Revival In The Land by Carman

In the center of the caverns of hell, hidden under layers of evil that have thrived for centuries, sits the morbid domain of the prince of the power of the air. Suddenly, a scaly creature disrupts Satan's ghastly existence with an urgent message. It reads, "Code red problem, conference needed, disaster forecasted!" With a disgusted annoyance this general of evil agrees to confer with his chief demon lieutenant. This is the story of that encounter

Satan: You may enter

Demon: My Lord Satan

Satan: State your business and make it fast

Demon: Sir, we're having problems of cataclysmic proportions

Satan: Where?

Demon: In the east sector, sir. The damage is vast

Satan: Is there something wrong with my abortion clinics?

Demon: No, sir, that's all fine. We kill 4,000 unborn a day through, shall we say, surgical removal. It's selective breeding. We eliminate human life in the name of convenience like the Nazis and the Jews and with the government's approval

Satan: Is there a problem with my pet project, television violence?

Demon: Sir, it's covered, from videos to cartoons. By the time a child graduates high school, he's seen 70,000 murders

Satan: Is this effective enough?

Demon: Sir, just watch the news

Satan: Is there a disturbance in my false religions?

Demon: No sir, business is booming. Over 40 million are into New Age and Zen. Over 45 million believe in astrology

Satan: Looks like we're catching up

Demon: Yes, sir. Only 50 million claim to be born again

Satan: Is there a problem with business in general?

Demon: Sir, we're showing tremendous progress. Teenage runaways, each year a million or more. There's a teen suicide every ninety minutes and your specialty, drunk driving, will claim more lives this year that the whole Vietnam war

Satan: Well is there a disturbance in my... What was that?

Demon: Sir, that's the reason all these demons are on crutches and wobbling

Satan: What's going on?

Demon: Sir, that's what I've been trying to tell you

Satan: What is that?

Demon: Sir, that is our problem

Satan: Only one thing causes warfare of this magnitude

Demon: Then, sir, you know what we are dealing with up there

Satan: Yes, it's some of those sanctified

Demon: Try blood bought

Satan: Spirit filled

Demon: Saints of God

Satan: Actually

Demon: Presently

Satan & Demon: On their knees in prayer!

Demon: Sir, they're literal holy terrors. They bind us, cast us out. Then they do those disgusting charismatic jigs. They quote scriptures like the Son of God and, sir, if you don't intervene we all might wind up in a bunch of pigs

Demon: Sir, that's the good news. The bad news is the subject of their prayers that threatens our survival. What they're praying for is causing hemorrhaging in the realms of darkness

Satan: And the bad news is?

Demon: Sir, they're praying for revival!

Satan: I hate revival! It just erupts, it's hardly controllable. At the Azusa street outpouring things got rough

Demon: Yes sir, and when the charismatic movement hit, sir, we were jumping out of windows with all that "untie my bowtie who stolla my honda" stuff

Satan: Then I'll come in like a flood

Demon: But they'll say the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against you

Satan: OOOOHH

Demon: It's written in the Word

Satan: I'll form weapons against them

Demon: Sir, no weapon formed against them shall prosper. That's in the Bible, too

Satan: Yes, I've heard. I'll hit them with every filthy, lusty thought you could imagine

Demon: But it's written, "resist the devil and he must flee."

Satan: Obviously, the enemy is taking the battle more seriously than we are

Demon: And that's very dangerous, sir, especially for me

Satan: It's time to launch my final, most vicious attack. I'll remind the saints of their past- how they were liars, cheaters, manipulators and moochers

Demon: But sir, you know what will happen if you remind the saints of their past

Satan: And what is that?

Demon: Sir, they'll just remind you of your future

Satan: NOOOOOOO

Attention all Saints of God, man your battle stations!

Sound the alarm loud and long to all men of every nation!

We're kicking down the gates of hell, not stopping till they're level

For the sentence of destruction's on the forehead of the devil

Lift your hands in victory, this is our finest hour!

For this sleeping giant called the church is rising up in power!

Cry loud, spare not, this lion's got a roar!

We may have lost some battles, but we will win this war!

We've made it through the fire and our faith in God is strong!

We're a revelation generation with fire in our bones!

We're filled up with the Holy Ghost, trusting in the Bible!

Fasten your seat belts, saints of God, the world is breaking forth in a Revival!

Revival is coming to our land

The Holy Ghost is moving just like a hurricane

Revival is coming to our shore

Get ready for the moving of the Spirit of the Lord

Last Chorus:

It's what we've been waiting for

It's what we've been praying for

From America to England

From Africa to Spain

From Mexico to China

The Spirit of God is being poured out

On all flesh and there is

Revival in the land!