Something is happening. In every denomination within the Christian
Church there is a drawing -- a tug back to the origins of our faith. We
who are being drawn are seeking something, but we are not always sure
what that something is. We are part of a phenomenon, trying to
the best of our abilities to follow that tug that we believe is God
Himself drawing us back to our beginnings.
From my perspective, it is not necessarily essential to know why the phenomenon is happening, only to see that it is. It is somewhat like the movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” Many people feel like the character played by Richard Dreyfus. They are pulled toward Jerusalem. They are compelled to reevaluate, and begin to observe in a more complete way, the Sabbath and the Biblical Holy Days. Prayer and gratitude and an eagerness to learn are becoming more prominent in their lives. They find a kinship with complete strangers who are also being pulled the same direction, to the same end.
There is no organization that will control or contain it. It is not our doing -- it is God’s. That, however, does not mean that there will not be organizational attempts to take control and even take credit for the movement now a-foot. This, in itself, is the biggest obstacle that we are facing: to allow
God to do His work, and
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