QUESTION:
Where in 1933 did God’s Pillar of Fire appear?
ANSWER:
“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.” [Malachi 4:5-6]
“And just then a whirl come from the heavens above, and here come that Light, shining down. Hundreds and hundreds of people on the bank, right at two o'clock in the afternoon, in June. And It hung right over where I was at. a Voice spoke from There, and said, "As John the Baptist was sent for the forerunner of the first coming of Christ, you've got a…have a Message that will bring forth the forerunning of the Second Coming of Christ." And it liked to scared me to death.” [How The Angel Came To Me, And His Commission, Chicago, IL 55-0117]
“Then when I was converted, I joined the Baptist church, started preaching the Gospel, right away. The Lord blessed greatly, and I had my first revival, a two weeks revival, five hundred came to the Lord. I taken them down at the river to baptize them. And while they was around ten thousand on the bank, watching... It was real dry, no rain for two or three weeks. People were praying for rain. And when I was baptizing the seventeenth convert, I heard a Voice, said, "Look up." It scared me. I was just a young boy. The girl that I later married, was taking pictures on the bank. I heard It again; said, "Look up." And I was afraid to look up. Everyone on the bank was wondering what I was hesitating about. All--many peoples up and down the banks of the river... Newspaper photographers. “And then It said again, "Look up." and I looked up, and as I looked up, here come that Light coming down. People begin fainting, falling, and a Voice came, that shook all around the place there, said, "As John, the Baptist, was sent to forerun the first coming of Christ, the Message that is given you will be a forerunning of the second coming of Christ." Not that I would be a forerunner, but the Message was the forerunning. I know no more than anyone else. It's the Christ we're speaking of. Then I--them visions started coming to me more than ever.” [The Revelation That Was Given To Me, San Juan, PR 60-0210]
“Let's sing that good old baptismal song, the one we was singing the first time that the Angel of the Lord there ever appeared before men in his presence. I'd seen it before, myself, but first time He ever come down. and when He come down, He--He said, "As John was sent to forerun the first coming of Christ, your Message will forerun the second coming of Christ." Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people standing on the banks down there when It come down on June, 1933, at the river. And we were standing on the banks, singing.” [God Being Misunderstood, Jeffersonville, IN 61-0723e]
“You remember when that Angel come down on the river (which you have the picture of It, and you know about), when It said here about…in 1933, when I was baptizing my first group, that the Message would sweep the world. And every nation they've got a revival going. They've had it everywhere. See? Sure. Pulling the Elected out. That's right. "This Gospel shall be preached." [The Sign Of His Coming, Cleveland, TN 62-0407]
“Then I think about the river in 1936, I think what He said. What happened there? Many of you know. I was just a boy, and of baptizing my first baptism when that Angel of the Lord came down and stood over where I was at. Some people said, "You didn't see It." Then science proved that it was so. See? See? Now, what did He say there? "As it was, as John the Baptist was sent forth to forerun the first coming of Christ, your Message will forerun the Second Coming." [Questions And Answers, Jeffersonville, IN 62-0527]
“Years ago, as a little boy, when I was baptizing down on the river that day, just my first message in the Missionary Baptist church... I was baptizing five hundred. And that afternoon, on June, 1933, on June, about the 15th, here come that Pillar of Fire whirling out of the skies, like the pretty, sunshiny afternoon, and go right down in that voice and shook the whole country round there, said, "As John the Baptist was sent to forerun the first coming of Christ, your Message will forerun the Second Coming." Now, it's started a revival immediately after that. And there it's went across the nation, around the world, Pentecost reviving. And that's what has taken place, the Second Coming of Christ.” [Perseverant, South Gate, CA 62-0623]
Bible References: Malachi 4:5-6
[Answer provided by Bro. Ken Andes, Minister, Lynden, Washington, USA]