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Andrew Murray (1828 - 1917). South African pastor, author, and revivalist born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony, to Dutch Reformed missionary parents. Sent to Scotland at 10, he studied at Aberdeen University and Utrecht, Netherlands, returning ordained in 1848. He pastored in Bloemfontein and Worcester, later moderating the Dutch Reformed Church’s Cape Synod. In 1860, he sparked a revival in the Orange Free State, preaching to thousands across racial lines despite apartheid’s rise. Murray wrote over 240 books, including Abide in Christ (1882) and With Christ in the School of Prayer, translated into dozens of languages. His emphasis on holiness, prayer, and divine healing influenced global Pentecostalism. Married to Emma Rutherford in 1856, they had eight children, four becoming missionaries. He founded theological seminaries and the Huguenot College for women. Despite chronic illness, he traveled to Europe and America, speaking at Keswick Conventions. His devotional works remain widely read, shaping Christian spirituality across denominations.
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Andrew Murray emphasizes that God's judgment is essential for His people to experience salvation and for the nations to recognize Him as Lord. The book of Ezekiel illustrates that God's judgments serve as a precursor to the blessings and sanctification that follow, culminating in the promise that the nations will know Him when His presence dwells among His people. The transformation of Israel through God's judgments leads to the establishment of His sanctuary, which ultimately reveals His holiness and power to the world.
Then… the Nations Shall Know That He Is Lord.
The whole of the book of Ezekiel proves how God’s being known in judgment was the one condition of his being known in salvation. The first twenty-five chapters with his judgments on his people, the next ten with his judgments on their enemies, are the introductions to the wonderful blessings that are promised in chapter 36, and following. All is gathered up in the wonderful promises: ‘The heathen shall know that I am the Lord when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes… And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore’ (36:23; 37:28). It is when God’s judgments on his people have sanctified them and the sanctuary of God, and his holy presence is seen among them, that there will be power to convince the world, and the nations shall know that he is Lord. (Excerpted from The Coming Revival, by Andrew Murray , pg. 46)
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Andrew Murray (1828 - 1917). South African pastor, author, and revivalist born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony, to Dutch Reformed missionary parents. Sent to Scotland at 10, he studied at Aberdeen University and Utrecht, Netherlands, returning ordained in 1848. He pastored in Bloemfontein and Worcester, later moderating the Dutch Reformed Church’s Cape Synod. In 1860, he sparked a revival in the Orange Free State, preaching to thousands across racial lines despite apartheid’s rise. Murray wrote over 240 books, including Abide in Christ (1882) and With Christ in the School of Prayer, translated into dozens of languages. His emphasis on holiness, prayer, and divine healing influenced global Pentecostalism. Married to Emma Rutherford in 1856, they had eight children, four becoming missionaries. He founded theological seminaries and the Huguenot College for women. Despite chronic illness, he traveled to Europe and America, speaking at Keswick Conventions. His devotional works remain widely read, shaping Christian spirituality across denominations.