Many of us who have heard of Revivalism may not know that there are a number of rituals involved in this practice, including the use of specific clothing of different colours and styles; foods spread on what is known as a revival table; artefacts; and other symbols to represent elements of the religion. Revivalism is loaded with symbolism.
We want to examine what will happen to this and other nations if the citizenry endorse Revivalism. If we look at our Caribbean neighbour Haiti, where voodoo is widely practised, we can get a glimpse of what ultimately can happen to any nation that embraces and enshrines occultic practices in their culture.
The seat of Revivalism is rooted in invoking demonic forces, but celebrants of this form of religion try to “sanitise” it by subscribing to the holy trinity concept of The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. However, God is a jealous God (Exodus 20:5b) and will not tolerate mixing His name with any unclean thing. God was very specific about the making and worshipping of graven images when He gave the Ten Commandments to Moses.
In His instructions to Moses when the Children of Israel were soon to cross over into the Promised Land, we read in Deuteronomy 28, “And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth…” Verses 2–14 speak to the abundance of blessings that were to pour out on and overtake the families and the people of that nation. We know that although those were specific instructions at that time, God’s word can be appropriated for this nation and any other that is obedient to His voice and commandments. The converse is true too, if a nation should ignore or, worse, openly embrace other voices and commandments (Deut 28:15–67).
That is what Revivalism does: it causes people to miss the voice and ignore the commandments of God, and as a result, multiple curses are released.
ENSLAVEMENT
According to the aforementioned scripture, there will be curses across the land, where people live and where they work; their children will be afflicted; crops and livestock will be affected. Fields shall be planted, but the yield will be meagre. Calamity will come upon anything to which people put their hands. Sickness and disease shall be released, along with pestilence.
Marriages and marital homes will come under attack. Having worked hard to acquire certain possessions, people will not be able to enjoy them as others will come and take them away for their own use. The nation’s children may become victims of child labour, human trafficking, or other forms of abuse—is this not already a sad reality?
Foreigners will take away the assets of that nation. For example, its wharves, ports of entry, and national airline. The nation will end up with vast amounts of debt because they will always be seeking foreign aid (borrowing) because of their inability to grow and produce their way out of poverty. This can ultimately force a nation into another type of slavery, when debts that cannot be serviced are called in.
The Word of God also says specifically in Deut 28:49 that “The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand”—and here, we begin to wonder at the government’s fixation with doing business with the People’s Republic of China and other nations that are hostile to the One, True, and Living God.
Now, this is just a brief summary of Deuteronomy 28:15–67, and I invite you, beloved reader, to go to the Word of God and fill in the proverbial blanks. We are already seeing the manifestations of some of these curses upon our nation, and we don’t need anything to take us as a people further over the edge.
Sadly, although the Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment, and Sport thinks what has been proposed and submitted to UNESCO is a good thing culturally, it is clear that the full ramifications of such an action have not been examined in light of our Godly heritage.
Next week, the position of the church will be examined. I invite you, in the interim, to consider where you weigh in on this matter.
