Rodney Howard Browne The Coming Revival

The Coming RevivalISBN 0-9583066-5-6Copyright © 1991 by Revival Ministries InternationalFifth Printing, May 1995Published by RMI PublicationsP.O. Box 292888 • Tampa, FL 33687 • USA P.O. Box3900 • Randburg 2125 • South Africa P.O. Box 24 •Liphook, Hampshire, GU307YX • UKPrinted in the United States of America.All rights reserved under International CopyrightLaw. Contents and/or cover may not be reproducedin whole or in part in any form without the expresswritten consent of the publisher.Unless otherwise indicated, all scriptural referencesare from the King James Version of the Bible.

Chapter 1REVIVAL BEGINS INYOUR HEARTIFor thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yetonce, it is a little while, and I will shakethe heavens, and the earth, and the sea,and the dry land;And I will shake all nations, and thedesire of all nations shall come: and Iwill fill this house with glory, saith theLord of hosts.The silver is mine, and the gold ismine, saith the Lord of hosts.The glory of this latter house shall begreater than of the former, saith the Lordof hosts: and in this place will I givepeace, saith the Lord of hosts.Haggai 2:6-9was looking through my archives at home,and I found several prophecies people havegiven concerning the coming revival.Prophecy is for edification, exhortation, and4

comfort. I believe that recalling theseprophecies will be a blessing to you. Theypertain to this message. Prophecy alwaysconfirms what God does.God said He does nothing without firstrevealing it to His prophets (Amos 3:7). TheBible also says, "...in the mouth of two or threewitnesses every word may beestablished" (Matthew 18:16).Before he went to be with the Lord, SmithWigglesworth was permitted to look brieflyinto the end times. He caught a glimpse of thegreatest revival the world has ever seen, but hetold Lester Sumrall he knew he would not liveto see it himself.In 1980, the Spirit of God said through Rev.Kenneth E. Hagin, a prophet in the UnitedStates, that the world is on the verge of a greatmove and manifestation of the Spirit of God—the greatest hour in the history of the world.When God repeats something several times,we'd better take note of it! God was sayingsomething to us in 1980. This is eleven yearslater, and we're even closer to the brink of thegreatest outpouring of the Spirit of God thatthis planet has ever seen. We saw in Haggaithat the glory of the latter house will be greater5

than that of the former.The Cause of RevivalRevival and its cause has been studied anddiscussed for years by many different people,but revival simply begins in your heart. Revivaldoes not begin in your spouse's heart; it beginsin you. And until revival begins in you, it'snever going to begin in someone else.You cannot experience revival if you arespiritually dead. Some Christians are as cold as acorpse. When they walk into the room, thespiritual temperature drops ten degrees,because they're part of "the frozen chosen."If you're on fire for God and you're full of theHoly Spirit, you can take the power of Godwherever you go. But too many Christians areallowing the influence of the world to stopthem or pull them down.We are the salt of the earth. We must rise upin victory, power, and faith in these last days.Then we will affect the spiritual temperaturewherever we go.Again, revival begins in your heart. Ezekielsaid:A new heart also will I give you, and a6

new spirit will I put within you: and I willtake away the stony heart out of yourflesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.And I will put my spirit within you....Ezekiel 36:26,27Some people need a new spirit; that is, theSpirit of God needs to revive them. They sitlike a bump on a log in the Sunday morningservice, jumping up between yawns to shout"Amen!"Revival brings a change of heart. When youhave been revived, you will go and changeother people's hearts—not their heads. Goddoesn't want fat heads; He wants fat hearts.There are enough fat heads going around! Justto change your mind is not enough; you've gotto have a change of heart. That's what happenswhen you get born again: You have a changeof heart.Some of you are not experiencing revivalright now because you need a change of heart.If you will let the Spirit of God move in yourlife, He will give you a change of heart, andyou will be in revival. Then people will look atyou and say, "Everyone's talking about revival,but that person is walking in it."You can have revival all the time. You can have7

evival in your home. You can have revival inyour car as you're commuting to work at 6o'clock on a Monday morning. You can haverevival in the midst of adverse circumstances.Peace is not the absence of war, but the presenceof God. Therefore, you can have peace in themiddle of war.When a wave of revival comes, it comes withsuch power that it always stirs up everything in itspath. When you look inside a barrel that's filledwith rain water, it looks like it contains cleanwater. But if you take a stick and start stirringit, you'll stir up the sediment that is on thebottom. The water that looked clean is actuallydirty and full of muck!You'll know when revival has hit, because it willaffect every area of society at the same time. TheWord of God is the same to the rich man as tothe poor man. We're all poor without the LordJesus. Therefore, revival will reach out not onlyto the doctors and the lawyers, but also downinto the gutters among the alcoholics,drunkards, prostitutes, and street people.8

Chapter 2REVIVAL—MANIFESTATIONS ANDTHE FLESHWhen we mention the word "revival,"Christians all over the world getnervous about "the flesh." When they see amanifestation of the flesh, they exclaim, "Oh,we saw the flesh tonight!" My reply is, "Well,you also saw the Holy Spirit."You can't have revival without stirring up theflesh. If you want to stop the flesh, you'd bettershoot everyone as they come in the door! Howcan you stop the flesh from manifesting in thehouse of God, when it is manifestingcontinually in the world?"Christians" and religious people lie, cheat,backbite, and commit adultery. They are full ofpride, anger, murder, debate, and so forth. Theworks of the flesh seen in Galatians 5 are mademanifest in their lives. So what do you expect?The flesh is going to manifest.Of course, we can stop the flesh to such a9

degree that no one will want to get excited.Everyone will just sit there because they're soworried about the flesh!When revival comes, you will see manifestationsof these three things in meetings: (1) the HolySpirit, (2) the flesh, and (3) the devil.But I'd rather be in a church where the deviland the flesh are manifesting than in a churchwhere nothing is happening because peopleare too afraid to manifest anything.Every time there is a move of God, a fewpeople will get excited, go overboard, and getin the flesh. The other believers will get upset,saying, "That couldn't be God." Don't worryabout it. And if a devil manifests, don't worryabout that, either. Rejoice, because at leastsomething is happening!Don't Quench the SpiritYou can't stop the flesh by stopping the flesh.The only way people can learn not to get in theflesh is to be taught to recognize what is ofGod and what is not. If you stop everymanifestation, you will stop manifestationsthat aren't of the flesh, and thus you havestopped the Spirit of God! For example, we'veseen so much of the flesh in prophecy that now10

might be criticizing and judging the HolySpirit. Let's not quench the Holy Spirit!13

Chapter 3REVIVALS OF THE PAST300 YEARSAs we study the revivals of the last threehundred years, we find that God movedsuch preachers as John Wesley, GeorgeWhitfield, and Charles Finney in awesomeways.Finney would pray for the glory of God tosaturate the whole county where he wasministering, and as soon as people drove theirbuggies across the county line, they wouldstart shaking like a leaf!The crime rate dropped dramatically incommunities where he preached. Usually, barsand saloons were forced to close down for lackof business. Nearly everyone in town wouldget saved. People would spend hours inprayer. These were genuine outpourings of theHoly Spirit.The powerful Welsh revival began in 1904,when a 26-year-old former miner named EvanRoberts touched his nation and the glory of14

doors if they refuse to change and move withthe Spirit of God.We've found in the last twenty years inSouth Africa that if we will not run with theSpirit of God, God will go across town andfind a church that is half dead, raise the pastorup, breathe on the congregation, and they willflow with His Spirit.I don't want to be so full of pride, tradition, andbondage that I won't allow the Spirit of God tomove.Revival Brings ChangeWhen revival comes, change comes. But peopledon't want change. "We like it this way,brother," they say. "We want our three hymnsand an offertory. Just keep preaching out of theencyclopedia and the Reader's Digest. Thenafterwards, you can put your cold hand on myfevered brow—I'd really appreciate it—butdon't do anything out of the ordinary. Justkeep it normal."It's time we started having the abnormal in ourservices! It's time we started having somethingsupernatural. People today talk a great dealabout the Spirit of God, but if Jesus were here,they'd run away from Him! If Paul were here,16

they'd run away from him! If SmithWigglesworth were here, they'd run awayfrom him! "Too radical," they'd say.A New Century of RevivalIn January 1901, a revival was ignited in anindependent Bible school run by Charles F.Parham in Topeka, Kansas. Although Parhamwasn't baptized in the Holy Spirit himself, hechallenged his students to study the biblicalevidence of the baptism in the Holy Spirit.On January 1, 1901, a young woman spokein tongues. Within a few days, Parham andhalf the student body were also baptized in theSpirit, speaking in tongues. This revivaleventually spread around the world, andtoday Parham is recognized as the founder ofthe Pentecostal Movement.Parham moved his school to Houston inDecember 1905. There, a black evangelist bythe name of William J. "Daddy" Seymourdesperately wanted to attend the classes, but itwas against the law in Texas for a black man toattend a white school. Parham followed ahigher law and allowed Seymour to sit outsidein the hallway.In 1906, Seymour was invited to pastor a17

Holiness church in Los Angeles. Parham gavehim the money for his train ticket. The grouplocked Seymour out of their church when hebegan preaching on tongues as the evidence ofthe Pentecostal experience—an experience hehimself was still seeking.Seymour was then invited to hold prayermeetings in a house on Bonnie Brae Avenue.There, Seymour and many others received thebaptism in the Holy Spirit with tongues. Wordspread quickly.After a few weeks, crowds were gatheringoutside, so Seymour's group rented a rundownbuilding on Azusa Street. It had oncebeen a church, then a stable, and finally awarehouse. The first service was held on April14, 1906. A month later, a thousand peoplewere trying to squeeze into the little mission.Its meek, one-eyed pastor didn't have a5,000-seat church. He didn't have a great choir.He didn't have beautiful chandeliers. His"pews" were planks resting on nail kegs. ButDaddy Seymour would sit praying, his headcovered, behind the rough shoe boxes thatwere used as a pulpit. He knew how to prayheaven down and hell out the door!Such a mighty revival visited the Azusa18

Street Mission in 1906 that thousands ofhungry people from all races, cultures, anddenominations made their way to Azusa Streetfrom literally the ends of the earth to receivethe Pentecostal experience. The initial revivallasted three years. Meetings were held threetimes a day seven days a week.Different revivals continued in the twentiesand thirties. When the great Healing Revivalstarted in 1947, more great men of God wereraised up, including A. A. Allen, Jack Coe,William Branham, T. L. Osborn, and OralRoberts.Some had huge tents, where great andmighty miracles occurred. Preachers wouldadvertize, "The blind see, the lame walk, andthe deaf hear!" And the blind did see, and thelame did walk, and the deaf did hear.Today in the states, people still advertize,"The blind see, the lame walk, and the deafhear." When you go there, you find that thedeaf walk, the lame see, and the blind talk.Nothing happens! But from 1947-59, a wave ofhealing and miracles swept the country.Catching the Next WaveIf a revival comes with a wave, we've got to ride19

that wave. If we don't, we'll end up on thebeach.A surfer doesn't ride his board all the way tothe white foam on the beach; he turns, paddlesback, and looks for the next wave. But hedoesn't take just any wave; he catches the rightwave.There's a right wave and there's a wrongwave. You have to know how to "read" thewaves. If you stay with the wrong wave, youand your board will end up smashed on thesand!Men and women of God have ridden theright wave in the past, but they continued toride it after the new one came. They didn'twant to change. "We love this wave," they said."This is our special wave." But it's over!When a wave is over, look for the next wave.And when that one is over, look for the next.Don't stand on the beach, saying, "Oh, Iremember that wonderful 1914 wave. It was sobig, I carried three people on my surfboard.I've got photographs of it. Do you want to seethem?"The Healing Revival was awesome. It wasfollowed by the Latter Rain Movement in thefifties. Then, in the sixties, we saw the20

Charismatic Movement break out. The powerof God moved out of the Pentecostalabominations—I mean, denominations—andMethodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Catholics,and others started getting filled with the Spiritof God and speaking in tongues.Many Pentecostals couldn't swallow that."No! It's impossible for a Catholic to getbaptized in the Holy Spirit!" That's what theythought. But people were filled with the HolySpirit anyway.Aren't you grateful for that charismaticwave? We saw the Spirit of God go beyondboundaries and borders. But that wave came toan end, too.Trapped in the PastAs I've traveled around the United States,I've visited some tent meetings. I've watchedfilm footage from the early forties and fifties,and when I entered these modern tentmeetings, I sensed that I had stepped back intothe year 1951!The choir members are dressed just like thechoirs of 1951. They sing the same songs andchoruses: "Jesus on the main line; tell Himwhat you want." They have a ramp for21

wheelchairs. They talk the same. Theyintroduce the speaker the same: "God's man offaith and power." Time seems to have stoppedfor them forty years ago during the HealingMovement.I've been to churches that are still living inthe Charismatic Movement. Do you rememberwhen you came to church in sandals andshorts, everyone sang scripture choruses, andpeople went around with a bowl and washedeach other's feet and hugged everyone?Seminars, Translations, and TapesIn the seventies we saw the outbreak of whatwe call the Word of Faith or TeachingMovement. When that wave hit, the "in" thingwas seminars, seminars, seminars. And Bibletranslations—Greek ones, Hebrew ones,whatever. And lots of Bibles—big Bibles, fatBibles, tall Bibles—the Word, the Word, theWord.Confess the Word. Talk the Word. Live theWord. Eat the Word. Sleep the Word. Fly theWord. You had five thousand cassette tapes onyour shelf. When you staggered out of yourhouse at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, you said,"Hallelujah, I've gone through ten tapes today.22

I'm in the Word! Did you make yourconfessions today? A confession a day willkeep the devil away."You tried to talk to people: Maybe you'd aska simple question. "How are you doing today?""I'm blessed. Praise God, hallelujah, I'm therighteousness of God in Christ Jesus.Hallelujah, I cannot be defeated, and I will notquit. Hallelujah, I'm the head and not the tail!""Brother, how are you?""I'm blessed, brother. Praise God." But whenyou looked out the window, his car was beingtowed away!If a man came in on crutches and you asked,"How are you," he would say, "I'm healed andwhole. Hallelujah, I don't have a problem."In some instances, you could never relate tosome people!Then the excesses came. Everyone had tohave a Brand X watch and drive an XYZ car, orthey didn't have the anointing. And everyonehad to get in agreement with you. "Would youget in agreement with me, brother? Please bein agreement with me."I'm not knocking this; I'm just pointing outthat every move develops its own traditions.23

Therefore, let us not be critical of others, for inthe latest move we've been very critical ofothers. We're just as much to blame aseveryone else!For example, when the offering comes, thepeople are told, "Everyone lift their handtoward the offering." They don't even knowwhy they're doing it. Some think they arewaving their money good-bye. We slip intotradition so easily.The early Pentecostals prayed a certain way.It had to be full-blown steam, or it wasn'tanointed. Today people pray a certain way:"Father God, we thank You. Father God, touchthe people. And, Father God, we can all gohome."The early Pentecostals prophesied like this:"For the Lord shall say unto thee, for even thoushalt know..." You thought the earth was goingto open! You thought it was doomsday!Today the prophecy sounds like, "For, yea,thou art a blessing, and your praises are sweetbefore Me, saith the Lord. They're good for myhealth..."Tradition—tradition—it's all tradition!Jumping Overboard24

Every move of the Spirit of God is accompaniedby excesses. These excesses come because thereare always people who jump overboard.In the Healing Revival, it didn't matter ifyou looked like you were going to get sick nextyear—they'd pray for you. They would look atyou and find something wrong with you.Things sometimes were strange in theCharismatic Movement, too. They would wantto get you filled with the Holy Spirit; then getyou saved. "Speak in tongues. You got it,brother. Now come and get saved."In the Teaching Wave Movement,everything was prosperity, who I am in Christ,and I'm this and I'm that. The Lord spoke tome and said that in some circles there's beentoo much emphasis on who and what we areand not on who and what He is. It brought alot of arrogance into the Body of Christ. Youcouldn't mix with anyone if they could taintyou.If someone came with a problem, people gotupset. "Oh, brother, don't bring that aroundhere! That's negative and I'm positive. Don'tbring negative things around here."Well, obviously you can't be too positive ifyou're worried about something negative. You25

must deal with people's problems. If you can'tlisten to what they've got to say, and you can'thelp them out of their problems, there'ssomething wrong with you and with what youbelieve.Fresh BreadI believe that this teaching revival as it wasin the '70s and '80s came to an end. Some menof God are still teaching things that we heardfifteen years ago. That's not completely wrong,for we all must hear the basics—but surelyGod is saying something fresh in the earthtoday.I don't want stale bread. You should knowby now that you're the righteousness of God inChrist Jesus. If you don't, you'd better takesome elementary training and learn how tobecome the righteousness of God.God is saying a new thing. Yes, everything inthe Word is true, but there's a fresh anointing.There's an excitement. There's a joy. There arethings pertaining to this hour of history thatGod wants to speak to the Church.I've gone to some churches in the stateswhere the speaker got up and said, "Today Iwant to talk about twenty ways to become26

prosperous and get a new car."I thought, "God, have mercy! We're throughwith all that junk. Who cares what kind of caryou drive? God doesn't care what car youdrive."People get so hung up about the way youlive, how you dress, and what you drive.They're missing the whole importance of whywe're here on earth. Who cares where you live?If you're happy living there, go ahead and livethere. If you've got three bedrooms and horseslive in two of them, that's your business.We become hung up on material things thatare non-essential to eternal life. When you getto heaven, is God going to say, "Well done,thou good and successful servant. Bring thatfancy wristwatch here. I've always wanted onemyself, to be honest with you."No! He's going to say, "Well done, thougood and faithful servant."27

TChapter 4WHAT THE COMINGREVIVAL WILL BEhose who understand the movings of theHoly Spirit and can read the signs knowthat things began to change about 1982-83.What's been happening since 1983? There hasbeen a time of preparation; a time of cleansing.Things that were not right have been judged.God is dealing with the people and theirleaders. Those who won't humble themselveswill be humbled: God will pull the rug outfrom under them!God is getting us all to the place where weare nothing and He is everything. God isburning, by the Holy Spirit, all the rubbish outof us and is making us vessels of honor,sanctified and meet for the Master's use. Why?For the coming revival.There will be no great men in the coming revival.There will be no great women in the comingrevival. There will be ordinary men and ordinarywomen with a great God.28

They will rise up and tell the story of thecross. They will take this Gospel to the ends ofthe earth. I tell you by the Spirit of God thatthere are people who have been sitting inchurches for ten, fifteen, and twenty years whonever thought God would ever use them in theministry—but in this final outpouring of theHoly Spirit, God will breathe upon them, andin one moment of time they shall have avisitation from the Lord.People will even sell their houses and theirbusinesses, and they shall go to foreign fields.For the time is short, and God shall raise upthis army of men and women. Do not say, "Iam not useful." But say, "God, use me. You'remy God. Send me."God seeks a people who are willing. Godseeks a people who are yielded. God seeks apeople who will count the cost. God seeks apeople who will lend their lives unto Him, andHe shall flow through them and touch many.This is the day and the hour of the outpouring ofthe Spirit of God. This is the day, the finalmoment, of the Church. It's time to get ready.Don't sit back and say, "God's not going to useme." Start getting yourself ready.I'm convinced in my heart that within five29

years from today, if Jesus tarries, some of youwho never, ever thought that you were called—everyone around you didn't think you werecalled, either—will walk into your living roomone day and suddenly an angel will appear toyou.And God will burn things out of you, andyou'll sell your business, and you'll sell yourhouse and your belongings, and you'll leave.You'll obey the call of God. God is going to doit.This is not necessarily going to happen topeople who have been through Bible school. Adiploma can't heal anyone. Place yourdoctorate on a wheelchair patient in the Nameof Jesus, and see what happens.The devil's not afraid of a diploma. Whenyou show him that piece of paper, he'll pull outhis diploma and say, "Join the gang—you and Iwent to the same school!" The power of God isnot going to flow through those who havetheory; it's going to flow through those whohave revelation.Does that mean I don't believe in teaching?No, we must have teaching, and teaching willbe a part of the move of the nineties.30

Demonstrating the Power of GodThe move of God in the nineties will not just beteaching alone. We must demonstrate. The time hascome to demonstrate the power of God!You've heard how to lay hands on the sick—now do it!You've heard how to cast out devils—nowdo it!You've heard how to operate in the gifts—now do it! Do it!Prophesy, some of you. Stir yourselves up inthe Holy Spirit. Start doing it in yourworkplace. Don't wait. Start making yourselfavailable to meet the needs around you. Go tothe man in the street. Go to your next-doorneighbor. Get on the telephone. Get excitedabout the things of God. When the movecomes, people will be excited!Don't just go to church. Take the unsavedwith you. Take the sick with you. Take theneedy with you. Go expecting God to move.Stir yourself up!I believe we slipped over the edge into this greatoutpouring in 1990.As the prophets old and new have said,we're on the edge, the brink, of the coming31

evival. I can see the dark clouds on thehorizon. I can hear the distant thunder. I cansee the flashes of lightning.The first drops of rain are beginning to fallfrom the final wave of God's glory!The Coming RevivalThe coming revival will be a culmination of allother revivals. There will be teaching, preaching,signs and wonders, healings, miracles, theglory of God, people being translated by theSpirit as Philip was in the Book of Acts, andpeople being raised from the dead.There will be awesome manifestations of theglory of God. Creative miracles will happen:Eyeballs will form, legs and arms will growout, people will leap out of wheelchairs.God will use people everywhere—from allwalks of life and all denominations—and thecoming revival will not be limited to just onegroup. It will include the whole Body of Christ.God is preparing His Church. There will neverbe one group of people who will be able to say,"We're the ones who are heading up thisrevival."Revival will cover the earth! People will shout,32

"Come over to this side of town. Come and seethe move of God!" The other Christians willsay, "It's over here in our church, too!"People will say, "Come to America," becausethere will be a great revival in America. You inforeign countries will be able to say, "We don'tneed to go to America; the revival's here!" Theglory of the Lord will cover the earth as thewater covers the sea.No man will control this move of God. If wewon't receive it, God will go to another placeand raise up a people there. Revival willspread into the highways and the byways.The Final HarvestThe greatest harvest of the lost will occur inthese last days. There will be nothing that everhappened before that we can measure it by. Peoplewill knock on your door at night and say, "Anangel met me in the street and said, 'Go in there.'"We will see supernatural manifestations. Therewill be times in services when angels will beseen. No one will have to wonder if this is theSpirit or the flesh. When a ten-foot angelstands in front of you, you'll repent and getsaved! One look at him will scare the devil outof you!33

There will be a revival in the local churches.Local churches are going to spring upeverywhere. I did a study on the top hundredcities in the United States. To get the job done,every large city needs ten more churches of10,000 people each, because when the lastharvest comes, there will not be enoughchurches to accommodate the crowds!When the final revival comes, you willprobably use your average-sized church as aplace to serve refreshments, because it won't belarge enough for services.The glory of God will sweep everywhere. Wewill pack stadiums and football fields. Thecoming revival will shake cities, towns, andvillages.Revival Brings JudgmentWith this revival, the judgment of God will startto fall. Judgment will come on nations, oncities, and on people that oppose that whichGod will do in these last days, for the will ofGod will be accomplished—the plan of Godwill come to pass. When God works a work, noman can stop it. When God stops a work, noman can work it. God will deal with peoplewho mock the Spirit of God or the move of34

God.One of these days a true prophet, anointedof God, will be a guest on one of thesetelevision talk shows. When they start to mockhim, he will simply look at them and say, "Thatyou may know that there is a God who lives—that you may know that He shall not bemocked—you will be blind for three days as asign to you and this audience."The talk show host will scream, "O my God,I can't see! I can't see! I'm blind!" And thetelephone lines will be jammed; signs andwonders will be made manifest.Hidden Sins Will Be RevealedWe will start seeing people drop dead when theylie about hidden sin, like Ananias andSapphira did. Sinful, evil men will drop deadin their pulpits. It will be as it was in the Bookof Acts: A great fear will come upon the wholeChurch.You don't have anything to worry about ifyou have repented of your sins and your heartis right with God. But if you are a two-facedliar, full of the devil, and you want to be a partof this move of God, you will be exposed.There will come a sorting out. We will know35

who the sheep are and who the goats are.Everything that is hidden, and all lying,cheating, and backbiting, will be revealed.And when we all stand before God naked,with nothing, we will know it's not by worksof righteousness which we have done, but bythe blood of Jesus and by His power and grace.There will be an explosion of the power of theHoly Spirit, much like there was on the Day ofPentecost, when they were all together in oneaccord, and suddenly there came a sound fromheaven. We're on the brink of it right now.Suddenly, it's going to come!We are moving into the final outpouring ofGod's supernatural power. His power will fillvillages, towns, cities, states, and provinces.Whole nations will be changed. Get ready! Thisis not the time to quit. We must reap theharvest.You ask, "What will happen next?" We willexperience the greatest revival in history forfour or five years. We will also experience intensepersecution which will cost some people their lives.We are living in perilous times!Then Jesus Christ will split the eastern sky."The dead in Christ shall rise first: Then wewhich are alive and remain will be caught up36

together with them in the air: and so shall weever be with the Lord"! (1 Thessalonians4:16,17).37

Sermon Outline: The ComingRevivalFoundation Scripture—Haggai 2:6-91. Revival begins in your hearta. Ezekiel 36:26,27b. Revival brings a change of heartc. Revival will stir you up—on fire forGod—will affect every area of society2. Revival—manifestations and the flesha. Spirit, soul, and bodyb. Demons—flesh—spirit (3manifestations)c. If we stop everything, we will quenchand grieve the Holy Spiritd. Signs and wonders3. Revivals of the past 300 yearsa. John Wesley, George Whitfield, CharlesFinney, Peter Cartwrightb. 1904 Welsh Revival—Evan Roberts, 26years oldc. 1901—Topeka, Kansas—Charles F.38

Parhamd. 1906—Azusa Street—William J."Daddy" Seymoure. 1947-59—Healing Revival—manyleadersf. 1960-70—Charismatic Revival—manyleadersg. 1970-80—Teaching (Word) Revival—many leadersh. 1983-90—Great Changei. 1990s (The Decade of the '90s)—GreatOutpouring4. The coming revival will bea. A revival—which is a combination ofall that has happened from Acts untilnow—not just one group ordenomination—local churches raisedup—villages, towns, states, even wholenations, shakenb. Explosion of Holy Spirit power like theDay of Pentecost—greater—signs andwonders, judgment and persecutionc. The glory of the Lord will be seenFor information regarding books, audio tapes,39

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Revival Ministries International is aministry that travels acrossdenominational boundaries andgeographical borders to fulfill whatthe Lord had called it to do—to stirup the churches, telling them to getready for the coming revival.In December 1987, Rodney M.Howard-Browne, along with his wifeAdonica, and their three children, Kirsten, Kelly andKenneth moved to the United States to fulfill what the Lordhad told Rodney to do in a word of prophecy. The Lordsaid, "As America has sown missionaries over the last 200years, I am going to raise up people from other nations tocome to the United States of America" and He also saidthat He was sending a mighty revival to America.Rodney and his family, have been traveling asmissionaries across the world, ministering an average ofover 550 meetings a year in North America, Africa,Europe, Asia and Australia.Revivals last from one to four weeks at a time and arereminiscent of revivals of the past, with unusual andpowerful demonstrations of the Holy Spirit in everymeeting. Salvations, rededications, water baptisms andbaptisms in the Holy Spirit are often accompanied bymiracles, signs and wonders.