False and True Revival

With the election of President Trump and what that meant to freedom of biblical speech, belief, and practice in the United States, I said that it gave the nation a reprieve. I say this in the same sense of the opportunity that Israel had when the Persian emperor Cyrus allowed and helped Israel to return to the land and rebuild the walls and the temple. Cyrus allowed this, used as an instrument of God.

With the assassination of Charlie Kirk, I believe this afforded another and greater opportunity with the attention it drew on the truth of God’s Word. My wife and I attended an event on the Indiana University campus last Tuesday, and the auditorium was filled with 3,500 people to hear a conservative speaker, turning away an estimated 2,000 from getting in. During a question and answer time, a questioner used the name of the Lord Jesus Christ in vain, and when he did, the speaker told him that he would not take his question. The crowd cheered.

According to my assessment or judgment, and based upon the Bible, I do not believe we have reached anything close to a biblical revival in the United States. What we have reached is a potentially greater reprieve and opportunity through God’s providence. I believe that two different consequences could come out of these specific favorable circumstances.

One, we could see a great, momentous event that poses as a true revival, but is false. It does not fulfill the scriptural criteria of a true revival. This easily and even more likely will occur. I’m sad to say this and I don’t want to throw cold water on your excitement. Very often, these types of situations do not turn out as well as they should. Second, something real could occur, a true, scriptural revival in the United States. If this happens, it will follow the Bible exactly with clear, objective, true results. We will see.