Honduras

May, 2000

Mandate from heaven:
THE RED FLAG OF FAITH 

Richard Shakarian, International President

Thirty thousand feet over the Caribbean, flying home from a planning trip. I was struck by the fact that so many people accepted the Lord, all over the nation. Wherever we asked people to come to Christ they willingly and gladly gave their heart to God. Such hunger I have never seen before in my life. 

I prayed, “Lord, You told me to reach 1 million people, one person in every family in the nation, and they are open, they are hungry to do it. But 3500 meetings is not enough to reach a million people. You would not have told me to reach someone in every family if it was not possible. “So Lord, what are we supposed to do?”

It was there that the Lord took me back to Joshua when they were about to destroy the big walls of Jericho that stood for sin, iniquity and bondage. There was one lady in that city, Rahab the harlot that said, “I’ve heard of your God and we know that He is powerful in heaven and He is powerful on earth. I want my family to be saved. They said, “Take this red cloth and when our soldiers are coming to the city, put this red cloth in front of your home, hang it out the window and every one in your home will be saved. 
The Lord instructed me, “Go to Honduras early, take this message on television, declare to the people throughout the land. they should give a signal to God, a signal of faith, and a signal to our fire team soldiers that they want their family to be saved and their business to be blessed. 

I landed back in Tegucigalpa several days later. Immediately the Holy Spirit took charge of my entire agenda. Within one day, I found myself on national television on the most powerful secular stations. For twelve days in row, twice a day on news shows, and on talk shows on every television station in the nation. I gave the message of hope to every person in they nation:

“You have suffered greatly, and God has heard your cries, you had hurricane Mitch, deflation, you have business failures, bank failures, hospital closings, crime, floods, and famine. God has heard your cries, and he said that He has come to deliver you and He send us to tell you the message of hope that from this day on, God is going to bless this nation. We are here with five thousand men and women, in one thousand Fire Teams, in 3,500 meetings, in every part of Honduras.”

“It may be difficult for you to get through to us on the phone, or to contact us in person, or for us to find your place. So if you are not already scheduled for one of those meetings and you would like your family to be saved, then take the same signal that this lady in the bible did. Take this red flag, red bandana, any piece of red cloth and put it in front of your door, in your window, put it in front of your house, in front of your business. It will be a signal to God, for God’s blessing and as our Fire Teams are going down the street, when they see your signal, they will come and pray for you.”

“The last time it was done in a nation, was over 3000 years ago when the great deliverer Moses told the nation of Israel (who was in slavery at that time in Egypt) that God is going to bring them out of slavery, poverty, and bondage. Take the blood of the lamb, which stands for the blood of Jesus Christ and put it on your door post, put it up above your door. Take this red and put it up there. It is a signal to God of your faith, and if you do this God will bring you out of bondage. A few days later they were brought out of bondage with silver and gold, and not a feeble one among them. Slaves are poor but God forced their enemies to give them silver and gold. Slaves do not have good health but He fed them and he gave them their strength and health.”

“Today most of your hospitals are closed down because of strikes, but I want you to know that the Healer is not on strike. Today I saw on the news, that many of the small banks have been closed and many of you have lost all your money. But He that provides the silver and gold to this world, He is still in business And he has got the power to bring deliverance to you today. Put up your red flag of faith and our Fire Teams will come and pray for your business and for your home.”