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4. THE PRICE OF REVIVAL

Jesus has already paid the complete price for all revivals. His salvation is perfect and now the keys are in the hands of the body of Christ. The great commission has been ordered permanently and finally "to the church, which is His body, the fulness of Him that fills all in all".

Jesus needs you and me to co-operate with Him in order to produce revivals! The people of God will decide when the revival will come. The hunger and thirst of the manifestation of Jesus will ignite the church to intercede, proclaim and minister the Good News of Jesus for all people. The Fire of the Holy Spirit leads you to make disciples for Jesus of all nations. Jesus is ready to act as soon as His Body is willing. Jesus will send a mighty revival as soon as His people want to receive His hunger and thirst for the salvation of nations.

Luke 14:16-24: But He said to him, “A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many; and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, because everything is ready now.’…

… And yet they all alike began to make excuses. The first one said to him, ‘I purchased a field and I need to go out to look at it; please consider me excused.’ And another one said, ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.’ And another one said, ‘I took a woman as my wife, and for that reason I cannot come.’ And the slave came back and reported this to his master…

… Then the head of the household became angry and said to his slave, ‘Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here those who are poor, those with disabilities, those who are blind, and those who are limping.’ And later the slave said, ‘Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’ And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the roads and the hedges and press upon them to come in, so that my house will be filled. For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my dinner.’”

This is a parable and prophesy of the great harvest at the end of this age. These words do not refer to a religious, human kind of feast sitting at the table in the heaven after the rapture! This parable speaks about the great harvest, when Jesus sweeps over the nations with His anointed, victorious and glorious church and "gathers His wheat into the garner".

John 4:31-36: Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, “Rabbi, eat something.” But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” So the disciples were saying to one another, “No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?” Jesus *said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to accomplish His work...

…Do you not say, ‘There are still four months, and then comes the harvest’? Behold, I tell you, raise your eyes and observe the fields, that they are white for harvest. Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps may rejoice together.

Jesus draws an analogy between eating food and a joyful harvest of the souls! The perfect will of the Father God is that no one should perish, but everyone would get saved. Every believer is called to this feast of harvest. Jesus sees that part of His church is not ready for this feast. Those who are invited turn to their own hobbies and do not obey the call for the work of revival.

Rejecting the call of God will be a dangerous choice at the time before wedding feast. None of them will be allowed to participate this feast even later. This does not mean that the people who have refused to come would necessarily lose their salvation. But it is certain that these people lose the great blessing and they will become exposed to the increasing powers of darkness of antichrist. That season will be extremely difficult and dangerous. A lot of people will be saved from the age of antichrist. But that time is more difficult than we now can imagine.

Some believers do not understand the times and seasons of God and the responsibility that they have in this age. God is love but it is an enormous mistake to reject the greatest outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the history of church. Remember, we have the responsibility to respond to God's calling.

The anointing of the Holy Spirit waits for them who are hungry and will surrender to the will of Jesus. The season of the call and outpouring of the Spirit is precious and sensitive.