THE ARGENTINE REVIVAL OF 1954 REVEALS GOD’S
PRINCIPLES WE SHOULD FOLLOW
Back in the early 1970’s I came across a small staple bound
booklet containing about 70 pages. It was about the Argentine revival which
took place in 1954 in Argentina.
This small booklet set my heart on fire when I read it. It
brought tears to my eyes. It was an amazing account that has all but been forgotten
today.
About 5 years ago I began an internet search for this small
booklet which name I did not remember. I never found this booklet but I did
find Dr. Edward Miller’s book “Secrets of the Argentine Revival” and purchased
it.
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Dr. Miller was
an evangelist who was serving in Argentina and was used by God as the catalyst
to begin this national revival.
He began to
question God on why his service for the Lord had produced so little true and
lasting results. He felt perhaps he should quit and get a regular job. He
decided before he took that radical step he would seek the Lord diligently for
direction.
He then began
to earnestly seek God through prayer and fasting. Weeks and then months went by
without much of an answer. He continued. The suddenly one day he heard the
voice of God in his spirit and was catapulted into unknown realms of glory and
power. He said, “The windows of heaven were opened and in the spirit I saw
things unlawful to be uttered. He was never the same again.
He waited on
God for six more weeks. Then he was told to ask the people of the small village
church he was ministering in to meet for a prayer meeting on that Monday night.
They were to come at eight o’clock and be prepared to meet until midnight. If
they were not prepared to stay until midnight he was to tell them not to come.
Three people
showed up! He prayed and sang for four hours. None of them said a word.
After four
hours he asked them if they had anything to say or if anything had come to
them. Only one woman had anything to say. She said she felt as though she was
supposed to hit the table in the room with her hand but she refused to because
she thought it preposterous. The meeting ended.
This went on
for the next three meetings. On the fourth evening the woman obeyed God and hit
the table with her hand. Immediately the wind of the spirit rushed through the
room and this timid woman was praising and worshipping with her hands in the
air. The other two people were also hit by the spirit praising and worshipping
God.
This happened
in Mendoza, Argentina. That small meeting of three people turned into a one
year revival of people coming from all over the area, night after night.
Eventually it
quieted but took place again at a Bible School in City Bell, Argentina that Dr.
Miller went to teach. One boy began praying in a field and had an angelic
visitor. He ran to the school and the spirit hit the school for weeks as the
students began to weep and repent with tears.
Great
prophecies were spoken concerning the nations of the world and cities that
would be visited prior to the return of Jesus. Some of the young people prophesying
were not highly educated but spoke in refined language as they were given
words.
The most
incredible prophecy was directed at Evita Peron the idolatrous, adulterous, and
spiritualist wife of President Peron. This is the Evita that was glorified back
in the 1980’s in the play “EVITA”.
She was heavily
into the occult and was virtually running the country. She would rent boxing
arenas for spiritualist conventions. She was turning the people towards this.
The prophecy to
her was that God was going to end her life soon and that she would tremble at
His presence. She would see the thunder of My Presence fall upon her face and die.
All of her men would be removed from government.
Within a year
she became ill with a disease that was incurable in the 1950’s—Leukemia a
terrible cancer of the blood. This young beautiful but evil and wicked person
died—tearing out her hair in rage!
Have we ever
seen such a thing? The fear of God was coming upon a nation. We live in a time
where there is no longer a fear of God. Argentina’s wicked Eva Peron
experienced it.
Later, after
this move of God upon the Bible School, it was two years before the Lord moved
again in Buenos Aires the capital city. The faith of those at this event at the
school was tested.
A little known
evangelist named Tommy Hicks was sent by God to Buenos Aires and through
miraculous events was allowed to preach for 50 days in large stadiums to over 8
million people during those 50 days.
We have yet to
see such true power of God in the United States for more than 75 years.
The basis for
the beginning of this revival was the obedience of those who served the Lord
and deep holy spirit repentance on all who prayed and received visitation.
The following
are the principles Dr. Miller said were ordained by God for them to follow:
- God desired small private and group prayer where the Holy Spirit is allowed freedom to move in and through them as He wills.
- God through Jesus is the Head and functions in a practical way through the Word and leading of the Holy Spirit.
- The Spirit worked through divinely given ministries, rather than men trying to establish ministries that God has not ordained.
- God desires repentance to be a state—rather than an isolated event or experience. He desires freedom for people to express that repentance—whether in private contrition or public—if the Spirit leads.
- God desires development of the fruit of the Spirit balance the manifestation of spiritual gifts and real transformation of individuals.
- God desires to provide financially through faith and prayer rather than through operation of programs, appeals, raffles, and such.
- God desires full and free expression of praise and worship. He wants the spirit of prophecy to rest upon His people. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. God does not want to be rushed nor required to do His work in an hour. The church must wait upon HIM and spend much time in His presence.
- Move into His presence through praise and worship with continued cleansing of their hearts so that this worship and praise does not become empty entertainment or religious emptiness.
If we desire to
see true revival and spiritual repentance we must individually approach God
alone. We must truly seek Him out. We have not as yet sought Him diligently in
this manner. I include myself in this.
Our country is
facing a most serious time in its history. As individuals we must seek Him and
seek His cleansing power in our lives. Then perhaps we will see things unlawful
to utter in the spirit.
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