This Ministry came about after a vision from God in which the command given from above was about "Gathering the people".

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It was during a Praying and Fasting programme in my local Deeper Life Bible Church in London. In one of the nights after the day's programme, God showed me the vision of the call to "Gather the People".

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Just as we were having a programme at our local church, in the vision, it was a bigger Conference or Retreat that we had whereby people from different branches of the church gathered together to worship and fellowship. The Conference took place somewhere outside London but the exact name of the place I did not know in the vision. The environment looked like a University campus. There during the Conference I was not one of the workers officiating. I was just one of the brethren present and participating. The Conference had just ended and some of us were waiting for the coach to arrive to take us back to our destination: London.

 

While we were waiting, we began to chat and share together some of our experiences during the programmes, praising God for the miracles that took place and the testimonies that were shared. Those of us there at that time had packed our belongings and ready to go. That was my expectation of all the people that came for the Conference that we were all ready to go as soon as the coach arrived but I later realised that my expectation was far from the reality.

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As we were chatting and waiting, suddenly there came a loud voice in the air like a tanoy or public address system that announced; "Brother Shadrack, the Coach is here now; gather the people". Like I said earlier above, I was not one of the officers who organised the Conference or who officiated during the Conference. So it was like a surprise to hear my name in the air (tanoy or loudspeaker) calling on me to gather the people. Albeit, it was a joy for me to be called upon to gather the people.

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Consequently, I sprang up to my feet and ran to the lounge next to where we were and announced to the people there; "Go to out now, the coach has arrived". Some of the people began to go out to the assembly point. I began to run from room to room announcing to the people to go to the assembly point as the coach has arrived.

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To my amazement, I found out that some of the people were still sleeping with duvet covering them up. Some were chatting and laughing loudly as if they were not going anywhere. Some were eating and drinking in small gathering in the apartment of other members. Some were just sitting down doing nothing and have not packed their loads. Some were having their bath at the time they were expected to have got ready to go.

 

In all the scenarios, my message was the same to all the people: "Go out now, the coach is here". As I was running from hall to hall, room to room, building to building, I saw some people actually walking towards the assembly point with their luggage. It was like someone has conveyed the message to them. By and by, it was like over a million people were apparently gathering together at the assembly area. And it was a very large crowd.

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I continued to run and run and run. I had it in my mind that I must run to call everybody and also have to get back to the coach myself or else I would be left behind. At a point I decided to look around and I discovered that I had run for miles and miles away from where I started. And it was at that plane that I looked around and presumed the environment to be like a University campus or even a big city like London. I could see houses all over the place and people all gathered together around the assembly area. As I continued to run, gradually I could not see people moving towards the assembly point and the noise of people also died down. The roads were now empty with no one on sight.

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Then I stopped to think about some of the members in the church that I knew were present at the Conference but I did not see while I was running around to gather the people. I began to imagine and I asked myself the question: "Where is Sister Faith? Where is Sister Hope? and Where is Sister Mercy?"

 

As I was pondering in my mind (not actually speaking to anyone in particular because it was only me there) the voice came in the air like the one which called me to gather the people. The voice said, "Look at your right". I turned my neck and looked at my right hand side. I saw three ladies in the images of the three sisters; Faith, Hope and Mercy. At that time, they had been transformed and their bodies glowing with bright light. Above the head of each one was written the name. So in a row were written: Faith, Hope, Mercy. And above the three names was written in the shape of an arch "Paradise". And even the written words (the inscriptions) were glowing in bright colours.

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Then I next asked. Where is Sister Peace? Where is Sister Blessing? Where is Sister Joy? Instantaneously, the voice came up again to say, "Look at your left". I turned again to look at my left hand side. And like I saw on the right, these three sisters were standing there with transformed bodies glowing with bright light. And above each one was written her name in a row: Peace, Blessing, Joy and above the names was written "Paradise".

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Then I began to think and ask the question within me; Oh, so am I now in Paradise because I was standing between these six sisters? Just as I began to think that I am in Paradise, the joy of being in Paradise began to well in me and immediately, I began to levitate. I felt my two feet lifted off the ground and about to fly away. It was at that point that I came out of the vision and was conscious in the physical again.

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I did not initially understand what this was all about so I began to pray for God to reveal and explain to me what this vision was. 

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So later on God gave me the explanation of all that happened in the vision.

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First of all, the call is for all humanity: both believers and non believers. However, it is more of an urgent call and reminder to believers who know and are preparing for the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

Just as we were all waiting for the coach to arrive, so are believers waiting for the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. All the people who came to that Conference know for sure that there is a coach coming to collect everybody but they were not sure of the exact time it will arrive. So also believers are sure that Jesus is coming again but we are not sure of the exact time and date that He will appear (1 Thess 4 : 13 - 17). This cuts across almost all faiths and denominations. Christians, Pentecostals, Catholics, Muslims, etc all believe and are sure that Jesus is coming again. What no one is sure about is when He shall come.

 

"But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.  For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.  For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:  Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."  1 Thess 4 : 13 - 17.

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Also, Jesus Christ Himself told us the parable of the ten virgins: Five were foolish and five were wise as in Matthew 25 : 1 - 13 where He emphatically said "Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh." (Matt 25 : 13) (KJV) and further down Jesus said, "And before him shall be gathered all nations:" (Matt 25 : 32a). In other words, all the people gathered together in the vision were people from all nations.

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Bro Shadie Okpako.

09 July 2017.