Prophetic Promisesof the End Time Prayer Movement

I.Intro to the Foundational Premises:

A.Agreement:

  1. Worship and Prayer are both about agreement with God, and are therefore two sides of the same coin. Prayer is simply agree with what God wants; He reveals His desires and then we pray in agreement with that which He has said He wants. Worship is simply agreement with who God is; the scripture or our experiences reveal some attribute of God’s nature and so we therefore worship Him agreeing and proclaiming (praising) Him for that attribute.
  2. With this simple, yet profound understanding, the Psalms and many other worship texts come alive. These two ideas are intricately interwoven together throughout such passages, often making no pause where intercession starts and praise ends.
  3. The point of this is to establish the following premise: Prayer, worship, praise, intercession, petition, and thanksgiving are all aspects of prayer proper and all have the power of agreement that is so essential to usher in God’s presence and help. This is the Prayer Movement.

B.Eschatological Fulfillment:

  1. Of the many passages listed below the common thread is that these scriptures apply to the End Time Prayer Movement. It is therefore important to establish the defining perimeters that we use to determine whether a prophecy has it’s total fulfillment in the End Times or if it has already reached complete through some historical event.
  2. The primary means to determine this is by assessing the details of the actual prophecy. The question needs to be asked; “has every detail of this prophecy occurred, or are there elements that remain unfulfilled?” If history cannot account for every detail of the prophecy then you can be certain that the prophecy is yet future in fulfillment. Some of these key words are; all, every, always, none, never, forever. In the case of their use, we take it literally, and in so doing find that only in the context of the End Time events can, and will such prophecies find their fulfillment.
  3. As we see that 100’s of prophecies fall into this category we also find that they are all related in the time frame in which they clearly apply; the End Times. Nearly all of the prophecies in scripture that have not yet been fulfilled are eschatological (end times) in their fulfillment. This fact unlocks the Bible for us and makes scores of passages immediately make sense when read with this in mind.

C.Global Aspect:

Another detail that these scriptures share is that they have a much wider application than any localized event can account for. Each of these passages has key words that tip us off to their global application. The mention of “believing gentiles” for instance we, with New Testament understanding, now interpret to be a global reality as there are now gentile worshipers on every continent. So any statement about “all the gentiles” immediately tells us that it has a world-wide implication.

D.Continuity of the Scripture:

  1. As when establishing any theological point it is important to see what the whole of scripture has to say about the subject and not merely one or two isolated verses. A safe guard when trying to gain understanding about a concept or idea is to pay attention to whether multiple sources throughout the Word of God continue to confirm and so help build establish a concept or if the opposite be true.
  2. In the study of the below verses describing the End Time Prayer Movement we see complete continuity of ideas all across the Old and New Testament. Further, a beautiful and clear story line is told by putting all the details together from these various passages, the story of God’s End Time purpose to raise up a world-wide prayer revival that He will use to usher in the 2nd Coming of His Son.

II.The End Time Prayer Movement in the Law & History:

  1. 2 Kings 17:

“You must always be careful to keep the decrees and ordinances, the laws and commands he wrote for you. Do not worship other gods. Do not forget the covenant I have made with you, and do not worship other gods. Rather, worship the LORD your God; it is he who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies (2Ki. 17:37-39).”

The people of God were told even during the time of the kings that their worship had power to deliver them. They had already experienced this concept in real time during the reign of Jehoshaphat (2Ch. 20:14-23) when the singers went out before the army and the enemy armies were completely destroyed as the Lord responded to their worship. The above verse prophesies however that worship (the prayer movement) will deliver God’s people from “all (their) enemies.” This has never happened in any sense. Israel has never been delivered from all of her enemies since the time of King David, which it was no coincidence that was the time of David’s Tabernacle (24/7 Worship, i.e. The Prayer Movement). In the last Days this verse will find it’s fulfillment when the Global Church is joined together in dynamic night and day prayer across the Earth and God so moves and rescues His people all over the planet from the kingdom of the Antichrist and his aggression. This prophecy will have various fulfillments in that context as God supernaturally protects some believers from the Antichrist, as He hides and protects the Jews (Re. 12:6), then raptures the saints, and then comes into Jerusalem in the nick of time to save all it’s inhabitants just before the Antichrist’s armies swoop in to destroy them, all in response to the worship of His Church.

III.The End Time Prayer Movement in the Psalms:

  1. Psalm 27:

“…The LORD is the stronghold of my life-of whom shall I be afraid? When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, when my enemies and my foes attack me, they will stumble and fall. Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then will I be confident. One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple. For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock. Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his tabernacle will I sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD. Hear my voice when I call, O LORD; be merciful to me and answer me (Ps. 27:1-7).”

David speaks about finding his refuge from great trouble by hiding away in the House of Prayer, then the tabernacle. He details God’s deliverance being found in that place when war surrounds him on every side. David however was living in the time of Israel’s greatest peace. He was not speaking about himself therefore, but a future generation that would under a Great Tribulation of war and enemies all around. He tells us that by desiring God in that time of trial and being found in the House of Prayer, that there is confidence and deliverance, and answer to prayer. As the great trials come to the world this is how God’s people are to respond. It is not merely a call for people to grow in their relationship with God, it is a bold statement about corporate prayer. The Tabernacle was the place of 24/7 prayer and worship that David himself had instituted there. To say that all he wanted to do when armies were coming to destroy him was to go into the Tabernacle and not ever leave meant that he was going in there, to join his fellow Jews in a prayer meeting. This is an interesting military strategy for a guy surrounded by armies. By going into that tent however he was joining a corporate prayer meeting, this was the safest place David could think of. From that corporate prayer and worship meeting he was confident that God would deliver him.

  1. Psalm 102:

“You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come. For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity. The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory. For the LORD will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory. He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea. Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the LORD: "The LORD looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth, to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death." So the name of the LORD will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the LORD (Ps. 102:13-22).”

This passage describes the period of God showing favor to Jerusalem, rebuilding it and establishing it and making it the praise of the Earth (Is. 62:7), and the events that precede and lead up to that time. It speaks of gentile nations revering not just the Lord, but revering His Glory, which means they will be seeing it. In the context it is talking about seeing Him in His Glory in worship, not in judgment, as is sometimes the case. Gentiles seeing God’s Glory in worship does not mean simply a church service. In the time of King David, 24/7 worship was established in a tent and in it was the Ark of the Covenant on which the visible Glory of God was manifest. This was the atmosphere during the time of the writing of the Book of Psalms. The Glory of the Lord will again be visible to men in this way and men will certainly revere it causing the nations to fear the Lord and even the holy worshiping Church in the years before the Great Tribulation.

It is clear that Jerusalem is still desolate in the above passage at this time and that the Messiah will come to rebuild Zion in accordance with the prayer of the destitute and the prisoner, His people Israel, who will be desolate and in prison camps in the last days. The Psalmist states midway through this passage that this information is a prophecy for a future time and not his own. He then defines the time frame by describing it as when the peoples and the kingdoms of the earth assemble to worship the Lord. This is the clear description of the Global End Time Prayer Movement as it mandates that there be “kingdoms” and “peoples” assembling to worship the Lord and in connection to Jerusalem’s desolation, restoration, and the Messiah’s coming to Zion. This can only refer to one time frame in the either past or future because of the clarity of the details; the time just before the 2nd Coming of Christ. It tells us that in that generation gentiles across the world will gather in a type of worship that is dynamically related to the needs of Israel, so much so that God will come to their aid.

  1. Psalm 122:

“I rejoiced with those who said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD." Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is built like a city that is closely compacted together. That is where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, to praise the name of the LORD according to the statute given to Israel. There the thrones for judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May those who love you be secure. May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels." For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, "Peace be within you." For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity (Ps. 122:1-9).”

  1. The first few lines assume the existence of a Temple in Jerusalem in context to the tribes of Israel being able to come up to Jerusalem for their appointed feasts, which was not part of the worship at the tabernacle but was put into place after the Temple was built by Solomon. David, before Solomon’s rule, wrote this Psalm during the time of Israel’s greatest peace. At no other time in Israel’s history did she have rest from all her enemies. After King David had warred for many years he had completely subdued his enemies on every side and true peace was the mark of his rule as a type of Christ. So David is praying prophetically here speaking of a time frame when Jerusalem will be described again by approach and attack from the surrounding nations; The Great Tribulation, a time of anything but peace. The Holy Spirit is speaking through David calling on all who love Jerusalem, Jew and gentile to cry out for her to be made a place of peace in the context of the great distress. Specifically David relates the peace of Jerusalem to the great benefit of his brothers and friends, the Jewish people. He describes this prayer as the appropriate attitude that the people who love the Lord should have in that hour. The prayers of the saints offered in that hour, in accordance to Ps. 122, will usher in the salvation of Israel (Ro. 11:26, Is. 62:7) and then the ultimate praise and peace for Jerusalem.
  1. Psalm 138:

“I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; before the "gods" I will sing your praise. I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word. When I called, you answered me; you made me bold and stouthearted. May all the kings of the earth praise you, O LORD, when they hear the words of your mouth. May they sing of the ways of the LORD, for the glory of the LORD is great. Though the LORD is on high, he looks upon the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar. Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes, with your right hand you save me (Ps. 138:1-7).”

Again, David authors a psalm speaking of future events. The Temple is again described in the present tense of the applicable time of the psalm and again in the context of great trouble for the nation. David speaks of all the kings coming to worship God with love songs and great adoration; which certainly an event that has never occurred. Instead this prophetic song describes the prayers and praise that will mark the Church that is enduring the Great Tribulation. Even more than enduring, the saints are made “bold and stouthearted” as God hears their prayers and answers mightily on their behalf with signs and wonders aimed against the Antichrist and his followers. This psalm depicts the attitude of the End Time Church in the midst of great trouble that is coming on the Earth. She will be routed in the place of prayer, where intercession causes God to act, where hope procures the future reign of Christ, and where praise bonds the saints together in victory in the midst of the great trials of that hour.

  1. Psalm 149:

“Praise the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints…Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp. For the LORD takes delight in his people…May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands, to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron, to carry out the sentence written against them. This is the glory of all his saints. Praise the LORD (Ps. 149:1-9).”

This passage powerfully describes the End Time Prayer Movement and defines the powerful role that the songs of the saints will play in coming days. It says that all his saints will sing and inflict vengeance. This is an interesting idea, and cannot be properly understood outside context of the End Time Prayer Movement. The Church in the last days will be doing great exploits in the midst of the judgments of God, the Antichrist aggression and the Great Harvest of souls a billion strong. This psalm tells us, as seen elsewhere, that the End Time Church will be defined by prayer and praise. It tells us that she will actually be responsible for releasing the judgments of God both the plagues of Revelation and then even the literal slaying of wicked men in the context of the last battle (Re. 17:14, 19:11-21). This participation in the judgment of the wicked is said to be the “the glory of all his saints,” and is associated with prayer and worship at it’s core.

IV.The End Time Prayer Movement in the Major Prophets: