Editor’s Note: The following prophetic message by Jim Goll
was given on the eve of the new century, as the year 2000 was approaching. It
preceded 9-11 and the U.S. military campaigns that followed; the corporate
scandals of Arthur Andersen, Enron and others; the collapse of the U.S.
“housing bubble”; the federal bailout of Wall Street and the national
banking system; and other major events directly affecting the U.S. in the
decade after 2000. It is being offered today as an encouragement that God’s
prophets are speaking; but also as a reminder, as James says, that “storm
warnings are being issued to the church” yet “these times of
hardship” can still become “great days of hope” for believers.
