"Transitioning Into a New Move of God"

May 27, 2005
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"Transitioning Into a New Move of God"
by Doug Addison
InLight Connection
www.dougaddison.com
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Revelation Into Transition

For some time now, I have noticed the number 11 appearing everywhere I go. I look at the clock and it is 11:11. I pick up my Bible and it falls open to chapter 11, and so on. As this was happening, I recognized that God was speaking to me, but I really did not know exactly what He was trying to communicate. Symbolically, the number 11 represents transition and revelation. I believe that God is giving deeper revelation into the transition that the Church is now beginning to experience.

Throughout history, God has sent revival and major movements that seem to ebb and flow like the tides of the sea. Just as we can predict the tidal patterns, I believe that if we study the history of revivals we will find patterns and great lessons that will prepare us for future moves.

As I began studying revival in North America, I noticed that since Israel became a nation in 1948, a major move of God's power would occur every 11 years or so beginning in 1950. Interestingly, you can follow this 11-year pattern from the 1906 Azusa Street Revival up to the beginning of the Toronto Blessing in 1994.

History of Revival in North America

In 1950, there was an incredible Healing Movement in which God anointed great healing evangelists like William Branham, AA Allen, Oral Roberts, and many others. They would actually empty out hospitals and bring the sick to tent meetings where thousands of people were miraculously healed. Within a few years, the intensity of this healing movement subsided.

11 years later around 1961, the Charismatic Renewal movement kicked into high gear. Previously only Pentecostals sought the fullness of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. During this move of God, Methodists, Catholics, Presbyterians, and many other denominational Christians began getting filled with the Holy Spirit.

Again, 11 years after that, in 1972, God answered the prayers of many people and sent the last known revival in America: The Jesus People movement. Hippies began to give their lives to Jesus and they poured into churches everywhere. Unfortunately, many Christians did not recognize this movement as being from God and rejected it. The hippies forever changed the way we experience church services by introducing culturally relevant music and casual attire which allows people to come just as they are.

Then, another 11 years passed and, in 1983, John Wimber and Peter Wagner came together and began teaching a course at Fuller Seminary on Signs and Wonders of God for today (Course MC510). They introduced the idea that the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the power of God was not just for a few anointed leaders, but for every Christian who sought them. This was known as the 3rd Wave Charismatic Movement and started many new charismatic churches such as the Vineyard Christian Fellowship.

11 years later in 1994, God brought a very unusual move called the Toronto Blessing. The Holy Spirit began to touch people with laughter and power. Millions of people from all over the planet have visited the Toronto Airport Church and their lives have been renewed.

2005: An Exciting Time to Be Alive!

If we add 11 more years, we come to 2005. I believe we are just beginning to see the start of this next move of God which is an evangelistic harvest like the earth has never seen before. God is beginning to draw the most strange and unusual people to Himself. This is evident by the responses we are getting as we do evangelistic outreaches on the streets and at major New Age and pagan events such as Burning Man. People are giving their lives to Jesus, yet many of them are not able to identify with traditional churches.

Just as in previous moves of God, many Christians may be tempted to reject what God is doing because it appears messy. If we take history into account, when God moves, it is usually outside of our own understanding and comfort level.

This is an exciting time to be alive! We can prepare for this next move of God by being ready to show God's love to anyone in need. Pray that we have "eyes to see" who it is God is drawing and that we have "ears that hear" what the Spirit is saying to each of them. The result may very well be one of the biggest revivals in human history!

"Then He [Jesus] said to them, 'The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.'" Luke 10:2 NKJV

Doug Addison
InLight Connection
www.dougaddison.com
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Doug and Linda Addison are founders of InLight Connection in Los Angeles where Doug teaches courses on hearing God, dreams and visions, and the supernatural. Doug was a pastor, church planter, and is the author of the book, Prophecy, Dreams and Evangelism: Revealing God's Love through Divine Encounters. He also trains and leads Dream Teams and Prophetic/Power Evangelism outreaches throughout the United States and around the world. For more information, visit www.dougaddison.com.

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