From: Francis Harper
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Francis Harper Message for 8/30/2019
The Principle of Partial Fulfillment
The principle of partial fulfillment can be utilized to determine the credibility of a prophetic message. Mormon, who abridged the records of three migrations of people who came to the Western Hemisphere, beginning with those who were scattered “abroad upon the face of all the earth,” from the tower of Babel; (Genesis 11:6 IV; 11:8 KJV); understood this principle. He wrote: “yea, and I also know that as many things as have been prophesied concerning us down to this day, have been fulfilled; and as many as go beyond this day, must surely come to pass . . .” (Words of Mormon 1:7).
Several of the prophecies of the prophet Daniel illustrate the principle of partial fulfillment. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had a dream he could not remember. So he said to his magicians, astrologers and sorcerers . . . “tell me the dream, and I shall know you can show me the interpretation thereof” (Daniel 2:9). He was asking for an added witness of their ability to interpret his dream. Their response was: “There is not a man upon the earth that can show the king’s matter . . .” (Daniel 2:10).
Daniel heard of the king’s decision to have his wise men put to death, so he “went in and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would show the king the interpretation” of his dream (Daniel 2:16). Then Daniel went to his house and prayed with his close friends. Their prayers were answered. “Then was the secret revealed in a night vision” (Daniel 2:19). Daniel praised God: “Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever; for wisdom and might are his; . . . I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers . . . for thou hast made known unto us the king’s matter” (Daniel 2: 20, 23).
The king’s dream was of a great image which perfectly illustrates the principle of partial fulfillment. It accurately depicts the successive history of some of the greatest empires of the world. Eighty percent of king Nebuchadnezzar’s dream has been fulfilled. The final twenty percent is presently being fulfilled. As Mormon wrote, I write: “yea, and I also know that as many things as have been prophesied concerning us down to this day, have been fulfilled; and as many as go beyond this day, must surely come to pass . . . (Words of Mormon 1:7).
The final segment of king Nebuchadnezzar’s dream will be fulfilled. The kingdom of God will be fully established when Jesus returns and it “shall never be destroyed . . . it shall stand for ever” (Daniel 2:44). “. . . and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof (is) sure” (Daniel 2:45).
The vision received by General George Washington at Valley Forge Pennsylvania, during the winter of 1777, also illustrates the principle of partial fulfillment. An angel appeared to Washington and addressed him several times with these words: “Son of the Republic, look and learn.” Each time our first president heard these words he was shown another portion of our nation’s history.
Finally, the angel in the same voice as before, said, “Son of the Republic, what you have seen is thus interpreted. Three great perils will come upon the Republic (the first peril was the war being fought at the time of the vision). The most fearful is the second, passing which the whole world united shall not prevail against her.”
When this prophetic vision was given, only the first peril could be seen. Later in the 1860’s the second peril was seen and fulfilled. When the angel described the final peril she said the inhabitants of our country “were well nigh overcome” before God would intervene to save our nation. The third great peril is still ahead of us, but our faith is greatly strengthened by the principle of partial fulfillment. Since two-thirds of the prophecy has been fulfilled we are confident the final one-third will be fulfilled and our nation will be saved by a divine intervention.
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Dear Ones,
I have shared illustrations of the principle of partial fulfillment in the message preceding this letter to show how this principle can help us determine the credibility of the following prophecy given in 1968 to a 90 year old woman who lived in Valdres, Norway. I am sending you this prophecy for your prayerful consideration.
JESUS is COMING SOON (SUDDENLY)
An old woman of 90 from Valdres in Norway had a vision from God in 1968. The evangelist Emanuel Minos had meetings (services) where she lived. He had the opportunity to meet her, and she told him what she had seen. He wrote it down, but thought it to be so unintelligible that he put it in a drawer. Now, 50 years later, he understands he has to share the vision with others. (Please note the many portions of this prophecy which have already been fulfilled. By these portions already fulfilled we are given confidence that all of her prophecy will be fulfilled. I have color-coded the fulfilled portions of her prophecy).
The woman from Valdres was a very alert, reliable, awake and credible Christian, with a good reputation among all who knew her. This is what she saw:
“I saw the time just before the coming of Jesus and the outbreak of the Third World War. I saw the events with my natural eyes. I saw the world like a kind of a globe and saw Europe, land by land.
“I saw Scandinavia. I saw Norway. I saw certain things that would take place just before the return of Jesus, and just before the last calamity happens, a calamity the likes of which we have never before experienced.
1. “First before Jesus comes and before the Third World War breaks out there will be a détente like we have never had before. (We have not had a major war since Vietnam which ended April 30, 1975). There will be peace between the super powers in the east and the west, and there will be a long peace. (Remember, that this was in 1968 when the cold war was at its highest. E. Minos). In this period of peace there will be disarmament in many countries, also in Norway and we are not prepared when it (the war) comes. The Third World War will begin in a way no one would have anticipated – and from an unexpected place.
2. “A lukewarmness without parallel will take hold of the Christians, a falling away from true, living Christianity. Christians will not be open for penetrating preaching. They will not, like in earlier times, want to hear of sin and grace, law and gospel, repentance and restoration. There will come a substitute instead: prosperity (happiness) Christianity.
“The important thing will be to have success, to be something; to have material things, things that God never promised us in this way. Churches and prayer houses will be emptier and emptier. Instead of the preaching we have been used to for generations – like, to take up your cross up and follow Jesus, - entertainment, art and culture will invade the churches where there should have been gatherings for repentance and revival. This will increase markedly just before the return of Jesus.
3. “There will be a moral disintegration that old Norway has never experienced the likes of. People will live together like married without being married. (I do not believe the concept of co-habitation existed in 1968. E. Minos).Much uncleanness before marriage, and much infidelity in marriage will become the natural (the norm), and it will be justified from every angle. It will even enter Christian circles and we pet it – even sin against nature (homosexuality). Just before Jesus’ return there will be TV programs like we have never experienced. (TV had just arrived in Norway in 1968. E. Minos).
“TV will be filled with such horrible violence that it teaches people to murder and destroy each other, and it will be unsafe in our streets. (This describes 2019) People will copy what they see. There will not only be one station on TV, it will be filled with stations. (She did not know the word ‘channel’ which we use today. Therefore she called them stations. E. Minos). TV will be just like the radio where we have many stations, and it will be filled with violence. People will use it for entertainment. We will see terrible scenes of murder and destruction of one another, and this will spread in society. Sex scenes will also be shown on the screen, the most intimate thing that takes place in a marriage.” (I protested and said, we have a paragraph that forbids this kind of thing. E. Minos.) There the old woman said: “It will happen, and you will see it. All we have had before will be broken down, and the most indecent thing will pass before our eyes.”
4. “People from poor countries will stream to Europe. (In 1968 there was no such thing as mass immigration. E. Minos.) They will also come to Scandinavia and Norway. There will be so many of them that people will begin to dislike them and become hard with them. They will be treated like the Jews before the Second World War. Then the full measure of our sins will have been reached (I protested at the issue of immigration. I did not understand it at the time. E. Minos.)
The tears streamed from the old woman’s eyes down her cheeks. “I will not see it, but you will. Then suddenly, Jesus will come and the Third World War breaks out. It will be a short war.” (She saw it in the vision.) (Her vision agrees with the vision given to George Washington during the winter of 1777). This double witness also gives us greater confidence in her prophecy.
“All that I have seen of war before is only child’s play compared to this one, and it will be ended with a nuclear atom bomb. The air will be so polluted that one cannot draw one’s breath. It will cover several continents, America, Japan, Australia and the wealthy nations. The water will be ruined (contaminated?). We can no longer til the soil. The result will be that only a remnant will remain. The remnant in the wealthy countries will try to flee to the poor countries, but they will be as hard on us as we were on them.
“I am so glad that I will not see it, but when the time draws near, you must take courage and tell this. I have received it from God, and nothing of it goes against what the Bible tells.
“The one who has his sin forgiven and has Jesus as Savior and Lord, is safe.” (This agrees with “. . . my people will I preserve” Doctrine and Covenants 36:12-e).
This prophecy of a third world war ending with a nuclear bomb agrees with the words of Jesus! “. . . and except those days should be shortened, there should none of their flesh be saved. But for the elect’s sake, according to the covenant, those days shall be shortened” (Mathew 24:19-20).
My Love to All,
High Priest Francis Harper
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