Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly

Roberto Miranda, in his recent email to Tremont Temple's January 20th participants, encourages us with scripture: Scripture clearly declares that revival is never the product of a unilateral, sovereign move of God. It is always in response to clamour and repentance on the part of God's people. Joel chapter 2, which demonstrates a special affinity with the advanced times we are living here in America, calls us to "Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly... Let the priests who minister before the Lord, weep between the temple porch and the altar... Then the Lord will be jealous for his land and take pity on his people. The Lord will reply to them: I am sending you grain, new wine and oil, enough to satisfy you fully." (Joel 2: 15-19) The grain might perhaps refer symbolically to the bread of God's Word, new wine to the joy of the Lord; and oil to the anointing that opens the doors to the manifestation of God's power and gifts.