I don't know what it is like in Heaven. But from what I read, if you are tired you better get your rest now. How are you going to sleep when there are colossal angels roaring around like lions?

If this is not enough, seven thunders utter their voices.

Here in San Diego there is very little thunder. Once in a while there is a rumble but not enough to scare an ant.

Back East they have thunder. The crash of the thunder is enough to scare the stripes off a zebra. The dishes rattle. The children whimper. The animals look for a place to hide. When you see the lightning arc across the sky you count the seconds hoping the cannon doesn't go off over your house.

"That's all right, Honey, God isn't mad at us."

And you want to go to Heaven with the angels roaring and the thunder booming?

When churches are too quiet they are missing all the fun. Do you go to a nice quiet church? If you are a pastor why don't you ask the angel and the seven thunders to provide the offertory? It can't hurt and it might help! The deacons will have to get extra help carrying the plates. You can pay off the mortgage.

Hey! We've got a new group. The Angel and the Seven Thunders. Outrageous!

But what if the angel and the seven thunders are not on the program? Oh well!

John was ready to take down what the seven thunders had spoken but Heaven had another idea. "Don't write what the thunders said."

What a disappointment! I am very curious what the seven thunders said. Aren't you?

Now we've got a problem. Why are we not allowed to know what the seven thunders said?

The answer is simple. It is a secret.

Yeah, I know. But why the secret?

Because the seven thunders represent the fullness of God's power and such galactic energy is not given to just anybody off the street.

God's power is hidden. We all would like to be Kathryn Kuhlman but God hides His power.

My wife Audrey and I have lived through the healing ministries that were so prominent during the last few decades. Marvels took place and multitudes of sick people were blessedly healed. But there were undesirable side effects. Some of the people who were greatly used of the Lord had a hard time handling it. The Lord wants righteous behavior and the works of power were not always producing righteous behavior.

Miracles are for a sign but the sign can become the destination.

The Divine testimony includes first, righteous behavior, and then, works of stupendous power. One without the other does not compose the Divine testimony.

Unprecedented power will characterize the last-day harvest rain revival. But first the people who are to bear this power must be prepared:

* By deliverance from worldliness including the love of money.

* By deliverance from the lusts of the flesh including immorality.

* By deliverance from self-will, self-aggrandizement, presumption, self-centeredness, self-love, self- seeking, self-direction, self self self.

To be continued.