I turned to this passage this morning in devotions, I was
impressed that it was a message for
America—the End Times Babylon.
Isaiah 47
1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O
virgin daughter of Babylon,
sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou
shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
2 Take the millstones, and grind
meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the
rivers.
3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered,
yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee
as a man.
4 As for our redeemer, the Lord of
hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel.
5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into
darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The
lady of kingdoms.
6 I was wroth with my people, I have
polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them
no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady
for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst
remember the latter end of it.
8 Therefore hear now this, thou that
art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I
am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know
the loss of children:
9 But these two things shall come to
thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall
come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for
the great abundance of thine enchantments.
10 For thou hast trusted in thy
wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it
hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else
beside me.
11 Therefore shall evil come upon
thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon
thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee
suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
12 Stand now with thine
enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast
laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou
mayest prevail.
13 Thou art wearied in the multitude
of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly
prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon
thee.
14 Behold, they shall be as stubble;
the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of
the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
15 Thus shall they be unto thee with
whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander
every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
And why might this judgment come to America?
Because of the sins of our land including the church. Here is a snippet from an
article you might want to read. (HT Karen)
And what is the solution to the problem? Personal and
national repentance. We need revival, and here is how it could happen—prayer! (HT Karen)
WHY DID the FIRE FALL IN 1857?
-Compiled by David Smithers
The climax of the awakening came in 1857. Noonday prayer meetings were started
in New York, Philadelphia and other cities. Then the movement spread with
lightning-like speed throughout the land. In Philadelphia it is said that three
thousand people attended the noonday prayer meetings, and in Chicago some two
thousand were in attendance day by day. In one of Mr. Finney's meetings in
Boston a man arose and said: I am from
Omaha, in Nebraska. On my journey East I have found a continuous prayer meeting
all the way. We call it two thousand miles from Omaha to Boston; and here was a
prayer meeting about two thousand miles in extent." The entire country was
stirred by these noonday prayer meetings.
Rev. John Shearer in his book on "Old Time Revivals" said: "In answer
to the Church's united cry, ascending from all parts of the land, the Spirit of
God in a very quiet way, and suddenly, throughout the whole extent of the
United States, renewed the Church's life, and awakened in the community around
it a great thirst for God. When the Church awoke to the full consciousness of
the miracle, it found that from east and west, and from north
and south, the whole land was alive with daily prayer meetings. And it was in
these daily united prayer meetings that the great majority of these
conversions, of all ages and classes, took place.
The divine fire appeared in
the most unlikely quarters. A large number of the elderly were converted and
gathered in. White-haired penitents knelt with little children at the Throne of
Grace. Whole families of Jews were brought to their Messiah.Deaf mutes were
reached by the glad tidings, and though their tongues were still, their faces
so shone that they became effective messengers of the gospel. The most hardened
infidels were melted, some being led to Christ by the hand of a little
child."
Continuous Prayer
C. H. Spurgeon commenting on this great move of the Spirit said: "In the
City of New York at this present moment, there is not, I believe one single
hour of the day where Christians are not gathered together for prayer. One
church opens its doors from 5 o'clock till six for prayer; another church opens
from six to seven and summons its praying men to offer the sacrifice of supplication.
Six o'clock is past, and men are gone to their labor . Another class find it
then convenient - such as those, perhaps, who go to business at eight or nine -
and from seven to eight there is another prayer meeting. From eight to nine there
is another, in another part of the city, and what is most marvelous, at high
noon, from twelve to one, in the midst of the city of New York, there is held a
prayer meeting in a large room, which is crammed to the doors every day, with
hundreds standing outside. This prayer meeting is made up of merchants of the
city, who can spare a quarter of an hour to go in and say word of prayer and
then leave again; and then a fresh company come in to fill up the ranks, so
that it is supposed that many hundreds assemble in that one place for prayer
during the appointed hour. This is the explanation of the revival!"
Prayer: A Divine Attraction
Samuel Prime in his book "The Power of Prayer" described the effects
the revival had upon New York City, "The prayer-meeting became one of the
institutions of the city. Christians in distant parts of the country heard of
them. They prayed for the prayer- meetings. When they visited the city, the
prayer-meeting was the place to which they resorted. The museum or theatre had no
such attractions. Returning, they set up similar meetings at home. The Spirit
followed, and the same displays of grace were seen in other cities, and in the
country, that were so marvelous in New York. So the work spread, until the year
has become remarkable in the history of the Church. This revival is to be remembered
through all coming ages as simply an answer to prayer."
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So here is my idea—A Revival
App. What if there was an app that people could use to allow them to enter
an in progress prayer meeting and either pray silently with the group or enter
a queue to be one of the ones who prayed. Think about it we could have
thousands of people praying all across the world at once. It worked in 1857 and
it can work in 2014.
Maybe someone has already made something like this but if not, if anybody knows any believer that would have the technical
expertise to accomplish this please forward this to them.
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