Jim Bakker Show - Where Christianity and America Are Today - Pastor Shane Warren on The Jim Bakker Show
Aired: 2018-10-05
Duration: 02:28


=== The Church's Role in Glory's Arrival (02:28) ===

[00:00:00]  What time are we in right now?
[00:00:02]  I think the scripture tells us clearly where we're at.
[00:00:05]  I do believe that we're at the end of an age as we know it.
[00:00:09]  Psalm 102 talks about the emergence of Jerusalem.
[00:00:15]  And the scripture says about the emergence of Jerusalem that when you see Jerusalem being built up, Zion being built up, then the Lord will appear in his glory, right?
[00:00:24]  But if you go down to verse number 18 in Psalm 102, it says this, and this shall be written for the generation to come, a generation that is created to praise the Lord.
[00:00:36]  So if you notice in Psalm 102 there, verse 18, when it says the generation to come, it literally, the Hebrew word is Acharon, the final generation.
[00:00:47]  So with Jerusalem coming to the platform like it is, with the onslaught and the attack against conservatism as we see it, I do believe that we're at the end of an age as we know it.
[00:00:59]  I believe there's an entire shift that's going on, but at the end of the day, I do believe, Pastor, that God's waiting on the church to be the church and do what we're supposed to do.
[00:01:11]  We know that things are going to wax worse and worse.
[00:01:14]  The Bible tells us that.
[00:01:15]  But the Bible also tells us, here's what I believe.
[00:01:18]  I believe before the Lord comes in glory for his church, he's going to come in glory in his church.
[00:01:25]  Yes, has to.
[00:01:26]  Now, let me explain that.
[00:01:28]  He's going to come in glory for his church.
[00:01:30]  But the Bible says he's not coming for a weak, emaciated, sick church.
[00:01:34]  He's coming for a church without spot, wrinkle, or blemish, a church that is a glorious church.
[00:01:40]  So before Jesus comes in glory for his church, he's going to first come in glory in his church.
[00:01:47]  So what I'm looking for is I'm looking for the church to rise up.
[00:01:51]  I'm looking for, I'll be honest with you, I'm looking for the greatest revival in the history of the world to start sweeping across.
[00:02:00]  For me, this is not about politics.
[00:02:03]  Politics is just something that we're having to deal with as an issue.
[00:02:06]  The overarching issue is the glory of the Lord needs to cover the earth like the waters cover the sea.
[00:02:13]  And God wants to be famous in the earth.
[00:02:15]  And this is the church.
[00:02:16]  Again, I'm going to say it, when the world is at its worst, they deserve to see a church at its best.
[00:02:23]  And the only way we can do that is to have an outpouring of the Holy Spirit like never before on the church.