The Vision of Pure River

“ There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.”​ 

(​Psalm 46:4)

​On January 10​ 2020 my son and his friend shared this vision at our Friday night meeting. They saw a

polluted river called “false fulfillment” running through the center of Nashville. And then the river dried up like a desert and the city became like a ghost town. Then they saw a new river... a pure river; a river of life beginning to flow through and from our city. Some weeks ago my son came to me and said, “Hey Dad, do you remember the vision we shared for the year? I said “yes.” He continued, “Remember I said Nashville will become a ghost town?” I said, “Oh my goodness I almost forgot... you did! And it has literally become that... it’s unbelievable!”

As I prayed about these exceedingly unusual times and happenings that have come to our city, our nation, and the world, the Lord began to speak to me. He said, “It’s time for the new River to flow!” I agreed and I asked the Lord, “But how? How does this new River begin?” He answered, “The Ryman is the fountain head of this river.” The original name and purpose of the Ryman was the “Union Gospel Tabernacle.” The Lord said, “Go back to the original roots of the Ryman and begin to release the pure sound into the city that will flow out into the world! From this place a pure sound and pure river is to be released!”

I then had a vision that came to me like lightning. I saw the beautiful Ryman stage but there was no audience. Every half an hour a new group of musicians came on the stage and sang. It was 24 hours of continuous music unto the Lord. The setup was simple... almost unplugged. Every genre of “roots” music was being sung: gospel, black gospel, country, bluegrass, blues, Americana, folk, hymns, contemporary worship, and on and on. This river had many streams (sounds) and it was being broadcast around the world. It was bringing blessing and refreshing to the nations from the old Ryman stage.

As the songs and sounds went out, it replenished the earth with purity, innocence, and goodwill towards all people. It also brought refreshing in the presence of the Lord. Although there were no people in the audience (the Ryman was still technically shut down in the vision), I instinctively knew the Ryman was filled with angels and they were there to carry the pure sound to the ends of the earth. The musicians who would come to release their sound were of a pure heart and were walking in great humility before the Lord and towards one another.

We are proposing that we actually do this vision!​ 

We’re looking at September 21st-22nd to release 24 hours of music and worship! We believe this is a critical time to stand in the gap for our nation, and to release a pure River of life into the earth from Music City.

There is presently a great battle raging for the very soul of our nation. In the Bible the singers and musicians were to go ahead of the army and release songs to the Lord, then the Lord fought their battles! We are now clearly facing a spiritual battle that needs to be fought in the spirit realm through praise and prayer.

We believe there’s a window of opportunity right now to release something holy and transformational to the nations from Nashville, TN – Music City USA. We submit this vision to you for your consideration and prayer...Would you consider being part of this? Would you support this financially? It is expensive to accomplish this in the Ryman. Would you help us get the word out? Would you cover this vision in prayer?

Scott MacLeod, Ricky Skaggs, Ray Hughes, Greg Derives