#769

A Super Prophecy

Everybody Talks About It

Around the 1980s as a fairly new Christian I took an interest in revivals. While some just said I was going through a phase, I took this interest very seriously. I bought as many books as I could on the topic and to this day I refer to them. Winkie Pratney’s simply titled book Revival was very good and extremely detailed. Martyn Lloyd Jones' book, also called Revival, was another good book on the subject. I literally devoured both books on my way to getting a deeper understanding on what revival is and more importantly, how to see it. As far as being revived on a personal level a book titled Critical Mass is my favorite as it uses the example of a nuclear reaction and applies it to revival. All these books should be added to your library if you want to grasp the concept of revival. Why don’t we see revival in America as much as we should? Many of the revivals detailed in the books by Pratney and Jones were not only seen in nations, but around the world before they ended. I imagine it is because we as the church don’t want it as much as we should. And it could be because we are content with the amount of Christianity we have that allows us to still have our worldly treasures and still make it to heaven. There are such things as carnal Christians who will make it into eternity to see Jesus but have no rewards to show for our journey. Or perhaps in our day and age, revival is happening, but just not reported.

Young People Are Moved

Recent revivals have seen their genesis in young people. The Jesus Movement of the early 1960s and 1970s is a good example of this. It was in this move that I became a believer in Jesus. I remember that time fondly and when it cooled off I missed all the spontaneous conversions, getting filled with the Holy Spirit and the radical testimonies. And that cooling in no small part started my research into the overall topic of revival. I missed it and wanted it back. I prayed and prayed but didn’t see it. Unfortunately I also became critical of any church or group of believers that wasn’t as passionate about it as I was. Good people, even Godly people told me that I would get over it in time. That made me bristle even more. But I saw it once, read about more, and desired it even more. Once I realized that I could have revival in my personal life, I chose that path. Like the Jesus Movement I decided that I would be the spark if need be. Like Luther, the Wesley’s, Whitfield, and Edwards I would endeavor to stand out. Until recently I only heard of sporadic fires breaking out here and there. But God is moving in colleges in America now, but it usually doesn’t lead the nightly news like it should. Well, until now.

Revival In Sporting Events

The late Leonard Ravenhill is known for telling America that they have a king and queen and they just don’t know it. Here is what he stated:

We have a king in America — — his name is King Sport and his wife is Queen Entertainment.

He had a point then and it’s true now. But God has a sense of humor and He is using sporting events to get His name out there. In the College football championship this year two teams came out of the shadows and met in the final game of the season. Ohio State and Notre Dame duked it out for the title, but of all the story lines, one united both teams: revival hit their campus leading up to the game. There were people in charge of the media and even reporters who demurred when the first thing that came out of the players mouths was giving God the glory and thanking Jesus for saving them. This wasn’t your token mention of God that you see in other sports where players thank God and then their parents, usually their moms for their success. No, you could tell that these young men were genuinely touched and changed by God. The revival movement among colleges went back to a tiny university in Kentucky called Asbury University in 2023 where, what was fittingly dubbed the Asbury Revival started on February 8th of that year and exploded. In an article from CBN.com we read this about that move of God:

"Peers, professors, local church leaders, and seminary students surround me—all of them praying, worshipping, and praising God together. Voices are ringing out. People are bowing at the altar, arms stretched wide," wrote Alexandra Presta, the editor of the student-run website The Asbury Collegian. "A pair of friends cling to each other in a hug, one with tears in her eyes. A diverse group of individuals crowd the piano and flawlessly switch from song to song. Some even sit like me, with laptops open. No one wants to leave."

While the fervor died down, that spark started hitting more and more colleges and universities. Lee University was next followed by Cedarville University, Texas A&M, Auburn, and scores of others where spontaneous baptisms started happening as young people, just like in the Jesus Movement, didn't want the lives they had and wanted to start anew. And eventually we’re seeing that humble beginning make it all the way to the biggest sporting event in America, a little thing called the Super Bowl. Yes, God is using a secular spectacle to fulfill a prophecy made in 2003.

The One Billion Soul Revival

I’ve talked about a prophecy made by Bob Jones where he listed three things we’d see when a great harvest of souls for Jesus would happen. But there is one prophecy that is being brought up again. This year, the Kansas City Chiefs will face off against the Philadelphia Eagles with one of them winning the Lombardi Trophy, the name given to the team winning the Super Bowl. As it turns out Jones said this about the team from Missouri as we see in another article from CBN.com:

Chiefs' owner and CEO Clark Hunt inherited the team from his father, Lamar Hunt. Lamar founded the team as the Dallas Texans in the American Football League. A few years later, the franchise relocated to Kansas City in 1963 and changed its name. The Chiefs won their first Super Bowl championship in 1970, but they would end up waiting five decades before their next big chance…During that 50-year "dark season," a Christian prophet named Bob Jones prophesied the Chiefs would one day win the Super Bowl again, and when it finally happened, it would be a "sign of end-time revival."

One man, Shawn Bolz, heard it directly from Jones:

"In 2003, I took an internship group, I ran from Kansas City, Missouri, to Moravian Falls, North Carolina, to meet the late, great prophetic voice, Bob Jones," he shared on his website, BolzMinistries.com.

"During our session with Bob, knowing we were from Kansas City at the time, he asked, 'Do you all like the Chiefs?' Several of our interns, including me, were very football-oriented; one had even played college ball. Bob then shared how one day the Chiefs would win the Super Bowl, and it would be a sign that God was raising up his apostolic chiefs and revival would be imminent. He also shared about the coming revival of over 1 billion souls that would all come to Jesus in one generation," Bolz recalled.

It Got Her Attention

In the same CBN.com report, the wife of the owner of the Chiefs, Tavia Hunt heard about the Jones prophecy in 2019:

Tavia Hunt got wind of the prophecy in 2019.

"We learned of a prophecy from Bob Jones, who wrote that when the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl it would be a sign of end-time revival," she said.

And everything changed for the team in 2020 when the Chiefs overcame a double-digit deficit to beat the San Francisco 49ers in a stunning win that bolstered the team's notoriety.

Hunt noted that things did indeed change then and she for one is not going to take a wait and see approach:

"Since that victory, we've witnessed incredible revival across this country and the world. College and NFL players are boldly proclaiming their faith, and there is an incredible revival happening on college campuses (see Unite_US). God is on the move, life is short, and we know that we are to use this platform for His glory," she said.

And the timing was perfect:

As CBN News reported, just days before the Chiefs won another Super Bowl in February of 2023, a collegiate revival broke out as Asbury University, kicking off a wave of revival moments at campuses and churches around the U.S. that's still ongoing.

Yes, it is true that both teams pray, but it isn’t about God favoring one team over the other for the Chiefs:

Hunt adds for the players it is about so much more than football. As CBN News reported, her husband has always aimed to make Christian faith a part of the Chief's culture.

The Kansas City Chiefs stadium has a chapel service for people at the games and chaplains are a part of the Chiefs and FC Dallas organizations, he told the Tyler Morning Telegraph in 2019.

"We want our employees to develop spiritually," Hunt said. "In the National Football League, Christ is really glorified. My identity is my faith in Christ."

She closed her comments with this:

"Times are uncertain, but one thing remains true: Jesus saves, and we all need more of Him. In this historic moment, let's not miss the person who changed history and gained the ultimate victory – the one Jesus won for us on the cross. Thanks be to God for all that He's done and continues to do. To God be the glory!

If the Chiefs win it will be the first three-peat in the Super Bowl era. But even if they lose, the prophecy is being fulfilled if we open our eyes to see it.