On the night of December 5, 2025, I dreamed of a revival that eclipsed anything I have experienced or been shown before. It has had me electrified for days now. It was, in some ways, even more dramatic and powerful than the “Vision of the Harvest” I had in 1987 and published in my second book, The Harvest.
That book became an international bestseller, and many credited it with fundamentally changing the expression of Christianity at the time. After the scandals of the late 1980s, it seemed that a great depression had come upon the whole body of Christ. It was more than somber and visionless; it seemed that the highest purpose was for the rapture to come so we could all just check out. With the circulation of this vision, many came to life and were full of vision for the future. As they acted on this in faith, revival began to break out around the world.
This recent dream I had was a prophetic update on that vision. I saw in the 1987 vision there would be two waves in which the harvest would come. The first wave would be the gathering of the laborers for the second wave, but this first one would be so great that many would think it was the final harvest that Jesus said was “the end of this age.” However, as stated, this first great wave of ingathering would be mostly the calling of the laborers in the true harvest that was coming in the second wave, which would be far greater.
In this vision, I was shown that between these two waves there would be a lull in the ingathering so that those who had been brought to the Lord could be equipped and trained for their purpose in the next coming wave. As I was also shown then, not many would use this opportunity between the waves to equip their people for the next one, but it was coming anyway, and those not prepared for it would be swept away by it.
We are now at the end of the comparatively quiet time between these waves. It feels very much like the time before the first wave broke upon the world with the collapse of the Iron Curtain. It seems as if the body of Christ is in retreat around the world now, but the greatest move of God there has ever been will soon break out upon the world.
The first wave began just a couple of years after I had the vision of the harvest and published the book about it. It lasted into the first decade of the 21st century. There were countries where more people were being born again than were being born. At its peak, it was estimated that about four hundred thousand people were coming to Christ every day.
In that first wave, countries in Africa, Asia, South and Central America, and Eastern Europe experienced in twenty years more people coming to Christ than they had from the Day of Pentecost recorded in the book of Acts until that time. The world had never experienced anything like this before, but what is coming will make it seem small.
This first wave changed the world and propelled Christianity to being the largest and fastest growing religion on the planet. However, it all virtually missed North America and Western Europe. The next wave will not.
The magnitude of what is about to break upon the world can hardly be imagined or exaggerated. Home groups will explode into congregations of thousands. Congregations of less than a hundred people will be adding a thousand or more a week. Almost everywhere you go, there will be groups gathering to pray, listening to teachers, sharing the gospel, or ministering to those in need.
This kind of explosion of Christianity will be one of the most wonderful things the world has ever experienced. What will make it this is that it will be authentic Christianity, and not just another movement that builds institutions instead of people. Christians will begin to be known by their love while the world is experiencing greater hate. This revival will bring radical and fast changes that will redefine the very concept the world has of the church, and Christianity, and church life will be fundamentally changed. This will be the greatest check to a culture sliding into hate and chaos, and it will redefine modern culture in many places.
No church structure or form on the earth can contain what is coming, and all that rigidly resist change will be washed away in the flood of revival coming. True God-ordained leadership will become apparent to all, as will the false and the pretenders. True believers and “false brethren” will be easily distinguished. The manifest presence of the Lord that has His nature will be clear to all.
Relatively new believers who have only come to the Lord in the last few years will be some of the most influential and effective leaders in what is coming. However, a main source of this great revival will come from the elderly. Many will be raised up as true elders and give the needed stability that such fast growth will need.
When free of the shackles of the institutions of Christianity, new converts will not just be herded into giant sheep pens where they are thrown spiritual food a couple times a week. Teachers will be raised up on all levels to help establish them on the solid foundations of the faith. New believers will also be shown their calling and ministry, and the gifts of the Spirit they have been given to be the tools of their ministry, and they will be put to work right away. It will be “all hands on deck” to keep up with what’s happening.
Functioning in our ministries and gifts is essential for true Christian maturity, which is growing up into Christ and His nature. Every Christian is called to be a part of His body, through which He still does His works. These works are the demonstration of His nature and His power. In this way, bodies composed mostly of very new believers will become very strong and stable in the Lord very fast.
At the same time, this move will be such a threat to the institutions of Christianity, and many other religious and secular institutions, that threats and persecutions will be raised against the revival just as it was in the first century A.D.
The revival will be blamed for the collapse of many unrighteous institutions, and it will in fact be the cause of this. This is also the Lord clearing the land for His coming kingdom. So, it will be the most glorious of times and the most difficult of times, at the same time. Perhaps this is why it is called in biblical prophecy “the great and the terrible day of the Lord” (see Malachi 4:5).
The December 5 Dream
Most of the above I saw in the 1987 vision. This was all far beyond anything I had even considered possible at the time, but within a few years it became a reality to much of the world. What I saw in the dream this past December 5 was even more spectacular.
I have been in some of the greatest meetings and visitations of the Lord since 1987 that I have heard of, but none of them compared to what I saw in the 1987 vision. What I saw in the dream of December 5, 2025, eclipsed everything I have experienced or seen in any previous dreams or visions.
In this recent dream, I had been asked to speak in a small Sunday school class about revival. This was at a modest church, and at a class that was usually attended by about a dozen people. I rode to the class on a bicycle that I leaned against the wall by the door to the class.
As I was about to enter this class, I was thinking how I used to speak to audiences of tens of thousands, and some would be circulated to millions in videos, but now I was speaking to a small Sunday school class. I was actually good with this and how the demand for my ministry had declined. This gave me more time to seek the Lord, and I was more captivated and exhilarated with Him than I had ever been. And, as I had often preached, the Lord tends to do His greatest works in small groups, so I was looking forward to going back to speaking to home groups and small meetings.
For several years I had been thinking my life here was coming to a close, and I was very happy about that. I have had enough heavenly experiences that I was yearning for it. This life had been more wonderful than I could have imagined, especially now as I had so much time to seek the Lord, and He was drawing closer to me.
For a long time, I have honestly considered that I have been given the best life on this earth that anyone has ever had. I was not depressed or seeking to transition to the heavenly because things were bad here, but I was exhilarated with this life, and it was continually getting better. I had just experienced so much of heaven I could not wait to get there. I was even happy about my shrinking influence in this world, as it gave me more time with the Lord.
These were my thoughts on the way to this Sunday school class. I had learned to measure the spiritual hunger in a crowd rather than its size to judge its importance. So, in this dream, when I entered the class, I was expecting to find about a dozen spiritually hungry people. I was not disappointed by their hunger, as this class was electric with their hunger for God. But it was far more than the dozen people I had expected.
They had packed in every person they could possibly fit into this small classroom. There was not a seat left, nor any place to stand in the room. I could hear more gathering outside, and the people in the back started opening the windows so those outside could hear.
As I looked at this class, I knew I had never been in a gathering of such spiritually hungry people. To have found two or three like this would have been awesome, but I was astonished by how many wanted God so desperately and were so intently focused. As uncomfortable as they were, being crammed into this small room did not seem to matter at all to them. They had come to hear about some of the great things the Lord had done, and I was very sorry I had not prepared better.
I don’t think I had finished the first sentence when the presence of the Lord entered the room so powerfully we did not need to see Him with our physical eyes to know He was there. Those who could find room on the floor poured out of their seats onto it. The rest who were in their seats or standing were bowing over to get as low as they could. I wanted to do the same and could not imagine talking in His presence like that.
The dream changed, and I was in a different place listening to the ones who had invited me to speak to that Sunday school class. They wanted to plan another gathering in a much larger facility for me to come and speak about revival. I protested that I did not speak at the last gathering, and I thought something is happening bigger than me talking about what I had experienced before. They were convinced they did need me and prevailed on me to come. At least I would have a good seat if He came like He did in that little class.
It was a huge facility, much bigger than I was expecting, but it was already full when I got there. It seemed like the whole city had turned out for the gathering. As in the first meeting, they packed in as many as possible—far more than I thought the fire marshals would allow—and there was a large crowd still gathering outside. They had put together a worship team to help focus the people on the Lord, but, like me, they were not needed. Before they could start, the people started worshiping on their own with such zeal it was not possible to interrupt them.
When the time came for me to speak, I walked up to the podium, but they did not stop, and the energy increased. I didn’t remember ever feeling that kind of intensity in a place before. But as great as this was, when the manifest presence of the Lord came in, everyone sensed it. For a brief moment, I thought the crowd would go silent, but then it was like they tried to express their love for Him with all of their hearts. It got even more intense and much louder. I have been in meetings when the glory of the Lord appeared but had never felt anything like this before. Again, I didn’t get to say anything and was very happy about it.
Next, I was again talking to the ones who had put these meetings together. They had been joined by a good number of people that had been top government and business leaders, some of whom I recognized. These had quit their high positions to stay and be a part of what was happening there. After just two meetings, it seemed that everyone, including myself, thought that this could be the greatest revival there has ever been.
The organization and administration of what was unfolding was far beyond what the group that had started this could handle, or possibly anyone could. All of these were looking to me as the leader and to make some decisions, but I protested that I had not done or said anything yet and did not know what to do next. Then, it occurred to me that all of these top government and business leaders were God’s provision for the administration of what was unfolding. He had started this, and He was going to run it.
As I sat listening and thinking, someone brought up that we had been invited to bring “this,” the revival, to Hungary. I immediately knew this was the Lord and said so. Everyone seemed in agreement. As we discussed the administration of what was happening, and the invitation to Hungary, we were given news that not only Hungary but seemingly all of Eastern Europe was mobilizing to join the meetings in Hungary. As we were pondering this, more news came that it seemed that all of Europe was mobilizing for revival.
The dream ended with people expecting revival to break out at any time in any place, but I knew it was soon going to be happening all of the time in every place.
Takeaways
Some years after I had the vision in 1987, I was told that the last move of God on the earth would be the greatest of all, because it would be God moving. That is how I would describe what I experienced in this dream: it was God moving. It was not possible for any man to take the credit for what happened, and no one with any sense would want to try to lead it. This was way over our heads, and far beyond anyone’s ability to lead or manage. The best we could do is seek to follow Him, try to stay as close as possible, and be obedient to His instructions.
When I was looked to as the leader, I did not protest too much, because I felt that I could at least hold the place until God provided someone more capable. I soon felt that even this, too, was presumptuous. My whole leadership in the dream was to point out that we needed to take the invitation to Hungary, which everyone felt. Other than that, it was to know when not to talk, and what not to say.
I have experienced the manifest presence of the Lord many times, personally and in meetings, and even a couple of times when the glory of the Lord appeared. What I experienced in this dream was stronger than any of these, by far. This manifest presence of the Lord is going to be the hallmark of what is coming. This is something that cannot be duplicated. Once you experience His presence, I don’t think we will be fooled by any substitute.
The next greatest characteristic was the unprecedented spiritual hunger among the people. I’ve been to many places where the hunger for the Lord was great, and He has always moved powerfully to meet that hunger, but I don’t think I have ever witnessed the level of hunger on the people in this dream, or the power with which the Lord moved to meet it. I think the invitation to go to the nation of Hungary was also a sign that spiritual hunger would be one of the greatest signs of this revival.
If anyone had tried to duplicate the Lord’s presence we were experiencing—or the people’s hunger—I think it would have been immediately recognized as the lowest form of vulgarity ever and rejected right away. When the glory of the Lord filled His temple in Scripture, all men had to flee. No flesh can stand in His presence when He comes like this, and the presumptuous will quickly learn this in what is coming. The next move of God truly is going to be God moving. No man can lead this, but let all of us learn to follow.
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