Happenings

“I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.”                        Luke 21.32

Jesus is talking about the end of the age. The generation that He is referring to is perhaps the whole of the people in the last days – that time between the first coming of Christ and His return. 

The things He says must happen I believe have been occurring all through the ages, and they seem to be particularly prominent in these present days. There is certainly distress in the land of Israel at this time. Much wrath is being expressed against God’s people. All the nations seem to be joining in and decrying the sovereign state of the Lord God.

Jesus says that Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. This seems to be happening, but I sense more is to come.

Am I fearful? I think perhaps I am. I wonder how strong a Christian I might discover myself to be if I were to be exposed to any measure of persecution. I know I sense injustice. I am grieved by the state of the world. Perhaps I should be more enthusiastic. Maybe the very state of the world is the clearest indication of the Lord’s immanent return.

Lord God,

This much I know – that Your ways are truly wonderful. I rejoice in this.

I sorrow at the state of the world and that of western society. I grieve at what the whole world seems to be doing to Israel.

But I thank You for Your word. I claim it and I stand upon it. You are Lord God Almighty and Your will shall be done. Show me, Lord, how I might best pray for Israel, for the world, for society in general, and for myself. I lay all these before you in humble petition. Don’t delay, Lord. Come to us soon, in Jesus’ name I ask.          Amen