Scriptures for consideration:
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Dan 2:35 NIV) …But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth.
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Mat 13:31-32 NIV) He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. {32} Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches."
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Mat 13:33 NIV) He told them still another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough."
Some scholars and preachers believe that the texts above are prophetically depicting the successful advance and expansion of the Kingdom of God through the preached gospel as revival fills the earth. This revival is believed to usher in an era of peace and Christian faith. Charles Hodge (1797-1878) wrote an excellent explanation of this view…
“As therefore the Scriptures teach that the kingdom of Christ is to extend over all the earth; that all nations are to serve Him; and that all people shall call Him blessed; it is to be inferred that these predictions refer to a state of things which is to exist before the second coming of Christ. This state is described as one of spiritual prosperity; God will pour out His Spirit upon all flesh; knowledge shall everywhere abound; wars shall cease to the ends of the earth, and there shall be nothing to hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord. This does not imply that there is to be neither sin nor sorrow in the world during this long period, or that all men are to be true Christians. The tares are to grow together with the wheat until the harvest. The means of grace will still be needed; conversion and sanctification will be then what they ever have been. It is only a higher measure of the good which the church has experienced in the past that we are taught to anticipate in the future. This however is not the end, after this and after the great apostasy which is to follow, comes the consummation.”
But some theologians and preachers teach that there will not be a global revival that will significantly affect the world.
Do you believe there will be a global revival?