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George H. Warnock (1917 - 2016). Canadian Bible teacher, author, and carpenter born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, to David, a carpenter, and Alice Warnock. Raised in a Christian home, he nearly died of pneumonia at five, an experience that shaped his sense of divine purpose. Converted in childhood, he felt called to gospel work early, briefly attending Bible school in Winnipeg in 1939. Moving to Alberta in 1942, he joined the Latter Rain Movement, serving as Ern Baxter’s secretary during the 1948 North Battleford revival, known for its emphasis on spiritual gifts. Warnock authored 14 books, including The Feast of Tabernacles (1951), a seminal work on God’s progressive revelation, translated into multiple languages. A self-supporting “tentmaker,” he worked as a carpenter for decades, ministering quietly in Alberta and British Columbia. Married to Ruth Marie for 55 years until her 2011 death, they had seven children, 19 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. His reflective writings, stressing intimacy with God over institutional religion, influenced charismatic and prophetic circles globally. Warnock’s words, “God’s purpose is to bring us to the place where we see Him alone,” encapsulate his vision of spiritual surrender.
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George Warnock preaches about the significance of the end times and the importance of embracing the 'end-time truth' revealed in the Book of Revelation. He emphasizes the need for believers to fully digest and internalize God's Word, even when it brings bitterness, in order to speak forth a pure and sanctified message to all nations. Warnock urges ministers to only speak what the Holy Spirit reveals and to submit to the Lordship of Christ, preparing themselves to prophesy before many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.
Take the Little Book, and Eat It
We believe we are living in the day of the opening of the seventh seal, and swiftly approaching the hour of the blowing of the seventh trumpet. I do not question that the Book of Revelation is for the whole Church Age, otherwise why would God have admonished His people to "read" it and to be "blessed" by reading it, if it was not for them? But the seven thunders seemed to have special significance for the end-time, because John was not permitted to reveal what was said. It would not have had vital meaning to the people of his time, as it would in the time of the end, when the mystery of God is to be finished. But John is admonished to take the little book that is open, and to eat it. The Book of Revelation was given to God's servants, but it was sent to God's servant John--as the representative of all who are called and chosen and faithful, And so John went unto the angel, "and took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter" (Revelation 10:10). David said that God's Word was sweeter than honey and the honeycomb. Now so-called "end-time Truth" is the same Truth that Jesus WAS when He was here; for He is the Truth. But Jesus, faithful ever to speak only what the Father would bid Him to speak, did not fully declare and reveal all the Truth when He was here; but reserved "many things" for revelation when His people were ready for it. The Spirit of Truth would come to abide within His people, and complete the work that Jesus began. The Holy Spirit did not return to the Throne after He had inspired the writing of the last book of the New Testament canon, but He continues to abide in His Temple... and continues to reveal the Father, to reveal Truth, to unfold "many things" that people were not able to bear in times past. We are not inferring that He is saying things that are not written in the Bible. We simply recognize that there are many things in that precious Book that remain hidden and obscure until the Spirit of God is prompted from the Throne to bring them forth. Would God that His ministers everywhere would quickly learn that they only have authority to minister what the Spirit is ministering... BECAUSE HE ONLY HAS AUTHORITY TO MINISTER WHAT HE HEARS FROM HEAVEN: "Whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak." God has been faithful in this past decade or two in bringing forth "end-time truth." Is end-time truth different from other truth? Not really. But there must be a particular phase of ministry and Truth revealed in the day and the hour when the "mystery of God is to be finished." And the time is here when God would say to the end-time people who have embraced end-time truth: GO TAKE THE LITTLE BOOK AND EAT IT. This message will not bring forth that Living Word for the nations of the earth until we EAT THE BOOK. True, it will be "bitter" as you digest it, but it is only in the EATING of the Word that God would bring forth in this hour that clear, sanctified, pure and holy Word that proceedeth directly from the throne of God. We cannot overemphasize the fact that the Holy Spirit in this hour will insist that the people of God submit themselves unto the Lordship of Christ. We cannot overemphasize the fact that God's ministers are required in this hour to seek the Lord for grace and enablement to speak and to declare only what He the Holy Spirit is speaking, and to do only what He is doing. The bitterness that we shall know in the digesting of the Truth will take away and remove any vainglorious desire to display our knowledge in the eyes of men. The bitterness of the Word working within us will purge away all thoughts of grandeur and of greatness, and leave us "dumb" (like Ezekiel of old), until the hour when God shall open our mouths; and then we shall be enabled to speak that clear, infallible Word direct from God's own heart. Then after the bitterness had taken hold of John, God said: "Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings." O what a pure Word will come forth in that day! A pure Word to all nations! Here is a people who have eaten the Book, and knowing the bitterness of the Cross in their lives they will have become merciful and faithful priests to men of every color, tribe and nation. The bitter herbs of the Passover meal... the bitter hyssop of a broken and contrite spirit... will have completely removed all bitterness from their lives; and they will show forth the mercy and the compassion of Jesus from their lives. They will not be entertainers. They will not be supported in their task with "ministries" of "mime" and "puppets" and "rock-musicians" that go about today in the Name of Christ making merchandise of holy things. These people have known and have eaten the bitter herbs, like Joseph in an Egyptian prison, like Moses in the Midian desert, like David in the wilderness of Judaea, like Jeremiah in the mire of the dungeon... and now they stand before the peoples of the earth with a clear, living Word from the mouth of God. God is saying to His people: I have been faithful in giving you of the Water of Life and of the Bread of Life. You have tasted of My Word and have found it to be sweeter than honey and the honeycomb. But now I say unto you, Go, take the little book and eat it, otherwise it will not profit you. Fear not to swallow it and digest it. For only then will it become a part of your being. And only then will you be able to bring forth that living Word of Life to the nations of the earth..
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George H. Warnock (1917 - 2016). Canadian Bible teacher, author, and carpenter born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, to David, a carpenter, and Alice Warnock. Raised in a Christian home, he nearly died of pneumonia at five, an experience that shaped his sense of divine purpose. Converted in childhood, he felt called to gospel work early, briefly attending Bible school in Winnipeg in 1939. Moving to Alberta in 1942, he joined the Latter Rain Movement, serving as Ern Baxter’s secretary during the 1948 North Battleford revival, known for its emphasis on spiritual gifts. Warnock authored 14 books, including The Feast of Tabernacles (1951), a seminal work on God’s progressive revelation, translated into multiple languages. A self-supporting “tentmaker,” he worked as a carpenter for decades, ministering quietly in Alberta and British Columbia. Married to Ruth Marie for 55 years until her 2011 death, they had seven children, 19 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. His reflective writings, stressing intimacy with God over institutional religion, influenced charismatic and prophetic circles globally. Warnock’s words, “God’s purpose is to bring us to the place where we see Him alone,” encapsulate his vision of spiritual surrender.