The Spirit of Elijah

By Dusty Kemp:

Howard Pittman died in 1979 of a ruptured aorta. While dead, he talked to Jesus, learned about demons, and was told his life was a religious abomination. He was astonished by how very few entered into Heaven while he was there. God sent Howard back with a warning for the luke-warm church to wake up, because Jesus was going to return soon. Often lost in his warning message, has been the prophecy Jesus gave him about an exciting time for the part of the church that would awaken!

I have been thinking about Howard a lot lately, because world events are unfolding exactly as he was told, especially US relations with Israel, and what appears to be materializing for the 2008 Presidential elections. I was reading through some of his writings and came across the prophecy he was given in Heaven. The following is an taken from Howard Pittman's book Placebo, written upon his return from the dead.

"God is in the process of recruiting an army with which He will shake this world one more time. By working through His soldiers, God will produce great miracles that will shake the established hierarchy of the so-called organized religion that is in this world today. These soldiers that God is now recruiting, will demonstrate the power of God to a greater extent than did the disciples in the Pentecostal age. Some will be even greater demonstrations than that of Elijah.

God's recruitment for this army has been going on for some time. Some of these soldiers have been brought up to a certain level of faith and placed in a "holding" position, where they shall remain until He has brought all the new ones up to that level. I declare unto you that you the soldiers who are being recruited now to join with those who have been recruited in the past, will bring to this world the spirit of Elijah.

The purpose is to make straight the paths of the coming of the Lord, for He is about to come again! You that sleep, now is the time to awaken! You that have been in that "holding" pattern for years, look up! You're about to be put to work! To the new recruit, I would say study the Bible diligently and seek the Lord's will in every aspect of your life. Time is short for your spiritual training, but you will be used in ways you never thought possible if you seek the Lord FIRST in your life.

"You who are to be chosen will be the soldiers of the latter rain as referred to in scripture. This recruitment is for the end of the great revival spoken of by the prophet Joel and begun on the day of Pentecost. The end-time of that great revival is the beginning of the latter rain, so you must prepare for the battle with the discipline of a professional soldier.

"Know this also. There shall be a time or process of "culling" those who are not qualified to be a member of this "Gideon's" army. Just as in Gideon's army in the Bible, only a select few will be fit for service in the army of Christian soldiers the Lord will use in the battle of the latter rain."


In light of the incredible miracles beginning to occur, this is awesome! In the past, there have been many intellectual and logical reasons that the Lord might be about to return, but never have we seen everything pointing to His return like we do today!

Elijahs of God, are you ready to arise and confront the demonic religious spirit in the world today, and prepare the world for the coming of the Lord? That spirit is the spirit of Jezebel that tried to kill Elijah himself, and did kill John the Baptist, who Jesus called "Elijah". It will try to seduce you. It is two faced. Be on guard against it, for it exists only to destroy prophets of God.

It is Holy Spirit-quenching religious. It makes you feel like you are "the only one". Clouds of depression, discouragement, and feelings of "what's the use" are common when it is near. Get out from under it all costs! If you have the call of God, you have been around it, maybe without even knowing it.

The Good News is that as we go forth in the spirit of Elijah, which is the Holy Spirit which we have that was upon our Lord Jesus Christ, we can look forward to the soon return of Jesus to take us home. Heaven sent a fiery chariot to pick up Elijah. Jesus is going to come get us Himself!

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