The church has been in a period of renewal. Multitudes have been healed and restored. Vision and faith have been rising steadily over the last few years. This has been a wonderful time, but it is merely a preparation for what is coming. We are now about to cross the bridge from renewal to revival.

I am defining renewal as that which works to heal and awaken the church, and revival as that which results in the salvation of the lost and the empowering of believers to challenge the spiritual darkness of the times.

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Each year on the Day of Atonement, Bob Jones has been given a panoramic vision of coming events. The following is an abbreviated version of what Bob received on October 11, 1997, as written by Keith Davis. My comments are in italics--Rick Joyner

The Coming Rain

I was awakened at 2:22 A.M. to hear the Spirit say, "I am going to rain on the brain of My people."

Each year on the Day of Atonement, Bob Jones has been given a panoramic vision of coming events. The following is an abbreviated version of what Bob received...

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America has experienced many great moves of God, but two of them were so powerful and far-reaching that "revival" was not an adequate word for them. These were so extraordinary in their social and spiritual impact that historians have called them "Great Awakenings." During these great moves of God it seemed as if the entire nation awakened from its spiritual slumber to the bright realities of the kingdom of God. Some cities and towns experienced almost universal conversion, and whole regions were swept into the truth of the gospel. Great social changes were made and...

A vision by Bob Jones:In a prophetic experience, Bob was awakened by an attack of swarming flies. Because they kept him from being able to rest, he went to see where they were coming from. He found an open sewer. Christians had been dumping their garbage at the opening and not covering it up, so the flies were able to breed on it. He was told to seal the sewer with a round clay tile, which he was told was the tongue.

Interpretation.Satan is called Beelzebub, which means "Lord of the flies." All such titles in Scripture...

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This prophetic experience came January 8, 1997. As the vision started, I saw a very intense white light. The light began to sweep over me, and a voice standing to my right side in the light said, "Look what is coming down the track and around the bend. It is God's Gold and Diamond Train." Suddenly I saw the train tracks. One side of the track was named "Truth" and the other side was "Spirit."

These tracks were coming around the bend of a mountain pass. I could see a very...