Divine Missions and Prophetic Visions for Nashville and New York City

Nashville and New York City are both vital centers of work that require earnest effort, financial support, and a deep sense of mission to reach the many souls residing within them4MR 318.3+2.

The Work in Nashville

Nashville has been divinely appointed as a primary center for operations in the Southern field due to its unique educational advantages and lower levels of bitter oppositionPCO 78.7+1. It serves as a favorable location for reaching all classes of people, specifically through the establishment of publishing work, sanitariums, and schoolsPM 191.1+2. The Lord directed the purchase of church property and a sanitarium site in this city at prices far below their original value as a sign of His providence20MR 256.5+2. There is a specific and urgent call for the development of medical missionary work and educational facilities to train colored workers so they may become teachers to their own peoplePCO 42.4+1. While the work has faced trials, faith and unity among the laborers will ensure that light shines forth from this center through the ministry of the word and the publication of booksSpM 290.2+2.

The Work in New York City

New York City is described as a world of its own, possessing a desperate need for labor that equals any place on the globe4MR 318.3+1. It is a field ripe for harvest where thousands have not yet bowed the knee to BaalEv 387.2. The work there must combine medical evangelism with the gospel ministry to open doors for the truthEv 387.2. While the city has faced judgments, such as the destructive fires in places like Paterson, these events serve as warnings to a people who must be shown that God can destroy gathered earthly treasures with a touch of His hand3MR 310.4. Despite past mismanagement and lack of facilities, God has promised that New York will be worked through startling messages borne by men of His appointment4MR 312.2+1. It is essential that memorials, including church buildings and sanitariums, be established in this great metropolis to stand as a representation of the truthGCB May 24, 1909, page 136.3.

...ngs in New York City. The way the matter has been presented to me for the last twelve years is that this city right here in America has been in as large a need of being worked as any place on the globe. As I have looked over my diaries I see that this is a place in which all should have a deep intere...— 4MR 318.3 (1990)

Cosmopolitan Medical Evangelism—In New York there are many who are ripe for the harvest. In this great city there are thousands who have not bowed the knee to Baal. The angel said, “Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people...— Ev 387.2 (1946)

“There is no place in the South better suited than Nashville for the carrying forward of the publishing work. It is the best place in which to do the work that has been started there. “There is not in N...— 18LtMs, Ms 38, 1903, par. 2

I saw that costly buildings in the cities, supposed to be fire-proof, would be consumed by fire. The fire that lately swept through Patterson, New York, and the fires that have been in other pla...— 3MR 310.4 (1990)

...ferent, and will have to be considered in a different light as far as missionary work is concerned. Greater New York is a world of itself, and should have in some respects different management from that of the surrounding localities— PH038 6.4 (1903)

Nashville has been presented to me as the most favorable center from which to do a general work for all classes in the Southern States. In and near Nashville there are established institutions of...— SpTB18 9.4 (1912)

...ionary work must be firmly established in Nashville; for this work is the right hand of the gospel. The Nashville Sanitarium need not be a large building, but it should be larger than those established in smaller cities. A building already erected should be secured, if a suitable one can be found in a favorable locali...— PH151 75.3 (1903)

Light will shine upon the workers in Nashville. From this center of light will shine forth in the ministry of the Word, in the publication of book...— SpM 290.2 (1985)

Yes, specific visions were given regarding the impending destruction of these cities through earthquakes, fire, and other divine judgmentsHvn 27.2+1.

In the visions of the night, an immense ball of fire was seen falling among beautiful mansions, causing instant and total destructionCCh 66.4+1. These scenes include the sight of massive buildings in New York falling at a single touch of God's power as He arises to shake the earthMTC 45.2+1. Regarding New York specifically, the great buildings that represent human pride will be thrown down by the turning and overturning of God's powerMTC 45.2+1. While some have made unauthorized claims about a tidal wave, the light given is that these massive structures will fall during the fulfillment of Revelation 18+2.

In Nashville, a similar scene was opened where a great ball of fire fell from heaven, emitting flashes of light that caused buildings to burn like tinder19LtMs, Ms 154, 1904, par. 36. The Lord has warned that the judgments of God are about to fall upon the world, and cities like Nashville must be warned because the time is shortPH151 62.3+1. These calamities, including fires that have already occurred in New York, London, and Chicago, are solemn warnings that the Spirit of God is being withdrawn and that the end of all things is at handLDE 111.2+2.

The destruction of these proud cities will involve a mighty earthquake where the whole earth heaves and swells, causing mountain chains to sink and seaports to be swallowed up by angry watersHF 386.2+1. During these final scenes, the costly palaces where great men have lavished their wealth will crumble to ruin before their very eyesHvn 27.2+1. These events serve as a final call for people to separate from sin and seek a foundation that cannot be shaken when the flood of God's wrath sweeps over the worldPP 167.1+1.

...I have no light in particular in regard to what is coming on New York, only I know that one day the great buildings there will be thrown down by the turning and overturning of God's power. From the light given me, I know that destructio...— MTC 45.2 (2012)

In the visions of the night a very impressive scene passed before me. I saw an immense ball of fire fall among some beautiful mansions, causing their instant destruction. I heard someone say: “We knew that the judgments of God were coming upon the earth, but we d...— CCh 66.4 (1991)

While I was in Nashville, a scene was opened before me. A great ball of fire seemed to fall from heaven, and from it went forth flashes of light. When these flashes of light would strike a building, the building would burn like tinder. And then I heard someone say, “I knew that this was coming. These are the judgments of God t...— 19LtMs, Ms 154, 1904, par. 36

We are living amid the perils of the last days. The wrath of God is preparing to come upon all the cities—not all at once but one after another. And if the terrible punishment in one city does not cause the inhabitants of other cities to be afraid and seek repentance, their time will come. When the Lord ariseth to shake terribly the earth, He will not cease until His work in punishment is done. The destruction will begin in certain places, and the destruction of life will be sudden and but few will escape. There is not to be given an encouraging thought that the gospel of Jesus C...— 17LtMs, Ms 233, 1902, par. 4