'Voice of Revival' 1984 June/July p04

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Following on the tradition of the failed date-setting for 1953 (which they made while still part of the National Revival Crusade) the Revival Centres again blatantly predict the return of the Lord on or before September 17th, 2001. The Revivalists arrive at this date for at least two different reasons:

1. Revivalists and British Israelists subscribe to God's Great Week, a 7000 years theory (see the bottom of the article above). This belief argues Adam was created in 3996 B.C.E. and seeing as, 'a day is as a thousand years', the end of the sixth millennium (around the year 2000) would result in Christ's return.

2. The markings inside the Pyramid of Cheops, used by many Pyramidologists to set dates, stop at September 17th, 2001. Thomas Foster, Lloyd Longfield and Noel Hollins' former pastor in the NRC, made mention of a similar date. It seems they got this date from David Davidson's The Path to Peace in Our Time: Outlines from the Great Pyramid Prophecy (1942). 

So there is even more evidence the Revival Centres have been involved with setting a date relevant to the return of Jesus Christ. Contrast this with the Revival Centres International statement on date-setting in which they claim they have never been party to this practice.

Interestingly, the Christian Assemblies International, a splinter group of the Revival Centres, still had this article on their website as late as 2011.

Verdict: ANOTHER FAILED DATE!

'Voice of Revival' 1959 v01 n07 p06

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The UK and Commonwealth Nations are today less Christian than ever and yet the Soviets never attacked the 'Anglo-Saxon-Celtic nations'. In fact, due to immigration, there are a plethora of 'gentile' religions now practised in these countries. So much for national repentance repelling the Soviet advance. Of course the Soviet Union also no longer exists.

Verdict: FAIL!
  
   
 

'Voice of Revival' 1959 v01 n07 p04

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To British Israelists, August 23, 1953 was a very important day. It was the day that was to at least begin the ushering in of Christ's return (if not his actual return). As one writer noted,

 Anglo-Israel's outstanding Pyramid work is a monumental tome, the size of a volume of the Encyclopedia Britannica, called The Great Pyramid: Its Divine Message. It was written by David Davidson, a structural engineer in Leeds, England, and first published in 1924.  A revised eighth edition appeared in 1940. The book is based on Smyth, with important differences in the prophetic section. The "Final Tribulation" of the Anglo-Saxon peoples was to begin in 1928 and extend to 1936. From September 16, 1936 until August 20, 1953, the Anglo-Saxons—i.e., the "true" Israel—will be brought together and given divine protection against a coalition of world powers seeking to destroy them. This will be the Armageddon period, terminated by the return of Christ.  (source)

The Revival Centres adopted their beliefs in British-Israel and Pyrmidology from their beginnings in the National Revival Crusade (later known as the Commonwealth Revival Crusade). That the NRC held August 20, 1953 in high regard can be seen on the cover of their first publication of that year.

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There is no doubt that even Lloyd Longfield himself believed and publicly taught the significance of this date as shown below in a 1952 edition The National Revivalist:

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Of course when this date came and went without any significant occurrence, British-Israelists, including the NRC, had to reinterpret it.

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So by the time we get to the Revival Centre article in question, 1953 had well and truly passed. We can see John Durrant's attempt to maintain the date as significant by claiming it was the 'End of the generation in which all will be fulfilled.' It is clear from Durrant's language that he truly believed Christ's return was imminent. And yet, here we all are more than half a century on from 1953! While some older Revivalists might recall the days when they revered the date somewhat, modern Revivalists would have no knowledge of its significance at all as it is simply not mentioned any more.

So there is little doubt that the Revival Centres and even its founder have been involved with setting a date relevant to the return of Jesus Christ. Contrast this with the Revival Centres International statement on date-setting in which they claim they have never been party to this practice. While they might argue this date was never declared as 'the day of the Lord,' it was certainly supposed to signify the beginning of the end and this certainly never came to pass.

Further Reading:
The Great Pyramid
The Great Pyramid - or the Great Deception?
The Pyramid Inch


Verdict: FAIL!