The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-07-13
The Elijah Ministry
By Elder Carl F. Viking

L am Wf1Clng ABOUT Lne EllJan ministry
Elijah went away but Elisha continued the min
istry. He was his successor Elijah ushered In
new ministry which superseded the ministry
in the apostasy.
The Elijah ministry is built on TheOcratic
principles Theocracy means the rule Of God
We are Theocrats. We recognize the rule of
God. The Bible is our law book. So this min
istry is a Divinely appointed ministry, and is
directed by the Holy Spirit through spirit
filled leader who enforces Divine Law
In measure Wilbur Glenn Voliva has a
prophetic call and continues as DR. Dowie IS sue
cessor to rule in the spirit and power of Elijah.
He is God s chosen leader Of the Elijah ministry
The mantle laid down by John Alexander Dowie
was taken up by Wilbur Glenn Voliva in faith
and obedience to God. Even with the mantle
of Elijah, Elisha could have drawn back in un-
belief But he did not; he opened the way
through the waters and went forward.
When John Alexander Dowie called Wilbur
Glenn VOllva to come back from Australia and
take charge of Zion City and the Elijah min
lstry, he came, but, facing the tremendous diff
culties in front, he could have drawn back in
unbellef yet he did not
He took up the mantle in faith and went for
ward and the records are there of an herculean
undertaking
Take the property now vested in his name
Home, the Administration Building, the Zion
Stores the Shiloh Tabernacle, the College Build
ing, other buildings and one half Of the Zion
Estate have been paid for in cash? Wilbur
| Glenn Voliva.
Il the city had been left in the hands of
several overseers or the receiver, where would
the city have been today? 1t is an absolute
certainty that two more men in charge could
never have continued in harmony these years,
and it would not have been in accordance with
the Theocratic principle.
There was only one Moses at the time, one
Joshua, one Elijah, one Elisha one John the
Baptist, one John Alexander Dowie and there
is only one Wilbur Glenn Voliva
| recognize Wilbur Glenn Voliva as the God
appointed leader in Zion There is no other
leader at the present time. There is no other
trained for that office and | see no need for God
to raise up any other There is no use of any
one standing in line waiting for Wilbur Glenn
Voliva to pass away, or for anyone through
some trick OF the devil, to start a stampede in
Zion in order to wrest from the General Over
seer the powers God has put into his hands
Hands off from Gods prophet!
Ii the General Overseer in so many words has
not said that he is prophet, if he does not
know whether he is or not, | shall not worry
| about that, but this say, that Elisha the sue
cessor of Elijah had to be prophet in order to
take up the mantle, and that mantle implied
prophetic work. John Alexander Dowie was
prophet and his successor takes up prophetic
mantle, prophetic ministry, work prophetic
through and through I lead you into this line
of thought to strengthen you in Zion
We must keep the line clear for the Zion
vision else we will be tossed to and fro on
the pillows Of unbelief and chaos.
The Elijah ministry comes right down to the
| b1no off A
deacon in the Elijah ministry.
i The difference between the ministry in any
other church organization and the ministry in
Zion is the Elijah ministry. The authority o1
the Elijah ministry is vested in one man who
rules in the fear of God and watches over the
whole This ministry is wrought with signs
and wonders through faith in Christ, in teach
ing, preaching and healing And in measure
every individual officer has right to exercise
faith in the raising up of the sick, in casting
out OF demons in the Name Of the Lord
I AS an Elder in Zion am either in the Elijah
ministry or | am sham [ have right tc
exercise the gifts impaired to me in the laying
on of hands by Elijah. [ tried to run away
from this responsibility, but had to shoulder il
and go forward
Any split in Zion today is Of the devil. It is
out OF time. Any member countenancing such
move is possessed by the spirit of religious
anarchy and is out of harmony with the ElijaI
principle
Shanghai China, June 5, 1918
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