(Excerpts from the beginning of Pastor Shelley's message in Jerusalem, October 10, 2004)


I sense a great and special Presence of the Lord.  He woke me in the night and ministered to me in such a wonderful way.  And it's the first time that I can recall being in Israel when I saw the Angel of the Lord.  He has visited me many times in my life since I was a child, but I can't remember seeing Him during the ministry time being in Israel.

I dozed off about 12:45, a quarter to one.  About 3 o'clock I heard somebody come into the room. And I jumped up, leaning up in the bed because I thought maybe one of the brothers needed prayer, or something was wrong.  And I felt such a peace.  I couldn't see anybody.   I felt such a peace.   And I just laid back down and prayed a moment or two.   Closed my eyes and prayed a moment or two for whatever the need was, because if the Lord wakes you up, and you know it's the Lord waking you up, there's a need.   So I prayed, "Lord, if it's at home, my wife, my children, my church people, or if it's the need here or some terrible plot is being carried out, you know, would you undertake and move!"

And all of a sudden, I began to smell the sweetest fragrance.   It just filled the room while my eyes were still closed.   And when I opened my eyes again, I saw the Angel of the Lord standing about four feet from the end of my bed, and He was walking towards me.   And I felt Him when He bumped the end of the bed.   My bed moves real easy, and I felt the Angel of the Lord when His leg pushed the bed against the wall.   It moved the whole bed as He stood close to the bed.

And I appreciate His visitation so very much!   And the Words that He spoke, I appreciate them.  And I want to do it!   I want to do what the Lord would have me to do.

And so I have known His Presence then from that moment on.  He just stays close.   I felt Him in the service this morning.   I just appreciate that He loves us enough to come to us, even when we don't see Him.

You know, it's not about what we see, but it's about His Presence when we don't see Him.   And it's easier to believe what you see, but blessed are those who have not seen and yet they still believe.   I always say that because some people get discouraged if they don't dream dreams and see visions.   And I tell them, "Well, if you ask the Lord, perhaps the Lord will open your eyes up and let you.   But if you never see a vision or if you never dream a dream, just hold on by faith to what the Lord has said in His Word, and one day you will see Him, and you'll know Him. There's no doubt in my mind.


There was much emotion and anointing in Pastor Shelley's voice as he shared this experience. He then went on to preach a wonderful message, "Doors of 2004 Leading to 2005."

On the way to the airport the next day, I (Nancy Bergen) asked him what the Lord looked like.   He said that He looked the same as He always sees Him.   He was wearing a white linen robe with a belt of either a golden or wheat color.   His hair was shoulder length, and He looked like someone weighing about 195 pounds.   He could see the features of His face, not real clear, but clear enough to make them out.   After He finished speaking to Pastor Shelley, He slowly backed up and appeared to fade into the surface of the wardrobe.

He told me that he did not feel a release to share yet what the Lord told him, except for one thing. The Lord told him that He would meet his congregation in Alabama (New Hope Revival Center) in a very special way this winter.   My hopes immediately soared that it might be during the upcoming New Year's Meetings, December 31, 2004 - January 11, 2005!   I am believing God to make a way for me to be able to be there!

Pastor Shelley told a little bit more to his congregation in Alabama the following Sunday.   Here are some excerpts:


But I can just tell you that when I went to bed that night, I felt like I could not go to where God was. Have you ever felt that way?   We used to sing a song.   Some of you remember this song?  “He came to me when I could not go to where He was.   He came to me.”   That’s the first thing that came into my spirit when this visitation had ended.   I just started singing it in the middle of the night.   “He came to me.   He came to me.   When I could not go to where He was, He came to me.”

It was about three o’clock in the morning.   And I heard a noise in the bedroom.   And I thought that one of the brothers had a need or something that had come up and wanted me to pray and had come into the room.

I raised up off the bed, and the door was still closed.   And I sensed if one of them had come in... wasn’t likely that they had... but if they had, they would have left the door open.   And the door was closed.

I closed my eyes again.   And I began to smell... I know I’ve smelled Him before... and all of a sudden sense His fragrance.

And if you believe that’s not Bible, I’ll show you in the Bible where the Bible said, where the Bride comes forth leaning on her Beloved, she comes forth with His perfume.   Now if He’s got perfume, He’s got a fragrance.

I smelled that sweet fragrance, my eyes still closed, ready to try to go back to sleep.   I smelled that sweet fragrance in the room.   And I sensed again that someone was coming towards me.

And with my eyes closed, only sensing His fragrance in the room, I literally felt something, someone bump the bed at my feet and push it against the wall where it had slipped down into the night.

And immediately I opened my eyes.   And for the first time in a long time, I saw there in vision standing the Angel of the Lord.   And I immediately began to weep.   It was so wonderful and so precious and so awesome.

And it might have even been then that the thought came to me... because it came real quick, “When I could not go to where He was, He came to me.”

And it was a privilege.   I’ve experienced it many times in years past.   But it’s a privilege that’s overwhelmed me.

And without going into a lot... and not knowing exactly what I want to share and what I don’t want to share yet...  I won’t say too much, except that He spoke such precious words.   And would you think I was being corny or something if I said it was like honey?   His words were so sweet and so precious.   I think I saw Him clearer than I’ve ever seen Him before... enough to make out most of His features.

And to see Him in Jerusalem was a special blessing for me.   The first time I had a vision like that in Jerusalem.   And the only thing I would want to say is what I shared with the congregation in Jerusalem.   And that is...  He promised to meet us in a very special way here (Alabama) this winter.

And I’d like to share more, but I can’t just this second.   In fact, I started sharing it as I took the pulpit in Jerusalem.   And the anointing and the Presence of the Lord came so sweet.   I was weeping as I told it.   Such a sweet Presence of the Lord.

And then I was telling too much.   And all of a sudden I felt that anointing lift.   My tears dried up.   I felt nothing.   And I moved on and preached.   And that really stayed in my mind then.   I said something to the brothers.   I said, “See, I was sharing it and going to tell.   And all of a sudden I was about to say a little bit more.   It wasn’t time, or wasn’t the place.   And that anointing just lifted.”

But He so encouraged me to embrace and look forward to what the Lord is doing.


There is no way I could express how much that means to me that the Lord chose to visit Pastor Shelley here in Jerusalem in the next apartment from ours!   It is another one of His signatures along the way to the Bride's revival!   This visitation is so encouraging to those of us who are waiting expectantly for Pastor Shelley to have the third promised trance vision to bring him before the very Throne of God!

(If you are unfamiliar with Pastor Shelley's previous trance visions, click here.)