Sid: I’ll tell you what I’m having so much fun in this studio because it’s almost like I’m back 100 years ago in Azusa Street in California. Because my guest is the last living link to Azusa Street. Now this revival was one of the greatest revivals in history; certainly in the history of America. And the glory was so thick that people could hide; children could hide and play games in the glory. And it started spreading and it went miles away and people that were at the train station were flattened because they couldn’t stand because the presence of God was so strong, and the great miracle that occurred. Tommy Welchel was handpicked by God. Some of the elder elder people that were involved in that revival poured everything they knew into Tommy as a child. And he was told at a certain time by the Lord he was to release this. And now is the time he was told to release this because it was prophesied by 3 of the leaders that just before Jesus returns a 100 years approximately after Azusa Street there would be another greater move of God’s Spirit. But it would not be just 1 or 2 special handpicked people; it would be whoever would have expectancy level; whoever would have their bar raised for this kind of expectancy. And that’s the kind of purpose of the book that he wrote; that’s the purpose of the two miracle impartation CD’s that we’re making available this week… Tommy tell me about people who had deformities in their face that were healed in this glory.
Tommy: Well, my favorite one was a man; you’ve seen the movie the elephant man.
Sid: Yes.
Tommy: Well, this man was very similar to him his chin dropped way down here.
Sid: Hm.
Tommy: How he ate I don’t know.
Sid: It was just like sagging skin almost.
Tommy: And extremely homely, twisted face. And the person that prayed for him said that “The jaw was the first one started coming it up.” Now this didn’t just in seconds but within about 3 minutes twisted body; twisted back; twisted legs came together. He became one of the foremost preachers bringing it to the East Coast.
Sid: Hm. There was even someone that became a famous movie star Robert Montgomery.
Tommy: Yes.
Sid: Tell me about that.
Tommy: When he was young as one of Hollywood’s golden boys he had fallen and cracked his skull badly; should have either been killed or left mentally retarded. And know his mother and grandmother rushed him to Azusa and they prayed for him and he was instantly healed.
Sid: He wouldn’t have been a movie star if that hadn’t happened.
Tommy: Exactly.
Sid: So they could see his features changing before their eyes.
Tommy: Right in front of them within a few seconds he was normal they let him down to play.
Sid: Hm; tell me about people that their eyes; they were either blind or they had just whites and they would turn into beautiful color.
Tommy: Yes; some they said they had no white in the eyes and they started going blind for years and years and they started to go more and more blind. And now they were totally blind with what they call legally blind; they couldn’t see anything. Well, he told her to close her eyes and he laid his hands over her eyes; prayed for her. And said “Now, lift your eyelids.” Lift them and the whites were there and she could see perfectly. These were common occurrences at Azusa Street not once in a while; this was an everyday thing.
Sid: What about the music; what kind of music did they have at Azusa Street?
Tommy: Well, it’s hard to explain; many people… at first they had no instruments but they got him a platform and finally got him a piano there and a violin. And both of them one with Brother Sines and Brother Christopher. Brother Sines said “He started praying that piano and Benjamin would tell them to sing in the Spirit.” And he said “Brother Tommy I would just sit back and watch and they’d start playing that piano and just watch their fingers moving. And they said it sounded like even the people said “It sounded like 1000 pianos playing.” Brother Christopher would start playing that Stradivarius he had and stand there and just watch as all of a sudden the Spirit would take over and stand there and watch his hand moving. He said “The most beautifulest music you ever heard.” It had to been from Heaven because he couldn’t play that. And he said “Every time that anointing would get that strong that would happen.” And people could say they could swear that an orchestra of 1000 violins joined in.
Sid: Tommy, all of a sudden I’m not sure why but the presence of God is getting very very strong right now; why is that tell me?
Tommy: Well the anointings coming. See we talk about the anointing; it’s not Sid Roth or Tommy Welchel it’s the anointing. And there’s a young man that is listening right now. He’s going to be healed and he’s deaf and not totally deaf but he can’t hear good, and he stutters. He’s going to be healed before he’s listening to this; when he listens to it put your hand on the radio and you’ll be healed.
Sid: Tell me about the time you had a visitation from the Lord and you didn’t even breathe for hours.
Tommy: I was in prayer and seeking God really wanted God to move on me and I just went out; I could see myself. I couldn’t move but I felt that tingling like this electricity going through my body; just like I felt it come out of Seymour’s grave that time when I laid on it, just coming into me. I thought I was there for maybe 10 -20 minutes but I’m told I was there for about 2 hours. Now one time I went into this trance in the church with my hands lifting up in the Shekinah Glory. That was the last time I had my vision of Heaven. They say I froze like a statue; didn’t move for exactly 2 hours.
Sid: But you know I’ve read about Marie Woodward-Etter and she did the same thing; except it was longer.
Tommy: Seventy-two hours.
Sid: Seventy-two hours she was like a frozen statue, my goodness. Now talk about signs and wonders, that was a sign and wonder.
Tommy: Tell me.
Sid: How about the person that had their arm burned and the arm was going to be amputated.
Tommy: Now Brother Christopher and he said “There were things working in there from a bad burn at work.” And Brother Christopher prayed and God gave him a word. He says; “Go home and clean this and get it cleaned out and bandage it and get it cleaned out and we’ll see what God will do. Well, when he came back they said “Let’s see what’s in here,” and they took the bandage off and the arm was completely restored. Brother Christopher said that it was the young man’s willingness to obey what he was told and it got that gangrene. He said “That arm should have been cut off.”
Sid: How did it look before he was healed?
Tommy: Well, there was worms working in it.
Sid: Worms?
Tommy: Yes sir, maggots.
Sid: Ah!
Tommy: And it was greenish oozy pus running out of it; it had got infected.
Sid: How long did it take to get healed?
Tommy: Well, they prayed for it and I said “He told the young man to go home; to clean it out; bandage it up and come back the next day and see what God will do.” Well, the young man said that the arm quit hurting that second he prayed for it. But he went home, cleaned it out; bandaged it up and the next time they looked at it was perfectly whole.
Sid: Now this 100 year prophesy that was prophesied that there would be a greater move than Azusa Street. Now do you believe that it’s about ready for it to happen on planet earth?
Tommy: Well, I’m starting to have some of those miracles in my meetings and most of them I don’t pray for they just happen when I’m telling the stories.
Sid: Tell me one last story you were told about a miracle at Azusa Street.
Tommy: There was a miracle; a woman had a crooked nose; you’ve seen some of these pictures in movies of these witches; she had a hook down.
Sid: A witches nose okay.
Tommy: She had a witches nose, well Sister Megram said “Okay we’ll pray and see what God will do. But she said well… she said “No no.” So he prayed for her. Well, she went away and a little while later came back and nose was no longer hooked but the woman wasn’t satisfied; her nose had a point on it. And Sister Megram says “Oh, well.” She says “God what am I to do?” God says “I’m the greatest plastic surgeon on earth; pray again.” She prayed again and she said “Tommy, before that woman went she had the most beautifulest nose you’ve ever saw.”
Sid: Hm. And just as you’re saying that I believe that just as you testified missing fingers are growing out; missing limbs are growing out. You know what I believe? I believe that we should put our faith for tomorrow’s broadcast that as you tell some stories we’re going to get some reports of some of the greatest miracles we’ve ever seen. In other words you don’t even have to pray; the anointing on the miracle just…and the Spirit of God is getting so strong I can’t wait for tomorrows broadcast. Tommy is the last living link to the Azusa Street Revival and I can feel it in the air this revival is ready to hit America. And if there’s ever been a time.
Tommy: Now.
Sid: If there’s ever been such gross darkness it’s time for arise shine your light has come.
Tommy: Yes.
Sid: The glory of the Lord is about ready to be released.