Martin Banner
2000

In the beginning of my dream I found myself floating in a small row boat in a vast sea of water. This large body of water seemed to have no boundaries and appeared to be a large ocean. I was floating for some time when I noticed what seemed to be a large vessel just beneath the waters surface. I proceeded to step out of the row boat into the water and onto the surface of this vessel. I was able to walk around upon the deck of the vessel wading in waist deep water, as I walked I was able to make out that it was a large ship just under the waters surface. I then climbed back into the row boat and floated off in another direction and seemed to float around the sea for some time.

Then on the horizon their appeared a large ship which was floating in the water with no passengers. I pulled alongside the vessel and climbed on board. After walking around on the deck I realized this was the same ship I had seen which was just under the waters surface and it had now been raised above the waters surface. The deck of the ship still had about a foot of water running around upon it and it had the appearance that the ship had just come up out of the water. I then realized that there was someone else on board walking around on the deck of the ship. I noticed that they were looking for artifacts upon the ship and I began to realize that this was an old ship and that it had been raised from beneath the ocean.

At this point in the dream I began to join in the hunt for artifacts from the ship. I went into a small room which could have been the pilot's house and continued to search. Suddenly something caught my attention and I leaned over to take a closer look. I found a huge padlock which was hanging on a hinge opened, I removed the lock from the hinge and again took note that it was strange that the lock was unlocked. As I examined the giant padlock I turned it around and saw the word "Titanic". At this point I realized that the ship I was on was the Titanic and that it had been raised from the ocean floor and was now floating.

As I examined the lock further I noticed that there was a compartment inside the lock with an opening to it. I then opened the compartment to find it full of very large gemstones and expensive jewelry. At this point I took one of the pieces of jewelry which appeared to be a very large diamond ring and inspected it more closely. As I examined the ring I looked inside the band and found a name inscribed upon the inner side of the ring which was "Rees Howell". At this point I assumed that the owner of this ring must have been someone named Rees Howell and that He must have been a passenger on board the Titanic. At this point some other people came onto the boat and we all had to leave. I showed them the unlocked padlock I had found and the jewels that were inside and we left the ship and then the dream ended.

Interpretation

When I woke up in the morning I remembered the dream vividly and as I recalled the dream I told it to my wife and daughter Elizabeth Joy. As we spoke of the dream I told them that I was going to go on the internet and look up the name "Rees Howell" and see if he could have been a passenger on board the Titanic when it sank. I noted that the name Rees was a strange name and wondered if I would find any listings for such a name.

To my surprise when I put in the name "Rees Howell" I came up with a number of listings referring to a Man of God who lived in the 1800's who is known as a great intercessor and has been spoken of as having been led by the Lord to pray for the great revival which has come to be known as the "Welsh Revival". At this point I knew for certain that the Lord had given me a prophetic dream and that the Lord had a deep message within this dream for the Body of Christ. I will now, to the best of my ability, try to interpret what I believe the Holy Spirit is saying through this dream.

1. There is coming a great move of the Holy Spirit throughout the entire world that will eclipse all other moves of God and will emphasize the resurrection power of Christ.

The raising of the Titanic represents this awesome move of the Spirit of God. This raising of that which was lost will be the culmination of the restorative power of God in a move and demonstration of the miraculous that will raise the dead, heal the sick and restore the lost.

This move of God is symbolized by raising the Titanic, a ship that was lost and sunken and could float no more, but is now floating. This represents the impossible becoming possible "for with God all things are possible". Our God has declared "is anything to difficult for me?" and during this move of God it will become obvious that nothing is to difficult for our Lord. Not only will the dead be raised but we will see a restoration of all that we have looked at as lost in our lives, but was really the will of God. That which we have deemed hopeless, that which we have given up on, that which we have looked at as dead, shall suddenly live again. Broken relationships, broken marriages, lost loved ones, visions that have long since been given up on, shall suddenly come alive again! All that which we have looked upon as being lost, shall suddenly spring to new life, as the awesome breath of God reaches that which we thought unreachable and resurrects that which we thought to be lost forever.

Nothing shall be out of the reach of this move of God. In this move of God that which the world has looked at as worthless and hopeless shall be the target for the miraculous. This move of the Spirit of God will be marked with the "Resurrection power of Christ" and even as the apostles stood in awe when they saw Him appear in their midst after He was raised, so shall we stand in awe, as suddenly, He appears in our midst and resurrects that which we thought was beyond hope.

2. The key to unlock this great move of the Holy Spirit is intercessory prayer.

The unlocked padlock in the dream represents the key to unlocking or "releasing" this move of God. The padlock had the name Titanic on it which was what was being raised. The key to releasing the resurrection power of Christ upon that which was lost is intercessory prayer. Within the padlock were jewels "the saints of God who are intercessors" who were used to pray in the moves of God from the past. One of the pieces of jewelry had the name "Rees Howell" inscribed upon it. Rees Howell was an intercessor used by the Lord to pray for the great move of God known as the "Welsh Revival".

The Lord is now calling for his intercessors to assemble themselves and intercede for the greatest move of God known to man. This move of God will touch and reach that which we thought was unreachable and will be the culmination in the Lord's Harvest before His return. The key to this move will be intercession and prayer and now is the time for the Body of Christ to sow for this visitation with fasting and intercession and for ALL TO RETURN TO THEIR PRAYER CLOSET AND SPEND QUALITY TIME WITH THEIR LORD. RON'S COMMENT.

3. You can be used by God to usher in this great move of the Holy Spirit.

Within the unlocked padlock there was a compartment that held jewels. These jewels were the great intercessors from past moves of God. I believe that the compartment represented that they held a special place in the heart of God and that in God's eyes these intercessors were looked at as jewels "precious" to God. You also can be one of those jewels, you can be used to help unlock "release " the next move of God. How, you ask? By returning to your prayer closets, by beginning to intercede for and believe God for the impossible, by spending quality time with your Lord and submitting to the Spirit of God.

As you seek the Lord ask Him how to intercede for what He wants to do in this generation and whatever He tells you to do, obey Him.

4. This move of God has already started and some have already walked in it.

The first visit to the boat represents a prior visitation of the Holy Spirit. When I first came to the ship it was completely submerged under the water, yet I was able to walk on its deck, waist deep in the water. The ship was under water "hidden from the view of the world" and out of site, yet I was walking on it. This represents a prior move of the Holy Spirit which only a small remnant will walk in. Those who are truly prophetic have already seen and walked into this great outpouring even though it is still hidden from the masses.

When I left the ship for some time this represents that this prior move will seem to subside for some time only to return in a much greater measure, when I came back to the ship it was now breaking the surface and visible and this second visitation will be the full outpouring of God's Spirit in a much greater measure then the previous visitation. Although it will appear as coming in two waves of visitation, this will all be part of the same move of the Holy Spirit.

When you first see the great ship, it is just about to break forth from the ocean, and is only a couple of feet under the waves. It is impossible to see a vessel or submarine hiding under even in a few inches of water unless you are directly on top of it. Those who "see" the ship coming up will be the forerunners who will prophesy what they see, and even what they touch! The raising of the "great ship" will not be seen by most of those in the church.

This sunken ship being raised again to the surface is also a very powerful prophetic picture of the church, which has been "sinking" in terms of significance throughout most of the 20th century. However, even though it may appear that the church has disappeared from sight; it will be "raised up" in the last days in far greater glory and power than it has ever demonstrated in the past.

5. Only a remnant of the Church will enter into this move of God.

During my first visit to the ship while it was yet under water, I walked on it alone. Myself being a prophet of the Lord, would take that to mean that during the first wave of this visitation, only those who are prophetic will enter into it. During my second visit I noticed someone else walking the deck as well and would take that to represent the apostolic move, possibly. Then later we were joined by others which I would take to represent the remnant church. But overall their were not many that had seen the ship and I believe that only a small remnant of the Church will enter into this move of the Holy Spirit. Those who do enter in will be used by the Lord to bring in the final Harvest before the return of our Lord Jesus Christ to rule and reign from His throne in the New Jerusalem.

6. The Titanic also represents America and the American economy.

When the Titanic left on its maiden voyage many claimed it was unsinkable, they later found out they were wrong. The Titanic represents America and the American stock market. In recent years the stock market has hit all time highs and many have thought that America and the American lifestyle are unsinkable, just like they did about the Titanic. They will again find out that they are wrong. The Titanic breaking the waters surface represents that America is now in the same danger as the Titanic was when sailing through the many icebergs that were all around her. Soon one of those icebergs will rip through the American economy and it will go down just like the Titanic. America and the world are now in danger of a total economic collapse, which will soon be triggered without warning, much like what happened to the Titanic.

Additional comments: The Titanic also clearly represents Great Britain and the British empire.

The Titanic was built in Ireland, which at the time was still apart of the British empire. It was designed by a Scott, and crewed by a wide mixture of British subjects. But most importantly, it was owned and operated by a British company, "The White Star Line", and flew under the British flag. It was a very British ship, and is very symbolic of the industrial, and even military might of Great Britain at its time of launching.

The sinking of Titanic by an iceberg, of all things, represents God's judgment on Great Britain. The Titanic sunk in 1912, soon after World War 1, the British empire began to contract, with the independence of Ireland being one of the first losses. (Coincidently, Ireland was where the Titanic was built!) The empire held up rather well from 1917 until war broke out again in 1939, but soon after the end of WW2, the empire began a tremendous contraction that is still in effect to this day. In 2002, there is even talk of a completely independent Scotland and Wales, both of which have been a part of the empire for a very long time!

More importantly, Rees Howell, the greatest intercessor of the 20th century, was himself a British subject.

The raising of the Titanic does not necessarily represent the return of the British empire, but it may foretell of the increase stature upon which Great Britain will play in the end-times church. The prayers of Rees Howell for his country did not come to a halt when Rees was taken to be with the Lord. Rather, I'm sure one will find Rees Howell still interceding right in front of the throne of Jesus, and his home country will no doubt be one of the major points of his intercession.

Because the Lord longs to honor his faithful servants, even long after they have departed to ever-lasting life, I believe the LORD is saying that Great Britain will have renewed influence in the last days, and a great revival will sweep the entire nation that will eclipse even the great Welsh revival of 1906.

This may also be prophetic in that the British may start moving away from their entanglements in the European Union, and start acting more like a sovereign nation once again.

7. At the same time as the collapse of the American stock market, there will come a mighty move of the Holy Spirit to bring in the Final Harvest.

We are now to intercede for the souls that God will bring to Himself in the troubled days that lie just ahead. With the collapse of the economy people will be looking for help and looking for answers, we need to now intercede that during the troubled times ahead that the church will be empowered by the Spirit of God to minister to the lost and bring in the Final Harvest.

Additional Comments: The "Raising of the Titanic" (symbolic of a great revival over all of Great Britain) will also be one of the signs of the Final Harvest.

Update 1/7/05

Three weeks after sending out the dream on our newsletter list back in 2000 a Titanic museum came to the city of Chicago with artifacts from the Titanic. This was the second visit to Chicago and it featured a pilot house just like in the dream.

I believe God is saying much through this dream and one fact that is clear now is that God is turning his back to America much like He did to England when the Titanic sank as a sign of judgment to England back at the beginning of the 20th century.

If you can follow me on this, God sent a sign of judgment to England by sinking the Titanic, there was a great revival that preceded this event with much of the church rejecting the visitation of God during the Welsh revival. Then the sign of judgment, the sinking of the Titanic comes and then three years later World War I where England was nearly destroyed. God turned his back on England for His purposes, for almost a century England went into spiritual decline. At one time the UK was the center of missionary outreach to the world, at the turn of the 20th century God turned away from England and turned to the US to be the center of the gospel and work of His kingdom. England and the UK went into spiritual decline for almost 100 years while the United States flourished in the work of the gospel.  God turned away from the UK and turned to the US and blessed the US greatly.

Then in the year 2001 another sign was sent of judgment... the 9-11 event, and the destruction of the twin towers. Now God is turning back to the UK. Symbolic of the raising of the Titanic in the dream and God is restoring the UK to a place of prominence again. At the same time He is turning away from the US much like he did to England after the sinking of the Titanic. Now it is the United States who has received the sign of judgment... the 9-11 event, and it is the US that is in spiritual decline and three years after the 9-11 event it is the US who finds herself in World War III, the war on terror.

If this is the correct interpretation of the dream, then expect spiritual conditions in the UK to improve while the US continues to decline spiritually much like what happened to England after the sinking of the Titanic and World War I.

Martin Banner

Martin Banner
5/23/04

On the evening of May 22nd, 2004 I was given the following dream. In the dream I was at a strange and unknown home. The house had a river flowing behind it with hills around it. It was a large home and at the home there was a meeting of the brethren taking place.

I found myself in the meeting and apparently this was a house church that was meeting in this home. During the meeting it appeared that this group of believers was looking to me for spiritual direction and that I was ministering to them during the meeting. At this time someone in the meeting looked at me and said "what is coming next?" To which I replied, there is coming a tidal wave. Once those words left my mouth we all heard a tremendous roaring sound, it was like the approaching of many train engines, the ground began to shake and a tremendous roar could be heard. We hurriedly rushed to the window and as we peered out the window towards the river we could see a wave of water approaching up the river.

The scene then immediately changed, as it does sometimes in dreams to a future point where we found ourselves on the top of one of the nearby hills. We all had tents and were camping out on the hills until the water receded. I then woke up from the dream and that morning shared the dream with my wife Cherie and my daughter Elizabeth Joy.

Later that day I was impressed to contact a brother I know named Brother George. I was impressed to call him and relate this dream to him. I know Brother George through an internet web site and have never met him nor have I been to his home. After I shared the dream with Brother George he said "Marty, that sounds exactly like our house in the dream. We have a river behind our home and hills around it just like in the dream. We also have a house meeting in our home."

After being told this I was quite impressed that the Lord had led me to call Brother George and relate the dream to him and felt that there was some connection with his home and the dream of the Tidal Wave. I later called a brother Martin who was an elder in a church with Brother George in Ohio and shared the dream with him. He also was impressed that the house in the dream seemed to be Brother George's.

Interpretation

The interpretation of the dream seems to be that the next great event on God's timetable dealing with the end time is an enormous tidal wave coming. Brother George's home is on the east coast and seemed to be the house in the dream. It appears that there is a massive tidal wave coming to the east coast of the United States of America and will be centered near Brother George's home.

Fulfillment

12/27/04

The dream was at least partially fulfilled on Dec. 26th 2004 when an enormous tsunami slammed into Indonesia and several other countries killing an estimated 300,000+ people. It has been said of the tsunami that it is one of the worst recorded disasters in history.

The fulfillment of the dream came through a number of unusual events. In October my family and I were experiencing a number of attacks of the enemy coming through close relationships and in particular our neighbors. We also were experiencing a large amount of attacks directly against our business, which had been going on for several months. A number of these attacks were coming from professing Christians. These attacks could be summed up as demonic in nature and seemed to be persecution aimed at our beliefs and lifestyle. We believe that the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ should be different from the world, His people should be separate from the world, a people set aside for Him, and we also believe that nominal Christianity is a mirror of the world, it watches the worlds TV, goes to the worlds movies, listens to the worlds music and dresses and acts like the world. The nominal Church even has a divorce rate that is higher than the worlds.

The persecution became so intense that we decided to move. We took a trip up to Canada to look at some homes with a Christian couple, once we were there they abandoned us and left and returned home. At this time I called Brother George since we were near his home and I thought we could go and stay and visit with him while we sought the Lord for direction. Once we came to his house I realized this was the house in the dream, Brother George showed me the river behind his house and I could see the hills all around his home. Later we sat in on one of the house meetings they have at the home, a few days later the tsunami hit in Asia. The Lord showed me the tsunami at Brother George's house because he knew we would be visiting brother George when the tidal wave hit. We are all amazed at the goodness of the Lord. Not only did He show us what was coming, but He also let us know that we were in His will and that He knew we would be at this particular home when the tidal wave struck.

Anyone who wishes can contact us and I will provide contact information for both Brother George and Brother Martin who will confirm that this occurred exactly as I am writing.

Even as Joseph found himself in some very intense circumstances that led him to Egypt and eventually to the fulfillment of the dream he was given, so we had gone through similar circumstances which led to the fulfillment of this dream. God is in control, He knows all things. He knows our past, our present and our future. He is a sovereign God and His purposes shall not be defeated and of the dominion of His kingdom there shall be no end. It is an everlasting kingdom. Hallelujah! He is in control of every aspect of our lives right down to the minute detail. Once again He has proved Himself strong on the behalf of His people.

We pray for the victims of this tragedy and their immediate family and friends. We pray that God would use this event to draw people to himself. We pray for the Indonesian government that has persecuted the brethren in Indonesia to repent and stop their attacks against God's people. We pray that all people who read this dream would realize the hour in which we are living and would put the Lord and His work first priority in their lives.

Amen and Amen. To God be the Glory.

The Lord has now shown me many of the major events in the last few years including 9-11, the Tsunami, The changing of the Pledge of Allegiance, The Raising of the Titanic, World War Three and the coming economic collapse as well as the coming disarming of America and the aftermath. So far everything we have put out on the newsletter as coming from the Lord has come to pass. I believe at this time the Lord wants me to focus my time and commitment upon the prophetic call on my life. Please pray for direction for me and my family as we seek the Lord about our business, and selling our business in order to serve the Lord in what He wants.

May the Lord Bless you with His presence in these Perilous Times

In everything you say and do let the Love of God shine through and beloved keep your eyes on the eastern skies.

Martin Banner

Martin Banner
2/20/05

Hear the Word of the Lord, oh America! Have I not called to thee as one calls to His bride to come to the bridal chamber and you would not! Have I not called to thee as a lover calls to His beloved and you would not hearken! Have you not said "we have other lovers to pursue, the god's of money, success and prosperity". So, I the Lord will strike your false god's and they shall come to naught and you shall find yourself naked, saith the Lord your God. You shall look to be clothed and shall not be, because you looked not to Me, but to your own god's of prosperity and wealth. I shall bring down your idols of gold and silver and shall bring them into the dust!

Why shall I do these things?

Because you have broken the covenant, and done despite to the Spirit of Grace and have turned to your other lovers and have forsaken Me, the Lord your God. So have I sent a sign to you, oh America! A sign of judgment and not blessing, for your false prophets run to and fro proclaiming peace and prosperity, when I have determined war and judgment.

You have murdered your own children, oh America!

The precious fruit of the womb have you sacrificed to your false god's of prosperity and wealth. The spirit of murder is on your land and the blood of millions of innocent children is on your hands. You call it choice, but I call it MURDER! You call it abortion, but I call it an ABOMINATION! My anger has come up in my face because of your wickedness and your lewdness, oh America! I will wink at your sin no more! For I have sent a sign to thee! A sign of things to come! For even as the World Trade Center was a symbol of your false god of prosperity, so I have sent a sign of judgment to you by allowing your false idol to be destroyed. This was a sign of judgment to you, oh America. For even as the sinking of the Titanic was a sign of judgment to England, after her visitation during the Welsh Revival. So was what occurred on September 11th to the World Trade Center, a sign of judgment to you, oh America.

I have this against thee, oh America! You have spilled the blood of the unborn and now you have the audacity to even kill your children as they are being born, which you call "full term abortion". I hate these acts of rebellion and I will judge you for it America. You murder your innocent children and then you ask me to bless America? I am the Lord your God, and I will not be mocked! I will not bless these acts of murder and rebellion, but rather I will enter into judgment with you, oh America! I warn you to turn from your wickedness, for you are weighed in the balance and are found wanting. Surely my destruction is on the way! You shall pay for the innocent blood which you shed daily upon your land, for that blood cries to me day and night for judgment!

So hear what I will do to you! You who protect the sodomite and murder the child! I will make an end of you! Even as I sent the Titanic to the ocean floor as a sign of judgment to that generation because they failed to discern the hour of their visitation. So have I sent the World Trade Center into the dust as a sign of judgment to this generation. Even as the Titanic was a sign of judgment to England that World War I would follow. So is the destruction of your economic center a sign of judgment that your economy shall fail, and World War shall follow, and even as it was with the Titanic, that more perished than were saved, so shall it be with you America!

When I bring my fiery judgments upon your land, more of your children shall perish than shall be saved, and even as I divinely ordained for my servant John Harper to be on board the Titanic at the time of her sinking, and even as his appointment to preach his scheduled revival meetings had to be cancelled. So shall it be with your ministers, oh America! They will have to cancel their itineraries to preach to the dying, and even as it was on the Titanic that I brought in a harvest through judgment and some were saved as though by fire. So shall it be with thee, America! Your ministers will cancel their meetings to minister to the dying and through judgment and hardship will come in a harvest! So shall it be with thee, America!

For even as I have called and you have not hearkened, now through judgment and hardship I will call again, and then you will hear my call. Then shall you look to return to the Lord your God! When your economy fails, and you find yourself at war, and millions have perished.

Men said that even I could not sink the Titanic, yet I allowed it to sink! Your financial prognosticators have said that even I could not sink your prosperous economy, yet I will cause your prosperity to come to nothing, says the Lord.

Why, you ask, would a God who loves us do such a thing?

Because you, oh America, have turned from me, you have forsaken the Lord your God, and have pursued other god's which can not satisfy you. That is why I have placed this deep hunger within you! You long for something to fulfill the emptiness of your soul, and yet you find no satisfaction! You will not be satisfied until you return to the fountain of your blessing, which is in Me, the Lord who formed you!

I have this against you, oh America! You consult witches and horoscopes instead of Me! Your land is polluted and has become barren from all of the harlotries and occult practices, which I despise!

REPENT! Repent America and return to the Ark of thy safety! For safety can only come from Me, the Lord who has set thy boundaries, and even as I raised up My servant Rees Howell to intercede for England during her time of affliction and war. So shall I call to my intercessors to cry out for you America, that I might spare thee from my fury and that I might deliver you from your evil ways.

Hear Me, oh My people! Call out to Me, the Righteous Judge of the earth and I will hear your cry! Be not discouraged for what your eyes see and what your ears hear. Cry to Me in your day of affliction and I will hear you and deliver you! Cry out for the sin that is all around you. Cry to the Lord of the Harvest, that I might have a Holy Remnant in this land. Oh My people, be not burdened with this world and its false hope, but cry out to Me and be delivered from this false sense of security.

Return to Me! Return with a right heart and seek Me and I will hear your cry! He who has made the eye, can I not see? He who has made the ear, do I not hear?

Cry out and spare not and warn My people to repent and return to me with a clean heart, and I will receive them.

I will have a harvest in the earth, says the Lord, but I will first shake heaven and earth to gather it in.

Martin Banner
6/2/02

In my dream I found myself standing in front of a high school with a large group of children assembled in front of the school reciting the pledge of allegiance. When they came to the part with "one nation under God" they said "one nation along side another nation" instead.

I immediately took note of this change in the words of the pledge and noticed that "one nation under God" had been removed and replaced with "one nation alongside another nation".

After this the children began to recite a World Anthem.

The next thing that occurred was I saw tanks and airplanes and military equipment with both U.S. and Russian insignia's on them. The military equipment seemed to be involved with a joint military exercise and working together.

Then I was lifted up into the heavens where I could see both the U.S. and Russian countries as they were changing. The U.S. was becoming more and more like Russia and socialistic communism and Russia was becoming more and more like the United States and democracy.

This continued until the U.S. lost most of its freedom and liberty and Russia acquired more and more freedom until the two nations seemed almost identical and then I awoke from the dream.

Interpretation

It appears the dream is saying that there will be an attempt to remove "one nation under God" from the pledge of allegiance and that this event will signify the beginning of the loss of freedom and liberty in the United States while Russia will continue to receive more and more freedom until the two nations will be almost identical in their political structure.

Fulfillment

About three weeks after I received the dream about the changing of the pledge of allegiance the California supreme court passed a law saying that “One nation under God” was unconstitutional and that the pledge could no longer be recited in California. After this ruling 9 states in the west banned the pledge of allegiance. This was a partial fulfillment to the dream.

"One nation under God" was said to be unconstitutional and the pledge was banned in many states. This was an attempt to begin to remove the clause “One nation under God" from the pledge of allegiance just like in the dream.

This attempt I believe is the sign that the United States of America will now begin to loose it's freedom and liberty and Russia will begin to receive more and more freedom and look more and more like a democracy. The US is a Republic, but will loose most if its freedom and will end up looking much like Russia's socialistic communism, while Russia will appear to have more and more freedom looking like a democracy until the two nations will be almost identical in political structure. Then one day they will sing a World Anthem as the nations of the earth unite into an Antichrist global government.

The attempt to remove “One nation under God” from the pledge of allegiance I believe is the sign according to the dream that these things have begun to take place.

The tribulation is close at hand!

It is time to go fishing for the souls of men!