In his 1994-2024 predictions for that era, he said,
“...there will be a religious awakening, and important changes will take place in the spiritual and church system. There will be increased interest in areas to do with the mind and in spiritual healing and psychic development in a religious sense. Miracles will be commonplace, and religious healings in churches will be raised to a new level. New religious leaders will come forth – perhaps as many as three: One is likely to be other than white, and one will be a woman. Science and music will be very much a part of the new religious revival...
At the time of the publication of this book, everywhere I looked I saw bumper stickers that said, “I Found It”. This was a sign of the conservative religious revival that had begun in 1971 as a reaction to the Sexual Revolution. True believers told me that the Second Great Awakening was just around the corner.
However, when the Great Awakening occurred, it took place in the Islamic world, not in the Christian world. And al-Quaida pretty much poisoned the well for a conservative religious revival in the West. Polling shows that ordinary people now fear religious true believers, no matter what religion they espouse.
Osten’s prediction was that the Second Great Awakening would originate from a New Age direction. This would mean that the coming religious revival would originate not in the Bible but from such things as astrology, crystals and music therapy. In other words, it would be a revival of Gnosticism.
My gut instinct is that Osten got this one right. Oprah Winfrey is the woman predicted by him 32 years ago. She is one of the new religious leaders, along with Eckhardt Tolle. And once Barrack Obama loses and leaves politics, I expect him to become the black religious leader predicted.
I sure hope that she isn't. I have never liked Oprah & I sure don't like the church she & Obama go to. Praying for all of us. I can not imagine what is going to happen to this country if Obama gets in. Shaking my head again.
“Second Great Awakening would originate from a New Age direction.”
We are about 60% of the way through the Fourth great Awakening and the fifth has already begun, possibly brought on a bit early by 9/11. The fifth GA is turning out to be somewhat Charismatic.
The New age stuff will burn out fairly quickly as it has no place to go and a crystal shortage develops.HEheheheh...