THE SMITH WIGGLESWORTH PROPHECY and the Connection With Ps Daniel Nalliah and Graham Healy in 2019 'A SEISMIC SHIFT IN THE SPIRIT IS COMING "

THE SMITH WIGGLESWORTH PROPHECY and the Connection With Ps Daniel Nalliah and Graham Healy in 2019 'A SEISMIC SHIFT IN THE SPIRIT IS COMING " Graham Healy Wed 29 July 2026 .

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Pst Daniel Nalliah web site https://reformationharvestfire.com/biography/ Graham Healy Web site https://www.fitforchristministries.com/ **Daniel (Danny) Nalliah, president of Catch the Fire Ministries (an independent Pentecostal ministry he founded in Australia after moving there from Sri Lanka via Saudi Arabia in the late 1990s), has no direct historical or personal connection to Smith Wigglesworth (1859–1947).** Wigglesworth was a British Pentecostal evangelist known as the “Apostle of Faith,” famous for faith-healing meetings; he visited Australia in the 1920s (including Melbourne in 1922) but died decades before Nalliah’s ministry began.

The link is **indirect and claimed through a second-hand prophecy** that Nalliah and Catch the Fire Ministries have publicized:

- Nalliah recounts that in or around 2008–2011, while ministering at Revival Life Centre (an Assemblies of God church in the Sydney area), the elderly senior pastor **Norm Armstrong** (then in his early 90s; he died in 2011 at age 95) shared a childhood story. As a young boy (reportedly around age 5), Armstrong said he hid in a bathroom/toilet during a meeting at his father’s home gathering. Wigglesworth stopped preaching, called him out, laid hands on him, and prophesied roughly as follows: Australia had been chosen for a great end-time move of the Holy Spirit—the greatest in history—starting toward the end of the 20th century into the 21st; it would begin a worldwide revival that would usher in Jesus’ return; God would raise up a man in Australia to lead it under the Holy Spirit’s anointing, a man who would bow only to God and have tremendous favor in the nation; Wigglesworth’s eyes would not see this man, but Armstrong would meet him, and Armstrong was to pass on the “mantle.”

- Armstrong then turned to Nalliah, declared him to be that man he had been waiting for, and laid hands on him to pass on the mantle. Nalliah and Catch the Fire (later associated with Reformation Harvest Fire Ministries) have repeatedly shared this account on their sites and in messages as confirmation of a prophetic calling for Australian revival/reformation, linking it to their prayer movements (e.g., Rise Up Australia), evangelism, and political engagement.

This story is not supported by contemporary records from Wigglesworth’s documented Australian visits or his own writings. Pentecostal historian Barry Chant and others have examined it and noted major problems: a very young child is unlikely to recall such a detailed prophecy decades later; Armstrong’s family reportedly had no knowledge of it; the wording appears decades after Wigglesworth’s death and has parallels to (or may be a variant of) a better-attested 1947 prophecy Wigglesworth gave to David du Plessis about a coming worldwide revival involving Word and Spirit; and similar Australia-focused versions have circulated with varying details among some revivalist circles.

In short, Nalliah’s connection is a claimed spiritual succession via Pastor Norm Armstrong’s reported testimony of a Wigglesworth prophecy about an Australian end-time leader and revival—promoted by Catch the Fire as applying to Nalliah—rather than any direct relationship. Nalliah is known for Pentecostal ministry emphasizing miracles, prayer for national revival, and controversies (including a high-profile religious vilification case he ultimately won on appeal, and political activity with the former Rise Up Australia party). _____________________________________________________________

**Smith Wigglesworth (1859–1947), the well-known British Pentecostal evangelist and healing minister, is widely credited in some Christian (especially Pentecostal/charismatic) circles with a prophecy about a major end-times revival starting in Australia (often including New Zealand and Pacific islands).**

### Commonly Circulated Version of the Prophecy

A frequently shared form of the word is:

> “Australia, you have been chosen by God for a great move of the Holy Spirit. This move of God will be the greatest move of God ever known in mankind’s history and will start towards the end of the 20th century and move into the 21st century. This move of God will start a great revival in Australia, spread throughout the whole world and usher in the second coming of Jesus. This will be the final revival before the coming of the Lord.”

Versions that include New Zealand typically state that the last great outpouring of the Holy Spirit before Jesus’ return would occur in Australia, New Zealand, and the islands. Some accounts link it to a sequence of moves: first a move of the Spirit (e.g., charismatic renewal in denominations), then a move of the Word, then a combined Word-and-Spirit move.

### Origin and Transmission

The prophecy is not found in Wigglesworth’s own writings, contemporary Pentecostal magazines (such as *Good News*, *Australian Evangel*, *Confidence*, or *Redemption Tidings*), or standard biographies. It appears to have circulated orally and in print decades after his death (he died in 1947).

Key claimed sources include:

- Second-hand reports via **David du Plessis** (“Mr. Pentecost”), who said Wigglesworth (after visiting Australia/the islands) grabbed him by the lapels in South Africa and prophesied the last great outpouring would be in Australia, New Zealand, and the islands, along with earlier moves of Spirit and Word. Billye Brim and others have popularized this recollection.

- A claimed personal word to an Australian pastor (“Pr Norm”) in which Wigglesworth stopped preaching, called him out, and delivered essentially the full version quoted above (sometimes dated to the 1940s, though Wigglesworth’s known Australian visits were earlier).

Wigglesworth did visit Australia and New Zealand in the 1920s (notably 1922 and 1927), holding large healing and evangelistic campaigns in places such as Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Wellington, and other centers. These meetings produced reported healings, conversions, and helped spark early Pentecostal growth in both countries, but contemporary records do not mention this specific prophecy.

### Questions About Authenticity

Australian Pentecostal historian **Barry Chant** has examined the claim in detail and found no verifiable contemporary evidence that Wigglesworth uttered it. It is absent from biographies, journals of the period, and eyewitness accounts from his Australian/New Zealand campaigns. Later reports are second- or third-hand, and some details (e.g., claimed locations or dates) do not align with documented history. Chant and others note that the prophecy only gained wide circulation long after Wigglesworth’s death and has been embellished in various retellings.

Critics (including recent Australian Christian commentary) describe it as unreliable folklore that is often linked to the earlier “Great South Land of the Holy Spirit” claim associated with Spanish explorer Pedro Fernández de Quirós (1606), though the two are historically unconnected.

### Current Status in Christian Circles

Many Australian and New Zealand believers and ministries still reference the word as inspiration for prayer for revival, sometimes connecting it to other prophetic words (e.g., from Derek Prince or more recent figures) or to the Anzac legacy in relation to Israel. Others treat it cautiously or reject it due to the lack of primary evidence, emphasizing that genuine revival depends on the work of the Holy Spirit rather than any particular attributed prophecy.

In short, the prophecy is a significant part of modern Pentecostal folklore about Australia and New Zealand, but it lacks solid contemporary documentation linking it directly to Wigglesworth.

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