Revivals seem to parallel natural phenomena. Occurrences in the natural world are usually accompanied by similar events in the spiritual world. The San Francisco earthquake happened at the same time that the Welsh revival and the Pentecostal outpouring were taking place in 1906. Natural shaking and spiritual shaking go together.
In our verse in Luke, we are told of great earthquakes, which will happen all over the world in the last days. Haggai 2:6 tells us that heaven, earth, the sea, and the dry land will be shaken and God's house will be filled with glory.
In Ezekiel's valley of dry bones, a shaking took place as bone was knit to bone. In the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, a great earthquake occurred. We read in Amos 1:1 that recorded time is built around events happening prior to the earthquake. When Moses received the Ten Commandments, the mountain quaked.
When Jesus died on the cross, the whole world shook. On resurrection morning another earthquake took place. Hebrews 12:26-27 promises that prior to the coming of the Lord Jesus there will be more earthquakes.
Perhaps reading prophecies about earth shaking is not your way to start the new day. But with the natural goes the supernatural. The good news is, "The Lord is stirring His people." His Church is being jolted out of her lethargy.
Old antiquated and absolute traditions are being shaken to the very foundations. This shaking has to take place before we will accept the new things God has in store for us.
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