Revivial with Smith Wigglesworth, Duncan Campbell, Evan Roberts, William J. Seymour and many others:

Revivial with Smith Wigglesworth, Duncan Campbell, Evan Roberts, William J. Seymour and many others:

A Heaven sent revival is the urgent need of the hour! We are living in an hour where many churches have backslided and who are denying the fundamental truths of God’s Word and where society has degenerated and are disobeying God’s laws and are breaking His everlasting covenant! A new generation has sprung up that knows very little or nothing of God and His ways

In the following sessions, with the help of the Holy Spirit I will be talking about Revivial! We will be sharing examples of Heaven sent revivials in the past and how God sent Revivial in most unlikely places! In the session today I would like to answer the question, “Are great revivials a phenomena of the past only or can we expect to see revival also in this generation? There are those who say that we are living in the days of declension and as a result very few will be saved! What does the Bible say about this very important subject:

The Bible clearly indicates that a great Revivial is coming to the world in the last days:

In the book of Acts 2:14-21, we read how the Apostle Peter explained to the crowd of Jewish people the phenomena they were observing when he and the early disciples were baptized in the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost!

“Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning! “No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:”

“ ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’”

Acts 2:14-15, 17-21 NIV

We have not yet seen the wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below and God’s Spirit poured out on the whole World.

In connection with the above verse I would like to also read from Matt. 24: 14 where Jesus is explaining to his disciples what would happen in the last days and I quote from the TPT translation: ““Yet through it all, this joyful assurance of the realm of heaven’s kingdom will be proclaimed all over the world, providing every nation with a demonstration of the reality of God. And after this the end of this age will arrive.””

Matthew 24:14 TPT

It is estimated that of the 7.75 billion people alive in the world today, 3.23 billion of them live in unreached people groups with little or no access to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. According to Joshua Project, there are approximately 17,446 unique people groups in the world with 7,400+ of them considered unreached (over 41% of the world’s population!). The vast majority (85%) of these least reached groups exist in the 10/40 window and less than 10% of missionary work is done among these people.

Matthew 24:14



: “And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” (ESV) The Greek phrase for “all nations” is “panta ta ethne” which refers to all of the ethnicities or people groups of the world. We believe that Jesus was very clear in stating that His gospel would be preached to all nations/ ethne/ people groups before He would return

The above verses speaks of a great Revivial coming in the last days where God will pour out His Spirit open all mankind. It was poured out initially on the day of Pentecost and sporadically throughout the church age but Peter here is speaking of a mighty outpouring that will affect all people before the return of Christ!

We have not yet seen the wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below and God’s Spirit poured out on the whole World.

The Mission organization called Global Frontier missions gives to us some statistics that shows the great challenge that still remains and the following is a quote from their report:

“It is estimated that of the 7.75 billion people alive in the world today, 3.23 billion of them live in unreached people groups with little or no access to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. According to Joshua Project, there are approximately 17,446 unique people groups in the world with 7,400+ of them considered unreached (over 41% of the world’s population!). The vast majority (85%) of these least reached groups exist in the 10/40 window and less than 10% of missionary work is done among these people.” End of quote

In Matt. 24:14 we read how the gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” (ESV)

Global Frontier missions defines for us the meaning of all nations, and I quote, “The Greek phrase for “all nations” is “panta ta ethne” which refers to all of the ethnicities or people groups of the world. We believe that Jesus was very clear in stating that His gospel would be preached to all nations/ ethne/ people groups before He would return” end of quote

How will this come about? When God pours out His Spirit in the last great Revivial all flesh will be affected and God’s children,

after being filled with the Holy Spirit, will go forth as a mighty army and preach the Gospel to every nation bringing in a great harvest of souls. This great harvest will come in spite of great difficulties coming over the face of the earth! In the verses just proceeding Matt. 24:14 God’s Word speaks of wars, famines, earthquakes and persecution! It speaks of a backslided church where the love of many will grow cold.

Let us each one pray earnestly for a Revivial that is described so vividly by S.B. Shaw in an article entitled, “Our Desperate Need”! The following is a quote from this article:

“Oh for a Revivial that will so fill the saints with love that they will rejoice in the opportunity to give their time and money, and if need be their very lives, for their brethren and for the salvation of a lost world. A revival in which the presence of God will be so revealed that multitudes will fall under the power of God and cry for mercy as they did on the day of Pentecost. A revival that has so much of Heaven and so much of God’s glory in it that all the world will be compelled to see and feel its mighty influence. A revival that will gloriously defeat the powers of darkness and hell and make earth and heaven ring with shouts of victory over a multitude of souls snatched from the eternal burnings and run for God and heaven – yea, a revival that will never need to be revived, but that will sweep on like a mighty wave of the sea that nothing can hinder, until time shall be no more!

For such a revival our heart cries out to God! For such a revival we are ready to watch and toil and pray. For such a revival we believe the blessed Holy Spirit is interceding in many hearts. Such a revival God is able and ready to give. But for this He must be inquired of by His people to do it for them. (See Ezekiel 37.) May God grant it, not for our sakes, but for His own name’s sake and for His own honor and glory! Amen and Amen!” End of quote.

Shall we pray:

What the Heavens Declared to a Young Astronomer

I grew up a Jewish boy in a South African gold-mining town known as Krugersdorp. I remember sitting in shul (synagogue), enthralled as our learned rabbi expounded how God was a personal God—he would speak to Moses, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to many others. Growing up, I often pondered how I fit into all this.

By the time I entered the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, I was deeply concerned that I had no assurance that God was indeed a personal God. I was confident that he was a historical God who had delivered our people from the hands of Pharaoh. But he seemed so far removed from the particulars of my life in Krugersdorp. Where was the personality and the vibrancy of a God who truly could speak to me?

Someone was missing

As a student, I began working toward a degree in applied mathematics and computer science. Over the course of my studies, I became friendly with Lewis Hurst, then a professor of psychiatry and genetics. He had a great interest in astronomy, and we would discuss the complexities of the cosmos for hours at a time. Whenever we met, I would delight in explaining basic features of astronomy, such as black holes and quasars.

Intellectually, these were greatly satisfying years. Over time, I became fascinated with the elegance of the mathematical formulation of general relativity, and at age 19 I submitted my first research paper on that theme to the Royal Astronomical Society of London. When it was published one year later, I started receiving requests from observatories and universities for reprints or printed copies (on the mistaken belief that I was already a senior academic!).

But spiritually, this period was rather dry. I remember attending a meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society graced by Stephen Hawking. The atmosphere there was intellectually stimulating, but inwardly I could tell that something, or someone, was missing. To be brutally honest, I did not know God.

Back in South Africa, my friendship with Professor Hurst grew, and I started sharing with him my thoughts and feelings about the cosmos. “The universe is so beautiful,” I proclaimed, “both visually and mathematically.” The idea of the universe being designed by a Master Artist continued to resonate with me, but I struggled to find evidence that this artist had any interest in knowing me personally.

“What concerns me, deeply so,” I told Professor Hurst, “is that the universe is so large, so immense. Is physical reality the sum total of our existence?” This was a question on which I reflected often as a young university student.

I shared further doubts: “Are we,” as Shakespeare said in Macbeth, “just a fleeting shadow that appears and then disappears? What is our reason for living? What is the purpose of life? Is it possible to have a personal encounter with the creator of the cosmos?”

Hurst listened intently. “There is an answer to all the questions you are asking,” the professor said. “I am well aware that you come from an Orthodox Jewish family, but would you be willing to meet with a dear friend of mine, the Reverend John Spyker?” A tone of gravity permeated his voice.

My Jewish parents had taught me to seek answers wherever they might be found, so I consented to meet with this Christian minister. Spyker had a voice that commanded attention; he spoke with authority. Taking the Bible in his hands, he turned to the New Testament—to Paul’s letter to the Romans in particular. In Romans 9:33, Paul affirms that Y’shua (Jesus) is a stumbling stone to the Jewish people but that those who freely choose to believe in him will never be ashamed.

(I’ve always appreciated how this verse appears in The Message: “Careful! I’ve put a huge stone on the road to Mount Zion, a stone you can’t get around. But the stone is me! If you’re looking for me, you’ll find me on the way, not in the way.”)

By divine grace, suddenly everything became perfectly clear. Y’shua was the stumbling stone—my stumbling stone! Jesus had fulfilled all the messianic prophecies in the Hebrew Scriptures (where the Messiah would be born, how he was to die, and much else besides). While most Jewish people today are still awaiting the Messiah’s coming, I knew I had found him and that all I had to do was respond to his free offer of grace.

Immediately, I asked Spyker to pray for me, which he did. And on that day, in October 1976 at the age of 22, I surrendered my heart and my reason to Christ Jesus. His Spirit spread through every cell of my being.

Somehow, all the way back when I aimed my first telescope at Saturn—and when I beheld Saturn, with its tilted system of rings, in all its majesty and splendor—I suspected in my heart that there existed not merely a Great Designer but a personal God. But I hadn’t yet experienced his still, small voice of forgiveness and reassurance.

Reflecting on these moments now, I realize they had been infused by God’s grace. He had been planting spiritual seeds every time I gazed up into the heavens. It was as if Jesus were sitting at my table—in my case, looking over my shoulder as I peered through my telescope—just as he had when he accompanied his followers on the road to Emmaus.

Treasures of darkness

Becoming a Christian had a profound effect on my career in astronomy. There was something incredible about realizing that one of my main objects of study, cosmic dust, is the very stuff from which God fashioned all of humanity.

I took inspiration from God’s words in Isaiah: “I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I, the Lord, who call you by your name, am the God of Israel” (45:3, NKJV). How exciting it was to visit the world’s greatest observatories and discover these treasures in the starry vaults above.

In his essay “Nature,” Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: “If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown!”

One of my life’s great callings is to show multitudes of people the vast difference between the truth of nature and the nature of truth. The truth of nature belongs to the physical, or scientific, realm—in my case, the study of planets, stars, galaxies, and our expanding universe. In contrast, the much broader nature of truth includes both the physical and spiritual domains, where God reveals the works of his grace.

Many years have transpired since I stood alongside my first telescope in Krugersdorp. Those were the days of non-digital photography. Now, all is digital. However, every time I look upon the wonder of God’s creation—especially nowadays as telescopes in space transmit images back to computer screens on earth—I still see his wondrous glory revealed.

And I still marvel that a God so majestic and powerful would know my name—and love me as intimately as his own begotten Son.

-Christianity Today

David Block has been a visiting research astronomer at Harvard University and the Australian National University. He is co-author of God and Galileo: What a 400-Year-Old Letter Teaches Us about Faith and Science. In 1982, he married Liz Levitt (a Jewish believer in Jesus), and they have three adult sons.