Smith Wigglesworth’s Revival Prophecy

 

It shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons  and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions. Joel 2:28 

 

Smith Wigglesworth (1859-1947), known as the apostle of faith, moved in mighty signs and wonders, and even raised people from the dead! Shortly before he passed into glory he prophesied, “During the next few decades there will be two distinct moves of the Holy Spirit across the Church in Great Britain. The first move will affect every church that is open to receive it and will be characterized by the restoration of the baptism and gifts of the Holy Spirit.  

 

“The second move of the Holy Spirit will result in people leaving historic churches and planting new churches. In the duration of each of these moves, the people who are involved will say, "This is a great revival.” But the Lord says, “No, neither is this the great revival but both are steps towards it.”

 

“When the Word and the Spirit come together, there will be the biggest move of the Holy Spirit that the nations, and indeed, the world have ever seen. It will mark the beginning of a revival that will eclipse anything that has been witnessed within these shores, even the Wesleyan and Welsh revivals of former years.” 

  

“The outpouring of God’s Spirit will flow over from the United Kingdom to mainland Europe, and from there, will begin a missionary move to the ends of the earth.”

 

RT Kendall (1935-Present) “THERE HAS BEEN A SILENT DIVORCE IN THE CHURCH, SPEAKING generally between the Word and the Spirit. When there is a divorce, sometimes the children stay with the mother, sometimes with the father. In this divorce you have those on the Word side and those on the Spirit side. What is the difference? Those on the word side stress earnestly contending for the faith once delivered to the saints, expository preaching, sound theology, rediscovering the doctrines of the Reformation- justification by faith, sovereignty of God. Until we get back to the Word, the honor of God’s name will not be restored. What is wrong with this emphasis? Nothing. It is exactly right in my opinion.

 

Those on the Spirit side stress getting back to the book of Acts, signs, wonders, and miracles, gifts of the Holy Spirit-with places being shaken at prayer meetings, get into Peter’s shadow and you are healed, lie to the Holy Spirit and you are struck dead. Until we recover the power of the Spirit, the honor of God’s name will not be restored. What is wrong with this emphasis? Nothing. It is exactly right, in my opinion. 

 

The problem is neither will learn from the other. But if these two would come together, the simultaneous combination would mean spontaneous combustion, And if Smith Wigglesworth's prophecy got it right, the world will be turned upside down again.”