Marty Shoub
15-07-2020
We are
His image bearers. When God gave us authority to rule over the planet, we were
to function so that the will of heaven would be done on earth as it is on
heaven. This is God’s purpose from the very beginning. Adam was to rule in the
same way Jesus (Yeshua) functioned.
The fall
was you could be the determiner of what is good and what is evil. This is how
humanity has functioned to not to determine for ourselves to submit to the will
of God. To follow Him is the right way and the good way and the path to light.
When we
think of the beginning, when God created us in the garden it was perfect just
the way it was. There were things or intentions that God had intended for us
that had not yet been fulfilled before the fall. In God’s intentions, the rule was
to extend across the globe i.e. to be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth,
and not just be confined to the garden of Eden. God intended to have a great
variety of people living in different places across the planet in submission to
the will of God and reflect the will of heaven on earth. Adam and Eve and their
offsprings were to partake of the tree of life. But after the fall, God
intervened and banished Adam and Eve and they would not partake of the tree of
life i.e. to live forever. The first exile was not Israel from the land scattered
to the ends of the earth. It was God locking access to the tree of life for all
humanity.
God was going
to use humanity to judge the serpent and the fallen angels. But that hadn’t happened
either.
To step
on someone’s head is to take the authority away.
God’s End
Time purpose is to finally, once and for all, end all rebellion and the Lord
would be King over the earth and every creature in the earth and below the earth
would bow down before the Lord of lords and Kings of kings.
“I will send My Son who would be born of the seed of a woman to represent humanity to usher in My will on earth as it is on heaven.” The rule comes through the Messiah. He represents us. He is God’s appointed ruler. Yeshua is God’s appointed ruler. This is where Israel connects to the last days.
Israel
enters into the picture. It is always the weak to overcome the powerful. Humanity
to overcome Satan. Israel to overcome all the enemies of the world. Eg. David
defeating Goliath. Only God gets the glory and the honour for bringing
righteousness and justice back. God chooses the least of the nations to
overcome the rebellion of all the other nations.
The final
purposes of God represented the Word of God in a scroll that is sealed up until
an appointed time and the final End Time purposes of God are released.
No one
among rebellious sinful human beings is worthy to have the right to open the
seal and the scroll.
The one who
opens the scroll is the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David.
Israel
has been the least of the nations that God is using as His instruments to put
an end to the rebellion of all the world.
When John
sees the Lion, he sees the Lamb that has been slain. By His blood He has purchased
us to be kings to reign over the earth.
The End
is like the Beginning.
To understand what comes at the end, we have glimpses along the way through the Scriptures and the history of Israel.
We see
certain patterns in the Scriptures that are repeated over and over again. The
one who leads the rebellion is the anti-Christ. Eg. Nebuchadnezzar, Titus.
We try to
piece the End Times puzzle together to understand how events unfold. We attempt
to prepare ourselves by knowing what comes next.
Yeshua
tells us some things that are coming.
We have
to have spiritual discernment and wisdom so that we are not deceived. We have
to be prepared. Now is our opportunity to press in to know God and to receive
God’s wisdom and discernment so that we would be ready for what is coming next.
The one
who is prepared is the one who knows his or her God.
It is more
likely the disciple who has tuned his or her ear to what God is saying would be
in a better position to be vessels that could hold the message to speak forth
the message.
Proverbs 24:10 New King James Version
(NKJV)
10 If you faint in the day of adversity,
Your strength is small.
Now is
the time to address our fears. The one who endures to the end will be saved.
Do not be
caught off-guard and be frightened.
Luke 21:28 New King James Version (NKJV)
28 Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your
heads, because your
redemption draws near.”
If you
are fearful, God is not ashamed of you. Go to Him with your fear. Cast your
anxiety upon Him. If anyone lacks courage, ask of God and He will give without
reproof. God gives us the grace to go through whatever we’re facing when we
need it.
What does
it mean to be a watchman? In the ancient world, the first line of defence is
the watchmen. They have to stay awake, stay focused and be vigilant. When the
enemy comes, they are to sound the alarm. A watchman has to be focused on the vision
and the task at hand.
You have
to watching and listening to hear that the Spirit is saying. So let’s not be
distracted and fall asleep.
We want
to know when. And that’s the one thing we were told not to spend our time
speculating. God’s ways are higher than our ways. Everything that is written
about the End Times will be fulfilled exactly as is written in the book but not
necessary the way we anticipated that it would be fulfilled.
John 7:41-43 New King James Version (NKJV)
41 Others said, “This is the Christ.”
But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ
comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David
was?” 43 So there was a division among the
people because of Him.
Micah 5:2 New King James Version (NKJV)
The
Coming Messiah
2 “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
Though you
are little among the thousands of Judah,
Yet out
of you shall come forth to Me
The
One to be Ruler in Israel,
Whose
goings forth are from of old,
From everlasting.”
Yeshua fulfilled
Micah 5:2 but not the way they anticipated it would be fulfilled.
The
opposite is true as well.
Study the
Scriptures and ask for wisdom.
We are
involved. We are His servants. We are ready. And we are diligently preparing
for His return.
We know
what’s coming. We can discern the signs of the times.
We have a
responsibility to “hasten the day.” We are active participants. We follow the
Lamb where ever He goes.
2 Peter 3:8-13 New King James Version (NKJV)
8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord
one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise,
as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward [a]us, not
willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
The Day
of the Lord
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night,
in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements
will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will
be burned up. 11 Therefore, since all these things will be
dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy
conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day
of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and
the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise,
look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
1 Thessalonians 5:2-4 New King James Version (NKJV)
2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord
so comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden
destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And
they shall not escape. 4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so
that this Day should overtake you as a thief.
By our submission
to the will of God, we can hasten that day.
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