Statement about imminent Flooding in London

The following word is drawn from a number of people who meet together on a regular basis to pray, share revelation and seek the Lord. It does seem that we have entered a new season for the UK with increasing pressure coming on the capital. This does not mean that our best days are not ahead of us - they most definitely are, but the most challenging days are the ones ahead. Judgement is a challenging word - but we have to mature in our thinking to realise that judgment is not the opposite of mercy: mercy can come through judgment. Judgment is against institutional and oppressive 'empires'. Those who align themselves to that suffer - as also sadly do the innocent at those times.The church can limit the suffering in those situations where it becomes free from a spirit of self-preservation.

Weigh what follows and I am grateful that whatever a perspective is reached that we are in this together for a future filled with the presence of the Lord.

LONDON AND UK
The following is a summary of prophetic insights received over recent years concerning London and the United Kingdom, and the statement below results from a series of meetings held between the Autumn of 2005 and mid February 2006, of a prophetic “roundtable” (names listed below).

At a meeting on 16th February a consensus was reached - which leaves us with a responsibility to declare what is being discerned - and so feel it right to release it into the public domain. The intention in releasing the statement below, is to enable both those in relevant authorities, and the church, to prepare for events which we believe will take place.............

“We see the need to warn and to prepare for major flooding from the Thames - covering significant areas of the London flood plain - inclusive of the financial centre of the city. It is foreseen that this will be of sufficient magnitude to cause damage and destruction to property - necessitating the relocation of people from the area. There would be an attendant risk of injury and even loss of life, in flooding of this nature. Consequential to this would be disruption to residential, governmental and commercial life in the affected areas. The urgency we feel in the release of this is communication is due to our belief that the above events are imminent”.

For the Church:

In the light of this, we see a responsibility to urgently alert the church of the nation to prepare, both in prayer and in practical measures.

Spiritually - as a nation - we face the consequences of the frequent embracing of unrighteousness, both in our actions and legislature, and therefore the reaping of what we have sown, particularly from more recent years.

As “great darkness” covered a former generation (see Isaiah 60:1-3), it provided the context for light and glory to be intensified over God’s people. What we now see coming is a time of opportunity and challenge to the Church of our nation - to be light in darkness and to declare and demonstrate the gospel of Jesus.

In terms of intercession, we need to pray for mercy, protection and preservation of life as well as “damage limitation” over the region and the nation. The issue will be for the Kingdom of God to have maximum advantage.

We sense also that it will be a “wake up” call, spiritually, to both church and nation. Many in the nation will be seeking answers as to why this has happened. God’s people need to be prepared both to stand, themselves, in a time of trauma and also to bring comfort and understanding to others. We need to pray for the church to rise to this opportunity.

We see the further need to pray for government (local and national) - for the receiving of this information as being both trustworthy and timely, and for wisdom in their responses to what it could require to be put in place.

On a practical level, we encourage the church to begin to take a lead from the US churches in the New Orleans disaster and to consider preparing practical facilities, such as refuge, accommodation and care, for those who may be displaced from the flood areas.
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This statement is released from a Prophetic “Roundtable” which includes: Martin Scott, Steve Hepden, Rachel Hickson, Sharon Stone, Stuart Wentworth, Obii Pax-Harry,Sue Mitchell, Victor Lorenzo, Wale Babatunde, and Peter Stott.