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The Next Great Awakening?

At the present there are a number of popular professing Christians and a number of heretics announcing the coming of another Great Awakening. It is a thing to be desired and hoped for. And I am not saying that all the ones that are hoping for another Great Awakening are heretics.  But what if we truly are in the last days? Will there be another Great Awakening when millions of professing Christians are flocking to line up behind the diabolical pied pipers of darkness.

Check out The Third Great Awakening by false prophetess Patricia King.  She does an interview with a man by the name of James Goll. Goll explains the difference between an awakening and a revival. What a load of nonsense. There is no difference between a revival and an awakening. We should not receive information from someone that declares he needs a keyboard playing to stir up his “prophetic anointing”.

Most of these heretics have not studied the history of Christian revival. Of course, the Third Great Awakening has already occurred somewhere around 1859. However, a number of the ones predicting another awakening appear to believe that there were only two Great Awakenings. Apparently, Patricia King is among that number. False prophet Rick Joyner must also be included in two-awakenings group since he also has prophesied a third Great Awakening. The Emergent heretics and other false ministers are also predicting or calling for another Great Awakening.

Where is any of this prophesied in God’s word regarding the endtimes? Of course, it is not there. How can there be a great awakening and a great apostasy at the same time? There is a remnant of God’s people. However, the fact that they have not apostatized is evidence that they do not need an awakening or a revival.

Here is what I believe is occurring. I believe that in the endtimes there will be fewer signs and wonders occurring in the churches. The reason for this is the fact that people have left their first love. They are in fact in love with the world system and all its offerings. John declared that if one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him (1 John 2:15). The vacuum created by the lack of power being manifested in Christian assemblies has been filled by heretics producing false signs and wonders. Indeed, God’s word declares that the lawless one is coming with all power, signs, lying wonders, and all unrighteous deception. Consider the passage in context.

“The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.” (2 Thessalonians 2:9-10)

The “lawless one”, the “son of perdition”, and the “man of sin” are one and the same, who is the Antichrist. His coming is according to the working of Satan. In other words, there must be a significant working of Satan before he can be manifested. That “working” is manifested as all power, signs, lying wonders, and unrighteous deception in the apostates and most likely the adherents of the religions that they united with. It doesn’t sound like a true revival or great awakening, but a false revival or great awakening. It is occurring because of unrighteous deception among the ones who did not receive the love of the truth. In fact, how could there be a great revival or great awakening occurring at the same time a massive false revival or great awakening was occurring? Historically, the great revivals or awakenings put an end to the encroachment of wickedness and turned the people’ hearts back to God.

In my opinion, a large number of professing Christians became lukewarm because of their obsession and indulgence in the world system. A significant number of pastors desperate to revive them begin inviting people who advertized signs and wonders, and of course a pandering message along the lines of the hyper-faith doctrine. However, it is a fact that revival does not necessarily come by signs and wonders. Instead, the signs follow those who believe (Mark 16:17). This means that signs and wonders follow revival, not vice versa. Therefore, when there are signs and wonders, but people are lukewarm and/or seeped with heresy and deception, it cannot be a revival but a working of Satan.

True revival begins with deep conviction of sin that leads to repentance. Revival is bringing back to life that which is weak, near dead, or dead. But the present generations of professing Christians do not want revival. They do not want the pain and discomfort conviction brings and they certainly do not want to repent. Repentance means they must give up the things that are causing their spiritual decrepitude. They are unwilling to cease gorging on sports, dramas, sitcoms, and all else that has captured their hearts. It is inconvenient to them to pray, study God’s word, and do ministry. They desire a quick fix for their lack of spirituality.

Therefore, Satan’s emissaries have inundated the Christian religion with the very things that most professing Christians want. Does anyone believe that Satan could sell his wares to people that want Christ more than anyone or anything else? He is sending out his lying spirits that are working through willing subjects to produce what appears as the works of the Holy Spirit. This working begins with all power. Christ declared that all power had been given to Him, so this endtimes phenomenon of power working in otherwise apathetic and heresy-ridden people is a lie. The signs and wonders manifested in the fraudulent revival are also a lie. However, professing Christians filled with all unrighteous deception will flock by the thousands and tens of thousands to fill churches, conference halls, and stadiums, to revel in the pungent outpouring of spiritual wickedness.

When we see the leaders of mega churches, denominations, and Christian organizations, supporting ecumenism with Mormonism, Islam, Roman Catholicism, etc, we are seeing the formation of a one world religion. When we hear of mega churches, denominations, Christian organizations, etc, flagrantly practicing and promoting Contemplative Spirituality and New Age mysticism, we are witnessing the means by which innumerable professing Christians are being demonized and are apostatizing. When we see great multitudes of professing Christians racing to and fro seeking the next great outpouring of signs and wonders, we are witnessing the spiritual harlotry that will bring the lawless one, the man of sin, the son of perdition, the Antichrist, into power.

Make no mistake about it. The world system and the religious realm are converging just a short distance down the prophetic road. Every true Christian can expect to be attacked by the spirit of deception using as its bait something that looks very similar to a work of God. False apostles and deceitful workers transform themselves into apostles of Christ, and Satan’s ministers transform themselves into ministers of righteousness (2 Corinthians 11:13-15). True Christians need to quit looking for signs and wonders and begin focusing on Christ. We need to become so acquainted with Him that we know when the false workers of Satan arrive. There is little time to prepare one’s spirit in this regard. His sheep hear His voice. They will follow Him and no other. When the herd says, “Look, God is moving over there, come with us and see,” we must refuse to go with them. God may speak in a still, small voice, and He may move in still, small places in the times of the greatest cacophony of demonic voices. He moved with Elijah by the brook Cherith during a great apostasy of Israel. My point is, if we cannot find Him in our hearts with all His power and joy, there is no need to seek Him elsewhere.

2 Comments

  1. Mary Rhew

    Amen! This is so true. Continue proclaiming the truth. Looking forward to the coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

  2. Joe Ashby

    Exactly! Have tried to get these very points across to friends and family and church people for years. No one is listening. Refreshing to actually see others that GET it! Keep it up!

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