A Noise That Will Shake the Earth

 By Kenneth W. Hagin

(This article was adapted from Kenneth W. Hagin’s Campmeeting sermon delivered Tuesday evening, July 27, 2010.)

After the children of Israel escaped from Egypt, they were well acquainted with the power of God. They miraculously walked through the Red Sea. God supernaturally fed them in the wilderness. They witnessed the bitter waters at Marah turn sweet. By the power of God, they circled the city of Jericho and the walls fell down. They subdued kingdoms that were four times as large as they were.

But history also records a time when the Israelites had turned their backs on God and were cut off from His supernatural power. In Ezekiel chapter 37, we read that the prophet Ezekiel was carried away by the Spirit to a valley filled with dry bones. These bones represented a nation that was lying dry and dead in the valley of defeat, despair, and hopelessness. The Spirit of God commanded Ezekiel to prophesy to the bones. Suddenly, the bones began to rattle, the breath of life from the four winds came, and once again, there was noise in the camp of Israel.

We can compare what happened to the Israelites to what is happening in the Church today. The Early Church began in the mighty river of Pentecost. Everyone who was in the Upper Room was filled with the Holy Ghost and spoke in other tongues (Acts 2:4). And as they went out in the supernatural power of God, they turned the world upside down (Acts 17:6).

But as we look at the river of Pentecost today, we can hardly recognize it. Various groups and denominations have poured their traditions and philosophies into it until it has become diluted.

There are even some churches that call themselves Pentecostal that no longer allow speaking in tongues! But in the hour of humanity’s greatest need, we cannot back away from the Holy Spirit or the supernatural power of God.

As we march through the Book of Acts, we see that the Early Church believed in salvation by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. They believed in the Baptism in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. They believed in the miraculous power of God and they demonstrated it.

The Early Church refused to back away from the power of God. When they were threatened and told to be quiet, they prayed for boldness to speak even more.

God was not content to leave Israel in the valley of dry bones. And God does not want the Church today to dry up on the vine. It’s time for us to grab hold of this same power and go to another level. I will never back away from the supernatural power of God or speaking in tongues.

I hear the footsteps of the Holy Spirit. I can hear the rustle of His garment. I am beginning to hear noise in our valley. But it needs to be louder.

Let’s rise up and make a noise that will shake the earth—a noise that everyone will hear—a noise that will carry the end-time revival to the four corners of the globe!