A.A. Allen's Vision of The Destruction of America

By A. A. Allen

July 4, 1954

Atop the Empire State Building

As I stood atop the Empire State Building, I could see the Statue of Liberty,

illuminating the gateway to the new world. Here, spread before me like an

animated map, is an area 60 or 80 miles in diameter. I was amazed that the

Spirit of the Lord should so move me, there atop the Empire State building.

Why should I feel such a surge of His Spirit and power there?

Giant Telescope

Suddenly I heard the voice of the Lord. It was as clear and as distinct as

a voice could be. It seemed to come from the very midst of the giant

telescope; but when I looked at the telescope, I knew it hadn't come from

there, but directly from Heaven. The voice said, 2 CHRONICLES 16:9,

"For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth,

to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward

him. Herein thou has done foolishly; therefore, from henceforth thou shalt

have wars." Immediately when I heard the voice of God, I knew this was a

quotation of scripture; but never before had a thing come to me so

forcibly by the power of the Spirit.

Automatic Clock

The ticking of the telescope stopped. The man before me had used up

his dime's worth. As he stepped away, I knew that I was next. As I

stepped to the telescope and dropped in my dime, immediately the

ticking started again. This ticking was an automatic clock which would

allow me to use the telescope for a limited time only. As I swung the

telescope to the north, suddenly the Spirit of God came upon me in

a way that I had never thought of before. Seemingly, in the Spirit

I was entirely caught away. I knew that the telescope itself had nothing

to do with the distance which I was suddenly enabled to see, for I

seemed to see things far beyond the range of the telescope, even

on a bright, clear day. It was simply that God had chosen this time

to reveal these things to me, for as I looked through the telescope,

it was not Manhattan Island that I saw, but a far larger view.

North American Continent

That morning much of the view was impaired by fog; but suddenly

as the Spirit of the Lord came upon me, the fog seemed to clear until

it seemed that I could see for thousands of miles, but that which I was

looking upon was not Manhattan Island. It was all of the North American

continent spread out before me as a map is spread upon a table. It was

not the East River and the Hudson River that I saw on either side, but

the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans; and instead of the Statue of Liberty

standing there in the bay on her small island, I saw her standing far out

in the Gulf of Mexico. She was between me and the United States.

I suddenly realized that the telescope had nothing to do with what I was

seeing but that it was a vision coming directly from God; and to prove

this to myself, I took my eyes away from the telescope so that I was

no longer looking through the lens, but the same scene remained

before me.

Great Cities

There, clear and distinct, lay all the North American continent with all its

great cities. To the north lay the Great Lakes. Far to the northeast was

New York City. I could see Seattle and Portland far to the northwest.

Down the west coast there were San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Closer in the foreground lay New Orleans at the center of the Gulf Coast

area. I could see the great towering ranges of the Rocky Mountains and

trace with my eye the Continental Divide. All this and more I could see

spread out before me as a great map upon a table.

Gigantic Hand

As I looked, suddenly from the sky I saw a giant hand reach down. That

gigantic hand was reaching out toward the Statue of Liberty. In a moment

her gleaming torch was torn from her hand, and in it instead was placed a

cup; and I saw protruding from that great cup a giant sword, shining as if

a great light had been turned upon its glistening edge. Never before had I

seen such a sharp, glistening, dangerous sword. It seemed to threaten all

the world. As the great cup was placed in the hand of the Statue of Liberty,

I heard these words, "Thus saith the Lord of hosts, drink ye and be drunken

and spew and fall and rise no more because of the sword which I will send."

As I heard these words, I recognized them as a quotation from Jeremiah 25:27.

I was amazed to hear the Statue of Liberty speak out in reply,
"I WILL NOT DRINK!"  Then as the voice of the thunder, I heard again the voice
of the Lord saying, "Ye shall certainly drink" (Jeremiah 25:28). Then suddenly the
giant hand forced the cup to the lips of the Statue of Liberty, and she became
powerless to defend herself. The mighty hand f God forced her to drink every
drop from the cup. As she drank the bitter dregs, these were the words that I
heard: "Should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished, for I will
call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts"
(Jeremiah 27:29)

War, Destruction

When the cup was withdrawn from the lips of the Statute of Liberty, I noticed

the sword was missing from the cup, which could mean but one thing. THE

CONTENTS OF THE CUP HAD BEEN COMPLETELY CONSUMED!

I knew that the sword merely typified war  and destruction, which is no doubt

on the way.

Then as one drunken on too much wine, I saw the Statue of Liberty become

unsteady on her feet and begin to stagger and to lose her balance. I saw her

splashing in the gulf, trying to regain her balance. I saw her stagger again and

again and fall to her knees. As I saw her desperate attempts to regain her

balance and rise to her feet again, my heart was moved as never before with

compassion for her struggles; but as she staggered there in the gulf, once

again I heard these words: "Drink ye and be drunken and spew and fall and

rise no more because of the sword which I will send among you"

(Jeremiah 25:37).

As I watched, I wondered if the Statue of Liberty would ever be able to regain

her feet, if she would ever stand again; and as I watched, it seemed that with

all her power she struggled to rise and finally staggered to her feet again and

stood there swaying drunkenly. I felt sure that at any moment she would fall

again, possibly never to rise. I seemed overwhelmed with a desire to reach out

my hand to keep her head above water, for I knew that if she ever fell again,

she would drown there in the gulf. "Thou shalt not be afraid for the by night,

nor for the arrow that flyeth by day, nor for the pestilence that walketh in

darkness, nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday" (Psalms 91:5-6).

Black Cloud Rising

Then as I watched, another amazing thing was taking place. Far to the

northwest, just out over Alaska, a huge, black cloud was arising. As it rose,

it was as black as night. It seemed to be in the shape of a man's head. As it

continued to arise, I observed two light spots in the black cloud. It rose further,

and a gaping hole appeared. I could see that the black cloud was taking the

shape of a skull, for now the huge, white, gaping mouth was plainly visible.

Finally, the head was complete. Then the shoulders began to appear; and

on either side, long, black arms.

Skeleton Destroys Multitudes

It seemed that what I saw was the entire North American continent, spread

out like a map upon a table with this terrible skeleton-formed cloud arising

from behind the table. It rose steadily until the form was visible down to

the waist. At the waist the skeleton seemed to bend toward the United States,

stretching forth a hand toward the east and one toward the west, one toward

New York and one toward Seattle. As the awful form stretched forward, I could

see that its entire attention seemed to be focused upon the United States,

overlooking Canada at least for the time being. As I saw the horrible black

cloud in the form of a skeleton bending toward America, bending from the

waist over, reaching down toward Chicago and out toward both coasts,

I knew its one interest was to destroy the multitudes.

Mortal Agony

As I watched in horror, the great black cloud stopped just above the

Great Lakes region and turned its face toward New York City. Then out

of the horrible, great gaping mouth began to appear wisps of white

vapor which looked like smoke, as a cigarette smoker would blow puffs

of smoke from his mouth. These whitish vapors were being blown toward

New York City. The smoke began to spread until it had covered all the

eastern part of the United States. Then the skeleton turned to the west

and out of the horrible mouth and nostrils came another great puff of

white smoke. This time it was blown in the direction of the west coast.

In a few moments' time the entire West Coast and Los Angeles area

were covered with its vapors.

Then toward the center came a third great puff. As I watched, St. Louis

and Kansas City were enveloped in its white vapors. Then on they came

toward New Orleans. Then on they swept until they reached the Statue

of Liberty where she stood staggering drunkenly in the blue waters of the

gulf. As the white vapors began to spread around the head of the statue,

she took in but one gasping breath and then began to cough as though

to rid her lungs of the horrible vapors she had inhaled. One could readily

discern by the coughing that those white vapors had seared her lungs.

What were these white vapors? Could they signify bacteriological warfare

or nerve gas that could destroy multitudes of people in a few moments' time?

Then I heard the voice of God as He spoke again: "Behold, the LORD

maketh the earth empty and maketh it waste and turneth it upside-down

and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. And it shall be, as with the

people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with

the maid, so with her ; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the

lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver

of usury to him. The land shall be utterly emptied and utterly spoiled, for

the LORD hath spoken this word. The earth mourneth and fadeth away.

The world languisheth and fadeth away. The haughty people of the earth

do languish. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof because

they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the ever-

lasting covenant; therefore, hath the curse devoured the earth, and they

that dwell therein are desolate; therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are

burned and few men left" (Isaiah 24:1-6)

As I watched, the coughing grew worse. It sounded like a person about

to cough out his lungs. The Statue of Liberty was moaning and groaning.

She was in mortal agony. The pain must have been terrific, as again and

again she tried to clear her lungs of those horrible white vapors. I watched

her there in the gulf as she staggered, clutching her lungs and her breast

with her hands. Then she fell to her knees. In a moment she gave one final

cough, made a last desperate effort to rise from her knees, and then fell face

forward into the waters of the gulf and lay still as . Tears ran down my face

as I realized that she was ! Only the lapping of the waves, splashing over her

body which was partly under the water and partly out of the water, broke

the stillness.

"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".

Screaming of Sirens
Suddenly the silence was shattered by the screaming of sirens.
The sirens seemed to scream, "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!"

Never before had I heard such shrill, screaming sirens. They seemed to be

everywhere to the north, the south, the east, and the west. There seemed

to be multitudes of sirens; and as I looked, I saw people everywhere running,

but it seemed none of them ran more than a few paces, and then they fell.

And even as I had seen the Statue of Liberty struggling to regain her poise

and balance and finally falling for the last time to die on her face, I now saw

millions of people falling in the streets, on the sidewalks, struggling. I heard

their screams for mercy and help. I heard their horrible coughing as though

their lungs had been seared with fire. I heard the moanings and groanings

of the doomed and the dying. As I watched, a few finally reached shelters,

but only a few ever got to the shelters.

Above the moaning and the groaning of the dying multitudes, I heard these

words: "A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth, for the Lord hath

a controversy with the nations. He will plead with all flesh; he will give them

that are wicked to the sword, saith the Lord. Thus saith the Lord of hosts,

Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall

be raised up from the coasts of the earth, and the slain of the Lord shall be

at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth.

They shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung

upon the ground" (Jeremiah 25:31-33).

Rocket Missile Attacks

Then suddenly I saw from the Atlantic and from the Pacific and out of the

Gulf rocket-like objects that seemed to come up like fish leaping out of the

water. High into the air they leaped, each headed in a different direction,

but every one toward the United States. On the ground the sirens screamed

louder, and up from the ground I saw similar rockets beginning to ascend.

To me these appeared to be interceptor rockets although they arose from

different points all over the United States; however, none of them seemed to

be successful in intercepting the rockets that had risen from the ocean on

every side. These rockets finally reached their maximum height, slowly turned

over and fell back toward the earth in defeat. Then suddenly the rockets which

had leaped out of the oceans like fish all exploded at once.

The explosion was ear-splitting.  The next thing which I saw was a huge ball of fire.

The only thing I have ever seen which resembled the thing I saw in my vision was 

the picture of theexplosion of the H-bomb somewhere in the South Pacific. In my 

vision it was so real that I seemed to feel a searing heat from it.

Widespread Desolation

As the vision spread before my eyes and I viewed the widespread desolation

brought about by the terrific explosions, I could not help thinking, While the

defenders of our nation have quibbled over what means of defense to use

and neglected the only true means of defense faith and dependence upon

the true and living God the thing which she greatly feared has come unto

her! How true it has proven in Psalms 127:1: Except the Lord build the house,

they labour in vain that build it; except the Lord keep the city, the watchman

waketh but in vain."

Then as the noise of battle subsided, to my ears came this quotation: "Blow

ye the trumpet in Zion and sound an alarm in my holy mountain; let all the

inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh

at hand. 2. A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick

darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains, a great people and a

strong, there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it,

even to the years of many generations. 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.

4. The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen,

so shall they run. 5. Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall

they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a

strong people set in battle array. 6. Before their face the people shall be much

pained; all faces shall gather blackness. 7. They shall run like mighty men; they

shall climb the wall like men of war, and they shall march every one on his ways,

and they shall not break their ranks. 8. Neither shall one thrust another; they

shall walk every one in his path; and when they fall upon the sword, they shall

not be wounded. 9. They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon

the wall; they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows

like a thief. 10. The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble;

the sun and the moon shall be dark,, and the stars shall withdraw their shining

(Joel 2:1-10).

The Silence of

Then the voice was still. The earth, too was silent with the silence of . Then

to my ears came another sound a sound of distant singing. It was the sweetest

music I had ever heard. There was joyful shouting and sounds of happy l

aughter. Immediately I knew it was the rejoicing of the saints of God. I looked,

and there, high in the heavens, above the smoke and poisonous gases, above

the noise of the battle, I saw a huge mountain. It seemed to be of solid rock,

and I knew at once that this was the Mountain of the Lord. The sounds of

music and rejoicing were coming from a cleft high up in the side of the rock

mountain.

Hidden in the Cleft

It was the saints of God who were doing the rejoicing. It was God's own

people who were singing and dancing and shouting with joy, safe from all

the harm which had come upon the earth, for they were hidden away in

the cleft of the rock. There in the cleft they were shut in, protected by a

great, giant hand which reached out of the heavens and which was none

other than the hand of God, shutting them in until the storm be over

passed.