So much is transpiring in the world around us, some good and some not so good. We see strife, the erosion of personal freedoms, lawlessness, globalism, violence, corruption at the very highest level of government, threat of war and many other problems.
Many persons within
Christian circles are proclaiming that we are witnessing the fulfilment of
prophecies found within the Holy Scriptures, and in the broadest sense that is
true.
Some believers are predicting a time of
unprecedent events which are going to take place which will alter the course of
the world and will lead up to the visible personal bodily return of our Lord
Jesus Christ. (Yes,
Jesus will Return at the culmination of human history, whenever that will be) Even non-Christians
seem to sense that we are entering a unique period of history.
Even some, within “new age” circles are
describing that which is taking place as the “Ascension”, that is, the raising
of humanities “collective conciseness” to what some are describing as the
“fifth dimension” and what is transpiring in the world are the birth pians of
that “Ascension”; to this higher dimension of conciseness.
My Opinion
It is my opinion and
assertion (and
some persons may think me just to be unrealistic or foolish) that everything
which is taking place within our nation and the world is rather leading to
something which has not been seen upon the Earth for centuries. In my opinion
and I could be wrong, but I believe that we are about to enter a time not of
destruction, but rather of great revival and a mass truing to Jesus.
It is my assertion that God is
going to send a time great of revival within the collective body of Christ,
that is the Church. That this time of coming revival will look nothing like anything
which any who now live has ever seen before, and that all that we are seeing
taking place around us is an attempt by the unseen powers who currently rule
this world to prevent this great revival from occurring but they will fail, it
is like someone attempting to hold back the ocean with a broom.
In my opinion, that during this coming
revival many people will come to see all that the Holy God; the Father, Son and
Holy Spirit has done for humanity and all that he has made us to be and that he
has, and is revealing himself to us in the person of Jesus Christ.
Great Revival
This revelation of God will go far
beyond just a “theological academic knowledge” nor will it be just an
“hyper-emotional experience” but it will be intensely personal.
It is my view many will come to see
that Jesus has joined himself to us through the incarnation in a much more
profound way, that it is greater than anything which they have ever imagined,
and will see the scope of the salvation work of Jesus that it is greater than what
any have imagined or had envisioned.
I believe that Churches which may be
now struggling will grow almost overnight and that many will thrive once
again reinvigorated by the Holy Spirit. That new Churches will grow in unusual
places.
I see a time of great empowered
evangelism and missionary work being undertaken across the Earth. I believe
that during this revival the Gospel will be preached with power and will reach
across the face of the Earth and will transform lives, many will be set free
from sin, fear and death. They will come to see themselves as loved, wanted and
included in God’s divine love through Jesus.
That many will come to believe in Jesus
and will be transformed through the work of the Holy Sprit allowing them to be
who they were always meant to be.
I believe that the gifts of the Holy
Spirit will manifest in a way that has not been seen since the Apostolic Period
of the Church. It is my view that we will see the healing of lives in a way so
great that there can be no other answer than the working of God. I believe that
authentic miracles will take place, not the staged side-show type which so
often are seen; but by the working of the Holy Spirit authentic miracles.
That is what I see as I look out on the
uncertain days which we are now living. I am praying for that time of great
revival and I ask each who read this do the same.
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Benediction: May we each and all be revived
through the working of the Holy Spirt all for the glory of God, today, tomorrow
and forevermore. Amen.
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Rev. Todd Crouch, Norman, Oklahoma
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