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The Holy Spirit Raining Last Days Revival
After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to view the tomb. 2 Suddenly there was a violent earthquake, because an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and approached /the tomb/.
He rolled back the stone and was sitting on it.
3 His appearance was like lightning, and his robe was as white as snow.
4 The guards were so shaken from fear of him that they became like dead men. 5 But the angel told the women, "Don't be afraid, because I know you are looking for Jesus who was crucified.
6 He is not here!
For He has been resurrected, just as He said.
Come and see the place where He lay.
(Mt 28:1-6 - Holman)
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We *celebrate Easter* because Jesus rose from the dead – our Lord *defeated death*!
Death could not keep our Savior in the ground.
*He arose!*  PTL!
We are *no longer* in *bondage* to sin and death, but alive in Christ (Rom 6:11)
 
Jesus’ *death*, *burial* & *resurrection* brings *freedom* from the *bonds of sin*! (Rom 6:18; Gal 5:1).
Through the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, we have *eternal life*.
Because Jesus *arose* and *ascended*, we are *filled with the Holy Spirit* (Acts 2:38)!
Note this *important comment* that Jesus says about the Holy Spirit before He ascended into heaven:
 
John 16:7:* *“But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away.
Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.” (NIV)
 
Jesus rose from the dead, and then ascended to His Father, *paving the way* under the New Covenant for Holy Spirit to reside in our hearts.
Every true, born again believer is *promised *the* gift *of the* Holy Spirit* (Acts 2:38).
Both in the *Old* and *New Testaments* talk about God pouring His Spirit out among His people (cf.
Prov 1:23; Is 32:15; 44:3-5; Joel 2:28; Zech 12:10; Acts 2:17-18).
For example, Acts 2:17 states: “In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.”
(cf.
Joel 2:28)
 
Today, I want us to look at the *fruit we bear* as a result of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Pictures of the Holy Spirit in Scriptures are: *water*, oil, wind, fire, dove and a seal.
I want to present a picture of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit = *“rain” *of the* Holy Spirit*.
*Example:* Life in desert – seems dry and dead; but then it rains, and there are beautiful flowers.
As Christians, being filled with the Holy Spirit is a *continuous process*, and it *produces beautiful fruit *in our lives.
*Story:** *I recently watched *western*: hero was left stranded desert by bad guy, who said, “Let the desert kill him.”
He walked … and if some natives did not rescue him, he would have died.
Being in a situation without water in the desert for after a couple of days is life threatening - *it can kill*.
Likewise, without God’s Holy Spirit functioning in our lives, we are *dead spiritually*.
The *raining of the Holy Spirit* brings us life!
Spiritually, what *quenches* your thirst?
Are you* thirsty for the Holy Spirit *in your life?
 
*Background: **Rain in the Bible -** **Rain in due season* demonstrates God’s provision (Ps 147:8; cf.
Is 55:10) and the promise of His prosperity (Lev 26:4; Job 5:10; cf.
Jas 5:18).
Rain was more than a simple force of nature = a *sign of God’s blessing* that’s usually understood as a *reward* for *covenant obedience* (i.e.
Hos 6:3; Job 29:23, 37:22, Jer 5:24, Ps 72:6, 84:6, Prov 25:23).
*I**n Palestine, *there are *no large rivers*, and the people have to depend entirely on the fall of rain for water for themselves, their animals and their fields.
Like Thailand, in the *summer months*, there is *no rain*, so that the rains of the spring and fall seasons are absolutely essential for starting and maturing the crops, otherwise, there is a failure of the harvest.
The rainy season in Palestine from October to May can be divided into *three parts*:
 
1) the *former rains*,
2) the *winter rains*, and
3) the *latter rains*
 
The "*former rains*" are the showers of October and the first part of November.
They *soften the parched ground* so that the winter grain may be sown before the heavy continuous rains set in.
The *main bulk* of the rain falls in the *winter months* of December, January and February.
The "*latter rains*" of April are the most highly appreciated, because they ripen the fruit and stay the drought of summer.
In God’s Word, and even today, *rains have to do with harvest*.
When it rains, a *farmer *is able to gather harvest (cf.
Deut 11:13-14).
When we receive the *outpouring of the Holy Spirit* as believers, it is *always focused on the harvest*.
The *Holy Spirit comes* into our lives and we then are *witnesses for God’s kingdom*.
Listen to Acts 1:1-2, 8: 1 “When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.*
**2* Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
*8* But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
(NIV)
God pouring out His Spirit at Pentecost =  *former rain* - to prepare the ground.
This *outpouring *at* Pentecost softened the ground *for the Gospel seed to be sown.
Spirit-filled sowers were sent out from the *Upper Room* that day into all the world - to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and eventually the uttermost parts of the earth to make disciples of Jesus Christ.
At Pentecost, *3,000 people* were saved in one day - and *souls were added daily* afterward!
These believers then were *sent out into all the world* to witness Christ to the lost.
Therefore, a *result* of the *coming *of the Holy Spirit was that God’s people *would be witnesses*.
If a *revival* is *not focused on the harvest*, it is *lacking* and will *not last*, because it is not a true movement of God - no matter what kind of manifestations we may see in a so-called revival.
The Holy Spirit rains always fall to produce *eternal fruit*: an *ingathering of souls*.
Isaiah 32:15 reads: “ … Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fertile field, And the fertile field is considered as a forest.”
(NAS)
Isaiah is saying here, "When the Holy Spirit comes, He produces *fruit for the harvest*.
Lost souls are won in abundance!"
The church has now seen almost *2,000 years* of sowing, growing and harvest - and *we are now in this time* for the last of the harvest!
– The gathering of the *stragglers*!
The Lord has been *waiting patiently* for His *final gathering* of the harvest of the earth (cf.
Zech 2:10)!
James 5:7 states: “Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming.
See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains.”
(NIV)
 
We want our Lord to return, but we must be *patient*.
Jesus has not yet come because we are in this *final time* of harvest.
We must *have the compassion of Jesus* for the remaining harvest; and an outpouring of the Holy Spirit will result in a hunger and a sincere *compassion* to reach a lost and dying world!
Jesus spoke of His *concern *for the* harvest* of lost souls when He said in Matthew 9:38: “Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."
(NIV)
Any true outpouring of the Holy Spirit will *bear fruit* from this prayer of Jesus.
And … there is *no true revival* without great *ingathering* of *lost souls*!
*Revival* goes *hand in hand* with a *harvest*.
You will not have one without the other!
When the Holy Spirit comes to *convicts us*, comforts us, teaches us, sanctifies us, leads us in truth and shows us things to come, it is all meant to *prepare us to gather in the harvest* - to make us able laborers in His vineyard!
And … to help us to prepare and gather in the harvest, God is pouring out a *spirit of grace* and *supplication*, as we read in Zechariah 12:10*:*
“And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication.
They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.” (NIV)
This a prophecy speaks of the *house of David*, which means the *church* – it is spoken directly to the church of Jesus Christ.
*Christ *is the* seed* of David's house.
*All nationalities* are made one in Him (cf.
Gal 3:28-29).
And as *Christ’s bride*, we have the *promise of an outpouring* of the Holy Spirit in our lives!
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