added to the church.

    

    The depression will not come for a short while. There

    are a number of reasons for this:

    

    1. God has only just begun to prepare His Commando

    Army. They still have a lot of training to do.

    

    2. These events will come when people are not

    expecting them. At the moment everyone is talking

    about depression. But things will improve, giving people

    a new hope, then just when the trouble appears to be

    past the crash will come.

    

    3. These events will be a judgement on both the church

    and the nation, and when God judges He always warns

    first. And before the crash can come, God must warn

    the church and the nation.

    

    Although these events are a little way away they are

    inevitable. At present God is calling up His Commando

    Army, but He is only calling for volunteers. Thus it is

    a time of decision. If we join it will be costly but it

    will save much heartbreak later. If we choose to join we

    must become WARRIORS OF GOD. We must become POWERFUL IN

    PRAYER. We must learn to MOVE IN THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT,

    we must lay aside all the things of the world which would

    encumber us. We must learn to live solely for the LOVE OF

    GOD. It will be costly, but Oh.. how great is the prize...

    

                A Nation brought back to God..!