THE GREAT REVIVAL
Prophetic Word from Smith Wigglesworth
“During the next few decades there will be three distinct moves of the Holy Spirit in the body of Christ.
The first move will affect every church that is open to receive it and will be characterised by a restoration of the baptism and gifts of the Holy Spirit. The 1st move of the Spirit ushered in the Charismatic movement – restoring the gifts and the baptism in the Spirit.
The second move of the Holy Spirit will result in people leaving historic churches and planting new churches. The 2nd move saw the emergence of the world wide House church movement – with nearly half the church splitting away from the traditional ‘historic’ churches to plant new ones.
In the duration of each of these moves, the people who are involved will say, ‘This is the great revival.’ But the Lord says, ‘No, neither is this the great revival, but both are steps towards it.’
The third movement of the Holy Ghost will happen when the new church phase is almost dead. There will be evidenced in churches something that has not been seen since the book of acts: a coming together of those with an emphasis on the WORD of God and those with an emphasis on the moving of the Holy Ghost.
When the WORD and the Spirit come together, there will be the greatest movement of the Holy Spirit that any nation, and indeed, the world, has ever seen. This emphasis on the WORD will prepare any saint wanting to become a last days ‘bride of Christ’.
When the WORD and the Spirit (successfully) come together then the last days revival ( and outpouring of God’s Spirit) will begin. It will mark the beginning of a revival that will eclipse anything that has been witnessed even the Wesleyan and the Welsh revivals of former years. The outpouring of God’s Spirit will flow over from the United Kingdom to the mainland of Europe, and from there, will begin a missionary move to the ends of the earth.”
— Smith Wigglesworth, 1947
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According to Revival Prophecies for the British Isles, more insight on the above was to come later from one of his disciples, American evangelist Lester Sumrall (known as ‘Father of Christian TV’, who died 1996). Gary Carpenter’s website reports Sumrall’s meeting as taking place in 1939, the essence of which he reports as follows:
‘Wigglesworth cried saying, “I probably won’t see you again now. My job is almost finished.” As he continued to pray, he cried “I see it, I see it!”
‘Brother Sumrall asked, “What do you see, what do you see? He said, “I see a healing revival coming right after World War II. It’ll be so easy to get people healed. I see it! I see it! I won’t be here for it, but you will be.” And there was a healing revival right after the war.
‘He continued to prophesy, “I see another one. I see people of all different denominations being filled with the Holy Ghost.” That was the Charismatic Revival. God raised up people during that era, like the Full Gospel Businessmen.
‘Then Brother Wigglesworth continued, “I see another move of God. I see auditoriums full of people, coming with notebooks. There will be a wave of teaching on faith and healing.” We did experience that wave he saw, and we call it the WORD of Faith movement.
‘Then he prophesied, “After that, after the third wave,” he started sobbing. “I see the last day revival that’s going to usher in the precious fruit of the earth. It will be the greatest revival this world has ever seen! It’s going to be a wave of the gifts of the Spirit. The ministry gifts will be flowing on this planet earth. I see hospitals being emptied out, and they will bring the sick to the churches where they allow the Holy Ghost to move”.’