Day 16: The end-times revival

It shall come about after this that I shall pour out My Spirit on all mankind; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. – Joel 2:28–29 AMP

Dean Bye shares:

I believe true revival will break out in both Israel and elsewhere as we continue to believe and pray for the wellbeing of Israel. God didn’t command us to understand all that is happening in Israel but to simply continue to bless the nation. This will change the trajectory of the entire nation and lift up the name of Jesus, our Messiah! Don’t stop praying and believing for this holy nation. Once the church fully grasps God’s heart for Israel, whom He calls ‘the apple of His eye’ (Zechariah 2:8), we will see a revival like never before.

Read Joel 2:28–29.

• What will God do according to these verses?
• Who will God pour His Spirit on? Notice how inclusive this is.
• What will be the result?
• What is God saying to you through these verses?

Acts 2:17–18 (NKJV): “It shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams. And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.”

• Joel 2:28–29 is quoted in Acts 2:17–18.
• Notice how verse 17 reveals the time frame. “In the last days (italics added) it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh.”
• How will God’s Spirit being poured out be demonstrated?
• How have you seen the results of God’s Spirit in your life, family or community? If you haven’t seen it, ask God why and what you may need to do so you can see the Holy Spirit at work in your lives. The first thing to do is to ask God for the gift of His Spirit.

Zechariah 12:10 (ESV): “I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.”

• What will God do and to whom?
• What will be the result?
• What does it say about the end-times revival?
• This will happen when the Jews are back in Israel and Christ returns. The Jews need to be in Israel to be able to look on the one they pierced when He returns. Read the whole chapter for context.

A prayer to pray

Father God, thank You that You are pouring out Your Spirit on all mankind and I know we will see this even more in the coming days and years. People are prophesying more, dreaming dreams and seeing visions. Lord, I want to experience each of those. I need a fresh outpouring of Your Spirit on my life and my family so we can experience these. Show me what I may need to do so that You can pour more of Your Spirit on me and my family, as well as on all mankind.

Prayer points for today

• Pray that both Jews and Gentiles will be open to allow God to pour His Spirit on them, being open to prophesying, dreaming and seeing visions.
• Pray for the political situation in Israel, that God will raise up godly leaders and, if needed, remove any who don’t have His values.
• Children in Israel and around the world are being aborted and abused. Pray for their protection.

An action to take

Pick one of the verses today to pray, as we shared in the introduction. For example you could pray:

Lord, thank You that in these last days You are pouring out Your Spirit on all mankind. I want to see my sons and daughters prophecy, as well as all of Your sons and daughters, both Jews and Gentiles. I’m believing You are giving more dreams and visions and a greater measure of Your Spirit in these last days.