Guest speaker: Rev David Stone

In steps the destruction will come blow by blow not suddenly. In this case the army surrounded the city and sieged the land, then they broke down the walls, then they looted the city, destroyed the temple, finally took them into captivity.

But the prophecy continued 40 years later

Joel 2:25
25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

They returned and started to restore the city. God is a God of restoration.

History of Aimee Elizabeth Semple McPherson, also known as Sister Aimee or simply Sister, was a Canadian-American Pentecostal evangelist and media celebrity in the 1920s and 1930s, famous for founding the Foursquare Church. Sister Aimee had a vision, it demonstrated that 3 Dispensations: The Father: promises the Messiah The Son: promises the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit: Present day At the top there was a tree, loaded with fruit and leaves, this demonstration the first church, a producing tree. On the day of Pentecost and church was filled with the Holy Spirit. There was a Spiritual awaking the sick were healed by the shadow of Peter.

In Acts we learn about the growth of the church operating in the power of the Holy Spirit and the Righteousness of God. God was confirming the word with signs following. Then in Acts 10:44 we learn While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. It was a time of great love and unity but it was also a time of persecution

Second and third tree: That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; The fruit and the leaves are destroyed Fourth and fifth tree: and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; Six tree: and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. The church has no demonstrations of power it went into a dark age .

Joel describes it like this: Joel 1:9-12 9The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord's ministers, mourn. 10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. 11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. 12 The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

But this is not the end God raises up Martin Luther
Martin Luther was ordained to the priesthood in 1507. He came to reject several teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church; in particular, he disputed the view on indulgences. Luther proposed an academic discussion of the practice and efficacy of indulgences in his Ninety-five Theses of 1517.
Luther taught that salvation and, consequently, eternal life are not earned by good deeds but are received only as the free gift of God's grace through the believer's faith in Jesus Christ as redeemer from sin.

Then God started to restore the church in 1900, Charles Parham, an American evangelist and faith healer, began teaching that speaking in tongues was the Bible evidence of Spirit baptism and along with William J. Seymour, a Wesleyan-Holiness preacher, heralded the three-year-long Azusa Street Revival, founded and led by Seymour in Los Angeles, California, resulted in the spread of Pentecostalism throughout the United States and the rest of the world plus others such as: Charles Finney (August 29, 1792 – August 16, 1875) an American Presbyterian minister and leader in the Second Great Awakening in the United States. Evan John Roberts, an Evangelist and leading figure of the 1904–1905 Welsh Revival. John Wesley was an English cleric, theologian and evangelist who was a leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism.

The latter rain of the spirit Tree seven And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, Tree eight the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, Tree nine my great army which I sent among you. The Pentecostal church was established Granville Oral Roberts was an American Charismatic Christian televangelist, ordained in both the Pentecostal Holiness and United Methodist churches. He is considered the godfather of the charismatic movement and one of the most recognized preachers worldwide Kathryn Kuhlman was an American evangelist known for hosting healing services. Aimee Elizabeth Semple the founder of Foursquare

Then the Charismatic movement started around 1960-1985

The Jesus People started to sing to God not about God

People started to experience the gifts of spirit not just the Pastor. God was restoring the tree.

But it is not over things have changed since 1985 in America. Today most people in America don’t go to church.

There is still more to come. We have not had a revival in almost 40 years. There has been a great apostasy or falling away but at the same time there is going to be great employment and restoration at the end time.

Like in Judges we are surrounded by a generation that does right in their own eyes.

God is going to restore his church He is going to restore us, we make up the church.

We haven't had a revival in 35 years. There is an apostasy but there is a great revival coming. He is coming back for a church that is alive and healthy and strong. We are surrounded by a generation that does not know God just like in Judges. The problem is sin in the world we need a large revival.

Contend for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. God needs to restore his church. Mount Zion Missions individuals are being restored, the enemy has robbed you but God is the restorer.

John 10: 10
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.