Shifting Tides

9/11 was a pivotal event. Something in the air changed that day. It was a spiritual Pearl Harbor. A journalist specializing in international politics reacted to 9/11 by saying, "the world has entered into a very dangerous place". Tides have shifted. New spiritual powers are jockeying for position. The overriding influence of the WW II generation has been usurped by the succeeding generations after. The world is being turned upside down. The world is being turned inside out. We are being pulled into a new day, a new age. We have passed the place of no return. Nothing can stop this. We are being pulled into the revelation of Jesus Christ.

God is Big

We all know God is big. I've always looked at it in terms of His power and might. But He is big in other ways. He is big in substance and purpose and meaning. What I mean by that is I used to think after being in Heaven for a couple thousand years we would begin to get bored. We would begin to lose interest. We would get tired. Life would lose its punch.

But that's not going to happen. In Isaiah 9:7 it says, There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace. In other words everything that has to do with God's government or peace will keep increasing. Government relates to power and might, but peace is a fruit of the Spirit. Peace relates to purpose and meaning.
We have a distorted picture of spiritual reality here on earth. Even when things are at their best sin is present. Sin clogs things up. Sin keeps God's Spirit from flowing. Things aren't what they are supposed to be. Things are a little cloudy. We look through a glass darkly. Things don't taste the way they should. The fruit is a little rotten. Things sound uncertain. The bell tolls a little flat. Fear, depression, and hopelessness are continually swirling around us. Trying to get to us. Trying to overtake us.
Imagine being free of all this. Imagine the Holy Spirit having full liberty to move in and through our lives as He can, as He should. Imagine the earth being filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. Imagine the clarity of purpose and depth of meaning that will fill our hearts in such a spiritual atmosphere. There will be no room for boredom or losing interest in life. All will be full of life. Abundant life. All will be interesting. All will have purpose and meaning. We will see through glass clearly. Fruit will be a delight to our taste. Bells will ring a certain sound. Everything will be spreading out and increasing. There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace. There will be no end to the increase of purpose and meaning. There will be no end to the increase of life. It will be eternal life. It will be big and getting bigger all the time.

Temple News from Jerusalem

In this weeks' news Israel allowed groups of observant Jews to go onto the temple mount and pray in commemoration of Jerusalem Day. 

This is huge. Since 1967 Jews have been forbidden to go onto the temple mount by their own religious authority. 

Looking at the Temple Mount

Bible prophecy teaches that the seven year period associated with Christ's return will be triggered off by Israel reentering into a covenant relationship with God. This would include a proclamation to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. 

To this day there has been no hint of Israel even suggesting they would allow religious services let alone build a temple.

Things are changing.

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