Consider the following quote:
“Jesse Penn-Lewis has recorded the history of the great revival that swept through the country of Wales in 1902-1905. In an hour of great apostasy and degeneracy many hundreds of people began to fervently pray for God to move in that land. After many months the windows of heaven were opened and the Holy Spirit swept as an overflowing stream over a huge gathering of five thousand men and women. The presence of the Spirit was like the “wind” moving upon the people. Young people flocked to the services. Soon the churches were crowded, the valleys and the mountains ringing with the high praises of God. Lives were changed and many were the evidences of God’s power working in repentance, restitution, and transformation. Long-standing debts were paid. Stolen goods were returned. Sinners and degenerate people in all stratas of life came to Christ, and quickly the world knew the results. Magistrates were presented with white gloves in many places because there were “no cases,” so many people had been saved that the crime rate had dropped to zero! Rowdiness was changed to soberness. Cursing and swearing ceased to be heard. Dens of iniquity had to close their doors for lack of patrons. Stores were emptied of their stocks of Bibles. Far and wide the influence spread, affecting all classes. Political meetings had to be postponed, and members of Parliament were out taking part in revival meetings! The mighty tidal wave swept hither and thither — men knew not how or why. The Spirit of God found His own channels; and many districts had extraordinary manifestations of God’s power.”
When will we see a move of the Spirit? The Elect are being prepared in their fervent, effectual prayer closets as the world continues its downward spiral. Once the Treasury in Heaven is opened, expect much greater results than that of 100 years ago. Love will overcome the growing spiritual famine and darkness of this world’s systems, not as a revival but as a replacement to the current systems in place.