Signs of the Times

This is a transcript of a post I made on Facebook. share it if you think it's on the mark on anything.

It's my observation that we need leaders that would speak with clarity about what is happening in the Middle East, from a biblical perspective, endeavouring to not sidestep the issue of which Israel is signposted. Terrifying things are happening in the earth regarding Israel. to be as bold as a Lion and as tender as a Lamb is indeed something that can only be done with an infusion of grace and a work of the heart of which the Father is for that reason "overjoyed and excited" at the true benefit that we see our lives as a reminder of. It will be true that "The Lord will be remembered by His children" (Isaiah 62) and that we are a memorial to Him. Is it not the issue with the last supper? is it not wisdom that we give ourselves wholly to one? to waste our lives at the feet of one that desires the same. To pour out our lives as a sacrificial offering before the feet of the one that "is the true benefit of our love"

That is the true reason that Jesus on the night he was betrayed gave thanks. He knew that those that rejected Him would receive Him, he knew that the complete expression of God's love would be so ignited in the hearts of those that received Him, that it would be true that "they would love me with the love that the Father loves me" no more noble thing can be seen in all the world.

For that reason we cannot be ashamed when we see the world signposting against Israel. it is not after all the chief issue. the issue is with a nation that are animus to the purpose of God, and indeed of truth, their rejection is reconciliation to the world, their acceptance life from the dead. Such an issue is indeed an issue with covenant. There are terrifying things happening, provoked by spiritual forces in the heavenly realms, and they are listening to it.  What will come to pass? surely Israel, being having to make decisions motivated chiefly by alliances to other nations, and saving their own skin, will do exactly what the scriptures have foretold will happen (Isaiah 28) but it will be kerosene to the fire. it will burn even brighter and the one that relies on such will find himself in contention with God.

It's an issue with their self-reliance, and indeed on matters that prove their hearts are far from God. it is designed to offend. In the same chapter it speaks of the "stone I lay in Zion, a precious cornerstone, and Him who believes shall not believe hastily" let us not forget that the contention of God is with a Kingdom that will be "laid in Zion" - the foundation of the temples that have gone before. It will be that his purpose for Zion shall be revealed, and that they will only suffice to please God by waiting patiently for the Messiah. To put confidence in God, the prophet says, is to curb the tide of rampant witchcraft and idolatry, the ceasing of fear and darkness and the shining of a light so much more gloriously revealed. (Isaiah 8) It is to shake your heads at conspiracy and wait upon the Law that is revealed through the Prophets (to mark the words and faithfully believe them) it is to cry disaster to the one whose life is built upon sand and all manner of chaff and straw. it is to gloriously wait for the revealing of the Son of Man who is become for us wisdom and strength from God.

The issue with Zion is at the heart of His ministry, and the focal point of all that He achieves. He will come to Zion. He will rescue His beloved. He will determine to set the records straight and satisfy the bloodshed of His enemies, by trampling them in the dust. His ways are from of old and ancient, His steps are everlasting. His righteousness is mighty to save, His revelation will be an offence to religion and every manner of deception that clouds the spirit and believes in fragile and limited idols. His glory is as the one that created all things and for that reason everything is accountable to Him.

Everything from the contention that is awaiting Israel, the rage of the nations, indeed the rage of Satan, the mark of the babblers, the signs of the diviners, the plans of the wicked, the raged who consult to cast down God from His high position. Of every false ideology and deception and vice. everyone that says that our deep need can be satisfied by band-aid solutions.

I mean, we are in need of a Savior not because we find ourselves in contention, but because inwardly we turn to the things that destroy us. every sin, every one is no different, none of seen the glory of the one that became a man and died for sin (what is abhorrent to Him) for this reason we have fallen from His glory, and for this reason He judges the world.

The issue with Zion is the issue of the cross and of all that He hopes to bring about on the earth. When I say, "signposted" I mean, Israel's lot, after all of their waywardness and indeed "scorched earth" after all their unfaithfulness towards the one that proved Himself to them. Of the one that by virtue of His character and nature could not forget (lest his hands they bled) of the one that cried His last and breathed in vain (His recompense is life to the world) the fact that any are capable of saying "God does not know!" and "God changes His mind" will find them in that day darkness and everything vile. spit out of His mouth and given to the grave. He's incapable of forgetting His promises one for one, as the blood that dripped from His hands, one for one. Every one that drinks deep of this mercy is at best a lover of Israel and at worst despised and ashamed. To bank on God, to bank on His promises is to say goodbye to your narrow view of life, and say goodbye indeed to life. Indeed as Phinehas "zeal has consumed Him" and "it will be to you an everlasting priesthood" To turn to God in this age is to say yes to martyrdom and the prospect, yes, I would die for Him, for the rightness of His judgments and the glory of His appearing.

What can possibly be the outcome of such a life? will anything be impossible for the one, consumed by love, ignited in their hearts? Will, indeed, the price be too much to request that He make His name great and the greatest gift to ever be given - the "true merit of fellowship with Him" that he is worthy, and O that I would live to be near you. To proclaim His place in the earth is to see His Kingdom invade earth, night and day, until His appearing.

Back to the original point. is it wise of me to say that such a thing is needed, yes, that it ought to be the focus of our lives, that if these be the things that assure us of Jesus coming, then to clarify, to understand, to exposit and to be not afraid to tell others of this, both in teaching, preaching, evangelism, indeed with all our lives? And what of the "global injustice" that is awaiting? or to look at it with merely natural methods and to side with the world in that day? Do we look for it as being terrifying and yet gloriously revealing? what way should we respond? I believe we can wait. I believe we can allow God to vindicate our lives before Him, to test, prove, try, refine until the truth of His love for us is poured out full strength into the hearts of those that are waiting for Him. Indeed, it will be a bride yoked to Him that desires and longs for his appearing that will turn His heart and He will come. Ever has it been that way.

Have I overstepped the mark? I can be wrong after all. But you know that I don't say such a thing out of pride, but just because I'm deeply needing affirmation. I can do that without betraying my oonscience.

Movie Review: Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction
by Michael Bay

Starring: Michael Walberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Kelsey Grammar, Stanley Tucci

Upon thinking about the movie I happened upon the phrase "Just pretend this dead lion is a human baby and you won't be so upset" read that article here

More about that later.

I want to thank John Piper for His literary style and will endeavour to write this review from the stand point of purity, and being fascinated by Jesus.
I will give a run down of the film for any wanting to see followed by a plot summary and then an in-depth review.

The Leadership of the Holy Spirit

I want to always come back to that sweet assurance that God has a better plan, he is looking into my heart. This is the essence of leadership from the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:14) So what has God placed on my heart today? That I want His love regardless of circumstance.
What does this look like, it looks like rolling round in balls of laughter when a circumstance is too big and then daring to say "I give you another chance to do it your way" - The problem I find is that we are so used to doing it our way!

We need a heart transformation before we go leading others. As many know but I need to get this out there. There are two things to be aware of in this day:
What connects "the salvation of all Israel", "the pouring out of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost", the "wanting of God's love" and "wanting God's love regardless of circumstances"? It is one thing: My Husband, my Bridegroom.

the second thing is this: Luke 17:22 says "The days are coming that you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man and you will not see it" This is a terrifying verse. Many people play down the awareness of the days that are coming, they say "it will be worse for the people that do not know God" which sounds right, the problem is it doesn't fit with reality, If someone loves a person little, and if someone loves a person alot, who is more affected by the loss of that person? the one who only loved Him a little? no, it's the one who loves Him alot. God will make the tears, the crying, the pain, the sighing, calculated so that no one who loves Him will be able to live without Him, there will be a fire that comes upon people because of this lack of his voice, and this lack of his presence, that forces Him to come, just as in the days when Israel were in captive in Egypt. They will cry out in bondage before their taskmasters and God will have compassion. The same things are coming upon our generation!

The reason we don't know the book of Revelation is because we ought not to know! the contents are disturbing! Am I capable of handling this level of trauma and pressure to myself? to my flesh and blood? this is exactly what is going to happen. It says that if the days had not been shortened, no one would be saved, it says that false prophets will rise up and deceive many, it says that the love of most will grow cold, it says (I believe) a time of great tribulation having it's focal point in emotions and feelings, that people will be led astray because they do not have confidence in their emotions and feelings. Mark my words!

A Memorial to Haman

Esther 7:9,10 (Paraphrase) "Here hangs Haman the enemy of the Jews on the gallows that He has made"
In Isaiah 45 we read:
I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the LORD, do all these [things].'(verse 7)
We are seeing these things being fulfilled in our generation. If I was to tell you that Israel's enemies are gathering now as we speak, to fight and to make war, to have the victory what would you say? I would say, God is coming. In Isaiah's day, these things had not yet happened, however the trumpet was being announced. "I know you by name" - I know a Gentile King who will see the temple rebuilt, say to the captives of Israel - be free! and bring those in darkness out into the light. Who would have thought - Who makes laws, revels in vain glory, driven by sensual pleasures, unable to look after His own family, why not add more to that? a King whose armies would trample Jerusalem under the dust, be the Rod with whom God strikes, Why? Isaiah 45 has the answer - That you may know that I am the LORD (There is no other, there is no God besides me, no one else who can save)
So when I see God saying "I will make good out of calamity" I look at the story of Esther. Can you imagine what insidious plots were going through the hearts of God's enemies? we see it in Haman's eyes, words, and thoughts, "to annihilate Israel and wipe the face of the earth clean of the elect of God" And was God surprised? He started the plan before hand. So that when the day come, His enemy was hung on His own gallows, the Jewish people trampled down their enemies, Salvation was brought to the house of Israel, and no one got the credit for it - only God! I mean really, they were just in the right place at the right time.
Even writing this, I cannot take the credit for it. But I do believe in the inerrancy of the word of God - that my God is in Heaven and he does what he wants. He who has ears to hear, let Him ear. The Lord is doing a work in our day that you will not believe even if it were told you - a day great and terrible! The Day of the LORD

What time is it?

A statement from Revelation 10:4 has sparked a series of inspired questions related to the Spirit of Prophecy and what is the Spirit saying to us.

Now when the seven thunders uttered their voices, [fn] I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, [fn] "Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them."

The question is, What time is it? and the pressing burden is "how must I respond during this time of crisis?"

The idea that the Holy Spirit directs us by His own leading is not a new one. To see, then, that the Spirit will be poured out before the coming of Jesus, is both comforting and to be expected. Some of the pressures that I could think of are, loss of homes, loss of family, loss of confidence, fear, uncertainty, and many more.

This makes me think that the number one need of the hour is a need for Fathers, who guide, lead, protect, and support, bless, comfort, and reassure sons and daughters.

Then when the trials come, the Church will rise up with joy and confidence.

This is all summed up in one verse.

[The Shulamite] While the king [is] at his table, My spikenard sends forth its fragrance. 

The Importance of Urgency

I am currently getting a fresh wind of how important it is, not to just be content with where we are, but operating in the grace of God beyond our means.

There is a scripture that comes to mind.

1 Thessalonians 3:10,12,13
night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and perfect what is lacking in your faith? And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we [do] to you, so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

I would exceedingly love to see people enjoying the fellowship of Jesus

Song of Songs

I am starting a series on the Song of Songs, by Mike Bickle from the International House of Prayer, using His teaching to delve into the depths of whole-hearted abandonment to Jesus, in other words, love. I will try to condense what has been a 1 year journey into some helpful nuggets of truth that I believe have made this book come alive, and give me desire to study the book long term (i'm thinking 10 years atleast)

I am before an audience of one. It's because of Him that I am here. He loves me, I belong to Him.