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I remember when I first came across the teaching about an end time revival. It was in 1972 and I was reading and listening after Derek Prince about the end times. Prince presented this in the context of the dual restoration of both Israel and the Church. The "former rain" is the first century outpouring of the Spirit to germinate the plants, and the latter rain, known as the harvest rain, to bring forth the fruit.
Some of the scriptures he used included:
This refers to a last day generation of believers who are empowered by the Holy Spirit to evangelize the earth.
Psalms 22:30-31 KJV
30. A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
31. They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
Hosea 6:1-3 KJV
1. Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
3. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Joel 2:23 KJV
23. Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
Jeremiah 5:24 KJV
24. Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
Acts 3:19-21 KJV
19. Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
20. And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
21. Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
In Princes context, this refers to the restoration of the church to its first century power and glory.
The following is the proof of both the goal and method of this restoration. The ministry gifts will be active until we attain completeness as the body of Christ. This will occur during the above mentioned "restoration of the church."
Ephesians 4:11-16 KJV
11. And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12. For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
13. Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
14. That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15. But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
16. From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
There is a lot more to this, and Price successfully links the parallel restoration of the church and the restoration of modern Israel.
Does the Church Need Restoration? | Podcast | Derek Prince Ministries
Some of the scriptures he used included:
This refers to a last day generation of believers who are empowered by the Holy Spirit to evangelize the earth.
Psalms 22:30-31 KJV
30. A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
31. They shall come and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
Hosea 6:1-3 KJV
1. Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
3. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Joel 2:23 KJV
23. Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
Jeremiah 5:24 KJV
24. Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
Acts 3:19-21 KJV
19. Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
20. And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
21. Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
In Princes context, this refers to the restoration of the church to its first century power and glory.
The following is the proof of both the goal and method of this restoration. The ministry gifts will be active until we attain completeness as the body of Christ. This will occur during the above mentioned "restoration of the church."
Ephesians 4:11-16 KJV
11. And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12. For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
13. Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
14. That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15. But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
16. From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
There is a lot more to this, and Price successfully links the parallel restoration of the church and the restoration of modern Israel.
Does the Church Need Restoration? | Podcast | Derek Prince Ministries
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