This is an Excerpt from the book I Believe in Visions in which Kenneth Hagin shares a vision of Revival.

The Lord appeared to me for the seventh time December 1962 while I was conducting a meeting Houston, Texas. On the night of December 12, I was telling the people how the Lord had appeared to me in my first vision back in 1950. As I related some of the things that the Lord had told me in that vision, I began to understand more clearly what He had meant by some of those statements, and I also saw where I had failed to obey Him completely. Immediately I fell on my knees behind the pulpit I began to cry and say, "Lord, forgive me. I have not obeyed You fully." As I knelt there, I fell into a trance such as Peter did on the housetop, when he had the vision of the sheet being let down from heaven by the four corners (Acts 10). By this method God led Peter to bring the Gentiles into the Kingdom of God.

The Vision of the Garden

While I was in this trance, I saw a beautiful flower garden. It seemed to be a square garden with a white picket fence around it. It was overgrown with flowers. Climbing roses covered the fence in such profusion that it almost appeared to be a fence made entirely of flowers. Inside the garden was a mass of flowers in full bloom. An arbor covered with climbing flowers stood in the middle of the garden. This sight was so glorious it was absolutely indescribable There are no words which could tell of its beauty. Such an aroma went up from these flowers that the fragrance seemed to be multiplied a hundredfold, forming a cloud of incense. I walked up to the garden from the east, and when I reached the gate, Jesus was there to open it for me. He stretched out His right hand, and, taking my right hand in His, He pulled me through the gate into the garden. Then with His left hand He closed the gate. He took me down a walkway through the middle of the garden to the arbor. He drew me under the arbor. I saw two white marble seats, one on either side of the arbor. Jesus sat down and invited me to sit down on the seat on the south side of the arbor. As I looked at Him I could see to the west of the garden. I asked, "What does this mean? What are all these flowers? What do they represent? I have never seen any place like this in all of my life or smelled any fragrance so magnificent!"

The River of People

To the west I saw flowing into the garden what looked like a river. It narrowed where it came into the garden. Then it seemed to become wider and wider, rising into the sky. It must have been 50 feet wide or more. The river appeared to be pouring tons of water into the garden. Then the water changed and ceased to be water. Instead of a river of water, it was a river of people! I saw men with silk top hats and long-tailed coats and women in evening gowns. I saw businessmen in smartly tailored suits and laborers and housewives with their work clothes and aprons on. I saw people of all sorts-all of them singing praises as they flowed into the garden. Then the Lord said to me, "These people whom you see flowing like a river into this garden are what you call 'denominational people' or denominations other than the Full Gospel. ln this day I am visiting hungry hearts every where. Wherever I find hearts that are open to Me, in what ever church they may be, I will visit them in this hour. I also will visit places you never would have thought I would visit - not only what you call 'denominational churches,' but I also will visit other religions where hearts are hungry and open to Me. I will bring them into a full salvation and into the baptism of the Holy Spirit. "This river is all these people who will be called in these last days who will flow as one and who will come together as one. The beautiful aroma of these flowers is the praise of these people ascending into heaven, even as the incense of old ascended unto Me."

My Role Outlined

The Lord continued, "You must play a part in this. You will work with these people in the various denominations. You will minister to Full Gospel people to help them be prepared for my coming. I will show you how and what to do." Then He took my hand, lifted me up, and walked with me back to the gate. He opened it with His left hand, still holding my right hand in His. I went through the gate and then He closed it behind me. As I stood just outside the gate, the vision disappeared. I came to myself and realized I was on my face behind the pulpit. I arose and told the people what I had seen, and it blessed and inspired all of us.