Do You Think There Is a Great Awakening or Revival?

[Andiamo]

No revival...but we see the Holy Spirit directly evangelizing. The people getting saved in droves in Iran is an example.
And we see the underground churches making converts, quietly baptizing in bathtubs.....
and humble, hidden evangelists on bicycles, risking their lives, in the 10/40 window.
We also see mighty moves of God in prisons.

I think a lot of these U.S. Preachers talking up "revival" hope or assume that they will be the ones heading it up.

 

[daygo]

Simply no.

 

[Spartan Sprinter 1]

Simply no.

Far out i have Simply Red stuck in my mind now LOL

 

[Katie8758]

Correct me if I am wrong please, but isn't God supposed to "pour out" the Holy Spirit over the earth just before the rapture? Wouldn't that cause a revival of sorts?

 

[Andy C]

Correct me if I am wrong please, but isn't God supposed to "pour out" the Holy Spirit over the earth just before the rapture? Wouldn't that cause a revival of sorts?

I believe Jack has a good answer

Question:I was curious about Joel 2: 28-29. “And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.” Are the people in verse 28 only the church? And who are the servants in verse 29?

Answer:This prophecy was for Israel and is focused on the End Times, although Peter used it to explain the manifestation of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost (Acts 2:17-21). In doing so he gave the phrase “last days” its widest possible application, including all the Church age as well as Daniel’s 70th Week.

Ezekiel said God will begin pouring out His Spirit on the house of Israel following the Battle of Ezekiel 38 (Ezek. 39:25-29) to bring them back into their Old Covenant relationship, sparking a world wide return of Jews to the promised Land. And in Zechariah 12:10 we’re told this will enable them to recognize Jesus as their Messiah toward the end of the Great Tribulation.

https://gracethrufaith.com/ask-a-bible-teacher/i-will-pour-out-my-spirit/

 

[daygo]

Excellent answer Andy.

 

[Andy C]

Excellent answer Andy.

Yes, I advised Jack.....

 

[bigmoose]

In my understanding of how our God works, it would be in His character to offer "a revival" before the rapture and the coming judgments; but it is the heart of man that must accept or reject that offer. If we think about it, we may have lived through that era after WWII and up to near the present. The physical boundaries of the world shrank with transportation, radio and TV. Now the internet has made everyone a next door neighbor. There is a plethora of Biblical Truth on the internet, there for the taking, and for free. Most everyone who wants to learn of God's Will and Ways can. I sense that the world has "moved on" from the one true God to gods of their own making...

Though I long to see a broad revival, I think the decline is one way. ... sort of like birth pangs. The effort, pain and discomfort continue until the baby is born.

 

[RobinMc]

I do not believe there will be a great revival prior to the rapture because the bible does not say there will be. I think the great revival will be AFTER the rapture. I think most people getting saved from here on out will be more of the one-on-one type, like witnessing to your lost family or friends.
Just my opinion.

 

[Baby Yoda]

And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.

Well this one hits the nail on the head. "Many will be offended"....

 

[UntilTheWholeWorldHears]

I’m of the belief there’s no revival, but I also don’t fully comprehend God’s love.

 

[6scalearmy]

I've been watching TBN and a few preachers are now talking about a Third Great Awakening. I've always believed that we are in the middle of a Great Apostasy and that Jesus' return is very close. There may be pockets of revival around the world as the harvest comes in but as for ten years or more of a revival that will stop Marxism, the NWO and the rest, I just don't get. What do y'all think? Thanks.

Unfortunately no.

 

[Wings Like Eagles]

I do not believe there will be a great revival prior to the rapture because the bible does not say there will be. I think the great revival will be AFTER the rapture. I think most people getting saved from here on out will be more of the one-on-one type, like witnessing to your lost family or friends.
Just my opinion.

Yes--I agree that there won't be a revival before the Rapture. But it is still important to tell as many of the unsaved as we possibly can about End time events so that when they happen, they will know the truth.

 

[lismore]

Yes. I have had little use for the "ear ticklers" at TBN for years.

Agreed. Peter said on the day of Pentecost: Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord (Acts 3:19). Sadly many of those who prophecy revival don't do sin or repentance, rather a it's motivational talk about getting ahead in the world with an out of context scripture tagged on. They also share some pretty rum company, let's get together with the Pope, the Mormons or the Muslims. A 'revival' with excitement in the place of truth. The Lord told us to be alert in these last days, false teachers, false prophets and false Christs would be running amok just before his return. 'In the last days terrible times will come' 2 Timothy 3:1
God Bless

 

[anath]

Short answer, no I don't believe there will be a 3rd great awakening

 

[athenasius]

Short answer, no I don't believe there will be a 3rd great awakening

My short answer is the same.

It is utter nonsense to think otherwise. Jesus describes the last era of the church age, the Laodicean era quite well and it isn't one of revival. Only some individuals inside Laodicea hear Him knocking at the door to be let in. The rest are very happy with their situation, wealthy, healthy, in need of nothing at least in their view.

Whether you take apostasia as the Rapture or widespread Apostasy or both (I lean to BOTH being meant in that passage), Apostasy not revival is the theme of the last days of the Church before we hear "Come up here".

The last 4 churches all have references to the Rapture within them, so it's usually considered that all 4 are present at the end.
Thyatira-- the Roman Catholic and Orthodox and similar churches
Sardis -- the Reformation churches
Philadelphia -- the missionary minded churches and
Laodicea -- the church that leaves Jesus on the outside, knocking to be let in.

Philadelphia has very little strength but God puts an open door in front of her. The others need to wake up, and the implication is that very few inside them actually belong to Christ by the end.

So not really a picture of end time revival. The theology that teaches end times revival is usually Dominionism and that is behind most NAR (New Apostolic Reformation-- very bad or the Word Faith groups) which denies the Pre Trib Rapture and allegorizes the Millennium. They also teach Replacement theology which is a whole other big problem.

They want to place a revival into their interpretations of the End times because that fits with their idea that the church will eventually dominate the world and force it to behave (and then Jesus comes after they've done their works-- it is a gospel of works, not of God's all sufficiency)

 

[NCannie]

A hard no

 

[kathymendel]

Like so many others here, I am in agreement that the next big revival will occur after the Rapture.
The 1800s and 1900s were rampant with evangelists and revival. It all seemed to slowly unravel in the 80s til now.
Since then, we've been inundated with the social gospel of mega churches, as well as others, who only want to "tickle the ears",
and leave Jesus Christ and His power outside their doors. They are nothing more than social clubs who pick and choose who may enter.
Yes, their are individuals being saved daily.................but a world-wide revival? No.
The next big revival will be after the rapture when people who heard the truth from us remember what we said to them, and when the 144,000
are preaching the good news, and the two prophets stand in Jerusalem, preaching and reigning down fire on earth. And, when they see the Son of
God descend to earth and destroy the enemy........ if their are any left by then, who have not taken the mark. I'm sure their will be some, as they will
populate the earth in the millenium..........

 

[YeshuaFan]

I've been watching TBN and a few preachers are now talking about a Third Great Awakening. I've always believed that we are in the middle of a Great Apostasy and that Jesus' return is very close. There may be pockets of revival around the world as the harvest comes in but as for ten years or more of a revival that will stop Marxism, the NWO and the rest, I just don't get. What do y'all think? Thanks.

There appears to be right now a real moving of the Lord among both the jews and Arab Muslims to come to Lord jesus, but not so much here in the USA!