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I guess anybody can use the term Third Wave, as does Jesus Camp and Sarah Palin, but I do not buy into the "Third Wave of the Holy Spirit" or what is also known as the New Apostolic Reformation movement that believe they need to train armies to take dominion over the United States and the World.

To these people, Iraq is a religious war they must win as they believe God is telling them to attack and show the enemy (non-Christians or Christians that do not believe as they do) no mercy.  Sarah Palin is deeply involved in the Wasilla Assembly of God church and is deeply involved in their Third Wave activities and theology.  The Third Wave, to these folks, is a revival of the theology of the Latter Rain tent revivals of the 1950s and 1960s led by William Branham and others. It is based on the idea that in the end times there will be an outpouring of supernatural powers on a group of Christians that will take authority over the existing church and the world. The believing Christians of the world will be reorganized under the Fivefold Ministry and the church restructured under the authority of Prophets and Apostles and others anointed by God. The young generation will form "Joel's Army" to rise up and battle evil and retake the earth for God.  While segments of this belief system have been a part of Pentecostalism and charismatic beliefs for decades, the excesses of this movement were declared a heresy in 1949 by the General Council of the Assemblies of God, and again condemned through Resolution 16 in 2000. The beliefs and manifestations of the movement include the use of 'strategic level spiritual warfare' to expel territorial demons from American and world cities. Worship includes excessive charismatic manifestations such as hundreds of people falling, 'slain in the spirit,' and congregations laughing, jerking, and shrieking uncontrollably.

I understand Palin is Pentecoastal, but this video of and about the activities of her church and the so-called "Third Wave" are a tad frightening to this poor staid Catholic boy.