Dusk Preceeds Dawn

Recently I've heard several people express that the Harp & Bowl "movement" is going into a "dying out." Where they are mistaken, I believe, is thinking that the biblical model of prayer is somehow a fad that God blessed for a short time.

Where they are correct is that God's days always begin in the afternoon and end in morning. When He gives a man a power or revelation, the afternoon may be glorious, and the evening great, and the sunset enjoyable, but night will come.

John 12:24 "I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life."

Night always precedes the dawn, and God will kill every banner bearer. Here's a secret, shhh: he's really into the cross and resurrection. Shall we not be conformed to the image of His own Son?

So yeah, alot of mixed motive was involved in men who held the Harp & Bowl banners in the evening. Is the "movement" at sunset? No, I contend: just some men who saw it as a vehicle to personal gain. This is not a criticism; it is a fact true of every man, movement, and organization; Consider Philippians III.