I traveled to Dallas Texas for a Bill Glass Prison Ministry Board of Directors meeting this weekend. Friday night we were treated to a talk by Tom Doyle and His wife JoAnn.
They have been missionaries to the Middle East and Asia for the past 11 years and go to such dangerous places as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Africa, the Gaza Strip, and Iraq to evangelize Muslims. Their expertise is vast and they routinely appear on CNN, Fox and other media outlets to discuss Middle East issues.
Missionary work in these countries routinely gets Christians killed by beheading, being burned to death, stoned, or otherwise brutally murdered and indeed is a daily occurrence in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Iraq, Egypt, and so forth.
And yet today despite living in a culture where converting to Christianity can result in execution, a staggering number of Muslims are converting from their lifelong religion of Islam and following Jesus. In fact as bizarre as it might sound, on a per capita basis the country that has the fastest conversion of its population to Christianity is IRAN. You are probably amazed at that statistic because it is such a tightly controlled brutal Muslim country, but God has found a way to spread His word throughout that country.
So what’s up with this? Tom is an excellent speaker but he does not even try to take credit for what’s happening. Imagine if Jesus Christ appeared to you in a dream or vision today. What if He did so and then told you to “follow Him”, would you do so? What if these visions continued for over thirty days or in some cases years? Would you believe? Would you put your trust in Him? Would you devote your life to Him? Would you if you were a Muslim? (And it could cost you your very life?)
Tom Doyle has encountered countless Muslims in these countries that have done just that including even Imams, (the very ones who police the system). They dreamed visions where Jesus actually spoke to them that were so powerful they dropped everything and began worshipping Him. Tom wrote a book called Dreams and Visions. He gave us all a copy and I nearly finished mine on the plane; I highly recommend it.
The new book I’m writing centers around the fulfillment of the prophecy in Joel whereby the Lord states: “I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will see visions; your old men will dream dreams. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’”
There are those who cling to their disbelief in God and the Bible and that the only way to heaven is through Jesus Christ and it is enhanced by their belief that a good God would never send to hell those who’ve never heard the word of God due to their being in a primitive or closed society and have never had an opportunity to hear the word of God.
These folks sell God short and just do not know how mighty He is. God’s Holy Word will not be denied even if He has to personally deliver it.
As we spin towards Armageddon, people all over the world are hearing the word of God through a host of methods and a great revival is taking place in many countries throughout the globe. According to Scripture, that prophecy has to take place before the end can come.
Our Honey Lake Worldwide Ministry is dedicated to making it happen primarily through the Internet. The Internet reaches billions of folks and we want to get the message of hope to every last one of them. There are millions of missionaries trying to obediently spread the Gospel in those countries too. But what about those lost souls that we cannot reach? Well relax and know that Jesus is handling those folks for us.
All of the people who encounter Jesus in a dream or vision first hand sense a feeling of love that is unsurpassed. They are not afraid even when they know if they are discovered it will lead to martyrdom and a grisly death.
Jesus is awakening the Muslim world and before you hate every person behind one of those burkas you might want to think about whether or not Jesus has appeared to her and she is secretly worshipping him at great peril to her well-being,
As Christians we should open our hearts and prayers to ALL people including Muslims, prisoners, the sick, the downtrodden, and those who are not like us. Jesus loves the entire world and so should we . . . Selah
Isaiah 65:1
“I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’