Saturate 2020 adherents are those who are drunk and think
they can save the planet
by Sandy Simpson, 8/21/20
Commentators seem
to think that this section of Habakkuk was addressing the Ceasars
and their drunken desire for power.
Seems these two things often go together.
Those who love
drunk in the spirit are no exception.
They are trying to get others to share in their debauchery and the false
hope of an end-times worldwide revival, currently through the Saturate 2020
events. Though these were two of the
heretical distinctives of the New Order of the Latter
Rain, these ideas are nothing new. The
righteous continue to live by faith, while the proud boast in their drunken
state.
Habakkuk 2:4-5 “Behold,
as for the proud one, his soul is not right within him; but
the righteous will live by his faith.
The proud,
boastful adherents to the Latter Rain are not right in their spirit. They have allowed another spirit to control
their lives.
“Furthermore, wine betrays the haughty man, so that he does not stay at home. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and he is
like death, never satisfied. He also gathers to himself all nations and collects to himself all peoples.
They revel in
“drunkenness in the spirit” which propels them to seek out more and more people
to join them in their debauchery. They
foolishly claim they are going to take over the world.
Ephesians 5:18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads
to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,
2 Peter 2:13 They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have
done. Their idea of pleasure is
to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in
their pleasures while they feast with you.
Because
they have a drunken urge to get others to join their party, they become Dominionists and try to gather all nations and peoples to
themselves. They think that playing loud
rock music in public will cause people to worship the Lord.
Matthew 15:9 ‘But in
vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the
precepts of men.’”
Isaiah 5:11-15 Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue strong
drink,
Who stay up late in the evening
that wine may inflame them!
They spend all their time trying
to get the high they had when they first got slain in the spirit. They travel from counterfeit revival to
counterfeit revival to get a recharge when the impartation fades out.
Their banquets are accompanied by lyre
and harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine;
But
they do not pay attention to the deeds of the Lord, nor do they consider the
work of His hands.
The emphasis is on loud music so
they can dance around and act like they are worshipping the Lord. But the fact is they do not pay attention to
the actual deeds of God through His servants, in fact, they mock anyone who
will not join them in their revelry.
Therefore
My people go into exile for their lack of
knowledge, and their honorable men are famished, and
their multitude is parched with thirst.
Because of their counterfeit
revivals and slain in the spirit fests, they cause people to be famished for
real spiritual food. They are starving
for something more but get no real spiritual nourishment from their false
apostles and false prophets.
Amos 8:11 “The days are coming,” declares the
Sovereign Lord, “when I will send a famine through the land— not
a famine of food or a
thirst for water, but a famine of
hearing the words of the Lord.
Isaiah
5:14 Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat and opened
its mouth without measure;
And Jerusalem’s
splendor, her multitude, her din of revelry and the jubilant
within her, descend into it.
Isaiah
5:15 So the common man will be humbled and the man of importance abased,
The
eyes of the proud also will be abased.
The proud will come to
judgment. They desperately need to
repent and be saved. Yet every day they
increase their number. Only the remnant
church is left to serve the Lord and warn them of their coming judgment.
Revelation 2:5 Consider how far you have
fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do
not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.
2 Corinthians 7:10 Godly sorrow
brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no
regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.