The Lord began revealing himself to me in 1987 and in 1991, He sent me to a particular church in South Florida. There I was baptized in the Holy Spirit and very soon after that, I had my first vision.
I was sitting in church meeting on a Sunday morning in a high school auditorium that our church rented for the purpose of holding Sunday meetings. I was in the center of about 600 people, toward the rear, and my pastor was at the pulpit: preaching.
Now, mind you, this was all happening just as it always did. I was awake and not in vision and then suddenly, the vision started.
First, I saw a pyramid appear over the head of my pastor at an elevation of about fifteen feet. It was hovering in the air over his head.
Next, I saw Jesus appear. He was standing to the left of the pyramid as seen from my vantage point. He was looking kindly and gently toward me.
After that, I saw lines appear on the pyramid and there were names on those lines, very similar to a corporate organization chart. At the top of the pyramid was the name of my pastor. Below that, in the middle of the pyramid were the names of the elders in the church. The names of the deacons were on a line at the base of the pyramid.
Finally, a wooden club suddenly appeared in the hands of Jesus and I recognized that club. For those of you who are familiar with "The Flintstones", it was identical to the club that was wielded by "Bam Bam" in that cartoon.
I looked at Jesus and He looked at me and His countenance began to change. He looked at the pyramid and I could see that He had become upset and very angry. He looked back at me, pointed at the pyramid with the club and said: "I DID NOT BUILD THIS THING".
With that, the Lord Jesus hit the pyramid with all His might, and it exploded into millions of pieces. The vision ended.
I was totally perplexed by the vision. It came before I was aware of any prophetic call on my life. For all I knew, Jesus had sent me into this church. I had thought up to that moment that my church was the very best church in our area and that God was very pleased with us.
I now realize that this was the defining vision of the ministry that I was later to receive, for I have been given the specific mission to explain to the church why Jesus is arising to destroy it.
Stephen L. Bening
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