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Ann Graham Lotz suggests ‘Last Great Awakening’ before Lord’s return has begun to take place on college campuses

Acts 2:17 “And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

Important Takeaways:

  • Anne Graham Lotz: This Could Be the ‘Last Great Awakening’ as Asbury Revival Fires Reach New Campuses
  • The wave of revival fire shows no signs of stopping as new reports come in from colleges and universities across the nation. Flames from the Asbury University Awakening in the small town of Wilmore, Kentucky have fully ignited into spontaneous worship, prayer, and repentance as the Holy Spirit continues to fill students’ hearts and minds.
  • One of the latest locations is Texas A&M in College Station, Texas,
  • “Jesus is moving at Texas A&M! It’s real! Met for 7 hours! STUDENT LED, no program! Closest thing I’ve ever seen to ACTS. Testimonies, worship, praying for healing, prayers for boldness to witness to the lost at TAMU. SUPPORT/PRAY for the Holy Spirit to lead and to continue this. Amen!”
  • Author and evangelist Anne Graham Lotz raised the idea in a recent blog post that the Asbury revival could be a sign of Jesus’ return.
  • “Therefore, be patient…until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain.” – James 5:7
  • Lotz suggested this passage of scripture could help answer the question that many people, including the mainstream media who have covered the new revival, are asking – What was going on at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky?
  • “An outpouring of God’s Spirit in one last great awakening before Jesus returns? Lord God, let it be so…for the glory of Your great name, for the salvation of our nation, for the revival of Your people.”

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Warning that China is still influencing our Universities

Revelations 6:3-4 “when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 And out came another horse, bright red. Its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth, so that people should slay one another, and he was given a great sword.

Important Takeaways:

  • China’s return to college campuses: Communist-backed Confucius Institutes renew bid to shape American minds
  • Colleges and universities across America shut the doors to their Confucius Institutes over the past several years…but some are now reopening their doors under a different name while continuing to accept money from the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Their self-described goal is to offer instruction to students on Chinese language and culture as tensions between the Chinese government and the United States reach a level not seen in decades, and as intelligence officials warn the instruction on language and culture is merely a guise under which the communist party seeks to propagandize within the walls of America’s classrooms.
  • In 2019, FBI Director Christopher Wray said that Confucius Institutes are a “source of concern” and are part of China’s “soft power strategy.”
  • The National Association of Scholars states that the 118 Confucius Institutes that once operated in the U.S. has since shrunk to just 18
  • In total, at least 28 universities replaced their Confucius Institute programs with something similar, according to the NAS report
  • The “rebranding” of Confucius Institutes comes amid warnings by Wray as well as Ken McCallum, director-general of the United Kingdom’s MI5 intelligence service…warning for American companies: The Chinese government wants to steal your technology.

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Colleges reopenings in-person likely added 3,000 U.S. COVID-19 cases per day: study

By Vishwadha Chander

(Reuters) – Reopening college and university campuses for in-person instruction during late summer this year could be associated with more than 3,000 additional cases of COVID-19 per day in the United States in recent weeks, according to a new study.

The findings call into question the practicality of face-to-face classes during the COVID-19 pandemic, and are important as colleges and universities plan their spring 2020 semesters, said researchers from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Indiana University, the University of Washington and Davidson College.

The findings are yet to be peer reviewed and have not yet been published online.

To track COVID-19 cases and study their association with students attending classes at college campuses, the team used location data from a database of cellphone users who agreed to share information. The information was gathered from July 15 to Sept. 13.

They also looked at COVID-19 infection rates in counties with campuses, before and after colleges reopened and students arrived.

The researchers noted significant increases in counties where colleges had reopened for face-to-face instruction, especially in and around campuses with students who came from areas with higher incidences of COVID-19.

“We are able to predict between 1,000 and 5,000 additional cases a day due to colleges reopening for face-to-face instruction, with our best estimate being somewhere around 3,219 cases a day,” said Ana Bento, a co-author of the study, from Indiana University’s School of Public Health.

The study did not go into how many COVID-19 cases were “imported” – or from students who arrived on campuses – and how many were local transmissions.

The team also pointed out that asymptomatic cases may not have been caught unless testing was done on campuses regardless of symptoms, and that the study did not look at measures taken by individual colleges.

(Reporting by Vishwadha Chander in Bengaluru; editing by Jonathan Oatis)