December 4, 2023 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)
It’s Time!
#1 The first in a series of articles
I promised a series of articles based on the concept, “It’s Time.” This is the first article in a series, which will be using the biblical concept of time to define time as we know it.
God does not consider time as we do. To God, Time is not a numerical account of an event at a specific moment in a continuum of the aging process of His creation. Rather, time is the fulfillment of His purposes, action plans, and commands that He has set over His creation. If you want to understand what God is doing or about to do, stop thinking like the world measures time, events, or the age of this universe. Rather, look at time in terms of the fulfillment of what God wants.
God has begun the “hurry-up” process (the days have been shortened) for the fulfillment of every verse of the Bible and His promises of what is to take place, and the completion of all things being placed under the authority of His Son, Jesus Christ. This is what I see, and this is what is taking place—It’s time!
Too often, church doctrine has promoted ‘half-truths’ by emphasizing one verse of the Bible over another. Every verse is important, and every verse can ‘stand on its own’ or be joined to other verses. Take for instance the importance of ‘patience’ during the last days. Patience is a character trait that is ‘little used or deemed important’ in today’s culture. Christians should find patience to be more important and the fruit of the Spirit that will allow them to be raptured.
In the story of the 10 virgins, 5 were taken and 5 left behind, all children of God but 5 had enough oil (the fruit of the Spirit—especially patience—thereby were prepared through patience and readied themselves for Christ’s coming.) The other 5 believed that Christ was delaying His coming so were unprepared—what a mistake we see in so many of our churches.
The word “patience” in the Bible does not mean postponement or inactivity but “to prepare” with purpose. When we “wait for the Lord” this is not doing nothing but learning to prepare and ready oneself for the signal from God to act, to respond in Faith, to immediately be able to get done what God has asked you to do once He speaks.
This is that time! This is the time to prepare and ready oneself for God is about to move in so many directions, and in fact, He has already begun to move in ways so many Christians do not recognize because they are not patiently waiting, patiently looking, patiently standing on the wall in a defense posture in whatever capacity God has called you too, to be that child of God faithfully willing, wanting, and preparing for Christ’s return.
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