A Great Revival Is Coming — Rolfe Barnard

Romans 11 and the Promise of Israel’s Future Salvation

I invite you to turn, if you will, to the 11th chapter of the book of Romans. Now, I make two comments before we read the scripture. Just a moment, in verse 25 of Romans chapter 11. ...that is yet to come when we met here last evening.

...not yet come into her glory, but... ...that the gates of Hades should not prevail against his church. That doesn't mean that he said the devil's not going to overcome it. He said the devil's not going to be able to withstand it.

The church has yet to come to the hour. ...today look like we're hopeless. ...as far as man's concerned, but we've got the Bible and the clear promise. ...second statement I wish to make before I read the scripture.

After I read the scripture, I'll make two or three statements that you... I don't know whether you'll agree with them or not. I do not know your theology. I'm not set well with you. Just forget them. I have to make them.

...introduce my subject. Word tonight on this thought is coming. ...in the days of the glory. Talk about how that revival will come. And then close with a brief word. We'll know when this revival is here.

I read about this revival beginning in verse 25. ...the Apostle Paul says, For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.

And so this is the way all Israel shall be saved, as it is written, They shall come out of Zion, the deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. For this is my covenant unto them concerning the gospel for your sakes, but for the Father's sakes.

For the gifts and... whose translation I love in so many places, translates that verse, God never goes back, never goes back, on his calling. ...that he made it, that all Israel shall be saved. And I'll not argue, if you don't agree with it, it's alright.

Israel’s Preservation and the Coming Revival

...preachers, who got Israel in the mess she got in, and that the power of God will overcome them, and they'll not have a hearing anymore. In passing, we could have revival, in America, if we could kill off 99 of the preachers.

I hope I ain't one of them. ...do not think for themselves, most of them, they believe what the preacher says. God hasn't got many preachers. The term, all Israel shall be saved, does not mean, that the nation as such will become Christian.

It doesn't mean that every individual in the Jewish nation will become a Christian. But it does mean, that a deliverer shall come out of Zion, and shall turn away. ...of Jacob and Zechariah, that we'll read in a moment, tells us how that ungodliness shall be turned away.

Don't turn to it yet. It'll be turned away, by getting rid of the false prophets, who corrupted the message, and led the people in the shape they're in. ...be saved, in the Bible, is an interesting word.

I do not believe this word, saved, here, has reference to what we call salvation. You don't agree with this? Don't get mad at me. I have to say it, in order to introduce my thinking. The word of God, tells us about Adam, was not deceived.

The preacher says, that nevertheless, the woman shall be saved, as your word saved. Either means, that women become Christian, by bearing children, or it means, what it really means, that they shall be preserved, in their agony.

For instance, the word of God says, that he is the savior, of all men. Especially, of them that believe. And he does other people, or it means, what it actually means, the forgiveness of sin, and eternal hope, and glory.

But that Jesus Christ, is the preserver. He is the preserver, of them that believe. You see a man drowning, a life preserver, or rope or something, and haul him in, and you say, you saved him, from drowning.

That doesn't mean, he got converted, and born again, but you kept him from dying. And so all Israel, shall be preserved. It's been true, there's still a nation, of the Jews. And at that hour, of God's great revival, which is yet to come.

If we Gentiles, were blessed, by God turning aside, from the Jewish nation, that when he turns again, to them, we will fall on this, whole wicked world, as we've little dreamed of. Now you know, they didn't just forget it, I don't want to change the theology, but it introduces me, to my subject.

The Great Revival and the Latter Rain

The great revival, that the world is headed toward, do you believe this? Yes, it's so. The time of the latter rain, that Joel pronounced, the time when he said, he'll pour out his spirit, fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, still is out beyond the future.

One thing I wish, under God, for him to believe the Bible, believe the letter, pessimist, and get a little of the glory, countenances, we're headed, for great days. I want to keep preaching, the local churches, imperfect as they are, as long as I get one of them to let me.

You can't tell, when this revival breaks out. Boy, if I could live six months, I don't know, a month might be all I could take. I'd say with Simeon, senior glory, I'm ready to go now. ...revival, for just a little while.

Sunday night, the week before I got here, in the church, with an audience of about 350 people, 200 people professed to receive Jesus Christ as Lord, in just a few days. The other day, I had word from a preacher, he said, all over that section of North Carolina, they're talking it on the streets, and talking everywhere, a little touch from God.

Had a pastor that didn't bother me, wanted what I had to say, prayed for me. He'd get up every night, and say, listen to this man, and don't book him. And he didn't bother me. Let me preach. Went away, greatly confused, greatly disturbed, defending their profession, defending their church membership, defending their orthodoxy.

But they kept coming back. And then God's Spirit started to plow the hearts, open the windows of heaven, and we almost went to heaven there a few nights. Over 150 people claimed Christ Sunday nights a week ago in a small church.

You say, well, that's revival. No, that's just a little flame. But brother, this world's going to see revival. It's going to start in the city of Jerusalem. There are no Jews here. And you say, I'm not interested in the revival that's going to start in Jerusalem.

Well, I am. Because that's where the big one's going to start. But it's going to start exactly like a revival, what we call revival, a little touch. It might never go any further than Carlisle. It might die out.

The flame would burn out pretty soon. Everyone I've ever been in that had a little touch from God had spread around the world exactly like a revival. Well, if it ever comes to Carlisle, we'll start. I want to talk to you about the two things that God will bring to pass in bringing revival, unity, or as in the days that we'll yet look forward to when He'll bring it, timetable man.

I may not live to see the time. I don't know a thing on God's earth about this world revival I'm talking about. The only reason I mention it is I think under God the greatest contributions to this bewildered day would be to have there's nothing on earth as contagious as a man that encourages everybody he touches.

Every once in a while I meet one of you fundamentalists and you tell me, well, Brother Bondage, the last days and everything got played out and I want to get away from you as fast as I can. I'm bad enough shaped to associate with you.

I tell you, I want to associate with somebody that's got a big mouth that's going to succeed at least to display and redeem us. Let it breathe before the wind up comes. It's going to bring glory to God.

And this old verse in the gospel, that's yet future. It's coming. And it can come to any congregation if there are saints that wanted it to come. I bet you a dollar and a half you've got the key in your hand.

You can have it. This church was located this building one half on each from the brink of hell. It still be far enough to hail from hell for us to avail ourselves of the weapons God always has used and will in the future.

And what today if it were not hindered by us to bring his blessing of revival upon the people. If you'll turn to the book of Zechariah at the eleventh, twelfth chapter, I wish to read to you the two things that will take place that make a revival.

Unity and the Proclamation of Christ in Revival

Just simple as falling off a log backward. The brethren got a little concerned the other day after these meetings and set up some and said maybe we won't have many folks for you to preach. We used to preach in the small crowd.

But so we decided to go ahead. And I don't want to play mumble peg with this time. Under God you haven't got another day to fool around playing mumble peg moaning. We're a day near revival. Wasting. Exhaust.

Hoping God and all hell trick of the day. How's it coming? Well a revival comes about in just two simple ways. When this revival breaks out in Jerusalem, when this scripture all Israel shall be saved, preserved, till this deliverer comes, I do not believe this is the second coming of Christ.

Maybe you do. We'll not fuss about that. I believe it's the day of the glory of the church and the day of the glory of the gospel. It comes. It's coming. I could be wrong about an interpretation but I'm not wrong about the fact that there's going to be a great turning to God.

It's described in the 12th chapter of the book of Zechariah and from this passage the Apostle Paul takes his text that I read in your hearing from the book of Romans in verse 9. Chapter Zechariah and it shall come to pass in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem and I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit and the supplication and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced as one mourned for his only son and shall be in bitterness for him as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

The first thing that will take place that will bring revival men listen to me now shall see there have never been a work of grace yet the future men and women being constantly confronted in the gospel with a crucified congregation that dares to call itself an assembly of God's called out ones we call it a church what's our one task or one of our tasks is to keep on as a body closely knit together in bond one another above ourselves into the blanket.

The task is never to change. Frank I know what I'm talking about. Listen to me now. That Jesus today can't save a flea. That Jesus that most church members say they accepted as their personal savior and they say that he preached in America and Carl things about him that make him different from the Christ.

That Jesus that is popular preached today. This generation knows anything about Jesus has yet to be preached in our generation. People today admire him. People today talk about him. People today do everything to recognize him in their place in their guilted death him.

Jesus is come brother revival. When they see him as a sin offering and an exalted Lord see their utter need of him as their substitute. Their need of him is their absolute never if you never see him as an actual sin offering.

Second thing that God uses the cross of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem and supplication. God says I'll do it. You've got our God. Eyes are being opened and they see who Jesus Christ is. That's revival.

There's two things I know that God's people can do in this matter of revival. Be dead sure every home in this community you can get in in every club in every street corner in every jail in every avenue in every Sunday school class.

EVERYWHERE faithfully confronts men not with the popular weak helpless futile Jesus today but with the Christ of God. Who under the grace and love of God was offered as a sin offering. Who under the power of God has been highly exalted and made to sit upon the throne has been discredited and power has been brought unto him has been brought under subjection to him.

I'm quoting from Corinthians. Then he was going to bring a subjection and turn it back to the Father that God may be all in all. Now briefly what are the evidences of revival. Would we know one if we met it in the road or just one.

The Evidence of Revival: Seeking the Living Christ

May I give it to you. Revival comes and God knows. I've seen a little taste of it my ministry once in a while if you will. I've never seen it the way that I could explain it. And you cannot tell from whence it comes or where it goes.

You can't control God. Can you. But I'll tell you one thing. I'll tell you how you can tell it. Relationship to the Christ of God. And they'll begin to seek. Let's read this 10th verse one more time. That's Zechariah.

And upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and supplication. And they shall look upon me whom they pierced. And they shall mourn for him seek after him as one mourneth for his only son and shall be in bitterness for him in agony for Christ as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.

And the land shall mourn every family apart. If I believe in a public mourner's bench you know whether you Yankees ever saw one or not. Down south many of the churches have a real bench. People come there call it a mourner's bench.

You stiff folks could use a little of that. I do not believe in a public mourner's bench or how about it. I don't care how you get to the Lord so you get to him. But you ain't never going to know him until you begin to seek him apart.

If revival came to Grace Baptist Church the families of this church would have great sons of mourning and seeking in their home searching for God membership. And the fact you don't chow to back or get drunk or just it wouldn't make a dime worth of difference.

You'd want to get acquainted and have a personal relationship with the living God. That'd be revival. A revival would come when this generation of church members that are going to go to hell defending their profession and their confession and can tell you when they're saved but don't when they got terribly concerned about their own relationship to a living God.

I don't believe in a public mourner's bench cause it can be a I'm afraid people would trust the bench. But the Bible that sure teaches a private mourner's bench. And everybody that ever gets saved that sure knows what I'm talking about now about seeking apart mourning apart.

And that mourner's bench is what he's talking about in Romans 7 David had a private mourner's bench. Everybody ever knows God's got a private mourner's bench. A Christian spends his life at a private mourner's bench a few times you can find it right.

Revival’s Conviction and Mourning

Quick to Jeremiah 31 in verse 18. Here's what's going to happen among us nice little refined church people if revival ever comes in 18th verse of Jeremiah 31 this be a description of us. I've heard sure the moaning he said thou hast chastised me was chastised as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke.

Turn thou me and I shall return for thou art the Lord my God the moaning himself. I know I'm talking strange. We don't know about what I'm talking about tonight. We're members of this cocky generation that made a little profession one time we've been going around talking about we're born again Christians or some other kind.

We're nice people. But if revival came God bless that be moaning and mourning so much of that. You can see it. You can see it. If it ever happens here in Carl's sake. Don't try to stop it. Don't try to stop it.

So you know if you're a witness today fought many a battle on this camp field. I've seen people go to insane asylum. I've seen people in my meetings go crazy over what I'm talking about. How'd it happen?

They'd come here and preach tear up all the little places of refuge. And the next day some preacher of personal work would go to them. Why you're alright. Why you teach your son to school class. And they'd give them a little piece.

But they'd make a mistake and come back here and preach that night. And the Holy Spirit would take the knife and cut their heart open again. And the next day somebody would go along and give them comfort.

Listen to brother Barney. Listen to brother Barney in God's name. If that's how it comes. And men of a confided knowledge halted Lord. And they began to mourn for him and seek him upon relationship to him or not.

Seek when I tell you in God's name. Don't try to pour water on their mourning. Try to comfort. If there's a son to school teacher here and you're not inspiring and training ain't worth the powder and lead to kill you.

You ought to resign. Let him get somebody who knows God. I'm talking straight to you all those nice people playing mumbo-jumbo. You better listen to me. Catch up with them. Screams every doorbell in this city about once a month.

You ought to. If you're in the county ask your soul what you gonna do when you get there. Try to get them to accept somebody. Try to get them to make a profession tonight. Your telephone rings and somebody phones and says oh I'm in trouble.

I'm just a miserable. Would you go. Surely you would, would you glad you got there. If you knew the Bible you'd do one thing. You'd do exactly what Peter did. God sent him down and answered to the prayer of a man by the name of Cornelius.

Peter’s Preaching to Cornelius

Gotta listen brother Barnard. Now let's turn to the 10th chapter of the book of Acts and read it again. You're familiar with the story Cornelius. He's a devout man. He prayed and he gave alms. God gave him a vision.

And then God went over and worked on a fellow by the name of Peter and I killed him to get him where he. He'd go down and preach to this this Gentile. And when Peter found to old Cornelius he was worshiping God and he was praying and he was seeking and he wanted help.

Peter stuck John Thrick's team to the station and said don't you believe that verse of Scripture. Yeah, well you'll see said I understand. You want me to come down and help you. I've been praying for somebody to come.

Well here's my hand. Won't you accept Jesus Christ as your personal Savior. No he didn't say that. What did you do. Well let's read what he did. Bless the Lord. He just preached. Then Peter opened his mouth and said of the truth.

I perceive that God is no respect of persons but in every nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him. The word which God sent unto the children of Israel preaching peace I say you know which was published throughout all Judea and began from Galilee after the baptism with John priest.

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth of the Holy Ghost and with power who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil for God was with him. And we are witness of all these things which he did both in the land of the Jews and Jerusalem whom they slew and hanged on a tree.

Him God raised up the third day and showed him openly not to all people but unto witnesses chosen before of God and so forth. And he commanded us verse 42 to preach unto the people and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be J-U-D-G-E judge.

He's going to do something with everybody. Save them or damn them of the quick and dead to him. Give all the prophet witness that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive these words.

You read these words just the gospel all about Jesus Christ the Holy Ghost. Somebody called for you and wanted to help out. What you do. Try to get him to do something. Peter didn't. He confronted him with the Lord Jesus Christ.

Amen. The Holy Spirit added his testimony. What I'm trying to say is let the Holy Ghost comfort people. Amen. What Peter do. He showed them Jesus Christ. Is that what you do. My church is present. Come.

I hope accepted with the absence of most of your members. I ain't so sure have been talked into accepting something. They need to be listened to the word when the Holy Ghost. That's how people get saved.

What Peter do. He didn't go around trying to get somebody to accept something. There's a troubled soul. He didn't go say now you're alright. He didn't go try to talk them into anything. He went and did.

What honors God bless God. What. Everybody that's a member of anybody's church. You're either living in disgrace or you're doing it. You're a preacher of the gospel. Less to the pay expenses. But if you say your mission if the day ever comes and we quit limiting the preaching of the gospel behind one of these things and have some churches full of saved people.

Call to go to the Cornelius's bless God and do what. Just proclaim. Let him comfort. I was down in Greenville Mississippi Greenville South Carolina some years ago and was on the radio 30 minutes a day and God began pour out his spirit on the broadcast in that city is a great Bible college before we knew it.

Many hundreds of the students were listening. And then they began to crowd out the auditorium and after a few nights they began to crowd the aisles running to the prayer room. Young preachers people stood under the missionaries screaming I'm lost I'm lost and mourning and groaning.

And it just began to spread and the telephone began to ring and began to drive in for 250 miles around. So we had preachers all over that town spending all that time in the daytime not even in the meeting trying to deal with distressed souls and everybody wanted to help them.

I said I'm scared to leave them alone. You saw somebody with a tear. You'd get him converted right away. Wouldn't you. He'd stay converted about a week. Let him mourn. If we ever have revival there'd be mourning apart for families.

Old man be in that room. The wife be over there seeking the Lord. Weeping eyes say amen. I remember Saturday night at midnight I'd just got to sleep. And the telephone woke me up. And a young preacher out at the school said brother Barney we're bringing a girl up to your hotel room said she's in hell said she's just suffering like I never saw anybody suffer in my life.

And he said you just got to help. I said don't bring her up here. I got to preach five times tomorrow night but he said tomorrow now I got to get some sleep. I did too. Well he said brother Barney she better suffer one more night in hell might do her good.

Do you think I'm cruel. No you're the one that's cruel. You don't believe God's word. You think this business will become the Christian little matter of friction. You're going from one jaw to the other.

No. It's becoming vitally joined to the living Lord. Unless he's had bitterness or unless he's experienced mourning they shall mourn. When she got out she sure was glad. Vital personal relationship to the living God.

Nobody can do business there. But you for you set all of America in front of everybody that can Christ who's an actual sin offering. Men actually need a sin offering. They don't need a helper. They need somebody to pay that sin debt.

Men actually need to bow to the Lord Jesus Christ. Now let us stand.