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From: Francis Harper
Prophecies of the Lord’s Return
“I Am Coming Soon”
Testimony of Marty Vreden
For many years, Marty was a police officer in Harrisonburg, Virginia;
Rockingham County, near West Virginia and the Appalachian Mountains. The
stress of his occupation, added to his other health issues, culminated
in an acute respiratory failure on July 17, 2015.
On that morning, his wife took him to the emergency room at the
Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg. After a battery of tests
in the ER, he was transferred to the critical care unit. While enroute
to the CCU, he stopped breathing and went into code blue. This was fully
documented by the medical personnel involved.
The first encounter with the Lord – July 17, 2015
After going into code blue, Marty experienced the sensation of moving
very rapidly through a tunnel. When he emerged from the tunnel, he
immediately heard the voice of the Lord. The voice was undeniable and
unmistakable. It was the voice of the Lord. He said, “My church
does not really believe that I am coming back soon.” He repeated those
same words a second time, and a third time. He said, “My church does not
really believe that I am coming back soon.” The third time the words
were spoken with more volume and more passion than before: “MY CHURCH
DOES NOT REALLY BELIEVE I AM COMING BACK SOON!”
At this point Marty said, “Lord, Lord, we do believe you are coming
back soon. We sing about it, preach about it, teach about it . . . .”
But the Lord replied, “MY CHURCH DOES NOT BELIEVE I AM COMING BACK SOON,
FOR IF THEY DID, THEY WOULD NOT BE LIVING LIKE THEY ARE!”
Then he said, very lovingly, “I AM COMING BACK SOON AND MY CHURCH IS
NOT READY.” He continued, “Now you go back and tell the things you have
heard, and know that your message will not be received.”
The first year Marty did not go public with the news of his experience.
He felt he should go to the pastors first. He shared with about 50
pastors privately. Just as the Lord had said, the message was not
received by the pastors, but there was one disabled pastor of a
backwoods church who invited him to come preach. He preached about
twelve people. The Lord moved powerfully and touched the hearts and
lives of the people who heard his message that morning.
The second encounter with the Lord – August 14, 2015
On August 14, 2015 Marty was transferred from Rockingham Memorial
Hospital to the University of Virginia Transitional Care Facility.
During his first night there he had his second encounter with the Lord.
He, like the Apostle Paul, could say, “Whether in the body or out of the
body,” he could not say.
After falling asleep, he saw an oval shaft of light that grew in size
and intensity. Suddenly Marty realized he was standing in a huge
football stadium, but he was the only person there. He saw a football
sitting on the two-yard line. When he looked at the scoreboard, he saw
the numbers 2:13. Then he heard the same voice he had heard before,
saying, “My church should be living as though this is a two-minute
warning.”
The Lord knew Marty would understand the significance of a two-minute
warning in an NFL (National Football League) game. He knew Marty was a
huge football fan. Marty realized that in that last 120 seconds, with
the ball on the two-yard line, victory or defeat would be determined.
The referee was about to blow the whistle.
The next morning, Marty was back in his wheelchair again. He was
thinking of his vision, and the two-minute warning, when he heard a
knock on the door of his room. He responded, “Come in,” and two ladies
entered. One was a physical therapist and the other an occupational
therapist. After some discussion, related to their specialties, the
physical therapist asked Marty, “Do you consider yourself a man of
faith?” His response was, “I certainly have not lived it; I have made a
lot of mistakes. I have had a lot of failures, but I am a follower of
Jesus.”
The women smiled at each other, and one said, “We had no intentions of
coming to see you this morning. As we were on our way to see other
patients and we came by your room, we saw super-imposed upon your door
the number two. We wondered about the meaning of this strange thing. We
were prompted by the Spirit to come in and ask you.” Marty responded
with, “The lord is coming soon. The two-minute warning has sounded.” It
had sounded only hours before.
After the first year, doors have started to open, giving Marty more
opportunities to share his testimony. Later, while praying in his living
room one day, he asked the Lord, “Why did I see 2:13 instead of just
the number 2?” The Lord told him to turn to Titus 2:13: “Looking for
that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our
Savior Jesus Christ.”
“Even so, come, Lord Jesus”
(Revelation 22:20).
To Be Continued
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