indifference to Revival -- part 1

Indifference.  It is not always nor necessarily offensive.  One can be indifferent to any number of things, without detriment either to oneself or to others.  One may be indifferent to how it is that birds can fly, without harming either birds or oneself.  Indifference, in principle, is not immoral.  But when one's attitude and behavior towards something needful and important may be characterized as indifferent, such an one may be guilty of gross sin and may indeed cause much harm by reason of his or her indifference.

Thus, questions related to the moral implications of indifference must be considered in relation to a given subject.  In the case at hand the subject is Revival.  Indifference to the need for Revival--especially, in the face of the great Apostasy of our time, is immoral, it is sinful, and it invariably results in serious harm to oneself and to others.

Remarkably, there is a certain, numerically large class of professing Christians, to whom the very notion of Revival is utterly meaningless--if it is not in fact repugnant.

joy cometh - in the 'morning'

"...the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

a day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds

and of thick darkness,

as the morning spread upon the mountains:

a great people

and a strong;

there hath not been ever the like,

neither shall be any more after it,

even to the years of many generations.

A fire devoureth before them;

and behind them

a flame burneth...."

The above passage is from Joel chapter 2, verses 1a thru 3a (without any omissions).  I stylized the text in the fashion shown, in order to make the reading - and thus the meaning - of the passage clear.  It is best thought of as though there were two different voices: one speaking the words in the left-justified margin, and the other speaking the words which are right-justified (and less visible).  An analysis follows: