THE LAST REVIVAL
January 20,2012
We believe that the last day revival started in 1947 and is still going on. It started as a
healing revival, and then became a prophecy revival, and then a Word revival,
other words, it when from the prophet (his healing ministry), to his prophecies and then to the
prophetic (the time of the fulfillment of his/God's prophecies). The prophetic is the dispensation
we are now living in. It also changed from a national revival to a Bride's revival. There were no
doubt other changes. Historical revival never last longer than 3 years, they must change to continue.
There has been many spiritual changes since 1947.
To My Critics
Strangely all the tracts I've wrote, this tract seem to get the most criticism (three times so far). It always
surprise me how shadow believers can be. Since Pentecost (Act 2) God has always dealt with individual
not groups. Yet down through 2000 years of church history the power of God upon certain individual has
sweep the
world for Christ. Every time an anointed preacher steps behind the pulpit and speaks the spirit
blankets the crowd. Not only is revival effects Biblical correct, it is also history (Hebrews 13:8),
and factual in our lives. One more point, the greatest event every promise for the church is before
us, the ressurrection and appearing of the sleeping saints. This will certain set the church on fire.
As students of church history we are bless to know, that every time (many times) people claim a revival can
not or will not happen, that is the time that God send one. So we are waiting.
Revivalist is an Dispensationalist
PRESENT STAGE OF MY MINISTRY But myself, I'm a--a--a revivalist. Brother Branham called
himself a revivalist. All real children of God are revivalist. They are waiting for the next rush of
the renewing. All their life they long for those days. When their time on earth is closing, they
scream out to others, you shall see it, it will come, it will come. FUTURE HOME Now, you're a
dispensationalist." Which I am, and I believe that God is too. A dispensationalist is a
person who believes the Body of Christ is constantly changing. PRESENCE OF GOD UNRECOGNIZED
A revival don't even mean to add more to the church; a revival means to revive that what you've
already got. All real Christians are revivalist which automatically makes them a
dispensationalists. They look forward to seeing God's power displayed anew in every hour.
In this reformation we need a reviving, a renewing. And it shall come.
The National Revival is over
I think, there will never be another national revival where the general public is spiritually captivated.
Dwight Moody and Billy Sunday were good example of national revivals (historically there were others).
The national revivals are over, because every nation as a whole has turn down God. Brother
Branham ministry started as a national revival. When Brother Branham said "the revival was over with",
"he was not looking for another revival", the national revival was what he was referring too.
Because, he also said every revival in history
only lasted 3 years before it faded into organization, and his revival (he said) had lasted 20 years
and still had not organized, and was growing strong (he was a historian of revival history). So we
see, his revival had
changed. A continuing revival renewing is not consistent with
the unchanging God of history. So the revival had to change to continue. As the 2012 Bride, we have
had many reviving, renewing, or dispensational changes.
Yet, there will still come a new dawning, a new day, after the light of today had passed by the
brightness of tomorrow.
Why we must have a Revival
We are now in another generation. Folks that were raised in the message are now in the pulpit, running
the church, filling the pews, and so forth. But something big and important is missing from their
experience. And that is, the experience of been born into this message through a struggling and
travailing age of trying to understand. The years of searching in
the message for the truth, stumbling in the dark, praying and hunting for Bible answers that
created the reviving spirit of the 60's, 70's, and 1980's is not apart of this new generation.
The new converts have accepted the Truth because of facts and tradition (also the scriptures).
And they have no questions in their minds. Yet, this generation who would give their life for
this message has missed the
reviving of the Word from dead denominationalism. They missed the surge of the awakening. This
age does not need such to understand. Their body and mind are presence but their
soul is lacking. They cry "we believe" and in their minds they do, but in their heart they know
they need something more, and that something is a dying and a rebirth of a new age, which always
preludes a revival. We are certainly dying spiritual, but another day will come when California
starts to slide into the sea ...etc.
Benefits of a Revival
A revival benefits the mass in many different ways. Some get saved, others get healed, many get
encouragement, many wonderful things happen for the church. And sad to say, some feel the stirring
but refuse to recieve any blessings.
Revival around every 10 years
(Note the word, "around")
A close look shows us that around every 10 years there was a revival, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990,
2000, and 2010, every decade a revival blossom. Each one of these spiritual awaking was different. The
first revival phase of the last days began May of 1947 (you understand this revival), that first
revival started a couple years before 1950 and continued into the mid 1950s.. CHURCH AGE BOOK
The revival is over. America (nation) had her last chance in 1957. This first revival
was center around 1950. The revival of 1960 began right before the 1960s and lasted to the end of
1965 (you understand this revival). Around 1970, there was a buzz in the air. People's
mind and hearts were beginning to comprehending the message the prophet had left after his departure.
Because of this new understanding folks were coming to the realization that the end of time was
near (all revivals carry the spirit of urgent to prepare oneself for the soon return of Christ
and the end of the world). I remember the excitement around the message. I recall standing
outside of Branham Tabernacle in the early 1970s on Easter Sunday listening to "A Greater
than Solomon is here". Folks were stirred. They were getting ready to leave this earth.
They knew there was to be 3 1/2 year tribulation period before the millennium and they thought
1977 would begin that millennium. The revival was on. By the grace of God, I also witnessed
the sweep of the I980's. The 1980's revival was completely different as where
all the other revivals were from each other. I credit Brother Eddy Byskal from Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada as one of those who led this spiritual gathering. Due to the fact
that Brother Byskal ministered constantly in the eastern part of the United States of America
during these years (this is where around 80 percent of the message church of the world presided
during the 1980's). We believe that revival was a ministers awaking. These ministers
saw and carried the full revelation of the opening of the Word everywhere. Around 1990,
began a world wide missionary revival. A group of men engulfed with a burning desire to get
the gospel overseas. We could be wrong but we believe there was more end-time-message overseas
mission work done during this period that ever before. The 2000 revival might have been
among the believers whom were preparing themselves for the new millennium. Some believe that Y2K
would cause a failure of the software, hardware, or data communication of the world whereby
creating condition for the end of our civilizations. The revival that sweeps the Democratic
Republic of Congo (Africa) could also have been the 2000 revival (I could be wrong on
both accounts). The Congo revival fire grew so fast around the year 2000 that this message
is now the biggest church group in the Congo. The Wikipedia Encyclopedia states there are now
750,000 believers in the Congo (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Branham). There
are 600 message churches in one Congo city alone. I have no insight into what happen around 2010,
as I also did not realize the other dispensation of the Body of Christ during those yesterday years.
In due time, if God willeth it, we will return here to write more.
Notice, every one of these revivals passed, even though the affect lingered. Revivals are only for
certain groups of people (will comment on this fact below). Others will catch their anointing and
still be blessed. May I also insert: revivals travel across continents, and in historical
cases, people have become apart of revivals, years after the fire had burn away in the original
place of the first flame. The 1906 Azusa Street reaching many parts of the world many years later
is an sample. We believe there will be another revival around 2020 (or when the ressurection
happens which ever comes first), it will be different from them all. It could be the last one.
Revival's Lingering Affect
Every revival we have mention in the previous paragraph as well as historical revival we have not
mentioned, opens the door for some, while shutting the door on many. Other words, only certain
individual with-in certain groups caught the fire of that awaking. That is why a revival always
comes at the end of the age, to testify that the dispensation door is shutting on the crowds.
Not the door is opening but a revival declares the door is shutting. Then the new
group will inspired others of the new crop in the new field. We do not believe the next revival
(if it is the last one) will get people ready for the rapture. We must be ready beforehand.
Notice, each revival we have mention from 1947 forward contain less span of time than the
previous revival and less people embraces each new move of God. The last Bride's revival will
be fast and for so very few (on a world scale). CHURCH AGE BOOK After a short and
powerful demonstration of the Spirit this little hunted and persecuted group will go to be
with Jesus. The Bride's LAST REVIVAL when it comes will be short in several ways;
however its lingering affect will awaken the multitudes. Many will make a run for the
rapturing oil, but it will be too late for the age will be closed and the Bride will be gone.
But the remaining folks will be on fire like never before for the last revival will bring
forth an age which will produces the biggest group ever to be saved, the tribulation saints.
REVELATION 7:9, 14
(9) After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations,
and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with
white robes, and palms in their hands;
(14) And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came
out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
AND KNOWETH IT NOT
I'm only building. The hour's close at hand when you're going to see something happen, when something's
going to take place and all this background here, has only been laying a foundation for a short,
quick message that'll shake the whole nation.
In the next paragraphs we are going to study the last revival that will shake the nation. It will be the
Bride's last revival that the foolish virgin church will come to understand. This last revival will
shake the foolish saints up from their spiritual sleep. It will shake the world. Many will tried
to get in this revival, but the only oil (spirit) available will be the kind you will have to buy
with human blood. Millions will count that price a wonderful opportunity.
Run for the Oil
I do not want to open up another subject, but we must expound upon the wise and foolish virgins
recorded in Matthew 25 chapter. In each 7 church ages there were a Bride's door opened, and
that door closing, and at that same time, a foolish virgins door opening and also shutting. And
the remaining people were damned to hell. There was a Bride out of every age and there were
those who missed that calling and become foolish virgins for that age. Brother Branham said
speaking of the Pentecostal age (in 1965) "the Bridegroom came and the Bride when in and
the foolish virgin did not get the oil" he was referring to those at that time who
were trying to get the Bride's oil. INFLUENCE But when the sleeping virgin come to
buy Oil, she never got It. And did you ever see a time in all the history of these last days,
that there ever was a time that the Presbyterians, Lutherans, everything else is trying to come
to the Pentecostal message? What did Jesus said? "While they come to buy, it was a time that the
Bride went in," the wise virgin went in. They did not get the Oil. They didn't get It. That's all.
That's according to the Scripture. We are living now in the Bride age (not that Pentecostal age)
and once again at the closing of the door, the foolish virgin will come for the oil (will try to be
the Bride of this age) but it will be too late and they will be shut-out (with-out the wedding
garment) and then be known as the foolish virgin church (same as in 1965). In Matthew 25 chapter,
the foolish virgins when and got their oil but did not get back in time to go with the wise. They
did not get the rapture oil, His raptureing Light, so henceforth, they did not get His oil but
they did get their wake up call. The all awoke, and trimmed their lamps and the foolish when to
get their OWN oil, and got it, and returned to cry out to the Lord to open the door.
Tribulation Ministry
The message teaches us that the tribulation church will have a ministry left from the last revival (the Bride's
revival). A TESTIMONY ON THE SEA So will it be; someday they'll say, "I thought this was to
happen before the tribulation period. I thought the rapture's to take place." The WORD could come
back, "It's already happened and you didn't know it." THE WORLD IS AGAIN FALLING APART
What if someday you'd find out, we'd hit a tribulation period or something, you say, "Well,
I thought the rapture was to come first?" See? And the VOICE would speak back and tell you, "The
rapture's already, and you didn't know it." Notice there is a "WORD/VOICE"
that Brother Branham mentions in these quotes. There will be another ministry. This ministry will
tell the people they have missed the rapture. They will awake to the realization that the
Bride's revival is over, and they must now press like never before. They will catch the
lingering affect, as all revivals of church history has generated. After the story of the 10
virgins in Matthew 25 Jesus then tells the parable of the talents (tribulation workers), then
the last story of that chapter is about the white throne judgment (their reward). How perfect
are the scriptures!
Preview certain thoughts this far...
1.) All believers are revivalist and dispensationalist.
2.) There have been many revival during the our church age.
3.) Each revival was completely different than the previous move.
4.) Each awakening was a sign that the previous move of God was over.
5.) Revivals were only for certain groups of people, the multitudes benefited afterwards.
6.) Multitudes seek to be apart of the new awaking, and only become apart of another dispensation.
New Message Church
The message churches will fill up with people. Many will set on the altar while the preacher
weeps as he speaks. Folks that could not find time to go to church will beg to go to church
if there is a church available (many churches in the world will not be). They will meet anywhere
they can. They will not sing and shout for joy but weep and sit in a holy silent. The speakers
will only speak of death and the blessing it holds. Multitudes who would not before give their
time for church will now seek the opportunity to be killed. Those who before would not witness
will be like a house on fire in a windy day. Those that found fault with preachers will now
laid their life down for the least of them. It will be a sad day, but from this persecution will
come forth a group of people who will defy torturer, humiliation, starvation, and even death to
be counted as the sheep of God. Those who miss this lingering affect designed for the foolish
virgin church (left over from the raptureing revival ) will be dammed to hell.
Someday Part 1
Martin Luther's revival came at the end of the 914 years of the dark ages and that revival lasted
only around 3 years. Someday when this age and all its dispensations are closing the revival
fire will ignite one more time. We have mentioned how the revivals in these last days have been
growing smaller in numbers and in time. However, we believe because this last revival will be the
closing of ALL of the ages, this revival will have the greatest lingering affect, greater than
ALL of the previous revivals put together. That affect will be upon the church, nations
and all people. It will set the church on fire even before the catching away. The hangover will
continue on into the tribulation and millennium. Yet, what a day, what a revival, what a move of
God that someday for the rapturing saints. REVELATION 20:6 Blessed and holy is he that hath
part in the first resurrection... (resurrection & rapture)
Someday Part 2
I tremble when I think of the revivals in church history. I have often long to have lived in
those days. I still remember a little of the Pentecostal revival (the lingering affect). When
people prayed at the altar till the morning light came. Slew in the spirit till it would be
days before they came back to their self. On and on we could go relating those times. But now
is the golden age the most exciting time in our history, because, we see the swelling of the
revival tide. She shall wash ashore someday. By God's grace, we shall go out with the first tide.
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Pastor James Tidwell