It can be taken either way depending on where you are in the Lord. There are undoubtedly prophecies to come with regard to the world of men and the churches of men and the Church of God, but the only thing that each of us may be sure about is our own resolve to surrender, to humble ourselves before God so that we will always be on His side. If we are on His side and continuing to work while it is Day, never mind about the night that is coming. Stay with the Light now that is leading to a greater Light, from glory to glory, now! If a person's understanding of those prophecies is wrong or even slightly askew, being on the Lord's side will still make the essential difference for him.Amen...I am not quite sure if you are presenting an argument to my post or adding to it in addition to mine...and what I am referring to is an even greater outpouring....His consuming fire...and His Glory...and we will be changed from glory to glory...
That's what I see in my spirit anyway and am highly anticipating it.
I'll admit ignorance here. I don't recall before hearing about that 1948 revival. But... if each of us is letting himself be immersed in the Spirit, then God's will shall be done for us. Whether we are in such a revival among others on some other date, we cannot know... unless God reveals it to us. For if it were to occur tomorrow but I were to die tonight...? Where then is my part? My vision growing clearer as I ask and seek and knock... Who holds tomorrow? Today God has already given to me. What am I doing with it?In 1948, a “revival” broke out in Saskatchewan, Canada, and the teachings of the Latter Rain movement were clarified. Those involved in the revival were convinced that they were on the verge of a new era, one in which the Holy Spirit would demonstrate His power in a greater way than the world had ever seen. Not even the age of the apostles, they said, had witnessed such a movement of the Holy Spirit.
The fire is as the fire described in Daniel 3:11-27. The three Hebrews were not hurt by that fire as they walked within it with a fourth like unto the Son of God. On the other hand the strongest soldiers of Nebuchadnezzar were killed because they approached too close... They were strong as men were strong, but they were nothing before God.Luke 3:16 KJV: John answered, saying unto [them] all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
The Spirit without measure is the fire:
Zechariah 2:5 KJV: For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
This is the same fire of the flaming sword keeping men from the Tree of Life. It still kills those who are not on the Lord's side and it burns away anything still binding those who are on his side, such as the ropes which held the three Hebrews fast when they were thrown into the fire. Jesus brought to us, Life, indeed the Tree of Life, which Jesus is. He made it possible to approach it, but only if wearing the proper garment. Without such a garment we would be cast out and there would be weeping and gnashing of teeth. What is our covering? Adam and Eve had no covering outside of the garden, no protection so they made their own covering of fig leaves. Have men in their churches today put on fig leaves and offered them to others. I think that fig leave will burn in the fire. The Holy Spirit on the other hand is the fire!
Give God the glory!
The fire is the fire of the burning bush which does not consume the bush. It is the fire that does not consume you and me when we are walking with and in His Spirit. Are we then with and in the fire like the three Hebrews with the 4th man? It is the fire that consumed the people in Sodom and Gomorrah who had only evil ways left to them.
Our God, who loves us... indeed to those who do not know Him a consuming fire, but to those who know Him He walks with and even in them, does He not?
Give God the glory!