Instead, the church was attacked and scattered. There were mighty signs and wonders and great growth, but it led to eventual rejection, not eventual triumph. These are certainly revival phenomena, although revival started more slowly than in Jerusalem. The outcome of this revival is similar to that in Jerusalem. Let us draw together some of the threads.
Revivals often relate to sociological phenomena.
In the Old Testament we noted that many of the revivals had political oppression or similar sociological phenomena as preparation. Jerusalem had many people in its pilgrim throngs who longed for a Messiah to end the Roman oppression. Just because one can point to these phenomena does not mean that revival can be explained away. God prepares people for revival in many ways, not least of which is through various forms of oppression. People join in revivals for a variety of reasons.