In January 1521, Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther. Three months later, on April 16th, 1521 Luther was called to defend his beliefs before Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms, where he was famously defiant.
200 years went by…
1730’s in the USA – The one I discussed in detail two months ago under UNITY is the Moravian Revival in 1527 which started the First Great Awakening (1730s and 1740’s) . The Holy Spirit filled a prayer meeting of 300 and started a worldwide revival that influenced Wesley’s. The revival spilled on the shores of the USA in 1730 under the preaching of Whitefield and Edwards. This swept the North East of the country.
100 years went by….
1800s – Second Great Awakening Church membership in 1800 Kentucky was only five percent of the population and on the frontier; immoral activities appeared nearly as rampant as they do today. Ministers of the day lamented the profaning of the Sabbath, the prevalence of vulgarity in speech and action, rampant fraud, drunkenness, gambling, lewdness, and an overall disinterest in spiritual matters. Frontier Revival transformed the frontier and created what we call the Bible Belt. Between 1800 and 1803, the Kentucky Baptists gained nearly 10,000 new members while the Methodists reached more than 6,000 in just two years. This swept the South and West of the USA.
200 years went by ….
Now it has been 500 years since Luther (1521). The 1st Great Awakening prepared a nation for the Revolutionary war, the 2nd Great Awakening prepared us for the Civil War…..There is one more Great move of God left to prepare us for the future coming numbers of our dead.
(A) 1520’s + Luther Babylonian captivity of the church and his eX-communication
Then add 200 years
(b) 1700’s + 1st Great Awakening
Then add 100 Years
(b) 1800’s + 2nd Great Awakening
Then add 200 years
(A) 2020 + It is 500 years since Luther. Time to restore all things.
A-b-b-A Chiastic Design in time
A Worldwide Move of God was followed by two minor moves and now a Worldwide Move is Due.
It has been 500 years since Luther wrote The Babylonian Captivity of the Church in Oct 1520 and since he was excommunicated by the Pope on January 3rd, 1521. Like Ezra who took 49,700 out of Babylon to plant an altar at the site of the Temple so Luther led a remnant out of Rome. He planted an altar of Grace, and “Saved by Faith” in the Sacrifice of Yeshua as the only altar, with baptism and communion our only sacraments. Like Daniel, we can see the time is up, and his prayer in Daniel 9 can be our prayer.
It is time to finish the house. It is time to restore all things. We need to look past the changes of Constantine in 325. A.D. and restore the faith taught and practiced by the Apostles with only “Solo Scriptura” for our guide.
Are all of the major revival dates and Reformation Day in October a co-incidence?
Cheshvan was the time of plowing, the time of the early rains and of sowing Matthew 13:3-9 And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the Sower went forth to sow; and as he sowed….. This is the time that Sower goes forth with sowing in small and large revivals.
We can break up our stony hearts and soften them, with the water of our tears until God pours righteousness on us. It is the time to break up your fallow ground and seek God- for revival only comes by repentance and God will baptize us with the water of His Spirit and pour out the Fire of His Spirit, just as He did on the Living Sacrifices of His Apostles that Pentecost.
God’s timing is his own. Acts 2 v 2 and Acts 4 v 31 and suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. I guess they did not plan on that?
But can we not know the season? Why can’t we be in God’s Temple in prayer – Ready like Simeon and Anna, looking for the early rains of the Spirit which are poured out in planting time?
I Chron. 12 v 32 and of the children of Issachar, which were men that had an understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do. Anna and Simeon knew – and we can look for clues in Scripture and pray as God reveals the next step to us.
So take these dates and “co-incidences” to our Loving Father in Heaven and remind Him of His good pleasure to give us and pour out His Holy Spirit on us as His body, His priesthood, His First Fruits. It is His good pleasure…
All these examples speak to us now. In faith take hold of a loving Father and remind Him of His merciful nature in this season of His rain. Lu 11:13 if ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
In confidence recognize Cheshvan as the revival month, and break up our fallow ground as we prepare for an outpouring of God’s rains.
