THE KING AND HIS ARMY is series of strategically important
prophetic messages preached by J. Ern Baxter in the UK at the Lakes
Bible Week in 1975. As one of Brother Baxter’s sons in the faith, I had
the great joy and privilege of being with him, my life and ministry
forever impacted and shaped by the profound and powerful Word of the
Lord proclaimed. This series of messages places before us one of three
major prophetic models found in the rich typology of the Old Testament
for the Apostolic Reformation of the Church today.
Brother Ern used to say: "Four men speak to the Church
typically from the Old Testament today. Adam speaks to us racially;
Abraham speaks to us redemptively; Moses speaks to us congregationally,
and David speaks to us regally or royally!" David’s long and
difficult journey from Ziklag to Zion speaks prophetically today about
the stages in the strategic journey of reformation that the Church must
make, if we would move from our present subnormality and
ineffectiveness to maturity and the fulfillment of mission and destiny!
Dan Bowen, my friend from the UK, is involved in that journey.
Because of his sensitivity to the Spirit, his appreciation and respect
for Brother Baxter, and his diligent labor in faithfully transcribing
these messages from the Lakes Bible Week, we are able to present this
strategically important prophetic series. But before presenting Ern’s
first powerful message, "The Head and Shoulders Man" I present Brother Bowen’s tribute, "A Prophet - One as Untimely Born"
Click the title above to read Brother Dan's tribute.