“And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.” [II Kings 2:9]

“Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.” [Jeremiah 5:24]

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.” [John 14:12]

“Then what? He said, "I'm going to go with you, right on through Jordan." Amen. I like that. Why? "I'm going to be a witness of this," and he passed through Jordan. Notice. Here it is. I want you to get it. After he crossed Jordan, then he said, "What will you that I do for you?" That's what Christ wants to know of the church tonight. "After you're separated from the things of the world, after you become a new creature in Christ Jesus, after you're born again, filled with the Holy Ghost, crossed over Jordan, all the things of the world dead, behind you, now ask what I can do for you." I like this.” “He said, "That a double portion of your Spirit come upon me." That preacher knowed what he was talking about. "A double portion, 'cause I want to witness that much more." He said, "You've asked a hard thing. But if you will see me when I go away, it shall be. What you asked you shall have." Now, brother, you talk about a preacher watching the other one; he was really watching him. That's what the Church ought to be doing tonight for a double portion of the Spirit, is watching Christ, watching the Holy Ghost, the way It moves.” [53-0405E Witnesses, Jeffersonville IN]

“And as Elijah went down to Jordan one day, and struck it, with Elisha, and it parted back, and he crossed over. He come back with a double portion. And when we strike Jordan, with Christ, we got one portion, but when we return, we're coming with two portions. We got Eternal Life, resurrection from sin, now, in righteousness with the Holy Ghost. And then on the return, with Christ, we come back with both physical resurrection, and we already got spiritual resurrection. We have a double portion of it. Always a type of Christ and the Church: Elisha and Elijah.” [62-0513M The Way Of A True Prophet Of God, Jeffersonville IN]

“So the hour has come for the repeat of the Bible, and the fulfilling of the Word. Now, God promised that He was going to send a former rain and a latter rain. And He promised the former and the latter rain in the latter rain, in other words, a double portion. Like the garment of Elisha. When Elijah dropped it, Elisha picked up and had a double portion. He was a type as a type of the Church and Christ. Christ was taken up. And the same Spirit that was upon Christ is on the Church tonight, the Holy Ghost. See? [48-0304 The Angel Of God, Phoenix AZ]

Someone asked me to repeat that Hebrew word again, in Joel, the 2nd chapter, Joel 2:28, where he's speaking of the coming of the former and latter rain. The word "former" is the Hebrew word m-o-u-r-e-h, moureh, which means teaching. In other words, it'll be a teaching rain and a harvest rain. Now we've had the teaching rain, and we're ready now for the harvest rain. You know, the first rain is when you plant the seed, that starts your crop growing. Then just before it matures, there comes another crop. That's what they call the harvest rain. We know when it is. The spring rains, and then the rains about June, it makes your crop. Now, the rain, we find out, was the Spirit.” [62-0318 The Spoken Word Is The Original Seed, Jeffersonville IN]

“Now, this Bible has the treasures. This Bible said, "That Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever." Peter said, "The promise is unto you, and to your children, and to them that is far off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." Jesus said, "The works that I do, shall you do also." Jesus said, "As it was in the days of Sodom, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of man." A ministry working through human flesh, like you. And you and I together will do the same thing. Just before the coming of Christ this would be taking place. All the prophets spoke of it. The Scriptures laid to it, and everything. Don't stand off from it, say, "Well, I wonder." Take the Bible. Jesus said, "Search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have Eternal Life, and they are they that testify of Me." That's how you're going to know, search the Scriptures. Is the Holy Ghost for you? Is the Holy Ghost for these people? Is the Holy Ghost for this generation? The Bible said it was. Is this the generation that the--that the signs of the believers was to follow? Search the Scripture. It said it would be so. Both former and latter rain would be poured out in this generation. "Yeah, well, what generation?" The one that sees the fig tree putting forth its bud yonder, Israel returning to be a nation. When all these things is taken place, then these things will be taken place in the church.” [60-0309 Why, Phoenix AZ]

“We're on the verge, brother. Somebody's come back from Canaan; the grapes are good. It's our land. God give it to us. We can take it, God said so, didn't He? God said we had it; it's ours. And we're living in the last days; don't you believe it? He said, "In the last days I'll send down the rain in abundance like that. Both former and latter rain will fall in this day. And what they had back there plus what God's going to give us is right now at hand. Amen. I'm... I believe it with all my heart. And I believe we're at the age of the battle. Don't you think so? Let's not push back. If they want to push back, let them push back. But we're going forward. Amen. It's ours. God said, "It's yours; now go in there and take it."” [53-1213E Faith, Chicago IL]

“O Heavenly Father, we're now at the end time. We're approaching that great hour of the coming of the Son of God. O God, may these morning stars here, that may they might have been dismal for a few days... They think the revival is a dying out. That's just exactly what You said would take place: gross darkness. But the morning star would reflect the light. "He that overcometh, I'll give him a morning star." And I pray, Father, that You'll let every one of us be overcomers tonight, overcomers of unbelief, overcomers of anything within ourself, that we might overcome ourselves that Christ might live in us. Give us of thy Spirit tonight, O Lord. All preaching and all things that we say, many could wonder and say, "Oh, I don't know. I--I've heard preaching before." Lord, don't let it stop at that tonight. Put former and latter rain together. The former rain, the rain that You brought on the earth in Your days, You said it would come with the latter rain. Now, the latter rain is already fallen. Now, let the former rain come in, which You've already done, showing the signs of the resurrection, that You're the same yesterday, today, and forever. In Christ's Name, I ask it. Amen.” [60-0303 Former And Latter Rain, Phoenix AZ

“When they crossed over, got over on the other side, he said, "Now, you've asked. Ask what you will, and I will give it to you." Perfect type of the Church. "All right," he said, "I want a double portion of your spirit." Amen. Don't be scared to ask. Ask abundantly. "You have not, because you ask not. You ask not, because you believe not." That's right. Ask, ask a whole lot. God will give you a whole lot. Have a lot of faith. ” [53-0508 God Commissioning Moses, Jonesboro AR]