JENNIFER: The gift of tongues was connected to that at the time. And then as soon as they would get this encounter, they would go off to another nation as a missionary carrying that same fire. And literally global Pentecostalism was birthed. And that is one of the fastest parts of Christianity where it spread the Holy Spirit around the globe. To this day, a hundred years later, there’s so many people that have been touched by the Holy Spirit. People were healed. They had
crutches hung up in their church where people would come and get healed. They had so many people from around the world come and encounter God.
SID: Tell me some of the things that happened to people. See in this glory, it’s not so much one man or woman prays for you, but you can’t be in the presence of God without a change occurring in your life.
JENNIFER: Yeah. There was people were healed of cancer or rheumatism. Debts were forgiven and paid off. I think one of the most profound parts of this was this thing called the baptism of the Holy Spirit. These people who were Christians their whole life didn’t realize there was more. And then when they realized there’s more than just a one way ticket to heaven, we can encounter the Holy Spirit in a powerful way. They began to pray for the sick, see people healed. They began to move in signs and miracles that they never even knew were accessible after having this all consuming encounter with the Holy Spirit.
SID: Now you say that things today are similar to the way it was back in the early 1900s at the Azusa Street Revival. What do you mean by that?
JENNIFER: Well, Frank Bartleman, he was an intercessor during the revival. He has a quote in the 1900s. He says, “Pentecost is knocking at the door. The revival of our lifetime is around the corner. Heroes will arise from the dust of obscure and despised circumstances whose names will be emblazoned on heaven’s eternal page of fame.” And he talks about this massive move of God coming. And as I’m hearing that, what he was prophesying right before his Azusa Street Revivals were, it feels like the same thing today, doesn’t it Sid? Post 2020, doesn’t it feel like Pentecost is knocking at our doors once again?
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