BRINGING THE WORLD BACK TO GOD

                                  
In this post there will be some statements that may be new and even radical to some of you.  You are most welcome to leave your comments or insights and even your objections.  

What are the dynamics at work in our world today that determine the direction and future of planet Earth?  As Christians it is vital that we have a Biblical worldview if we’re going to “hasten the coming of the day of God” and the “new [renewed] earth in which righteousness dwells.” 2 Peter 3:12

In the last post “Whose World” [which I hope you will take the time to read] we saw that:-

* God gave Man in right relationship with Himself to have authority in the Earth to execute His will.  It was a perfect Creation and the Kingdom of God was on Earth as it is in Heaven.

* Man rejected God’s rule and gave allegiance to satan who is “the ruler of this world.” John 16:11

Jesus came to change all that! The Cross brought a whole new dynamic into play, the full extent of which we have yet to see. Jesus didn’t come just to take us to Heaven when we die, but ultimately to bring Heaven back to Earth. 

                I will preserve You and give You as a covenant

to the people to restore the Earth, to cause them to inherit the desolate heritages  Isaiah 49:8

Jesus came to restore the Earth, to reclaim all that satan stole. At the Cross, Jesus paid the penalty for all sin for all time and thus stripped satan of his authority over us.

And you.....He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us.  And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.  Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.”   Colossians 2:13 - 15.

.  Having completed the work which the Father had given Him to do, Jesus commissioned the disciples saying:-

“All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.  Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations.....” Matthew 28:18,19

All authority belongs to Jesus and, in His name, [as representing Him] the people of God have authority in the Earth to execute His will, as was God’s original intention. The authority we have is over the principalities and powers and all the works of darkness which hold the people of the Earth in spiritual blindness and bondage.

It is now almost 2,000 years since the Resurrection, and though millions have been redeemed and multitudes have been helped through the love of God in action through the Church, it has to be said that the powers of darkness are more active than ever.  Though, since the Cross, satan has no legal authority in the Earth, he continues to hold people in bondage through deceit and accusation.  Revelation 12:9,10  He retains dominion over the Earth by default.

The Commission which Jesus gave to us is a mandate to reclaim the Earth for God. It looks impossible, but “impossible” isn’t in God’s vocabulary.  Through the pattern nation Israel, He demonstrated how it could be done. 

* God rescued Israel from bondage in Egypt [the kingdom of darkness] by the blood of a lamb.

* He gave them an inheritance – the Promised Land, WHICH THEY HAD TO POSSESS

* He commissioned them to claim their inheritance and establish “a kingdom of priests, a holy nation”  Exodus 19:6  This involved overcoming the giants who were resident in the Land and overthrowing their strongholds.

* He equipped them at Mt Sinai [afterwards celebrated as Pentecost] to fulfil their commission.

At the borders of the Promised Land, God made a vow. “As truly as I live, all the Earth shall be filled with the Glory of the Lord.”  Numbers 14:21 That was dependent upon the people of God possessing their inheritance.  After years of wilderness wanderings Israel finally crossed the Jordan to find that the hosts of Heaven were waiting to do battle with them.  Israel did possess their inheritance and eventually Solomon [Peace] son of David sat on the throne.  The Land experienced a Golden Era – a faint earthly demonstration of what Earth will be like when Jesus the greater Son of David sits on the throne of the Earth.

“Now all these things happened to them as examples [types] and they were written

 for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.”  1 Corinthians 10:11. 

All of this was a demonstration for us “on whom the ages have come” to show us how to claim our inheritance.  When we do the Glory of the Lord will fill the Earth as was promised long ago.

What is our inheritance?

“For the promise that he would be heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.”  Romans 4:13

This is a "thumbnail sketch" of what I have written in “The Other Bible Code.” I hope you will get the book and study it through.  Israel’s sojourn in the wilderness was prolonged because:-

* They didn’t really understand what they were supposed

to do

* When they finally saw what God wanted them to do,

they didn't believe they could.

* They didn’t really know who they were.  God called

them "My Son, My firstborn” Ex. 4:22 but in their eyes

they were “grasshoppers”  Num.13:33

and good Christian Friends in the Journey the Church is on
THAT’S ABOUT WHERE WE’RE AT!

 

"For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fulness should dwell, and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.  Colossians 1:19,20 [emphasis added]

Please leave a comment, or question, or an insight.  These may determine what the next post will be about.    Val

WHOSE WORLD

                  

Whose world is it anyway? The powers of darkness appear to be gaining ascendancy every day as the antichrist spirit grows in the Earth. John wrote “the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.” Is that the way it’s supposed to be?

Many Christians accept that it is.  As one song says “This world is not my home I’m just passing through.” Some are more than ready to abandon the world in the Rapture Rescue any time now. Jesus will sort things out when He comes back. Meanwhile the devil runs rampant through the Earth doing what he does so well.  “The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy.”

Some Christians are endeavouring to salt the Earth and wherever they do, some gains are made. In the Transformation series we saw what can happen when Christians pray persistently and make a stand.  But is this a battle we can win?

One of the things I believe is lacking in the Church [the Body of Christ] is a clear unified Biblical world view.  I stress Biblical world view.  One of the biggest lies which the “father of lies” has foisted on us is that the world somehow created itself and we are just the result of a cosmic accident.  Some people mange to put God in the picture as guiding the “evolutionary” process and still come to faith in Christ.  They are saved, but their ability to understand the will and purposes of God for the Earth is limited. Another strategy of the enemy is camouflage – having us believe that he just doesn’t exist; that the concept of the devil and spiritual forces of wickedness is all just myth and superstition.  

This of course muddies the waters considerably.  If we’re going to come up with answers, we need to get back to a true Biblical worldview.  If we don’t know that there was a Fall and what was lost there, then we won’t know what the Cross has restored. It is only as we come back to accepting the Bible in its entirety as the Word of God, that it begins to open up and bring revelation. More than ever we need to see the world as God sees it. 

So, Whose world is it?

* It’s God’s world because He created it. “In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth.” [Genesis 1:1] He created a beautiful Earth where everything was in harmony.  It was an extension of Heaven and the Kingdom of God was “On Earth as it is in Heaven.” If we want to know what is God’s will for us , we have only to look back to how things were before the Fall, no sickness, poverty, war, or hate etc, It was Heaven on Earth. The Earth as we see it now is far from being what God intended.

* It’s Man's world because God gave him dominion over it.

“The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s;

But the earth He has given to the children of men.”  Psalm 115;16

It was God’s intention that Man in right relationship with Himself  should administer the Earth.  The command was to fill the Earth, subdue it and have dominion over it. Genesis 1:28. 

God has not reversed His original intention.  Having given the Earth to Man, He continues to honour that.

“The gifts and calling of God are irrevocable”  Romans 11:29

This is a very important point and one which will explain a great many things. When tragedy strikes, the question arises “Why would God allow such a thing to happen?” God is blamed for everything that goes wrong because, after all “God He is sovereign” so whatever happens must be His will.  God is sovereign but in His sovereignty He has given the Earth to Man and will not intervene in the Earth without invitation. THIS EXPLAINS THE IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER.

Jesus demonstrated this principle in Mark 6;48 when the disciples were in trouble on the sea and He “would have passed them by.” [see also Luke 24;28].  He waited for invitation. He stands at the door and knocks. [Revelation 3:20] He doesn’t break the door down.

God never forces His will on us. Always, when He wishes to do something in the Earth, He reveals His plan to people of faith and seeks their co-operation.  Then, working with them and through them, He accomplishes His will. God gives a word [a rhema], Man obeys, miracles happen. Read Hebrews 11 and check this out.

Many Christians think that there is little they can do about what happens in the Earth and adopt a “bystander” attitude, just waiting to see what God will do, when all the while God is waiting for us to open the way for His will to be done. He doesn’t just blast out of the sky and do things, He waits for our invitation and co-operation. God reveals His on-going will to us by bringing new light on the Word.

“ He that has an ear to hear let him hear what the Spirit IS saying to the Churches.”  As the Church lays hold of and moves into that truth, so God’s will is accomplished.

So let’s restate this very important principle.  God’s original intention was for Man in right relationship with God should have dominion over the Earth and administer it for Him.  However that relationship was broken.

* It is satan’s world because Man transferred his allegiance to him. [he doesn’t get a capital “S” only at the beginning of a sentence]. Satan is now “the god of this age” [2 Corinthians 4:4], “the ruler of this world” [John 16:11], “the prince of the power of the air” [Ephesians 2;2], and “the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.”[1 John 5:19]

Over every nation there are principalities and powers, rulers of the darkness of this age, and spiritual hosts of wickedness,”[Ephesians 6:12] dedicated to preserving satan’s grip on the Earth.  We see this in Daniel 10.  The messenger sent in answer to Daniel’s prayer [v13] was delayed because “the prince of the kingdom of Persia.” [the demonic power over Persia] prevented him and the Archangel Michael had to come and help him.” As Daniel continued to pray the answer came.

The throne of God is depicted as being in the 3^rd Heaven [2 Corinthians 12:2].  Between the Earth and the 3rd Heaven lies the domain of “the prince of the power of the air.” [Ephesians 2:2]Satan keeps the world in spiritual blindness while the powers of darkness ravage the Earth.  Jesus came to change all that.

NEXT:    BRINGING THE WORLD BACK TO GOD

HASTENING THE DAY

Hi there and thanks for joining me.  The theme of this BlogSpot will be the Coming of the King.  Most of us are aware that things are “hotting up” as we see prophecy continuing to be fulfilled before our very eyes. Right now we see people declaring that the world is going to end today, a man claiming that he is Jesus Christ and Benjamin Netanyahu in America battling to preserve Israel from being divided, not to mention the series of devastating earthquakes, all of which Christians know are signs of the end of the age.  I would like to share with you some of the things the Lord has shown me concerning the times in which we are living for, while no man knows the hour or the day, we should certainly to be able to “discern the signs of the times.” Matthew 16:3

I am one who doesn’t believe that the “Rapture” will happen any minute now.  There are few things that have to happen yet: e.g. The Church will rise “unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.”[Ephesians 4:13]; “Elijah” must come first and restore all things;” [Matthew 17:11] and, most importantly, we have to complete the Great Commission [Matthew 28:18-20]. We are to look for and hasten the coming of the day of God. [2Peter 3:12].

I’m all for hastening the day and the coming of the renewed earth “in which righteousness dwells;" when God shall wipe away all tears and there shall be no more crying pain sorrow or death.[Revelation 21:4] When I look at our sad world and the terrible things that are happening, the pain and the suffering, the hate and man’s inhumanity to man, I long for that time and I know you do too..  So how do we hasten the day? We need to first establish some precepts which will help us to see the way ahead. Stay posted.  Blessings   Val

NEXT;  WHOSE WORLD?

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What does the future hold for Planet Earth?
That is the critical question for these troubled times.
Christians believe that the Bible holds the answer.

Ultimately the Kingdom of God will come, "On Earth as it is in Heaven."
That much is certain; however just how and when that will happen is the subject of debate.


In "The Other Bible Code" the author shows that God has encrypted the destiny of the church and the world into the history of His chosen people Israel. This Code brings breakthrough revelation which will encourage the Church to rise up and fulfill its destiny in the Earth.


The Church of Jesus Christ is the instrument through which God works to fulfill His purposes in the World.
Events in Israels history will guide us,"On Whom the ends of the Ages has come." (1 Corinthians 10:11).


The Code shows that we are living in very significant times, and though the future holds much upheaval, there is also great victory and glory ahead for the Church.  

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