Restoration and a heritage of the church

Mikuláš Török, 2004-01-04

Joel 2:1-32 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming. It is close at hand- 2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army comes, such as never was of old, nor ever will be in ages to come. 3 Before them fire devours, behind them a flame blazes. Before them the land is like the Garden of Eden, behind them a desert waste-nothing escapes them... 10 Before them the earth shakes, the sky trembles, the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars no longer shine. 11 the day of the Lord is great and dreadful... 12 ”Even now”, declares the Lord, „return to me with all your heart... 13 the Lord will reply to them: „I’m sending you grain, new wine and oil, enough to satisfy you fully, never again will I make you an object of scorn to the nations... 28 and afterwards I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions... 30 I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth blood and fire and billows of smoke. 31 the sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. 32 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved; for on mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be a deliverance, as the Lord has said among the survivors, whom the Lord calls. (NIV)

Prophet Joel describes two time periods – „Lord’s day great and dreadful” and the time of turning towards Him and restoration of everything that was destroyed. Now, what time are we living in? Because the day of the Lord didn’t come yet (it will come at the time of Jesus’ returning to the earth), we are living in the times of restoration. We live in the times when „...everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Acts 2.21.) It means that everyone can turn to God and get into the season of his own life restoration - into the season of Holy Spirit’s work in his life (without baptism in the Holy Ghost there can not be any such thing) and also to avoid this „great and dreadful day”. Because everybody who belongs to Jesus Christ will be spared from these horrors described in Joel the second chapter – the church will be taken from the earth before it even starts.

The beginning of the era of restoration goes to the time of Pentecost in Jerusalem (Acts 2.17-21), the end then, as it was already said, is coming of Jesus Christ. The experience of Pentecost is unique and never happened before nor will ever happen again. However it is clear from God’s word, that Lord brought his disciples into the continual fullness of Holy Spirit, it’s also clear that baptism in Holy spirit isn’t for the disciples only, but it’s even for the gentiles (Cornelius, Acts 10.44.) and beside this it is also obvious, that people once filled with the Holy Spirit need to be kept „being filled with the Holy Spirit”.

Holy Spirit throughout the history of a church acted in different ways (but it’s still the same Spirit), which resulted in various movements in the church. All these movements since the end of the first church (joy, deliverance, healing) are Holy Spirit’s works that direct the church to restore the original state. The church, though, views these movements as eras only – the era of joy ended, what’s next? The era of healing ended, what’s next? But that’s not right – Holy Spirit gives something to the church for good, not for a mere enjoyment of it in a short time period. Every movement of Holy Spirit needs to be revived over and over again and be kept alive for the next generation.

The Christians and the church don’t often understand, that most of the things that God have g iven them is a heritage. The concept of heritage itself is often misunderstood - we obtain the right to use and enjoy the heritage, but at the same time we should use it responsibly to increase it and pass it onto the next generation. This principle works at all levels – personal, church, material, spiritual and so does at the level of the Holy Spirit movements.


Home page New Life Church Tenets of our faith Testimonies Goodwill Services schedule Contact us	Restoration and a heritage of the church Mikuláš Török, 2004-01-04 Joel 2:1-32 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming. It is close at hand- 2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army comes, such as never was of old, nor ever will be in ages to come. 3 Before them fire devours, behind them a flame blazes. Before them the land is like the Garden of Eden, behind them a desert waste-nothing escapes them... 10 Before them the earth shakes, the sky trembles, the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars no longer shine. 11 the day of the Lord is great and dreadful... 12 ”Even now”, declares the Lord, „return to me with all your heart... 13 the Lord will reply to them: „I’m sending you grain, new wine and oil, enough to satisfy you fully, never again will I make you an object of scorn to the nations... 28 and afterwards I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions... 30 I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth blood and fire and billows of smoke. 31 the sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. 32 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved; for on mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be a deliverance, as the Lord has said among the survivors, whom the Lord calls. (NIV) Prophet Joel describes two time periods – „Lord’s day great and dreadful” and the time of turning towards Him and restoration of everything that was destroyed. Now, what time are we living in? Because the day of the Lord didn’t come yet (it will come at the time of Jesus’ returning to the earth), we are living in the times of restoration. We live in the times when „...everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Acts 2.21.) It means that everyone can turn to God and get into the season of his own life restoration - into the season of Holy Spirit’s work in his life (without baptism in the Holy Ghost there can not be any such thing) and also to avoid this „great and dreadful day”. Because everybody who belongs to Jesus Christ will be spared from these horrors described in Joel the second chapter – the church will be taken from the earth before it even starts. The beginning of the era of restoration goes to the time of Pentecost in Jerusalem (Acts 2.17-21), the end then, as it was already said, is coming of Jesus Christ. The experience of Pentecost is unique and never happened before nor will ever happen again. However it is clear from God’s word, that Lord brought his disciples into the continual fullness of Holy Spirit, it’s also clear that baptism in Holy spirit isn’t for the disciples only, but it’s even for the gentiles (Cornelius, Acts 10.44.) and beside this it is also obvious, that people once filled with the Holy Spirit need to be kept „being filled with the Holy Spirit”. Holy Spirit throughout the history of a church acted in different ways (but it’s still the same Spirit), which resulted in various movements in the church. All these movements since the end of the first church (joy, deliverance, healing) are Holy Spirit’s works that direct the church to restore the original state. The church, though, views these movements as eras only – the era of joy ended, what’s next? The era of healing ended, what’s next? But that’s not right – Holy Spirit gives something to the church for good, not for a mere enjoyment of it in a short time period. Every movement of Holy Spirit needs to be revived over and over again and be kept alive for the next generation. The Christians and the church don’t often understand, that most of the things that God have g iven them is a heritage. The concept of heritage itself is often misunderstood - we obtain the right to use and enjoy the heritage, but at the same time we should use it responsibly to increase it and pass it onto the next generation. This principle works at all levels – personal, church, material, spiritual and so does at the level of the Holy Spirit movements.	Newsletter subscription If you want to receive regular newsletters, please fill your e-mail address into the following field. You can unsubscribe at any time. Your e-mail address:
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