By Jim Stockstill
Two Visions: The loss of “Innocence” and “Revival”
February 23, 2023
Circuit and Knight Riders
It is conditional, at this late hour, yet many will turn to Yeshua in true humility, repentance, and a heartfelt appeal to heaven
January 8, 2023 (Sunday afternoon: 3:00 PM)
The Lord had given me two previous visions about circuit riders. Those who were legitimate in the expansion of the west beginning in 1801-1861 and the “new brand” of circuit riders, or money merchants, beginning in the 1970s.
The early circuit riders and preachers were mocked, ridiculed, and occasionally robbed by hardened plainsmen and outlaws as they undertook rugged journeys traveling from town to town. As the Lord spoke in the vision, “the ‘circuit riders’ were special in My [his] heart and delivered [by His Spirit] many souls into My Kingdom.” In sadness He finished, “I miss these rouged men who fought the elements, dangers from beasts and many tribes of men as well as scorn and derision. They fulfilled their mission, not for the love of money, but for the love of My people and their God.”
It had been a long night and day as I went to take a nap Sunday afternoon. Rather than sleep, the Lord gave me a vision that immediately reminded me of the visions in 2021 and 2022.
The first of its type is a conditional or cautionary prophetic word along with the vision:
On a paved brick road, I saw a modern-day rider on a large beautiful black horse/stallion. It reminded me of the type of thoroughbred you would see at the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, or the Belmont. The rider had saddlebags filled with cash (overstuffed and sticking out) and was elaborately dressed. As the horse galloped onward the road became dirt packed and the rider no longer had saddlebags and was modestly dressed. There will be no cushioned chairs with coffee holders, plush embroidered carpet, stained glass windows or elaborate lighting or multicolored laser effects [Entertainment].
- Caution 1. The transition: no saddlebags – this is not about the money of the previous rider(s). There will be no calling for donations, subtle manipulations, or mention of tithes and offerings. Appropriate wooden boxes and containers may be stationed at the doors and around the tent, auditorium, or facility. These new heralds must trust Holy Spirit to provide the needed resources.
With the fading away of the horse and rider the Lord said there is a new and different anointing for this hour. Then He showed me a simple “golden goblet” being miraculously filled by the Holy Spirit.
- Ephesians 4:13-15 “13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive, 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.”
A new circuit rider [Knights], as early tent revivals [William Branham] and later Azuza Street led to a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit, so will those who are chosen for this hour. They are being set apart, commissioned, and given fresh mantles. Not mantles of men or tradition, but genuine anointed mantles of the Holy Spirit.
There were seven “riders” associated with locations throughout the country, but others will arise as well. Those leading will not be “showmen/women,” evangelical “celebrities” from the airwaves [more on this afterward], and $1,000 conferences. By the power of the Holy Spirit, revivals will have fundamental, genuine, simple teachers [Obstetricians who will be followed by Pediatricians] with deep knowledge and understanding of Scripture. He gave me the example of himself teaching to two disciples on the road to Emmaus [six to seven hours walking]:
- Luke 24:25-27 “25 And *Yeshua* said to them, O senseless and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into his glory? 27 And having begun from Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.”
After the golden goblet faded away another powerful horse appeared with a different sort of rider at this hour. This horse wore purple, gold, and scarlet colors trimmed across the body, neck, and face resembling a war horse in medieval days. [King Arthur and the Knights of his Roundtable] The rider was dressed in full chain mail and armor with a long “Lance” – a powerful spear. This rider (riders) was prepared for [spiritual] war. Two things the Lord noted, it was a “lance” and served as the tip of a very long spear in fighting for the honor of his/her king. The rider also carried a very ornate sword [reflected gold and jewels] at his/her side. The Sword of the Spirit [Ephesians 6:17]
The extended weapon [Lance] was significant as the Lord stated it was the tip of the spear to penetrate and dismount the enemy. The knight(s), outfitted with armor, was commissioned for an important mission (as a herald) on behalf of the King.
- Caution 2: The message for each city [location] will be given at the time of the meeting. Each location will be different [not canned, prepackaged] as guided by the Holy Spirit. For “His” anointing, the messages are not to be repeated from one location (city) to the next. This is the [not an hour but the] hour for a fresh move of the Spirit in glory and honor of the King of kings and Lord of lords – Jesus Christ.
As this hour is underway, as in the natural, there are tremendous earthquakes in the spirit (unseen realm) that are shaking the heavens, earth, and the nether regions. The earthquakes, and following tremors, will reverberate and open and expose long-forgotten covenants and the seeds of revivals long past. As the blood of Able, millions of martyrs, and tens of millions of innocents cry out from the ground – and our “covenant-keeping King” will revisit the oaths, promises, commitments, and sacrifices of our forefathers.
Lastly, the Lord took me up above the nation and I saw pillars of light illuminate upwards from seven key towns/cities toward the heavens. These were brighter than (carbon arc lamps) the searchlights used during wartime. Lastly, there will be more than seven towns, but the Lord wanted me to see those with historical significance in prior [Holy Spirit] revivals.
Jamestown [Chesapeake bay area]
America’s Covenant with God
In 1607, the expedition led by Pastor Robert Hunt arrived in Virginia Beach. When they arrived in Virginia, the expedition dedicated our country to the glory of God. They planted a rough-hewn wooden cross, which they brought from England, in the sand and prayed:
“We do hereby dedicate this Land, and ourselves, to reach the People within these shores with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to raise up Godly generations after us, and with these generations take the Kingdom of God to all the earth. May this Covenant of Dedication remain to all generations, as long as this earth remains, and may this Land, along with England, be Evangelist to the World. May all who see this Cross, remember what we have done here, and may those who come here to inhabit join us in this Covenant and in this most noble work that the Holy Scriptures may be fulfilled.”
There were specific towns/cities the Lord showed that have roots in the movements of the Holy Spirit – revivals, healings, and miracles. Shaking is occurring in the spiritual realm that will expose the deeply buried roots and the verbal covenant that God will honor in an outpouring of Holy Spirit. It is conditional, at this late hour, yet many will turn to Yeshua in true humility, repentance, and a heartfelt appeal to heaven.
Kentucky: William Branham
William M. Branham was born near Burkesville, Kentucky, on April 6, 1909, to a fifteen-year-old mother [Ella] and an eighteen-year-old father [Charles], in a small log cabin in the eastern Kentucky mountains.
He claimed that at his birth, a “Light come [sic] whirling through the window, about the size of a pillow, and circled around where I was, and went down on the bed.” Branham told his publicist Gordon Lindsay that he had mystical experiences from an early age; and that at age three he heard a “voice” speaking to him from a tree telling him “he would live near a city called New Albany.” According to Branham, that year his family moved to Jeffersonville, Indiana. Branham also said that when he was seven years old, God told him to avoid smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages. Branham stated he never violated the command.
At the age of twenty-four, he launched his career as a tent evangelist in Jeffersonville in June 1933. It was estimated that as many as 3,000 people attended the services in a single evening. Lindsay states that “at the baptismal service which followed the revival, some 130 people were baptized in water. It was at this time that a heavenly light appeared above him as he was about to baptize the seventeenth person.’ (Gordon Lindsay, A Man Sent From God, p43) This was seen by 4,000 who were sitting on the banks of the Ohio River, watching. (Pearry Green, ‘The Acts of the Prophet, p46)
The Angelic Visitation – May 7, 1946
“I must tell you of the angel and the coming of the Gift. I shall never forget the time, May 7th, 1946…. while walking around the house under a maple tree, it seemed that the whole top of the tree let loose. It seemed that something came down through that tree like a great rushing wind… That afternoon I went away to a secret place to pray and read the Bible. I became deep in prayer; it seemed that my whole soul would tear from me. I cried before God. I laid my face to the ground. I looked up to God and cried, ‘If you will forgive me for the way that I have done, I’ll try to do better. I’m sorry that I’ve been so neglectful all these years in doing the work you wanted me to do. Will you speak to me some way, God? If you don’t help me, I can’t go on.’
Then alone in the night, at about the eleventh hour, I had quit praying and was sitting up when I noticed a light flickering in the room. Thinking someone was coming with a flashlight, I looked out of the window, but there was no one, and when I looked back, the light was spreading out on the floor, becoming wider. Now I know this seems very strange to you, as it did to me also. As the light was spreading, of course, I became excited and started from the chair, but as I looked up, there hung that great star. However, it did not have five points like a star but looked more like a ball of fire or light shining down upon the floor. Just then I heard someone walking across the floor, which startled me again, as I knew of no one who would be coming there besides myself. Now, coming through the light, I saw the feet of a man coming toward me, as naturally as you would walk to me. He appeared to be a man who, in human weight, would weigh about two hundred pounds, clothed in a white robe. He had a smooth face, no beard, dark hair down to his shoulders, rather dark-complexioned, with a very pleasant countenance, and coming closer, his eyes caught with mine. Seeing how fearful I was, he began to speak. Fear not. I am sent from the presence of Almighty God to tell you that your peculiar life and your misunderstood ways have been to indicate that God has sent you to take a gift of divine healing to the peoples of the world. If you will be sincere and can get the people to believe you, nothing shall stand before your prayer, not even cancer. Words cannot express how I felt. He told me many things, which I do not have space to record here. He told me how I would be able to detect diseases by vibrations on my hand. He went away, but I have seen him several times since then. He has appeared to me perhaps once or twice within the space of six months and has spoken with me. A few times he has appeared visibly in the presence of others. I do not know who he is. I only know that he is the messenger of God to me.’ (Gordon Linday, A Man Sent From God, p76-78)
This was the turning point in his ministry. One of his members later recalled: ‘Now for a carnally minded person this seemed absolutely impossible, as this boy was a humble worker, a very poor peasant type, and uneducated. But we had seen other visions come to pass, and he spoke this with such certainty, and openly declared it to everyone, that we were sure this would come to pass also.”
On January 1, 1956, William Branham claimed that God showed him the following “vision” of himself in a “great huge tent.”
“Then He taken me from there, and I seen a great huge tent. I never seen such a tent. And it was packed and lined everywhere with people. And I walked out to the… Looked like I was standing above the people, looking down, where I’d just made an altar call; and hundreds and hundreds of people were weeping and rejoicing after they had accepted the Lord Jesus as their Savior.
And I looked, and then heard a man get up and say, “Call the prayer line.” And people begin to line up over on this side, the left from where I was looking down towards the platform, and they lined all the way up and down the street for a prayer line. I noticed to my left, which would’ve been to my right if I was on the platform, a little wooden building. And I seen that Light, that all–they have the picture of, you know, that’s always in the meetings; I seen that Light leave me, and go to that building, and go in that building; and a Voice said to me, “I’ll meet you in there; that’ll be the third pull.” I said, “Why?” He said, “Well, it won’t be a public show like the other.” And I came to.”
The Prophetic Word
The Lord said, “you see how the mystery of lawlessness abounds and the hearts of many have grown cold and callous. This is a time of darkness as the wickedness of man is great and every imagination of the heart is continually evil. As Esau despised his birthright, the lawless having exchanged all that is good for sensual pleasures and abominations. Yet, in compassion and mercy, I will once again open the heavens and pour out my spirit less all should perish as in the days of Noah.”
Blessings in Christ,
Joseph “Jim” Stockstill 
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