August 7, 2017 WWJWMTD by Steve the son of John

It’s Not a Revival

From the very beginning, God has given me a good understanding about the next ‘revival’ in America. However, each time I wrote the word ‘revival’ my spirit questioned that term. I often used words like awakening, renewal, spiritual enlightenment and so forth in order to compensate what my spirit was telling me. It was not till last week that God said, “Do not use that word ‘revival’, I am not bringing a revival.” My question to God was, “Then what do I call the next movement of the Spirit of God?”

Revivals historically have usually only lasted about 3 ½ years, about the length of Jesus’s ministry on earth. The ‘early rain’—the beginning of Pentecost at Jerusalem (through the passing away of the 120 individuals in the upper room) lasted many years beyond your typical 3 ½ years according to early church history.

We are now entering the Second Coming of Christ and the ‘Later Rain’ as spoken by Prophets & Apostles in Scriptures. This next revival will not be built around any one denomination, a single building or movement, or a specific individual. ‘The Later Rain’ is not just about miracles or wonders, but will be about the fulfillment of Scripture. It is about the complete fulfillment and unity of the Body of Christ. It is about God in us, the Hope of Glory.

I began to search Scripture for a term or word that would explain the “Later Day Rain” of the Holy Spirit, God’s fulfillment of Scripture, and the Second Coming of Christ. I was drawn to the word, ‘abiding’, but it did not express our part or the outcome of God’s completed will. God led me to the term/word—‘enduring’.

Enduring means: lasting, durable, long-suffering. Endure: To carry on through despite hardships, to bear with tolerance, to continue in existence, remain, to last, to suffer patiently without yielding persevere, to hold out. Synonyms are: ageless, continuing, dateless, abiding, eternal, everlasting, immortal, imperishable, lasting, ongoing, perennial, perpetual, timeless, undying. This next move of God includes justice, judgment, righteousness, the government of God, and Christ’s never-ending rule.

Now maybe this is what this next movement of the Holy Spirit should be called, The Enduring. (The Bible uses this terms: endure, endured, endureth, and enduring over 135 times, and my favorite verse is Matthew 10:22, “But he that endures to the end shall be saved”), or, maybe, Never-Ending, this is my personal choice of what this next move of God should be called. The Christ forever and ever—never-ending!

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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