(1Tm) Worldwide Revival:
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And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. (Matthew 24:14)
We believe that the Holy Spirit and the Scriptures are informing us that we now are in the greatest revival of all time. It is the season of the harvest (latter) rain, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit of which the Prophets spoke (Joel 2:23; Hosea 6:3; Zechariah 10:1). All the ministries and gifts of the Spirit (Romans, Chapter Twelve, Ephesians, Chapter Four; I Corinthians, Chapter 12) are to be restored and operating. Signs and wonders of unprecedented power and variety are to follow the preaching of the Good News of the soon-coming Kingdom of God.
The harvest rain must fall in order to bring the planting of the Lord to maturity. The planting of the Lord is Christ in the hearts of people.
As soon as the Gospel of the Kingdom has been preached in all the world for a witness to all nations, then the darkness of Antichrist will settle on the earth and the testimony of Christ will be driven from the cities of the world. The remnant of saints will wait in the wilderness areas until the Lord returns from Heaven.
With regard to Antichrist:
Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. (Daniel 8:11,12)
The King James translation does not make the above two verses understandable. The idea seems to be that Antichrist will magnify himself to be equal with Christ and that the host of God will be given into the hands of Antichrist, just as the Apostle Peter was tested by Satan, and that people will worship (make their daily offering to) Antichrist instead of the Lord Jesus. Those will be terrible days We always look to Heaven for the truth of God. But at that time truth will be cast down to the ground. Then God and His salvation will be found only in the remnant.
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call. (Joel 2:32)
From our point of view, the "mount Zion" and "Jerusalem" mentioned above are those found in Heaven, while the warlike remnant will be both in Heaven and also protected somewhere on the earth. In those days the Throne of Almighty God will be in a process of transition from His Temple in Heaven to the hearts of those who are ready to experience the spiritual fulfillment of the Old Testament feast of Tabernacles.
Matthew 24:14 does not state everyone will be saved. Rather, the Gospel will be preached for a witness to all nations. Before the Lord Jesus returns, the saints will be empowered to testify to the entire earth of God, His righteous ways, and of judgment to come. The purpose of the end-time witness is to save as many people as possible from destruction in the Day of the Lord.
In the end-time the saints will be clothed with the spirit and power of Elijah and Elisha—the double portion. They will bear witness of Christ in power, according to the Word given in Acts 1:8. Just as one man, John the Baptist, was "Elijah" who bore witness of the first coming of the Lord Jesus, so it is true that the "remnant" of the believers will prepare the way for the return of Christ to the earth.
The remnant (Romans 11:5) consists of every Christian man, woman, boy, and girl who will accept Christ as his or her personal Savior and Lord and serve Him with a whole heart.
First the harvest (latter) rain. Then the burning sun of tribulation so that the "heads of wheat" will be ready for the harvest. It requires both rain and sun to bring wheat to maturity.
The wheat and the tares will come to maturity side by side. Then will arrive the time of the end when the messengers of the Lord remove from the Kingdom of God all that is offensive to the Lord, including those people who refuse to be separated from their sins.
Let us pray that God will empower each of us with a double portion of His Holy Spirit and send us forth to labor in His vineyard until the work is finished.
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