The Shaking and The Outpouring2
The Shaking and The Outpouring2
The Shaking and The Outpouring2
Did you know that the Azusa street great outpouring of the Holy spirit and the great San
Francisco earthquake happened at the same time?
The revival began in prayer services conducted by William J. Seymour in the home of
Richard Asberry. On April 9, 1906, while conducting prayer service, Seymour and seven
other attendees fell to the floor and began speaking in tongues.
On April 17, the Los Angeles Times sent a reporter to report on what was happening at the
Azusa street revival. The timing of his visit was orchestrated by the Lord; the next day,
when the article was published, on April 18, on this SAME DAY was the great 1906 San
Francisco earthquake.
I believe the great outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the great San Francisco
earthquake of April 1906 was a "forerunner", a prophetic template for a future
time when there will be ANOTHER great shaking and great outpouring that will
happen at the same time. And so, let us take a quick peek at the history of the 1906 Holy
Spirit outpouring (Azusa Street) and the shaking to see what clues we can glean for the
future great shaking and outpouring that is yet to come.
Below is an excerpt from an article that described how the Spirit fell and moved among the
people:
Services were not prearranged. No subjects were announced in advance. The Holy Ghost
ordered the service in meekness and humility. Most of the time, Seymour sat with his head
in the makeshift box pulpit praying. The message of the meeting was love.
After Seymour began preaching at the Azusa Stable, a monumental revival began.
People fell under the power of God and rose speaking in tongues. Worshippers, both men
and women, shouted, wept, danced, fell into trances, spoke and sang in tongues and
interpreted [what had been said in tongues] into English. The Holy Spirit was so powerful at
Azusa Stable, men would come under conviction within two or three blocks of the mission.
Persons were baptized in the Holy Spirit on their seats in the assembly room as well as in
the tarrying room upstairs. When the Holy Spirit would make an altar call, men all over
the building would be slain in the Spirit.
Service attendance grew from approximately a dozen persons African-American and
Caucasian-American to hundreds and thousands from the Los Angeles area. People of
every race and nationality were found in the crowds that converged on the
mission. No respect of persons was found among the worshippers. The rich and
educated were the same as the poor and uneducated. Pride, self-assertion and
self-importance could not survive there. Races were completely integrated. There
was no racial prejudice in the service. African-Americans, Caucasian-Americans,
Chinese and Jews attended the services. Because of this, Frank Bartleman believed
and exclaimed, The color line is washed away in the blood! Eventually, the services
ran day and night. The building was never closed or locked.
Meanwhile, 500 miles to the north, at 5:12 AM on Wednesday morning of April 18, 1906,
San Francisco, California was struck by a deadly and powerful 8.0 earthquake. It lasted
between 45 and 60 seconds. The earthquake and subsequent fires and destruction left over
3,000 people dead, destroyed over 28,000 buildings, left 250,000 people homeless and
over half the city was reduced to little more than smoldering ashes.
The devastating disaster caused panic throughout southern California, and the saints of the
newly-formed Azusa Street Mission, who viewed the convulsions as a sure sign of Gods
judgment and might, used the opportunity to escalate evangelism and call men to
repentance.
Frank Bartleman was an early leader of the Pentecostal movement at the Azusa Street
Mission in Los Angeles, California. He was a central figure in the Azusa Street revival of
1906. His reports published in the holiness press heralded a world-wide revival. Bartlemans
journalism helped to inform the world of the Pentecostal renewal and was largely
responsible for promoting a revival that is still spreading throughout the world. Let me
quote from his own words:
"I had been much in prayer since the earthquake, and had slept little. After the shock in Los
Angeles the Lord told me definitely He had a message for me for the people. On the
Saturday after, He gave me a part of it. On Monday the rest was given. I finished writing it
at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, I was ready for the printer. I kneeled before the Lord and He met
me in a powerful way, a powerful witness that the message was from Him. I was to have it
printed in the morning. From that time until 4 a.m., I was wonderfully taken up in the spirit
of intercession. I seemed to feel the wrath of God against the people and to withstand it in
prayer. He showed me He was terribly grieved at their obstinacy in the face of His judgment
of sin. San Francisco at that time was a terribly wicked city.
The question in almost every heart was, Did God do that? But instinct taught men on the
spot that He had. Even the wicked were conscious of the fact. The tract was set up quickly.
The same day it was on the press, and the next noon I had my first consignment of the
tract. I was impressed I must hasten and get them to the people as quickly as possible.
Everyone was curious for the tract, though it burned the most of them like fire. Sometimes
they would get so excited on the street cars they would get off before they reached their
street. My very presence seemed to convict many. The message struck consternation to
thousands of souls. I have never written a tract that had so much influence.
Sunday, May 11, I had finished my Earthquake tract distribution. Then the burden
suddenly left me. My work was done".... (excerpted from The Forerunner)
Here is the pattern: Yahweh's sword of judgment fell. It fell as a two-edged sword: for
unrepentant sinners who were walking in iniquity, there was judgment (the devastation of
the San Francisco earthquake). For humble, broken, repentant people, there was the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit. All happening during the same time frame.
The two edged sword of the Lord; on one side is His judgment, on the other side is His mercy and
grace and outpouring of His spirit.
That got me to thinking......This looks like a pattern. Seeing the connection between
the outpouring of the Holy Spirit happening at approximately the same time as the San
Francisco earthquake caused me to bring a burning question before the Father and to
inquire of Him about it.
Will He do it that way again? Will the great outpouring spoken of in Joel 2: 28-32 happen on
same day as the great shaking that is spoken of in Haggai 2, Isaiah 13, Isaiah 24, and
Hebrews 12?
So, I began to investigate, dig, and search out the scriptures, to see if I could find some
answers, some clues to this burning question. I want to share my findings with you.
Let's begin with WHY would Yahweh bring about this great shaking upon all the
nations? It will be the hammer of judgment falling upon the nations for the dividing the
land of Israel. It is the measure for measure principle: divide the land of Israel and your
own land will be divided.....literally.
The nations are amassing against Israel. France (and the US) is bringing forward a
Palestinian resolution to the UN Security Council for a vote this spring. If this resolution is
green lighted and approved, Yahweh's judgment WILL come down upon the nations. That is
certain:
Joel 3:1-2
For behold, in those days and at that time,
When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,
I will also gather all nations,
And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
And I will enter into judgment with them there
On account of My people, My heritage Israel,
Whom they have scattered among the nations;
They have also divided up My land.
places: the New Madrid fault line in the Mississippi Valley region, and the New Cascadia fault
line on the West Coast, in the Pacific ocean.
I believe that the trigger for a future great shaking would be the dividing of the
land of Israel. It may not happen the day the vote goes out the door, or the next week, or
even the next month. The day the shaking would occur would be according to Yahweh's
choosing, when He decides to render judgment.
Now let's dig into the Scriptures to see what we can learn about this great shaking:
In the next passage we see that the great shaking of the heavens and the earth is
associated with a darkened sun and a blood moon:
Isaiah 13: 6-19
Wail, for the day of Yahweh is at hand!
It will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Therefore all hands will be limp, Every mans heart will melt,
And they will be afraid. Pangs and sorrows will take hold of them;
They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth; They will be amazed at one another;
Their faces will be like flames.
Behold, the day of Yahweh comes,
Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger, To lay the land desolate;
And He will destroy its sinners from it.
or the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light;
The sun will be darkened in its going forth,
And the moon will not cause its light to shine.
I will punish the world for its evil, And the wicked for their iniquity;
that will provide the reason, the trigger and the motivation for the nations of the north to
swoop down to Israel to militarily enforce the UN decree for a Palestinian state and to
forcibly EVICT Jews from their homes in the West Bank, the Golan, and from East
Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 38: 18-20
And it will come to pass at the same time, when Gog comes against the land of Israel,
says Master Yahweh, that My fury will show in My face.
For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath I have spoken:
Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel,
so that the fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field,
all creeping things that creep on the earth,
and all men who are on the face of the earth shall shake at My presence.
The mountains shall be thrown down, the steep places shall fall,
and every wall shall fall to the ground.
SHAKING
A pattern emerges: the shaking is associated with a darkened sun, and a blood moon.
From the Ezekiel passage, we also see that the shaking is associated with war--the
Gog/Magog war.
The "governors of Judah" will rise up and there will be pushback. Who are these
"governors of Judah?"
And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem are my
strength in the LORD of hosts, their God. In that day I will make the governors of Judah
like a firepan in the woodpile, and like a fiery torch in the sheaves; they shall devour all the
surrounding peoples on the right hand and on the left, but Jerusalem shall be inhabited
again in her own placeJerusalem. Zech 12: 5-6
But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance,
And there shall be holiness;
The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
The house of Jacob shall be a fire,
And the house of Joseph a flame;
But the house of Esau shall be stubble;
They shall kindle them and devour them,
And no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau,
For the LORD has spoken. Obadiah 17-18
They will REFUSE to comply with the demands to give up the land to make an Esau nation,
a Palestinian state.
The "governors of Judah" will ANNEX the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Temple
Mount. This mindset, spirit, and vision is already becoming apparent in the news...
In wake of US policy, Annex Judea and Samaria now (Caroline Glick, 4.1.15, Arutz Sheva)
When the governors of Judah rise up and they refuse to comply with the terms imposed
upon them from the UN Security Council, this could be the "trigger" and the motivation for
the UN, EU, and NATO troops to come down to Israel to militarily enforce the Palestinian
resolution, to forcibly evict the Jews from the West Bank, and East Jerusalem. And that
could be what starts the Gog/Magog war.
The governors of Judah are even now beginning to rise up; they are calling for the annexing
of Judea and Samaria. They are part of the "Jacob nation"; they are part of "biblical Zion".
What do I mean by Biblical Zion? This nation is still in formation, it has not yet been
birthed out of the womb of Egypt. It will be preceded by the "Esau nation" (the Palestinian
state), and after the birth of the Esau nation, then the Jacob nation will be born, in the
midst of great travail and birth pangs. When I say Jacob nation (or biblical Zion) what do I
mean? Let me define it for you:
His people, all 12 tribes, follow Torah through the Holy Spirit
Now, let's return to our search in the scriptures for the great shaking that is to come.
The next passage lets us understand WHY the great shaking: the great shaking of
the earth is about Yahweh's judgment upon the wicked... but that He is a stronghold in the
day of trouble for those who trust in Him:
Nahum 1: 3-6
Yahweh is slow to anger and great in power,
And will not at all acquit the wicked.
Yahweh has His way In the whirlwind and in the storm,
And the clouds are the dust of His feet.
He rebukes the sea and makes it dry,
And dries up all the rivers.
Bashan and Carmel wither, And the flower of Lebanon wilts.
The mountains quake before Him, The hills melt,
And the earth heaves at His presence,
All things that can be shaken will be shaken, and only those things that are
unshakeable will remain.
Hebrews 12: 25-29
See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape
who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape
if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven,
W hose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying,
Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven. (Haggai 2:6)
Now this, Yet once more, indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken,
as of things that are made,
that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken,
Let us have grace, by which we may serve Elohim acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
For our Elohim is a consuming fire.
Again, in the next passage, we see the same pattern emerge, the dark sun and the
blood moon is associated with the great shaking:
Joel 3: 14-16
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For the day of Yahweh is near in the valley of decision.
The sun and moon will grow dark,
And the stars will diminish their brightness.
Yahweh also will roar from Zion,
And utter His voice from Jerusalem;
The heavens and earth will shake;
"What time is it? What time is it?" we see in this passage that the great shaking occurs
during the opening of the SIXTH SEAL in Revelation.
The dark sun (an eclipse) and the blood moon (part of blood moon tetrad) could be signs we
see JUST BEFORE the great shaking. It is not necessary that they occur on the same day.
The dark sun and the blood moon could be as "signs" just PRIOR to the great shaking, in
the same way that you see a sign on the freeway letting you know that your exit is 1/2 mile
down the road.
We are now in the final season of the blood moon tetrad.
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The great shaking is associated with a darkened sun and a blood moon. What ELSE is
associated to the darkened sun and the blood moon?
The outpouring of the Holy Spirit:
Joel 2: 28-32
And 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.
And also on My menservants and on My maidservants
an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day there shall be a set apart gathering
for you, and you shall brig an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It is a closing festival, you
do no servile work. Leviticus 23: 34-36
Haggai received his word from the Lord on the 7th day of Sukkot. Could this be a
big HINT or clue for WHEN the great outpouring of the Holy Spirit will be? And
could it also be a big HINT or clue for when the great SHAKING will be?
If that is also when the great shaking occurs, wouldn't that be the provision, the protection,
the mercy, the covering, and the lovingkindness of the Father, that his people who are
following torah, and who are keeping the Feasts, including Sukkot, would be GATHERED
together, in a SAFE PLACE, OUTSIDE the cities, out in the country, in TENTS, far from falling
concrete, glass, steel girders, and the chaos and destruction that would be happening in
large cities?
The next solar eclipse (partial) will be on Sept 13, 2015 (darkened sun). The final blood
moon of the tetrad series will be on September 28, ushering us into Sukkot. Sukkot of
2015 begins at sundown on Sept 28, (Tishri 15) and the seventh and final day of Sukkot is
on October 5th (Tishri 21). The last great day, the 8th day, or Shemini Atzeret is on
October 6.
We have one more clue as to the TIMING of WHEN the great outpouring might be:
In John 7, Yeshua is speaking about a time when rivers of living water will flow. In this
chapter, the timing for his message is at Feast of Tabernacles:
Now the Jews Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. John 7:2
On the last day, that great day of the feast, Yeshua stood and cried out, saying, If
anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has
said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. John 7: 37-38
There is the principle. Yeshua is talking about LIVING WATER flowing forth from the heart,
and He gave this message on the LAST or SEVENTH DAY of Sukkot, on Shemini
Atzeret.
Has the Father already begun to unseal and uncap the Well of Outpouring from Azusa
street? A short time after this article was written, an amazing report came in from Sid
Roth. On April 18th, 1906, the LA Times article first reported on the Azusa Street
outpouring. On this same day, 500 miles to the north, the great San Francisco earthquake
happened. And, 109 years later, on the SAME day, Sid Roth reported of an incredible
outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Jerusalem, during an evangelistic outreach in Jerusalem
where 650 Jews came to know Yeshua as their Messiah!
It would make sense that if the Father is beginning to unseal the refreshing well of the
waters of refreshing and revival and salvation that it would BEGIN first in Jerusalem, then in
Judea and Samaria and then to the utter ends of the earth, repeating the pattern of Acts 2
when the Holy Spirit was first poured out. Here is Sid Roth's report: