“Fearful sights of a supernatural character will soon be revealed in the heavens, in token of the power of miracle-working demons” (Great Controversy, p. 624).
On April 8, 2024, Arizona Senator Anthony Kern led a tongue-speaking prayer service on the Arizona Senate floor. [1] Speaking in tongues is a phenomenon that is supposed to take place in charismatic churches, not in the legislative chambers of state governments. This act of speaking in tongues is a religious expression and happens when people who are praying, apparently to God, are in an altered state of consciousness and their normal patterns of thought and behavior are altered.
So this happened today at the #AZLeg. 🫠🫠🫠#Arizona #AZSenate #AZSupremeCourt pic.twitter.com/g2LVL41UWk
— Jeanne Casteen (@JeanneCasteen) April 8, 2024
The appropriateness of speaking in tongues inside of government buildings, especially when seeking to influence the outcome of the Arizona Supreme Court as it is conducting official business, is not just inappropriate but can be seen as a breach of the principles regarding the separation of church and state. You know our nation is in trouble when religious paranormal activities take place inside governmental bodies that are primarily responsible for making laws.
The good news is that if the false revival is coming, God is getting ready to do His work as well. We are told that the counterfeit revival will precede the true and genuine. This means that as we see the counterfeit spreading, God is getting ready to pour out His Holy Spirit to empower His people to proclaim the Three Angels’ Message. The Latter Rain will be associated with a powerful move of God in the lives of the faithful remnant people, resulting in transformed lives, bold witnessing, and the bestowing of His spiritual gifts to advance the Loud Cry of the Third Angel.
“Before the final visitation of God’s judgments upon the earth, there will be, among the people of the Lord, such a revival of primitive godliness as has not been witnessed since apostolic times. The Spirit and power of God will be poured out upon his children. At that time many will separate themselves from those churches in which the love of this world has supplanted love for God and his Word. Many, both of ministers and people, will gladly accept those great truths which God has caused to be proclaimed at this time, to prepare a people for the Lord’s second coming. The enemy of souls desires to hinder this work; and before the time for such a movement shall come, he will endeavor to prevent it, by introducing a counterfeit” (Great Controversy, p. 464).
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[1] https://sg.news.yahoo.com/arizona-state-senator-leads-prayer-111314503.html
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Prayer has long been a part of legislatures across the country and within Washington, DC. There is no violation of church and state here despite the fact that we know charismatic tongue speaking is a deception of Satan.
I agree. Sometimes it seems like this website is trying to pull Issues out of nothing.