Joel 2:3
A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Joel 2 stands as authority for proclaiming that the hour of God's judgment has come. That commission fell in 1843 upon laymen in Sweden, who took up the message and preached it with great earnestness. The Spirit of God came upon them with such power that they could not resist it, compelling them to speak.