13:40-41 Does the work of God that the prophet predicts here refer to a spiritual revival in Israel, as some believe?
13:40-41 Does the work of God that the prophet predicts here refer to a spiritual revival in Israel, as some believe?
No! Paul is warning the Jews against rejecting Christ here, and makes His point by quoting the Old Testament prophet Habbakuk, who predicted destruction, not revival (CP Hab 1:5-10).
Paul applied V5 in Ac 13:41 to the work of wonders and miracles by the power of the Holy Spirit in the lives of Christians in the name of Jesus (CP Ac 13:38-39). Paul is warning the Jews against rejecting Christ and the benefits of His propitiatory death, lest the judgement of God come upon them as it came upon their forefathers after Habbakuk's prophecy.
Then, Jerusalem was destroyed and the Jews were taken into captivity by the Babylonians. God's judgement of the New Testament Jews which Paul alluded to if they rejected Jesus was the destruction of Jerusalem and the dispersal of the Jews by the Romans, which history records happened in 70 AD.
This has nothing whatever to do with a future spiritual revival in Israel, as some believe.
(See also author's study Israel in God's Eternal Purpose in his book Advanced Studies in the Christian Faith (Volume 1)).