Van Rensburg - A-SITE

Two red flags are draped over a fence and two head of cattle are fighting. (Ihave never seen such a sickle or such red flags). Then I spotted my bull, oldPiet—blood was pushing up from inside him and he was angry. Four purpleflags are also draped over the fence and they, too, turn red. Shortly before theGreat War, a fountain of blood flowed from Piet. Suddenly the faces of war appear before me again; blood raining from clouds, buckets of blood. There is amassive fire burning. There is a yellow brick which becomes soft. And then—Isaw a huge red flag moving from north to south. The fire also burnt from northto south. Then everything fades and two red bulls are engaged in battle...” VanRensburg was silent for some time before asking: “What do you think it means,‘Oom’ Koos? For that fire will continue burning long after the war is over.”However, De la Rey had no idea that the sickle represented the Communist flagor the purple flags indicated the Russian vassal or dependent states whichwould fall to Communism; that the melting yellow brick depicted thehumiliation of Japan. How could he know that the red flag and fire movingfrom north to south would indicate the onslaught of Communism throughChina, along the Pacific ocean and South Seas? And the two battling bulls?Authorities agree it can only mean that Russia and China would be engaged in adevastating war before the end of this century.General de la Rey left in sombre mood. Not long after, he again sent Captain Nieuwenhuis to the seer. The message sent back with him was even moredisturbing: “I see threatening storm-clouds piling up over our country. Soon thefuse that will set the whole country alight, will be lit...”

CHAPTER 10.The Rebellion. Nicolaas van Rensburg’s patriotism and unshakeable trust in the love and protection of God lay so deeply rooted in the hearts of his ancestors that theyeven saw God’s leading hand in the course of the Great Trek and two Wars of Liberation. It was He who helped them face the bitter pioneering years andsuffering during the second War of Freedom. Because He led them to bringlight to the darkness of Africa, His blessing hand would be over them and Hewould never forsake them.The peaceful atmosphere prevailing in the Seer’s congregation inWolmaransstad was interrupted in 1914 by World War I and the Rebellion. Nicolaas did not attend Church and Holy Communion in July 1914. His one sonexplained the reason: “My father says we are going to be scattered.” That sameafternoon the burghers were commandeered and this was the start of the Rebellion. The Seer and many men from his congregation joined General Kempto take part.All able-bodied men from the area were commandeered to the railway station atLichtenburg. On arrival there the protesters, among others Van Rensburg,Commandant Izak Claasen, Mr. W. Naudé and General Kemp mounted their horses, galloped away and assembled at Haakbos- laagte.When the Seer appeared, the majority harboured no doubts that he was the‘Messenger of God’ and his voice would take on a profound quality for themthroughout the duration of the 1914 Rebellion.After General Kemp addressed the rebels at Haak- boslaagte, the burghers alsorequested to hear what the Seer had to say. Making a short speech, this was thefirst time he spoke about the ‘blood-flag’ which would be flying over his people: “I see we have our own flag, but there is a bloodstain in the centre...”(Mr. Naudé personally noted down this vision).‘Oom Nicolaas himself believed that he had been sent by God to serve theRebellion with advice and guidance. He knew beforehand what bitter sacrificesit would require; but he felt himself called to personally endure those sufferingsand walk along the road which “God has opened for my Boers,” as he put it tohis nephew.From all the reports, and according to tradition, there is no doubt that with thehelp of his visions, he frequently kept the commando out of the hands of their  pursuers and enabled them to avoid various other pitfalls.Commando members often relied more on the Seer’s visions instead of obeyingorders issued by officers, with the result that the officers became prejudicedtowards him. General Manie Maritz once remarked that he would never allow Nicolaas in his commando: “...because he ‘sees’ such strange things which hetells the burgers about and just now they believe him so that my officers can donothing with them.” Once even General Kemp (in whose commando the Seer served) became impatient with Nicolaas and placed the blame for all their misfortunes on his shoulders. Nicolaas participation in the Rebellion also resulted in a rift between him andhis church . The minutes of the ‘Nederduitsch’ Reformed Church indicate that Seer vanRensburg served as deacon on the Church Council in 1895. He resigned as anelder in 1908 and was only nominated as elder again after the Rebellion.However, Reverend S. Vermooten, who was consultant for Wolmaransstad atthat stage, hoped that the Seer would decline the eldership as he was a rebel,which could cause dissension in the church. Meeting by chance at the churchsquare, Reverend Vermooten said to him: “Van Rensburg, I hear you declined toaccept...” to which the Seer replied: “Yes, Reverend, but you did not want me toaccept!”Israel and the Boer RebelsIt is noteworthy how often the Rebels of 1914 compared the journey of Mosesand the Israelites to Caanan with their own circumstances:

On commando with KempAn interesting article about the Boer prophet appeared in

 Die Burger 

(a dailynewspaper) of 8th July, 1940.“Shortly before the outbreak of the Rebellion of 1914, General Koos de la Rey —according to testimony given later—visited Van Rensburg one night toenquire what the future held in its hand. Van Rensburg told the Boer hero thathe saw people moving westwards; they look like commandos moving fromthree points in the country as far as a line (place) where they merge. (GeneralKemp’s Rebel forces).There they met another commando dressed in dull- brown uniforms (ManieMaritz’ and his men). The commando leaders discuss a blue document (thetreaties). Eventually they sign them and the flag is hoisted.”

(As will be seen later on, this vision was literally fulfilled).

The article continues: “On a certain day during the Second War of Freedom theBoer encampment under Commandant Potgieter stood on the banks of the Brak River. They were faced with a predicament as it was impossible to determinethe plans of the British forces.“In the event of the Boers deciding to choose a specific direction, they couldfall into enemy hands. Commandant Potgieter asked Mr. Piet de Villiers to goand find Van Rensburg and ask him whether he was able to ‘see’ what theBritish were planning.“At the time Van Rensburg was with the wagons which had fled from theEnglish. When Mr. de Villiers reached Van Rensburg, the latter told him toconvey the message to Commandant Potgieter that it would be dangerous to tra-vel through between Wolmaransstad and Schweizer-Re- neke, as he had ‘seen’the British troops passing that way. Mr. de Villiers had scarcely returned to hisown commando when a strong British force—exactly as Van Rens- burg hadwarned—passed between the two towns.”In many letters to Messrs Cornelius Borman of Kimber- ley and JoosHaasbroek of Potchefstroom, as well as in the January 1956 issue of 

 Mense

Two red flags are draped over a fence and two head of cattle are fighting. (Ihave never seen such a sickle or such red flags). Then I spotted my bull, old Piet—blood was pushing up from inside him and he was angry. Four purple flags are also draped over the fence and they, too, turn red. Shortly before the Great War, a fountain of blood flowed from Piet. Suddenly the faces of war appear before me again; blood raining from clouds, buckets of blood. There is amassive fire burning. There is a yellow brick which becomes soft. And then—I saw a huge red flag moving from north to south. The fire also burnt from north to south. Then everything fades and two red bulls are engaged in battle...” VanRensburg was silent for some time before asking: “What do you think it means,‘Oom’ Koos? For that fire will continue burning long after the war is over.”However, De la Rey had no idea that the sickle represented the Communist flag or the purple flags indicated the Russian vassal or dependent states which would fall to Communism; that the melting yellow brick depicted thehumiliation of Japan. How could he know that the red flag and fire movingfrom north to south would indicate the onslaught of Communism through China, along the Pacific ocean and South Seas? And the two battling bulls?Authorities agree it can only mean that Russia and China would be engaged in adevastating war before the end of this century.

The Bible:

According to Micah 2:12, God Himself will gather his peopletogether again:

 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Boz’-rah, as the flock in the midst of their fold; they shall make great noise by reason of 

themultitude of 

men.

Micah 4:8 tells us the nation will be assembled at the SheepTower, and Micah 4:10 tells us they will have to leave the city to go and live inthe field, for there the Lord will deliver them from the hands of their enemies.The Hebrew word for ‘Sheep Tower’ which is referred to here is

 Imigdal, Imigdol or Migdol.

Seer:

 

The nation will assemble on the other side of Lichtenburg and be led by aman in a grey (brown) suit.

It is significant that approximately 128 km beyondLichtenburg, between Schweizer-Reneke and Delareyville, there is a farmingcommunity called

 Migdol.

The Bible:

(Amos 9:9,10):

 For lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of  Israel among all nations, like as

corn

is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least  grain fall upon the earth. All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword,which say, the evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

(Isaiah 48:10):

 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

Seer:

 

 In 1914 we went through a sieve, but now we are going through a furnace.

The Afrikaner nation went through its first sifting during the Rebellionof 1914, when brother stood up against brother, the second during the 1989election and the third and last sifting was during the April 1994 election. Itseems we are now standing before the ‘furnace of distress.’ Pieter White of Johannesburg writes: “Seer said we are God’s people , and a comparative study between many of his visions and Biblical pronouncements, this is verified.:

Seer:

It becomes very clear from ‘Oom’ Nicolaas’ actions during the War andRebellion, that God’s protective and rescuing Hand was over the Boers everymoment on the battlefields. The Almighty disclosed plans to the Seer so that he

could lead the Boers and they were capable of cheating, dodging or conqueringthe enemy.

The Bible:

We read in 2 Sam. 5: 23—25 that God Himself fought with Israelon the battlefield:

 And when David enquired of the Lord, He said: Thou shalt not go up;

but 

fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees...

David did as the Lord commanded and conquered theenemy.

Seer:

(19th May 1925):

 A fig grove, which I saw in 1910, appeared when the figs were ripe, but now they were just swollen. when they were ripe, I picked  some.

The Bible:

(Jer 24:5)

Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; like these good  figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for 

their 

good... And  I will give them a heart to know Me... and they shall be my people and I will betheir God...

The tribe of Judah has always been compared with the fig tree. TheJews are the rotten figs and the exiles of Judah the good (edible) figs. (Readalso Hosea 9:10; Amos 4:9; Nah. 3:2; Micah 4:2-4 and Luke 13:6).

Seer:

 

The

 fig 

grove is standing again, but it seems if the trees are somewhat dry, and there are a few ripe figs.

The Bible:

(Jer 4:2,8; Jer 29:17; and Isaiah 18:5). In the Seer’s vision and thequoted texts, the division between nations is clearly symbolized. Comparedwith the ‘green’ or ‘rotten’ figs which are numerous, only a few ‘ripe’ or ‘good’figs (true believers from the tribe of Judah) are to be found.Concerning the ‘rotten’ figs, God told Jeremiah:

 And I will deliver them... to bea reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse in all places... And I will send the sword, the famine and the pestilence...

(Jer 24:8-10).

Seer:

(17th November 1915)

 A friendly Englishman arrived here. I see vinescoming up, but a great flame consumes them.

The Bible:

(Isaiah 18:5):

 For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

(The sprigs being cutand branches being cut down, indicate the division which will occur and whichthe Seer described as the furnace).

Seer:

He said in the days when everything in the country will be upside-down,the truth will be violated in our churches and the ministers will cling to manywrong things; traditions and rituals which they will have to get rid of.

The Bible:

(Acts 7:47-51)

 And Solomon built him an house. Howbeit the most  High dwelleth not in temples made with hands... what house will ye build me, saith the Lord... Hath not my hand made all these things? Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost...

(2 Tim4:3-4)

...For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears, and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

Peter white closes his comparative study with these words: Almighty God sentHis servant, Seer van Rensburg to us. those that believe his words and listen tothem, will live in triumph, and those who despise his words, will be thrown tothe ‘fowls of the mountains and wild animals of the earth!’ (Isaiah 18:6).EPILOGUE

(Let us now bow our heads in the same spirit of humility and unwavering faithin God as did Nicolaas Seer van Rensburg as we take our final leave of him inhis last days).

(To his son, Andries, shortly before his demise):

 No stig- ma rests on your past,on the past of our nation; place your hope on the future and aim for the best  you can achieve. Our nation has suffered bitterly during the years that liebehind us, and that suffering is still not over. I see a black curtain hanging over the future. But rather die in battle than surrender. This was the motto of our  fathers, my son; let it be your motto, too. You will only find happiness among  your own people.

(the Seer is critically ill):

 I see a piece of wood lying across my chest; the flesharound my arm disappears. I think this will be my end which is not far anymore.

His nearing death.

(On his deathbed):

 I see you trekking back to South West Africa, and I see theVierkleur flying once again. This is God’s Will, and His Will shall be done. Youwill fight in a different manner from the way we fought, and there will be manymore of you... You are coming to take care of me, but God will take better care...

Symbols—and Their Meanings

Symbol Interpretation

Aloe enclosure Government whose time is running outAloe tree A government which will go under Antbear hole Sanctuary or refugeBlack block EpidemicBlack child next to horse Defeat for BoersBlack horseMajor problems with blacksBlack oxen Danger Blue letters Good news for the Afrikaner 

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