October 14, 2015
Do blood moons, ISIS, Russian air strikes in Syria, and Israeli/Palestinian violence portend something apocalyptic? There are plenty of voices raised these days that say they do. And yet, every generation has placed prophetic significance on contemporary events. Who is to say today’s events are any different?
“About the times and the seasons: brothers, you do not need anything to be written to you. For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. When they say, ‘Peace and security,' then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you, brothers, are not in the dark, so that this day would overtake you like a thief. For you are all sons of light and sons of the day. We're not of the night or of darkness. So then, we must not sleep, like the rest, but we must stay awake and be sober.” (1 Thessalonians 5.1-6)
Sometimes I lament the Thessalonian believer’s familiarity with the times and seasons, because Paul didn’t need to elaborate on a teaching I would have found personally beneficial. But, what he did state was that there would be utter abruptness to the breakthrough of the Day of the Lord, and those in the know ought to remain vigilant. A false sense of peace will lull many into lethal complacency, which the Day of the Lord will shatter.
From my vantage point, the Day of the Lord is approximately twenty to thirty years away at most. That’s not a prophetic prediction, but merely an observation based on my own mortality. Regardless of the signs of the times, that’s my personal limit. And, that frames everything with a sense of urgency. The sands in the hourglass are sifting down much faster than I care to imagine.
Whether today’s events are THE signs, or just general signposts, we can be certain that this age is headed toward a definite conclusion, even as our own lives are. We have the opportunity of this moment, and may only have this moment (I pray we each have much more). So, what’s important in light of mortality and the coming Day of the Lord? We each need abundant divine insight in order to best answer that question.
May we live this day with the guiding knowledge of the uncertainty of life, and the absolute certainty of the coming breakthrough of the return of Christ and the kingdom of God. As such, may we find passion for the mission, and optimism for the age and life to come.
Steve
©Steve Taylor, 2015
Be sure to also visit http://thetruthrevolution.wordpress.com/
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“About the times and the seasons: brothers, you do not need anything to be written to you. For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. When they say, ‘Peace and security,' then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you, brothers, are not in the dark, so that this day would overtake you like a thief. For you are all sons of light and sons of the day. We're not of the night or of darkness. So then, we must not sleep, like the rest, but we must stay awake and be sober.” (1 Thessalonians 5.1-6)
Sometimes I lament the Thessalonian believer’s familiarity with the times and seasons, because Paul didn’t need to elaborate on a teaching I would have found personally beneficial. But, what he did state was that there would be utter abruptness to the breakthrough of the Day of the Lord, and those in the know ought to remain vigilant. A false sense of peace will lull many into lethal complacency, which the Day of the Lord will shatter.
From my vantage point, the Day of the Lord is approximately twenty to thirty years away at most. That’s not a prophetic prediction, but merely an observation based on my own mortality. Regardless of the signs of the times, that’s my personal limit. And, that frames everything with a sense of urgency. The sands in the hourglass are sifting down much faster than I care to imagine.
Whether today’s events are THE signs, or just general signposts, we can be certain that this age is headed toward a definite conclusion, even as our own lives are. We have the opportunity of this moment, and may only have this moment (I pray we each have much more). So, what’s important in light of mortality and the coming Day of the Lord? We each need abundant divine insight in order to best answer that question.
May we live this day with the guiding knowledge of the uncertainty of life, and the absolute certainty of the coming breakthrough of the return of Christ and the kingdom of God. As such, may we find passion for the mission, and optimism for the age and life to come.
Steve
©Steve Taylor, 2015
Be sure to also visit http://thetruthrevolution.wordpress.com/
Amazon ebook & print devotional -http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FQ1Q9GW
paperback print copy of book — https://www.createspace.com/4500045
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