SUDDENNESS OF REVIVAL OR JUDGMENT

The Suddenness of God's hand moving in Revival or in Judgment

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This is where we are in our nation.  We are either at the point of revival or judgment.  Either one could come 'suddenly.'  anybody with common sense and any understanding of these two terms will chose revival or judgment.  However, it is the reactions of people that determine which we receive.  I would like to address this theme with you with a central passage out of Daniel; give a definition of 'suddenness' and then demonstrate it in passages and experiences of revival and judgment.  The conlcusion will generate out of our response and reaction to what we read.

Daniel 5: 25 - 31, "And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENNE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. V. 26 This is the interpretation fo the thing:  MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. v. 27 TEKEL, Thou art weighed in teh balances, and art found wanting. v. 28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. v. 29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chian of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.  v. 30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. v. 31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom , being about thresscore and two years old."

What an experience!  A horrifying experience for the king of Babylon.  They are jesting; they are partying with the cups of the temple of Jerusalem; they are mocking.  And in the midst of their defying actions against a holy God, God responds 'suddenly'.  Suddenly a hand appears out of nowhere and begins to write on the wall for all to see.  the king and those in attendance are smote with fear.  And then the worst part of this sudden mystery was that they could not read the message left them. 

The wife of the king of Babylon comforts her husband by reminding him of Daniel and how he had intrepreted dreams and messages for other kings.  thus, Daniel being summoned and brought before the king, he is given the purpose of revealing the mystery.  Now the message of this mystery was suddenly given and suddenly carried out.  All within 24 hours it was done.  To think that in one fell swoop, it can all be undone should alarm and horrify us. 

Our nation is in this same scenario and we had better learn the lessons quick or we are sure to meet the same end as Babylong, the great.  The handwriting is on the wall, the message is the same, and the timing may be a repeat of how fast Babylon fell in one night.  But oh, if there was a people that would labor to seek and appeal to the Lord God Almighty for a nation, and a church that needs revival, and find God's mercy instead of His wrath.  And that as fast as judgment fell on Babylon, in one night, so revival could come just as fast. 

Let us look at the two scenario's of SUDDENLY:

SUDDENLY REVIVAL

The expression of 'suddenly revival' does not come from a false understanding about the nature of God and the Lord's people.  And this phrase and term has been preached specifically by Henry Blackaby and Richard Owen Roberts.  It is not a surprise to the church.  It is not that things are going there own way and suddenly God drops down into their midst.  No, before the sudden appearance of God's manifest Presence comes down, there has been labors in the prayer closets.  Someone has been moved by God to seek Him and find Him with all their strength.  They have wrestled and prevailed.  and once the prevailing has happened, then the suddenness. 

On the day of Pentecost is an example of what this phrase means.  The church had been instructed by the Lord to wait in Jerusalem.  In obedience, they had been waiting together in an upper room.  There was 120 souls there of men and women.  They were obeying and followin after the Lord Jesus.  And after waiting 10 days, on the Lord's day, suddenly His Presence came as a 'rushing, mighty wind', sitting 'upon them as cloven fire'. 


SUDDNELY JUDGMENT

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March 6, 2013
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