An Assemblies of God ordained, m in ister,
Y/hat about th is testimony?
M u jeitimo-aq.
By REV. KENNETH E. HAGIN
W hile I w as conducting a revival
in Rockwall, Texas during the la tte r
p a rt of A u g u st and the first p a rt of
Septem ber. I called the people around
the a lta r fo r pray er a t 10:00 P. M.,
S eptem ber 2, 1950. As 1 was praying,
the S p irit of th e Lord came upon me
in a w onderful way, and I began to
pray in o th er tongues. In a few m in­
utes I h ea rd a voice saying unto me,
“ Come up hith er." I looked up and
saw Je su s standing with a crown in
His hands. H e said, “This is a soul-
w inner’s crow n.” The crown was most
b ea u tifu l and hum an language could
n ever describe it. He said to me,
“My people are so careless and indif­
feren t. This crown is fo r everyone
o f my children. I speak and say, “ Go
speak to this one or pray fo r th a t
one, b u t my people are too busy.
They p u t it off, and souls are lost
because th ey will not obey m e,” I
w ept befo re H im and repented of my
failures. Jesu s then said to me,
“ Come up h ith e r”, and it seemed I
w ent w ith Him th ru the air till I saw
a beau tifu l City.
W e did n o t go into the City, but
beheld it a t close range. How b eau ­
tiful and indescribable it was. Jesus
said, “ My people are so selfish; they
say th e y are ready and talk about
th e ir m ansion and the glories of
H eaven w hile m any all around them
are in darkness and have no hope.
Share your hope with them and in­
vite them to come with you.”
Then He took me down to Hell
and as I beheld it, I said “Lord, it
looks ju st like it did when I saw it on
April 21, 1933 a t 7:30 P.M. when I
died and my soul went to this place
and you spoke and my soul came
back into my body. I then prayed
thru and you saved me. Only now I ’m
not afraid or horrified as I was then.
I saw human bodies wrapped in
flames. Jesus said to me, “ W arn men
and women about this place” , and I
cried out with tears th at I would.
Then He brought me back to earth
and as He stood by my side. He talk ­
ed to me about my m inistry and told
me some things in general th at He
la ter explained in detail in another
vision. Jesus disappeared and I rea l­
ized I was still kneeling on the p la t­
form. I heard people crying and p ray ­
ing around me.
A bout th a t time, the Holy S pirit
fell upon me and knocked me flat
on my face on the platform . As I lay
under the power, I saw a horseman
riding at full speed tow ard me. He
held a scroll of paper high in his left
hand. I was not conscious of my
earthly surroundings, but seemingly
was off in space somewhere. When
the horseman came to me, he stop­
ped; passed the scroll from his left
hand to his right then handed it to me
 MY TESTIMONY
as you p r a y fo r th e sick; and many
tim es y ou will see Me. Occasionally
I w ill o p en th e eyes o f someone in
the a u d ie n c e a n d th e y will say,
“ W hy I saw Je su s standing: by th a t
man as H e p ray e d fo r the sick.” I
said, “A ll rig h t, L ord I ’ll go if you'll
go w ith me. 1*11 do my best and
be as fa ith fu l as I know how.”
T here cam e a love th a t I had never
known in to my h e a r t fo r those who
criticise th is ty p e of m inistry. I
said, “ L o rd , I'll p ra y fo r them , for
they d o n 't know, o r they would not
say th e th in g s th e y do. Lord, I've
said sim ilia r th in g s, b u t I didn't
realize o r see as I do now, and
n eith er do they. F org iv e them Lord."
T hen H e said, “ Go th y way, My
son; fu lfill th y m in istry and be thou
fa ith fu l f o r the tim e is sh o rt". As I
w alked aw ay fro m th e throne of
God, J e s u s said ju s t a n o th e r word or
so— “ Be su re to give Me all the
praise a n d glory fo r all th a t is done,
and be c a re fu l a b o u t m oney. Many
of My se rv a n ts w hom I have anoint­
HEALING
T h e re a re scores of prom ises in
both T e sta m e n ts co n cern in g healing
of th e body. W e shall look a t a few
found in th e N ew T e s ta m e n t He cast
out th e sp irits w ith H is W ord and
healed all th a t w ere sick: th a t it
m ight be fu lfille d w hich w as spoken
by Isa ia h th e p ro p h et, saying, "Him­
self to o k o u r in firm ities and bare
our sick n ess". (M a tt. 8:16-17) “The
p ra y e r o f fa ith shall save the sick,
and th e L ord shall raise him up".
(Jam es 5 :1 4 -1 6 ); who H is own self
bare o u r sins in H is own body on the
tree, t h a t we, b e in g dead to sins,
should live unto righteo u sn ess: by
whoso strip e s ye w ere (on Calvary)
healed. ( P e te r 2 :2 4 ) “ Beloved, I wish
above all th in g s th a t thou m ight pros­
per and be in h ealth , even as thy soul
p ro sp e re th ". ( I l l Jo h n 2 ).
It is also w ritte n concerning Christ
th a t H e cam e “ to d estro y the works
of th e d ev il” , (1 Jo h n 3 :9) pnd to
deliver ‘‘all th a t w ere oppressed by
ed fo r this type of m inistry have
become m oney-m inded and have
lost th e anointing and m inistry I
gave them . T here are m any who
would pay much to be delivered.
Many paren ts in the world have
children whose little bodies are
tw isted and they would give th o u ­
sands of dollars fo r th eir healings.
Many of them shall bo delivered as
you lay your hands on them , but
you m ust not accept a charge fo r
your m inistry. A ccept offerings as
you have been doing. You m ust go
your w ay; be faith fu l, fo r the tim e
is short." Jesus then journeyed
with me back to the earth, and I
realized th a t I still lay on my face
on the floor. He talked w ith me
th e re a m om ent and then disap­
peared.
My hands burned fo r th ree days
ju s t like I had a coal of Jfire in
them. Now, when I w ait upon Him
in p ra y e r and fasting, the same
anointing comes upon me again.
the devil". (A cts 10:38). He came to
do this n o t only fo r th ree years d u r­
ing His m inistry, b ut forever.
No m an w ith faith in God and His
W ord can deny the fact th a t healing
is in th e Bible; so do not be deceived
by false teachings of men th a t teach
to the contrary. I f you w ant healing
then believe the above quoted pass­
ages, an d do not deny such a tru th .
C ooperate w ith God against the devil
and do as God says, and you will be
healed.
You do not have to w ait until you
get to H eaven to receive healing fo r
your sick body. A tonem ent fo r our
sins and sickness was made on th is
earth by our own w onderful L ora
Jesus Christ. These blessed benefits
of the atonem ent are fo r us while we
live in the same world where Jesus
died, and while we bear in o u r lives
the same oppression from which He
died to deliver us, H im self took o ur
sickness and bears our infirm ities.
 MY TESTIMONY
aying; “ T ake and re a d ” . I opened or
inrolled it and saw a t th e top of the
age in big, bold black p r in t these
•ords: W ar-D E ST R U C T IO N . I was
truck lu m b anl unable to speak. He
iid his r ig h t hand on my head and
lid, “ R e ad in the N am e of Jesus
’h irst” , a n d I began to re a d th e foll-
wing w o rd s o.n the p a p e r; th e n I
:>oked a s th e w ords in stru c ted , and
aw w h a t I had rea d about. I saw
housands and thousands o f m en in
niform m arch in g to w ar. I saw m any
. omen, old w hite haired, m iddle aged
nd even young women w ith babies
n th e ir a rm s, bowed to g e th e r in sor-
ow and w eeping profusely. I saw the
kyline o f a large city an d w hen I
ooked a g a in the skyscrappers were
urned o u t hulls, th e city in ruins,
here w as w ritten th a t n o t ju s t one
ity w ould be thus destroyed, but
lany. I contin u ed to read th e scroll,
t was w ritte n in the firs t person and
.as ju s t like Jesus H im self speaking.
Te said,“ A m erica is receiving h e r last
all. Som e nations have alre ad y re-
eived th e ir last call and w ill never
eceive a n o th e r. T H E T IM E OF T H E
;n d o f a l l t h i n g s i s a t
[AND” , w as rep eated a t le ast fo u r
r five tim es. He said also th a t this
as the la s t g re a t revival.
All o f th e G ifts of th e S p irit will
e in o o e ra tio n in the last days and
he C h u rch will do g re a te r things
han even th e early C hurch did, and
ave g r e a te r power, signs an d won-
ers th an w ere w ritten in th e A cts of
he A postles. He said we had seen
nd ex p e rien c ed m any healings, but
ould now behold am azing m iracles
uch as h a d not been seen before,
lore a n d m ore m iracles will be per-
ormed in the last days w hich are
ust ah e ad , fo r He paid, “ It is tim e
fo r the Gift of W orking o f M iracles
to be more in prom inence. We now
have entered into th e era of the
miraculous. M any of my own people
will n o t accept th e m oving of my
Spirit and will tu rn back and will not
be ready to m eet Me a t my coming.
Many will be deceived by false pro­
phets and m iracles ;of S atanic origin.
B ut follow the W ord of God and the
S pirit of God, and follow Me and
you will not be deceived- I am g a th ­
ering my own to g e th er and p reparing
them, fo r the tim e is sh o rt.” There
were several ex hortations to watch-
fullness; to awake, to p ray and not
be deceived.
Then He said, ‘‘As it was in the
days of Noah, so shall also the coming
of the Son of Man be- As I finally
spoke to Noah and said yet seven
days and I will cause it to rain upon
the earth fo rty days and fo rty nights,
and every living substance th a t 1
have made will I d estroy from off
the face of the ea rth , so today I am
speaking and giving A m erica h er last
w arning and call to rep en tan ce and
the time th a t is le ft is com parable to
the last seven days of N oah's time.
W arn this gen eratio n as did Noah
his generation fo r ju d g em en t is about
to fall, and these things shall be fu l­
filled shortly, fo r I am com ing soon” .
He said again, “ This is the last re ­
vival and I am p rep a rin g my people
fo r My coming. Ju d g em en t is coming
but I will call my people aw ay even
unto myself before the w orst shall
come. But be thou fa ith fu l; w atch
and p ray ”, were the concluding re ­
marks, “For the Time of the End of
all things is at h an d ”.
Those who w ere p resen t a t the
time of my vision said I read the
scroll aloud fo r ab o u t th irty minutes.
 MY TESTIMONY
I cannot recall all of it a t the present
time. I handed th e scroll back to the
rid er and he rode aw ay in the same
direction from w hich he had come.
Then I was conscious of th e fa c t th a t
I still lay on the floor fla t on my
face. I lay th ere in the glory for a
few m inutes and then heard a voice
saying. “ Come up to the throne of
God” . Looking up, I saw Jesus again
and w ent to Him, it seemed, right
th ru the air. W e came to th e throne
of God and I beheld it w ith all its'
splendor. I was not able to look <upon
the face of God b u t only beheld His
form- I saw the rainbow around about
the throne. I saw the winged creat­
ures on either side of the throne.
They are peculiar looking creatures
and have eyes of fire th a t look in all
directons. I stood w ith Jesus in the
m idst and He talked w ith me fo r
nearly an hour. I saw Him as plainly
as I ever saw anyone in th is life and
heard Him speak. I will n o t go into
d etail as to w hat He said to me fo r it
concerns only me and my ministry.
The follow ing account how ever cov­
ers the main points-
He said th a t He had called me to
a special m inistry and had kept me
th ru the years. T hough Satan had
tried to destroy my life m any times,
His angels had w atched over me
and cared fo r me. He talked to
me about some things th a t the Holy
S pirit had said to me alm ost two
years before. He showed me where
I had missed Him a n d doubted His
dealings w ith me. I fell a t His feet
and repented w ith tears. T hen He
spoke about speaking to me again,
this tim e by prophecy and also by
th a t still small voice in my heart.
He said th a t I had been faith fu l and
belived and obeyed this second
tim e and a t th a t time entered i:
the second phase of my minist
He said th a t I was now to en
into the th ird phase of my minist
And if I would be faithful to w!
He had said to m e; believe and ol
Him, He would appear to me ag
and talk to m e; then I would en
into the fo u rth and final stage
phase of my m inistry. He laid ]
fin g er in the palm of each of
hands and then laid His hand on
head and said,“Go, fo r I have c j
ed thee, sent thee and given thee
special anointing to pray for I
sick.” My hands burned like I 1
fire in them . He said, “ When j
lay your hands on the sick, lay c
hand on each side of their body;
you feel the fire jum p from faa
to hand, th ere is an evil spirit or <
mon in the body causing the affl
tion or trouble. Call him out in ]
Name. The dem on or demons v
have to go in My Name. If the f
does not jum p from hand to hai
it is a case of healing only. Pi
fo r them in My N am e; if they n
believe and accept it, the fire v
leave your hands and go into th
bodies and drive out the afflict:
or sickness. W hen the fire lea
your hands and goes into the bo
you know they are healed.” I l
a t His fee t and cried out in ter
“Lord d on 't send m e; send sor
body else. Please, don't send 1
J u s t give me a little church to p
tor, but do n ’t send m e; I'd rat]
not go. Lord, I'v e heard so ms
of our own M inisters and fo
criticise those who p ray fo r the si
Lord, ju st give me a common-pli
m inistry."
Jesus rebuked me and said, “
go with you and stand by your s